Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-08-29
WATER
TIE Beautiful Scenery Of the uEpsr
Mississippi.
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A spsc. al correspondent Of tne TElk-
saAa.uEsArD sends the to.lowlng
zrsBaie AID beautiful description Of
What as san 10 Minnesota.
Of tie scenery zeogt Ninnesota. Fort
snsIlng. AlnBebahs. -. Anthony
H.eatas, Shadow FAls. ana tAe iagsg-
section If n ss.ss.p pl, Minnesota, ana
ths Qulet Sleepy Auaehana W@lsss, the
soldiers Home 1t e prominent po.nl b.
tween these waters. wiIh Minneapolis.
ST. Paul anl Nendola IN slght is IN itseli
3 sisht 10 behold and to be remembered.
Much has been sad and written OF
the upper Mississippi untl tAe same
has become pToyeTblal. Nowhere else
pa America, taking ll on the whole, Is
uature grandefi more eeaatlui ana
more picturesque lhOA about here anI
upward towards 81. Cloud w.ta us
ioIage VIVID and green. We visited
here las. "a ! so and arc mere 10 renew
UUr past ANA pleasant acquaintance.
The places available. and iesortea to
from acre on account OF secenery are
numerous ana afford great variety
adapted 70 the various tastes 81 the
ever changing minds OF the millions.
For the sublime. We would visit 81.
Anthony Fails.
''iloi for reyel,' IS ''the Frost
kings cry. Tne most, the SNOW AID
spray, the eeho.ng shouts reply. For
inc soft aud picturesque, VISIT Mime
ha-ha. Laughing Water. Mime mean
ing water and ha-ha laughing. Mudh
has been written IN prose ana poetry.
Longfellow has lmmOrIalHed the few
remaining drops, that still remain as
reminders OF the once happy sparkling
youthful past. But such IS NATURES
lite as we'll as human life. Its past soft,
delicate and romantic beauty reminds
the returning solournerOi creation OF
artistic tancy-nOne OF the sublime or
awful features, but il still combines the
rare union of qualities, to delight the
cultivated taste; a gentle stream oil
water, but a few Yards wide, winding
through the undulating prairie until It
reaches verge from which it falls
into basin a distance OF about 60 feet,
presenting curve, 4 new moon circle,
from which the water drops without
the least deviation, until IL reaches its
lower level when the stream goes on its
way rejoicing, curling along IN laugh
ing chldlike glee, Till ii reaches the
Mississippi ut the Soldiers Home. We
followed it to the mingllDg waters,
bathed our hands and face, and then
repeated to ourselves the poets dedlca-
( ton:
Sweet Minne-ha-ha Ike a child at play.
/ Comes gaily dancing Ger her peD5ly way,
I reaching
With g.eetul laugh bounds from is crested
edge
The moss aud vines have covered
| part of the beautiful curved rocks aud
the tree under which,we sat twenty-one
| years ago to have our shadow taken,
knows earth no more. We were told
that 1t bid adieu TO Minnie five years
| ago.
The word "change" seems to be
written on the face of everything. Be
| this as it may, q visit TO the poets name
/ Will do due honor to bis fame, and can
not help but make a lifelong impress
| sion upon the character of the visitor.
Out three and six miles from here,
| Lakes Calhoun and Harriet repose, the
| banks are skirted with trees, affordng
! charming retreats. About twelve miles
| away, westward, lies Lake MlnnetOnka.
I one OF the most popular and fayorite
| resorts IN Minnesota. Its scenery IS
beautiful and attractive, as described
/ IN previous letter, and the numerous
/ islands, promontorles and bays render
/ 1t almost indescrlbabe. It has some
/ twenty-five or thirty islands. its banks
are bold and clean, and are covered
/ with dense woodlands tor some distance
/ from the shore, the wood consisting
/ mostly of oak and sugar maple. The
water IS clear as a crystal. Both steam
aud sail vessels PLY UPON 1t. Fish are
IN great abundance. This lake must
| have been favorite dwelling place or
resort for the aborigiDals.
Spirit Knob, one and a quarter miles
| by water FROM Wayzata, is a promOn-
/ tory about fifty feet hiEh, situated on a
/ point OF land extending into the lake
/ aud commands a beautiful view If all
/ toe sides. 1t was formerly used as a
/ place OF worship by the Indians. There
/ are great many beautiful views about
/ these lakes and 1t is our candid opinion
/ that II tourists and health seekers would
come out here during tho summer,
/ among natures scenes, they would be
! benefited far more than by going to
/ the fashionable watering places.
! We now return to Fort Smelling, men,
/ toned IN the beginning of this letter,
! bat being a noted historical point we
/ will add a few words. This fort has
been we'll known for about seventy
/ years, also for It's beauty and pTomin.
/ ence OF It's situation. 10 e located o. a
bold and commanding bluff, COM
| posed of s3ccharlOd sandstone at tie
/ junction Of the Minnesota and
/ Mississippi rivers, about SIX miles west
+ OF st. Paul, the same distance from
( Minneapolis and -. Antbonv's Pals.
two miles from Muune-hs-ha, and about
one mile from the Soldiers Home,
I which is separated from 1t b. the Ms
F s.ssippi and Minne-ha-ns. The corner
+ stone was laid hy Col. JOSIAH Smelling.
I on The 10th OF September. lsZ9. 10 was
I completed and occupied by troops 80
4 1872. The post SAID to have been
named -. anthony. huf BY suggestion
I Of Gen. scott. in 1894 che War Depart &
\ ment ordered it changed % Fort o8cl-
+ ing. in hcnor of lis builder. It tie
. e.uest settlement permanently .naah.t-
4 ed ~ wuite men Ia Minnesota. II IS a
I romantic love of place.
We passed one half day here On ths
I vislE There are About four hundred
and fifty soldlcrs here nov.
/ lt i becoming = regular city. The
7 barracks are very fne. lle MANY
+ buildings for 0fhcers 90 pride a. any
city. They have fine drives larns and
f gardens, AID Farss The post tou.o-
+ ward = shout tao snd ha.f m .ss .oag.
T 0lta slafe trees on ether see
Al fae so'disrs cf the Northwest
+ n1ase t4s theT quarters. t-'r-r.
Death q Al Old Eesid 5nt-