Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-15

faio to Duluth-Lake Minaetonkah-
 Minneapolis and St. Paul.
 ST. PAUL, Sept. s. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND CoURIER
 Being constant reader of your paper, and noticing every little while bits of travel here and there, thought I would drop you a few lines. hoping that in some future summer it may induce some dweller in our beautiful City of Elms to try the same route, and enjoy, as our party have enjoyed, some new fields of recreation. The journey to Buffalo is familiar to all your readers. Here we embark on a steamer of the Lake Superi- or Transit company for 6 trip up the lakes to Duluth
 Our first important stop is at Cleveland 'the Forest City," but not, by far, as beauti- full as New Haven. Much has been written rated. We leave Cleveland at II o'clock D. m. The lake is quite rough, as Lake Erie is apt to be, and we are tossed up and down, many being quite seasick. At early dawn VIC enter the Detroit river, which we follow for many miles, Canada on one side and Michi gan on the other; and methinks I see vast difference, even here, between the two our own side seeming by far the best built and thriving in appearance. We arrive at Detroit about 9:30 8. m., and as we remain till eyen- ing, have chance to drive about the (to mel Queen City of the West. Detroit is a perfect little gem of a city, nicely laid out with many large business houses, elegant residences and here and there beautiful park; and being on the river it escapes those chill lake win ds which are so disagreeable in Cleveland and Chicago.
 Our good boat leaves at II o'clock p. m., too late to witness the scenery on the St. Clair, and in the morning we arrive at Port Huron. We remain here but a short time, and then we set out on our sail On Lake Hu- ron, which is 25O miles in length. To-day we lose sight of land entirely, and one can imagine himself on the broad Atlantic. But the day is charming and our sail is lovely. We reach the St. Mary's river all too soon, and after sailing through this we enter the $500" at Sault Ste. Marie. Here is the canal, a government work, and with the rapids on one side the scene is quite exciting. AS we enter the locks many Indians are seen with their canoes taking the venturesome tourist through the rapids. After passing the locks we are in the Lake Superior, calm and beau tiful to-day as Lake Whitney but capable of great things in the way of storms, I am told The scenery on this lake is very fine. One must make the trip to realize it. Fort Brady we pass. Here we see many soldiers and off cers, and the good Bishop of Michigan comes on board our steamer. We stop at Mar quette, g watering place of much celebrity. Next we stop at Houghton and Hancock, fa- nous mining places in the copper region The water is here very dark and copper col l ored. Bayfield, is our stopping place at early dawn of our last day on the lake, and here we see hotels to accommodate hundreds of people-a pretty little place with an old l church over two hundred years old.
 ! We arrive at Duluth about noon, 1,2OC miles from Buffalo, and here at this "Zenith ! city of the great unsalted sea" we find ho ! tel of mammoth proportions, finished and ! furnished in truly metropolitan style, electric ! lights telephone etc, and in the evening as ! gay a party enjoy hop in it's parlors of ! would be found at Saratoga. Philadelphia | New York and other eastern cities being rep ! resented One word more about the lake trip. We had many invalids on the boat | when started. Not one would acknowl \ edge being such when we reached Duluth Asthma and hay fever are cured.
 ! From Duluth we take the Duluth and St | Paul road to Lake Minnetonkah-beautif 1 water. Here again we are surprised, and as l I failed to find but two or three New Eng
 land names on the hotel register-none from | New Haven-a word may not be amiss. Il l is certainly the most beautiful sheet of water ! I ever saw. 1t is twelve miles long, with { coast line of 135 miles, dotted here and there l with summer cottages and tents, for it is ! favorte resort of Minneapolis, St. Paul, St Louis and even New Orleans people. Itl
 hotels are many, four of them very large The Hotel Lafayette, built this year, is very imposing, but the Lake Park I think stands l first, it's location far surpassing any of thu ! others, with its park, which in the evening ii
 lighted by five or six electric masts. These
 with the music of the band and the gay
 dresses of the ladies' make a scene for fair,
 land. This hotel is APO feet long, with broat
 piazzas running all around for each story O
 the house. On the lake we find steamboats row and sailboats without number, and
 more delightful place to spend the summe
 months cannot be found.
 But we must leave Minnetonkah and mex
 take in Minneapolis, 8 beautiful city. It ! mil a a 1nrOaat-pil1s
 bury's-having capacity for 7,5oo barrel
 of flour per day. All the mills combine
 yield 25, GOO barrels per day. It is fair wee
 here and everything in the way of hotels ar crowded, for everybody visits the fair in thi country, and comes for the week at that.
 is as good as circus to see the crowds an linear the speeches. We have to leave for s
 Paul to find hotel, and having secured
 room by telephone from the lake, think ou l ] selYas fortur.aka for 1t is so full here tn,