The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-03-06
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
.MA.1srrA On1o., Feb. 2sth, 1879

sMAAIn1fA O11o., teo. Zotn, lo7I.
DlAn JousxAI.a 1T y highly probable
that Marietta 10 BY 10 means u populous :
place % Gen. Putnam, Of Revolutionary
fame, supposed that, by this time. 1t wsuld
b whom, IN 1888, hs made here the 1rst
settlement In tie then Great Northwest, bat
II certainly il quite ~ pleasant ~ 10 could
reasonably have anticipated. Among NJ
six thousand Inhabitants are number Of
the children and very many Of the grand.
children Of the pionssts who located here
eighty i've years ago. The tova has grown
mellow with .s.y nd ,tsh and ripe II these
things which bring esaasat' and rsposs.
u1st Of it, people Il, 'w,,ll.to.ds, and Do
not allow IL, hurly bsr'y and hustle o.
business to press too closely upon them.
They devote considerable time; 70 sslf.sul.
ture, and to tho interchange Of social esur-
tesiss and the stranger who comes amsng
them finds them an unusually intelligent,
warm-hesrted and hospitsble people.
.Marietta College," which has been On
joying An increasing popularity for num-
Der Of years, has undoubtedly had much to
do with crssd ng and keeping up this sul-
tivated tone in society. Students come
not only from different parts Of Ohio, but
from the adjoining states-drawn by the OK
oellent reputation of the college, and to
degree, perhaps, by the fact that thsre 10
here IN uuconuonly nice set Of young
girls for them to 6irt with and dedicate
.lhsie hstiu odss- te-thus happily eombin-
ing feleo,ty With learning. ~
The town itself 10 pleasantly located. It
frsats on the Muskinsun river, just absvs
it, confluence with the Ohio, and climbs
back up = gradually sloping hill, but II
does not climb quite rapidly enough to
prevent the water, when tho Ohio gets on
high, from taking possession Of the base
usnts aad front floors Of the houses On tho
streets nearest the river, leaving the Co.
oupsuts to take the upper aosr or rosst on
tho roof, just - their tastes may dictate.
Just across the Muskingum, which il
spsnnsd by wagon bridge, lies At tho
tsot Of IN overwhelming hill, tho little
village Of Harmer, named after Gen. Hsr-
ner, Who vas in command Of fort there
In the early days. There are two railroads
the Marietta and Cincinnati, connecting
| the town with the 1sst and West and the
Marietta and Pittsburg, running out into
tho coal regions, and pointing in the direo.
ton Of Pittsburg..
When wrote you last week the weather
was ~ mild Is in May, and . general
'nuduess' overspread The face Of creation,
being specially sticky and unfathomsbl,
on al rosdwsys. Since then there hi.
been everything BY turns and nothing lonl
rain, slsw, mud, frszen ruts, sunme,
hours and the coolest weather Of the year
Plants which had come safely through tn
winter were frosen on Sabbath night. Ii
going out hero find ono can never tel
whe Their it is best to take buffalo over
coat or . linen duster, but he is Away
safe in taking an umbrellas I am fully
prepared to renew my VOWS of eterna
fealty to Minnesota.
And, speaking Of Minnesota 1fevery
thing connected with suffering were no
sad, one could not repress . smile at til
hsart-rendins stories he hears on oil side
concerning the loss Of life during tho storl
Of January in Minnesota and concsrniu
| tho Minnesota climate in general. Tho nam
Der Of persons who perised frem exposur
has been grossly exaggerated, one Of tb
Cincinnati papers placing it at seeen HUNDRED
or about fifteen times the actual number
| In view Of tho Impressions which gensrall
prevail concerning that storm, the wond
or is not that, seven hundred person
should have persisted but that single on
escaped. a: M,hnssotiai il looked upon q
kind Of snimated, ietels, ~ N sggrsgs
:. ton Of CONCEALED atoms Of moist humanit,
and 70 leave him exposed to any continue
heat is to run the risk Of his bsipg gradus
~ resolved in to little pool OF water N
, thus forever losing his existence. The tru,
is, have found the variable climate hez
The frequent changes from heat to COLI
with continually prevailing dsmpness-
much more disagreeable than anything
have experienced in Minnesota.
W. B. NJ.