The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-11-19
RrrrIER Mo- Nov It'll 1874

BUTLER, No., Nov. 18th, 1874.
EDITOR JouRNAL.-For some time
have been watching St. Cloud and Stearns
county with interest in view of the election,
now past. The last paper received, shows
that with you, As with Vi, politics played
some curious pranks. Some of your politi-
cal war horses don't stay killed worth q
cent. I have been pretty nearly disinte,-
ested looker-on at the struggle hero, not CAP
ing much which side gained the day in
fact rather preferring that the Democratic
party, as such, ahould win, for the simple
reason that it will aid the Temperance
cause greatly. Its success is the best
kind ola lecture on that subject. The
Democrats of tho North do not know wha,
a Democrat in the South il, what he looks
like, nor what his principles are. If they
did I am sure they would part company
with him. A Southern Democrat is al
much rebel now as during the war, hates
Northern men just as bitterly and works for
hissecession principles now just ~ persist
emily as he did then. Dnring the war tho
school fund of this State accumulated to a
large amount. At the close it was invest
ed in United States bonds, where, of course,
it is safe. Last year the attempt was made
to convertthese bonds into bonds of the state
of Missouri. This would efectually destroy
the common schools of the State. The
great champion Of that bill, Hardin, has
just been elected Governor of the State, and
as this conversion of bonds is one of the
avowed. objects of the party, it will likely
come up this winter. If can rightly read
mans face, Hardin is the man to encour-
age this scheme. The Peoples candidate
for the same Office vas here also. He is an
old farmer, full of good sense, with some
dry humor and probably would have made
a good Governor. But enough on this sub
ject. ...
We see by the papers that there is snow
to the right of us, snow to the left of US and
snow at St. Cloud, but We are having days
as balmy as in May, except to-day, which
is little raw. I have been dreading the
fall rains and the consequent mud, but a.
yet have seen neither. If the people in
this country do any praying, the particular
object just now is this same rain. Water
everywhere is scarce. 1t is very difficult
to get enough for stock Many Of the farm
ers have to drive their cattle four and five
miles each day to watering places. But if
water is scarce, whisky is not; and though
we have no saloons, yet the streets were
filed with drunken men on election day
and for two or three days thereafter.
By the way, there is lady member Of my
congregation who lectures during the win
ter. She lectures before female audiences
and for schools, using drawings and also tho
manakin. This has been her winter work
for several years, at Oberlin, Detroit and St.
Paul, and she is now on her way to Omaha,
whence she goes to Council Bluffs, etc. If
you would like to have her visit St. Cloud. I
will gladly attend to it for you, and will
not charge you any per cent. know that
she is competent.
am fast learning new ways-taking to
cunning on Saturdays. Two of US went
out last Saturday and after a while freed
one poor little squirrel, which I wounded
in the leg, then my friend brought it down
with his gun. Our days work was as fol-
lows: one squirrel, half dozen hickory
nuts, quart or so Of persimmons, two pop
guns for the boys, twenty miles of travel,
an empty lunch basket and bodies tired all
over. How did sleep that night The
roof was still on the house next morning,
but do not say how snored, for I don't
Now, please send me about four good po-
tatoes; they are only $1.75 per bushel here.
Yours truly,
E. V. CAMPBELL.