Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-14
LETTER FROM
WALTER FLIETH
EUROPE.
EU UROPE.

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Through the courtesy of H. G. FIieth,
we publish the following letter recently
received from his son, Walter, while on
the Atlantic. He is evidently hugely
enjoying his trip to Europe. The letter
will be of great interest to every one.
Walter departed from Wausau on the
7th of July, and went directly to
Dulush, and from there took one
of the large boats down tne great lakes
to Buffalo
Dominion Line S. S. New England. .
On the Atlantic, July "a, 1900
My dear Father, Mother and Sister -
| will try to give you the history OF
my wanderings as l have faithfully
recorded them in my diary. | might
say that am feeling as well as can be
and although a great share of the thou
sand passengers on board have been
sea-sick, nevertheless, | have not
been and do not expect to be. We have
now been out six days and are nearly
across. | have had grand time so far
and expect to have fine time when |
reach land. As you know by
the telegram, | arrived at Boston,safely
| had wonderfully fine time on ''The
Northland' there always seemed to be
something to do. \ The service
on the boat was simply grand. The
dining fare, although very high, was as
excellent as could be obtained in the
best of hotels in the world \
believe l left you in Lake Superior.
Well, we passed through that most
spacious body of water and arrived at
Sault st. Marie, where we went into the
government locks which are said to be
the largest in the world, and it was
very interesting to see ourselves low
cred about twenty feet, where we got
on level with Lake Huron and were
soon skimming along in its depths.
Having spent very enjoyable day in
talking, reading, walking, etc, we
reached Mackinac, the great summer
resort, at 9:C0 p. m. on Sunday, where
two of my friends got off we then went
tobed and had good nights sleep. Ate
good, hearty breakfast the next morn
ing and then we promenaded around
the decks and played various games
and in the afternoon we entered the st.
Clair river and / tell you the scenery
along the river was simply grand. 1T
surpasses anything / ever saw. Beanti-
full summer homes and grand pavilions
covered the borders of the river, pre-
senting a scene that was indelibly inn
pressed upon my mind.
From the st. Clair river, we entered
one of Uncle SANS great ship canals
and going through this we came out
upon the st. Clair Lake, arriving at De-
troit at 4:00p. IN. The approach to the
harbor Of Detroit was very fine; the
Wooded Island, one of the most beauti-
full parks in the U. S., and many other
beautiful parks, presented very fine
sight, / tell you We soon hustled off
from Detroit and entered Lake Erie,
where it was little rough but made no
impression on our boat. About 1915 p.
M, we arrived at Cleveland, where we
coaled, and at 11:15 pulled out into Erie
again and pulled into bed Got up at
seven next morning, ate breakfast, got
my belongings packed together, and
we were soon in Buffalo; and this ter
inmates very brief and poor descrip-
ton of one of the grandest, most pleas
ant and beautiful trips that can be
found in the whole world.
had my baggage checked and soon
took the car for Niagara Falls. The
ride of twenty-five miles was very
pleasant indeed, and it was not long
before we reached our destination.
Here, / was privileged to look upon one
of the greatest of natures wonders.
What grand scene these falls display.
Words cannot picture its magnificence.
/ saw the Horseshoe and American