The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
CORRESPONDENTS.
WINNEBAGo CRY, Mimi,

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look after your welfare this week, and
this is to acquaint you of the fact. l
am seated in room [ have occupied
many times and many years ago, and
like Daniel of old, except that my
window is not open, and looks to the
north instead of the east, look out
toward my Jerusalem, Superior, where
my Logged oues are. These | behold
with the spiritual eye, but the natural
eye looks upon landscape fair and
grand. This little hamlet of about
1900 happy, prosperous and content
ed people is situate in Faribault coun-
ty. and in what Is known as the Blue
Earth Valley, the Eden of Minnesota,
126 miles south of St. Paul. l was
the captain of certain prairie
schooner, which, freighted with the
ponderous safe of the United States
Land office, cast anchor in this pretty
: place November 1, 1851. The Lin
colin hirelings who then did the dut-
les and drew the salaries of the office
with remarkable fortitude and prompt
ness, were Hon. H. w. Holley, Re-
ceiver, and J. Hon. H. WeIch, Regis
ter, while your humble servant made
precarious living by picking up the
crumbs that fell from the great mems
table, and the occasional sale of a
land warrant or piece Of half-breed
scrip.
At this time the village numbered,
if remember rightly, not more than
ten or twelve little cottages, one little
general store and post Office, the
whole outfit worth perhaps $500, and
like Daniel again, l could go to the
east window and look, and rest the
eye and look again, and not see house,
tree or shrub. Today l look out
again, but all is changed l cannot
see so far as could, for look which
way [ may, the eye comes in contact
with SO many large groves of timber,
farm houses and barns that one for
gets that it was ever a tr;lckless
prairie.
The people haye had their ups and
downs; they felt the effects, with all
others of the civil war In 1923
they felt more severely the Indian
war which spilled precious blood with
in five miles of where l write, and
even more than both of these wars, in
a monetary and progressive way did
they suffer from the grasshopper visit
alton, for FIVE long years when strong
men had to desert their homes and
flee to place of refuge, and little
children many times cried in vain for
bread. But like the brave true SOL
der, who though, repulsed in one
charge, catches his breath and makes
another, SO these brave men in time
returned md today are enjoying the
the fruits of their labor in the gather
ing of the golden harvests.
The country is picking up" very
fast and the town has grown not a
little since my last visit some three
years ago. The first building of the
Baptist College is just being finished
and will be opened formally the first
of September. This part cost about
$4,000 and the whole when complet-
ed will cost not less than 100000,
besides this many fine residences and
several business houses have been
built, and to-day there is not a va
cant house in the town. and all is
prosperous. Yesterday the people
held their Village election. Whisky
or no whisky was the issue, and
praise the Lord, by a good working
majority they decided against whisky.
We / use the editorial "we" now
have fought this battle on this same
battle ground many times in years
agone, and you can rest assured that
was an interested locker on yester2
day and rejoiced with the majority
when the result was announced. The
temperance sentiment is growing ra-
Didly here, and may 1t continue to
grow until no one may be found who
will ask to reinstate its power.
While my affections Irvine shout
the scenes of my youth, yet | cannot
forget that while this is little para
disc of its kind, there is still another
land which is even "fairer than this
and so | have not failed to do a little
missionary work for the land of my
adoption, and some of my friends
here are, like Felix of old, almost
persuaded, to believe my glowing ac-
counts of the doings at the head of
old Lake Superior, and could they be-
hold with clear eye of faith what
they now see through a glass darkly"
the population of Superior would
soon be largely increased.
The snow which has been given in
great abundance, is fast disappearing,
and the farmers are preparing for the
seed time, and next week the golden
seed grain will be planted. This is
also hecOmino a great stock ooupfry