Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-07-02
MINNEAPOLIS Letter.
EDITOR CLARION -

EDITOR CLARION -
Now that most of the colleges in the Unit.
ed States and Minnesota have had their
commcnccmcnts. and you have had i week
rest after reading and mentally rrllirlslnG
the inspirat IONS of the valcdictorian, we come
to the front and ask You 20 listen To us tor a
short time. We had intended sizing ny
the Young man with the long black coat, and
the large bouquet that got fast to the he"ll-
uful voung creature in white, who III their
turn will bc called upon 20 handle the rcins
Of government, and make strawberry short
cake For fear We may do more harm than
good we won't "siAc' them TIL next year,
and instead. urge them onward ANA advise
them to look upward for they may get
summers living from the trees overhead.
The past week Minneapolis and st, Paul
Ga village y miles down the river have been
visited hv very chanscablc weather. 1t was
the ragged edge If cyclone thst passed
over the state OF Iowa, we presume, that
made the weather SO changrablc, The f."
tourists now N the city and at the Lakes.
carry an ovrrcoat on one arm and lIncn
du-t,r on the other The hotel proprietors
and steamboat captains can be seen with
their heads together talking III suhdlrd
tones and making gestures ike crazy pr"'
ole. Now and then You can catch The
words "wacvv crave, tan.dt, "Fiitr"n
thousand" AID kindred expressions that
would rive careless observer the imprcs-
sion that they contemplated suicide, cl"pc-
mrnt, or possibly that they were insane
Would that they were to such an extent
that their Conscicnc,s would get the upper
hand of thc'r greed, /! only tor one Gay, a''l
then mavhc Il poor man could yet within ID
miles of a nice cool place 10 spend n DAY
4 mt Lao, ~ cod
condition of the Thermometer would con
vince YOU oflhrir sanity. They know every
lane must have Il turn. and the later the sea
son opens the oficncr they must get their
heads together and scheme their way out.
Minnchalla Falls, two miles south Of the
city is the great one day resort, for visitors,
and sunday sightsccrs. Minnchaha las two
good hotels two parks and picnic grounI
u blind pig and Il place to drop your sill
vcr cases in a game of stud poker. Such IS
MiunclN,ln the place Longtcllow wrote
about. Here is laid the scene Of the incest
luvcstorv ever written. Somewhere within
hearing distance of these beautiful falls lla-
wa,ha brought on his manly back II red
deer he reward OF his skill, AMI threw II at
the feet oi Laughing Water, Il token Of his
honest love and II material evidence thai he
could ablndanlly provide for her, and she
,traightway arose and gave herself into his
keeping. Can we believe this touching
scene occurred here. How changed the
scene. To-day . biz sawed oil dutchman
drives up and unioals 20 kegs OF beer on the
same spot maybe, that llawhtha threw the
deer. Four hundred lIawatlias, and six
hundred Laughing Waters will pledge their
undvinp love in Is schooncrs of beer and
st.aiyhtWaV they VIII arise.
The millcrs of this city according to their
annual custom, boarded II train Saturday
morning and vent to Mnnelonka Beach to
have a big picnic. OF course they took theii.
wives, their sisters, their cousins and their
aunts We won't say positively that they
took their mother in laws, but they did take
something almost rs !ad-bccr Your read
cls may be shocked at this, but facts are
stubborn things, and the truth is not to he
handled carclcssy. You would naturally
expect great deal Of disorder and divers
sundry numerous drunken people, but you
must let up on that. How it is done can
only be known by years of constant practice
Tor may he it is hereditary nevertheless We
wi venture to say that few people can sur.
round more beer than Mnneapolitans and
still preserve their dignity. The miIlrrs arc
q sect somewhat similar TO the Seventh Day
Communists who believe there should he
seven days rest every week, although they
do not entertain the same belief regarding
the approaching end OF the world. When
these melancholy millers arrived at the
Beach, they separated into squads. Some
took the steamer Belle and went out on the
lake to look for an easy place To drown
themselves, while Others instituted such
hazardous games as climbing Il creased
pig and chasing CREASED pole
One division went to the reckless extreme of
tackling some teg beer in the pavilion
Considering all these things and also the
rays Oft hot sun, they were lucky, as no
casualties were reported other than the sud-
den and cruel extinction ola young man in
patent leather shoes and n rcd nccktic, who
went too near Il chuck luck game at Excel
sior u village near the Beach which is noted
for its excessive indulgcnces in vanitics and
secular vcXatons generally. The millcrs
returned about II Z. NJ. mach crushed in
appearances and pockctbooks but still able
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