The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-01-26
ASHLAND TO BAYFIELD,.
Jolly Steamboat Excursion January
1st, 1878. Lumbering Opera
tions. Wisconsin Central
Railroad Survey.
Editorial CORRESPONDENCE.

ASHLAND, W Is., Jan. 4, 1878.
January lst., 1878, is day which
will long remain memorable in the
local history of the regions of west
ern Lake Superior. The day was
as bright and balmy as though a
September sun shed its radiant
rays upon us.
Though Bangor, Maine, and 9TH
er ports on the sea board were closed,
and nearly all the harbors on the
Lake coasts inaccessible, yet Ash
land bay was open for navigation
and invited commerce to her wharf
lined shores.
Upon the invitation Of Jno. F.
Patrick, Of the Wadsworth, we
were one of a delegation of citizens
to escort Mayor Vaughn on a Jan
uary ride
To Bayfield,, the sweet blooming bride of
Ashland
City of laughing fountains and pebbly shores
| Of sand,
| 'Ts the star of the Lake-the heaven ofland
Tis beautiful boquet held in Natures hand
The exeursionists were accom-
panied by the Ashland City Silver
Cornet Band ard Ashland Glee
Club. The steamer was decorated
with flags, and as we steamed into
Bayfield, harbor we were saluted
with booming cannons and the loud
huzzas of the citizens, who to the
number of several hundred had
congregated on the pier to welcome
our arrival. The clear sky was
pierced by the stirring strains Of
music and the resounding clash of
arms, for the Bayfield, Rifles, under
command of that military hero,
Capt. Robinson ID Pike, were out in
full summer costume anu regalia.
The delegation were escorted to
Smiths Hotel, where dinner had
been prepared. We were welcomed
by Hon. Nelson Boulin, Mayor of
Bayfield,, and during the festivities
remarks were made by Cols. Crut-
tenden, knight, and Banfil; Capts.
Pike, Tyler and Smith; Majs. Wing
and Whittlesey; Gen Tate, Prot
Wade, Elder Chapman, meteorologi-
cal correspondent Of the Duluth Tri-
bune; Rev. Nourse, Col. Jno. Nc
Cloud, Jr., Alderman Fisher, and
other citizens. Responses were
alade by Hon. S. 5. Vaughn, our
worthy Mayor; Deacon, r. w.
French, President of the Board of
Education; County Clerk Davis,
Dir. Thomas Bardon, Capt Jno.
Fordyse Patrick, Manager Edwards
of the Press, Capt. Warren Dun
bar, Worthy Chief Of the Ashland
Templars, DR.. Marshessault, Mr.
John Nichols, superintendent of the
Chequamegon, and other leading
citizens of Ashland.
The band sernaded several of
the citizens Of Bayfield, at their resi-
dences, and were entertained royalty
by the fair ladies who kept open
house, The return trip was en-
livencd by songs of the Glee Club,
and upon reaching Ashland some
OF the excursionists partook of
supper served up at the Chequame-
gon Hotel, enjoying the hospitality
of tie attentive hosts, Messrs.
Pratt and Address.
The birthday of the new year
was ushered in by very pleasant
party of ladies and gentlemen who
had assembled in the parlors at the
residence of Hon. S. S. Vaughn,
while others at the same time
mingled In the mazes of music and
The merry dance and were teasting
upon a midnight supper at the Colby
House, under the ever watchful eye
of its popular proprietor, Mr.. Jas.
NJ. Davis, the Delmonico of the
west.
The numbering interests here
have been very much crippled by
want Of snow. Mr.. Staveley, the
, superintendent of operations inWis-
consin for McRae & Cockburn of
Toronto, reports his force as
skIdding all their timber, being un-
able to haul. Their camp is fifteen
miles south Of Ashland, and the
timber is being manufactured for
the English market, and will be