The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-05
A '.Dear' Hunt TO Wisconsin,.
Points ON the Country.

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Mikesell, Thos. Letch, Jas. Wilson. Gas
per Potterf, ]. C. Bonner, Benz. Moses,
Christian Marley, Sheriff Peters, Record
zimmerman and the editor of the DEM
ocRAT, left Eaton for the wilds of north
ern Wisconsin, fully equipped for the
slaughter of deer and "bar,'' and to hook
out of the innumerable lakes dotted all
over that country, barrels of trout, pick
erel and muskalouge! At Richmond the
party were furnished transportation and
fixed in good style for Ashland, Wis.,,
over the great Pan Handle railway, via
Chicago, for which all will remember E.
w. Cartwright, ESQ.,. the. pleasant and
courteous travelling passenger agent OF
the western department. Of the road. A
pleasant ride of ten hours through a rich
and fertile farm country landed us in the
windy city" of the west, where we were
met at the depot and joined by S. H.
Brown, Esq, special agent Passenger De-
partment of the Wisconsin Central line,
who by the way is a prince among good
fellows. indefatigable in his efforts to
please, interest and contribute to the
comfort of all parties under his care. At
10 o'clock, p. m. we left Chicago on the
Wisconsin Central for Ashland, in a
sleeper unrivaled for elegance and easy
riding. No road in the country a sur
pass it in comfort and pleasure in its ia
%cilities for accommodating the travelling
public. From Chicago to ashland owe
this railway, the ride is grand, as you
pass through some fine country dotted
with beautiful and thrifty looking farms,
many thriving Indian towns and hun
dreds of lumber mills, their booms of
brown logs glistening in the trimming
rivers. Milwaukee, Fon du lac, Os-
kosh, Neenah, Manasha, Abbotssord,
Gledden and Waupaca, are among the
most Furnishing, several of which are
located on Lake Winnebago. At Peno-
kee Gap our party was joined by the
pioneer hunters, Phil Miller. John Long
necker, Moses Thompson, Gid Miller and
Jas Bennett, who had preceded Us a few
days ard stopped off at Penokee to rros-
pect. The party arrived at Ashland at
3 80 on Tuesday evening, and took pass
age on the North Western railway for
Pike Lake, % miles north OF Ashland,
the place selected for camping and the
slaughter of the innocent deer and "bar!'
We remained in camp with the boys a
week and enjoyed their kind hearted
hospitality and jolly good cheer, when
we left for home, unable, however, to
report the capture of a single deer or
bar" or a string Of trout, to break a
charge from breakfast bacon" and
''beans" to a steak of zeal or venison!
Ashland is on Lake Superior, and the
country around is delightful to look at
and a paradise to enjoy. The city is a
marvel! Six thousand inhabitants, four
seperate lines of railway, waterings with
the world, The largest iron ore dock ever
constructed, mills and manufactures, var
led industries, hotels sufficient for a null
titude and all other comparative estab-
lishments where the savage roamed at
will within the present decade and what
was counted as a hamlet a few years ago!
"That's the size of it," as folks say out
there. It is a big country and u great
people. Things are done there on the big
augur plan. The region around Ashland
has its history in the ventures of the Jes-
nit fathers All onez, Marquette and Hen
nepin. Chequamegon Bay, IN inlet OF
Lake Superior, twenty miles long by six
broad, and at whose mouth are found the
Apostle Islands, lies along Ashland
Long Point i%ntervenes and in the vicinity
is found the famous mission built by Faith
er Marquette. The waters ofthe bay are
sufficient for any shipping. Opposite is
Washburn and further down the bay just
inside the headlands to the lake, is Bay
field. The Apostle Islands then stand in,
in most picturesque group, while beyond
and over all comes the "Big Sea Water"
A more romantic or lovely situation could
scarcely be conceived. Hotel "Chequa-
megon," a beautiful summer resort, is
located close to the banks of the Bay, and
a model in its way, with capacity for 800
guests, while the management under the
direction of S. Fl. Brown, Esq, would
seem sufficient for an empire and be
known the world over in the popularity
secured.
There are different ranges and many
mines, all tributaries to Ashland, while
in timber there is all varieties in dense
forests and the material means Of manu-
future without end, In agricultural pur-
suit the region seems in no manner be-
hind. while lands are cheap and the OPP
portunity most desirable. We were told
the same condition pertains to all north
ern Wisconsin-it certainly does to the
portion we passed over, and the country
seems far more inviting than the land of
the "Decatohs" or the wilds of Montana.
Hay fever is unknown about Ashland
or the surrounding country, and would be
a charming place for hay fever subjects
to ~sojourn during the season of it's pre-.
v~alence, and the hotel "Chequamegon" a
"happy home" for the afflicted.
CAMP NOTES..
Had the boys tarried at Penckee, deer
meat would have been a drug in our camp,
Christ Markey don't like the back-ac'
ton baptism administered at Park Lake
by Rev. j. G. Bonner.
Markey, Bonner and zimmerman con
tracted to furnish fish for the camp, buI
"threw up" the first day.
The price of deer meat about Park Lake
and Ashland had not materially changed