The Morning herald., 1878-09-06
,.rHE oDoRoUs PlHnr WOODS. !.

These words caught our eye as we were
lszily giaucing through "The North and
West ILLUSTRATED" and they caused us to
long ier TIP to the s,hon home & q ,ae ''pin ey
where we should stop, we took onr start
| from the good city Of Louisville, Ky, and
soon found ourselves in Chicago. There we
lour d put one route that could give us
70 whas be the ne NEW cRicage st st Pau Paul Mime
apolis Line, that lea through prairie and
meadow, through hills and valleys along
great lakes and streams, and finally intu
the dep hs Of the pine forests OF Wisconsin,
and so on To 81. Panl and Minneapolis. Buy
ing ur tick cts we started. and left the Canal
and Kinzie streets depot OF the Chicago and
North Western Railway, and passed
through many pleasant Villages, such as
Irving Park. pesplaines, Barrmgton, Cy,s;,
tai Lake, ard Woodstock, q, d reached
Harvard, thence 10 Peloit, Hanover and
Msdison, where We are l4O miles from Chlp
cago. and at the capital of Wisconsin, a
city of over fifteen thousand people.
The city is pleasantly situated on an 18TH
mus about thIee-f urth of mile wide, be-
tween Lakes Mendoza and Monona. In the
centre ofga broad valley, surrounded Dy
heights from which 1t can be seen al dis.
north west of the town, is six miles long
and Jour miles wide, with clean. graYeily y
shores, and depth sufficient iOr the naVi-
CATION of steamboats,. Lake Monona IS
somewhat smaller. .
Al I76 miles rom Chicago, and 33 miles
| from Madison, we reached the celebrated
DEVILS Lake, This is q beautiful body OF
water, surrounded by prec.pitous noun
taips on every side, except at NV! polnIs,
ona being at the southern end. where inc
railroad tiads exit ftom this basin OF the
lake. en- every side of the lake you see
"rc OK piled on rocks in every coDcelyabie
form, and in immense columns, tlilvrs,
piles and masses Of very great magnltaae
Il hot ~ AlnnC
shore OF the lake on a bed that was literally
blasted out Of the sides of the mountair.
From the CIR windows all the beauties OF
this wonderful aud wierdy mysterious re-
gion can readily be seen. This was Ihe
home of Minpawaukene, beuatllul hut
uni ortunate Indian maiden, and many ie-
gends are related OF her by the simple
hearted and kindly people OF the V1cinlly;
This lake is 81 favorite swimmer resort, and
to is the people for maly mi IS around
ccme for picnicing, sailing, boating, nsh-
ing and many other sports
At Barboo you reach the Barboo river,
and nom thence pass along its valleys for
many miles. ...
At Elroy you are 212 miles from Chicago,
and at the southe termiL us of the West
Wisconsin road, and soon reach tle great
pine woods, WHICH have renuefed Wise th-
sin celebrated the world over lnto lne
heart OF the pine lumber region you speed,
passing through Black River Falls, Hum-
bird, Augusta. Eau Clair. Menomonee, ana
other noted lumber towAs,. and nnaiiy
cross the st. CrOix river at hudson. Inls
river is the divid ng line between WlScon-
sin and Minnesota A few miles beyond,
you reach branch to oStillWatsr, a hourlsn-
ing town ON the st Cro?X river. A nEeen
mile ride priugs you 10 st. PAU, ana mere
You rest, or pub on ele> en- niles 1urtner'
to the active, busting Giles or Mlnneapo-
lis and st Anthony.
At st, Paul you can make close sonnec.
tiOns, via the Lake supeflo q MISSISSIPPI
kaiiroa,,, fUr Doluth, Mo 'lehead, B1S4narK,
and other poiJts ON the line OF the great
Northern Pacific / abroad, and also with
the st. Paul and Pacific Railway, fr BECK
ei ridge, roiJ Gary and points IN Manlto-
Ia.
ON the line we have hastily sketched, you
have variety of fscenery~tbe quiet, peau-
tiful praiiie country OF Northeastern ilila-
ois; the rolling farming country OF Soul1eIn
Wisconsin,; he wildly romantic mountain
| scenery o the DevI's Lake country; tne
breez,, odoruus 'plney WoCds," WI II Ihelr
bu.y mills, active towns and numerous
logging camns. and tue charming river
country Of the st. Croi4 valley. A greater
diversity of country cannot be 1ouLd any
where in a Journey of the same lenstn,
You will find comfortable. cieanly anu
commodious uning stations az d notels
along the line, at which ample tine lsglVeh
for all meals.
One mau agem ent controls the route, ana
Pullman Palace Sleepers ran lhr. d 10
81 Paul and for Minneapolis. IL Will oe
seen that this line runs nearly due north
W est from Chicaso 10 st. Paul, and Is put
| q few miles longer IN an an air nae, anu ~
| ~ the short est practical route over which a
| railroad line can he built between these
puints This assures The passenger the
| du' c est time that can he made, Noother
| route is now Or eau he made IS direct
| We aIe now settled down by o quiet
brouE, where We daily pull from the Vastly
Gee !" the speckrd beauties we nave
b, ard SO % eli Gabout.-Courier. ....