Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-19
SUMNER TRAVEL.
Attractions offered by the Grand
Rapids and Indiana Route to the
Northern Michigan Resorts
Special Excursion
Rates.

trade,
Pants for the refuge Of some rural shade,
Where all bis long anxieties forgot.
Amid the charms Of a sequestsred spot,
Or recollected only 10 gild Ger,
1t adds a smile to what was sweet before.
The railway system of this country,
though apparently, and to some extent
in reality, complex, is, so ia, as the tray
cling public is concerned, an entity
through whose arteries and veins the
commercial pulses Of the nation beat to
the remotest village and hamlet. So
closely implicated are all the various
lines Of railway hat for purposes of
business or travel each merges into aud
becomes a part Of the Others-all having
a common interest in providing such
generous facilities fer travel, both as
concerns convenience aud expense, that
there are few persons who cannot afford
to cast off the leading strings which bind
them to their immediate homes, and
dedicate a season to pleasant and profit.
able excursion. Whether the induce
ment be health, pleasure or profit, the
changes which travel brings, the fresh
scenes, the new faces and new modes
which present themselves as one rolls
along in a luxurious coach, or sojourus
at the popular resorts, or visits the spots
where nature has sported in her vagaries
or displayed her grandeur, cannot but
quicken the mental and physical pro.
cesses which constitute life and give ad.
ditional value to its tenor"
We believe that the country traversed
by the Grand Rapids aud Indiana rail
road presents superior attractions to the
invalid, the tourist and the sportsman.
The triangular part of Northern Michi-
gan, lying between the Straits Of Mack.
nav On the nerth, the Grand Rapids and
Indiana railroad on the east, the MANS.
tee river on the south, and Lake Mich.
gan with its i|ndentations on the west,
offers a comparatively unknown region,
with many spots which, once visited, al
ways command a return. The mighty
sea, tLat
Breaks Ger its cold gray stones"
cannot surpass 10 beauty the Says Of
Lake Michigan. Tho streams swarm
with the finest fish, and the many beau.
titul lakes scattered throughout the for
ests are rare jewels set by the hand Of
nature. Enhancing views, a bracing
and invigorating atmosphere, with plenty
of sport, certainly should not be- over
looked by the pleasure.seeker and sports.
man, To the Grand Traverse region we
draw particular attention. 1t is EN-
braced in the counties Of Leelanau
Grand Traverse, Antrim, Charlevoix anC
Emmett.
Having suggested to the visitor thu
charms of the Grand Traverse region
permit US to call attention to the mean
of reaching it. The Grand Rapids anG
Indiana railroad p%ierces the very hear
; of this country. In its progress north
: ward it is crossed by eighteen railroad
lines from all directions, thus giving
visitors from every part OF the continent
unsqualed advantages for reachiHg these
pleasure grounds. Tickets to all these
places will be sold at reduced rates and
will be good until September 3O;h. Per
u, sons in Memphis can obtain full infor
nation by applying to Barney Hughes
of the Memphis and Charleston railroad
office, and James Speed at the Louisville
and Nashville and Great Southern rail
! road office. A. B. Leet, the popular
|, general passenger and general ticke
agent Of the Grand Rapids and Indians
Railroad Company, operating the Gin
%cinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne, snt
the Traverse City railroads, has hi
Office at Grand Rapids, Mich. He vii
cheerfully furnish specific information
+ respecting this pleasure route and il
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