Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-23

sorbing all others: The people are or
derly and genteel, in all the towns I've
been in, have not seen as many drum.
ken men as I did in Austin in one day.
The saloons will not average more than
half the number As Mimi, and more
orderly. The Yankee population is
genteel and kind !; we have been; re-
ceived as kindly and shown as much
attention as in any place we have lived,
and We soon expect a large circle Q
friends who no doubt will seem to us
as good and true. as any we have left.
This is the land Of fruit and ,tlo,cers.
We have now all around us the finest
orchards, gardens and homes I ever
saw some are truly magnificent. Mr..
Pierce, gentleman who came. to this
State few years ago, a poor young
man, has made a fortune mining and
now as monthly income of $20,0O0.-
His home is princely, orchards and
trees, flowers and fountains are so inter-
mingled as to be treat to look at
There are single homes here worth half
of Mower county.
There is no mining near us save the
great Quick Silver Mine-the largest in
the world which is in sight of our house
though fifteen miles distant. Our town
is in a valley nearly surrounded by
mountains so that we are in a circum-
ference about twenty miles across. The
mountains are thousands of feet high,
and seem to US about mile off, when
they arc ten. The town looks somc-
thing like Winona in June-full Of
trees and shrubs and flowers. 1t covers
about as much ground, but only con-
tains about one.fourth the people,
Here about four families are the most
that live on block, and some occupy
several blocks. Everybody has his own
orchard, fruit is abundant so that it is
worth nothing but the price paid the
hucksters for picking it up and bring
ing it to you. Tuns are rotting on the
ground. We have all We want Of every
kind for going after it, and many bas'
kets sent US. I we'll give you tho bill
Of fare offruit now as We have them -
Apples Of all varieties, peaches, plums
they call them plums but they look like
the fruit Of tho egg plant a. big n
goose eggs and delicious !; prunes, figs
apricots, pears, grapes, bl.ck-berries
rasp-berries strawberries etc., etc. :.
We are living on fruit, sweet pota
toes and coffee mostly. Melons Of al
kinds are abundant, 50 with all kinds oj
vegetables les-potatoes, cabbage, onions
tomatoes, ETC., better and bigger than
ever saw before. We can live a5ou
twice az we'll for one-half the money al
in Austin! ..'.. .... .,.
No body seems concerned abou
"makinga living" "The living" seem
a sure thing in this spontaneous land
Men are trying to get rich and other
take life easy.
Wheat is perfectly white, wo hav'
the incest -four and whitest bread
ever saw, no rain falls on the grain a
all. The harvest is cut just as me,
feel like it. They seem to be harvest
ing all summer, so they keep plowins
and sowing all winter, everything is nc
crowded into few weeks here. Ma
ture seems to wait on man and Goa,
him to work in this latitude, instead Q
putting on the lash and driving him a
in MINI. They use machinery to per
fection. They do all their threshin!
by steam and much of other work.
The Yankee seems to think that brain
are worth more than mucle, and worl
; only occasionally. They drive bar
gains &c. The Spanish are too lazy tt
work, the miner too wild and John Chi
naman seems to be destined to take tn
place Of the proud Yankee and laz,
Spaniard and the wild mustang as tn
laborers of this land. John
quiet, honest, gentecl, Industrious, do
cile and clean. They dress neatly eve1
at work ; they look like the walters il
a first class hotel; tho boys plagu
them, and pull their pig tails &c., 9
that most of them tie them up and pu
them under their hats.
We have good house and ten room
about an acre ofground, fruit and flow
1 ers and cistern well and fine fountain