The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-11-24
ELK HonN HousE, L1rrL1 FALLS, /
Noyemb her q lat. 1870. IS

Of slabs ana tents, on tho Hue VI sno
Northern Pacific railroad, on the east
bank Of the Mississippi. IF not, 60 !!
Not that it is anything astonishing, but
quite the contrary, considering what
a fuss is made about II. From three
~ six stages . day 20 up past here,
loaded with passengers, and al bound
for The Croasing," y Il d called, Or
for some point on the rad. eat Or wsst.
And It really is wonderful to see the
of goods Of Ill descriptions
gong up somewhere, and the number
Of teams going both w,ys. One eaa'
not travel q mile without meeting Or
psssieg many. Forty 70 seventy-6vs
leans a day go BY, and nias host Bat.
ters gave supper to mere than fly men
last night, between ten and twelve o.
clock, beddes . houssfall Who stopped
Ill night and ate At regular hour
Every stopping place along the road il
to its utmost capacity geuer-
lilly. But to return to Brainard Tin
only.) 1t is on = level
plain, covered with . thick growth OF
black pine, or wa, but the streets have
been cut out through the "heart Of the
city," and probably the outside streets
will be opened as fast as needed. There
are two Notes.-The ''Brainard House."
which is two rows Of boards ret on end,
about seven feet high, and after the
fashion Of board fence, and covered
With canvass roof; and the "Sesly
House," which has more lumber in it,
being boarded up Outside and in, and
filed in with saw.dust. This might be
made quite "houss," but in this en-
lightened day it wont pay a hotel man
to set his customers down 10 = table
without . cloth, to drink out Of tin b.
sins and eat of TIN plates with their
6ogers, unless there il really need Of it,
and in this case there u not, a. Hsx)s.
ton can afford not only tableoloths but
dishes, at the "Brsinsrd House," if it
is a tent. The steam saw-mill runs
night and day, but the lumber ID used
for the railroad, % that none can b
had to build with, and teams ars haul.
ing from Little Elk. The slabs are
seized with .vidity as soon ~ they leave
the saw, and are fast being made into
houses, @ stables, &c., and 10 fact the
whole thing has jumped into existence
in such hurry that what buildings
are made of lumber can hardly stand
alone after they shrink. Quite force
are engaged on the hfidge; tue new
railroad hotel, 100x5S feet, is begun,
(the frame is up,) and on the whole it
gives evidence Of something being the
matter. But lots are higher now than
they will be in the future for what is
to build the concern up when the pres
ent need is over ? and $500 to $1,000
for lot is little too much like the
town-site fever Of 81. The people are
faborere, boardiug.house keepers, mer-
chants, blacklegs, outthroats. and, I am
happy to add, gentlemen, tho the lat
ter are scarce. BY the term ':geutle-
man" I don't mean men who have No
business, but those who haze business,
who knoso their business, and mind it,
and let other folks alone. eve are not
overstooked anywhere.)
Flet her, BY l. Go. have removed
their store from Grow Wing to the oros.
sing, and that will no doubt much in.
crease the business, a al the Isilroad
hands get their supplies Of that firm.
There are fifteen OF twenty saloons on.
", besides dozen other places whore
sly drinks are said to be taken, aud
there are t'oo places where people stay
where liquor is not kept. This speaks
we'll for the morals Of the place ! and
affords good opening for Good Tenn.
plars' Lodge. Little Falls has made a
decided step forward in the ''moral''
business in the last few years, as it is
rare to see men drunk in the streets in
large numbers on Sunday, IS was their
wont. Some Of the seed,est old soak.
are now "pillars Of temperance.
The eek Horn House, is popular,
and should be, for Mn. Batters don''
object to letting one have two pieces Of
her nice minoe pic At . meal, if bis
constitution is good, and We are usually
willing to risk it.
Yours, Loaos.
SAUK CBH11I.
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