Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-07

ABSOLUTELY IN A SUFFERING CoNDlli'Ni =
for want of railroad, it was these teeming pine
harrens of the St. Croix. Laughter AT
What particular point on that noble stream s'ci
, road should be commenced / knew was I'M
material. and so it seems to have been consider
cd BIZ the lraughtsulan in this bill 1t might
he nut at the toot-log, or the water gate OF
the tish-dam or anywhere along -the>pa liat
M matter where. Laughter. But in what
direction it should run. or where it should ter
INMATE. were always to my mind questions OF
the h most painful pcrpcxity. | could concieve
NJ no place OH Goods green earth III Sucn
| straitened circumstances for railroad facilities
,s 70 be likely to desire or willingly to accept
u,c IL connection. Laughter. I knew that
NEITHER BAYFIELD, NOR SUPERIOR CITY
,rould have it. for they both Indignantly
summed the munifcence of the government
whom coupled with such ignominlous conditions
,nd let this very same land grant die on their
hands. years and years ago, rather than SUD
nit to the degradation Of direct communication
Lv railroad with the pincy woods OF the 81
Croix and knew that what the enterprlsln${
inhabitants of those giant young cities "oulo
rrfusc to take, would have few charms tor
others whatever their necessities or cupldlty
might be. Laughter.
Hence. as | have said. sir, was utterly at
loss to determine where the terminus OF
THIS GREArAND INDISPENSABLE ROAD 81
should be until I accidentally overhead some
gentlemen the other day mention the name OF
33DIlth. y IGreat Laughter, Duluth. The
word fell upon my ear with peculiar and !ndes-
cribablc charm, like the gentle murmur OF low
fountain stealing forth in the midst OF roses or
tho soft sweet accents Of IN angels whisper IN
the bright, joyous dream OF sleeping Innocence.
.... . DULUTH! 81.
Viva, the name for which my soul had pan
ted for years, rs the heart panteth tor the wa
ter brooks Renewed laughter But where
was Duluth? Never, i'll all my limited read
ing had nv vision been gladcncd by seeing
the celestial word in print. Laughter And
7 felt 4 profoundcr humiliation i'll my lgno-
rance that its dnlcet sylablcs had never before
ravishcd my delighted ear. koars OF laugh
ter was certain the draug htSman OF tlIIS
bill had never heard Of it. or 1t would nave
been designated as one OF the tcrminl OF ms
road. I asked my friends about 1t, but they
knew nothing of it,. rushed to the library
aud examined all the maps | could lind
LAUGHTER discovered in one Of them
delicate. hair-kc line, diverging from the
Mss;,sinpi near Il place marked Prescott
which SUPPOSED was intended to represent
the river st. 'Croix, but could nowhere ind
DULUTH
Nevertheless, | was confident it existed Snmc-
where, and that its discovery would constitute
the browning glory of the present century, II
not of all modern times. Laughter. knew
il was bound To exist in the very nature OF
things that the symmetry and perfection OF
our planetary system would b: incomplete
without it renewed laughter that the Gle
mcuts of material nature would long since have
resolved themselves back into original chaos
if there had been such Il hiatus in creation ~
would have resulted from leaving out
DULUTH
Roars of laughter. In fact. slr. | VA:
overwhelmed with the conviction that
not only existed somewhere. but that W herrvrr
if was it was Il great and glorious place.
WAS convinced that the greatest calamity that
ever betell the benightcd nations OF the ancient
world was in their having passed away without
knowledge OF the actual existence "t
DULUTH
that their tabled Atlantis, never seen By the
hallowed vision ofinspirel poesy, Wa: III TACT.
but another name for
that the golden orchard Of the Hcsperdes was
but poetical synonym for the beer gardens III
the vicinity ut
IGrcat laughter. was certain that Hero
dotus had died miserable death, bc:all*c III
all his travels and with Ill hi: geographical re
Search he had never heard ut
DULUTH.
| Laughter knew that if the immortal
spirit Of Homer could look down from au 9TH
er haven than that created by his own celestial
genius upon the long lines Of pilgrims from
every nation of the earth to the gushing loun-
tain of poesy opened by the touch Of hls magic
wand if he could be permitted to behold the
vast ;,ssemblage of grand and glorious prodnc-
tons of the lyric art called into being by his
own inspired strains he would weep tears Of
bitter anguish that instead Of lavShing all the
storesof his mighty genius upon the fall Of
Ilion, it had not been his more blessed lot t"
crystalizc in deathless song the rising glorics of
DULUTH.
[Great and continued laughter. Yes, sir.
had it not been for this map, kindly furnished
me by the Legislature Of Minnesota. | might
have gone down to my obscure and humble
grave in an agony of despair. because could
nowhere find.
iRenewcd laughter Had such been my
melancholy fate, have no doubt that, with the
last feeble pulsation of my breaking heart, with
the last faint exhaltation of my fleeing breath,
I should have whispered ''Where is
DULUTH p
[Roars of laughter. ~ But thanks be to the
benifcence Of that band of lnlnlstcrlng angel.
who have their bright abodcs in the tar-oit
| q t1,a nj M
despair, this blessed map was placed in my
= hands, and as I unfolded it Il rcsplendcnt scene
of inehablc glory opened before me such as l.
imagine burst upon the enraptured vision OF
the Wandering peri through the opening gates
of paradise. Renewed laughter. There, for
the first time, my enchanted eye rested upon
the ravishing word
':DELUTu