Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-02-01
An Indiana Letter.
B1CKNELL, IND. Jan. 'l9.

B1cKNELL, IND, Jan. 19.
EDITOR COURIER :-Win you please
allow me short space in your worthy
columns for brief article in which i
desire to give an account of my trip
flom Cooperstown-the land of No. /
Hard-to Southern Indiana, the land of
corn aud hard cider.
Leaving Cooperstown November 2lst,
with bright hopes'o of a long rest and a
pleasant visit upon the charity and hos
pitality of many near relatives. and
some that is not so near only by circunl-
stances. who are equally hospital, and
generous friends that have been sepa-
rated from each other for nearly twen-
ty years. and many who, like myself,
have to some extent turned gray during
our long absence from each other.
would say right here that the coveted
trip has thus far well repaid me, not
withstanding the long and tedious wind
ings, for while resting upon happy an
ticipations and bright hopes we can SO
easily overcome the rough wears and
turmoils upon our pathway.
The night trip to St. Paul from San
born was pleasant but sleepless. Arriv-
ing at st. Paul at 6 a. m. I learned that
no train would leave OH the route which
l desired taking until 2:30 p. M, allow
ing the writer few hours of recreation
to ''bum" around and take in some of
the wonders Of that bustling city. l
soon observed that it was largely a whole
sale city, and no great demonstration
on the streets with cutters and sleighs
as is so frequently seen in a more retail
city or town. The absence of all this
you know, would have a tendency to
create desire to migrate as soon as the
time appointed. Leaving St. Paul at
.2::330 p. m. I passed through the famous
and booming city of Minneapolis, and
reaching distance of about ten miles
we encountered q wrecked cattle train
| with one carload of rare beef steak jam
med too close to turn over, and the many
axe-men busy trying to relieve the suf-
ferings Of the poor. unfortunate animals.
| Within two hours the south-bound pas
senger was permitted to roll OH un-
molested, reaching Albert Lea at too
late an hour to make connections, was
delayed until l2 o'clock, at which time
the weary passengers were permitted to
resume the journey, reaching Des Moines
.1f a n5o1<,nl tho
arriving was escorted to my old board
ing house, where l spent much of my
time while in Des Moines. l wish to
say right here that the city of Des
Moines has outstripped every conceiv-
able imagination of the writer, who
was from 1864 until 1881 a continual
resident of that city, adding to her i'm
provements, her fine residences and
large and magnificent blocks, from three
to six stories high: her fine streets and
her general beauty.
| have observed that Dakota has made
quite drain upon Iowa, leaving Iowa
by train loads, mostly for North Dakota.
/ have enlisted many who if they hold
out until spring in their migrative
schemes will coloniZe several sections at
least.
The question is frequently asked by
those who live in a warmer cline, ''How
can YOU live in country where mercury
visits 40o below zero so frequently"
The question is easily answered. The
dry atmosphere of Dakota will effect the
mercury, when at the same time does
not effect the human system to that ex-
tent as the damp atmosphere does. at
Chicago, st. Louis, or other points in a
more central cline. The writer expects
to spend hundred years-more or less
in the healthful cline and gentle
zephyrs OF the No. Hard wheat coun-
try of North Dakota, and would suggest |
a personal experimental test that would
settle all doubts and fears.
C. C. PHILLIPPEE
The train pulled into Cooperstown
on time to-day.
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