The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-06

OF the furnace opens, from tnls sneu tne
furnace is fed, and as the straw or hay
is well packed, it has only to be put
twice a day into the furnace. Ten tons
of hay is quite suficientor the winter
fuel OF one family.
The Mennonites are never sick, never
quarrel, never swear, therefore there is
neither lawyer, doctor nor devil, among
them. We think that it is very possible
they will spread all over Cottonwood
county, for coming with ready money
they can always buy out American set.
tiers.
Mountain Lake settlement, is 1876 miles
from St Paul, and halt way between st.
Paul and Sioux City.
Four miles from Mountain Lake, and
three thousand from the ocean on which
he had sailed for thirty years, lives, on
a good farm. Captain Morris Dunn who
commanded q merchant vessel. sailing
from Liverpool. tor twelve OF the thirty
two years he vas a sailor. His nephew
| Louis Dunn, also a salt water sailor ives
here and we felt surprised at finding two
| old sailors so far from the ocean,, but,
very glad nevertheless to meet two good
| Irishmen whether on land or sea.
The Mennonites speak highly OF the
honorable, generous way they have been
treated by the St. Paul and Sioux City
railroad company. Those Of them who
bought land from other parties, were
treated with equal kindness and liberali-
ty, as those VINO bought from the com-
pany.
From Mountain Lake we went to Win
dom the county seat OF Cottonwood
county, 1is miles from St. Paul. 1t is
located at the crossing of the Des Molns
river, and has an excellent water power !;
population of village 800. 1t has twelve
stores, one churche, a school house,
costing $1,000, two hotels, blacksmith
and HARNESS. shop, one elevator, two
grain houses, a lumber yard, kept by
Captain Gilleland, a well known river
captain. Window is a trading point,
not alone tor the surrounding counties
but also for a portion of northern Iowa.
But for the grasshoppcrs it would be
now far on the road to prosperity.
, OF all tie counties in the state. this
t fine county of Cottonwood has suffered
most from 1.-THE grasshopper. In 1873,
/ and "A, it lost portions Of the crop, and
!, almost tAc whole of the crop OF 70.
Up to the 10th OF last July the crops
all over the county looked 50 splendidly
that the settlers were in the highest
y spirits calculating that the one fine re
d turn they looked forward to would com
a ~pensate them for the set backs oil the
It two former years; but at Don on tht
10th OF July the heavens were darkene'
: with clouds Of grasshoppers and befor
e night had set in the people realized tina
n the fruits OF their labor and industry 10
= whole year was swept away. Fror
10 the figures made by the county auditor
re it is estimated that last year the count
e lost two hundred and eighty thousan.
r six hundred bushels of wheat. one hui
IN dred and thirty four tn ousand, four hul
r. dred bushels OF corn.
In several instances, of late years, v
n have seen, when a great city sutfer'
lg loss by fire how eagerly the world cm'
Ter to its relief and We have no doubt b
that a proper appeal now on behalf
the grasshopper sufferers would bril-
nr- TO them help which would enable the
he 20 hold on to their farms until the fe,
full visitation they have suffered fro
ny has passed away. II is only semporar
for God is not going TO permit this irr
full land to return to \ wilderness.
At Window we met ex-Goverr
Stephen Miller. The governor is la
agent for the railroad company al
ora justly. one of the most popular gent
men in Southern Minnesota. Ever fra
hearty and courteous, Governor Mill
is one of those gallant gentlemen v
keep their sorrows TOR tleir own bres
- their smilss tor their friends aud tn
- words tor the enemies of their count
,ng WE FIND NOTHING BUT DISTRESS
The following fearful picture Of
be- state OF the country is an extract tai
out from > speech, made A. Wyandotte, Mi
OF by the Hon Moses w. Field.
and As every word Of it Is true one wo
!, go think it would arouse men to think,
tor but. no. the republicans who listene,
Il Is win go next fall and deposit their vc
lssia for the party that has given the coul
lack what Mr.. Field calls the ..~iockjaw."
ere thus save it from the democrats. the
hey Klux rebels and the Pope.