Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-08

poor to buy. The scale of prices
were adapted to all purses. From
one counter twenty-five articles could
be had for one cent. The happy
father of two dozen children could
provide them all with a present with
the same penny. Between the two
stores were run free busses, herdics,
cabs, etc., one leaving every minute.
But the next day after-Christmas the
army of 1900 clerks had disappeared,
the busses had ceased to run, the
streamers and banners were gone
and the windows were darkened. It
may be that the firm fulfilled their
promise and shoveled all that was
left into the furnaces.
Your correspondent has just re-
turned from flying trip to Dakota,
and if the readers of the MONITOR
have caught the "Dakota fever"
they may be interested to know what
| think of that enchanted land. In
general, | may reply in the words of
a message l bore to another. On
my way out landlord of an Iowa
hotel gave me postal card and ask
ed me to send him word, what |
thought about his going there. He
was nearly sixty years of age, with
comfortable income, but the 'sDakota
fever had laid it's hold upon him.
l stated his case to my brother-in-.
law, who had been nearly three years.
an old resident-in Dakota, and ask
ed him what I should write to the
landlord. In quite terse if not ele-
giant language he said: ''Tell the
old fool to stay where he isl That
of course was intended to apply to
the case of an old man. who had a
good income where he was. Dakota
certainly has her hardships and in
conveniences, but she also has her
charms. A beautiful country, good
soil, delightful atmosphere, plenty of
water, and will soon have the best of
railroad facilities.
Sioux Falls, in the same latitude
as Rutland, Vermont, is as fine city
of 5000 inhabitants as | ever saw.
About fifteen miles from the south
western corner of Minnesota, on the
Big Sioux river, with water power
ample for most extensive milling
purposes, the natural market for an
| immense territory, destined to be-
come a railroad center of considera-
BILE Importance. Sioux Falls is a
most promising town. Eleven years
ago occupied only as military post
and by a few Indians six years ago
without foot of sidewalk, and with
only eight hundred population two
years ago with twenty-three hundred
inhabitants, her present appearance
must be a surprise to all visitors.
The "Queen Bee MILL" is seven
stories high, and has a capacity fol-
1900 barrels of flour per day. The
mill is built of stone from the Sioux
Falls quarry, a redish gray stone OF
superior quality. The water power
is the best in the territory and must be
to Dakota what Minneapolis is tc
Minnesota.
The face of the land is gently
rolling prairie, and void of the gray
ish appearance of Kansas as instead
of the Buffalo grass of Kansas ant
Nebraska, it is clothed with fine
tall grass, providing ample hay ever
on the upland. 1t is remarkabl,
Tree from slOughS.
Good crops were general this las
year. Corn, wheat, oats, flax, pc
tatoes-all do well, as also all kinds
of vegetables.
Comforts and luxuries must b,
yielded up in going into any new
country, Dakota is not excepted t.
the rule, to live in sod house ant
burn hay for fuel is not according t
the prevailing idea of affiuence
But only those who have nothing t
start with are obliged to do that. ]
requires money to start comfortable
in Dakota. Everything has to b
secured-the house to live in, tn
, team and shelter for it, tools, stock
etc., etc. But when the start is ono
, made, the comforts and privilege
soon follow. Dakota is destlne
soon to become great and wealth
state. w. II. HOLMES.