The Morning herald., 1878-08-13
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lszilS g,ancIng % through "fhe North and
West Illustrated" and they caused Us 10
| long fOr trip to the home@of the 'plney
woods Without much thought : as 8 to " "
where we should stop. we TOOK on 9nr s.ars aad
soon forSd onrssivssan Chicago. There We
found but one route that could giye ps
what we were looking for, and fou9a tnat
| to be the new Chicago, st Paul q Mlnne,
apdlis Line thss lei n,,s snso1gn aoa gyaess slope
great lakes anc streams, and nnaliy lnto
| the depths of the pine forests OF Wisconsin
and SO on toStPapl and Minneapolis Buy :.
| ing, cur tickets we Started. aud leit the Jana,
and Kinzie streets depotorthe Chicago ard @
Moth Western q III ailWay,o and passed
through Msny ,pleqsantl Aalliages, suca as
| irving Park, Desplaines, Harrington, Cyls,
tai Lake, and Woodstock, ard retche9
Harvard, thence,to Reloit,b Hanover ana
caso msSl ana and st @ liz q capital Of Wisconsin, q
CIV OF over fifteen thousand people.
The city. is pleasantly situated on an lstn-
mus about three-f urth of = mile wide. pr
| tween Lakes Mendoza and MononA; IN tne ne
| heigtlts fri,m which 1t can be seen at dls-
tanca OF several miles. Lake Merdota lies
northwest OF the town, Is SIX Hlles !opg
land four miles wide, with clean, graVelIy
| chores. and depth sufficient 1or the naVi-
| CATION of steamboats,. Lake MonOna ~
Al 176 miles nom, Chicago, and 81 mi es
| from Madison, we reached the ceIeoIateu
Dew MS Lake. This fs9a beauttnl BODY or
water, surrounded by prec pitous noun
tains on every side, except at two points
| on q beiag at the southern end where ,he
| railroad ii IDS exit T ON the basin offhe
lake. Tn every side OF the lake you see
| "rcck piled on rock" In eve'y copceivaplc
form, and in immense columns. tlMsrs,
Dill g and masses of very great magnitude
1 and height. The railroad ruus along Inc
4 shore OF the lake on bed that was literally
/ blasted out Of the sides Of the mountain.
From the car windows al tne peauIIes - oi
| gion can readily be seen. This was the
4 home of M'nnawaukena. o beuat1ful 6ot
un. .ortunate Indian maiden, and mary Il
/ gends are related of her by the simple
hearted and kindly people OF the vic,nny
| This lake IL a favorite summer resort, aod
4 to is the people for many mi ts around
come for picnicing. sailing, boating, nsh'
/ Inv and many other sports
1 At BarbnO you reach the Barboo river,
and from ,hepce pass along Its valleys for
many miles.
Al Eiroy you are 212 miles from Chicago,
i and at the sOuthe. u termi us Of the West
Wisconsin road, and soon reach the great
pine woods. which have rendered Wise m
i sin celebrated the void over. Into the
heart of the pine lumber region you speed
passing through Black kiver Falls, Hum,
| bird, Augusta, Eau Clair. MeHomonee, and
other noted lumber towns. ana nnaiiy
cross the st. CrOix river st Hudson. This
river IL the divid ng line between Wiscon-
sin aud Minnesota. A few miles beyond,
| you reach branch to saltwater. IA flourish
ling town on The IT Cro,x river, A. nueen
mile ride brings you TO sts Paul, ana mere
| yourest. or pu h on eleven niles furlner'
| to the active, busting ctitts or Mlnnea?o-
lis and st Anthony. "a ,@t+a
AT Ut. Paul you can make c:ose eoDnec.
| tiOns, via the Lake superior G Mississippi
Railroad, for Doiuth, Mo 'rehead, b)smaTk, !,
and other points on the line OF me grea, a.,
| the st. PaAl and Pacific Ra lway, for Beck
euridge, rolt Gary and poinss IN Mahito-
On the line we have hastily sketched, you
have variety Of 1sceos ry : The quiet, pesu- se
Ois; the rolling farming country OF souihern
| Wisconsin; the wildly romantic mountain
scenery 0, ths Dev.rs LEX counfry; the
breezy odorous 'pioev WOO ds,'' wi Ii their
busy mills, active towns and numerous
! logging camps. and the charming river
| country Of the St Croix valley. A Lgreater
| diversity of country cannot be found any
| where in journey OF the same lengtn,
You will fud comfortable. Gle anly ami
| commOdious dining stations and hotel
along the line ,at which awple time isgiven
i for all meals.
| One mauagem ent controls the route, and
| Pullman Palace Sleepers run lhrtu h TO
81 Paul and f1r Minneapolis. IT will be
| sesn that this line runs nearly due north
west from Chicaso to st. Paut, and is but
a lew miles longer ths an an air line, and ~
| Is the shortest practical route over which
railroad line can be built betWeen these
points This assures the passer ger the
auie est time that can be made No other
route is now or can be made as direct.
We are now setttd down by a quiet
brook, where we daily pull from the "vasty
Ceep" the speckhd beauties We have
heard 80 much habout.-Courier.
Aug 1S-lw. }"Iu