St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-12

| tary, and heard his Yentriloquous voice, |
thought his ancestor might have been smit-
ten by the prophet that lived by the river.
Some one called the concern an itinerant
tailoring establishment, but I have seen too
many tailors whipping the cat'' from
house to house in my day, not to know bet
ter than that.
reached the union depot just in time,
and was soon enjoying the scenery between
st. Paul and Chicago. l caught a glimpse
OF the fish hatchery, and saw several cows in
meadow, and looked very hard for Pigs
Eye, but couldn't see it, and concluded it
was closed. Remembering what you said
about Newport News, intended to get off at
that station, and visit the hospitable home of
| William the Fowler, and learn all about the
dairy business, but passenger advised me
to go to Virginia if 1 wanted to find Newport
News. Was he chatting me! Another spoke
of a Newport somewhere on the coast of
New England. think he said it was on an
island, but 1 shall not go to see; at least
until the probabilities" are exceedingly
| favorable.
think you spoke of Richmond, but fear
there may be too many Richmonds in the
field. l here remark, e,nTente calaD,o, and
with the cars running, also, that about Lang
don, and, in fact, all along down. the farm
ers are all at work. They will persist in SOW
ing wheat.
Being somewhat uncertain as to my in
structions, and not wishing to be at sea, l
left the east-bound train at Hastings, with
out quite finishing my imperial and palatlal
! dinner. There learned that this fine city,
| founded on a rock, was not named for War
rem Hastings, who governed or mis-governed
India.
''When the loud cry of trampled Hindostan
Arose to heaven in her appeal from man,
but for our honored fellow citizen General
Sibley, much better man, certainly. had
no time to learn anything else here, for l
took the first train up the shore of the beauti-
full Lake st. Croix. Talk about Geneva and
Como, you who have seen them. l have seen
our own Como, but comparisons so near
home might be lnvidious.
saw no Danes in Denmark, and saw no
point at Point Douglas, nor at Point Pres
colt, which I looked at across the lake. The
village of Prescott is pretty enough only l
failed to see the point. AS want to make
as many points as possible, 1 mention here,
though a little in advance, that the chief
glory of Kittson's Point, near Saltwater, is
| its name, and the historicrl associations con-
nected with it.
saw hundreds of wild geese on the ice
leand in the waters of Lake St. Croix, near
F'the Kinnikinnick. Kinnlkinnick is just
lovely; you can put that in your pipe and
smoke it. 1t reminds me of Port Tobacco.
Alton is very quiet place, and has fine
academy, said to be the oldest in Minnesota
One might compare this venerable institu-
ton Of learning to William and Mary's col
lege, the Oldest in Virginia, and the oldest in
the United States, l think, except Harvard
William and Mary's college is nearly two
centuries old, and has one or two students.
Alton has none.
And here We cross Bolles' creek, the gently
flowing Alton water, where, ere long, the
brown thrush will sing. and the speckled
trout will rise and welcome the careless
grasshopper with open mouth.
And now let us pause, for we are on the
site of the ancient city of st. Mary. Once
promising city, with fine streets and squares
actually on paper; now more utterly gone
than Balbec orPalmyra. One might exclam
here, as Volney did among the broken mar
bles of the latter city,
'Hail, We solitary ruins, We sacred tombs,
and silent walls!' But, alas there are no
ruins here, nor any tombs Few ever lived
here, and none died here. 1t is dead city,
but not city of the dead.
''The spider has wove his web In the i'm
perial palace; and the owl hath sung her
watch song on the towers Of Afrasab"
These beautiful lines of a great Persian
poet are very appropriate, but they are not
appropriate here. Yet, even here the vagrant
dog sometimes wanders, and the lone whip
poorwill builds her inimitable nest
shall not try to give you the famous
legend of Catfish bar, for 1 never could I'M
derstand it.
locked long and longingly at the inter
esting city of Hudson, for have spent many
pleasant hour there. Hudson is fast /
know, and so are her beautiful oak clad
hills. You ought TO see them in their rich
autumnal colors.
believe you known that Hold Taylor left
left Marseilles ''broiling in the sun" as usual
some time ago.
There is an ice bridge, very nice bridge,
for the accommodation of the winter travel
between Lakeland and Hudson, and during
the summer season Commodore Barney's
cleSduG pdSSGuScT bGedHcTS make uOurly
and even daily trips. The ''Commodore' is
very popular. 1t goes without saying that he
reads THE DAILY GLOBE.
Now for Baytown. This town is decidedly
horsey, as / know to my cost. saw very
fine bay horse here, and was saunteriug
along the shore and looking over my right
shoulder for sea horse, when, as Ill luck
would have it, l stumbled and fell headlong
over a rickety old racking saw horse that
some wood thief or would be thief had
abandoned and here 1 am and here I am
like to be.
Send me some money or a check, as soon
as possible. / wish you had checked me
sooner, or I had checked myself through
this unfortunate town as baggage or some
thing.
did not intend to do Saltwater till I get
my hand in, and did not suppose would
get my foot in so soon. However. the Soule
settlement in Grant township is the sole set
Element l have not visited or incurred
after.
If you do not hear from me again in six
months youth know the reason.
Now mark me one, but don't mark twain,
The other Mark would be but vain;
His fun is often too far-fetched,
His humor too long drawn and stretched
Yet If l draw as well as he,
still may hope for Clemens-y.
The London Arrests Yesterday.
Daly's first name is John. He is an Amer
lean, was well dressed in tourist suit, and
wore diamond ring. He is a short thick
set man, about 35 years of age, with a black
mOusfache When seized he strrICpIed IN ea-