The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
OUAPFING THE NORTH.
A saunter Nor by Northwest.
for 4ha r,,,,,..I -, ~

~rt ~ SotAhAper NOT NOT west
| Written for the Journal by Mary Dean
Why cross the sea to Holland in search Of the
picturesque Illinois is the sweetest of level
landscapes. Illinois is a scene of orchards,
hedges and gardens a scene of rich young
woodlands and rivers curving about beautifully
titled slopes Illinois is glorious immensely Of
corn, an ocean Of meadow striped with the deep
orange and deep russell Of harvest; it smells far
and wide Of sweet clover ana gives a gladstone
sense of amplitude, ease and opulence The
wind breaks about the farm-houses hide each
home In snug covert of foliage. Illinois is a
sight to make us proud Of our country.
Great thriving cities are scattered through
Illinois. Pullman is the most wonderful This
city has magnificent buildings opening and break
ing grand vstas and grouped to make an effect like
some dream of the capital of a fairy magnate;
palacc-like shops library, theater, hotel, palace
gardens flowers, fountains, drives, and beauti-
full streets of red brick houses against a back
ground Of green prairie and blue lake
The Illinois towns express energetic prosperi-
ty. Those standing on river sites have each an
arlstoeratic quarter upon the bluffs and high
prairies back of the town. These aristecfatic
quarters are composed Of fine homes, with green
lawns, terraces, trees, vines and gardens. The
small villages Of Illinois have clean plate glass
windows, clean sidewalks, viaducts over rail-
ways, and no stock in the streets. Now and
then village has a Syensk college, now and
then one has quiet French seminary where
they have retreats and where monks and nuns
stroll IN the gardens. Often the Canadian immi-
grants here bring deformed and sickly children
with them, but their families soon grow robust
| IN glad, Free roomy Illinois.
The first glimpse of the Mississippi at Moline
| cleaning wide and still, is worth Journey
across the State The Illinois shore on the east
and the noble heights of Iowa ON the west are
both clad, far as the eye can reach, with fat
farms and forest like orchards, and dotted with
farm houses and at the riverside with towns
and villages sending up from tall brick chimneys
! the grateful smoke of industry. Thread-like
bridges cross the broad river, bearing trains and
| wagons laden with produce and merchandise for
| the three lively cities of Moline, Rock Island
| and Davenport here together planted Down
the river float the famous RATS of timber. Their
journey has already been so long that grass
grows on their logs.
An island in the Mississippi called Rock island
| is unknown to tourists and magazine readers.
In the heart of this wooded island are streets of
tremendous stone edifiees, like medieval city.
These buildings are Of eyclopean architecture,
are as massive as the pyramids. and indeseruti-
| bic as Norman keep, and are built IN ma
| jestc simplicity They are the United States
manufactures of arms little used now. but ca
! pable of supplying any quantity of arms IN time
of war. A good place. this inland forest isle, for
such use. Quite near the factories, in proud
| seelusion of forest and flowers are the ideal
homes of the army officers who have charge OF
/ the works Through handsome iron gates their
| children may be seen running along fine walks
/ or playing croGuet on sheets of velvet lawns.
Through the woody island are exquisite drives,
| part winding by the shore and peeping at the
neighboring cities across the water, part going
| through the central woods.
/ Iowa is a land flowing with streams, land of
fresh, lush foliage, never sun-seorched, with
roads running away through splits in the hills,