St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-03

lecture Hq SOON made biz, appearance
Jolly gopisl fpll Of life and'hope and,to our
icprSsett.tiqn stAatfno one could set .oui,
throdkh the tathomlcss dsspthsof mud Ind
the oqntss Arkn,ss, hs repiel Aathe
bad Engaged s.big hall and thersaxonM
be a,house full. Sure enough, 20 there
was although in addition to mud and dark.
ness wo had rein, floor and galleries were
| full, and No 20 tired it was hard to talk.
But the audience was in special good hu-
NOR, and It the close We were assured that
if We ! remained another / evening there
would be house tull again. We went
home With Rev. Whitney, editor II tie
Con- serrer, who by the way impresses US
as one Of the few men who combine large
couscientiousness with good executive
abilities and mental power above the aver
ago professional man. 1t is combine
ton Of character one does not often meet,
for your "go.a-headp folks are apt to be a
little INSCRIPTIONS, and lose sight of 9TH
or things III their prime object of ''getting
OF" Mr.. Whitney is Methodist preach
er and proposes returning to his place as a
travelling preacher. Next morning we
went to our Hastings home-ex-Senator
Robinson after our hopeful energetic broth
e, Stebbins and others had advised us to
go down to Red Wing and we had writ:
ten to that effect. Our second Hastings
lecture was also success although it was
on prayer meeting evening and revival
in progress and after pleasant visit with
our pleasant friends Mr.. and Mrs. r. we
started on Thursday, at noon for Red Wing
and soon began to realize that there might
possibly be bad roads in Minnesota. Up
to this time we had not found any, and
considered all the tales we had heard of
terrible roads as so. many bug bears made
to frighten children, and yet to any one
who has travelled by stage, in winter or
spring, through Northern Pennsylvania,
Minnesota bad roads are weak limitations
Ct the genuine article. But the ice was
giving way at Hastings, and We must cross
it to get home. The roads were bad
enough to make it very doubtful if we
should get to Red Wing in time for our
appointment and to stay over day was
not to be thought of: Got into Red Wing
at dark and there learned that the 'up
stage instead Of coming at twelve o'clock
as we had been taught to expect would
be likely to arrive at eight so that to
lecture was to stay day. Dressed in.
u hurry aud went to the Court house which
is so far from side, walks and over SO un-
even road that it appeared to- be with
difficulty our driver found the way. As
the audience collected was small, we made
our apology and rode back to the hotel to
be- ready for the stage at eight--lay down
all ready to start and: slept until three
when the stage came and We started home
ward much indebted to mine hoste Of the
tall tavern on the river bank, where the
stages stop. for getting out his crack team
and carrying us to the Court house and
back, through the ipky mud and dark.
The road fiom> Hastings to Red Wing
has scarce any settlement From five
miles back of Hastings one does not pass
fence or house. So far as We could note
ten miles, when the half way house; shows
itself on the edge Of bluff, low rambling
log edifce with a stable where stage hor-
ses are Kept This is called Hungry
Point. A fine stream Of water runs around
the bluff and here is the only finished and
furnished railroad in the State. 1t is some
twenty rods long from clay bank to q
brick yard, is made of wood, and the roll
ing stock is small wooden truck with
solid wooden wheels. Between Hungry
Point and Red Wing there are a few
farms, but generally it is spectators
desert Coming up we met Mr.. Coloney,
Of Douglas County, on tur buying tour
and going down, MIR. Moss, Of the Chipa-
way Agency, going to Maine on a visit
Also gentleman and lady from Superior
en- route to Denver City. Think OF that
for land travelling! They had been Eve
days by Burbank's line from Superior to