The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-05-15
Along Lake Superior.

Along Lake Superior.
l have just returned from a brief
visit to Duluth. After strolling along
the Bay Of Naples and watching old
Vesuvius vomit redhot mud, vapor,
ard other campaign documents, Du~
luth is quite a change. The ice in
the bay at Duluth was thrty-eight
inches in depth when | left there the
last week in March, and we rode a.
cross it with impunity. BY the time
these lines fall beneath the eye OF the
genial, courteous and urbane reader,
the new railroad bridge across the
bay, over a mile and a half long,
will have been nompleted, so that you
may ride from Chicago to Duluth
over the Northwest tern and Omaha
railroads with great comfort. l
would be glad to dIgress here and tell
about the beauty of the summer seen
cry along the Omaha route, and the
shy and beautiful trOutlet, and dark
and silent Chippewa squawlet and
her little bleached out pappooselet,
were it not for the unkind and cruel
thrusts that I would invoke from the
scenery cvnic who believes that a
newspaper mans opinions may be
largely warped with a pass.
Duluth has been joked good deal,
but she stands it flstrate and takes it
good naturedly. she c aims 10000
people, some of whom I met at the
opera house there. If the rest of the
5000 are as pleasant as those con-
versed with, that evening, Duluth
must be pleasant place to live in.
Duluth has very pleasant and beau
tiful opera house that seats 1000
people. A few more could have ell
bowed theli way into the opera house
that l spoke there, but they preferred
to suffer on at home.
Lake Superior is one of the largest
aggregations of fresh wetness in the
world, if not the largest. When 1
stop to think that some day all this
ccId, cold water will be absorbed by
mankind, 1t gives me a cramp in tn
geographical centre.
Around the west end of Lake Su-
pcrior there is a string Of towns which
stretches along the shore for miles,
under one name or another, all wait
ing for the boom to strike and max e
the northern Chicago. You cannot
visit Duluth or Superior without
feeling that any moment the tide of
trade will rise and designate the point
where the future metropolis of the
northern lakes is t. be. | firmly be-
lieYe that this summer will decide it,
and my guess is that what is now
known as West Superior is to get the
benefit. Fer many years destiny has
been hovering over the west end of
this mighty lake and now the favored
point is going to be designated. Du-
luth has past prosperity and eXpens-
i've improvements in her favor, and in
fact the whole locality is going to be
benefited, but if it had block III
West Superior with roller rink on
it, would wear my best clothes every
day and claim to be millionaire in
disguise. Ex president r. B. Hayes
has large brick block in Duluth
but he does not occupy it. Those
who go to Duluth hoping to meet Mr.
Hayes will be bitterly disappointed.
The streams that run into Lake
Superior are alive with trout, anc
next summer l propose to go up there
and roast until / have 50 thoroughly
saturated my system with trout thai
the trout bones viii stick out through
my clothes in every direction, ano
people will regard me as a beautiful
toothplek holder.
Still there will be a few left fol
those who think of going up there
All I will need will be barely enough
to feed Albert Victor and mysel
from day to day. People who hav,
never seen a crowned head with /;
nose on top Of it are cordially to conn
over and see US during office hours
Albert is not at all naughty, and
intend to throw aside my usual re-
serve this summer alsO-tor the time
! P. Wales son and myself will be IA
from the cares that crowd so thicl