Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-04

after the repast was over. 4 handsome :
bouquet. The inciden, of the trip, apart {
from the ovcrpowering politcness OF Col |
Charlton and the other officers of the
road who accompanied the party. was
the crossing OF the Mississippi river up t
on the company's splendid bridge. The
bridge Itself was an object Of interest,
aud the scenery from it beautiful beyond
power of pen to describe. 1t was sim.
ply grand So amid luxurious Gimp
ses OF nature, and the enjoyment OF the
most luxurious appliances OF modern
art as applied to the railway. we were
waited from the waters of NOtre belle
RiUiere to the shores OF lake Michigan.
We do not propose to describe Chica-
go. 1t is big place.. busy place
and we have not time to tell all about
it. We stopped at the Palmer House
an elegant hotel We saw the various
churches, parks and the water works.
Some of US went out Tor Il sail. Mr..
Slratton tells something OF that sail
!
sa;s the writer wasn't scared. lie was.
Especially So, because, with the sailor,
he knew the danger Of Il sudden squall
to forty foot sloop with an unusual
spread OF canvass. But the three long
reels taken in the mainsai and ilb, and !
the first fury of the wind passed. the
danger was over, or nearly so, and the
tacking up to town at a speed OF sixteen
or seventeen knots, with one gunwale |
passing through the tops OF the spark |
ling waves was glorious lun. Still
when we 60 out in n small boat again,
we shall leave the mother of our chicks
on shore. One experience of that kind
is enough.
Well, the next night we went to Mil
waukee by lake in the steamer Sheboy-
gan. The vessel moved with less noise
and jarring than any steamer we ever
travelled on; the night was deliciously
cool the moon at its full; the sky al
mos. cloudiess; Lne lake alive with Sail
| ing craft; the deck OF our boat crowded
with female youth and beauty; indeed.
it any element OF romance was wanting,
we could not miss it. So strong was
the influence of the moment that none
could resist it, and we found ourselves
despite ourselves talking sentimental
nonsense. This seemed to be all right
until certain lady in a hood and water
proof heard US say something to another
woman about the beauty OF her eyes,
when it was intimated that tho night
was getting cool, and that it was late
All the same the other woman's eyes
,oere pretty, the lake was beautiful, and
the schooners with their white sails when
they came between US and the moon form
ed such pictures as no artist has ever yet
been able to put on canvas. The old
lady with the waterproof drove US to
bed, though, and we slept like log till
4 o'clock in the morning, when we got
even with her (she likes to sleeP by
bawling in her ear, ''Nlilwaukec! " The
morning was delightful, and the twenty
miles to the "Cream City, was enliven-
ed by q gorgeous sunrise on the waters.
The crescent shaped bay on which the
city is situated gives tiue view oil it as
it is approached from the lake, and the
scene, as we glided in, was we'll worth
the early rising. Milwaukee is princ-
pally built OF yellow bricks, hence its
name of the 'sCream City 1t has 100,
600 Inhabitants, and is chiefly noted ior
its churches and Tor its beer. Fifty five
per cent. OF the populat on is German,
) and the balance are half German. Tnere
is everywhere an air of thrift about the
place, and it is evidently Il very pros.
porous city. The first day being Sunday
we went TO church. Next morning the
officers of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul Il. r., of which Alexander Mitchell
is president took charge OF us, Mr.. j. ii.
Page, the accomplished assistant gGncr,
al passenger agent, calling TOR Us with
carriages. and showing us the soldiers
home, where 500 disabled and superan.
ruated soldiers are cared Tor, and all the
places OF interest in the city. Though
we had purchased tickets over another
road, these gentlemen insisted that we
should return to Chicago by their route,
and there was no refusing them Two
elegant day parlor cars were placed ut
our disposal, and just as we Were about
to leave Il beautiful bouquet was pre-
sented to each lady OF the PARTY, bear
ing card with her name and the com
pliments OF the road. So began the be-
ginning of the end. The ride home wa:
pleasant, and there were two or three
newspapers iull of things to talk about
One thing was deeply impressed on the
minds OF all, and that was. that Tor
pleasure trip there is no route anywhere
in America that will compare with til,
> trip to Chicago and Milwaukee, thence
up the lake or on over the e., M. Il ST
Z. to OconomOwoc or the Glens OF Wis
consIn. In the middle OF the hotties
:, summer Overcoats must be taken fo
lake rides, and one must sleep unde
blankets-and such sleeping alter tn
dust and heat OF our warmer climate
The scenery is novel, beautiful, i;lscinat
ing. The lake views are especially at
tractive to US inland people, The hotel
~ are splendid, and you can kill yourse
u eating trout and whitefsh If You are s
y minded. To modest purses there is tn
u comfort that a tour of IL month or tw
among the beauties OF the Wlsconsi
II lakes and rivers caH be made for 4 tith
> ot what it would cost to 20 anywhcr
d else.
n CLAY TOWNSHIP SUNDAY SCHOO
II, ASSOGIATION
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