The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, Aug, 1886.
If anyone imagines that he can es-
cape the heat of summer by migrating
to northern latitude he is indulging
"a vain hope. For three days the mer-
curry has ranged from 95 to 1913 degrees
in the shade, during the middle of the
day, in Dakota and Manitoba, and the
atmosphere is much more oppressive
than on the lake shore. A furious
shower of rain aud hail, at last brought
relief.
Leaving Fargo, where our last was
dated, and where we received polite
attentions from our whilom townsman,
/ I. G. Clapp, ESQ.,. and his estimable
lady, few hours were spent at Grand
Forks, Dakota, and Crookston, Mimi,
en- route to Winnipeg. Both are enter
prising towns of nine years growth;
both are similarly situated, the former
on the Red River of the North, the lat
ter on Red Lake River, a branch of
the former, but at this pointsthe branch
| is larger than the main stream. Both
towns have fringes of timber skirting
the streams; both have elegant bust
ness blocks and elegant school build
| ings, saw-millS and Touring mills;
beth are surrounded by extensive
wheat regions, and each claims 5000
to 5000 population. Pine logs are
fioated down from point 90 miles dis
tant in a direct line, and 240 miles by
way of the river. The two towns are
2S miles apart, and as natural, indulge
| in. little enterprising rivalry.
AT CrookstOn, on entering the din.
ing-room at the Commercial Hotel, we
encount cred a Kenosha boy, Win
Wheeler, who showed us much polite
ness and escorted us about the town.
i He holds position in the First Ma
tional Bank at this place, and INDUCES
/ in sanguine expectations of business
success, as well as domestic happiness
| to be realized in the near future. He
| labors assiduouSly and deserves sue
| cess. We also met in the street our
/ former citizen, j. U. Jennings, Esq,
i who is doing a fourishing real estate
and insurance business.
| We rolled on towards our destina-
tion, passing any number of ambitious
railroad towns, consisting of saloon
and grain elevator, where real estate
was booming, and corner lots were
held at fancy and fabulous prices.
Wheat fields were not less in extent
than we had already seen as we ap.
preached the frontier, but stretching
.out on either side Of the railroad
seemed bounded only by the rising and
setting sun while the prairie extended
to infinity beyond. It was not unusual
to see a half dozen reapers following
each other, and il one instance we
counted II self-binders at work on the
same field. Each reaper is expected
to cut and bind Is acres of wheat in q
lday. The men are in the field from
o'clock in the morning to o'clock in
the evening, and when the harvest
crowds, the working week consists OF
seven days.
| At the frontier town of Emerson, or
the Dominion side, a casual examina
| ton of baggage is gone through in form
but with no annoyance. AS we pro
coed still northward, the country
though consisting of the same indefinite
Istretch of prairie, bounded only by the
horizon, becomes less inviting. The
Extensive wheat fields have disappear +.
ed, and more attention is given to cut
ting hay. The boundary line is mark.
led by a graded roadway overgrown
with weeds, and the permanent land
marks or monuments which we dis
covered were two stacks of hay.
| Our early geography taught us that
British North America was a gloomy
and desolate region, inhabited only by
| a few wandering Esquimaux, and but
little known, that in winter the frost
became so intense that the rocks fire.
lquently exploded with report like
artillery. 1t would be scarcely recog-
nized by that description at present.
| Winnipeg is IS miles north of the
frontier and is reached at II rs by
Canada Pacific Railroad standard time
Is :25 2. M. It seem like sensible
adoption to reckon time up to "a
o'clock and discard the clumsy A. M
and P. M. and avoiding the numerous
mistakes occurring in looking up time
tables by the change of single letter
The public is better served by the
change.
The city contains about % 900 inhab
litants, is laid out on large scale anC
in its general characteristics does no
differ essentially from an American
city. The same style of buildings pre-
walls, same street cars, same fashions
manners and customs of the people
> io~J +bo corno ahupdopoo Of hoo,
, saloons, while "Schlitz' Milwaukee,
Beer" appears as frequently as ON ou
side of the boundary. Its latitude i
, so degrees north and for some reason
, either mathematical or Astronomical
longitude seems to taper so fast as t,
become visible as latitude increase
and the north star is visibly elevated
While it is quite dark at Kenosha tn
Fl sun is yet shining here. By the calen
J dar in use here and standard time the
! sun set on August 9TH at 20:01 O'clocl
,,I-8:O1 P. M. We noticed in Dakota {
!, few days since, $50 miles south of this
! the sun set at precisely 1850, and W
: were told that in the longest days o
summer fine print could often be rea(
by twilight at 10 o'clock, and in Win
! nepeg, print can be read as late as %
80 O'Clock and as early as 2:3O. Ii
4 the winter the lamp are lighted at II
o'clock on the shortest days and tn,
mercury is frequently known OF mari
4 60 degrees, but the people do not mind
!, it; they pass merry winter; no fruit:
lare raised, but all the fruits and vege
; tables are in market, apples, pound.
|, for rs cents and watermelons, 60 cents
apiece. Potatoes are abundant an(
of the finest quality. The vines arr
yet green and in blossom with no bugs
to modest.
/ Yesterday an excursion took coo
people out of town and to-day a game
of base ball engages public attention.
Coles Circus exhibited short time
since and this morning it was our
lot to witness sham battle by the
red coats among the hazel bushes on
the edge of the prairie.
/ The Parliament House and other
/ government edifices are fine buildings