The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-08

E. CLEARWATER, April 9th, 1875.
EDITOR JouRNAL.--The ice in the Mis-
sissippi is getting shaky, and for some days
passengers and freight have crossed "afoot''
especially freight. Preparations are be-
ing made to do considerable steamboat
business this summer, and Captain Russell
is flying around getting ready.
John Lyon has exchanged his cottage in
the village for Gilbert Philo's farm on the
Clearwater Lake road, and the ''furnitery'
is changing locations. VIM. Worse & Son
will vacate the old shop at the mouth Of
the Clearwater river, and build new one
south Of Checkers blacksmith shop, leay-
ing Tollington 4 Gibbs alone in their glory,
with the whole building and water power
at their command. They have heretofore
been somewhat cramped for room, but this
move lets them of the ragged edge and
give 'the old" firm "a chance" That re-
minds me that the Beecher trial is getting
interesting, and there are about five hum
dred self.constituted jurymen in this vicini-
ty who propose to render a verdict when
they get to it.
Robert Lyon has been awarded the con-
tract for carrying the mail between here
and Clear Lake Station, to begin July first.
He has sold his farm in Lynden, and will
move into the village, so as to be on hand
for business. "Bob" is an accommodating
fellow, made hosts of friends when he was
on the route before, and will no doubt be
literally supported in the passenger and
freight business, which will, however, be
much lighter than formerly if the boats do
what is expected of them.
The smiling physiognomy of H. J. Ran
ney still adorns the premises of s. Whiting,
Jr., and customers swarm in around him
like moths around candle in a summer
evening, but here the resemblance ends ;
they get away without singeing their wings.
Mr.. Ranney 'has about concluded to have
the new store built this summer" and Mr..
Whiting will probably begin operations
soon.
DR.. Fell has sold his residence near the
church to Mr.. Beadle, will sell his stock
and household goods at public auction the
26th inst, and remove to Minneapolis. The
funeral sermon of his deceased son, Chan
ming, was preached on Monday, March 29th,
at the Congregational church by a Mrs.
Colburn, Of Champlin, Hennepin county.
I think they call her a "trance-speaking
medium" and her sermon purported to be
from the other world, the spirits using her
organs of speech as means of communica-
ton. Be thatas it may, there was a good deal
of Christianity in it, and if we all would fol-
low the advice she gave We would, no doubt,
become more liberal to our fellows, more
large-hearted, moreready to do as we would
be done by, than we are At present; and if
such improvement is made, the sectarian
name of the persons who assist to such i'm
provement is Of very little consequence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mansfield, of Minneapolis,
have been holding meetings here for the
last two weeks, and fifty or more per-
sons are said to be more than usually
interested. Mrs. Mansfield is a ready
speaker, and has lost none of the energy
and earnestness which characterized her
on previous visit, but one would Judge
from circumstances that she was more Of a
Methodist, and less of an Adventist, than
was at that time supposed. Perhaps it is
her manner of work, and not her views,
that has been modified. I do not know
how long the meetings are to be protracted.
LOGOS.