The Morning herald., 1878-09-07
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1aR Wsss LID {trassa and thsy ssd% % II: {. e
-Sssds ,s without muc6 thought % %
where We should stop, We took onr start
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ScSSS S%cSnS SSS one. fJSss %1ats SSaAd give us
.what re Kere olEips. .toE, and .fonnd. that
TO be the new Chicago, et. Paul Mime,
psssoI sposs Line ss E2asss Rsss.is slos ss
great lakes and Streams, end finally into
the depths Of the pine forests of Wisconsin.
and 60 on to st. Paul and Minneapolis: Buyt
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through many pleasant Villages, such az
tai Lake, and Woodstock, and reached
ne, Eee0S gss cRi' eRS
caro. and at the capital Of Wisconsin, q
c,tv az over fifteen thousand people.
The city is pleasantly situated ON an isthi
mus about tns4. Ept6 e Hile neva vide; e. tss nss
centre Qf q broad valley, su rounded by
tance of several miles. Lake Mendoza lies
northwest of the town, is six miles long
and four miles wide, with clean, graveiiy
shores. and . depth RufficieDt Tor tne naVi1
CATION Of steamboass. Lake Monona ls
Al 176 miles rom Chicago, and 33 miles
from Madison, we reached the celebrated
DEVILS Lake, This Is beautiful body OF
water, surrounded by prectpitous noun
tains on every side. except at two points.
railroad finds exit from the basin Of the
lake: On every side of the lake you seq
crock piled on rock'' In every conceivable
form and In immense columns, p1llsrsy
piles and masses Of very great magnitude
FDl.~
shoreof the lake on afbed' that was literall u
blasted out of the efsidss) oD the niountain 1
From thatcar windows SID thebeauties OF
this wonderful and wierdiy mysterious rel
glon can readily be seen. This was ths
home Of Minnawaukene De1atilui puf
gends are relatea oflher byh heisimpleI
hearted and kindly people OF the vicinity:
This lake IL q favortte summer Fesoyt anu
to- Il the people for MANY mtts around
come for picnicing, sailing, boating, hsn-
At -Barboo you reach the BarbUo river,
and from theL ce pass along fts yalleys for
At Eiroy you are ~ miles from Chicago,
and at the soYlhe. p tsrmtt us q ths Yves w est !
pine woods. WHICH have rendered Wise "a
sin eel lebrated the world over Into the
heart OF the pine lumber region you speed.
passing through Black skiver Falls, ,HuM-
bird, augusta, Eau Clair. Menomopee, and
other snoted lumber towns, and rnally
cross the st. ,Croix river ,at Hudson:, This
river IL the divid tng line between Wiscon-
SIN and Minnesota. Al few miles beyond,
you reach branch toStillwater, flourish
Ing town on the st Cro!x river, "A fifteen
yop rest, or push on eleven miles further'
10 the active, busting cities Of Minnea2o-
lis and st Anthony.
At st. Paul you can make close eonnec.
tions. via the Lake superior d Mississippi
Railroad, for Doluth, Moorehead, SisnsIs,
Northern Pacific Railroad, and also with
the st, Paul and Pacific Railway, for Beck
eDridge, fort Gary and points In Manito-
| ba. --.--
On the line we have hastily sk etched, ea. you you
tifll prairie country of ofNortheastern Illia-
oils; the rolling farming country ofSonthern
Wisconsin: the wildly romantic mountain
scenery d the Devils Lake conntry; the
breezy, odoruus 'piney woods" !" WI their
f atys oTs and aa@eliSss riTss
country OF Tho 81. Croix valley. AlRreater
diversity of country cannot pc found any
where In u Journey .of the same length,
You will hnd comfortable. clearly ami
c3nlnodiols dining STATIONS and !. nGSel, aiSen
| One management controls the route, and
Pullman Palace sle-pers ron 1hrLuth to
ST Paul and for Minneapolis. 1t VIII De
sean that this lire, runs nearly due north
west from Chicas 70 81. Paul and 1s put
| a IL miles longer than an air line, apd II
| IL the shortest practical route over which q
railroad line can be built between these
noints. This iassuresI tho passer ger the
auiok eat lime that can be made. No other
route IS now or can be. made ss direct. =,
I've are now tsetttd' down by D quiet
lbrooK, where We daily pun from the "Yasty
EIeeu'', the speckEd beauties we have
heard 40 much about r-Courier. 10