The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-08
THE oDoRous pINY WOODS. "


These words caught our eye as We We" .'.i'5 .
IagfiF rllnciug through The N"lln ~
NO. illustrated. and they caused a. 20
1...,5, Co. 7, min 10 the home 81 the ''piny
,,-f,.,Hsr without much thought as %
,,.l,rre we should stop. we took our start
RON, no rn1I city of Louisville. Ky, and
sooD r,und ourselves &C Chicago. lhefe
W. fouud but Que route that could give us
mai We were looking for, and found thai
ia be the now Chicago, st. Paul q MINNIE,
onolis Line. that led through prairie and
meadow. through bill aud valley, along
GREAT lakes aud streams, and finally INTO
fbe depths of the pine forests ofNisconsln'
and so on 90 ST. Paul aud Minneapolis
Ruving our tickets we started and leit the
"a laland Kinzie streets depot 0fthe Chica-
20 and Northwestern Railway, aud pas
spd Though many pleasant villages such
rs Irving Park. Desplaines, harrington,
{, vstaI lake and Woodstock, and reached
Harvard. thence to BelOit, Hanover, and
Madison. where We are 40 miles from
Chicago aud at The capital of Wisconsin, a
civ of over fifteen thousand people.
The city is pleasantly situated on an
isthmus about tmee-iOuit this ola mile wide,
between lakes Mendoza and MonOna, IN
the center of q broad valley, surrounded
by heights from which it can be seen ut
distance of several miles. Lake Mendoza
lies northwest Of the town, is six miles
long and four miles wide, with clean,
gravelly shores, and depth sufficient for
the navigation OF steamboats,. Lake MO-
mona Is somewhat smaller.
AT 176 miles from Chicago, and 30 miles
from Madison, we reached the celebrated
Devils Lake. This Is beautiful body Of
water. surrounded by preclpitOus noun
tains on every side, except at two points,
one being &C Che southern end, where the
railroad enters the lake basin, and the
other at the northern end, where the rail-
road finds exit fiop the basin TO the lake.
| On every side of tile lake you see rock
piled on rock" in every conceivable form,
and In immense columns. pillars, piles and
masses of very great magnitude and
height. The railroad ions along the shore
| Of tee lake on bed t1at was lite, ally
blasted out of the sides of The mountain.
From the car windows alt the beauties OF
this wonderful and wcivdly mysterious
region can be seen. This was toe home
of Mnnawaukcne, beautiful but unfOr-
tunate Indian maiden. aud many legends
are related of her by the simple hearted
and kindly people Of tue vicinity. This
lake ia n faVolitc summer resort, aud to
it the people FOR many miles around come
for picnicing, sailing, boating, fishinG,and
otner sports.
At Baraboo you reach the BarabOo riv-
er, and from thence pass along its valley
for many miles.
At El,oy you are 2l2 miles from Chica-
go, and at the southern te minus of the
West Wisconsin Railway. From ElIoy
yon hasten nOrthwaId ON the new and
admirable track Of the West Wisconsin
road and soon reach the great pine woods
Into the heart Of the pine lumber region
YOU speed, passing through Black River
Fails, HumDird Augusta, Eau Claire
McaCmouee, and other noted lumber
towns, and finally cross the River St
Iroiy at Hudson. This river is the divid-
ing line between Wisconsin and MinnesO.
Ia. A few miles beyond, you reach
branch to Saltwater, q toulishing town
on The st. CloiX river. A fifJeeI mile ride
brings you to St. PaUl, and here you rest
OF pGsh or eleveh miles urther 10 thC
9cyive, busting cites Of Minneapolis auo
St. Anthony.
At st. Paw you caa make close cohnec
oious, via. size LAKE. SCpc' or q NJ ssisl5
siypl r. ONT, 81. Du IA, Me eaead Bis
lmaIk ant o,Del points on the ',le OF the
great NorlAe, Pacific R9iltoad, and also
iStitii Tie ST. Paul aId Pacific Railway, fol
B?eckel idge, FO-t GARY, aud points i
Manitoba.
on the ige we have hastily sketched
YOU have variety OF scenery-the quiet
bcau,itrl uaiie count Y Of Northeastern
! Illinois; the iOlIing ~ ming codntry OF
Southetu Wisconsin; fhe wildly romantic
mountain scenery of The DEVILS Lake