Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-19

i JeSJlc nanQcr9ft is reached as the steamer
enters the queen beauty spot of the Mississip
pi. l stood entranced and speeches. as
gazed upon the glory Of the unrivaled pros
pect. The reader who remembers his first
impression upon seeing the ocean, the COM
prehensIve meaning of the majesty Of Omni-
potence, which takes his breath away for the
time being, can imagine similar sensation
which he will feel upon entering this wonder
full scene of beauty. Passing through Sec
ton of the country, North Pepin On the east,
| and Lake City on the west, we soon come il
sight of "Maiden's Rock" which rears It's
heaven kissing peak at the lower end and its
| latitude is 400 feet, and all the beauties O:
| Pepin are upon the same incompatible scale
II is like a gigantic resting place for the
mighty stream in his downward course, and
like Samson under the Establishments of
| DelIlah: the monster becomes calm placid
and rests within those invulnerable and i'm
movable embankments like giant shorn of
| his strenth. The great charm of the Mississ-
| ippi is in its "infnite Variety and this is
perfectly demonstrated at Lake Pepin. It is the
very home of aboriginal romance aud legend,
| and the sad story which invests the point with
SO much interest is but one of the many beau
tiful narratives with which the identity of
Lake Pepin is interviewer. The regios Is rich
In such legends as "Maiden's Rock and
while in beauty it surpasses even the weird
loneliness Of the ancient Lurleyburg on the
Rhine, it is similarly interesting in its poetic
"reminiscences and stories. Red Sir Hide
brands and copper-colored Undines seem TO
permeate the spiritual atmosphere of the
locality, and the lines OF Whittier are specially
well fitted:
Where the mountain wall
Is piled to heaven; and through the narrow
rift
OF the vast rocks against whose rugged feet
Beats the torrent with perpetual roar;
where MONDAY is as twilight and the wind
Comes burdened with the everlasting moan
OF forests and of far off waterfalls,
We had looked upward where the summer
sky,
Tasseled with clouds light woven by the sun,
Sprung is the blue arch above the abutting
crags
Der roofing the vast portal of the land"
The lake is really a remarkable expansion of
the river and is some thirty miles in length,
and the massive and mighty natural a0ut-
ments which enclose it, indicate terrible con-
vulsiOn OF nature remote ages ago. The banks
are heavily wooded with forests OF incalcula-
bic age and the sylvan beauties are ndescriba-
BILE. The surroundings have been likened to
an amphtheater which might have resounded
with the shouts and laughter of races, and
cyclops or ante diluvian giants, when they sat
down to theatric pleasure or to witness some
fearfnl conflict between mammoths or the
awful beasts of another era of the worlds ex-
istence. The bluffs are broken into thousand
fantastic and picturesque forms, and many of
these look, like grim and stately castles looking
out upon the waters like many sentnels
guarding sacred recesses of the beautiful
sheet. "Point-no Point" is delusion and
an optical snare, in its wonderful hyperbolic
curve no-curve.
AS the steamer divides the mirror-like
waters of the lake, the progress is easy and
ample to afford the gazer the full enjoyment
OF the scene and the calm communion with
nature. 1t is sight, or rather a series of re-
allied visions, which can never be forgotten,
return to them. 1t is veritable beauty, spot |
upon the lovely cheek of America, and the |
passage is something like enchantment, were |
it not for the luxurions and substantial sur
of the palatiaI steamer in which |
SO heartily enjoyed my unsurpassingly fine |
trip.
After leaving the lake, Red Wing and |
BARNS Bluff" were next passed. Hastings |
and Prescott, two -.teresting points near the |
s.. CroiX lake, witch empties into the Missis. |
sppi at the latter place, are the last towns of /
any importance before reaching our destina- |
ton, st. Paul. Rounding the bend the river
at your beautiful city most magnificent view |
was afforded. The solid, deeply |
foundation upon which it seems to be built
gives it the appearance of an Egyptian city
built out OF solid rock. We at last arrived at |
st. Paul, fully refreshed from the charming
lourney-or sojourn-upon the WAR Eagle"
fitted up with all the couveniences
and comforts which, you know, ladies 80
heartily and approximately enjoy.
Capt. Jerre Wood and his most efficient and |
accommodating chief clerk, Cephas Gregg, |
did all in their power to mske it pleasant for
us, and we will gratefully remember them for
their uniform urbanitY and unceasing court |
esy.
Leaving the War Eagle, and carrying with |
us our hand sachel and memories ineffacable |
to the last degree of our splendid trip, we |
remained over in st. Paul several days, stop |
ing at that excellent tourists home, the |
Sherman house, where Mr.. B. L. Ferriss cared |
for US and looked after our comfort. Now |
that am sitting in my cottage by the lake. |
side ,at the immortal Miunetonka, can but look |
back upon the happy but regretfully short |
season, spent most delightfully."- and enjoyably,
upon the royal Mississippi, royalty entertained
on the beautiful War Eagle, and would sug-
gest to all my numerous lady aud gentlemen
friends, take the War Eagle for St. Paul and
thence to the charming summer resort of
Lake Minnetopka. GUssIE A.