Griggs County courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1885, 1885-03-06
From New Orleans.

owing to water transportation IL is re- 1
Jailed at ST per ton less than the price t
Of Alabama coal. The water supply of
the city 1--WE have sampled it) is from
the Mississippi. although each dwelling
has it's cistern of rain water for drink
ing. Boston ice is sold at one cent per
pound. while the manufactured article
can be had cheaper. The dwellings are
all frame-wood. holding less of the eter-
nal dampness than brick and mortar.
The pillared Greek style of architecture
gives the buildings an air of tomblike
GOODNESS. The pavements are peculiar
to this city. each block having a surface
of about two square feet. How horses
can keep their footing in slippery
weather seems conundrum, until it is
noliced that there are no heavy draft
horses here. but a light breed peculiarly
calculated to take care of themselves.
Property is very cheap-eNcept in the
business center, hardly higher than in
Fargo. This is explained 10y a citizen,
''because, sab. we are so cussed poor,
sab. since the wah, sah." But little
enterpris. or improvement are apparent.
There seems to be decaydence rather
than vigorous growth.
The races run each day of the week,
Sundays not excepted, are for small pur-
ses, and attract but little attention. al
though the stock is from the best of the
Blue Grass stables.
The great exllibi. of trotting and ilriv-
ing stock at the exposition is made by
w. w. Adams, of Kentucky, while NJ.
W. Dunham,o OF Illinois, monopolizes the
display of heavy Percheron and N or
man horses, some of his stations weigh
ing over a ton. These gentlemen have
no opposition in their respective lines,
and the exhibit, for world s fair, is not
remarkable.
The display of porkers is such as to
demonstrate that hog is king and barley
is the prime minister. A huge building
IA very temple of swinish Sleep is made
melodious by the snorss and grunts of
Berksllres. Poland-China, Yorkshires,
and Jersey Reds, in which the bone has
been bred ont, leaving the animals solid
meats, with hardly frame enough to
stand alone. 1t is noticeable that the
swine are from Ontario, Missouri, Iowa,
Pennsylvania. and Illinois, while Dako-
ia, the finest hog producing county in
the world, is left unrepresented.
AS to sheep, Vermont, with it's mag
nihcent Spanish merinos, is in the van,
the sheep blanketed like race horses.
and nursed like millionaires' daughters.
The exhibits Of Dakota and Florida.
which are typical of the North and
South. attract more attention, and elicit
more favorable comment than those Of
anv other sections. The wheat display
of Dakota is nnapproachable; the fruit
display Of Florida is unequaled, even by
California. Mr. j. F. Wallace, of Bis.
marck, and Major Fleming, of Fargo.
are always to be found in the Dakota
department. glad to see their old friends
and not averse to making old friends of
new ones.
The Russian fur exhibit, while not
extensive asat the Centennial, is fine
and of particular interest to our fur
bearing people. Expensive furs, closely
resembling Russian sable, We find to be
deer skin.
Doc. b. has peculiar way Of address
ing every foreigner familiarly as Turk
Rush. Mex, according to his nationality
Such intimacy on short acquaintance
occasionally paralyzes the victim. One
; Arab, dealing in Oriental goods, ex-
planned to us that his name was not
| ..Old Turk and that he was an Arat
from Bethlelam, wherenpon the pool
wretch was formally introduced to al
the party as Mr.. l3ethleham, from Ara
bia, IN spite of his frantic appeals fol
Justice. Bethlehem insisted upon oul
buying his alleged olive wood paper
, weights, all marked Jerusalem, and gen.
e:ally called Jerusalem wood his strings
of sea beans and shell boxes. We po
, litely explained to him that we should
be delighted to own a few dozen of his
paper weights. and some of his wan
, pun. but as there were several things
we wanted, it would be better for us
first. before leaving, to take basket
, and gather them all up at one trip
whereupon the grinning Mohommed
, volunteered to sell us a basket.
EVERYTHING which is viewed by ou1
party. as we are determined to be pleas
ed, is voted pretty slick.'' We looked
through a huge telescope and saw the