The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-01
BEAVER TAILS.
Letter From Rev, G. +. Kingsland De-
scribing that Village-The Beauties
Of Living in Prairie Country. :.

g. q = 81
Of Living in Prairie Country. i.
BEAVER FAILS. Dec, "a, 1878.
Mr.. ED1ToR:-Before leaving Prince
ton I promised you that I would
write up this place for the UNION,
but when looked over the ground, 1
shrank back from the task. Topo.
graphically, Beaver Falls is very low;
it looks as though it had been sunk,
like Sodou and Gomorrah, in conse-
quence Of the peoples sin. The pris.
oners in the Jail must have been the
best Of the lot, for the jail has not
gone down with the rest of the village,
but stands on a piece of elevated
ground at least $50 feet above the
common level, and is like the city on
a hill (which cannot be hid The
people of tine village think they would
rather be good than climb such an
awful steep; but there it stands, a
massive building with stone walls, an
object of terror to all the surrounding
country. The court room aud all the
county offices arc in the same build
ing. so that if the county officers .de.
falticate'' they are just transferred to
the back room, from whence, through
grated windows, they can look down
on the village below: But to be more
serious, l would just say, Beaver Falls
is not as large as Princeton, though up
to the present time there has been a
great amount of business done here;
but. from this time forward the place
is doomed. There is one railroad six
miles south and another fourteen miles
north; all the business men are NOV
ing from this place and are esta blishing
themselves at points on the railroad,
the removal of the county seat to
some point on the railroad is only a
question Of time, when that is accom-
pliShed Beaver Falls will be number
ed among the cities of the past: -
In regard to my own work, l would
say this, it is easier than the Prince.
ton work; the people are all that you
could ask, even the editor Of our coun.
ty paper, stays in class and comes to
the communion table. and the good
book says "go thou and do likewise. -
The country is all prairie except
some timber along Beaver creek and
the Minnesota river, and one Of our
brethren owns most Of the timber, Sc
| have no trouble about wood. The
crops were injured by the extreme
heat SO that the people think this has
been as bad as the "grasshoppe,
years. what grain there has been
raised is almost worthless, the price is
so low, but still the farmers live ir
hope. But as for me, if I had my
choice, to-day, would rather live il
Mile Laos county than in Renville
Men haul their wood 10 and 20 miles
and some burn straw and corn cobs.
The weather has been pleasant un'
til within a few days, when the 1luic
went down to 10 and Is degrees be-
low zero. No Shedding yet. !;
I And now !! would like to thank the
editor of the UNION for his uniform
kindness to me, not only in fatterins
notices, but in furnishing his pape,
without money and without price
For number of weeks after I came
here I did not receive the UNION but
now it comes every week and l prize
it very much for the numerous items
Of interest to me, away off in this dis.
tant land. I was a little amused a,
the advice to the two denomination:
to unite and get a Presbyterian or az
Episcopalian minister, and I wondered
why the advice would not be good fo1
the two political parties to unite, ant
support a candidate who was opposed
to both Of them. ....
would like to say to the people oil
Princeton and the other points of my
former work, I have not forgotten yol
nor my promises to write to certai,
. individuals, | have been very busy bu
+ will now have more leisure and will
fulfil my promises. !
/ G, F. KlNGsLAND.
Lost. ta
A bundle of leather off the STAGE h,
tween Elk River and BEAMS Hotel. o
Tuesday afternoon; the tinder--ap6 il
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