The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-04-01
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
P1rrsauaaH. March 10th,

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
P1rrsBuaon, March 10th, 1860.
DEAR JouRNAL.-That l arrived
here yesterday iu a very fair state Of
bodily preservation is undoubtedly a
matter of much more interest to myself
than to any person else; yet I make
the statement as a kind Of peg upon !
which to hang a few items concerning |
tho way of coming and tho time.
With but one train a-day now from
St. Cloud to St. Paul, tho time from
noon until morning Of the following day
is to be passed amid tho varied and be-
wildering attractions Of the latter city.
Among these may be mentioned the
velocipedo rink, Messrs. Fisher, Hall
'nd Driscoll, the presiding geniuses Of
the Pioneer, Dispatch and Press
three as enterprising dailies as arc to
be found in the Countrywide minstrels,
ct cetera, etcetera.
An early breakfast and an early start,
aud you take the cars of the Milwaukee
St. Paul and Minneapolis Railroad, at
the West St. Paul depot. Giving your
name to Capt. Mark Hendricks, the
agent Of the line, he talegraphs to Prai-
RE du CHEN for sleeping car berths, so
that this very essential matter is off
your mind. At half past ten, reaching
Owatouna, "twenty minutes for refresh
ments" Familiarity greets the ear. This
1 must admit, is rather too early an
hour for dinner, even for persons hav-
ing an appetite too reliable to be ever
caught uuprepared. The Dausman
House, at Prairie du Chen, is famed
far and wide for its splendid suppers,
and one feels by seven o'clock in fine
humor to do the viands full justice.
Snugly eusconced in one of the Com
pany's comfortable sleeping cars, you
awake just in time to take breakfast at
Milwaukee. The Milwaukee and St.
Paul road fulyl deserves the excellent
reputation it has us one Of the best
roads in the West. Its employees are
accommodating, being in this particu-
lar worthy Of emulation, especially in
their attention to ladies' who are travel
ing without their "natural protectors"
or oppressors, as new revelations are
teaching us.
A four hours ride, over the Chicago
and Northwestern road, takes you from
Milwaukee to Chicago, landing you in
that New York Of the West about noon
The Chicago and Northwestern, besides
stretching out to Council Bluffs and
| Omaha, and traversing Wisconsin and
Illinois, is about to connect itself more
directly with Minnesota. Its energ,
and capital our State may gladly vel
come, and it will doubtless have n,
small part in the future development
of our railroad interests. This road at
fords, in the sumner times, by its con
nection at Milton Junction with the M
St. P. & NJ. r. R. favorito route t.
Chicago.
Upon arriving in Chicago, go at one
to the Office Of the Pittsburg, For
Wayre and Chicago Railroad, IS CLAIR
street-where W. G. Cleland, Esq, tn
popular General Western Passenge
Agent Of the road has his headquarte,
and secure sleeping car tickets, e
Their in the ordinary or the silver pa
ace sleeping cars. You thus provide
against all uncertainty and trouble q
getting tickets at the depot. The ord
nary sleeping cars come through t
Pittsburg, and the silver palace cars t
New York soithout change, featur
offered by no other line. The train
> run into the great Union depot in thi
city, and continue on the Pennsylvani
Central either to Philadelphia or "
Allentown to New York. Both thcs
roads are admirably managed, hav
comfortable cars, run at good speet
make sure connections, have frst-clas
eating houses, and are managed gene
ally in the interests of the travelin
} public. I have no hesitation in con
mending this entire route from S
Cloud to New York as one of the bes
quickest, most comfortable and safe
, that there is between the West and tt
East. The timo from Chicago to Pitt
. burg Is eighteen hours.
s The river, or indeed both of the
here show their muddy, greasy faces :
free from ice as though winter had nj
60 recently taken its departure. I
: snow is falling this afternoon, but liz
all its predecessors become "slush" .
soon as it touches The ground. The1
Vas not sin gle days sleighing durin
the winter. AS an equivalent for tt
two feet Of snow I lett in St. Cloud,
, meet here an equal depth Of mud
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