The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
SUPERIOR.

imagination can suggest to prompt
the pen to lively motion, the sub
ject of this item Is of the most inter
est to us. 1t is Superior subject
one which affords the fertile mind
text from which it can branch
out in many directions. For in
stance, we might enlarge upon the
well-known advantages which Su-
perior possesses for making it a
great commercial city; upon its
glorious prospects of becoming,
sometime in the future, a grand
railroad centre and terminus; aud
upon It's advantages as a wholesale
and shipping point, to-, etc.
From all these subjects, however,
which have been well canvassed
in these columns during years past
by pens of which ours pretends to
be but a humble cotemporary-we
turn TO one which has not received
so much attention, viz: the advan-
tages Superior possesses as a sum
mer retreat.
Sitting by our office window,
gazing out upon the beautiful yet
strangIy-contrasted scene before us
the lovely bay, its bosom calm
and placid ; Minnesota Point, cloth
ed in the bright and fresh habili-
ments OF spring; beyond, grand old
Lake Superior, the great national
refrigerator, its clear depths still
hidden from the eye by an immense
ice field, 20x3O miles in area-our
fevered brow famed by the cool
zephyrs which, after fooling around
among the ice-bergs, are gently
waited toward US, our Eeart burns
with sympathy for the thousands Of
sweltering mortals who dwell in the
populous cities below, signing, with
the poet.
Oh, for some quiet nook, some shady den,
Where the climate doesn't rival that of-Chicago,
and we long to be the Moses to
point them to the land of Canaan,
to the summer paradise OF the
Northwest.
Hence, to these thousands Of suf-
fering humanity we say, "Come
NORTH come to the head OF Lake
SUPERIOR" Our village does not
hold out any gittering inducements
for a season Of fashionable dissipa-
ton, but TO that portion Of tie peo-
pie cf populons cities and heated
cljmes who seek for real rest and
enjoyment, coupled with a desire
10 look OH some of the finest and
most romantic scenery of the coun-
try-and we are glad to notice this
class Is becoming more numerous
this vicinity possesses attractions
over any other section of country
in the Northwest. Here we have
an area Of territory which furnishes
an endless variety of large and
small game for the spo tsman,
while our bays, lakes and rivers
h Id an inexhaustibe supply Of
nearly every species OF the tinny
tribe to attract and hold disciples
Of Isaac w alton. Our hotel ac-
commodations are ample and first
class, with prices very reasonable,
while healthful and pleasant amuse-
ment is afforded by sailing on our
beautiful bays and rivers, coaStlng
along the romantic shores Of Lake
Superior, participating III steamboat
excursions to the famous dalles Of
the St. Louis River, up t romantic
Nemadji River or to Agate Bay and
other points Of interest on Lake Su-
perior, with pic-nics and Lovely
drives to fill up the bill. In fact,
we can truthtnlIy say that no section
of the country holds out so many
attractions to the simmer tourist rs
this, while to those OF slender
means who wish to get away from
the dust and heat Of the city to a
cool climate and pure atmosphere,
no cheaper, pIeaSanter or more
profitable trip can be taken than by
getting aboard some propeller at
Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago
or Milwaukee, enjoying ride up