The Morning herald., 1878-08-23
THE 0 oDoRoUs PIsEY wooDs. !"

These words caught our eye g we were
lazily glanclng through "fhe North and
West illustrated" and they caused us to
long TOR q trip to the home Of the "ptney
weeds WSessv We sSoaS sop %0s 'ssSshs
fYom the good city OF louisville, Ky, and
soon found ourselves In. Chicago. There we
found out one route that could give us
what We were lSGa'ng ler fsS fSpqd %bns snse
apoiis ar Line. that ief through prairie and
great @ 1aks ana Streams, and linally into
the depths OF the pine forests OF Wisc0nein,
and so on St Paul and MinneaPolis. Buy, Buy,
and Kinzie streets depot o. the Chicago snd
North western Railway, and passed
through many pleasant Villages, sucn as
Irving Park, Desglainss, Barrmgton, Cy,sS, yynS
tai Lake. ard Woodstock, ara re1cnea
Madison, where we are l40 miles froalChi'
cago and.at the capital of Wisconsin,
city Of over fifteen thousand people. -.
The city is pleasantly situated on an 1sth-
mus about threef urth OF mile woe, ~.
tween Lakes Mendoza and Monona. IN the
centre of q broad valley. su n undeo py
heights lfbm which 1t can be seen at q dis
tapc of several miles, Lake Mendota lies
northwest Of the st9wn,, Is six miles iong
and four miles WIDE. %i,ha ceam an tFe neyis
CATION of steamboats,. Lake Monona Is
somewhat smaller AZ H.o, -
" AZ I76 miles from Chicago, and 81 miles
from Madison, we reached the cele Drateu
DEVILS Lake. This is Q beauiitnl % p0ay Cnn 0i
tains ON every side, except at two points,
one being at the southern end. where me
railroad fl DDS exit from the basin OF Inc
lake. On every side of the lake you see
"rc ok piled on rock' in every copceiyaple
form, and In immense columns. tlilaLs,
piles and masses of very great magnltude
and height. The railroad runs along the
shore of the lake on bed that was ilteraily
blasted out Of the sides of the mountalu.
From the car windows al toe beauues Oh
glon can readily be seen. THIS was Inc
home of Minuawaukene, beuatiful but
unlortupate Indian maiden, and many le-i
gends are related of her by the simple
hearted and kindly people OF the viclnlIy;
This lake IL q favorite summer resort, and
to 1t the people for many mi ts around
come for picpicing. sailing, boating, 1st-
Ing and many other sports
At BarbnO you reach the Barbo0 river.
and from thence pass along Its valleys Tor
many miles.
At Elroy you are 12 miles from Chicago,
and at the southe, termit us Of the West
Wisconsin road, and soon reach the great
pine woods. WHICH have rendered Wise m
sin celebrated Inc world over. Into me
heart Of the pine lumber region you speed,
passing through Black River Falls, Hum,
bird. Augusta. Eau Clair, Menomonee, and
other noted lumber Towns, and hnaliy
cross the st. Croix river at Hudson. Ihls
river is the divld ng line between Wlscon-
you reach branch toStillwater, flourish
ing town on the st. ,Croix river. A fifteen
mile ride brings you to st. Paul, and mere
you rest, or push on eleven 10 lies further'
to The active, bpstling cities OF Mlnneapo-
lis and St Anthony. .., ... -.-...--
AtSt, Paul you can make close eonnec..
tions, via the Lake superior q Mississippi
Railroad, for Doluth, Mo 1rehead, b)smarK,
and other points on the line OF the great
Northern Pacific Railroad and also with
the st. Paul and Pacific Ra' 'lway, f,r Be ck-
eoridge, roiJ Gary and points In Mahito-
ia. l .'i'fFaf
On the line we have hastily sketched, you
have a rtety OF fscencfy fy-ibe quiet, Deau-
tlful prairie country OF Norlneastern hiin,
offs; the rolling ,rmibg country OF Southern
Wisconsin,; The wildly romantic mountain
scenery o the Dew Is Lake country; Inc
breezy, odorous pinev woo ds," WI tneir
buy mills, active towns and numerous
logging camps a9d tne iins Gaafhn 's,aater aate
diversity of country cannot be found any 1
where ia a Journey of the same length, A
You will fiud comfortable. cieaniy ana
c0mmodious ming Stations ana hotels
along the at which ample tlne lsglVen
for all meals.
: One management controls the route, and
Pullman Palace sle-peTs run Ihrcu; IA 70
g. Paul and FIR Minneapolis. II Will be
Sc On that this line runs nearly due norm.
west from Chica. 10 ST. Paul, ana IL put
Il. y miIes longer Ill. n an airs ne ,Japd IL |
Is The shortest practical route over which
railroad line can ps built between these |
,~ ints. This assures 1he passeI ger the
gu ea est lime that eau be made NO other
route is now or can be made ss dlrect.
We ale now sett I'd down by quiet
brous, where we daily puil from the "yasty |
Gee j" TIE speckt.d beauties we have
ht ard so 10 UGH habout.-Cour1er. .... , ,.. A
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