Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-03-04

am pufllul nl khu luhNNlANA AANuN
absolutely ia a suffering condition
for want ofa railroad, IL Was these
toeming pine barrens of 81 CToix-
Al what particular point on that
noble stream such mad should be
commenced knew was immalorlal,
aud So il seems n have been con
sidered by the draughtsman Of this
bill. IL might DO up at the spring
or down at the f00t-l0g, ar the wa
ter-gate, or tho ishham, or any
where along the bank, no matter
where. (l.aughler) But in what
direction il should run, or where Il
should terminate, were always TO
my mind questions olIhe mos, pain,
ful perplexl,y, could conceive Of
no place on Goods green earth IN
such strailcned circumstances for
railroad facilities rs to be likely 10
desire or willing Ia sccept such
connection. daughter lkncw tha.
neither Bayfield, nor Superior City
would have II, for they both indig'
nanily spurnod the muniiiccnco OF
the Government when coupled with
such iguominiOus conditions, nnd
let This very same land grant die
on their hands years and years ago
rather than submit 10 the dcgrada'
lion oi direct communications by
railroad with the piny woods OF the
ST. Croix aud know that what
the cnicrprising inhabitants Of those
giant young cities would refuse TO
take would have few charms Tor
others, whatever their necessities or
tupidity might be. (Laughter)
Hence, as ! have said, sir, ! was
utterly at loss 10 determine where
tile terminus of this great and in,
dispcnsable road should be, until |
accidentally overheard some gen.
tlcmen the other day mention the
name of Duluth" Great laugh
teri Duluth The word fell upon
MY ear with II peculiar and inde-
scribablc charm, like the gentle
murmur of low fountain stealing
forth in the midst of roses, or the
soft. sweet accents of an angels
Whisper in the bright, joyous dream
of sleeping innocence. DuIuth!-|
Twas the name for which my soul
had painted for years, as the hart
pantcth forthc water brooks. Re-
ncwcd laughter Bht whore was Du-
Iuth?Ncverin al my limited rcgding
had my vision been gladdcnea by
seeing the celestial word in print,
TLaughtcr] And ! felt II powerful
humiliation in my Ignorance that
its dulcct syIlableS had never before
ravished my delighted ear. Roars
Of laughter.1 ! was certain the
draughismat{ of tits bill had never
heard of it, or it would have been
designated as one Of the termini OF
this road. l asked my friends about
it, but they knew nothing Of it. !
rushed to tho library and examined
all the maps | could find. Laugh
ter. | discovered in one of them Il
delicate, hair.lilic line, divcrging
from the Mississippi near II place
marked Pre>c ., which supposed
was intended to represent the river
St. Croix, but | could nowhere find
Duluth! Nevertheless, ! wds con
fidcnt it existed somewhere, and
that it's discovery would constitute
the crowuing glory Of the present
century, if not of all modern times.
TLaughtef. [ knew it was bound
to exist in the very nature Of things;
that the symmetry and pcriectioh
of our plahatary system would be
incomplete without it [Fencwed
Iaughtcr]; that the elements OF ma
teriul nature would long since have
resolved themselves back into origi-
nal chaos if there had been such a
hiatus in creation rs would have
resulted from leaving out Duluth
TRoars Of laughter In fact, sir, |
was overwhelmed with the convic
ton that Duluth not only existed
somewhere. but that wherever it
was, it was u very great and sIo-
rious place. l was convinced that
the greatest calamity that ever be-
tel the benighted nations of the an
cient world was in their having
passed away without " knowledge
of the actual existence Of Dnlnth
that their tabled Atlantis, never
seen save by the hallow ID vision of
inspired poesy, was, in fact, but an
other name for Duluth; Great
laughter | was certain that lie
rodo,uS had died miserable death
becau6e in his travels, and with all
his geographical research, he had
never t!card of Duluth Laughter. ]
knew that if the immortal spirit
of Homer could look down from
another heaven than that created
by his own celestial genius upon
the long lines Of pilgrims from ev-
cry nation of the earth to the
sushihg fountain of poesy opened
By the touch Of his magic wind, if
he could be permitted to behold the
vast asscmblaee Of grand and glo-
rious productiotis of the lyric art
called into being by his own in
spircd strains, he would weep tears
of bitter anguish that instead of
lavishing all the stores ofhis mighty
genius upon TITO fall of Ilion it had
not been his more blessed lot 10
cr7staIize in dcathless song the ri
sing glories of Duluth. [Greatand
continued laughter.] Yet, sir, had
it not been for this map, kindly
furnished me by the Legislature, of
Minnesota, might have gone down
to my obscure, humble grave in an
agony of despair, because | could
nowhere find Duluth. Renewed
laughter Had such been my mel
ancholy fate, / have no donbt that,
with the last feeble pulsation IF my
breaking heart, with the last faint
exhalation of MY fecting breath, |
-lo,lI have vvhisDored 8 Where is