Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-07-24
Editorial Corresponds
Cfl<.C.
[The following letter was received
too late for publication last week. j

ST. PAUL, July 8, 1868.
! Your correspondent has just return
Ell from a visit to the far-famed fall
of Minnehaha and on passing dowI
Third Street to the hotel, read OF
the bulletin board in front of the
Pioneer office the result Of the New
York Convention---'.H. Seymour
nominated OH the odd ballot, Frant
Blair for Vice President" we natur
ally looked for some demonstration
some recognition Of the ticket, but in
vain. The stars and stripes floating
! from the Pioneer Office was all that
could be seen. The Democrats in
this State are not at all pleased with
the nominations and it is evident
that they consider themselves sold,
though they are as close mouthed in
their expressions of approval or dis
approval of the ticket as the boy eat
ing the persimmon. Democrats look
glum and sour, while Republicans
pronounce it an excellent ticket to be
beaten this fall.
July is evidently n favorite month
for tourists-to this part of the globe
at least. The hotels are constantly
crowded and rs st. Paul is general
headquarters for excursion parties to
the noted places of public resort in
this vicinity, they may be seen at all
times of the day starting out in diff
ferent directions for grand time in
the country.
The lakes, of which Minnesota has
been SO abundantly favored, have be-
come places of greater resort of late
years, and chief among these are
Lakes Como, 3 miles from this city
and Minnetonka, thirty miles west
on the st. Paul and Pacific Railroad.
The latter is twelve miles in length
and visit to this State is not COM
plete until you have enjoyed a sail on
the clear blue waters of Minnetonka.
The falls of Minnehaha are located
nine miles from this city and may be
reached by rail or by private convey
ance. They are more generally Wis
tied than any other place of public
resort and are seldom during the
summer months without an audi
ence. Notwithstanding tile many
thou ands of admiring visitors who
view this miniature Niagara yearly,
! ii seems to flow on as grandly and
unconsciousIy as it did centuries ago.
ST. Paul, st Anthony and Minncap'
oils are rival corporations. Mime
apolis is ut present improving the
most rapidly, and the inhabitants
who are composed of live class OF
I people, claim that il will eventually
Outstrip st. Paul. 1t is also much
more Of manufacturing point than
either st. Paul or st. Anthony, there
being over two million feet of lum-
Der turned out 10y the mills of that
| place in q week. Tt costs almost
double to live here that it does in Ce.
dar Falls, and all branches Of blfsi.
ness, so far as we are able to learn
are over done. Minnesota is one oil
the best agricultural States in the
Union, though in all respects it does
not seem 20 be equal to Iowa.
The crop prospects are excellent
the best ever known in the State fol
wheat. The farmers are much en-
couraged and we have heard of M
complaints except with the potato
bug. The weather is intensely hot
though the air is more bracing anC
the evenings are much cooler than
you are probably now experiencing
i'm Iowa. The oldest inhabitants pro
nounce it an unusual summer for no
weather. The Mississippi at thi!
time is quite low and large boats cal
only come rs far up as Prescott, thir
t. miles from this place, where The
st. CroiX river empties into the Mis-
sissippi.
Pleasure-seekers are somewhat an.
noyed by the observation-disclosures OF
hot weather, but taken all in all
there cannot be found q more pleas
ant month in the year than July tt
enjoy trip on tie upper Mississippi
Nature ut this time is arrayed in hel
most gorgeous robes, and the contin
uous line of bluffs, occasionally
reaching towards the clouds to an al
titude of over four hundred feet, fur
nishes some of the most imposing
scenery that the eye ever rested
upon.
Another important feature in tril
to this place, and one which gives Il!
much pleasure to refer TO, is the al
most perfect accommodation on the
line of boats for the convenience and
comforts of passengers. The "White
Collar Line" under the superintend
enca of that Brigadier General o
steamboat men, "Bill" Wellington
of Dubuque, is made up of some o.
the very best boats floating OH the
Mississippi and are Differed with
first class men-gentlemen-who ev
identity understand courteous and pc
lite treatment to all OH board. If no
first among these certainly not sec
ond, is the handsomeand commodious
steamer Milwaukee. Capt. West, on,
of the most experienced navigatoss o
the "Father of Waters" and the
gentlemanly Clerk, Mr.. Hatcher
have the happy faculty of making
all at home, and their uniform kind
ness toward the passengers on the ell
tire trip, elected the highest com
mendations. G. w. S.
Cut-out.
The New York Herald, of July