The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-26
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
The Frontier Counties.-The Political Revo-
uton.-The Skies Bright.
Oct. 10th. 1876.

Oct. 10th, 1876.
Dear -4nti-Monopotist:
After the meeting at Appleton, de-.
scrbed in my last letter, we drove to
Montevideo.
The country is beautiful increasing in
attractions rs we advanced. But it was
sad to see the harvested corn and wheat
fields. Wesaw great quantities of wild
geese, brant, ducks, and chickens. We
also observed large focks Of crows-a
bird seldom seen in Minnesota east OF
the Big Woods The white brant is quite
plentiful here. 1t is snow white We
observed hundreds in one field and at
first mistook them for swan.
There are no grasshoppers to be seen
but the traces OF their ravages are every
where. A great part of the fields arc not
ploughed, the farmers fearing to attempt
to raise crop ne xt year. We saw some
men narrowing breaking, to expose the
eggs. We also saw great fire breaks, many
miles in length, consisting of strips, a
few feet wide, between burrows, these
intervening strips being burnt Off This
is intended to save the rest of the town
ship from prairie fires, SO as to be able
to burn off the grass in the spring and
with it destroy millions of the Young
hoppers.
Montevideo is charming little village.
| Imagine line of houses on hillside,
| fronting a river and defended on the
river side by a forest; the main street
alive with busting men and hurrying
teams; and you have a rough picture OF
Montevideo. 1t is the busiest place OF its
size in Minnesota. The very children,
and there are piles OF them, run faster and
| scream louder than elsewhere. The
mill, conducted by e. W. Frink ESQ, is
the center of the business Of the village
The country around is very rich. and all
that is needed is the disappearance of the
grasshoppsrs and the construction OF the
Hastings and Dakota Railroad, to make
this one OF the leading towns of western
| Minnesota.
Our meeting was a great success. 1t
was held in the large school house on the
hill. which vas packed full. Hon. j. l.
| Stewart presided. The farmers were in
| from all the surrounding country. Many
of the facts we presented were new to
them. they had been kept in the dark by
their own newspapers; and the new
gospel was greedlly received and uni
versally accepted. We ieel confident
Peter Cooper aud the independent ticket
will have . large vote in Chippeway
county.
| We started the next morning for Red
wood Falls, stopping on our way at Gran
| tie Falls. for dinner: and to address a
| large audience. collected from both sides
of the Minnesota river We had but l.t>
| tie time to explain the rreenback plat
| form but we trust we said enough to set
the good people TO investigating for
| themselves
The country near Granite Falls is fer
tile and beautiful. save where broken
| up bv vast masses OF metamorphic rocks,
into curious and fantasiical shapes. The
| town itself is Quilt in the midst OF rocks,
many OF them being nearly as big as the
| houses.
At Granite Falls we found our old and
valued friend, VIM. Teachout, formerly
of OImsted county. He has bought land
| here and proposes to make this his future
| home. He is. OF course. like all inteili,
gent men. sound on the greenback ques-
| ton.
We then drove to Redwood Falls.dis
! tapt fitty miles from Montevideo. arriving
alter dark. We were surprised at the
large size OF the place and its appear
ance OF thrift. inspite Of the grasshoPpers.
Wewere Hospitality entertained By tina,
prince OF good-iellows, ardent green
hacker, and first class agent OF McCor-
mick,s first class reapers,-Bishop Cor
don.
/ The town was full OF people who ha[
come in to hear the greenback doctrines
many having como fifteen and twenty
miles. The large hall was packed =