Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-07
Letter from Minnesota.
Correspondence of the Alexandria GaZst


ST. PAUL, Sept. 3,--Therc is az enthusiasm
and excitement about lifo out here, which it is
almost impossible for Southern man to IN.
dcrstard. 1t is sui generis. 1t is je ne sails
quot 1t is the almighty dollar suspended in
tho horizon, and hurdle race to reach 1t.
Every man is striving to get his hands on i.
| first, and ia The mad rush &c miomis non
cuTatur
The State fair is in full blast, aud g grander
display Of the fruits and flowers Of art, science
and industry is difficult to imagine. 10 some
particulars, even the centennial, with its coDtr.
buttons from every CLINE and country in tho
world, did not surpass it. The art gallery is
| O marvel of beauty-Whiie the mechanics hall
contains every machine and device wrought By
tho hands of ingenuity from watch key to
locomotive. Such displays arc captivating,
and do more to attract immigration, and pro.
mote the material welfare of people, than all
the terrapn legislation that can be enacted.
10 day Rarus will endcavor to beat his un.
paraleled time, 2l3!, and to morrow Elwin
Forrest will try to beat Rarus. There arc some
Of the finest horses hero | ever saw. II would
make Mir. Chatham weep to sec them. wish
he was here to give me all the points.
Has the Congressional Convention for that
district organized yet? [ am aware that it was
to meet on the 2S:h Of August, but would like
to know if tho committee on credentials has
reported, and AZ what time this tall temper.
airy chairman will be chosen
Let me give you something solid For the
yegr 1875 the State of Minnesota produced
forty million bushels of wheat-a bushel each
| Y I1o,Ia al al
eight million barrels of aour-Worth over fifty
million dollars: thirty five million bushels Of
oats, corn, rye, barley, buckwhcat and potatoes,
worth over twenty million dollars; and sawed
five hundred million feet OF lumber, worth
twelve million dollars. How does this compare
with tho sumao business?
But there is one thing about tho State Of
Minnesota that do not like. 1t is meaoncss
"a cruelty. And that one thing is the "Dsl b.
ed'' fence 1t is wire, with long, sharp spikes
on it, and almost oil the farmers have 1t around
their lands. Think Of man. fine cow, or a
bloodcd horse running against such an Internal
: machine in the night time. That ferco is the
mcanest thing ever knew, With, perhaps, oac
exception, and that exception was tho noble
action Of man in Alexandria, who,
when coal was high in the winter sea
sou, cr. into the wall ct his nclghbol )
house, and turned the fio which conduct
cd the heat from tho latrobo stove 10 tho par
, Tor to The upper stories, into his own house.
lie stole--not hot stove, but what Is hotter
heat ! And that man AID The one who has q
= barhed fence, ought to be yokcd together. and
made to wait for {: railroad train the rest OF
their natural lives. Hanging is too good Tor
them.
called on Governor Pi!sburfy, in Mime
apolis the other day. The Governor Is clever
=, old farmer, end that ID about all. IN able
bodied euberoalorla imbecllc.
The judicial power in this State is!vcstcd 10 Il
isurremc court of three judges. district courts
courts of probate, and justices courts, The lat
, Ter having jurisdiction in the sum Of 5000
! The intricate system OF rules aud proceedings
! in the Office, before a cause is matuted tor the
trial docket in our State l5 unknown here, AMI
ought to be unknown there, Every step il
plcadiug has been reduced from the double
complex, decree nisI system, and boiled LoTr
and simpllied. Here tho plaintiffs attorney
{ serves The sunmons % the defendant and files
/ a copy Of the executed summons, and q STATE
ul:nt OF facts, With tia clerk CT the ecurt. La
twenty days the defendant IL ust answer either
: in DENIAL avoidance, or setting up countrc
claim. ines matter arises. the plantifFrtjoins
ISSUE is mado W, aot tho cause nOted 70:
trial, on thu court docket. All dooc in
j twenty days Here fellow can get III:
Judgment Teri facise, levy and sale, before hi
obtains s. common order in Viroinis Cnancery
practice, however ia rHs done here on such {
o high pressure SYSTEM Occasionally lawyer lives
for years On rbancery case uule.s he is Il let
cd with weak eyed son ia partnership with
him. who, thinking be is doing G smart thing
= gets a final decree before sil the substance is
, irsctcI from the suit. The lawyers hero arc
ronerslly rich and in full practice, and give e:la
enlargement to young attorneys to settle among
them.
Among the attractOng, to s5no people, NJ tho
t State fair is Abraham Lincoln, the war oago OF
Wisconsin. the old bu2zard is ugly and dirty
r and black enough to be named after Mr. Lincoln.
g. I saW q pretty thing at Bis,narck--a young
man with white flannel suit Of clothes and u
: straw hat with a yellow band On it.. Ho lookc4
30 tidy yet go out Of placon that wild cAtregl on,
that could hardly resist the temptation to ding
y few tomatoes ut him. But prudence is tia best
part of vaor, and | didn't He had blonde
nustache and q double bow neck-s sor! Of an
"mdulsny balp' kind OF neck-snd ne wanted
me to smoke with him. but smell opiates; he
wanted me to drink with him, but tasted drugs
in the request; and then ho wanted me to ''take
s litto game" but recollec!ed the humiliation
; of tho peacock which, when pluckcd Of its
fcs.hcra runs and hides frcu the sigh. Of man,
: AID not particularly desiring to be feeced my
self. l declined his pFofsrsd Inequalities;
whereupon wss informed, IN Language more
t0rclolc Lnan eieSGHI, LlSt might ~ ~ I'LL.
But if ever meet that fe!loT East Won't pum-
mel him
In wandering abou! the fair :ouadl one finds
20 much to attract, in!cEcs. and Instruct that
whom the day is over
HE goes, scarce knowing if he wishes to 50 Or
| stay,
Like child led hy tho :ssrd &C some fond moth.
or to bed,
Half willing, half reluctant 10 be led,
i And leaves his broken plaything5 OF the AooT,
Still gazing at them through the open door,
| Not wholly resssurod and comforled
BY promises CT others in their stead,
| Which, though moro splendid, may rot please
him more l.. +. i.
Dissecting Dead Lunatics.
CISsISNATh O., Sept. Tho trustees Of the
Longview Insane AsJ Am. a State institution,
located st Carthage ear this city, had special
meeting yesterday, when mr. Andrew Mul!ane,
! On t,f their n bar N ada q nharna thst Nr