Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-01-29
More From the s'Snnny South,
New ORLEANS, Jan. 20. 1888.

~hf1i>b.Dte puptF THIS Is
1.-THE Sunny South, .Summer Land in
Winter" "The Land OF the Orange
and the Banana, &c.
You have seen those highly colored
autographs which are being circulated
throughout the Northwest by the /. &.
k. K. Co., those seductive views
which have lured so many Northerners
southwark. Your correspondent hay
ing looked with longing eyes upon the
views aforesaid, could not stand the
pressure, so came south. and COMING
south, what did see? | remarked at
the start that the entire route from
Galena to New Orleans is almost devoid
of interest
AT Cairo i found my friend j. WILDER
Dodge formerly of Lancaster. now in
the employ of the l. C. r. r. Co. at the
former place. Crossing the Ohio at
that point on Wednesday we ran rapidly
through portions of Kentucky, Ten
nessee' Mississippi, passing the day
pleasantly tho the day itself was any
thing but pleasant, the rain pouring
down steadily all day.
Inc sleeper was pretty well filled
with jolly crowd of tourists, and we
soon became acquainted. One of nv
opponents in game of whist was Mr..
+. ). Bryant, of Princeton, Ill.,, brother
OF the late William Cullen Bryant.
My impressions of the South can not
be general, of course, seeing the coun-
try only on one line of railroad. but
what have seen makes me think
Grant county is garden spot, and
Lancaster paradise in comparison.
There is evidence of lack of thrift
everywhere along the route, both in
/ town and country.
The farm-houses are low and souattv.
even the best of them, and the
greater part are mere shanties, with
occupants to match.
was disappointed in one thing:
Leaving the snow line at La Sale, Ills.
thought we should find green grass
when we reached Tennessee. or Missis.
sippi certainly, but we saw none till
we were nearly to New Orleans, and
even here the grass is only about an
inch high. l had been told that Jan.
nary in New Orleans was like June in
Wisconsin. | will give you some facts
in regard to the weather here, and you
can judge for yourself
Thursday noon, January Is, the
mercury stood Mt $40 in the shade
Friday night cold wave from the
north struck the city and the next morn
ing the ice in the cutters was nearly a
quarter of ar inch thick and we norther.
ners were shivering round all day in
fur caps aud overcoats. 1t has moder.
ated some since, but we dress warml,
as at home.
Oh no boys, don't come south vet
| Ii you care for the Mardi Gras
come about February 10, or escape tht
big crowd and reach here about the
/ goth. You will be early enough
In regard to the Exposition, many Of
the exhibits are still incomplete both in
the Government buildings and in other
departments, but marvellous changes
are being wrought each day and Feb.
ruary Is will ] think see everything il
complete order. The Art Gallery is moi
yet open to visitors, and will not open
before February 5. and yet there are
exhibits enough now in the Main and
Government buildings in perfect order
to feast ones eyes upon for weeks.
magnificent showing is made by the
western and northern States and Terri
tories, particularly California, Kansas
| Nebraska and Dakota
The c., NJ. & st. z. r. II. Co. paid
| 100000 to have erected upon their
space in the Government Building a
Depot or Pavilion in which to display
fruits, vegetables and grains grown in
| Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
| Dakota, on the line of their road and
/ the result was the most artistic grain
pavilion shown in the Exposition. The
whole building, roof, sides, pillars.
supports. everything is matched or
covered with all kinds of grains just as
they came from the fields. Besides the
pavilion, mounted upon a raised plat
form is a train of the c., NJ & st. F. r.
r., consisting of engine, baggage and
passenger cars also made entirely of
grain. Nothing but a photo on the
spot" can give correct idea of either
depot or train. This work attracted
much attention from the first and
stirred up Kansas. Nebraska and Da-
kota, to follow suit with some similar
f, work in grain and grasses. am
| prouder than ever of the Northwest,
and it does me good to have it said
There's where the push is. y
The Wisconsin exhibit is far superior
to that in Philadelphia in &c. The c.,
NJ. & st. Z. and the G. & n. w. II. r..
Co.'s are giving the Wisconsin sum-
mer resorts some free advertising with
their SO magnificent views of the Dells,
Devils Lake, Waukesha, Green Lake,
Lake Geneva, sc.
The Lancaster Wooden Mills ought to
be represented here. The following
mills have goods on exhibition and
make a good showing: Racine, She
hoygan Falls, Beaver Dam and Jeffer-
son.
Commissioner Holden is very pleas
gentleman. Introducing yourself, you
have simply to state that you are from
Wisconsin, to receive hearty welcome.
Unfortunately the Exposition is not
paying. There is no crowd here. and
will not be before the middle of Feb
ruary. They were entirely too pre-
vious with the opening. Had it been
postponed a month, think the EXPOSE
ton would have been a success from
the start
The Cincinnati Band was engaged
for the season, and was to be paid