Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-08-14

Henry A. Lawrence, Dundas News.
Frank Matchett, Scott County Advo.
cate.
A. W. McKinstry and wife, Faribault
Republican.
Hans Mattson and wife, Minneapolis
Stats Tidning'
James S. Mills, Hastings New Era.
G. R. Morse, River Falls journal.
WI. Martin and wife. St. Paul GLOBE.
R. G. Mitchell, Duluth Tribune.
T. NJ. Newson wife, and daughter, Fire
side Companion.
he. Newton, Minneapolis Farmer.
E. r. Otis, st. Paul Dispatch.
D. Pickit, Sibley County Independent.
E. Peterson, Litchfeld independent.
81. P. Robe, Rush City Post.
j. D. Reeves, Hastings Gazette.
William B. Reed and wife, Prior Lake
Times.
Ed. A. Stevens and wife, Hennepin
County Mirror.
j. II. Sheets, Todd County Argus.
F.: Stowe, Wykoff Dollar weekly.
L. S. Story and wife, Sank Center Her.
aid.
B. c. Sanborn, Madelia Times.
l. G. Stearns, Zumbrota Independant.
S. S. Taylor and wife, Saltwater Mes
W. R. Todd, Lyon County News.
senger.
A. De Lacy Wood, Breckenridge Free
Press.
W. S. Woodbridge, Duluth News.
Chas. l.: Davis of the RedWing argus
was chosen President, and A. De Lacy
Wood of the Breckenridge Free Press,
Secretary.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
After doing ample justice to the sup
per Mr.. Davis called the guests to order
and introduced the veteran editor, Major
T. NJ. Newson, who made the following
address of welcome:
MIR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN: In 1864, twenty-five years, or a
quarter of a century ago, there were sew
en- editors in the Territory, now State of
Minnesota, viz: John P. Owens, of the
Minnesotinn, David Olmstead, of the
Democrat, Earle S. Goodrich, of the
Pioneer, myself, of the Times, a Mr.. Lud-
wick, of a German paper, Judge At
water, of the St. Anthony Ecpress
and John Holland, of the Shak,
opee ARGUS. Of these, three a:c dead;
tour are living. Then St. Paul had a
population of about 1000; Minnesota not
to exceed $4,000. Now there are about
$50 editors in the State; st. Paul has
$4,000 people. and the Commonwealth
100000. At the time / speak of there
was no Minneapolis; st. Anthony was the
big town outside Of st. Paul on the north
and 1tasca-now with one house-the
next biggest city. Shakopee doomed up
in the Minnesota valley as the leading
city, while St.Peter was plain; Manka-
to and Wlnona were in swaddling clothes:
raribault was dream; St. Cloud exist
ed in the brain Of George F. Brott, while
saltwater, was laying claims to the
third large city in this, their almost un-
known Northwest. Great have been the
changes and rapid has been the march of
civilization in the past quarter century.
Minneapolis has grown to rival the CAPT
tai city. Mankatoy Winona, Red Wing,
Saltwater, St. Cloud, Rochester and 9th
er places are looming up into metrepoli.
tan life, counting their 10, 900 and $4,000
population. Minnesota has grown from
an importing people of the necessaries of
lite to an exporting people Of millions of
bushels 1T wheat, and still the march of
destiny IS onward.
came from the little State of Con-
nect1cut, where 1 was educated, in the
year 1858. Connecticut, you know. is.
or was noted for its OGDEN nutmegs and
wooden oars. and sometimes think,
since have been in the West, for its
wooden men. Now had never been out
side Of the limits of this little State,
and to me it was a big institution:
but fate pressed me beyond its narrow
limits, and took passage in the cars on
the broad guage Of the Erie road, and the
almost boundless country which the WIS.,
ION swept, sent my cart humping and
humping inside of it's easement. Tar
rived at Buffalo; took passage on the
Michigan Sout ern road for Chicago
drank in the glorious prar1es; walked the
streets Of the growing. city,; and every
minute Connecticut grew smaller; NV
heart grew larger and larger, and If it
were possible to realize that an editor
had soul mine, must have become ele-
vde1u IL eAiC AAAACAoASy OACOuQLly, WHICH
for the first time met my vision. There
were no railroads then beyond Rockford,
Illinois, so westag ed it across to the Miss
issippi river to Dubuque, took passage on
the steamer Nominee, and as we rounded
the bend in the river and caught a glimpse
Of St. Paul. the buttons burst from nv
coat and my heart expanded into a full
conception Of this great western country.
Tncn we tender-feet or pilgrims, climbed
the hills to see where the sun went down,
tor surely I thought that we must be at
the end Of the world; but beyond was a
vast plain. Years afterwards we travelled
this plain 1 1000 miles northwest from St.
Paul, and marked the point where. must
ARISE q western empire to sway the des-
TIMES Of this great republic. T. Il Il
Now,as I understand it, this excursion,
from these great wheat plains is not 90
much frolic as an occasion Of expan-
sion. They come to see the immensely |
OF our own State-toi mark the rapid
development Of our cities-to catch the
inspiration Of the hundred railroad trains