Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-07
THE EDITORIAL TRIP.
A ROYAL DAY FOR THE MINNESOTA
JOURNALISTS.

JOURNALISTS.
They Take Three Hundred Mile Trip
Revel Upon the Fat Of the Land-see the
Finest Stock Farm in tho State-Luxu-
riate at Elmo, the Saratoga of Minnesota
Sleep the Sleep of the just and Arc Up
and At It Again To-Day.
The Minnesota editors were up betimes
yesterday 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 LAT 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 worthi]y
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 jar was visible.
After delightful run Window was reached
at few minutes past twelve, and the party
repaired to the Clark house, where dinner
was served fit for king. 1t was simply SUI
perb, but merely in keeping with the entire
hotel. 1t was one general remark among the
guests, chow can Window support such
hotel % Looming up conspicuously on the
prairie stands thrse story brick with base
ment. 1t is fifty feet wide by sixty deep,
with two wings twenty feet deep. It con-
tains thirty two rooms, furnished equal to
any hotel in Minnesota, not excepting those
of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The
proprietor is John Clark, who came to
Window last year and purchased ], 200 acres
of land. Concluding that Window
ought TO have hotel he proceeded to give
practical effect to that opinion, and on the
first of April the house described was open
ed to the public. We exagerate nothing
hotels in St. Paul and one in Minneapolis,
it has no rival in Minnesota, and upon the
question of the table, it is beyond competi
tim equal to any, and superior to most.
The party we're indebted to the railrt ad
company for supplying this repast, and it
was no wonder that everybody was good
natured and in the best of spirits, and
showerine praise upon the enterprise of
John Clark.
BARDEN-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 q 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
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 1OOx4O feet, two stories high,
most admirably arranged and excsnently
ventilated. His cattle barn is 6Ox4O, two
stories high, and his short horn barn 2Ox8O,
one and half stories high. He
has in addition sheds 2Ox14O feet in extent.
The barns are we'll painted and enclosed
within substantial fence. The party went
through taese 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
hundred head of cattle of all grades.
After inspecting the animals, Mr.. Barden,
who is the prince of entertainers, set forth
rofr ont in nd
fairly overwhelmed his guests. They
would gladly have remained with
him for week if circumstances would have
permitted, but time was precious and at
few minutes before Barden Barden was
pronounced perfect and the generous host
was taken on board while the homeward
trip was resumed.
THE RUN TO ST. PAUL.
All went we'll on the return trip until
three miles this side of LIE Sueur, when the
engine gently tapped q stray hand car, doing
triding damage. No one on the train knew
that the hand car was in the way,
SO admirably was the train controlled by the
air brakes, but it was thought best to ex-
change engines and the train accordingly ran
back to LIE Sueur, where fresh engine was
secured, and again the excursionists doomed
forward, having only been delayed half an
hour by the break.
At Shakopee still another fresh engine was
supplied, and St. Paul was reached
few minutes before nine. halt
of five minutes to pass train
and the party were whirling away to Lake
Elmo, where, q few minutes later, they were
seated in the spacious dining ball of the ho-
tel, enjoying first class supper. The in
tention had been to arrive at Elmo at 8 P. NJ,
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 a short sail taken upon the lake.
The ST. Paul, Saltwater & Taylors Falls
railroad kindly delayed the return train for
half an hour to afford time for 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 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 scene worthy to be re-
membered.
The only regret was that half past ten ar
rived SO early in the evening. But come it
would, and the excursionists reluctantly de-
parted arriving in ST. Paul at few minutes