Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-07-17
THINKS PEoPLE MISTAKE WHEN
THEY GO TO OTHER cLIMEs
FOR GREATER BEAUTY.
Wisconsin Continues to Furnish Good
SceNery-St. Lawrence and Great
Lakes Good For travel.

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in the shade and there appears ne
shade, GIBBS rapidly
To leave s'Baraboo the beautiful
and to wander over the face of the
earth to see that which is less
pleasing, is to speak in Theo
logical terms, a work of super
erogation. But as Mr.: Shakespeare
puts it., what fools we 1nortals be-
We. pass no comment on the jour
Iney through the state of Wisconsin
She is ever with you, look at her
A delightful and restful trip By
boat was had from Milwaukee, to for
cago, having only time ,tRiicbigan
breakfast and chen Glow the crops
oen'ra TO Southern Michigan
ale n1gsbout 1900 passengers
~ 81. e.tH on the beautiful steamer,
~ o1S} of Cleveland. most of whom
were excursionists. to Buffalo and Nj
agara Falls,
One does not tire of Niagara. There
is something more, than mere fascina
ton in the greatness of nature in
her widest moods. Looking at the
Horseshoe Fall. from the Canadian
side or from the nearest point on
the American side there is sub
| lime grandeur that grips and holds
by an invisible leash. You feel it. al
so, at the Whirlpool Rapids viewed
from the American side. You feel
the same in the presence Of the
sweeping tide that comes from some
where into the here. One stands in
wonder and awe beside the mountain
peaks that cut into the blue like the
teeth Of a great saw. | may not at
! tempt to describe Niagara over whose
gigantic lip there falls constantly wa
ter II feet thick at the Horseshoe
Fall, green with liquid hate, then
white with fear at the awful plunge
as it goes down upon the rocks that
give back blow for blow while above 1t
all in the trembling mists the rafnboF
, of Gods promise bends in benedic-
ton. But greater than it all is this
constant feeling in the presence of it
all. 81 belong to that which is great,
1 also am His creation, l. am part of
che infinite" We stopped while at
the Falls at the Temperance Hotel
and leave sober on Saturday morning
! for Syracuse. A quiet Sunday with
friends, attended church both morn
ing and evening and sacredly visit
my birth place on Sunday afternoon.
To stand in the home of ones birth
and let memory play over the years
that have gone ought to be helpful
One of the surprises Of travel came
while walking along the street on
Monday. A man, wnom we had known
in Illinois stopped me with a warm
hand shake. He had moved and was
preaching in WATERFOWL, N. Y. A class
mate Of seminary days whom we hat
not seen since 1873 and is now law
yer in Syracuse was found and
pleasant reminiscent hour had.
| Syracuse is a busy, commercial city
of 10000, A journey of a h1ndred
miles in Northern New York brought
us to Clayton, town of 1O0Q0,on the
st. Lawrence. Here we take boat
for Alexandria bay. This hours
sail was the most beautiful of all.
Passing from side to side or steering.
in and out among the 1Q'90 and one Isl
lands and islets save bat a rock and
a few bushes or trees, others acres
in extent with cottages or castles it
matters but little. Across from Alex
andria stands yet unfinished one of
the largest Of the castles. It was un-
der process OF construction by
wealthy New York man when his wife
suddenly passed away and the work
on the castle ceased as suddenly as
did the life for which the mansion was
planned and there came the words
Build We amore statelier mansions,
Oh My Soul while the swift seasons
roIl."'
One of the sad, unexpected acct
dents happened on Sunday evening. A
private steam yacht cut in two mo-
tor boat in which we're persons
one of whom was drowned and one
died Of injuries received. Many are
the accidents this year on the wa
ter. A.4a
The st. Lawrence is a great river.
One thought of the early age voyage ur
these versatile Frenchmen and the IN
dams as they journeyed to and fro