The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-03-23
4sPEnsoNA1,-M, J. Proudzinski started

Friday from an extended visit in the East
Mr. Jas. T. Stevenson and wife arrived
home on Thursday from Pit'sburg, Pa.
where they spent a couple of months. Mr..
s. returns more pleased than ever with
! Minnesota.
L. r. Bentley, Esq, of Chicago, is in the
the city.
Mr.. W. W. Pinney, of New London, was
in to wn on Saturday.
Gen. T. H Barrett was in St. Paul this
| week. He returns to his surveying oper.
| ations on the Red River of the South.
M. A ". Bush returned yesterday from
'hree-wecks' business trip to Alexandria,
Fort Abercrombie and intermediate points.
MIR. Jas. Young, in charge Of the store of
the late A. Richardson, returned home on
Tuesday, having made purchases of new
goods.
Hon. J. P. Wilson returned yesterday
from Leech Lake. He reports two and q
half feet of snow there.
MIR. J. W. M.tzroth r, turned on Thurs
day from the East. His new goods will
arrive this week.
Mr.. John Vandersluis arrived home on
| Thursday, having made three months
visit in holland. He found some changes
for the better in the old home, but says
he very much prefers Minnesota. He was
accompanied on his return by a sm,n
party Of emigrants. lie says the influx o
| this country from Alsacc and Lorraine will
be very great.
We had call on Monday from Rev. ].
Milton Akers, of Sank Centre, who had
come to this place to attend the funeral of
his brother in law, Mr.. Stacy 3. Bowling,
lately of Mckeesport, Pa. Mr. 3. had been
consumptive for a number of years, and
came 10 Minnesota after every other means
OF cure had been tried, but he came too
| late.
Lieut.. George G. Mitchell, who was
stationed here some time on Quartz rmas-
ter's duty and afterwards sent to Fort
Abercromble, passed through town on Fri
day to join his regiment in Alaska. lie
has our warm sympathies-as he will prob
ably find very little that is warm where he
is going.
E. H. Atwood, A. G. French, D Spauld-
! ing, F. knower, JOS Young, A. Goodspeed.
F. NJ. Kimball, and J. II. French, of Main.
Prairie; II. Brinkman and J. Payne, of
Rockville; J. S. Gray, II. 3. Smart p nd A.
A. Morrill,, Of Brockway; Ii. c. Bennett and
I. c. Porter, of Clearwater; Geo. T. Rice,
Of Watab; Chas. Bosworth, of St Martin;
A. A. Chisholm, Of Payuesville; B. Briggs,
Elk River; W. Trask, Two Rivers; c. NJ.
White, Long Prairie; R. A. Benson, Santi
ago; D. A. Perkins, Sank Centre; F. "
Peake. Grow Wing; c. Hays, Little Falls:
C. W. Nash, St. Paul, and C. H. Peake, o.
ter Tail, have been in the city during the
week.
THE NORMAL ScHooL.-On Tuesday We
paid visit to the Normal School, and
found it in excellent working order. The
Normal Department is full-too full. The
room is intended to accommodate only fifty
FIVE scholars. while there are fifty-nine
The inconvenience from this lack of room
are seriously felt. And in point Of econ
omy school Of two hundred could be car
ried on with but little more current expense
| than is now required, az there must be as
many classes, ranging from the time Of en-
tering up to graduation, for few as for
many scholars. The material of the school
is excellent-being in physique much SUI
| perior to the average presented by schools
We found that twelve counties were rep
| resented in this Department, viz:
Stenrns. Douglas, Sherburne, Morrison,
Wright, Benton, Hennepin, Wlnona, Ram
sey, Carver, Waseca and Mower. The
State of Maine is also on the list. This
showing is in itself a sufficient refutation
Of the charge that this institution is merely
local-"a high school for St. Cloud" Each
student, on entering, is required to sign
pledge to remain Mt least twenty weeks to
teach for two years at least in the common
schools of Minnesota, and t. communicate
with the Principal sem,.annually for two
years after leaving school. There are no
tuition pupils, although numerous appl,ca-
tons have been received, as there is no
room. The truth is, the school is in every
way iniuriousiy cramped by its present
contracted and unsuitable quarters. The
az class will graduate at the close of the
present term. 1t :ntains fourteen mem
hcrs-an unusually large number for so
small school. a new life will then be
infused into about fourteen of the common
schools Of Minnesota and there will be
many people who, in the progress of their
children, will see reason to feel thankful
for what the St. Cloud Normal School has
done.
The same difficulty is apparent in both
the intermediate and Primary Model De-
partmonts Il, in the Normal-want of room
The pupils arc crowded and tho teachers
work at disadvantage, but the little folks
arr making wonderful progress despite all
, drawbacks.
We are indebted to Prof. Moore, the able
Principal of the school, for various items
furnished.
AN OPENING FOR A NEEDY FAM11r.-Th,
news from Paris indicates that Old Nap
4 is stirring up trouble among the people il
the hope of lettering his fortunes. Gu
advice to the old chap Is to sell off wha
traps he still has left, at reasonable dis
n count, and with the proceeds come to St
r Cloud. The name at least would be famil
, iar, and would remind him Of old associ
atoms. He might invest his slender mean
in peanut and taffy stand, somewher
o near the Post Office, and by strict econom
e and close attention to business earn fai
1 livelihood. He might, at times. give rein
r to his militry ardor by training with til
r Fire Company; and o membership in tn
q Jovial Club would afford all the festivit
. his widest fancies could desire. He shoul
Is subscribe for ut least three copies of Tn
JOURNAL-one for himself. one for Eugen
and one for the little Princa-ani thu
obtain, for tho smallest possible sum, a