St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18
NO. L DAKOTA WHEAT.


$50 much for too much cereal, and
not enough unseriOus study over the
political statehood of the New North
west"
The KIT day Mr.. Cox went a-fshing,
and of this he writes in his next letter.
The following is an extract, written in
Sunset Cox's characteristic style:
A FISHERMAN'S TALE.
yesterday | was out a-fishing-out
OIL the Yellowstone river, some dozen
miles from the Mammoth formation
We went in an ambulance as far as the
mountain road led, and then we muled
it over the plateau and down the mount
ain almost perpendicularly. 1t was a
wild ride. Cascades and canyons, an
antelope to give variety to animal ma
ture. and fresh bear-tracks to add the
vfvaeity of danger. Our place to fish
was near where the Black-Tailed Deer
stream empties into the Yellowstone.
The latter at this point is of greenish
beauty, and at places lashed into a
snowy whiteneSs, and leaping its i'm
maeulate way out to the Missouri.
well. we numbered and prepared
poles and flies. six of us-Lieut. Ed
wards, of the United States army; his
sergeant, two scouts, Wilson and Hofer,
anu a SIiidll DOf. tlfC SOii VI tic SupcI-
intendent of the park. Capt. Boutelle.
We had great luck. The speekled
spIendors were not easily caught. but
we returned with some two hundred,
including some 'greyling,' so-called. l
closed the new experience i'll these sub
lime scenes of the everlasting Rockies
by half-hOur struggle with one of the
'greylingS' He is now sizzling on the
hotel range awaiting our supper. He
fought we'll and honored my middle
name. Say what we will, Sullivan has
charm in its ring.
80. you see, have had my first ex-
perience in territory, for we were Just
over the Montana line and looked across
from Wyoming into one of the new
stars of empire!
.sAt D. m. we mounted and pursued
our way up the sleeps till about half
wav ND the biggest mountain. At an
altitude of $500 feet We struck all at
once an unexpected tempest. 1t rained.
it blew, it hailed, it roared. Numbered
and roared in the great pines. precip-
itateIy hid behind an enormous rock
until our cavaleade and pedestrians
came up the mountain and relieved me
with an India rubber coat. Then we
braVed the storm again, as 1t was get
I'M : laIH. SOOCIl Ne lOuHQ Illuldu
teDee where our wagon was, and, after
a ravenous lunch, we began the home
ward ride. About Sand it does not
grow dark here till about lowe saw the
white formation known as the Mann
moth whose scientific marvels had
been explained to me on lofty expedi-
ton by Prof. Hague. of the geological
survey. He is here, and we had prom
epaded together over the immaculate
acrusts to observe the strange crystalllZa-
ton and rare hueS Of this Incompatible
freak or phenomenon of nature.
$50 that, with fishing and exploring.
am doing my duty as regent of the
Smithsonian = examining our federal
and territorial values as congressman,
and getting a coed rest and ready for
next sessions work"
Mr.. Cox grows enthusiastic in his
next letter over the universal courtesy
of the occupants Of the Yellowstone
Park. Even the horses and the bears
are extremely and pleasingly polite.
and in evidence of this Mr.. Cox relates
an anecdote. He takes occasion to re-
peat in a postscript that it is true.
The following is an extract from his
letter:
UNIVERSAL COURTESY.
1--WE have met Witty court
esy ever since we entered the Wonder
land Old Ohio constituents and New
York friends by the hundreds, as well
as the early settlers. scouts, pioneers.
soldiers, etc, including groundhOgs,
horses, chipmunks and gophers, all
seem to vie with each other in courtesy.
The other day while we were riding in
the army ambulance, returning from
fishing excursion, we were overtaken by