Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-22

us, without regard to population, and, strang'
to say, the rails are hardly down and trains OF
the track, before it is found they are not abl'
to do the business that has developed ever
more speedily than the road itself. YET, tnis
is easily accounted for by the rapidity VIII
which our wide prairies are brought under
cultivation. The men who emigrate Wes'
always have an eye to the main chance, &c
out in advance of the construction OF the
road, make selection of the land iol
their future home, break up the
soil, put in ttsir crop and by the time the
road is finished they have grain raised ano
ready to give the cars full employment trans.
porting It to market. But / have drifted
away from home and shall be an emigrant my
self If do not soon come back to Ramsey
county. see many faces before me who
were here when, in December, 1864, was
landed on the opposite side OF the river IRON
stage coach, after SIX days ride from Du-
buque, and as they did not consider it safe to
risk the team on the Ice, vas told would
have to walk across the river to the foot OF q
long pair of stairs which led from the bank
to the top of the bluff, in the rear OF the Fire
and Marine Insurance company's building,
and then up Third street to the Winslow
house, ut the Seven Corners; thus virtually
coming to Ramsey county on foot. At that
time there was considerable strife between
upper and lower town, and the upper town
seemed to have the advantage. The old Amer
lean House and the Winslow hotel were much
the largest houses of that day. and the greater
portion of the business was done on upper
Third street and at the upper levee. To give
you an idea of how highly the upper town
people appreciated their property, was asked
one hundred dollars month rent for certain
brick dwelling which stands out on the
prairie beyond the present terminus of the
now street railway. Finding that they had such
a high appreciation of their property turned
my attention 10 lower town, where found
good natured German who owned comfort
able house on lower Seventh street, and would
rent it for thirty dollars month. While
he was liberal in his house rent, he was
not so in everything. / came from the pent
up city of New York here, and having some
taste for gardening and never having had an
opportunity to exercise it, and there being q
good bit of ground attached to it, l gotper-
mission to make a small garden, and when
had my ground prepared, looked around for
something to plant in it. l noticed that my
nearest neighbor and landlord had some fine
cabbage plants. applied to him for some,
which he kindly let me have at the moderate
price of sixty cents per dozen. Being verdant
in the matter, took what wanted, but learn
ed in the TALBOT the year that / could purchase
full grown cabbages for the same price. But
as I afterwards became engaged in the lumber
business and he was contractor and builder,
sold him considerable lumber and think /
got even with him on the cabbage trade. 1t
is my Judgment we ought to extend the use
fulness of this organization by holding more
frequent meetings and calling upon the MEM
bers from time to time to present.a paper to
be read, in which they give their earlier recol-
lection of events, historical, geographical,
political, amusing and social matters, andiin
this manner record and perpetuate the history
of Ramsey county"
After the address a song of welcome was
rendered by quartette consisting OF Messrs.
Leib, Wood, Savnor and Munger.