St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-05-01
Homo Again.

Homo Again.
March 28th walked across the river at
Hastings on the ice, it being deemed inse.
cure FOR teams, and took stage on the other
side. Between that point and St. Paul
found the best imitation Of bad roads We
have found in the State although the road
j. more carefully made than any other We
have seen, but the ground is billy with
considerable clay. In the stage met gen.
sleman who passed himself of for lawyer
Brisbin the former Attorney General of
the State. This person was evidently not
aware Of the fact that We, As one Of the
Oldest inhabitants of the Salt River coun-
try, must be familiar with all the PECULIAR.
ties Of our former State officers. Just
imagine an uuassuming, well-drcssed, we'll
informed, agreeable gentleman, without a
brass button on bis coat, or any amount Of
that precious metal in his face taking the
role Of Bris"-the old Bris of newspa-
perdom with whom We are all familiar!
Well, Of course that humbug was too
transparent to deceive any one, although
Mr. Officer Of St. Paul, lent his counte-
nance to the imposition.
Got into St. Paul about 5 o'clock aud
took buggy for Mr.. Nourse's where my
letters would be, and on the way the dri-
yer told Us that the stage driver had told
him the ice was giving way at St. Cloud
SO We sent word back with him to have
the siege call for US next morning. 1t
came at four o'clock, loaded down with
baggage for Red River, with silent Ger.
man packed down, in one corner, en- route
for Red River to paint the new boat
The express agent, John Bingham, sue
ceeded in PACKING US comfortably into tho
adjoining corner, and mounting beside the
driver We four started, before daylight,
through tho snow drifts which appeared
70 defy wheels, and the mud which set
runners At defiance In our inquiries as
to how many turn.overs he would furnish
"a between that and St. Cloud, John ma
ucd three. At Minneapolis We got fresh
horses and boy passenger going AZ cabin
boy to the new Red River steamer; and in
St. Anthony We took on the steward, an
other German who was obliged to leave
behind his small chest weighing some FIVE
hundred pounds. By diut Of dilisent tray
cling We reached Anoka at noon, where
Ne found our friend Lufkin and family,
Of the New England House and their
home pleasant as ever Here wo got such
. dinner as one find. no place else on that
road, and started again on wheels. Reach
ed Baily's at s o'clock and there took a
sleish and had more room. Got to Rid
die. long after dark, raining and no word
OF supper, and our friend Bingham was
not even - good ~ his word to the extent
Of one turnover, after promising three, and
No all cold and hungry As be was himself
Here bis brother James joined US As dri.
yer with fresh horses and cheerful words,
and Is the cover kept the rain of and We
had plenty Of robes aud hay NO rather
concluded in our own mind that we'd 20
70 sleep and did not ca,e to wake up even
for turnover, ~ We must needs get into
tvo feet deep of snow we'll saturated with
water in order 70 enjoy it, dozed OCCASION
ally until walked to fnd 10 were fast in =
bed Of tho heavy snow, into which our
sleigh had sunk TO the box, tho rain was
still falling aud air cold. "John'' and the
driver got out aud vent to trauping the
snow down before the runners. but the
horses could not move the load. The
three men got out and we're soon IN over
their boot topa, still al Eve Of .thrn ~
did aud tum bled through the st,s1le thsrous
s'ash. ins uslcadiny ia" sleigb, snd, ~ 70 !