The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-09-15
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE,
PORTSMOUTH, ONO,
Sent. 9th. 1870

YOUR readers who intend travel; 9
Eastward. If they leave St. Paul on |
the morning train, they should buy
tickets vto Prairie du Chen and Mil |
waukeo :; if on the afternoon train, then,
vaa Prairie du Chen and GAINESVILLE. |
By doing this, they will obtain the |
most comfort, and secure the best con-
nections-iu the former case, arriving
ut Chicago in time for the afternoon
trains and in the latter case fort be even
ing trains. ...r p ~.
Staying over night at Chicago, I left
on Thursday morning on tho Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad
DIETER known to some people, as the
Chicago, Columbus and Indiana Cen
trail Railway for Cincinnati. This
road has been greatly improved under
its late management, and now deserv.
eddy ranks as frst-class. The speed was
much above anything I had at all ex.
pectcd. It has now become favorite
route with parties desiring to visit Gin
cinnati, Columbus, indianapolis, or St.
Louis, and forms link in the we'll
known Panhandle railroad. The credit
for much OF this improvement, and for
the growing popularity of the road, is
justly due to Captain Q) J. S. Holds
den, the North Western Passenger
Agent at Chicago-whose great big
body isn't particle toe large for the
big heart that is within it. I was pleas
ed to meet him at the depot, just as the
train was moving of, and re new form
er acquaintance. 49,.
This road runs some two hundred
miles through the center; Of the State
of Indiana. Almost all the: way, the
country seems to be heavily timbered.
There are no large towns, unless I
might except Logansport, where We
took dinner, and Richmond, afew miles
from the State line, which we reached
at dusk. The mos. noticeable feature of
the days ride, was the Incredible num-
Der of corn fields which extended along
both sides Of the read, all the way.
1t seemed as though the. country. had
all run to corn. A parallel could only
be found in the wonderful succession of
wheat; fields, which in Minnesota greets
the eye Of the traveller who may pass
along on any railroad or stage thorough
fare. T .,,.,...:r.: -,
Reached Cincinnati. at ten O'Clock,
aud remained until. this. morning. I
was surprised 10 find at the hotel there,
as in Chicago the previous night, the
beds envelopsd 10 mosquitoe nets Re.
Wondering that I had not seen one of
these pests in. Minnesota for two
months, nor heard of. them except in
the marshes or cavernous forests, I
thought this strange. But soon found
that these bars were not intended mere
" tor ornament; for, despite their pro-
tccting folds, a :half:dozen of the blood
Thirsty little wretches worked their way
through to where I lay in rosy slum-
bers. A fierce and protracted struggle
ensued,. but tioaIly came off conquerer
about daylisht:< &, ~ 4 .....> =
! Left Cincinnati at halfpast eight, on
the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad.
Reaching Chillic othe at noon. l was de-
lighted to find that my old friend of
last spring, the Ohio Dutchman, had
not gone off to the wars, to eight NIT
Won Moltke," but was still engaged in
the even more patriotic work Of dishing
up. roast chicken and sweet potatoes for
hungry travellers. I am inclined to
think the old gsntleman-who locks
wonderfully placid now-read carefully
THE JOURNAL last spring for he has
raised his price for dinner from fifty up
to seyenty:6ve cents, as I then .sug-
gested be ought to:;do. He would I'm.
doubtedly have IN SOME way, received
q reoompense for his good works-on
+ the; analogous principle that "Virtue
haiti. its: reward icy , :. if on nothing surer
but it is better to collect seventy-6ve
centsa head. on the spot, rather, than
run too many risks. I shall always
hold my aeutouic landlord Of Chilli
cothe and his, dinners in grateful re-
membrance..
I arrived in this pleasant town, of
which. have spoken in former let,
tors, st five o'clock. Taking =, the
branch line from Hamdeu, We passed
through some Of the most countrified
country places I ever saw. The in,
hnalbitants collected in q body at the lit.
tie e stations, stuck their heads in at all
the, oEren windows u 'i Of the cars, and gap.
ed in .wonn'dlrrouasj IS, establishment as
= through they were undergoing; thei,
first introduction to "a mensgarie, a
string Of hal haallf.clad .prehins. rushed
j through, the train. their ragged uumen
tioq9ablss An ffhntte ei in the breeze, ant
their t 81, mouths wide open IS i they, ,hat
been to graveyard and were having
nne s:lk race with an avengine
Il ghost. The :, EXTREMIST frontier settle
E ment in Minnesota is IN age in advance
E of these little interior hamlets, 60.
3 sA The weather has. been :, e4treml!.
I. warm, aud ID the roads dusty almost in
> tolerably So , A fine rain, is falling thi