St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-10-15
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
-, - CHICAGO, Oct. 18th 1868.
DEAR DEMocRAr.-Our last letter
written on, Friday evening utter having
dragged our steps through almost unfath-
omablc depths Of sand, left us in La Crosse.
The uext morning, punctual to moment,
the SIX o'clock train of the Milwaukee &
S.. Paul R. r., left the depot, and we
were rafting along on our way to Milwau-
kee. The day was gloomy and rainy, and
but little appeared to advantage save the
admirable management of this road for
the speedy and safe conduct of passengers
over it's lines. The cars are very CON-
Portable and supplied with Westlake's
Patent Busters; while every means is ia.
ken to do away, as far as possible, with
the Inconvenience incident to railroad
travelling. Reached Minnesota junction
at precisely twelve o'clock, where We had
a good dinner aud plenty of time in which
to cat tan agreeable exception to the
usual custom of railroads. Arriving in
Milwaukee at two o'clock, line of omni-
buses transferred the passengers to the
depot of the Chicago and Milwaukee R.
R., atfording an excellent opportunity Of
seeing the fourishing city last mentioned.
The cars on this route started off at 2:l5,
at rate that promised to make the trip to
Chicago short one, and in this promise
was fully met. The road is very smooth,
and passengers taking it are but little
troubled with the Earring motion which
is so unpleasant. The rate ofspeed, cour-
teousuess of all connected with it, and
promptness of connections commend this
route to Eastward bound travellers.
Of the character Of the country We
could, Of course, only judge from the has
'ty and limited view obtained from the
passing train but the impressions thus
made were by no means favorable For
a great portion of the way through Wis
consin, on both sides of the road, the land
was low and marshy, with a free growth
Of tamarac. Where it swcllcd back into
a higher character and cut revealed the
nature of the soil, it seemed shallow and
poor. The farm houses along the route,
with but few exceptions, gave signs Of un-
thriftiness, and looked but little like those
that can be found in our owr State, even
on the far frontier. A small orchard Of
rosy red apples here and there went far to
redeem the otherwise unattractive features
of the farms- formed picture that
will soon add to the charms of the "North
Star State" We will readily admit that
an opinion thus hastily formed of coun-
try is liable to be incorrect but we chal-
lenge an equal length Of railroad line to
extend throug ID any portl,n of Minnesota,
and present country offering, in itself,
so few attractions to immigrants. There
are, however, several pretty towns along
the route, the most noticeable of which are
Racine and Kenosha.
At six o'clock we reached this city, and
learning that no train left on Sunday un-
til evening, found ourself, er neccss;tate
rel, compelled to remain for twenty-four
hours
Even the ride from the depot to the no.
tel convinces ono that Chicago Is a city
live Western city, with all the energy
and enterprise that characterize the West
ern people. Large. magnificent houses
give evidence Of the stability of her growth
while the busting crowds upon the streets
and sidewalks show that her prosperity is
by no means on the wane. We have
seen but small portion of the city, and
that by gas-light, but enough to convince
US that the present importance of Chicago
is destined to be lasting.
AS time hangs heavily when one is CON-
PEELED to remain over while travelling, and
having heard the praise Of MeVieker's
Theatre sounded "a, and wide, We conclu-
ded last evening to attend, and thought our
self fortu late that it happened on night
when was to DO repeated play which had
created quite /aror among Chiessoans-
the "Female Gambler" drama t1ansla-
ted from the French. Without presum-
ing to be a. connoisseur in such matters;
We must say that, with but {. few, je1oep-
tional parts. The entire play was uuwor.
Ny the eoua eu.uoe of . people Of pllcs
kkc Chicago: The 'fem.le" who ia the