The Morning herald., 1878-08-24
.rnE ,oiiDoRoUlJs PlsEY WOODS. !"

These words caught our eye a. we we're
lazily g'aaeing Through 'srhs- N0rtn ano a
West ilustrapd a." and they caused us 70
ions woSds 81 ;" Without Who much sSousht IS y
| fr IN lhe good city OF Louisville, Ky. and
soon found ourselves in thicago Thtre We
fonpd, out one rcpte that e9usd says as ns
y MHss be IKE He new new Chicago. st Paul = Mime,
as,oiis Line taIat 1less through prairie aDd
MEADOW through bids and valleys; along
great lakes ami streapns. and 1nai!y inIo
tne dep hsot theA pine forestsoI M1sc 'Is.n, p.,
ius % "a untich etswe started AID let the Canai
and Kinzie streeIs depot OF the CHICAGO sn9
North Western Railway, and passed
through m any pleasant y1liaRrs, suSn as
Irving ParH, Despla1nes, barribseon, ~ III
Harvard. thence to Reloit, Hanover and
Madison, where we are l4O n1iesf Cni'
caeo and at the capital of Wise0nslr,
coiy of over fifteen Thousand people. ,..h
The city .1s pleasantly situatea On n ISL "
tween LAX es Mendoza and Monona: IA tne
centre OF broad valley, su r. unaes ~
heights from which 1t can oe seen stA uas
taneA of several miles. Lake menuota iios
north west of the town, Is siX Hl1s savo'I1 ,oh1
shores, and O depth sufficient for the naVi-
cation Of steam boats. Lake Monona 10
ssninewhat smaller. y, W'fot, Ism .,t1 =.
1 : Atl78 miles ,Irom iChtcaao, and y miies s
from Madison We reachea M, ceieoatn'ef eoau Of
water, surrounded by precip pitous moun
| tains an every side. except at TWO polnls,
one beiag at the southern end: whers me
railroad fiuds exit fom the basln OF tne
sts s Gn sys5y yT s1as Il Rsry Re ass
form, and in immense columns, riilars,
Nil o. and masses of very great magnitude
and height. The railroad ruus ainng we
shore of the lake on bed tnat was llteIany
blasted out of the sides 9f me oties mountsio o.
this wonderful and wierdy mysterious re- re-
gion can readily be seen. Th1s was tne
home Of .MInpayaukene,p beuatlful put
unfortunate Indian msiden, Rnd many ie-
gends are related Of her by In hae s,mRtS.
This lake il a favorite summer resort, and
fo IL the people for many mi es around
come for picnfcing. sailing, boating, nsh-
ing and many other sports u,,,.r
b At Barboo you reach tne aTa narnTTo aa'c,: o.,
and from thence pass along us Valleys ior I
: At At Eiroy you are sl2 miles from Chicago,
and at the southe,n termiSus Or the West
Wisconsin road, and soon reach the great
pine woods. which have rendered Wlscnsh-
heart Of the pine lumber region you speed,
passipg lhrongh Black River Falls. Hum.
Bird. Augusta, Eau Clair. Meaomonee, ana
other noted lumber towns srsadn and nnabiy %bis
cross the st. Croix river ft Tucson; Inns
Sin and Minnesota, A few miles beyond.
you reach q branch to saltwater, o flourish
Ing town on the St. Crolx river. a 1Ieen
mile ride brings you TO Ut. Paui, ana mere
you rest or pqh On eceHes cIies % 81 Minneapo
Atst Paul YOU can make close sonnec.
tiOns, via the Lake superior o. MIsslssipsi
railroad, for Doluth, Mo ooreheao, hIsmaIk,
and other points on the nne OF @ 5ne srsas ssh
the st, Paul and Pacific Railway, 15r BECK
enrldge, Eolt Gary and points IN Mahlpo-
On the line we have hastily sketched. you
have variety ofscenery~the aniss, Un gHaa Ttssn-
OILS: the rolling farming country OF Southern
Wisconsin,: The wildly, romantic mountain
scenery o. the Dev1s LaKs countLy;t tno
breez, odorous 'piney woods" Win tneir
busy mills, active towns harra,ma ana nu9t rtves
country Of the st. Croix valley. Algreater
diversity of country cannot be found any
where in Journey or ths same enSH,
You will find comfortable! cleanly ana
commodious dtning stations ana .iwen .nTSe,s
along the line ,at which ample tlue isslson
One management controls the route, and |
Pullman Palace sleapers ran through 70
A. paul and for Mime eapolis. It will pc
SEEN Sc M that this line runs nearly due north
" .st from Chicaxo TO at. Pau, and is pnt
a IA v miles longer than an air line. ana II
Is the shortest practical ronte over WhtSn 4Sns
railroad line can be built petween nese
i.nii,ts. This assures the passenger Inc
pu, es eat time that can be made; no other
lronte Is now or can be made as direct.
We are now settled down by quiet
brook, where we daily pull irom Inc me yasy hax
heard 30 much habout.-Courier.
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