Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-01-15

many of my readers may kho" now
30 wears ago there came from the
East Captain and taking from the
Indians canoe he began explore
and resolved IN do all in his power to
hlake il great resort. He hogan nv
building row and sail boats. afterwards
Il Steamer, of which he was Captain,
for many years. More than year
ago he began to BULL another Steamer,
the one [ speak of in the beginning of
this article. A. soon az they launch
ell her he invited the Captain of the
May Queen with several others to in !
srect her with care. they at once con-
demaed her. telling him that it Was
impossible to make her 4 goal run
ming Steamer, this saying was more
poetry than truth. it however had
great weight on the Captains mind.
tor he told his foreman that he might
have the beat, AMI not long after
body was seen floating on the water
i'll front %. the Hermitage. by some
one that was out trolling. imagine
their surprise, when shey fonni that
it WAS the DO iy of Captain Halsseai.
He had filed his packets with rocks
bu. they were not sufficient To keep
him beneath tn. wat r. GA the 4rh
OF July they buried him henesth his
fayorite tree where he used to sit hour
after hour mendiny his fishing tackle.
reading his books and sin giny snatches
of SONGS 4. We reached this spot
feeling of awe came over me. in
ina ,.ination | saw him preparing TO
Gloss the river of life, and | could
but wonder. if hs felt there was peace
and welcome On yonder shore of end
l.ss blu: tranquility. or did he ex-
Claim? Il can not doff ali human
fear, | knew thy greeting is revere,
To this poor shell Ut clay. Yet come
. death tiny freezing kiss emancipates,
thy rest is bliss, | would | were away"
We wended our way to the house
which was draped with Grape, ami |
stood on the porch AMI took = view of
the scenery around, hox rule. wild
and lonely. yet how beautiful nature
aad done ali in her power, and Art
nothins. For twenty years be had
d~clt her. company to himself. surely
We can call him u hermit We visited
his grave, thence to t..e b,at. and In =
tew moments We were bound for Cook
place or Mound City. when nearing
the shor, the whistle blI1 several
times in Iaick succession. it startled
me thinking something WAS wrong, bat
u
sa,lng that it vas telling the number
that would take succntash, they are
, famous for that dish at the Lake. 1t
WAS not many moments before | Was
doing Justice to dish vi that kind
After dinner VIC wandered to the plum
orchard AMI examined same mounds.
this of course br"usht up the subject
Of mound builders, but we were to
tired to discuss it. And after resting
Il short time WE were called TO the
boat which male strai s'lt way for the
railroad station We busted ourselves
l""king through different col"reI eye
glasses, one give the lake and its sur
rouniinss the hue of a go den sunset.
another the soft mellow light Of early
morn. the thirI m+le everything lcok
"A sickl! green, while the fourth gave
! everything brosnish cast Thus We
chatted and unused until the shades of
twilight gathered around US. We l,nl
ed just in time to get an board of the
train and arrived hGsnr feeling well
paid for oar trip around the beautiful
Lake of Minn.tunia.
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