Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-07-05
Letter from Dakota Territory.
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The week., visits N the AMERICAN N
Tins tAr M lama seem good deal lie the
calls Of an old nri1hbor aud though, a
few items would not be uninlcrr>,Ing ID
,our readers. The town 81 Pcmbina ,pro-
nounccd i'cra hc-naw) Is IN the northeast
corner NJ Dakota lerrI,or, ana thc village
is within two miles IL the Manitoba hnr
II : on the west bank Of the he'd rtvcr. aud
N latitude a.
The couu,r, Is boundleSs prairie, With
no Objects 10 relieve the eve, save A. II trac.
e the ~airrcNur>e> by a line III woods
The sood sroaing upon these streams COD
>i>t> ct elm, Eastwood. OAK, poplar and
bo>-cidcr. have not seen plur. spruce
or hi tine >tnoe lca,lns Canada on uiv Jour.
ncN cat The sol IN this part j. \ black 81
dafs hro~n sl!uNIal deposit. from two to
tour feet deep IN t,rtliiN Il anus, W e.
hau>t,c>>. and It j. doubtless the hcs, whcA,
country ~ the ~ur.i. Farmers have NJ use
tor stable manure. and ~ the villages have
10 h,re II hau.~d off ami dumped a. The, 10
other otl. Wheat oats, barley. and all
Ainl, " reot crop. Weld wonderfully. rhr
season Is h,ilc too short IN this northern
par, ior corn.
The population ot this town 4 about .5tsN.
and i made up u Canadians. lcvlAudcrs.
Norses,ans, Scotch. and Americans and
this Is ahcat the comp,txiou AZ ,ha; n the
coan;, q fcmh,aA
The g-rS, mania here seems II * for and
Snd this seems e POSSESS all classes Clrr-
s,rnens st,es with their children arp oug On
The prssries, living in b, ? shan;.e> among
the mosquitoes and suphers pr>emptiag
quarter section II land, While their husbands
are io,ns their parish work. IN ne Red
river valley proper, ihere Is but YER, male
government; lana nov to be taken Still
there arr p.en,, ot farms for those . ~ have
saais means, shgeh san X pr,scarNl tor about
government pysox>, plus the SNiae II I'M
praNementS The on>j II lvng. II enc sho
has s'eFlth.Hs % bay, Is. Judge. about -
per cS0;. more IN tA.s pari III the coantr>
than IN Name.
In ihls village arr ihrrs ehgrch orsAniss-
toas, Ne,hc<i,s;, frr>hstesiAns Aai Con
srcsauNnals>gs, The LATTER j nov Without
JNa>'o,. Besides these. the Catholics and
{ tP'>e'pA.g&ns have osv$>;onSl services
, NovseSsAns and loclaN&sr> are g;hsrSu>.
II Is d'iscNi f0r stranger fFoyn ;As e=s,
u NJ AsnlsSlf ~ the iaiArr>>soa thar hs i
sn foressa co9a,r,. Hearing caavcr>2is0a
{ oI Ies s;Fssts ia the GlSsrni Dialects 0; tie
inhabitants. ami then the >nerloAns have
,hs; gceyslaaF nrAlaas,rss u ,h< y a.ss-sat
[ tr>-n = IA, Hrvvss!> IA Neu HuslAna
tse cl.ns&;e : ver, disersa; iraa. tia, II
'ae east. ard is, | l4.sss. favorable Il those
T gsv>!s>yNN>ea - lang trlasAle>. naase u
'aas o'aelsssAa IN par. trasa so,ssA sxner,
seeoe-
Tx ssys &rs very s,as in iAss Aish is,s.
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+ 4 Es>es osaaa, sS,, AZ haze ID: s.sne~~sa
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tSsNs ewes osa rr&4 ordinary * ~sg&neS g4s5nl
f q; = o'cAsos u q clear sSea3Ra> nSva8s ":
l'RetT> N tAs western Aergsaa I'LL le-Sl -
. hat Ne Aase sa<rsesy na>gs gAAa fs&r ASs.r>
/ 's ;xsGas~sesr ~asAaa; GssiSsAt-
| Ea fAvarsAy Impressed Nth tAs 7<~srse.
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sss tassf ssssS- sSrrsss. se@1szs> re4ress>
( ans ;Aelr asrrssRS aseassss eta1 cat O. the
( Fr'sssss exposed - the ~sssSer. Owes Axr~
/ sessc3 SaSs sAssr Wagons sxzs IS Aarss~.
Carts ~sssai a ssrxH & S-a= ssczs ;eesa.
4 Tecss are The rsx'sss- Red rlvsr csres ard
an e sSzss rssr2sacsa-sA Garage hesr~es
/ ssAass xsses. o. i &As2- el1y fAeas sars