Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-28
A Water town Wanderer.
MARSHALL, Mimi, August 23d, 1878.

MARSHALL, MIMI, August 23d, 1878.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN: AS | promised TO
write you, | will try and do so now. We
left Watertown Wednesday morning at
o'clock. We went via Harvard junction.
never had been over that road from Har.
ward to Madison before and was not aware
It was such fine country. Saw plenty of
wild pigeons between Harvard and Madison.
Reached DEVILS Lake about clock P. M.
This is as wild place as one need look for.
We found here the usual number of pic.
mic parties. At Ell Roy we change cars for
the Winona and St. Peter road Arrived
at st. Peter in time for break fast The
brakeman came into the car and sung Dat
"time tor break FAST and lodged back out OF
the car. We were we'll aware it was time
for breakfast, but what we wanted to
know was where we could get it and how
long time we had to get it in. AS we saw
no place that looked like break fast. finally
got sight of the conductor going down the
h''l' ana thinking, perhaps, he was after
breakfast, followed and proceeded to sup
ply the inner man. We reached this
place about o'clock and pitched our tent.
For the last IS miles before reaching this
place 1T is certainly the finest country | ever
Saw in my life; the most good land toee,h-
er Without any poor, that ever saw. Ten
miles Is about rs far AS you can see over the
pra'rle' but in that one sweeping vision
you take in $4,000 acres of land gently
'o'''ne' just as nature lett it, one grand
green carpet, decorated with flowers of
every nue. and color. | found here our old
friend James Griswo.d, looking well hna
nearly. also me: here E. G. Avery
our Old insurance man. 1t was terribl,
'eliioly. not Yesterday end last night; lit
Tie cooler to-day. must relate here y little
VI our experience of our first night camp.
ing. We cooked our supper, and everything
seemed 10 De all right and coy until few
minutes alter shutdown. when the mosqui-
Toes came down upon US first by hundreds
anu then by thousands, tens of thousands
and millions; they poured IA under the tent
they roasted on the outside waiting tor
'hoSe on the inside to Eli themselves and
make room tor Others; having no kno wledge
ofthem' they took US entirely by surprise. By
great efforts We succeeded in keeping them
on OF Tuttle until he could wlite our wills
then feeling calmer and collected we cast
about to devise some means TO p.: r;.: nf
our tormentOrs, or 1t least 10 modify our
torture. We got up Il foot race tetween
Iutt'e and Parks. The ground was s.aked
OH and the contestants in their night robes
prep AIRED themselves for the contest. Atl2
O'Clock midnight, precisely, ;hey passed un
der the wire. On the first quarter Parks
was ahead, but was soon over,nken by Tut.
lie who took the lead on the home stretch
ana CANE III two lengths ahead (Tultle
says he walked around the turning stake
but Parks thinks this is mistake DIR.
ing :he race, while the MOSQUITOES were
making frantic efforts TO find the contestants
succeeded IN getting up a smujge which
quite etfectually kept them out, and we DOT,
n very uqutet rest We have procured a
team and leave in the morning for the land
| Of III e Daeotuhs Yours e.
q. B. LEWIS.