The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-30
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daintiest epicure; and If ono b.s Tho on,;os;,x
to oon tour of inspection tbrouo,, 80 :,
'uese gram iiii'S' commencing with the grain
as the farmer unloads 1T, through all the
cleansing, sitting, grinding and boltino bo
will have the pleasure ofcoming awaylas n;ce.
ly powdered as one could wish.
The North Star Woolen Mills, Messrs. Glib
son and Tyler, attract special attention. and
delight alike the housekeeper, the tourist and
traveller. Here are blankets, white, and
thick and soft as velvet, the gayer Pullman
car blankets and lap robes, travelling wraps,
equal to fur in warmth, which bid defiance
to the fabulous cold even oil Minnesota win
ters. One can follow the wool in its crude
state, coming out of the picker, like a cloud
OF flakes, through all the varied process
es to the web complete and ready for market.
Mecnanlcal genius,-as we see it in rail-
roads and manuiactures,-creates more of
the useful, surprising, and wonderful, than
art, in stone, or marble, poetry or song.
Minneapolis anticipates in the future not
very far..dstant, becoming the grandest man
ufacturing city of the Union. She has an
nexed the town of Saint Anthony across the
river-and the population now numbers
$4,000.
Just above the falls is Nicollet island, con-
nected by suspension bridge with the city
and by another bridge, with what Is now
East Minneapolis. Here are some fine resi-
dences, and the unbuiIded portion covered
with grove of maple, oak, and cotton wood.
| Ihe river views are all beautiful, and these
Indian summer days ARE nowhere excelled.
The clear blue sky, with its soft summer air
| and rose tinted horizon, warm an dreamy
resembles, so many people say, the skies Of
Italian lands. But Minnesota citizens will
tell you it is the usual weather, always de-
lightful. Wind and rain and cloud, are the
exception, not the rule.
| Minnesota is studded with lakes and inter-
laced with rivers. Nicollet gave her the name
OF Undine. To Lakes Calhoun, Harriet, Como
and the Lake of the Isles are all delightful
drives. Last, but by no means the least, are
the lovely falls of Minnehaha. Ha ha Ia the
Dakotah name for all waterfalls-the play
and da5h OF the water suggesting the thought
oflaughter-Ha ha, laughing water. 1t has
a smooth unbroken fall of 10 feet, over a lime
stone rock, which has bacome so curved BY
the action of the water that one can walk
along the edge ofthe boulder under the over
hanging rock, sheltered from the falling wa
ers. It is an em5odiment Of grace and
beauty.
On the eastern side of the river are the Bri :
dal Veil Falls and Crystal Cascade; also afine
view of the immense bluffs of stone which
furnish fine building material, and a view of
the river unobstructed by island, or rock-a
bit Of rest and quiet-almost within sound
OF the roar and dash of the falls below.
Seven miles down the river is the United
States reservation. Fort Smelling is built
upon high bluff near the confluence of the
Minnesota and Mississippi and commands a
very picturesque view: From the Round
Tower we looked down hundred feet or
more on the iron track which curves round
the base of the bluff; the carriage road be-
yond, and the little ferry connecting it with
Saint Paul; and away over bluff and wind.
ing river, to a landscape frightened by the
glowing tints Of autumn and intensified by
the rays of the setting sun. x.