The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-12-21

a &EsECY DOCUMENT.
A TRAVELLER TREED.
From the Prescott Democrat
Correspondence of the Demo-
GUsat.


When I said adieu to you little
expected to be delayed at tlis
point as long as | find myself compelled
to remain, and from here, in absence 81
all amusement, will give You my I'M
pressiops of your county and State. /
trust you will pardon me if | am exceed
ingly candid and plain in my opinions,
expressed it may be, rudely lat sjllcere-
ly.
Frem sketch Of your county, sent
nae .ast winter enttlcd(f my memory
serves me correctly pierce Court! AMI
it's resources, bv Oliver Gibbs, Jr.' From
that lite and juAginy from i;s appear
ance, unpretending II story, You were iocs
ted in para liso Of beauty and loyelincss
scarce eq, ale by asy other 81 OF on th's
subunary sphere. That history may be
entirely correct. We see things ditlereE.
tlv ,weyer. The IcuI5ndrr loves his
abode of ca and SNOW; tie Atab his dcS-
orts of burning sands nnd perpetual heat.
The God of \ allure has 50 constituted Us
that We can adapt ourselves 50 to do, to
the circumstances around u.s. and what |
would consider decidedly un.romisl, 4,
Your historian sees, or seems to soc en-
trelv diff. rent, and Lave 10 doubt, from
vour own declarations, that YOU are ofh:S
opinion.
Without anything further on this sub
iect, or any other expression ofoplnion ~
to the county except to say that you cel-
tainly have very fertile and productive
soil and with proper culture will always
yield to the husbandman y large amount
of products; may also add n healthy and
lnyigorating climate, with pure sparkling
streams as pure and as healIhfnl as hap
from the mountain sid f my (and
YOUR native State. | however nourtl
seine pecuiarities among You that AZ
p arsd somewhat singular 10 me.
CHANGED to enter your court room tie day
] was in your village, ana upon going in,
to my surprise found some twelve or
fourteen gentlemen sitting round on the
benches apparently deeply engaged in
what appeared to be important business.
Upon inquiry | was informed That lhe
County B. ard was in session, and few
moments observation convinced mo that
this body of msn was kind Of County
Legislature. This body reminded ne
very much of the mock leg Stature which
we held when boys in the old school
house. The Chairman eS| e.'aIIy, a lorg,
red faced individual, reminded me Of
poor Jim B. (whom you will no duuL,ro-
member) when we got him III the chair,
and who from bis green appearance and
rrecner actions we al! unanimously dub
bed 'tbe Gos!in.' The Chain was bnsly en-
gagged in putting motions and dcci'iing
questions of order, and sometimes in the
hurry of business sec Ming motions hIm-
self I soon discov cred however that
VIII, n mistake of that kind WAS made
that there were two gentlemcn, members
of the body, that soon set him right, and
seen e delighted TO do So. They were
evidently .hrewd, intelligent men, who
had the interests Of their constituents at
heart, for noticed that when any meas.
ure of importance was introduced, they
die IS the question with ability, and L
everv instance would clearly point out
what was wrong in the PCS ton, and el-
plain what would be right in the prenis-
9. To my SUR rise discovered that poi
lies was the rnaiu-spring of action in tbs
body, and the control OF the publ: Treas
ury If the comfy the object of the ma
jority and what was still mere singular,
the Clerk OF the Board was he most nc
tive me nber Of tie assembly, making
speeches and in fact directing the enlise
action of the majority. He evidently hal
by all odds more brains than all them lie
evidently had in leading strings, and Lat
for him the minority of two would GER
tainly have foiled the majority in getting
possession of the Treasury department.
This clerk is evidently shrewd, cunu.n"
f.llow, for before | left tn room the