The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-08-29
EDITORIAL COMMENTS
Pertaining to the Recent Convention
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National Editorial /: Association,
And Our Trip Through Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and the
Dominion of Canada.
tArt.cie No. 81
If you have never travelled on
a lake steamer with a jolly party
of congenial friends then you
have missed one of life's greatest
pleasures. Existence appears to
be one continuous round of joy
and Johnny Jump-ups while
aboard, and, though the destina-
tion promises great enjoyment it
is with regrets that you see the
great ship haul up to the docks.
All is gayety aboard ship. During
the day the gentlemen spend the
time at various games, eating
and an occasional trip down be-
low to where one of the stewards
is dispensing refreshments. The
ladies spend their idle moments,
mostly, according to the time
honored custom, in discussing
each other, when not hunting
their husbands. But, as in Brus-
sells, before the battle of Water
loo, "There is a sound of revelry
by night that makes one glad he
is living; that banishes care and
makes you Indifferent whether
you ever sight land or not.
Thus it was on board the good
ship Manitou enroute from Chi
cago to Mackinac Island and
while she was so crowded that
some of the more gallant of us
were compelled to walk the deck
that all the ladies might have
ample accommodation, we were
glad to be there. Passing steam
ers on the lake attract almost as
much attention as passing vessels
on the ocean and numbers of
times during the day we were
cal ed to the side to note the pass
ing OF huge ore ship or small
er passenger boat.
Mackinac Island is one of the
most b autiful pieces of natural
scenery in this country. 1t rises
out of the lake like a mountain
and as you draw near to it the
beautiful hotels and private sum-
mer residences of the American
aristocrat make very pretty per-
spective. In fact it appears to
be rich mans playground. The
houses rise in tiers one above the
other until you reach the top
whereon is located an old fort,
famous in past history, but now
used solely to draw guests to the
Island and lend a tragedical and
mysterious air to the scenery. We
landed here in a drizzline rain
aud, after the grand rush for the
hotels was over, and we were COM
fortably quartered, we, started on
our tour of sight seeing winding
up at the inevitable curio shop
for souvenirs and postal cards.
We enjoyed stay of parts of
two days at Mackinac, board
ed another steamship to go up to
Sault Ste. Marie, (The Soo9 to
visit the great government locks
at that place. These locks were
made necessary by the fearful
rapids here. No vessel of any de-
scription could hope to live
through the passage of them, but
now immense ore steamships,
coming from the rich mines of
the Lake Superior country, pass
continually through the canal,
carrying their ponderous cargoes
to the smelters of the lower coun-
try.
"The 500" is a fine, large city
and we were given right hearty
welcome. Canada is just across
the narrow strip of water and
number of the party were taken
over to visit the great steel works
there. shooting the rapids"
here is considered quite nervy
feat and with friend, Mr.. j. A.
Richardson, of Mississippi, had
the honor of being the only MEM
bers of the party who dared give