The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-08-22

Ne have noticed tnH S6St0uh0oS, Your
former pleasant correspondent nom Doug
u eoaaty. has bsss' silent. and ws havs q.
~ wondered Is Ais Whence while Is n,aay
GREATS. wsrS tra.spiriag which could not
have failed IL furnish his versatile pea With
n abundance Of material Tor lister writing,
and thus have given your many readers
o. account 81 what was traaspiring II tits
new but prosperous and beautiful section
Of our State. 3 z ...s... . A.
However, Il has not bssn done, and pre-
summing that ..Pathfndsr' u 4 present too
busy IN repairing old ways, II aot n dis
covering new ones. 70 attend to nsvspapsr
correspondence, I win venture. not to all his
place for that were prtsumptaous-but to
give you fsw crude "notes," hastily gath.
srsd !; and also correct, q far q may b, .
false impression which your readers possi.
bly, might have received from tho perusal
Of Communication sigasd "Holmss City,"
(by-ths-by, allow mo 70 remark that have
10 idea that Holmes City proper he'd .ny-
thing 70 do with the writing Of said COM
maaioasion) 50 kindly and di.i.ser.,sedly
furnished your readers oflast week.
10, suppose. but natural that parties
owning lands In . particular section Of the
country should wish Il understood that
their lands are located on the man thor
oughfare-on tho direct route-or ct least
where that thoroushfare will eventually be,
and it is to this fratlty Of human nature
doubtless that ws are indebted for the state
ments Of your correspondent above alluded
to. >t.- IS
It is true that the ''stsge route was i'm
passsbls for time from ssuk Centre to
Chippewa, after the recent food, owing to
the fact that bridges had been carried
away; but the further statement that the
road through this section was likely to ~.
main impossible for any considerable length
Of time OF that tho citizens Of this plaes
were making no effort to repair It, was one
warranted by no show Of truth.
The facts ere simply these: that within
three miles Of this place, on tho stage road,
no less than three bridges, each over one
hundred feet in length, were carried away
during the late dsluge, and ct tho date Of
this writing, to w.t., the 18Th inst, they
have oil been replaced BY the citizens Of
Alsxaadria and vicinity by substantial
structures, over which d. Stevenson's and
Harmon Elliott's train Of over one hum
dred heavily laden wagons hes just passed.
Tho stages, too, are running on the old
route ~ usual. So much ~ to the impss-
sable condition Of the stage route and the
inefhciency Of Alexsndrians. $3.50.
Orr fellow townsmen who were % fat
tsringly mentioned by "Holmes City,
doubtless appreciate tho honor, and arc
really deserving Of praise, but not more 8,
than the majority Of our citizens, who viii
'ingly loft their own pressing employmenta
and devoted considerable personal labor,
as we'll q promptly votel At . town meet
ing which was held on tho Sd inst, to raise
5000 by taxation to furnish plank and
other material needed in bridge building
and road repairing. Nor should W forget
the public spirited generosity Of Messrs
Hicks & Cowing, in promptly Offering te
furnish Whatever lumber VAS needed ~
the town 1t cash prices, and wait the SLOW
process Of tax collecting for their pay 70,
But my letter grows apace, and remem'
bering the injunction % frequently rung in
the ears Of correspondsnts to be brief,
will conclude for the present by saying
that il this escapes the waste basket will
until you can do better, occasionally try
again, when hope the road question may
have been dismissed.
| VERITAS.
/ I'VE have received letters from othe,
parties At Alexandri> concerning this ROAD
matter, and also verbal statements, al o.
the same tenor Is the communication pub
lishsd above, which covers the case fully
We shall be glad to have ''veritas" farnisl
Us regularly with the news from Dougla,
eounty.-zD1roR JouaxAI.]