Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-08-07
Letter from the North.
Trempeleau, Wis, July 80, '66.
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Trempeleau, Wis, July 80, sc.
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Al this late hour | sit down
to say word to you respecting
the North Pole,
First, / VIII say chat 1 am greatly
disappointed in finding the seasons
earlier here than you have them in
the Sonth where you reside.
Our vegetation, our garden vege-
tables, are ten days or two weeks
earlier here around the Pole than In
your southern latitude The reason
i9 obvious The Earth at the
North-Poic is flattened SO that there
is Q conveyance Of the Suns rays
around the Pole-and. as the North
Pole is turned to the Sun in the
winter seasons. it is plain that the
convergenco Of the Suns rays will
give us warm weather and vegeta-
ton much earlier than you can have
il in old Grant, in your southern lat
tudo.
We are much troubled with the
| polar insects-an insect striped, and
about rs large as the surface of your
little finger nail. Their name is Le~
gion. They are demolishing whole
acres OF potatoes.
We call them polar insects, because
we do not know from whence they
como, unless from the cavity of the
earth, having an egress under the
Pole; and also because they bid de-
fiauce to almost every weapon OF
death but fire, or caloric III some
form. These insects are all secesh--
copperEe:sds having seeded from the
Rocky mountains. When you APP
proach them devouring the potatoe
vinos they will tall to the ground
upon their backs, and draw down
their legs as if they were perfectly
subdued but as soon as you leave
them they arise and renew their
work ofsapping the vitality Of the po-
tatoe Nine,-just rs when we with
draw our armies and bullets from the
secesh they arise and renew their
work in sapping-thc yitality Of our
government.
The good ladies Of the Congreg4-
tional church in Trempeleau, DESTROYS
Of raising money to enlarge and
furnish our house of worship, devils
ed an excursion up the Mississippi
River. They chartered boat, and
on the 9TH ofJuly iour hundred of us
took our baskets filled with good
things and embarked for Fountain
City. The morning was beautiful.
We had fine band of Music, and every
thing invited to . good time generals
ly. AS we sailed up the river the
cool breezes famed our temples
The smiling faces that looked into
the deep blue waters of the river,
seemed to awaken a laughing, joy
Gus company below Us. While these
jubilant companies looked each 9th
er in the face, rays ofj6y shot thro'
the waters from each to each.
The trout seemed to be in sym
pathy with us, for they leaped from
the water, and made the boys ieaI-
Gus, because they rose above It's
surface to see our pretty lassos.
The evergreen foliage With which
the mountainous bluffs were covered
impaired its glory to hcighten our de-
lights, while the emerald banks of
the river walked swiftly by ul 80 if
to give place to the rear to see what
Indies can do
The ladies took in a little over
$500. Expenses $500.
We saw but one Johnson Dem
ocrat on board that day. And al
tho there was no intoxicating liquors
on board he managed to follow the
example Of his good and great lead
or on the day Of his Inauguration, as
vice President. But this Democrat
leaned over the guards and emptied
his stomach (for his brain he could
not empty,) and then ho went up to
the Pilot house, lay down and slept
| have not heard whether he waken
or not.
ICur friend,
A. NJ. Dixon.