St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-15
Ratification at Fergu. Falls,
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To the Editor OF the Globe:

10 tue EultOr OF tnc GiOce.
FERGUS FALLS. Minn., Nov. 13.-I came
here night before last to speak to a ratifca-
ton meeting last evening. 1t was one Of
the most complete affairs Of the kind ever
enjoyed anywhere, and passed OF without an
interrupting incident After the out-of-door
services were through, the speaking which
was participated in by H. E. Rawson, ESQ.,,
of this city, S. Fl. r. Day, Esq, of Pelican
Rapids, and myself, as select a gathering Of
ladies and gentlemen as ever surrounded a
festive board sat down to a repast which
equaled in variety and abundance the sheet
full which was let down from heaven (as we
read) to Elijah. The difference between our
fate and that of the prophet Elijah was that
Col. O'Brien gave US the victuais cooked and
allowed the joyous crowd to wash them down
with ''pink champagne" The scene vas so
sincerely jubiIant that almost wished the
ante-Murphy days back again until morning
''did appear" and thought almost regret
fully of the bacehanals OF boyhoOd when it
was sung to the merry jingle Of glasses:
Zen Charons self would make him merry
While floating DER the stygian ferry
So he but float on wine.
will take the last sentence back. The
sounds OF ''revelry might" awaken no re-
spOnses Of hilarity Ia me. After
the banquet the ''decks were sandedn
and the dance went on till
Ter psichore muse of the ''many twinkling
feet'' slipped her shoes and went to bed with
nobody looking on but Aurora, ''fair daughter
Of the dawn The men we're too profoun dly
aud gratefully joyous to interrupt the harmo-
nious hilarity OF the occasion by the slightest
In ~.
cations either seen or heard that Fergus Falls
is mol ''St. John" city was in the doleful
refrain Of belated Republican who sang to
the ''softly melancholy morn" under my
window, what he evidently misunderstood
but meant TO be the beautiful hymn of Mrs
Hemsns, 'Leaves have their time TO fall. -
You will infer the mental condition of this
benighted and Blaineless wight when ! give
YOU all j can recall OF the mournful ditty:
Leaves have their time to fall and so have /.
The reason is because the leaves are dry;
The difference between the leaves and me
Is, fall more harder and more frequently.
Seriously have never more thoroughly
enjoyed myself than yesterday and last night
The beautiful city had on its complete re-
gala. The0 hospitable Democrats took Mrs.
Brisbin and myself to every attractive point
within and environing the town. They have
a complete system of water and gas works !;
the streets well paved with 8 composite found
here which indurates lie cement A hotel,
'The Grand" which is not surpassed either
in size, substance or equipments, outside Of
I had almost said anywhere. all the require
ments Of a city of $4,000 population are
here, not omiting two bright and admirably
conducted daily newspapers
The future have hinted for this city is no
-
ent fact. How can il be otherwisel The
Red river here lapses over rapids for three
miles. The volume of water is perennislly
constant-never too scant nor too hush-the
power is certainly nowhere surpassed in this
state and appears practically almost exhaust
less. The city is skrted on the south by an
immense belt of hard timber, which, at q dis
lance OF sixty miles, Is ianked by hmitless
pine forests bordering the Red river, waiting
only for the axe Of the pioneer to be trans
formed and transfgured into the structures
of men. Added to al these peculiar advan-
tages il shares in common with other local
tiles the boundless and abounding Savanuahs
which are already pouring their golden ber-
ries into its mtll-hoppers, which are even now
struggling for rivalry with Minneapolis in
.'fouring'' the world
But an struggling into s'correspon-
denee." You must not infer that my Demo
cratic enthusiasm has got possession of all
my senses and colored everything like the
rose" These are facts, not fancies. / have
accepted since here an invitation to partici-
pate in a jubilee at Crookston tomorrow
(Friday) evening and shall be detained from
home until Saturday. Verify.
ssThe year OF jubilee has come
Return ye ransom'd sin ners home"
Yours truly, ]. B. BRIsBrS.
P. S.-I have omitted to write that the
eclat OF the occasion was heightened by the
fact that We spoke under q veritable hattie
flag OF the Tilden and Hendricks campaign n
OF 1876, carried at South Bend, Ind, ~
James X. O'Brien and John Hay, now Of this
citT.