The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-07
WAURESHA.
o,,er from the Northwest, Descrip
Le tive III its Attractions.

zion where shall we spend the summer 2
I'D long before the torrid time came, thou
sands were "cooling of" at the resorts. l
have had no opportunity, for the fact is the
,bormometer has risen only once this sum
mar above 70 degrees. Nevertheless I've
no, rusticating. Besides producing the
hulk of grain, at least of wheat, the rapid DO.
uolorment of the northwest has opened up
~ he world, the most fertile OF farming
"a. Give, to the sp lrtsman bou0dless fields
20 asne. TO the summer idler an ii tiaiIe
Unmher Of lake and forest retreats, in the
midst of, and surrounded by
scEsERY NEW AND CHARMINGLY RICH
:, natures beauty and picturesqueness, and
20 the invalid some of the most wonderful
curative springs. left the only rye-teous
cuv in the west, Chlcsgo, by the Chicago &
pacific road to Sabuls, crossing the Mlssis
sinni over the magnificent railway bridge a!
ihat point. thence taking the famous river
route of the Chicago, Clinton u Dubuque
and Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railways,
IN N. Paul. The disposition 10 60 into costa
cias over the magnificent scenery OF this line,
hecome. slm st irresistible aud so grand and
gorgeous ia it that passengers crowd the plat
fnrms. am informed that In cor junction
with the Chicago, Burlington y Q incy rail-
road. the line has been extended " st. Louis,
linus forming the shortest snG quickest route
b,tween those clties, and one of the finest
eouipped lines on the continent. Much as
punishment is created at the innumersble
c,o,sinas, iunctions and terminuses that
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railway meets with, and this aslonlshment
Increases as the inquiry, What road Is thai!
il answered that it is a part OF the 81. Paul
company's great system
Farmers are Indignant at the unfsvoraole
statements made regarding the condition
and probable yield Of this years crop, and
say that the acreage is rger, and the gram,
wien measured up, will show yield OF as
much if rot more than lest year. hundreds
are teeming into this vast Ell Dorado 'gob-
bling up" Uncle Sans acre, At which there
is no wond since they fad such fertile
fields The cause of this great ii fux is due
TO the prosperous condition of The north
west, the excellence and productlveness OF
its soil, the superior sslubrity OF ITS climate,
and the rapid and wonderful advance of
general Improvement. The swell of this
tide is principally from foreign shores, and
sooner or later The American people will
realize that they have lot slip from their
grasp the finest of arabic acres which they
could have had from So to SIS per acre.
Just now the country is swsrmiDg with
SUMMER TOURISTS,
and many are en- route for tho happy
hunting grounds'-the broad prairles oil
northern Iowa, southern Dakota and Mime
sofa. But the featbered game cannot be
started before the 10Th inst. in Iowa and
Dakota, and not till the lat prox. in
Minnesota. Many are going to aud stop
ping among the lakes of northern Iowa to BIZ
there in time to fire the first gun, though
such haste need not be, for the iislds will be
alive with the fowl things.
It is wonderful to note the heavily lsdened
passenger trains over this famous "rlveI
route" Actually the people seem in
fstuated with it, and l am apprehensive tha'
became 80 myself. or course the day
trains are preferred. From La Crosse to
St. Paul the track is along the very edge,
almost, of the river, and as each mile lie
travelled the scenery increases in lofty
grandeur, and at many points the shore is
lined with hills nearly mountains in height,
while now and then great rocks apparently
as dangerous as they are rugged and fierce,
project over the track and oft beyond the
rivers edge. 1t does not require any great
strain of imagination to form fancy's castles
or tabled deities out of the rugged structures
ofrock. Around st. Paul are many pop
ulsr and charming resorts, but being near to
St. Paul and Minneapolis and within easy
access by rail, drive and boat, many visitors
thereto bosrd at the hotels in those cities
and thus enjoy the summer salad of closely
Joined city and country life.
Leaving St. Prul eastward, the first point
Of attraction is
SPARTA,
Wisconsin, which in winter Is the coolest
spot in the whole northwest, while IN sum
mer the thermometer rarely rises above
100. Scores of invalids visit 1t to receive
the famous baths and drink the great
curative waters of the noted Spartan
springs. The surrounding scenery Is very
grand. At distance OF four miles, look
ing from the tower of the Warner house,
may be seen "Oastle Rock" standing on .
high bluff ZOO feet above the river, ninety
seven feet in its own height eghty-tbree
long and ffty-ave in width, aud warning
with Time and the elements for existence
Three miles toward the east is another bluff,
rising 400 feet aboye the town, thickly COW
cred with forest extending ov an acre or
two. After ascending 200 feet from the
base, each foot fall gives back q hollow
sound from the surface below that is heard
htly rods distant. Near the city 10 a charm
ing picturesque stream having gradual
fall of seventy feet, 4 Materially alive with
trout.
Sixty miles east of Sparta is Kilbourne
City, which is fast becoming famous among
tourists, the point Of beginning of the won
delful "Dells Of the Wi consin river" They
are almost indescribable. For twenty miles
up and down The rapid river are caves, cav
ems, grottoes, gulches and romantic ravines,
Islands and glens, each Of which, as also the
huge and wonderfully formed rookie that wall
The river, has legendary history nat car
ries the listener back to the aboriginees and
their time.
Following Kilbourne City Is the "Oity of
Lakes and Long Branch of the West"
Oconomowoc, completely environed within q
clrcet OF nine radial miles, BY forty one
beautiful basins of nature, mirror lakes and
intermDgling among them char mipgly fss-
cinatpg drives, delightfully."- shaded groves,
islands and isthmuses, which with the do
licious climate, lure the tired tours! to larry
In their midst, and many are Just
"'tired' enough to tarry. At Brookleld
junction the change Is made for the gayest,
most fashionable aud througed resort west
OF New York, and prominently the west