Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-22
a Humorous Speech Upon DuIush.


opposition to the extension Of the ST.
Croix and Bay field Land Grant. and OPP
ening a map (issued ty the Lake Super
Tor road) which he said had been kindly
furnished him BY tine Minnesota Legisla
ture, he projected TO unload bis budget
Of wit. To correctly understand bis
points tie general reader should kaow
that taking DuluIh as point of depa;t
ure. heavy lines are drawn. North. South
aud West, aud embracing large portion
Of the continent West of Minnesota all
Of which territory The map SAYS Is trihu
tary 10 Duluth. At various poi1ts in
this territory the-locatiou OF Irdi4n ilihes.
timber land, wheat land dc. ia noted.
and the longitude or latitude of all other
places is given as calculated with Duluth
as the STANDARD or Greenwich The fol-
lowing Is the conclusion of Mr. Knots
effort:
Look al II. sir. pointing 10 the map
do not YOU see fIom these ho9td. brown
iines. drawn around this Immense terri
tory. that the enterpfisiug lnhahHants Of
Duluth intend some day 10 enclose it all
in ole vast corral, So lha, lis commerce
would be bound to 90 there @hether It
would or not? Great laughter Aud
within a convenient distance the Peyan
Indians, which. of all the MANY acres
SORES to the glory of DniuIh, | consider
by far the most inestIm able. For. sir, |
have been told that when the small pnx
breaks out among the women aud child
rem of that famous tribe, as il sometimes
does. they afford the finest subjects in tho
world for the s;rategical experiments of
an enterprising and industrious military
hero who desires To distinguish himself in
the noble art of war; whose
Trenchant blade. Toledo trusty,
For want Of lighting has grown rusty,
And eats into itself for lack
OF somebody 10 hew and hack"
Aud here, SIR, recurring 10 this map.
find IN The immediate vicinity of the Pie
gans "vast herds of buffalo" and sim
mense fields of rich wheat lands
Here the hammer fell.
Many cries: go on $50 on!"1
Mr. Knott. l was remarking, sir, ur-
on these vast wheat fields" represented
on this map in the immediate neighbor
hood Of the butfaIoes aud tie Piegans,
ard was about TO say that the idea of
there being these immense wheat fields
in the very heart of wilderness, hun
dreds and hundreds of miles beyond the
utmost verge of civilization, may appear
to some gentlemen as rather homogeneous,
as rather too great strain upon the
"blankents" of veracity. But to my
mind there is no difficulty in The matter
accounted Counted rot The PEenom.ena is very es:iy
P:egans sowed that wheat there and
plowed it in with buffalo bulls. Now,
sir, this fortunate combination Of buffaloas
and Piegans, considering their relative
positions 10 each other aud To Duluth, as
they are arranged on this map, satisfies
me that Duluth IS destined to be the beef
market of the world.
Here you will observe (ponting to the
map are the butlalnes, directly between
the Piegans aud Duluth, and here, right
on the road 10 Duluth. are the Greeks.
Now. sir, when the buffaloes are su fiici-
entity fat from grazing on those immense
wheat fields you see, il will be the easiest
thing in the world for the Piegans to
drive them on down, stay all night with
their friends, The Greeks, and 60 into Du-
luth in the morning. think see them
nnw, sir, vast herd Of butfaIoes, with
their heads down, their eyes glaring. their
nostrils dliated, their tongues out. aud
their tails curled over their BACKS tear
ing along toward Duluth, with about
Piegaus on their grass belled
por les. yelling at their heels On they
come! And as they sweep past the
Greeks. they join in the chase, aud away
they al GO yelling, believing. ripping
and tearing along amid clouds of dust,
until the last bnfftlo is safely peuned in
the stock-yards Of Duluth.
Sir. | might stand here for hours and
hours, and expatiate with rapture upon
the gorgeous prospects of Daluth. as
depicted upon this map. Bot human life
is too short and The time of this House
far too valuable to allow me t. lnger
longer upon this delightful theme. [
think every gentlemen on this flor is ~
we'll satisfied as ! am that Duluth j. des.
tined 10 become the Commercial metropo.
lis of the universe. and that this road
should be built at once. am folly per-
suaded that no patriotic Representative of
the American people, who has proper
appreciation of the associated glories IF
Duluth and the st Croix, will hesitate a
moment to say that every able boiled f.
mae in the land between the ages | : and
45 who IS in favor of women's rights."
should be drafted and set to work upon
this great work without delay Never
theless, sir. it grieVes my very soul to be
compelled to say that | cannot vote for
the ant of lands provided for in this bill.
All! sir, you can have no conception
OF the poignancy Of my anguish that |
am deprived Of that blessed privileged
There are two inseperable obstacles ia
he way. 10 the first place my conslitu-
ents, for whom | am acting here, have
no more interest in this road than they
have iwtbe great question o: culinary
taste now agtaiing thu public MUD OF
Dominica, as to whelhor the iIustrious
commissioners who recently left this cap
ilal for that free and enlightened republic
would be better fricasseed, boiled, or
roasted, and in the second place these
lands, which / am asked to give away.
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