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

cutcrS buC uucCu Dcdi,IJ bpOb vi luC a1iooicoip
pi. / 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 q 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 Its
| heaven kissing peak at the lower end and its
latitude is 400 feet, aud all the beauties o:
| Pepin are upon the same incompatible scale
1t is like 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 ef 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
iCuinicCCuCcb duu btOTlts. hcU Or dtlOf-
brands and copper-colored Undines seem to
permeate the spiritual atmosphere of the
locality, and the lines of Whittier are especially
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
or 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 AUDITING
crags
O'er roofing the vast portal of the land"
The lake is really remarkable expansion of
the river and is some thirty miles in length,
and the massive and mighty natural aout-
ments which enclose it, indicate a terrible con-
vulsion OF nature remote ages ago. The banks
are heavily wooded with forests OF incalcuIa-
bic age and the sylvan beauties are indescriba-
BILE. The surroundings have been lkened to
an amphitheater 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
fearful 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'lik grim and stately castles looking
out upon the waters like many sentinels
guarding sacred recesses of the beautiful
sheet. "Point-no-P Point" is delusicn 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
nafIIrQ II ic SIGHT or rofhar vi ~
allied visions, which can never be forgotten,
and there is a sort of indefinable yeavniug to
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 luxurious and substantial sur
of the palatiaJ steamer in which 1
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.
sippi 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 a most magnificent view
was afforded. The solid, deeply-embedded
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
Journey-or sojourn-upon the WAR Eagle
beautifully fitted up with all the conveniences
and comforts which, you know, ladies 30
heartily and appreciatinglv 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 grateful remember them for
their uniform urbanity and unceasing court
esq.
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. T. Ferriss cared
for us and looked after our comfort. Now
that ana sitting in my cottage by the lake.
side lat the immortal Mnnetonka, L 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.