The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-01-06
From the MIL Sentinel.
Raiiroud Meeting at Fox Lake.


Railroad Meeting at Fox Lake.
At public meeting Of the citizens Of Fox lake and
vicinity held pursuant notice. AT the Baptist Meet.
ing House, Saturday, Dec. 4th, Quartus III. Bar
ron called to the chair, and VIM. L. Smith APP
pointed Secretary.
The chairman announced the object To be, to hear
statements relative tn the La Crosse aud Mi!-
waukee kairoad and 10 take such acton IN the mat
ter might be deemed expedent. He then intro
duced TO the meeting Hon. Moses NJ. Strong, Pres't
of said COMPANY, who in abe and fOrcIbe address,
demonstrated the Importance al the construction oil
the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad, its value
stock investment, and the great advantages TO be
derived from it, and its claims upon the favorable
consideration oil the citizens of the STATE, near
| ITS route.
AT the conclusion Of Mr.. Strong's address, the fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted:
| Resolved, That the projected raiigoad iiom Mil
waukce To La Crosse, passing through the most fer
tile region of the State, tnvcTsng the whole breadth
Of the State in diagonal line, and reaching the Mis-
sssippl river at point where il would be sure 10
command the great and growing business of Mime
sofa AMI the Northwestern part o! W sconsin, pos
sesses Claims upon the favorable consideration and
liberal contributions OF the citizens Of the State on
or near the line superior to those Of any other rail-
road project within the STATE.
| Resolved, That the la Crosse and Milwaukee
Railroad Company are hereby invited TO locate the
route of their proposed road through the village OF
Fox Lake, believing as we do, that such location
would advance the great end ol securing direct and
feasible route from Milwaukee to T. Crosse, and
pass through section of country which would no,
be surpassed by any other, in the amount Of local
business it would contribute to the road.
Resolved, That The citizens Of Fox Lake and vi
cnity pledge themselves To subscribe the capital
stock Of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad
Company, the OF $50 900, on condition that
said road shall be located through sad village.
n committee, consisting ot John w DAVIS, Stod
dard Judd, John l.. Brewer, and VIM L. Smith
were appointed. for the purpose Of soliciting ubscrp
tons.
GA motion, Resolved, that the proceedings of this
meeting BE- published ia the Dod5e County Gazette,
! the Water,own and Milwaukee papers.
On motion, the meeting al journed meet in Mass
Convention on Saturday, Dec II Al O'Clock =. NJ.
q. Il. BARRON, Chn.
! WI. F.. SMITH. Secy
! Fox Lake, Dec. l,h, 1852.
! 0CS'Other city papers pleas COPY.
! MODERN CRUsoEs.--We extract the following
/ from letter written 10y an Indian oniHer on sick
leave. ''Al,er got clear OF Java Head we had a
fresh breeze from the southeast, and as we had been
unable to take in water ANGER, the Captain deci-
ded on doing at some small islands | hal never
heard the OF before they called the Cocoas
and are about 500 miles southwest of Java Head
! Their history is rather curious. 4 Captal Ross,
formerly al the East India service, lives on them
with bis family. Before Borneo was given up to the
Dutch h was Governor oft AMI while thc.c he adj
ysed the British Government t. allow him to hIiid
Il s!oop OF war, as there WAS such magnificent tim
Der.
''She was launched only the day before the island
was given up but the Dach allowed Ln finish
her, and the English Government th"n made pres
cnt Of her to Capt. Ross as reward for his services
He cruised about in htr ior many years, and as i
were re-discovered these isnds, for they lad been
known to exist, although visited. tie took a
fancy to them, wrote hone to Ensiaal an'! brought
ont tie whole Of his family. The English govern
meHt refusing HIN protection, he he's placed himself
under that Of the Dutch, ami got $40 Malay Slaves
whom he liberated upon arriving il the Islands, and
formed Il settlement there.
''iiis ship was lost on a voyage to Batavia, and
he ,aany wears without having any intercourse
with the world; but being nearly <tafvcd-ior the
islands produce itilr more than cocoanut troes-hc
butt schooner. making the ropes Ut the cocOaiut
fibre, and the sails Of the thick bark that is round
the cocoanut tree Just below the branches. tie vas
inst sailing when a whacr Put into the islands, and
from her he procured canvas and lied to Batavia :;
sncc which tine he has traded regularly there, sell
ing cocoanrt oil, OF which he ma,s great quantities,
having steam engine OF ten horse power to br.ise
and press the Hut.
About the SIKH day from Java Head we sighted
the is!and>, which very low, aai covered 10 the
waters edge with timber. There about - OF
them the largest net ihteeqGartcrs Of a mile broad
magnificent lagoon, to which there Is only one ell
trance. went shore eau, la tie morning after
we anchored, and pulled abou; three miles NJ thc Ia.
goon to hc settlement, Their chief amusement APP
pears to be sailing boais, Of which theic m
mcrse numbers, ami managed beautifully. I count
ed nearly 30 pulled up, sailing aNay to the ,.iI-
ieront islands to pick mp The nuts.
''tlpt. Ross Is q s!range, eHU-t looking man. he
and his sons resemble Robinson Crusoss. They live
in wooden houses, raised about ten feet from the
imagine. They have books and the q'iantt, Capt
Ross has read is wonderful
He has been 90 years il the islands. The Mal,v>
arc lazy set Of fellows; h pays the,n SO mach a
day, and well that thy wont work more than two
o. three days week. The greatest punishment
he inli-,s is to Danish theai from the islands,
Mr. Odds of Ohio, in his speech al the Democrat.
ic Festival in Washington city, made the following
hit. Ii not very digned it certainly is very flnn,
''-ir. il Franhlin Pierce comes 10 the work
signed him ~ the democracy 81 ,he coultry-as
have doubt he wiii-ihcre viii be - biz a n,nss
kicked up in Washington city on tie tlh Of March,
as there was at Mrs. Smiths house, (as related BY
my friend the Buckeye ahroadD when htle Jake
Smith over TO Mrs. Browns to tell her that
dad was dead; man drunk; the old cow
had got calf; John had swallowed PIN; J Inn had
90. the deriun triangles looking At the roa borcax
[roars OF laughterani that amt all. nether,'' say
Jake,
What else 'pon 'artll can bc the mat;cin
why, Sal has broke the batter v,te; Sue has
split the pancakes; and 10 has so right down in the
scaiding taller had for dippu candles, and one
Of the Maltese kittens has got his head int, the las
Sos jug and We can't get it o,it,-a1d We are ali so
darned internal hungry (>houts ard chccrs) NJ
President, ia my mag ination, the 9Th OF March is
passing before me, and think j SIC the whi5 Gal.
phn office holders pouring ont of the various govern
ment departments, with the tears running down their
pcous noses. and their Eimentat.on Is ''Wcbstcr is
dead; Fillmore has iiIhbu>tered .>co, has got ma
tive American calf; and Tom Corv n has got the de-
rim trIangIes looking Tor northern abolition votes
cloud and prolonged chccrins.) And that amt all
either, Mr. Prcsdcnt-fo: 'Tom!:s broke the butter
plate, and Seward has set down in The scaling ta-
low they had for dipping higher law candies; and
Frank Pierce has got the Presidential chair and we
can't get him cut AID we arc all 70 dnued internal
hupUryn (Ho1rs Z. Ian htrr aud t,-,lo,,,J hon.