The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-06

light, every breeze IL laden with health
and rnol 'iuvigorulion, whore ono eau
iOrgOt worries and tuTmoils aud take 10
new life while lying on its messy beds,
IL il asa "mounl OF emerald heaped
up In sea Of turquoise" 10 the north
east arO the Thousands islands OF tho
vest" where Hnbaaadsd beauty OF
winding channel and pine grown isleS
OF all sizes aud every conceivable shape
mako most fascinating trip. IL Ia here
that the gentle Morpheus Is Wooed
airsIh and yields her charms to the
SlSspless eye aud nervous brain in
natures sweet TsslorsF;" morbidnsSs
and ioTebodings quickly flee away be-
fore the power aud inspiration OF new
life aud ambition, Taking another
steamer away We speed toward tue
"Soo"-saull Ste. Marie-IhS rapids OF
ST. Mary'a river with its magnificent
locks, which pass nino million tennaRs
year aud lar exceed the S1ez canal
On the way We pass through Mud Lake
with ils shallow waters where tho gov
ernment has dTedged water way for
the largest lAka vessels
Into Lake George, Hay lake and Lit
tie George lake into the st, MaryA river,
whose scenery 10 much like the Gale
DOMAIN canal, which are visited, The
trip has much Of the beauty OF tho
English lakes, on one side high. Cana:
dian bluffs, on the other rolling land oil
Sugar island.
We Tsached the strait between Lakes
Huron and Superior and with Indian
guides in q large canoe shot the rapids
This q most thrilling and exciting ex'
perience, whose danger is more seem
: ing than real, his we'll worth q trip
TO enjoy the shooting"
In theae leo cold waters is the para
disc for Speckled trout and salmon.
Some OF the former Of which, meaaur''
ing sixteen inches, We caught aud
brought home.
Here in the midst OF the posts aud
forts OF Michigan 10 the very nursery OF
histoTy. Before the English settlement
at jamestown or the Pilgrim Fathers
landed on Plymouth Rock, the hunters
discovered the outlet Before Boston,
Philadelphia or Baltimore wsTe SaulL
sto Mario was. One hundred aud AiIy
years before Bulalo or Cleveland had
names II had iIS paIiSads forts, churches
aud schools. It is historic ground,
having borne the force OF two oil our
early wars.
We also visited St. Ignnce, whore is
the resting place OF the famous Mar.
qustts, whose exalted character changed
the rude Wild nature OF tho Indians,
We rode some thirty miles along the
shores OF Lake Michigan by rude
tiShera' huts aud Indian log cabins to
BrevoorI lake.
From tho $500" We rode four miles
to Front Lake through forty mileS OF
burning forest, whose lres are raging
int hundred places in the pines OF
northern Michigan.
In these primitive wilds though life
il less artificial there arc no shams or
aristocracy. 1t is stern reality. Men
are less wise, but seom stronger. They
have fewer amuSemenls but seem
happy.
With such experiences one returns
with larger life and sympathy, as he
has seen things as they are. We owe
it as Christian duty TO care for these
bodies by such trips. We can DO better
work and moro OF it. We oWo It TO our.
selves, to our families, to our friends,
TO humanity and 10 the Chris! who went
about among humanity to reveal TO
them blessed straits through which all
might pRII to largest opportunity aud
enjoyment