St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-07-27
LETTER TRoN BUFFALO.
4 1lInNEsoT1Ak's IDEA OF THE
Place. =

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at the foot Of Lake Erie, and 10 the largest
city in Western New York In many re-
spects tits very agreeable place Of resi-
dence its streets are wide and - = gensr-
III thing we'll lined with shade trees. Al
though few Of it, private mansions are re-
mark.ble for architectural elegance, yet
they are generally very comfortable and
pleasant abodes, surrounded with more or
less shrubbsry and flower gardens. With
the exception Of . few Of the churches,
which are handsome and substantial. es-
pecially the new Universalist church, now
nearly finished, the public buildings are
disgrace to 50 large and wealthy city ~
Buffalo. It lacks also public parks and
promen>des. With the exception Of Court
House Square, containing perhaps single
acre Of land, there is NO place for people TO
walk except the streets. 1t il true there
are three or tour narrow strips Of grass
plots on what is called the Terrace-mere-
ly wide street-but they contain nothing
except said grass and struggling trees, and
are fenced in with The most dilapidated and
broken down boards, bits Of scantling and
every other imaginable apology for = pal
ing that ever remember to have seen in
any town containing civilized beings. l
doubt if anything more indicative Of pov.
erty and shiftlessness could have bsen dis
covered in Goldsmith's Deserted Village.
One day, when passing this deleetable spot
I fell in company with friend Of whom l
inquired the cause Of this neglect. lie
smiled. and asked me il WAS not aware
that Buffalo was, and has been for many .
long year, under Democratic rule, and did
I wish any other reason As IN explanation
I replied that such an answer Was IN oil
sufficient and conclusive one.
With regard to hotels-I wish could
shy more in favor Of them than in truth
can, for the best Of them are but second
or third class houses. There 10 per
haps one exception, namely the Fifth
House on Main street. This is new ani
just opened by W. Hodge, late Of the Amer
lean, which WAS burnt down last winter
and the ruins Of which still cumber III,
ground.
Very few new buildings of any kind sr'
going up here; except two churches, Uni
versalist and German Catholic both O
which will be ornaments to the city.
-FOUR correspondent here gives graphic
description Of the boarding houses, which
are most exeerable, and ends of with say
ing]:
What contrast between such place u
,hi. aud good old-fashioned Pennsylvsni,
clearinghouse where the table 10 loadeS
down with oil sorts Of good things, and moi
square inch but has something desirabl.
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A. . summer residence, Buffalo 10 . very
agreeable plsee, % there Is almost alway'
. cool breeze blowing down the Lake; bu
the springs are very unpleasant and trying
to al afflicted with pulmonary complaints
In fact. do not know any portion Of thi'
vast country that, take it all in oil, enjoy
80 desirable climate - Minnesota.
As business place, l have been consid
erably disappointed in But $40. There j
scarcely Wholesale house in any line .
business to be found in the whole city ; il
fact there are not nearly as many now n
there were ~enty years ago. This can b
accounted for in various ways; one Of tn
reasons being that the merchants here ar'
. good deal Of the old fogy order, and dom
believe in advertising. Still the place
grows in population, which il variously e.
timated from 10c, 900 to 10000. The cen
sus il nov being taken and we shall soo'
know what it really 10. I incline to tn
opinion that IL will not much exceed th
frat estimate. r
There are three daily papers publishe'
here two in the morning and one in III
evening. Two are thoroughly Union, an
the other since the assassination Of Presi
dent Lincoln wishes 70 be 90 considered q
90. Whether ito conversion 10 genuine o
not cannot say; but I trust It has repeat
ed Of It's evil ways and will heneeforth bat
tle for the right.
! Education il we'll attended to IN the BIN
pire State, and the public schools Of Buffa
10 are not much behind those Of other oft
les with which am acquainted; still il
my opinion there IL room for Improvement
The Female Academy under the superin