Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-01-23

We date this letter from Eagle River hay-
ing recovered somewhat from the pleasures
of travel. She was made county seat by
the legislature. after hard fight against
Rhinelander She now has the handsomest
court house there is in the circuit--(as
have said before. in every county that
have yisitedD and feels Independent in every
pore. But when she paid ont $1,000 in cash
for a term of court, some OF her public
board wondered after all If it paid to be in
dependent and maintain a county OrganiZa-
tion all by themselves. Hurley has had a
similar experience. Prentice, in Price
county had better take a lesson. Prentice
is little town of several hundred and signs
for the flesh pots of an independent county
organization. When a town gets a notion
of being county seat, all sheol and the leg
islature can't stop her. The legislature al
ways puts off the county organization
act until the applicant has exhausted all her
revenues in eatabieS and drinkables. and
fianally awards the coveted prize. And when
she gets it IL is good deal like private
individual owning yacht Its an expen-
Sive luxury.
Yes. there are some good lively fellows in
Eagle. and when you come over 10 this
quiet fishing country YOU Will find many
agreeable gentlemen to greet you, good no
tel and good cigars and other necessaries
of life. Eagle River is the great home and
feeding ground Of the muscalunge that
white-meated gamey fish which all fisher
men love 10 troll for. Its home and haunts
are not in the running brooks. which the
trout loves. but in the cold, clear. lakes
And this is country of lakes, clear as
spring water, blue, and friuged not with
swamps but with beautiful banks of groves
that make camp life a pleasure. These
lakes dot the country everywhere, and are
usually connected by stream; thus, Eagle
River connects whole chain of lakes. You
can take the steamer at Eagle River and
steam around a chain of lakes for twenty
or twenty-five miles and landing at Three
Lakes. about ten miles from the starting
point You can then return by the steamer
or by rail. Well you can catch muScalonge
in all these lakes. / would infer from some
stories heard here that they are large. a
popularity of these fish is that they grow
after they are landed. heard of one caught
here by D. T.. Eiordan that weighed "a lbs.
the morning ne pulled II out by noon it
weighed 30 lbs. and by night 30 lbs, exactly.
This is a remarkable thing IL seems to me.
Riordan still lives He is willing 10 make
affidavit 10 this. Every summer these lakes
are patronized by gentlemen from Chicago.
Milwaukee and other cities who come up to
troll Eagle river Eagle lakes, Three lakes
and Tomahawk lake and a thousand other
lakes. met w II. Thomas OF Minocqua.
here the other day who used to run hotel
at Hayward. He has given up the vain
glOries of the world and associates with no
body but Natur' Like the Hibernian park
commissioner in New York. he proposes TO
let Natur' take its course 1 mention
Thomas because he has so many acquaint-
ances all over the northwest, and Is located
on a beautiful lake near Minocqua, on the
Northwestern. where he and propose to go
fishing later, and 1t were well to establish