The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
IN MINNESOTA
VIA AUTOMOBILE
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Ainsworth and Mr.
F. r. ShirtcIiff Visited Scenes OF
Childhood in Minnesota.
PICNIC ON THE MANY LAKES
j. L. Proves to be a'"Wobbier" When
It Comes to Fishng-crops Up
There Are Looking Fine

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JILL. Proves to be a'"WobbIer" When
It Comes to Fishing-Crops Up
There Are Looking Fine
Mr.. and Mrs J. l.. Ainsworth and
Fred Shirtcliff returned Thursday from
a trip Up into Minnesota, Mrs. Aims
wortll's old home They spent a share
Of the time at Wilmon, about sixty
miles west of St, Paul, and enjoyed
the fishing, to be had at the numerous
lakes in that vicinity. j. L. will re
port for duty as teacher of the Ellis
school the first week in September. a
school he has taught for the past few
terms.
Mrs. Ainsworth contributes the fol
lowing letter, telling of her very pleas
ant trip: Tyr
To Everybody:
Having an invitation from my broth.
err Fred, to accompany him on an auto
trip into central Minnesota, our olu
home, John and gladly accepte,! and
Friday, August 18th, found us On our
way. We arrived Saturday even,lE,
at our cousins, who had not been
notified, but they seemed to be pre-.
pared for the unexpected. for they gave
us a hearty welcome and we were ut
once enjoying a good old fashioned
visit and good up-to.date hospitality.
They are situated right in the midst
of one Of Minnesota most picturesque
lake districts, between Willmar and
Paynesville, so of course there was a
plentitude of fishing, boating, bathing
and picnicking. | always do my fish.
ing with trolling line and if have
some one along to row the boat and
some one else to take the fish off the
hook can manage the rest very nice
ly. but even then the large fish always
get away John tished with a 'wob-
bier" which is vicious looking in
strument in shape and color, something
{ like small fish, and is fitted with
three clusters of three fish hooks each
arranged around it's sides, and is used
with line and pole or casting rod.
With it's many hooks it is almost Ger.
tain to catch anything near it and
advise fishermen to beware OF the
wobbler.
This was grain stacking season with
our cousins, but one morning seemed
/ too damp for that work SO an impromp-
tn picnic was planned and the other
families were called by telephone, so
Z in "a very short time arrangements
were made, but the ladies of the differ
ent households wondered what they
could take for dinner with no time for
preparation. Being guest 1 did not
worry, but the aforesaid dinner turned
out to be a great feast and John is
wondering what it would be like il the
! ladies had time to prepare.
After drive Of perhaps eight miles
the four or five auto loads Of us ar
rived at Lake KOronis, which is GER
tainly a lovely lake indented with in
lets and enclosing three islands, the
largest of which we visited. 1t is
called First Island, and is perhaps one
half mile from the nearest shore, and
we went in a row boat.
The shore where we landed, like all
the shores of that lake, had many
large rocks which are said to be torn
up and pushed to shore by the huge
cakes of ice which form in the winter.
On landing we went up long, steep,
rocky path and on the high level top
we came to cottage, the only dwelling
place on the island. AS the doors were
standing wide open and no one there
! we explored and found it to be me-
dunn sized cottage with an immense
screened in porch extending around
2 three sides of it. II is fully equipped
with, furniture, bedding and dishes for
housekeeping and is occupied at times
by the owner of the whole island who
lives in Paynesyille, about three miles
away You might wonder about the
safety from thieves of this furniture
and also the flock of sheep that were
browsing on the slopes, but it would
u f> nruvy al
inclined, in the small boats which
visitors use. One side of the island
is very high and very steep and almost
overhanging it is an old reel or wind
lass which must have been used for
r drawing up, water or provisions. It
reminded me of the monks Of old Mont
st. Michael, only believe theirs was
gigantic wheel with pockets here
and there in which their provisions
were loaded at the sea below and with
great whirl were brought to the
mound above. This place is we'll wood
ed and have a large cedar chip from
one Of the trees as souvenir OF .''The
J Enchanted Isle" @ 5t..Es
Our next picnic was at Green Lake,
which is sheet of clear water about
S by Z miles in size and we We're told
that the water of this lake is eXcep-
tionally pure and that hundreds OF
tons OF ice are taken out of it in the
winter for drinking water. The rail-
road track runs right to the water for
1 that purpose. Green Lake is in many
respects similar to koronis with it's
rocky shores, gravel bed and abun-
dance Of timber and is is more Access
sible, tehre being station right on it's
border.
We gathered water lilies from Long
Lake. which is right at our cousins
front door and is as its name implies,
long, also narrow and very deep. This
is a popular place for fishing, but not
for bathing for the shores descend too
abruptly into the deep water.
We expected to start home Monday
morning, August 21st, but rain prevent
ed until Tuesday afternoon. We got
stuck in mudhole on what we had
previously termed the Minnesota bad
lands and which is six mile stretch
of marshy road this side Of .Willmar.
Fired and John found some timbers
near, then they put a little pile OF