St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-02-12

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ker xaas AZ satohg. Ind III. sss6 3 ksppy
s. tsack, Of Keeping things ID order tkat1.t
though l, vas tie ,on!y lady rassesesrzssu
the stage, lbaa@aaa inside and oat:iwi,hsol.
d;efs, thssiss tss vas hot even puff of sobsceo
smoke Of which to complain, and tlseieom-
fort fof sslt VI was ,hin insured. TIE ioad; were
one solid Bed 2of glare+iee but ~si bo~led
along at l. islasbibg tot without, 4lippinx
around ,or "a danger y II capsizing} assbs Boz
bank 5, With their their usual read5neas It 1e=
source Il wonder II they are Y antees y
had had the tire ofsthe wheeas drilled aud
great, sharp spikes inserted az regular in<
tervals to "cutsintoa the ice aud hold tho
stage steady From St.?Cloudto St Paul
they run the Old, swinging stage coach,
which on the smoother reads, there a4erds
such luxury Of motion. From ST. Paul
10. La Crosse they havc the squire! boxed
coaches, Oh elliptic springs as the Others
would bs more likely to oserturnoa tho
rough, billy roads. 1T reminds ONE OF the
oid staging over the ALLEGHENY, aoustains,
to look down over the precipices7around
which the coaches wind We, had two
coaches heavily loaded !; and, for >s.fety,
the men walked ap and down dtdanserou.
piaces;,and with patent bre,ka' and lock
chains 40 got along safely. saThs FORE
sight, Vigilance and care which carries the
stream Of travel back and forth oe,er that
road, month aafter:moath, without: an ao-
cident IL something wonderful and mes
|senger Wait&did not find his .of6es sine
cure; .o'&tn::o lid, >S:7:, !.as
80 From st. Paul We jotravelod, gtHo days
and all night to- reach Ia Crosse, AS the
t,c Is not safe below Hastings,, the stages
60 clear down to- Ii Crescent on, Land
Here we took = largejyawl and we're SHOW.
ed through the shore ice and oreved three
miles down the broad, open current IN the
river, until opposite the ievse.at II Crosss
where We we're landed on the ice and
walked considerable distance to the ou-
nibuses waiting 81, ia the shore, while the
mails and baggage were drawn on hand
sleds. At La Crosse there sats several
hours to rest; then The omnibus to the
sleeping car, which. is 5very'atomfortable,
and one wakes in the smoruing; feady for
breakfast at Portage CITY, 'TRsl La Crosse
Road is welt managed, the bed of the
road kept solid and smooth, the cars upu-
sually clean and comfortable, and the
conductors the most gentlemaaly have
met any place off the Penn: Genital
Early in the forenoon We came to Minue-
sofa junction, there changed cars to take
the Great Western. Theaehange here is
very: little ihh'cenvenieoce,o being simply
to step from the cars To- platform, wait 3
few minutes in 4 pleasants station house,
then take seats in the otheroars. Here
1 met my old friend, formerly Nrs. Fin.
ney' NJ. D., a successful and: popular ply.
sician Of La Crosse, beautiful aud accom-
plished woman-the xidouof a phys,-
cian--who did the world tho: service Of
adding one more example to. those which
prove that i woman can be successful in
earning an independent living by avoca-
tions usually followed by men, and at the
same time preserve, in perfection, all the
beautiful and distinctive Attributes Of vo-
manhood. She has laid .side her prac-
tice to become the helpmate of one WHO
appears worthy Of such . life-partner, Mr..
Lethrldse, editor ofthe La Crosse Repx6-
lican. -, .-, -. ....
u / Also met on the cars Mr.. Williams.
editor oft Sparta (Wis) Herald, With
whom l have had a long editorial aequairt-
anee, and found him a gesal.ss.f splaiu
good sense and mos. kiud3a sion of
face. Senator Coz, now [; Representative
from northern: district. in Wisconsin.
was one Of my travelling companions from
Hastings, and to him / am much iudebt-
ed for aiasand comfort BY the way. Will,
So many kind friends going TO Madison it
wis rather atenptation TO- .turn aside and
30 with them; but should, have been in
Chicago three weeks seoaessand wanted to
have beenoin Washington long before this,
eisesl should have accepted IN invitation