Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-01-27
FROM NATIONAL OITY, CAL.

MOWER C0unr1 TRANson1rr: a Hap
py New Year to you. and III our old
friends In Mower county. See BY the
papers that you are having a very fine
winter in Minnesota. Am very glad to
hear it, and hope it may continue 80.
But expect you will have some serious
weather before this reaches you. If my
memory serves me right, 1t gets right
down to business shortly after Christmas
or New Years. We are having a very
pleasant winter here so far. On New
Years dav we had fresh strawberries
right from the vines, green peas, fresh
tomatoes, and a huge slice of water
melon for a change, On New Years
night; we had quite freeze for this
country. Ice formed about / of an inch
thick, but the sun soon made that cit,
and for about three nights ice formed in
the pals set out of doors, but it is all
passed, and the cold weather is over for
US, the old 30 settler says
have been around the country some
since last wrote. find there is quite
a large amount of grain being put in,
mostly barley for feed, still quite lot
of wheat is being put in. The grain
sown is all looking we'll and shows
already in many places quite fine stand.
The country is being rapidly settled
up, and it is expected there will be a
heavy immigration to this country the
coming season. Already quite large
tracts of land have been sold to actual
settlers, and new homes are being started
every day. New business houses are be-
ing started in our city. and it now looks
as if the long expected boom was about
to- reach US.
Last Sunday, in company with Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. L. Theme, from Preston,
Mimi, Mr.. F. Condo of Udolpho, Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hancock of National. we
took trip to the SW corner of the
| U. S., and down into Mexico, to the
Point Of Rocks, in search of shells, sea
moss, and also for tramp along the
finest beach in the country. The day
was fine, and we had pleasant time,
and enjoyed our basket picnic as we'll
down in Mexico as ever we did in Min
nesota in the pleasant summers you have
there. We staid around the rocks until
about p. m, and then returned home,
we'll satisfied with our trip. Should say
that we were also accompanied by Miss
Patterson and Mr.. Asa Vaughan. II
would not do to forget them.
Mr.. Erwin Riker arrived here on the
4th inst, after an absence of nearly
months. He reports all we'll in the old
home Mr.. Theme and Mr.. Condo left
here for their old homes in Minnesota
last Friday night. They are we'll pleased
with the country and this place. They
will return here at an early day, some
of them having already secured lands
here. Mr.. Theme is one of Preston's old
business men. He will resume business
in this county, and l confidently expect
it will be at National City.
Have been expecting to see our old
time friend, VIM. Richards, from Austin,
but he has not yet put in appearance, but
he will probably be here soon. If he
comes he will find him home in this
county think.
Our fruit is now nearly all gone, but
We still have fresh tomatoes and all sorts
of vegetables fresh from the garden.
The Land Company are making
preparations to supply US with water
direct from the mountains, and expect
to be able to supply all purchasers OF
their lands with water. AS soon as tina,
is done, all distractions are removed. fol
with plenty of water, this Will be made
one of the pleasantest places on the con
tinent, P,D. V.