The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-01-11
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BUFFALO wn1ur Co., Jan 9Th, 1872.
EDITOR JouRNAL.-The now Board Of
Commissioners have met. and attended 10
The county business and gone home rejoio-
Ing. with their county orders in their pock.
cts. All tho new officers have sent in their
official bonds, and most Of them have en-.
tered on their duties. Mr.. Gutz willer hard
ly appreciates the fact that he came near
losing his election, as he had large major
'ty, but a prominent sore head Republican
states that if that party had taken hu ad-
vice. the Register would have been unseat-
cd, easy. He didn't happen to be, prob
ably for the above reason. Mr.. Redlons
our worthy Treasurer, trembled in his
boots for some time, and we'll he might,
for If the Young" man who opposed him
had had Ii more votes, Mr.. Redlon might
have gone back to his "last" occupation,
to ponder on the old saying ''Ne sutor ultra
crepidam.''
Considerable interest is manifested in
the location of the county buildings, the
brick for which, were contracted for, by
the last commissioners and the site selected.
but it seems that theic selection was not on
the town site, and straitway it vas survey
ed and made part Of the town site. This is
q high hill, faces the southwest, and over
looks Buffalo Lake. Another site also on
! the bank of the lake, and also not on the
town site, and therefore to be made an
addition" will be surveyed very shortly
so to be In the market at the next meeting.
A third place is offered, but I could not
learn its peculiar advantages, though it
must have many if it be true that, the Log
islature of our State, adjourned for 5 days
to let the owner come up here to point them
out, as they could not run the machine
without him. At the next session, the
county board will have to decide the mo-
fsmentous question, as to whether the noun
tain or the vally shall take precedence.
Mr.. J. F. Lewis of Monte was ap-
pointed Superintendent Of schools in place
Of E. B. McCord whose term expires in
April next. The experience Of the present
Superintendent is worth hundreds Of dol
lars to the county and We fear they made q
bad move in changing. Mr.. McCord knows
the location Of every school house in every
one o: nearly 100 Districts and the thous-
and highways and bye-ways leading to
them, and (what is quite Importantly those
that don't lead to them also. and it will take
the new man many weeks to find them out,
and many unpleasant experiences will help
to keep them in his mind when he does
find them out. It is his good fortune that
Ethe term begins in the spring so that there
is no particular danger Of his being frozen
to death for the first six months. But the
periis by mud, and mosquitoes, by bed
bugs and bears by sourbresd and sloughs,
are much more than any man would bar
gain for, till we tried it once. Then again
he is not acquainted with the District off,
GERS and their whereabouts, and I am
afraid that it will cost tho county year to
get him fairly at work. The modest aspi-
rant from Delano was about right when he
asked for 400 dollars extra to pay for get
ting acquainted with the business. It is
worth it. LOGOS.