St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1860-11-09

me out in bushels the metrical flow of the
tide that goes out to Oil the veins and throb
in the hearts of millions. But ! am not
yet prepared to reduce my metaphors to
dry measure. Receipts and shipments and
all that can't give you exactly. But can
tell you what they say. They say then at
Hastings that they receive from 1000 to
5000 bushels per day; at Red Wing from
1000 to 1000; at Lake City and W abashaw
don't know what; at Winona between
5000 and 5000 per day. am inclined to
think imagination fills some of these bush
els, and that some of the figures are figures
| Of speech. To bring 1000 or 5000 bushels
Of wheat TO Winona-which is probably
about the fact--requires 100 or l25 teams,
carrying 40 bushels each. When these
loo loads are converted into cash, the
empty wagons usually collect on the prin.
cipal business street which is lined with
well filed shops, and which, toward the
close Of fine afternoon, often exhibits for
the space Of two squares scene Of
vehicular compression equal to Broad
way, a hundred or more needy farmers
arriving daily with an aggregate of
about $1,000 in their collection pockets
make pretty good customers-and if as
"they say" Wlnona will ship from this
years crop some 100000 bushels of all
rams, worth say 81 200, 0O0-a large pro.
portion Of this sum in the course of I
year, We may expect, will find its way to
Winona again. SO, think you will agree
with me that there is a good basis for bus-
| ness here. The counties of Winona, Fill
| more, Olmsted, Steele, Mower and Free
born, having total area of 4032 square
miles from the geographical cornucopia
which empties its riches into Winona. Up
on this solid base Of back country, there
is rapidly growing up here, one Of the
chief commercial cities in the State. The
completion Of the Transit Railroad viii
give its prosperity firm ard broad root
| ilS III CcutHclu hIHHcSotd. Inc eAlSlnS
tendencies of our domestic commerce
point, thing, distinctly to the develope-
nent within ten years Of three and per-
haps four comparatively great cities in this
State, in which will be concentrated its
principal commercial capital. One of these
will be Winona--ii she does not throw
away her trump cards. | am talking of
the decade jus before US. Beyond that
will not speculate.
When David OllnSted and others, six
| years ago ! think, came down here from
! st. Paul to lay out a town on The thresh-
hold Of the interminas'le western wilder.
ness. David knew what he was about,
and time is but filing out the sketch which
his iorethought then drafted. The numer-
our friends of Mr.. Olmsted, -amoug.the ear
ly settlers Of st. Paul, will feel solicitous
to know where and how he is. 1t is Sad
thing to say that he has gone 10 his home
in Vermont, to die, and that the progress
of his disease has left no hope of his re-
| covery. But although so feeble as TO bs
confined 10 his bed, he still writes with
firm and Rexiie hand, and 81 the genial
mood Of a healthy soul, to his old friends
OF Winona, telling over again the dreams Of
life, as he goes to a dreamless sleep.
In its social aspects Winona captivates
my fancy. Did it ever occur to you that
| the marked individuality which We ascribe
| to some cities is but the grouping of indi-
| yidual attributes around some central
and commanding character, which be- /.
comes its ideal and its inspiration? ]
have not time nor space to cite instances,
but it is true the world over A half
dozen young men here at Winona, enthu.
siastic, ardent, whole-soulcd fellows, gave
their own character to the young town at
its birth and as new elements have come
in, they have become assmiiated to the
prevailing type. The Winonian is, in fact,
| new distinct species, and any Winonian
represents, only in a greater or less de-
gree Of efficiency, ali the rest All the
hopes, wishes, plans, purposes and 0pin-
ions Of the individual Winonian are subor-
diuate to and merged liz the common aspi-
rations and ideas Of the specific Winonian.
He believes IN the Bible mildly in the
Five Million Loan solemnly-in The Trans
it enthusiastically the Cut Off frater-
nally--in Southern Minnesota sereneiy--
and IN Winona, which comprehends all
these institutions passiouate!y and abso--
luely, first and last, DOW and forever,
Amen! To the last six articles of this
creed the Winonian cCnsecrstes his life
lie does not wish, indeed, to revive the
Loan Law, but he regards it as sacred
tradition to be remembered with rever-
ence, Ike the ark of the covenant under
the new diSpensation. There is something
positively religious in his faith in all Rail-
roads except the Root River which he con.
Siders too crooked for safety. He carries
the profile Of the Transit in his bosom "a
the lover carries the image of his elect He
Is III correspondence with distinguished
contractors on the subject Of the Cutoff.
and is on affecting terms of confidence
with several Railroad Directors. He i'm.
presses you on the whole as having q
large amount of information on topics init
nately connected with the price of put.
ty," but that reasons of State impose =
restrain on bis natural commandments.
He regards the Minnesota river as the
northern limit of wheat culture, and un-
derstands st. Paul to be collection of
hotels and private boarding houses, etcet-
era, in the vicinity of the State House for
accommodation of members of the Legisla--
ture, and that they sell whiskey enough I'D
there during The winter session to keep the
town from starving for the rest of the year.
With the least little bit of this loea
self-complacaoy, IL is moreover the most
cordial and bsst-heartcd of good fellows
overfiOwiGg with energy, hopefulness, and
the small grains. lie exhibits his public
spirit by liberal subscription for the
" FIRST Annual Report of the Commissioner
Of Statistics and munifcent donations to
the Nor,aal School Fund the two great
nean:> ol eievsting the standard of intelI
gence throughout the State. He is in