The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-09-07
THE EDITORS VACATION TRIP.

THE EDITORS VACATION TRIP.
Minnesota Editorial Associations Annual
Excursion, August 1911, 1889, s.
. It is the time. honored practice of all
the State Editorial sociations to wind
up their annual sessions with a
triD of few days. which gives the
editor land his wife) an opportunity to
see each year some new section of our
glorious and growing country. In &C
cordance with this custom we joined
the Minnesota Press Association excur-
sion, leaving st. Paul on the morning
of August 18th. The Chicago, Burling-
ton & Northern Railroad Company,
through their General Passenger Agent,
MIR. w J. c.. Kenyon, rendered the
association a train over their line to
Chicago. This line-a member Of the
great "Burljngton SYSTEM entered
the field IN October, 1886, as a line from
the Twin Cities to Chicago and St.
Louis, and has attained an enviable
position as Grst-class road in every
respect. Leaving the Union Depot at
st. Paul our way lies within view Of the
Mississippi, ON the eastern side of the
stream. For the first ten miles we pass
a succession of pretty suburban villages,
made possible by 1.-The Burlington es-
tablishing a train service OF eleven
trains day each way. The southern
most of these, ST. Paul Park, has a. pop
ulation of some 1900, several promising
factories, and is the seat of two col
leges, one completed and the other
building. Twenty-four miles from St.
Paul we reach, at Point Douglas, the
placid and beautiful Lake st, Croix, the
mark OF separation between Minnesota
and the Badger State" Crossing a
mammoth steel draw bridge, we stop
for minute at the city of Prescott,
whose pretty houses, scattered thickly
on the sloping hillside, look down on
the mirror like st. Croix to the north,
the deep and powerful food Of the
Mississippi on the west, while two miles
to the northwest the handsome city of
Hastings is spread out, with a back
ground of hin, wood and prairie stretch
inc away for miles. Another thirty
miles of the rumble Of the wheels,
passing the stations OF Diamond Bluff,
Hager and Bay City, and we lush sud-
denly upon the broad expanse of Lake
Pepin, and the pretty village of Maiden
Rock, half hidden in deep glen. Across
three miles OF sparkling water. the
white cottages Of Frontenac, q summer
resort on the Minnesota shore. peep
through the groves that come down
almost to the beach. Four miles south,
we round the lofty height OF Maiden
Rock" whose romantic legend is so
familiar, and soon reach Stockholm,
where the general government has con-
structed break-water for the protec-
tion of boats in storms. Directly OPP
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handsome and thriving town Of Lake
City. The next halt is at the village Of
Pepin, where is tie prettiest beach On
the lake. 1t is charming town in
summer. Here we leave the lake, and
In few moments cross the Chippewa
river, the.outlet for the product of the
plneries of Eau Claire and Chippewa
counties. At any time thousands OF
logs may be seen in the stream and
stranded along the banks. A few
miles farther, passing the small village
of Nelson, we come to Beef Slough,
where ale located probably the largest
logging works in the northwest. Here
millions of logs are annually sorted and
made up into RATS for transport ''down
river" Rushing through the dense
woods we pause briefly at Alma. the
county seat of Buffalo county, pros
porous aud well-built town. Flying
through well titled prairie, we pass
Cochrane. small station, and reach
Fountain City. a town Of some l,2OO
people, doing considerable business.
Here, as at Alma, the people sing die
Wacht am RLein,o aud know very well
what '.gemuthlichkeit is-tor they are
genuine German villages, aud seldom
is any other language heard in their
streets, Ten miles farther, passing
through rich and well-kept farms, and
we reach Winona, the business metro
polls of Southern Minnesota. In bu-
siness buildings, railroad facilities,
water works, mills and factories, and
all that goes to make a prosperous
city, Winona is rich, and her enter
prising citizens are apt to seize on
every opportunity of advancing her
interests. s'The Burlington" gains
access to the city by a branch across the
river. Nine miles from East Winona
we pass the singular isolated hill called.
.Trempealeau mountain ia mon
taigne qui trempe 'leau-the mountain
set in the water" Had we time to
climb the six hundred feet to the sum
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