Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-03-03

| find in the immediate vicinity of
the Piegans vast herds of buffalo"
and ''immense fields of rich wheat
lands.
There the hammer fell
g MANY cries; go on % go onr'
The Speaker. Is there objection
to the gentleman frcm Kentucky con-
tinuing his remarks? The Chair
hears none. The gentleman will pro-
coed.
Mr.. Knott. l was remarking, sir,
upon these vast wheat fields" rep
resented on this map in the immedi-
ate neighborhood of the bufTaloes and
the Piegans, and was about to say
that the idea of there being these
immense wheat fields in the very
heart of wilderness, hundreds and
hundreds of miles beyond the utmost
verge of civilization. may appear to
some gentlemen as rather incongru-
Gus, as rather two great strain on
the "blankets" of veracity. But to
my mind there is no difficulty in the
matter whatever. The phenomenon
is very easily accounted for. 1t is
evident, sir. that the Plegans sowe,i
that wheat there and l'lowed it with
buffalo bulls. Great laughter Now.
sir, this fortunate combination of buf
faloeS and Piegans, considering their
relative position to each other and to
Duluth. as they are arranged on. this
map, satisfies me that Duluth is des-
tined TO be the beef market of the
world.
Here you will observe, pointing to
the mapl are the bufaloes. directly
between the Piegans and Duluth, and
here, right on the road to Duluth,
the Creeks Now, sir. when the buff
Ealoes are sufficiently fat from grazing
on those immense Wheat fields you
see, it will be the easiest thing it the
world for the Piegans to drive them
on down. stay all night with their
friends, the Creeks. and go into Du-
luth in the morning. Great laugh
ter. think | see them now. sir, a
vast herd of bufaloes, with their
heads down. their eyes glaring. then
nostrils dilattd their tongues out, an
heir tails curled over t"eir backs,
earring along toward Duluth. with
about thousand Piegans on their
grass -bellied ponies. yelling at thier
,eelsl [Great laughter On they
come! And as they sweep past Il
Creeks they join in the chase, and
he Way they all GO. yelling. below
ne, ripping aud tearing along. amid
LIQUIDS of dust. until the last buffalo
5 safely peLned in the stock-yarls of
Duluth [Shouts of laughter
Sir, | might stand here for hours
md hours. and expatiate with rapture
lpon the Gorgeous prospects Of Duluth.
IS depicted upon this map. But hu-
nan life is>too short and the time oil
his House far too voluable to allow
he to linger longer upon this delight
'ul theme. Laughter | think every
gentleman on this floor is as well sat
SIZED as | am, that Duluth is destined
o become the commercial metropO-
is of the universe. and that this road
loud be built at once / an fully
persuaded that no patriotic Represen-
ative of the American people. who
has a proper appreciation of tie asso-
lated glOries of Duluth and st. Crnir.
Yill hesitate a moment to say. thai
very able bodied female in the land
,etwceR the ages Of eighteen and
orty- five, who is in favor of 'woman's
lights" should be drafted and set to
work upon thus great work without
lelay. Rcars of laughter Never
helesS, sir, it greives my very pul to
,e compelled to say that | cannot
.ote for the grant of lands provided
or in t i bill.
All . sir, you can have no c0ncer-
son of the poignancy of ny lsuist
hat | am deprived of that bles, ed
Laughter Trerc ar
wo insuperable OBJ tacl, S in the way.
II the first place my constituents, 10:
which | am acting here. have TO
more interest in this road than ey
ave in the great question of cLl "a
&; taste now perh; ps agi a.ing til
'ublic mind of Dominica, as to
1hether the iIlustrious commissioners
no reco ntIy left this Capitol +; r thai
rec and enlightened republic. would
e better fricasseed, boiled or roasted,
great laughter and in the second
lace tie lands, which | am ask d
. give away, alas, are rot niIe
e tow! My relation to them i SIM
ly that of trustee to an express trust
md shall | ever betray that trust p
lever. sir! Rather perish Duluth =
Shouts of laughter. Perish the par
gon of cities Rather let the {, ecz /.
ng cyclones of the bleak northve
Dry it forever beneath the cddyinc
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