Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16

WHICH Tue, ny tiiiS VALHCs Au"SAy
travellers partook with infinite relish,
and fervent benedictions upon the
thoughtful entertainers. The keen
demands Of appetite appeased, we
are off again over the treeless prai-
ries of Worth and the western por-
ton of Mitchell counties. Soon
passing the old town of Plymouth
and the young one of Carpenter, we
come to the State line, and enter sa'a'
MINNESOTA. WI
All eyes were open and all necks
stretched to catch passing glimpse
of the 'sline," but if there was ever
a mark designating the boundary
between the two states it was long
| since rubbed out. Not so much as
a post or furrow indicates the be-
ginning and the end of the separate
jurisdictions. But if the line of
boundary between the states could
not be defined with exactness, we
soon were able to discover differ
ence in their characteristics of soil,
climate and scenery. Minnesota
abounds with water. Lakes are
seen on every hand. Her name in
the liquid Indian tongue signifies
sky-water, and the armament is re-
flected in the clear mirrors of thou
sands of lakelets within hdrborders.
The fruits of the earth are not so
forward in their season as in Iowa.
Wheat is looking finely, but corn
has poor show, Judging by the
two or three inches Of growth it has
yet attained in most localities in
Minnesota. Speeding on the wings
steam we passed through Austin,
Owatonna, Mortified, -Faribault,
and the lesser towns on the route,
and just before the set ofsun sighted
the mass of dilapidated barracks,
towers and battlements which con-
constitute Fort Smelling, and beyond
in the blue distance catch a glimpse
of the spires Of
We entered the busy city just at
sunset, and taking carriages at the
depot were driven to the Metropoli-
tan, hotel which aspiresin the COM
pleteness of its appointments, the
excellence of it's cuisine, and the al
titude of its charges to a character
commensurate with its name, and
succeeds admirably in its aspira-
tons. The reception of the party
at the ancient city Of the Upper
Mississippi was the coolest on the
route. 1t was decidedly the north
side of courteous. Not only did the
city officials fail by word or action
to indicate their knowledge of the
fact that majority of the editors of
a sister state were in their city on
formal visit, but so far as our Aob-
servation went, not an editor or at
tache of the St. Paul press came
forward and extended the friendly
hand of greeting and welcome. The
editors of Iowa expected and pre-
ferred to pay their own bills, but as,
in an appropriate and significant
sense, the representatives Of the
people of Iowa, they certainly were
warranted in anticipating some for
NAL recognition of their presence,
and assurance of welcome from
those in authority in the places
visited. 1t was impossible to avoid
a comparison of the reception at St.
Paul with that of the other Saint at
the south, last year. St. Paul has
much wealth; but, we should judge
from appearances, has less push
and enterprise than her neighbor,
Minneapolis. What improvements
she is making are solid and substan-
tial, but not so extensive as we antic-
ipated. The city is beautifully sit
uated, on high bluff, from which
extensive views over the surround
ing country are obtained. Her
shops and stores indicate a prosper
GUS business, her population is over
$4,000, she has elegant churches,
residences and business houses.
With little warmer hospitality and
a little less indifference to the adj
vantages she might reap from the
cultivation of that virtue, St. Paul
will progress, if not sooner swallow
ed up by Minneapolis and Duluth,
of which she seems to stand in alb
ject dread. Refreshed with a night
of peaceful slumbcr, the editorial
party rose on Friday morning, fully
prepared to resume the journey to
LAKE SUPERIOR AND DULUTH.
From this point the excursion
was intensely pleasant, exciting and
thoroughly enjoyable. About 10
O'Clock A. NJ. found the party seated
i'll the elegant cars of the Lake Su-
perior & Mississippi r. r., waiting
the signal to start into the wilder
ness toward the great lake. There
being no eating station on the route
of l56 miles equal to the emergency
Of supplying the bodily wants Of SO
large and prospectively hungry a
crowd, Mr.. Hungerford, the Super
intendent of the road-an Iowa man,
by the way-had provided an ample
lunch, for which consideration for