The Morning herald., 1878-08-31
..rHE oDoRoUs plsEY wooDsr

a,,osa ,goyds cap I'M our ave as we were
4 ziIy ivs erancing % through ..fhe North and
vest flusiratt d, u and they caused us 10
long l0r q, trip tn the home, of the plney
woods" Without much thought as "
where we should stop. weAt9oK 3nr saars d
soon m found ourselves in chicago. There we
fourd but one rcute that could five us
what we were looking tors and fon no lnaI
to be the new Chicago, st Paul y Mlnned,
apolis Line. That lei through pfalfle anu
meadow, through hills and valleys; along o:
great lakes and streams, and finally into
fhe de %; lis of the pine forests OF Wiseonsln'
and So on to st. Paul and Minneapolis. Buy,
ing ur Ii icbets tswestarted. and ie the CANA
and Kinzie streets depot Oh the Chicaso od anu
through many pleasant Villages, such as
IRWIN, Pdrk, DeSplaines, Darlington, Cyis,
tai Like, ard Woodstock, ahd etcne9
Harvard 4 hence 10 Eeloit, Hanover ana
Madison, ,whfre we are l4O n rtGs isoi; Si'.,
cago, aud as the capital of Wisconsin, a
DIV of over fifteen Thousand people.
The CITY is.pleasantly situated on an lstn-
,nus about three-f urth of q mile wide, be-
ktween lakes Mend ia and Monona: IN Ghe
centre of q broad valley, surrounded Dy
heights lrJln which it can be seen at dis
| tanc Of several miles. Lake Mendota lies
| north " est of the town, is SIX miles long
aud ;our miles wide, with clean. graYe.ly
! shores ana depth sufficient for the naVi-
| g2tlO1 OF SlPhiuuOpsseF AIo'oS AAN~'@ "
somewhat smaller.
| AT 17G miles from Chicago, and - mlies
| from Madison, we reached the celeprateu
DEVILS Lake, This Is a beautiful nody Vi
| water, surrounded by prec pitous noun
| taius on every side, except at tWo points,
| one being al the southern end where The
| railroad tilds exit from the basin OF lhe
| tGlxp. on every side of the lake you sGe
"rCck piled ou rock" in every copcelvaple
| form, and III inlmense columns, pliiSIs,
]
| and height. The raj road runs along me
shore of the lake on d bed that was literally
| blasted out Of the sides of the mountain.
From the car windows all the beauties OF
this wonderful and wierdfy mysterious re-
gion cgn readily be seen. This was lhe
home of Mtnnawaukene, a beautiful but
unfortunate Indian maiden, and many le-
gends are related OF her by the simple
hearted and kindly people OF the vlcinlty;
This lake i3 q fayorlte summer RESORT, auu
to il the people fer many mi Is around
come for picnicing, sal ing, boating, nsh-
ing and many other sports
At BarbnO you reach the Barboo river,
and from therCe pass along It's valleys 1or
At EIToy YOU are 212 miles from Chicago,
end at the sUuihe tsrmia us of the West
Wisconsin road, and soon reach the great
pine woods which, have rendered wise m
sin celebrated Inc world over. lnJo tne
heart of the pine lumber region you speed,
bird, Augusta, Eau Clair, Menom0nee, ana
other noted lumber towns, ana nnaiiy
cross the ST. Crul& river at Hudson: inns
river is the divid Dg line between Wiscoh-
sin and Minnesota. A few miles oeyonu'
YOU reach a branch TO oStllwater, a flourish
| ing town on the ~ Cro5x river. fifteen
mile ride brings you TO Sta Paul, and mere
sou rest, or pG' h on eleven miles lurther'
to the active, bustling cities Of Minnea2o-
lis and St Anthony. L.
~ pntIl N-NIN 20 N niGGp HOnneE-
tionS, via The Lake superior & mississippi
hairoad, fJr Doiuth, Mo 'rehead, bIsmarK,
and other points on the line OF the great
NCrtheru Pacific Railroad, ana also Wltu
the 1t. Paul and Pacific Ra, lWay, fnr BECK
e ridge, rot Gary and points Ill Madlto-
ba.
C,n the line we have hastily sketChed, you
| have u variety OF euerY~-ihc quiet, beau
| tlfgl praili9 country OF Northeastern llill-
Ols; the rolling fdrmrng 4 @UGltry OF Sou'hern
! WisCOnsiu; 'lll Wildly rpm1ntlc mountain
| sceUery o Lne Dew ~ LAKE country; me
! bre. Z, odCfous 'pineY woCds,' IVA II thelf
| bu'y mill, aItiye fowls ana numerous
IIGggiug camps. aud the charming river
country OftAe 81. CIoi1 valley. ~ eHCsl
| d VelS ty OF cOGutry cannot be iouEo any
| where ia q Journey of tbs same lenSln,
| You will iuu cOmf~rtabte. c.sanIy ana
cnmmod!ous dining stations ana h9tel'
along the Jiue,G ,Gt which ample tin lsglVen
for All meals. .- ~. :
one ma9agem ent controls the route, and
Pullman Palace f.Ierpers ran ,hrc h to
| 81 f&ul aud FIR MinuespJns. it Will 0e
! &c IN thai this line ruus nearly Que norm.
as, from ChicagO o 10 st. Paul. and Is but
| a t., Il miles longer iii III an air liIe, and 1t
| sine shnrteSL practical route over Which q
| raii,Uad linS can be built between these
| ,,,ll Is. This q sures the passenger Lhe
! 40 G, est tine THAI can be made, NO olllei
! f0rreis nov or can be made IS direct.
| VIC a,c nov sett cd down by q quiet
bru"s, wnere we daily pull from the Vastly
Iy.e. " llc apeckI d beauties we nave
"a ard an much hGbtut.-Cou!ier.
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