Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-03
Letter from DacOia.

CORRESPONDENCE of The Alexandra Gszette'l
FARGO, D. T., Aug. IS, lS1S.-Oa opening
nv mall at ST. Paul, the other morning, vas
sereeatIy surprised to fad an enclosure 70 this
Effect
THE conductors Of the Northern Psclhc
Railroad will pass Coloael l.. Z. P, Ct Hlrenla,
from St. Paul to Bismarck and return. h. T.
Sargent, Genera! Ticket Agent
Gratefully accepting the kindness 10 letter
Of polite thanks. The Colonel, equipped with
the aforesaid pass, and carefully packing his
wardrobe 10 40 envelope, slipped down 10 the
depot aud struck out for Fargo. From this
letter and ny last. you will doubtless CLEAN the
Tact that, oflste, | associate with none except
governors, generals and judges--perhaps my
owe sudden promotion Is thus accounted Tor.
could Dot get to b .juat5r sse3nd lieutenant 10
Alexandria. Whs. rchuke the MinuesOtians
have uocorscIons!y given some OF the unap-
precia.ive gentlemen OF the Light Infantry -
| shall settle herc-if settle
Alexandra is this sort of place. Che don I
know a good thing when she has got it, She
won take good thing when she wants it
eYcept an e1cursion-she is fierce en- excursions
and that is about all. When the final day ar
ryes Alexandra will be found, as usual, on an
eycursop-sbe will be found from Giesboro to
Ocean City, with half iare ticket in her hands,
ready for her last excursion.
Fargo is this sort of place. It Is il dizzy
town. Its essentially cosmopolitan. 1t is on
sho Red River and it looks upon the wine when
il is red, In 1872, the soil had never smiled
OF the tickling indertation Of civilized boot
it was Wild Waste-Dot suoh wild waste as i
described by Byron when there still! vas 4
| fountain, tree. and bird 10 the solitude sing
Ing to speak to the spirit ''of some sweet Alex
snd!ia giri; but it Was fountanlass, tre1less
birdlsss prairie-earth aud sky aud nothing
E1orc But in The course OF time, that greg
power ADD civilizsr, the railroad, came along
and bristtled the densest forest With villages ana
towns. The Northern Pacific Railroad did it.
| Fargo has low twenty FIVE hundred inhabitants
fifteen resident lawyers, two banks, three
newspapers and innumerabIe hote!7. Settler!
| are arriving every day, locating their land var
rants, buying railroad lands, and taking VI
| homeatead5 and preemp!ions. The hotel &C
commodations, extensive as they are-almos
every other house being hGstel!t-are made
uuste to provide iJr the numbers OF people VIII
are focki1g to this country, Cow that there Is :
prospect Of the completion ofth5 great natlona
highway. President Wright informs me tina
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to put POS mile
Of the roai west CT Bismarck under contrac
mme ly-and ezpcc:S to see it completed
s1d ready for operation 10 one year. My ar
rival in Fargo had very disastrous elect upol
that tcwu. The night Of my arrival, tornado
swept over the town-destroyed fifteen houses
shattered window pancs and blew down church
| | had Bob lnger:oll book 10 ny pockct-an'
| found it regular lightning conductor.
| At Fargo | saw the first irontle,sman who
ever charmed my vision. Shall photograph
him? be is fellow OF similar symmctrlcl
proportions Of physical development which yo'
might expect to find We're you to dlsscct ha
rack-his head like matched roof, c07erec
a ploluson CT sun faded hair-bcafd growing
all over bis face, leaving only the space OF a.
oJser 90 the half shell for bandaEa nose an'
q volcanic eye. lie has. OF course, the ruda
men!ary muscles in his Jaw which our iorela!h
ers used 10 earlier days to flap their cara. o.
Of bis eyes looks straight at you the other never
| but does grand and lofty trnbllDs while th
ether watches and pyaya. Throw lnto thi
mixture, and stir up With stick, a cap, ret
shirt, 10 collar, bnckskn pants, boots outside
belt, Kansas toohpick, six reVo!7cr*, psci
Of cards, broad axe, and flashing pin 10 tn
shirt bosom, like the headlight to q LOCOMOTIVES
and YOU have specimen trontiersnan. lie /
desc to be shaken we'll before taken, and tue:
only by the tca5poons!uI.
send you some flowers which | cuiled iron
the banks of Lake Crystal On La Belle Prairie
| Dacota. The Prairie has put on its garb Ct TAI
and winter IL spring it is covered with whit
flowers, 10 summer With violet, snI ~ autumn
with yellow.
| Crystal City 10 foe water tank. ! also 40
ticed there carpenter bench and a buodic c
hoop polaa Suppose the city will put 10 al
appearance on some future OCCASION. The va.
| they start town out here is this:-Some Tel
low goes out o. the rrucipie-erccts waite
tank, or stove pipe (not achooncr gets O.
| his knees, and whispers down some little hol
in The ground doodle bug j. doodle bug !
aoi 10 few days village spTngsup.
Lands sell Out here, which produce - bush
| els Of wheat to the acre. at from Sl.5D to so
| There arc no taxes. Schools are supported b!
the government. The lakes aud rivers are fIict
With lish; plaric chIekcus, deer, battalo, hafea
wild ducks. aud grouse, Aft plenty. i lnal
named DArimple has a wheat iarm OF tet
thousand acres between hero and Bismarck. L
is 30 strange sight 10 this country to See l. fur
row eight miles long. 1t Is cold here IN Au
gust. | have often wished for an ovcreoat. Ih'
prices they charge hero are tabuluus-2j cent
| for il shaQe---jU cents !tr two clgara. l. an
broke and vii! haze to 90 tG setting type.
| T. H.