North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-12-04

We had the pleasure last week to meet
many personal friends and to ipaugursss
acquaintances whose association will help
smooth the current Of life 40 we float To-
ward the Niagara of Existence. Among
others we met o. +. JoSEs, the Northwest.
ern travelling correspondent Of the Chicago
Times. Jones is not "brick" in the
flash, or fancy sense Of the term he is an
intelligent, genial gentleman /; posted in
reportorial facts; as travel-ist, he attends
closely to business statistics, and at the
same time ningles in the social world suf.
ficiently to exempt him from the charge Of
being newspaper ascetic, doomed for .
certain term to forget that the world u
made up Of people as we'll as Of houses,
institutions, villages, and the weather.
Mr.. Jones met many Of our leading citi-
gems statisticized our village generally
visitsd North McGregor, and seemed to
enjoy himself as conscientious democrats
always do. Finding large news-sale cir
culation for the popular Daily he repre-.
sents, there was little inducement to secure
a mail subscription list here. We expect
a word or two from his pen in soonly is
sued Times of Chicago. As . sample Of
JoSEs' style, we clip portion Of his late
letter from Hastings: -r ....... ..-.....
. r. r. RAILROAD. -.. r-:...
The Hastings and Decorah Railroad
company is corporation which proposes
to build road from this place to Big
Stone Lake, at the western boundary Of
the state,-a distance of 2l2. Their sur
veys indicate that it may be very cheaply
constructed. The road is graded 20 miles
west of here, and the iron for chat dis
tance will be laid next spring. All the
stock of the company is owned here. Of
course, it will connect at this place with
the Chicago and It. Paul railroad.
i@ '" HOTELS. 7| SID .HT c.
The hotel of Hastings is the Waverly,
"a large, four story stone building, with
fifty rooms we'll kept by c. Damerel,
who furnishes table unsurpassed on the
river. -' .'.
ON THE STEAMER CUTTER.
And now it's Sunday evening, and bit
terly blows the wind, and the snow falls
lively. As nature "goes ON with her
most disagreeable operations, I'll initiate
her example and 90 on, too, and keep the
final nocturnal hours of the day OF rest
with Capt. Herrick, on board the steamer
nose against the rocky levee. In the cab
in, how cosy and warm it seems Walsh,
the amiable clerk, exerts himself to add to
the comfort of all, and make the trip q
pleasant one, despite the cold and snow.
SNOW AND vAPoR.
Cold and snow,"--how inseparably
are they united-sire and child. Beauti-
full Snow I Peerless daughter of thy peer
less mother, Vapor. She was more beau
tiful even than you. The sun kissed glow
ing bushes to her cheek, and clothed her
plant form in bows Of loveliness. Per-
chance she ,cas less pure than you, for the
lightnings and storms OF passion held car
nival in her heart. But vaunt not thy pu-
rity over her,-she died to give you birth
and your vaunted purity is but the purity
of frigidity. Cold and passionless, you
will meyer be aca1aned, but will some day
surrender, and follow the path which
your mother trod. ..
In the morning, the passengers awoke
to lind the boat Irving at St. taul. A few
minutes ride over the Pacific railway now
brings me to Minneapolis, and (may the
lord be praised) to that most comfortable
and ''sumptuous' hotel, the Nicolet.
PRESENTATION.
While at Minneapolis, witnessed q
somewhat unique presentation Of very
elegant and dainty riding whip to Mrs. j.
M. Eustice, who received the highest
award as the best equestrienne at the Min
neapolis State Fair. The appropriate pres
ent was made by w. P. Matteson & Co.,
jobbers of whips, 2lS Lake street, Chica-
20, who thus generously showed their ap-
probation of the skill Of the ecipient in
the exercise Of a female accomplishment
which has fallen too much into disuse.