The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-11-21
4 KENTUCAIAN.s VISIT TO ST.
PEEssOER.
Notes by t.,e Way and What he Thinks
Of the City by Tie Lake.

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of November 4th we find very inter
esting letter written by Mr.. T. c.
Robinson, Of that city, who recently
visited Superior, from which we take
the following extracts:
Recollection is the avenue that leads
us back to the fading memory of DAYS
that are gone, and | hope 1t viii de-
light me when am old TO recall my
Journey to the City of the Inland Sea.
! The ordinary incidents of travel are
tedious, and pass them by as a tale
that has been told The crops, to me,
We're III large measure disappointing.
The condition of affairs in the Hoosier
State carried me back to my childhood
days, when in wonder | watched the
long trains Of covered wagons loaded
with travellers from Buncombe
County" and bound for the "IndIann.'
Their condition is not changed, and
they are lazy and happy yet.
\ great drouth has prevailed in that
country; grass is burned up, the corn
is neg lected III the fields, and no cattle
Craze upon the hills. There even
seemed short crop of babies: | only
saw one, and that was not crying
baby. 1t is distressing and surprising
indeed They are depending on the
government to loan them cheap money,
and they are in the condition OF the
fellow who said he would like to have
some bread to eat if he had some meat.
The part of Illinois through which we
passed had Jared better, bat did not
have upon it the bloom OF prosperity
The farmers were sowing wheat IN the
standing corn, but that crop was
light, and the fiocks and herds We're
far apart. Winter grass is VIGOROUSLY
short, and | would think it good policy
to hold Your hay.
Late in the evening we entered the
busiest city OF all the states just too
late to catch the outgoing train. |
proiited the time by going To see Sarah
Bernhardt i'll Cleopatra. | am not a
/ theatrical critic, but it was strange to
SEE a little four 10y six woman with
red Wig trying to initiate the dark
haired daughter OF the Nile, whose
| voluptioIlS charms had made a willing
captive Of the great Roman Triumvir.
About midnight we left for the CITY
Of the tnSalted Set, / aWoke early III
/, the morning expecting to see the harry
est fields OF the great Northwest spread
ou. before me declaring The fulness
OF the earth. but | was rueIully dlSap-
pointed. Instead, | looked out upon Il
scene such as creations dawn btheld,
save he rayages by fire. No useful
thing was growing, and no flo Ks nor
herds III view. Cuce in VIII lt You
could see hF some neglected hut Il few
wrttchGd little children thai seemed to
have been born iii Orphanage and
reared up in poverty. The things,
with the blackened ruins III forest fires
made it deSolIte beyond compare.
Yet, am told that out .of this earth
can be made the finest metal in the
world and VIII some day pour into the
lap OF the cities beyond the wealth of
the mines of Galconda. 1t seems to
me to be smitten Ike the phi S Of
Gomorra; but the secret h ngs OF the
earth VII some day be manifest, and
the soil Weld up its treasures. for God
never intended for the earth to he lale.
Us night came on rode safely into
the city Of my destination, and walk
ing up the beautiful avenue 10 Il
Splend,d inn, | looked olt upon a land (!
scape as fair and beautiful as the green
pastures OF our Ain Countrle.' \
little later | went down To the lake
whose waters wash the shores OF MANY
states As | stood upon Its green
BANKS and looked oft upon its silent
waters mirroring the stars, its smoothe
surface undisturbed ly the break Of Il
wave and asleep in the arms of cath,
peaceful as an infant in its slumbrrS, |
could not help recalling and repeating
that splendid sentiment of Lord By
ron 5:
There is Pleasure in n" Iathcss wood
There l. rapture on the lonely shore,
There is ssci-ty where none il tru.ie.
by TIL deep sou, a!,I music in is roar.
am told that this Lake is the great f.
hulwark Of strength and supply to the
cities along its shores; that ont OF its
deep harbors. without transfer or
change can float the great steamers of
the ocean. carrying to foreign nations
the products OF our agriculture, and
come back to lis treighted with the
commerce of the world.
The city has been laid out with great !
expectations, and the master minds |!
Who planned il have lived to see it |
grow up to a measure Of their faith /
The avenues are 100 feet wide, and the +
best l:ghted city ! ever saw. tt e
present population is about twenty .
five thousand. 1t numbers among its
inhabitants MANY mtllonaireS, and I
their homes are pictures of ease and .
elegance. The business houses are /
bHIil 1t III, anu me cUS0 VI liillF J.
blocks runs into the hundreds of ,
churches. and all the public buildings
are models of beautiful architecture. I
The banking capital is counted by the
millions, and more seeking invest (
mCnt. The people are industrious and .
sanguinp, and success has attended .
their diligence The city is the patron
Of mechanical ingenuity. ana is the .
workshop of thousands of industrious
hands. 1t is SAID that three large cities .
Of Our Union have been built by one of .
several of car industries, and SUPERIOR f.
Possesses them all VIZ: iron, manu-
faCture, agriculture 1t is the dis
trihuting point of large elevator and /
milling interests, and in ont day while
| WAS there six hundred thousand .
bushels of wheat We're received The I
shipping facilities by water and rail /
are beyond AL question the best on the |
map, and the attention of large manu- I
f&cturers are being directed here | .
recommend 10 oar own pCoHle A custom .
up here, Of giving IF anythingl TO (
large enterprises employing many .
hands, instead Of 10 large railroads {
that only skirt our borders. 1t is not .
eNtraNagant To say that before this .
century sees its close the city at the .
head OF the lakes VIII he mentioned +
among the great cities Of the New
World. Nv faith IS EXPRESSED i'll the
sale OF the home Of my chil,lhood the
place where We were born. for a few
los in Superior. May | not add to my
own the hope Of all, that the invest .
ments Of Gel. Moore at this place may .
- multiply his riches that his tlockS T
MAY increase ike the hatkS OF Abra- .