Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-09

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northwestern Wisconsin,, ia securing a
large trade in his new field, by energv
and business tact.
The Chaplin Hall House still pursues
the even tenor of its way" under the
management of that prince of landlords
S. B. Bowen. Its third anniversary
will be celebrated by grand dance and
feast. on the eve of Christmas next, to
which, in tho language of the poet, 'yOur-
self and lady arc respectfully invited to
attend"
The next day, after dinner, we shook
the dust CT Hudson from our feet and
started for New Richmond. Our route
lay through some of the choicest and
richest farming lands in St Croix coun-
ty. The country is gently undulating
prairie, dotted here and there with groves
of oak and poplar. 1t was early dusk
when we drove into the thriving village of
NEW RICHMOND.
On Willow river, about Is miles from
Hudson, in the center of one of the
finest wheat g. owing districts in the St.
Croix Valley, we find this wide-awake
village. 1t contains about 500 inhsbit.
ants, his a full complement of stores,
mills, shops, hotels, and everything about
the place wears neat, thrifty look. A
full complement did we sayG Not so.
No town in the great West is full
There is always room for more in every
town and city. New Richmond extends
her invitation to the world. The broad
prairie around about, gives her an ample
room to "spread herself" and the coming
years, we predict, will mark q steady
growth and sure prosperity.
Should the St. Croix and Lake Supe-
rior railroad ever be built, Richmond bids
fair to be one of the chief points on the
route. Having railroad communication
with the world it will be one of the lead
ing inland towns in the valley for the
shipment of wheat.
The New Richmond House, kept by
A. 5. GooDRIcH, Esq, affords cheer
full haven to the weary traveller. 1t is a
large, roomy building and finely situat-
ed for hotel purposes. Under the man
agement of Mr.. GooDRIcH, it is credit
to the town as well as its proprietor.
Richmond has, within the year. added
another attraction. The st. Croix Re
publican, live, enterprising, nine column
paper is published here by Seymour d
Van Meter. under the personal supervis
ion of the latter gentleman. We found
VAN. at his POST, dong his editorial duty,
as jolly and good-na:ured as of old.
New Richmond is not as lively as La
Crosse, but VAN. don't seem to mind the
change and is actually growing fat on
the solids and substantials Of country
fare. May bis latitude and longitude
never grow less.
Leaving New Richmond, our next
point was Hammond, sixteen miles dis
tant. To get there we crossed Erin
Praire-the classic battle ground of the
late senatorial contest, where Ives led
the democratic legions in person. AS
we drove up to the Corners" We sur
veyed the landscape DER" with the same
interest we would have gazed upon the
historic fields of Yorktown aud Water
loo. All traces of the conflict are oblit-
Grated. The din of politics, the squeaking
of spigots, and the crash of glasses have
died away. "'Rah for Ives" the slogan of
Erin on the memorable second of No
vember. has echoed itself into silence,
and the anvil chorus in shop near by,
tells us there is no moro war in the land.
Democratic tickets are no longer legal
tender at the grocery, and deprecated
radical currency is freely exchanged for
whisky, tobacco and other dry goods.
The heavy artillery (much lighter than an
election morn) is rolled into the fence cor
ner among other barrels. The pocket
pistols point their deadly mules at us
from the grocery shelves. but the "Jer-
sey lightning" cartridges are carefully
drawn" and they stand as harmless as
empty bottles. Thus hath the "pomp
and circumstance" of glorious democratic
politics passed away with its congenial
spirit, and the country is still safe. Let
us have peace.
From Richmond to Hammond wa find
the same rolling prairie, the same rich.
| fertile soil that has made the st. Croix
Valley famous the world over as wheat
growing region.
Our stay was brief in Hammond, but
we were there long enough to see MIR. D..
E. Richardson's fine herd of deer