The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-07-11

promptly pays bis bills. 1t was formerly
n Fuller House than il is now. Amoug
the sights we saw in st. Paul, were two
organ grinders, (of the lady gender,) a
great many lager beer shops, (mostly of
a miscellaneous character,) and Red
River Caravan. This last article was
composed of oxen, carts and drivers, the
drivers being the product of all manner
of ''entangling alliances" between Indi-
ans, Half Breeds, Frenchmcn and human
beings. These caravans come from
distance of from two to FIVE hundred
miles North, and bring dowu fnrs Of va
rious kinds, and carry back tobacco,
whiskey, and other necessaries of life.-
The carts are huge affairs, constructed
entirely of wood, and drawn BY single
OK, who is harnessed much like ary other
horse. Many of these oxen were aged
and vicious looking fellows who had never
felt the refining influences of civilized oats
and curry-comb, and some Of them wore
despairing, haggard look, caused doubt
less, by remorse-or hunger.
st. Anthony was next honored by our
presence. This is kind OF dispersed
and struggling sort of n town, situated all
around the WINsLow HOUSE. The st.
Anthony Falls are located here aad the
people arc famous for running saeos.-
The soil is sandy, but VIC understand
mortgage will hold village lot without
any great difficulty.
The Winsiow House looms up from
the centre of the town MS "Honost, Old
Abe" looms up above "Little Dug" in
physical proportions, in political integrity
and in the affections ofthe people. 1t is
not our style to puff hotels, but this ono
is a finely built, richly furnished and well
conducted House. It's clerks are atten-
tive, and its walters are walters, and
hump themselves when anything iswant-
cd. a fine band Of music was playing
in the House the evening we were there,
and it was doubtless intended either as
serenade to our par y, or to facilitate the
progress of Fireman's Ball which was
in operation at the same place.
Leaving St. Anthony and its pleasant
rival, Minneapolis, those same powerful
and ferocious steeds heretofore spoken of,
bore us away to see concern called MIN
SEHAHA. This name is of Aboriginal
derivation, and signifies water in state
of jollity. The place has been made some
what famous by book of strangely
sounding verses, written by q fellow
whose name is indicative of anything but
brevity. We went to the spot with the
expectation Of being humbugged. We
felt much as q sensible person must feel
buying ono of Sylvanus Cobb's novels or
reading Walt. Whitmsn'S poetry. We
had no doubt but there was fall, but we
supposed it would be mainly in the be-
holders mind, when he compared the re-
ality with his previous anticipations. We
were mistaken. We beg pardon of the
lovely ghost of the once living and beau
tiful MINNEHAHA, and hero state our
profound and deliberate conviction, that
the waterfall named after her, is the most
curiousest and delightfully."- charmingest
thing on record. Do you ask us to des.
cribe it? Why, my dear male friend, OIL
pleasant lady reader, the thing can't be
done. In our present somewhat worn
and weary condition, we dare not attempt
it. But the water falls because it can't
help it. 1t ventures to the edge Of the
| preeipice, and of course the irresistible
force of gravitation drags it down. Any
body can see that it must fall. Our loca
readers will understand the size of the
stream, when we say that it contains abou
the same amount of water as the Soutl
fork Of the Knickinic. 1t flows musical
ly along, like any other modest and mer
ry stream, until, without warning of any
kind, it finds itself on tho dizzy brink, anC
in an even sheet, about thirty five or fort,
feet in width, it goes shivering and spark
ling over, and shimmers. and gurgles, ane
CLEANS, and losses out its white arms
and filings its silvery spray, and wreathe
itself into fantastic forms, until ut last
having fallen, we should Judge, abou
eighty feet, it gathers itself together aac
hurries away. The view of it is perfect
You can descend into the gorge 10 tn
bed ofthe stream, or having descended
about two thirds of the distance, YOU cal
wind around tho bank and go directl,
under and behind the fall. And this i
all we have to say of MINNEuAHA, tu
the sound of its falling waters and til