The Morning herald., 1878-09-10
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lasils gas1e ssnSi1k MS 0u tSfough sfhe North ard
west Ii1dstrAt{d," !" Apd they caused us t0.
long Jor Atripto the bone Of the "piney
;yn% Ensrs rooS snS,a Ui M Eek Rg Ssai ana
soon found surssives In -Chicago. There we
found put one route that could give US
what we were looking Tor, and found tnat
tS Ss hs new Ssie ss EAU prairie nns and
saeadaW.-thronghsA Aillk- and valleys. along
great lakes ana streams, and finally into
thedepthsIQf the pine forests Of Wisconsin,
and III Oh to ST Paul and Minneapolis. Buy
and Kinzie streets depot Of the Chicago and
North Western. Railway, and passed
through many pleasant Villages. shch as
irving RsIA pesplaines, Barrington, Cyis;
tai Lake, and Woodstock, and reached
Harvard, thence to Beloit, Hanover n; and
cago. and at the capital Of Wisconsin, Q
.ciiy 81 over fifteen Thousand people.
The city yAspleasantly situated on on 1sCn-
mus about three-fnurth of mile wide. be-
tween Lakes Mendoza and Monoua. In the
centre of q broad valley, su rounded by
heights lrom which it can be seen at dis
taI,ce ofseveral miles. Lake Mendoza lies
northwest of the town, Is six miles long
and four miles wide, with clean. gravelly
CATION of steamboats,. Lake Monona is
somewhat smaller. .,It,.
At LIS miles from Chicago, and 80 miles
from Madison, we reached the celebrated
Deyil's Lake, 'IhisSisr a beautiful body Of
water. surrounded BY pre- s!pitous noun
tains on every side, except at two points,
on a being at the southern end. where the
railroad finds exit ffom the basin OF the
lake. On every side of the lake you see
"rock piled on rocks in every con Dce1vable
form, and in immense columns tillars,
piles and masses of very great magnitude
and height. The raj road runs along tne
shore of the lake on q bed that was literally
blasted out of the sides OF the mountain.
From the car windows all the beauties OF
this wonderftiland wierdly myster'ou re-
gion can readily be seen. This was the
home aof sMinnawauk enc, q beuatffuI but
unfortunate Indian nader, and many le-
gends are related OF her by me simple
This lake IL a favorite summer resort, and
to it the people for many mics around
come for picnicing, sailing, boating, hsh-
ing and many other sports q ~,
At Barboo you reach the Barboo river,
and from thence pass along its valleys for
At EIroy You are N2 miles from Chicago,
and at the southe n tsrmi us Of the West
Wisconsin road and soon reach the great
pine woods. which have rendered Wise ~
heart OF the pine lumber region you speed,
passing through Black Eiver Falls, Hum
bird, augusta. Eau Clair. Menomonee, and
other noted lumber towns, and nnaliy
river is the dividing line between Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota. A few miles beyond.
you reach branch to saltwater, a flourish
ing town on the st CrOtx river. A hteen
mile ride brings you to ST. Paul, and mere
you rest, or pus b on eleven miles furthers
to the active, busting cities Of Minneapo-
lis and st Anthony. &EGE
st, Paul you can make close eonnec.
tions, via the Lake superior & Mississippi
Railroad, for Doluth, Moorehead, bismark,
Northern Pacific Railroad, and also with
the 81. Paul and Pacific Railway, for Beck
enrldge, Font Gary and points In Manlto-
On the line we have hastily sketched, you
have variety ofscenery-the quiet, beau
tiful prairie country of NOrtheasternI Illin-
ois; the rolling farming country of Southern
Wisconsin; the wildly romantic mountain
scenery O; the DEVILS Lake country; the
breezy, odorous .'piney woods" WI their
logging camps and the charming river
country. of the st. Croix valley. A!greater
diversity of country cannot be found any.
where In Journey of the same length,
You will find comfortable. cleanly ann
eommodious dining stations and hotels
along the line, at which ample time isg given
for all meals s..l min.H
One management controls the route, ,and
Pullman Palace Sle peTs run lhrtu:n 10
st Paul and fIr Minneapolis. 1t will be
se.n that this line runs nearly due north
west from Chicas TO st, Paul, and Is but
a te miles longer ihpn an. air line, and IL
is the shortest practical route over which
railroad line, can be built between these
puiuts. This, assures the passenger the
mig 4 eat time that can be made No other
route is now or can he made as direct.
We are now settled down by q quiet
brooK, where we daily pull from the "yasty
deop" the speckitd beauties we have
heard 80 much about Courier.