Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-22
ST. PAUL TO.KANSAS CITY

ST. PAUL TO. KANSAS CITY
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| First Vte,o Of the Appr00ch to Kansas
| City.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe.l
KANSAS City, June 15.-"After all, the
Indians are greatly over-rated, and must be
extremely pusillanimous by nature, else they
never would have allowed themselves to be
so easily crowded out of such country"
It was some such turn that my thoughts
took, the other day, as the train on which
was passenger went buzzing over the St.
Paul and Sioux City railroad in the direc-
ton of the latter place. A more delightful
succession of charming bits of landscape
| than that between St. Paul and Mankato
would be very difficult to trace out, even in
the beautiful land of Minnesota. Although
had spent some two or three years in that
State, l had never before travelled IN direc-
ton south-wester]y from the capitol, and
was quite unprepared to meet such variety
of attractive scenery. At the very start, when
crossing the river and mounting the grade
on the other side from the city, one beholds
view that incites an infinite desire to
]inger and gaze. The noble sweep of the
river, the city climbing the bluffs on the one
side, and on the other the towering tree clad
banks, combine to complete an exceedingly
impressive panorama. And although no.
where else on the route, and indeed at very
few places on any route, does such strik-
ing picture as this present itself, there IS
continuous following of objects to interest
the traveller and save him from the ennui so
often incident to journeys by rail. For
those who have little taste for things aught
but matter-of-fact and practical, there is
abundant subject for notice in the thriving
all along the line, bearing testimony to the
region. At these places the merely mo-
mentary observation that could be made
while the train halted was sufficient to de-
tect briskness of movement that would 60
far to dispel all thoughts of ''hard times"
Not far from Mankato southwark, the
country changes its aspect, although some of
the prettiest glimpses of forest and stream
are met soon after passing that town. In
stead of the ''basky dells'' and ''meandering
brooks,'' and all that sort of thing, that you
look upon during the first hours of the trip,
the land opens out into level or gently roll
ing prairie, stretching away as far as the
eye can reach, broken by patches of wood
land only rarely, and dotted here and there
with farms. am no judge of the soil, but
person whom from his conversation, l took
to know something of the matter, assured me
frequently that ''that 'ere's good bit for
wheat and so on. And by the rapid in
crease of population which, all the way to
Worthington, is evinced by the new farm
houses planted ve1ywhere within the sight
of the car windows, it is clear that this sec
ton of the State has an attractive produc-
tiveness that is be ginning to be estimated at
it's proper worth.
THE CROPS.
am greatly interested in the crops.
Everybody is or ought to be interested in
the crops. Accordingly, as intended to jot
these rough notes for the GLOBE it was my
wish to make some observations as to the
prospects at present. The difficulty with me
is that don't know crop when l see it.
Consequently any observations of my own
would not be very reliable. Such difficulty.
however, ought not to stand in the way Of
any well-regulated newspaper man who de
slres to impart information to his readers.
what you don't know. ask for,' should b,
the motto of every writer for the press. II
accordance with this preceptI reviewed m,
fellow passengers i'll order to discover SOM
one whom could pump and who was likely
u prov, w.ll-sprlng of wisuIm Oh thu
;ro,, ques ion. At last ] spied out a venera-
,le grdng 81, W 10 seene |, from the amount
# .:clayey loan" about his person. to be a,
| authority on matters appertainirg to thu
,oil. In fact thought that perhaps he wa
| crop himself. These granger folks are shy
! and have to be approached automatically
therefore after ensconcing myself in the seat
next my quarry handy suggested that il
was 'circus day. meaning that the sky
vas clear, the air bal,ny, and SO forth. My
granger didn't quite see the drift of the re
mark, but his mouth moved slightly.
Next audibly regretted that important bust.
ness had taken me away from the city and
prevented my attending the Coles horse
| opera. thought that would touch his
heart, and it did, for he gave an unmistaka-
BILE grunt. Then ventured a little farther
I suggested that the weather was fine fol
wheat. The movement of my granger's
mouth intim ated acquiescence. Waving my
hand gently at nothing in particular. out OF
the window, said 'Quite nice piece OF
wheat over there"
MY granger slowly revolved his eyes, first
in the direction I had indicated and then al
mo, and said 'sThat's corn.''
$50 it is, to be sure said I-"there's 9
crow over it, and SO it must be corn.''
Iedon't know what allied the man, but his
face grew red very suddenly.
Passing through cutting next limited
'That, now, ought to be good ground fol
wheat light, sandy soil, you know
The granger's face assumed startling ex.
preston. as if his eyeb rows itched and his
upper lip were trying to rub them.
thought it best not to say anything more
for time until he could get his mouth in
shape. Pretty soon he took me by surprise
by pointing out of window and saying
''Z'hdt's wheat
I was thrown off my balance, and hurried
ly exclaimed. Eyes. yes; SO it is; and isn't il
looking magnificent; so beautiful ane
rank
Probably would have said something
more, but my son of the soil gave remarka
BILE snort that could be heard all through The
car, and with no other utterance jumped uE
and went and seated himself in the most dis
tant vacant place there was.
At first thought the man was crazy b.
the way he started up and then banged him
self into the other seat, but later came tt
the conclusion that he didn't really know
anything about wheat, and was afraid that