Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-31
A T r VEL OGU E
BY THE EDITO n

ings of the Michigan State School {
! Mines. said to be the finest institution {
this kind in the United States.
| The boat stopped at Houghton an hon
and most of the passengers went over int
town after the festive souvenir and pic
ture postal. At every point where tn
boat stops the passengers pursue the pic
ture postals. Just before the boat Ief
this place, about 1890 a. m., it wa
stormed by wedding party seeing pai
of newlyweds of on their bridal tour
Even the preacher who tied the knot wa
there, and the girl attendants of the bride
still wore their wedding hnery. Th.
brids attired in travelling suit. was pref
.y demure young girl, and of course tn.
cynosure CT all eyes. We left Haugh.or
amid shower of rice and joyous send.off.
to the young couple. Among my table
companions on this boat spotted another
young couple for new!yweds, for they
were SO congeuial that they always ate
just the same things. l found out later
that l had been correct in my diagnosis oi
th=ir state. May they all find the whole
journey through life as pleasant sailing as
it began for them on the good boat ''Iuni.
ata."
There was good'y company on board.
about 40 passengers. although the boat
has capacity for twice that number,
most OF whom were there for the same
reason was. on pleasure bent.
All day we sail with land on the lee
bow (you see, by this time have become
quite nauticaD without further stops. unit!
about 6 p. m. when we reach Marquette.
where stop of an hour is made. Mar
quette is great shipping point. and was
much interested there in the operations of
unloading freight steamers. After leaving
Marquette the boat pushes out in to the
broad portion of Lake Superior and by
dark we are again beyond the sight of
land. For pastime the passengers mingle
in conversation, watch passing steamers,
promenade the decks, read books selected
from free library maintained on the
boat, etc. For those who are musically
inclined, there Is fine. grand piano in
the ladies' salon.
BY 6 O'Clock the second morning after
leaving Duluth we have traversed the full
length Of Lake Superior and reach point
of interest that brings most of the pas
sengers on deck at that early hour-,he
500 Canal at Sault Saint Marie. asked
man who lived there how the first word
of the name (Sault) was pronounced. and
was told it was 800" So don't ever
''Sault' it. The 500 Canal carries the
shipping around short stretch of rapids
in the strait connecting Lakes Superior
aud Huron, snd traverses the Canadian
side CT the stream Therefore, while tine
boat was Passing through the canal 1 was
for the first time in my lite out of the
United States The locking of the boats
and dropping or raising them 10 the differ.
ent levels is slow process and we were
a couple of hours getting through. The
connecting passage between the two lakes
is forty or fifty miles long, and at one
point for several miles the government has
improved the channel by mining out a
rock bar. all the excavating having appar-
emily been done under water, and the
amount of material removed, which one
sees along the sides of the channel, is STU
pendous. The che mel through this bar
is so narrow that every few hundred yards
a signal lights at night is located to guide
the pilot. Men are stationed at points
along this course whose duty it is to main
tain these signals in good order. They
lead isolated lives. and l watched them
get their mail from the "Juniata." The
letters and papers are made upinto bum
die and the man rows out to receive it.
As he can not approach too near to the
moving boat, the bundle is thrown to him,
and in each case saw the bundle land in
the water and the mail was ashed out wet.
At p. m. on the second day ont after
a journey across the upper end of Lake
Huron, we reached Mackinac Island,
where disembarked, for l had planned
to stay here couple of days. This island
is one OF the most popular summer resorts
i'll the north. of which more anon
Ito be continued)