The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-05-18

yopns l1ls with mpathy) = How
w dret. to be /
NJ rrz il.zssAM
lGuf ons - preverbi.1ly b4-
ren snd fUcky, and the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan-at least that portion of it
which is so productive of iron and cop
performs no exception to this rule. It
is old older rsshan most Of our hills, for
it was the ffstland that was attached TO
the Original I.aurentian nucleus about
which our continent has been formed.
1t has, in consequence, always been
favorlte field for geological study, and
its novel industrial features make it no
less interesting to the ordinary traveller.
The face of the country is rugged and
seam41 nd, ,Hun. WssGW4et ~ il
miItA " - n touad = ln pexx1an-
entlyA ~ Laht oompuaies
wod a ID sJAn1 lhet aill rstirs
aftef hSzt ID ed - lest 4 the
pint tsfh5A fd1nh id = ~ scattered
lpsal ~ vo6h be - S1dy where The
stream Of Western migration had left
a few Indians and woodsmen to subsist
by the methods of primitive life. The
land is generally valueless from the farm
er's point of view, for the soil is light
vdrift-<too light iog No. and tbs oIi-
nate : ssipAie ~ By a s1uus =
suui weat - - 10 1nai.1
d. - Hpen. Ha0s - md .p161
yield farmer faif nrn zg thS
dIlu11q = SO rigorous - the 1lrine
n sfiellSf and fuel callsl6r so 1afge an
amount of energy that little is left to de-
vote to cultivation. It is q proof Of this
that very inconsiderable fraction of the
population attemptst to subsist by farn-
ING, althoueh tke fiek khtsfrom Chicago
Is added to the price Of all the staple ar
ticles of production-hay, for instance,
being from $40 to $25 ton, and
milk 10 cents quart. Curiously enough
strawberries and currants reach O per-
lection unknown inKnaeR h@Pitabls
l6lftudeB a Marquee str40betzy re-
ssnblhB in size seekel psf and il
haypf awild strawberl HI is owing,
no dpnbt, to the fad that n ndether1
latitudes Marquette 4. abpst, a. q,
north as Quebec-the few summer day,
have from eighteen to twenty hours o.
sunlight and after-glow, and vegetable
growth is virtually uninterrupted by
darkness. Light, the botanish tell us
z bsais ne same felstioh t. aroma tina
heat does to sweetness. Such strawber
ries as these must be seen to be appre
ciated, and must be visited to be seen
flor they are TOO large and too delicat.
to bear travel themselves.
I hs14spo1pn IF hs Il
/ wintes la Il ~ - N
The Jslj Ind As73s ~ q =
vouch tdts delightbh. - ~ q
sun is1pttest you - inl1bC IL
thers nS Prostrai ifng IS&e{& h -
the n18n0 ne 1nvax1bly sol In 3ul
the mean daily range was 10 deg. an
the monthly range 30 deg, the loves
recorded temperature being SO deg
Near the lake the presence of so largo
body of water, which It Marquette neye
falls below 81 deg, and on the extrem
northern end of the peninsula neve
below 48 deg, acts an equalizer, an
restricts the range within comparativel
narrow limits. This low temperatur
of the lake water, which il higher tina
that of any of the streams entering il
precludes the idea of bathing. As
consequence few of the lake sailors ca
swim, and it would be of little avail I
them as a means of saving life Il the
could Tor the most robust man Il
fall into Lake Superior child Ind dis
1T lew moments. The numetous tror
str( ns in the woods are Of an icy colt
nea The snow, which falls = \ dept
q six Or seven feet, melts and links ini
the sandy ground, to reappear frol
deep-seated springs with q temperatu,
of 80 deg., which il exactly equal to Il
average annual temperature of the plac
The thick forests prevent the sun fro
warming the ground or the water. Ar
finally the lake is 30 deep-its bed reacl
ing several hundred feet below the lev
of the sea-that the summer air has Ii
tie effect on it bssdrsit it isragain 90
cred witt Id There b no oshcr pla
on the globe where 30 large body
cold fresh water lies at an elevation
six hundred feet above the sea. II
air in contact with this deep, chill
n water seems to acquire peculiar vivif
inssnd refreshing quality, quite impo
sible to describe, but very easy to a
preciate. Here must be the great SUI
mer sanitarium or cooling off place
Chicago and Milwaukee.-E Johssso
Jr., IN Nsvper's Magazine.
A Nosxn oARoI1NA man who carri
q pista - Yteelve years accident
wound>{ YinsSK and four other pezsc