St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-13
South Sf;.f,coter

South Stitf,cater.
On Monday evening the GLOBE representa-
tive took hurried trip through South Still
water, and thought he would give a short
sketch of some of the things he saw there,
and how the town looked. In the first place
he got there by the aid of the iron horse and
OF shanks horses, the latter mode of locomo-
ton not being very pleasant, owing to the
heavy sandy roads He came into the town
by the road from the junction, and the first
places that attracted his attention were the
two cemeteries. We first entered the
r. CATHOLIC CEMETERY
which is considerably occupied In this we saw
many fine monuments, and several of the
plats are carefully attended, but we regret
that the beautiful home for the loved ones
that are gone has not more care taken of it.
1t would be only small trfe to the many
who own plats here to put it in the very best
shape, and some of those whose names are re-
corded have friends who are amply able to
have it done. The cemetery is on rising
knoll, and its surf oundings are lovely, hay
ing an undulating, we had almost said
billy surrounding, with sufficiency of trees
III UuC DdChSlOuuu w uldhC IL COuiDlcGe. we
also see that several of those who served
their country well during the late war sleep
here, and they are not forgotten by their com
rades of Muller Post No. 1, as many of the
stars and stripes placed there on the 30th day
of last May still wave over the honored dead.
This is a beautiful spot and should be taken
care of. Who will take the lead?
PAUPER CEMETERY.
A1thnurb fba cam ntarv in, m nd of
south of the Catholic one goes by this name,
it does not follow by any means that it is ex-
clusively used for the interment of paupers,
as there are several fine headstones and
! monuments marking the resting places of
the sleepers beneath. In this small enclos-
ure we also see that those who creditably
wore the blue, and passed through the
turmoil of war, are peacefully resting, whilst
their memories are held green in the breasts
of their former comrades in arms.
But we hurry on. The scenery from the
| junction to South Saltwater is freely diversi-
| fed by hill and dale, and we cross pleas
ant little brook which euticed Mr.. A. Secrest,
over thirty years ago, to take up block here
and erect mill He is the pioneer of the
| town. For many years the mill ground bus
| lily, but of late years the wheel is at rest, al
though the machinery is intact. Directly
west of the town we find a considerable
amount Of shade trees, and peeping out
through them we find number of handsome
residences; indeed, the first built and most
attractive portion of the town is that which is
in the western portion, as the other portions
are totally void of trees.
AS soon as we come down from the wooded
portion, we see stretching before US the town
| L.
with slightly elevated plateaus and which
would make an excellent location for CITY,
At this point the city of Saltwater should
have been built. True, we might not have
had as fine scenery as we have, but we would
have had city where we would have been
able to get around without ALWAYS having to
go up or down hill. Not many of the streets
are yet graded, but we see they are taking it
in hand, and soon it will be well laid out.
Quite number of buildings have gone up of
late, but the most noticeable is the
| SCHOOL HOUSE.
They are making very imposing struc-
! ture,of this. They have more than doubled
the extent of the old building, extending it
northward, making double porch entrance,
handsome cupola, and modern roof. 1t
will contain four large rooms, besides cloak
and other smaller rooms. This is an excel
lent sign, as wherever we see the matter of
education attended to, we may Away ex-
pect to find an enlightened people, and from
the few we met we see they are up to the
! times.
But we must defer any further notice to-
day, and in the next issue will try and give
| a few things that came under our notice
/ more particularly, such as the st. Croix
! Com pany's store, the foundry, the sash and
door factory, etc. There is one thing how
! ever, that we desire to mention, and it is
/ something that we are surprised that the poo
| pie of south Saltwater have endured, and
that is the utter disregard Of the railway com
paDies in furnishing any accommodations
| whatever for the convenience Of the travel
! ing public. They have not even platform
to get on the cars, but parties have to climb
| in the best way they can. The roadbed is
high and thereby the difficulty is increased.
We have no doubt that the rnillionaires here
would present the lumber if the railroad com
panies would only make small platform.
The travel TO and from this point is consid-
cradle, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway as well as the Omaha road is in
terested The people should get up petit
ton and see what that would do. But let
them agitatc and it would be done. AS we
expect to have to get off and on the trains
here often, we will do what we can to have a
change. 1t is disgraccful now aud cannot
be any worse. We intend visiting the differ
ent mills and other parts Of the town, and
will give our readers the benefit Of our pere-
| CARNATIONS.