Daily globe., 1883-08-26
Enchantment to right Of them,
Enchantment to left of them,
Enchantmenti in front of them,
And the Old World wondered,


Enchantment to left of them,
Enchantment in front of them,
And the Old World wondered.
The strangers expressed their wonder
and amazement at what they saw. The
city, they said, not only showed enter
prise and rapid advancement (seyeral had
BEEN in st. Paul beforel, but
signs OF solidity and substantial pros perity
quite foreign to most new cities. Our
business houses we're unanimously declared
magnificent, and several stating that they
never entered : finer businesses palace than
Manufacturers, on Third street. In the
course of showing the city, the GLOBE man
picked up the following facts concerning
the excursion. The party left Montreal
Tuesday, Aug. 20, a. ~, by the Grand
Trunk, to Toronto, thence by the
Credit Valley, Canadian Southern, and
Michigan Central to Chicago,
passing over the Milwaukee, st. Paul &
Minneapolis road TO st. Paul and from st.
Paul to MInnetonka by the Manitoba
line, arriving at Hotel Lafayette at 9:10 P.
m. Friday making the whole trip from
Montreal to Minnetonka in one day and
twenty-five hours after being delayed two
hours on the road and making a consider
able stay in Chicago. The quickest time
made, the GLOBE was informed, was on
the Credit Valley road when forty five
miles were traversed in forty mine minutes.
The party dined at Hotel Lafayette Friday
night. Yesterday morning they visited
Minneapolis and her grand array sf mills;
from thence they went to Mr.. Hills farm
and inspected his herd of imported cattle
and then came on to St. Paul, arriving
about II o'clock, when the GLOBE took them
as already stated, under its guidance.
Asked what he thought of Minnetonka.
Lieut. Governor Bobitaille, of Quebec, said
it was all that can be desired as delightful
resting place both as regards scenery and
comfort. Nothing can exceed the delight
full purity and invigorating qualities of
Minnetonka, he said, and as for the Hotel
Lafayette he considered it perfection.
There were those, however, of the party
who said that Minnetonka had discovered
the secret of all fashionable watering
places-the secret of charging. This was
the case especially with the boatman. One
of the guests being surprised at the de-
mand made for a boat asked what would
be the price of the boat; just about the
same as the hire, was the reply. The in
| dustries of St. Anthony were spoken of by
all in the highest terms of praise, their
wonder being immensely excited by the
Pillsbury mill.
J.B. Hamilton, Esq, of the London stock
exchange and farmer of Essex, England,
was astonished at all he saw, but having
his attention called especially to our
wholesale business houses, he quietly said,
| ''Oh, well, when you have seen one Ameri-
can business house you have seen all-these
are only repetitions of New York and
| Chicago. The Americans build astonish-
ing business edifces. Lords Latham,
Castleton and Elphinstone expressed
themselves as highly pleased and very
much surprised at the rapid strides the
two cities had made the last few years
They were not asked their opinion upon
the Irish question" "Mr. Gladstone's
policy" "The anti-pigeon shooting bill,''
Deceased wife's sister bill," and the thou
sand and one questions of British interest
just because the GLOBE and the GLOBE
readers already know them, and it would
be hard to find person with ordinary in.
telligence who could not anticipate the
opinion of any tory lord upon these ques-
tions if he did not already know them
What the GLOBE wanted was to get the
opinion of the distinguished strangers OF
our immediate surroundings. Professor
Simpson, of Glasgow university, a scientis
of acknowledged standing, and the GLoB
scientist had long interview, in whicl
the foreign scientist questioned the hom
scientist closely upon the nature of tn
| soil along the Canadian Pacific railroad