Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14
Wednesday.

The Minnesota editors were up betimes
Wednesday morning and INDUCED in 5
o'clock breakfast at the Metropolitan. Fol-
lowing this the train on the st. Paul & Sioux
City railroad was boarded, and the party
spun away for q 147 mile ride to Window.
The morning was cool and pleasant, and the
weather the entire day all that could be de-
sired. The trip up the valley afforded an
opportunity fer renewing old acquaintance
and making new ones, and right worthily
was it improved.
The train was in charge of Conductor F.
d. Abbey and the general management was
IN the hands of General Ticket Agent Dixon.
Right royalty did they discharge their duties
and not a jar was visible.
After delightful run Window was reached
at few minutes past twelve, and the party
repaired to the Clark house, where a dinner
was served fit for king. 1t was simply su-
perb, but merely in keeping with the entire
house. 1t contains thirty two rooms, fur
| nished equal to any hotel in MINI
sofa, not excepting thUse of
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
The party were indebted to the railroad
company for supplying this repast, and it
was no wonder that everybody was good
natured and in the best of spirits, and
showering praise upon the enterprise of
John Clark.
BARDEN-B -BARDEN.
Bidding Window adieu the return trip was
commenced, and in less than ten minutes
the train was halted three miles this side of
Window at the model farm of r.
Barden, ESQ.,, of this city. Mr..
| Barden was present to welcome
| his guests, and he did it in a manner
| which set every lady and gentleman at ease
in moment. Mr.. Barden has justly earned
| the title of the model stock farmer of MIN
nesota. Notwithstanding it is called a
| stock farm he has 2,1OO acres, over 1000 of
which are in wheat, and will have an average
of twelve bushels of No. l hard wheat to the
acre.
In stock he has splendid variety of hor-
ses and cattle. His animals are justly the
| pride of the State and no one man in the
| State is doing so much to improve the stock
of this region as r. Barden. He has here a
horse barn 100x40 feet, two stories high,
| most admirably arranged and excelently
ventilated. His cattle barn is 60x4O, two
| stories high, and his short horn barn 20xSO,
one and half stories high. He
has in addition sheds 2Ox14O feet in extent.
The barns are well painted and enclosed
within substantial fence. The party went
through these buildings, after which Mr..
Barden exhibited in the barn yard the splen-
did stock he is producing, showing horses
ranging from one Thousand to twenty five
| thousand dollars in value. His short horn
cattle were exhibited with pride, and he has
reason to be proud of them. He has five
hundred head of cattle of all grades.
After inspecting the animals, Mr.. Barden,
who is the prince of entertainers, set forth
refreshments in a manner and style which
fairly overwhelmed his guests.
st. Paul was reached on the return trip
q few minutes before nine. A halt
of five minutes to pass a train
and the party were whirling away to Lake
| Elmo, where, few minutes later, they were
| seated in the spacious dining ball of the no.
| tel, enjoying a first class supper. The in
| tention had been to arrive at Elmo at 8 P. M,
but the party were an hour and twenty min.
utes late, and hence the atten-
| tons, which Messrs. Flowers &
Guthurz, the proprietors of the hotel,
designed to extend were necessarily limited.
After supper the electric lights were inspect
ed, and short sail taken upon the lake.
The 81. Paul, Saltwater & Taylors Falls
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half an hour to afford time for a stroll about
the buildings, and every moment
was largely enjoyed. Of course
Elmo was pronounced success
by every one. There were three or four
hundred visitors besides the editorial party.
and the scene was a gay one. With the Great
Western band on the outside platform, the
string band in the parlors, the dancing, the
promenading, the bathing, the lights, ETC.,
ETC., it was a scene worthy to be re-
membered.