The Morning herald., 1878-09-13
"raE oDoRous PsrEY wooDs. !,

These words caught our eye as we wer
lazilyl glancing through ''The North and
West Illustrated" and they caused us to
long FOR tripto the home of the ''piney
woods" Without much thought as TO
where we should stop, we took onr start
from the good city OF louisville, KY, and
soon found ourselves in Chicago. There we
topnd put one route that could give en us
to be the new Chicago, st, Paul & Mime.
apolis Line, that led through prairie and
meadow, through hills and valleys. along
great lakes ana streams, and finally into
the depths ofthe pine forests of Wisconsin,
and SO on toSt.Paul and Minneapolis. Buy
ingsour tickets we started. and lett the Canal
aud Kinzie streets depot ol the Chicago and
North Western Railway, and passed
through many pleasant Villages, such as
Irving Park, Desplaines, harrington, Cyrs-
| tai Lake, and Woodstock, and reached
Harvard, thence to Beloit, Hanover and
Mad son, where we are lao miles from Chip
| cago, and at the capital of Wisconsin, a
city of over fifteen thousand people.
The city is pleasantly situated on IN 18TH
mus about three fourth of a mile wide, be-
| tween Lakes Mendoza and Monona, in the
centre Of q broad valley, su II unded by
heights from which it can be seen at dis
| tanca of several miles. Lake Mendoza lies
| northwest of the town, is six miles long
and four miles wide, with clean, graVeily
| shores. and depth sufficient for the navi-
cation of steamboats,. Lake Monona is
somewhat smaller.
At 176 miles from Chicago, and 36 miles
| from Madison, we reached the celebrated
DEVILS Lake, This is beautiful body Of
water, surrounded by precipitous noun
tains on every side, except at two points,
one being at the southern end, where the
railroad finds exit from the basin of the
lake. On every side of the lake you see
''rock piled on rocks in every conceivable
| form, aud in immense columns, pillars,
piles and masses OF very great magnitude
and height. The railroad runs along the
shore ofthe lake on bed that was literally
| blasted out of the sides of the mountain.
trom the car windows all the beauties of
| this wonderful and wierdly mysterious re-
gion can readily be seen. This was the
home of Minnawaukene, a beautiful but
I'M ortunate Indian maiden, and many le-
gends are related Of her by the simple
hearted and kindly people OF the vicinity.
mis- lake il a. tavorite summer resort, and
to il the people for many mics around
come for picnlcing sailing, boating, fish
i'm and many other sports
At BarbCo you reach the Barboo river,
and from thence pass along its valleys for
many miles.
at Elroy you are 212 miles from Chicago,
| 9nd at the southe'n n termlaus of the West
Wisconsin road, and soon reach the great
! pine woods WHICH have rendered Wlscgn-
! sin celebrated the world over. Into the
| heart of the pine lumber region you speed,
! passing through Black River Falls, Hum-
! Dlrd Augusta, Eau Clair, MenomOnee, and
other noted lumber towns, and nnally
cross the ST. CrOix river at Hudson, This
| river is the dividing line between Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota. A few miles beyond,
you reach a branch toStillWater, afiourish-
Ing town on the st, Croix river. fifteen
mile ride brings you TO Sta Paul, and mere
| you rest, or push on eleven miles further,
| to the active, bustling cities of Minneapo-
! lis and St Anthony.
| Ats Paul you can make close eonnec-
tions, viathe Lake superior d Mississippi
| Railroad, for DoIuth, Moorehead, Blsmark,
and other points on the line of the great
| Northern Pacific Railroad, and also with
| the st. Paul and Pacific Railway, for Beck-
enrldge, to1J Gary and points in Manito-
| ia.
ON the line we have hastily sketched, you
| have a variety ofsGenery-the quiet, beau
tiful prairie country OF Northeastern lll1n-
| ois; the rolling farming country OF Southern
| Wisconsin; the wildly romantic mountain
| scenery or the Devlis Lake country; the
breezy, odorous 'piney woods,' wi n their
| busy mills, active towns and numerous
| logging camps. and the charming river
| country of The st. CrOix valley. A greater
| diversity Of country cannot be 1ound any,
where in journey of the same length,
You will find comfortable. cleanly and
commodous dining stations aud hotels
along the 1ine,at which ample time isgiVen
| for all meals.
One management controls the route, and
Pullman Palace Sleepers run through to
ST. Gitll dIlu 1yi ,-1AAhOdPoAlS' - VIZ "
| seen that this line runs nearly due north
west from ChicagO to st, Paul, and is but
| 9 tc~ miles longer than an air line, apd iG
| is the shortest practical route over Which
railroad line can be built Between these
points. This assures the passenger the
| quGS est time that can be made. No other
! route is now Or can be made as direct.
| We ale now settled down by q quiet
brook, where we daily pull from the "yasty
! GceU' the speclz led beauties we have
heard SO much haboub,-Courief.