The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-10-26
a WEEKS VACATION,

The northern part OF Wisconsin,-th
portion which has been denuded OF Its
terra incognita to most peo-
pie except to the hardy lumbermen who
have changed the aspect of nature there
and made desolate what once wore liv-
cry of perpetual green. The vast stretches
of country now bearing a scrubbed growth
of jack pine, hazel bush and scraggy,
sprawling "second growth" Is the home
of the deer. The grass is not unlike that
of the great western plains and the stunt
ed bushes remind one OF the sage brush |
which grows with monotonous regularity |
and persistent feebleness on the arid pla- |
teaus of the west.
The Pilot man had long besought the |
Markham family to provide corner In
tent for him during the hunting season
but always failed to induce them to see
things in a light favorable to the person
pleading for an invitation. The fact If
that it Is no easy matter to take IN an
extra person in camping party. A
guest, under the circumstances. is good
deal of nuisance and one who does not
enter into the spirit Of the thing is in
tolerable. The coveted invitation was
finally secured and the writer with
whole arsenal set out to contribute his
mite toward demolishing the genus GER
vus. It may be the fortune of some to
have their lot cast with hosts who can
| make things more pleasant for him than
can J. D. Markham and Will Delano, and
it may be possible to have tents pitched
in more picturesque spot than that on
the banke of the Peshtigo where the
writer spent the week, but if 80 the
lucky person will have delightful ex-
perience with which but few things in
his past will bear comparison.
When one quits Ellis junction on the
Milwaukee & Northern and strikes out
for the camp Is miles distant, he leaves
the haunts Of men. There is but one
settler on the entire road-an old trad
ing post with all the picturesqueness OF
primitive architecture. It is said that
the "boys," now men in the prime of life
have in their time killed fully 5000 deer
The roads are those made by lumbermen
, over which their supplies we're trans.
ported. As they are interminably branch
, ing and frequently indistinct, the danger
, of losing ones way is by no means imag
, mary. And to be los: in these wastes Of
slashings and fire devoured country is by
no means pleasant to contemplate. Tht
air is dry and clear with healing II It'll
WINGS" balsamic in it's flavor and sooth
, ing in its grateful impact. The grass
feeble and furnishes excellent pasturag'
: for deer. The streams are the beauty o
this section. Their waters are as pure al
r If distilled and their liquid murmur ii
truly enchanting. They are always cold
> even in midsummer. The streams hav'
8 clearly defined banks and beds of pebbl.
/ wilderness. "The laugh from the brool
: | as it runs to the sea" IS ever with on
, in these wilds and it is their deares
4 charm.
3 Deer are not plentiful in this section
4 The party who have spent the month O
| October here for some years were attract
ed more by the beauty of the surround
i ings than of their desire for slaughter
. They are satisfied with supplying thei
t own wants and are In no way intent upol
making a record. The camp is pitched
. few rods above Peshtigo Falls. Natur
I ttui than Is tns fess1C I2 river mare beau
v volume of water and its bed is the arch
y aic rocks. Its current is so rapid that
:, is never sullen and 1t is frequently broke
into rapids, cascades and falls.
; The Falls near which the camp is lC
4 Gated are as grand a sight as can be see
4 | anywhere. There is not the volume G
Niagara nor the hight of the Yellowston
: but for beauty it is not excelled by either
q There is series of three falls. At tn
t head, tn Q waters are compressed and at
tam fearful velocity. The inequalitie
of the bed are reproduced on the water
g surface, though the flow is unbroken, nan,
thus is presented the rare sight of hum
8 mocks of swiftly gliding water uncreste,
}, by foam and leaping with cohesive fore
to the plunge which skaters it into boil
+ ing turbulence. Again it gathers momen
9 tum and again plunges into seething re
{ action. Before the third plunge Is takel
| bend In the river causes the water il
> the outer arc to pile up and the rare spec
tacle is presented of water dashing on
: ward with centr1petal banks of air. 1t l
| SlukuldT slSuU-WdUeT pressing III
wall against the thither shore, It's owl
might sustaining 1t on the other side
where there is backward current of wa
ter seemingly disincllned to take part II
the mad rush. There is a whirlpool a
at Niagara, below the Falls, and here tn
river bends at right angels and then flow
z with majestic force between hills whic
: might not inaptly be termed mountains
The roar of these Falls can be heard 70
miles, faint at times and then suddenl
J. swelling into instant recognition by it
insistent thunder. During the night
was a lullaby of chastened force, sooth
ing by it's regularity and rendering al
3 most inau dible the snoring of J. L
y Markham. The timber on the edge O
the Falls has been cnt away and the,
are thus shorn::of a portionIof their,beauty
3 The vandal hand Of gain has despoile,
, the river of many charming features. Th
Falls higher up the river have been de
stroyed by blasting out the rock SO as t.
{ facilitate the driving OF logs IN the spring
It was an act of sacrilege for neither tn
bellies or DEVILS Lake can claim pre-emi
hence over the Peshtigo, for grandeur o.
quiet beauty. The hand of thrift is too
often felt at the expense of natures love
|, llness and this is particularly true OF the
Peshtlgo river.