The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-04

come out all right. ....
From here We travelled to the city Of
.... TRENTON, ",
but as our time was limited we only
traversed one or two of the principal
business streets and visited the park.
Eve shall always be thankful that we
visited the park We noticed, how
ever, tl,at Colger & Co. carry good
stock Of goods and are doing IL thriving
business. The Cooperative store also
shows prosperity. Take Trenton up
one side and down the other it is Il good
deal Of q place. From here we go by
steamer to
PREsCOTT,
which has seen better days and, under
favorable circumstances, may see them
again, although we confess we are har-
assed with doubts as to that. In Cir
culating around town, however, we find
some Of the very finest residence lots
and the prettiest grounds to be found on
the upper Mississippi river and cannot
help but wish that we were Il bloated
aristocrat, with nothing in particular to
do and located in Prescott. We fancy
we could get lots Of help to do it and
that our head is shaped right to enjoy
it. This town has good schools and is
inhabited by good class of people.
Society here is exceptionally good. We
discovered our CID time friend A. B.
Failing, formerly of your city, located
in good home and on q couple of lots
that would be worth in Red Wing two
or three thousand dollars. Mr. F. is
one Of the men here that IS busy sure
enough. We found him surrounded by
something less than an acre of broken
agricultural implements and up to his
eyes in work. Just schen he expected
to get through with all of it was difficult
for US to learn. We believe he told us
that owing to the stringency Of the
money market, &C., &C., he was obliged
to keep a book and charge up some of
the work until after harvest. It is prob.
| able, for we don't remember that we
saw over ten thousand dollars in cash
while we remained. From here we pro-
| coed to
HASTINGS,
and we are not deafened upon our arriv-
al by the sound of the hammer and saw,
we suppose tor the simple reason that
not many of them are in operation.
There seemed to be some activity on the
streets, but general complaint of hard
times and no work. Standing on the
side walk we overheard O man lament
ing sad fate of poor man of whom
said he, L am which, and if these
times continue I don't know how in the
world I am to get bread for my family
Saying which he drew his handkerchief,
wiped tear from his eye, passed into a
rum shop, and, moment later, we heard
him remark "boys let's take something"
That he meant let's take home dol
lars worth Of sugar or sack of flour to
our families, we don't think, we do not
wish to be understood that such, speci.
mems are peculiarly Hastings institu.
top you can ind lots of them in your
city and in hundred others, if you
keep your eyes open, aud yet we are to
suppose it's all right for those men to
60 to the devil and take their families
along with them, for are there not, in
every city, certain regularly licensed
ticket agents to send them there II
not, why not ? But we will not moralize.
It isn't our forte. '"r 81!
In conclusion we will say that let any
one travel in almost any direction from
Red Wing. for distance of 500 miles,
and be will see more genuine civiliza.
ton, prosperity and happiness than he
will in some countries that we could
mention in travelling so miles. Hop.
ing that happiness in this world may
increase and cussedness on general
principles may decrease we are as ever
yours, OCCASIONAL.
/ AN HISTORICAL F-cr.-Everv