, 1876-08-06
A Letter from Twin Lakes, the
Camp of the Wa'tonian
Club.
News from Waukesha, 0con2:::;;;*:11c,
Waukegan, and The 1mmc1 ~.
Suburbs.
WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE.

or mort. ssilo,s of the unsalted waves as Milwau
kce, hut the cream City is essentially the homt
Of the storm-tosscd mariner, whilst the formc1
,,.c*s nov ho aoecriht.t, as kind IF ha]f-wa,
ports, or wayfarers' rests. More scamcn hayt
settled down permanently here than at any
,thcr n7.cc m the lakes in nronortion to pop
otnel place. va 1ne iuAeo' ~ i"opo' ~ " np
ulation, and sailor life in all its peculia1itic:
mar bc stnt1;eI in the watcrside Quarters of oul
.;,,,+o ~, ,,o.toe+ ai3van+,a. Thc avcracf
july jack tar Of inland waters is the counter
1,.r9 If the mariner Of the salt, rs spcndthrifi
-" w ,.... .e,ane ~ ,-,a,,,- .1,r,<,,,e 49,
anu dfunhaIu9 out @ac'c ue nAns eu'' ''ous "a
r~ptions Not q few lake sailors arc
turner's along the lakc-shorcs, and sail, whilst
-h. crnns ,;Ten their own craft. huilt of tlci,
own timber, mainly BY their own labor, and
nayirated prcttv much by their own sons, O.
t.s:- o;.,,,o.s O.h.rc oc,.;,, 49,,
those OIL theiF ne1shoors" otHe1s asaln a1e
dealers In particular classes Of merchandise, OF
r.,,,,or ,arr;cra from r,ort tn mort So,ne annear
a.,, ..,a e,a ,,.,,a- s,.s., ~
turing the peach season, ana are never seen I'll
:ry other. Some take trips to unheard OF cOu1l-
t;e h;h ~, ,,,l-,o,vp r;v,7s and there t,et o,,t
timber and bring it to port and sell it for fire
wood by the cord to anybody who comes along.
Others take to the water because they like it;
others because they find nothing else to do;
others for dianrnise: others for a change: others
49, dar;,,.,a,,t. ua.r fn,r lecausa ~ ~ r,nna-
born or bred. was introduced, five years ago,
80 4lo ,h;,f b,otlao,or of a 1oof1;np nawe'
W -ne ~ 80 t.,..,.o no-+,,s 49,. $3.50 n-"s
paper, and Wfthln Twelve monlAs ran across
him in Chicago second in command
Of i1c schooner How, when, or
..nd.d r. - tnn.v Int thst he had nrored himsef a
~ooa officer was acEnowIedged. A good nlanY
1,crsn sajlo,,,1akc to the lakcs. Int few Of them
~ n. sS,e .ec ,sassnt -. s
fs;y nnn,,,rr ~ Enc1isf 1risf and Scofch sai1nr.
h,ve conn os1t herr quite green and hr industry
and treni1,<r s;nS1e oIiecf in view in fine saijci
their own crsft. The German il moi 80 fond Of the
rreiinp deck Of q lake schooner as of broad ucres
Of land in bis own name. The scandinavian is In
and from calling TOW boats on the mud nudi]cs or
The lords of bis BIRTHPLACE, comes naturally to sail
ing real grain barges and schooners on the Ameri-
can lakes
This ycar. wages are low, aud employment un-
ccrtain and Captains have had their choice OF sea-
men, the result being that considerable improve
compa.ed with last and preceding years.
Closely connected with lake sea1nanshipis is
LAKE FlsH1SG.
peon1s take to lake fishing az easily as duck to
,yafcr Owners of land along shore near cities cast
about for means to add to their earpincs and lake
fishing is generally the first to present itself to Their
sl,orc northWar,s from Mi}yaukee ia 40 studded
with stakc-nets TINT boat sailing except some dis
tance out is no longer possible. All tie way from
Chicago to Sheboygan there arc almost as many
Gsh-nC3n az houses counting out the cities). The
slow, uncertain sailing fishing boats have been
fsh have been growing sclrcer and
t,cnrcer and smaller and smaller and
it looks now Us though 5-pounder will be almost
the shnc I boats have deserted The inshore s' shnsg'
and rcsorIed 10 deeu water Three miles out used
to be considered far enough; then it was miles;
1orial harvest inside of III miles The fisherman
follows his own sweet will as to the QUANTITY aud
quality Of fish he takes, and fixes his own seasons
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