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Northern Tribune.xter»(1 at tin Poituflteo at Cheboygan Ml ch., at He eo ml CtaM Matter.SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1681.mhirii, r. micimuai.The F'larr for Utallh ud flWUR.t.Last week we mentioned tin* Taet that several luminaries of the press hadpassed tin o ugh our village. They had been attending the meeting of the Western Assueiated Press at Grand Rapids, nnd were winding up with a run up through this suction. The fullowing extract wo take from the Cincinnati Gazette, us showing what the impres-Hluns were upon the representative of that paper.We took the steamer City of Grand Rapid* at Traverse City fur Pot os key, where wo arrived hi the afternoon and remained until the following morning. There are two lines frnm this city to Mackinac Island, one runs hy what is culled the outside route, and the other hy the inland route. Most of us decided to go hy the latter and return hy the former so as tu nmko the circuit and see all that was to bo seen. We took our seats in a car drawn by a dummy engine at Sdh) a. m., uud were thus convoyed seven miles to Crooked Lake, where wo embarked on a small steamer a very small steamer, which carried tin through Crooked Lake, thou through Crooked River, through Round Lake, through another river, and then tlirough Mullet Lake. The rivers are well named Crook ed. It did not seeiu possible that there could he an much crookedness in a river that is navigable for even very small steamers; but it was curious to see our little craft turn the corners, fur the river is not only crowed, hut It is also very narrow.Here fs a country into which one would suppose man hail never entered. Then* are uo farms; no clearings^ nothing hut lakes, rivers, marshes, and forests. The scenery is not exactly grand, but it is novel anil beautiful. At places fin both ii.es of ill** river the outer was covered with water lilies, and so 111 o of them were .pUhered for the ladles.Ai Mullet Lake there is a new hotel, ami there some of our party concluded to spend Sim my. Then* are several Cln-iiu.miaus here wiih thelr families. It is a lioine in a vast vvlldernes'*, with nothing to ha seen but water and forests.. here are tl-*h in the former and game, including deer and hears, in the latter. We asked a guide how far hack the forest extended, and his reply was he had novel been so far as thut. Great as has been the progress of civilization, we can bear testimony that there is much wilderness still in flits country.Some of our Cincinnati friends who are uilticted with hay fever told me Mullet Lake is one of the best localities they have found. It Is equal, they say, to Mack I nne. Not having the hay fever, we took another very little steamer, passed into the Cheboygan river to the city of Cheboygan. All through here, again, were logs and sawmills; hut this is becoming a considerahie agricultural country. Gats, which are very flue, are being harvested. There are no signs of drought. Cheboygan Is a lively city.’ Here again we met several Cincinnatians. The fan is the latter are somewhat like the Ohio man,” very numerous. We took another steamer st that point which landed us at Mackinac- the gem of the lakes as it is correct iy called. The climate in summer is perfect. It Is without a flaw. There Is ouly one thing lucking, and that is a good hotel. Rome enterprising man will make this discovery anil supply the warn. For health and rest Mackinac surpasses alt the places, whether in mountain or valley, tuland or on the seashore, that the writer bus visited. Yon may leave Cincinnati In the evening and reach Mackinac in time fur supper on the second day. The take ride from Petoskey occupies Uve hours, and is very pleasant, provided the lake does not happen to be rough. Next year the passage will he better still. The extension of tile Grand Rapids rlt;uid will In* completed hi Mackinac City, and thence to Mackinac Island will occupy I only half an hour, the trip being made ' by n ferry boat. Then you may leave Cincinnati In the evening and breakfast on Mackinac Island on the second morning. The latter point is ttOO miles directly mirth of Cincinnati, nnd almost 1,100 - miles north of Atlanta, about in os ] straight a lino as the crow flies, so to i speak. Tho trip from Cincinnati wilt bo mud** without change of cars, and tho railroad managers inform mo tin* fare will not exceed Seat for the round trip.Wo left Mackinac regretfully on Tuesday morning, reluming to Petoskey on the steamer City of Grand Rapids hy tne outside route. The day was beautiful. The lake was as smooth as I he Ohio River Gilmer was served on the boat. 11 was n good one, It was attacked with excellent appetites. Every body seems hungry r here. And sleep! blessed sleepl You can sleep more here in six hours than 8U0 miles south in ten. People who can sleep mid eat ought not to complain. From Petoskey home by rail without change and a first rate line It is all the way. The Grand Rapids end is almost . as straight as a road on the prairies. Htil|l had almost fnrgoiGm to say a word alsmt fishing. Most of our people were provided with rods ami lines out) • hooks, ami on the way up talked much nlsmt fishing, This is a great country for Ashing. (if course it is. There arcfish in ahoundanco in all the lakes amirivers; but . Well, for the rest askW. D. Bickham.of Dayton; W.N. Halde- „ manuf Louisville; Ur. Ninon, of Chicago, or Col. Jones, of Nashville. These are the expert fishermen of the Western Assciated Press, nnd either of them would sit six hours patiently in a boat waiting fora bite. For myself, I think Ashing Is Immoral. I bought an outfit at Grand Rapids before the immorality of deceiving the fish occursd to me. 1 have a box filled with patent hooks indorsed by Col. Harris and other noted fisher- • men of Cincinnati that I will sell for less than cost to hardened persons who have no sympathy for the fish. Besides, the fish, when 1 tried it. were always at the other place, nnd I heard MuJ. Bickhnm remark that wo struck the between the seasons. This is all tills writer ran say about fishing, except that I never failed ro get a bite at the table, and that too, without patent hooks.The gentlemen connected with the railroads and steamboats, without an exception, placed the excursionists under lusting obligations. The trip was. therefore more agreeable than it otliewtse woo Id have been, perhaps; but a lady of our party, who has traveled In Europe much, said that our trip through the ( lakes and rivers had more real pleasure for tin* eye than any she bad enjoyed abroad. The fact is tills part of our ow n country people ought to see before going abroad. ! hey would then be the heller able to say iindec standingly “there is in* place like Inane.We forgot to mention in tho proper connection that there are about 5, J lakes, great and small, in Michigan, with rivers almost without number. People who want good scenery, plenty of water, and a bracing atmosphere will not fall t» find all combined In Michigan.
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Cheboygan, Michigan, US
Sat, Sep 03, 1881
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