Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-09-15
GOV. CRosvyELL,s DRIVE.
A Night Ride With a Pleasure Party
Through the Woods.

Through the Woods
The Adrian Times and Expositor says:
When the Legislative excursion ended
Gov Croswell went up to Sanlt Ste.
Marie. and started for home Tuesday
morning by the Cheboygan and Petos-
key inland route. through the inland
lakes and Crooked river.
A number of Chicago ladies and geli-
tlemen had come. into Cheboygan from
off the Peerless, a Chicago steamer
which had experienced fearful time
in the gale of Friday and Saturday of
last week. and as the Chicago ladies and
their escorts had experienced too much
of scare to think of returning to Chica-
go by water, they joined the Governor
and party who were coming down to
Petoskey by the new inland route.
Wednesday morning early the party,
numbering about thirty, entered little
steamboat just large enough to carry
them. The trip through the new route
was delightful experience to all. The
little boat pulled its way through a short
river. then over a little lake, gliding out
again into another river, and so the Jour-
ney was kept up all day long. In the
afternoon the little boat made landing
i'll front OF a log cabin, where the party
got their dinner, his EXcellency presid-
ing with good humOred dignity over
what they all thought was the best din
ner they had ever partaken of. Finally
Crooked river Was reached. That stream
is so ''exaggeratedly' crooked that even
our conservative Executive himself can
scarcely give straight description of it..
At last the little lake, which ended their
journey by water, was reached, and some
moments after the sun had shot its last
golden arrow into the tall treetOps they
rounded to at the little landing, where "A
lumber wagon capable of carrying seven
or eight people was in waiting to carry
that whole party to Petoskey, distance
o; six mil s. There were satchtls an |
portfolios, and all sorts OF baggage,
eight ladies, a Governor, and fifteen or
twenty gentlemen up in the wilds of
Michigan, with an Indian village on one
side of the lake and a poor little cabin at
the landing. The darkness was fairly
swooping down us they decided to get to
PetOskey. The ladies' must ride and the
gentlemen must walk. BY unanimous
vote Gov. CrOswell was elected to drive
the wagon. The ladies had got the idea
that his Excellency was good teamster
and he did make that team stir.
Away went the whole party, Satan, il
the shape Of Il Chicago man, leading OH
The gentlemen on loot finding it impos
sible to keep the road, or keep together
LII
] themselves, ever and anon the leade
crying out "one," the next gentleman
two" in order to be assured that none
were lost, and such an Internal hallooins
t and yelling those old woods never heart
before. How Jared it with the Execu
i've Jehu and his load of ladies' Horri
fled reader, dost thee know what a cor
durOy road is? Have you ever joltet
wheels stopped ut every jolt, or rOllet
along over half grown saw logs that wer,
4 floating in the water beneath? All this
D with the delightful spring the "hind -ex
of a lumber wagon gives? If so. yOI
have not lived in vain. and may, "in you
> mind," picture the Governor of Michigan
t and eight Goddesses of Liberty on tri
f umphal procession through the pin,
- | WOOuS ~ liiC tOWu vi
flme. This procession was escorted by
party OF gentlemen transformed into
o bowling, whooping mob. beSpattere
O. with mud beyond recognition, or wet L
> the waist by mishaps OIL the way.
! Occasionally the wheels would rid
over a stump which set out too far in th
road, and then the wagon would elevat
itself to an angle of about tOrty-five de
e grees. The near" horse was gray, an
d by him the Governor was guided, an
the whole party finally arrived at PetO.
KEY in a rather demOraliZed condition
e but good humored and thankful tn;
they had escaped amy real dange
Those Grand Rapids and Chicago ladit
d will not, however, soon forget the rid
through the woods. and the distinguish
!, : ed and honorable gentleman who acte
., us driver.
= The new inland route from Cheboyga
9 to PctOskey. the state improvements NJ
D OH which were mainly secured thrOug
the efforts of Mr.. w. Chandler, formerl
. of the Times, will in short time be OF
, of great value TO Michigan. Next year
good steamship will be put OIL the rout
l.. and it is expected that the railroad wi
N' be completed from PetOskey up to Il
landing near the Indian village OIL Il
" lake.