St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.
Growth of
the West,

Growth of EyerettSt. John. gen
eral manager of the
the West. Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railroad,
who has just returned from an extern
sive pleasure trip. expressed amaze
ment at the wonderful prosperity of the
West, says the Chicago Post.
''lf the country beyond the Missouri.
and particularly beyond the Rockies,
continues to, progress for the next
twenty years as in the past seven,
predict that the whole world will be
aStounded. The CENSUS will not show
the growth of the Western states, and it
is only by visiting them that one can
comprehend the amount of work that
has been done and the amount of
wealth that has been made. Seven
yesrs ago / took much the same
trip that l have just been over.
Inc country was then wild and unset
tied where it is dotted with towns and
villages to-day. Seattle and Tacoma
are wonders in themselves. When |
was in Seattle before it was struggling
for existence and making poor fight:
now it is city III the true sense of the
word The streets are lined with big
business blocks seven, eight and ten
stories high. The people all wear an
air of prosperity and are ready to put
all their faith III the city'S future.
Seattle cannot fail to be most import
ant trading point, being upon one of
the finest harbors in the world and so
near the end of a great railroad. Ia
coma was Il surprise to me. for what I
expected to find mere boom is in reality
substantial growth.
E'When l started from Chicago | went
the nearest way to North Dakota, where
found the people harvesting what APP
peared to be bonntiful crop of wheat.
We passed through the great Dalrymple
farm. where the most improved steam
harvesting implements were i'm opera
ton. On through Montana first stop
was made at Helena, the richest city of
Its size In the country. Banks in that
town. which were not in existence a
few years ago, have now paid up cap
ltal or million and surplus of as
much more. and still pay big interest
on their bon0S. | was informed that
Montana would produce this year SiU.-
000,000 i'll gold.
Frugal Hetty Mrs. Hetty Green is
said to be the richest
Green. woman in the United
Z. States, and $4,000. 900
is the estimated SUN of her wealth. She
IS liberal giver to religious and educa-
tlonal projects, more than a hundred
churches having been endowed by her,
While upward of fifty schools owe their
establishment to her generosity.
Against this muniticence, however, in
her own life and surroundings she
shows remarkable thrift. She spent
the summer of last year in Long Is
land village, renting for the purpOse.a
Shabby little place most sparSeIy fur
niShed. Here she lived for nearly three
ironths, and the townspeople had an
opportunity to discover for themselves
now prodIgality OF income can be allied
with penury of expenditure
On the day of her arrival she went to
a neighbours house and wanted to buy
quart of milk. She was not known, and
there was nothing i'll her appearance to
Indicate her identity. The family did
not Sell milk. so her request was at first
refused, although she was told that pos
sibly some milk might be spared, to
which she would be welcome Mrs.
Green declined the milk as a gift, and
told who she was, adding that she wanted
to make an arrangement, if possible. to
get daily quart, for which she
was willing to pay 10 cents,
the current price being ce hts
SHcn an arrangement was finally con-
cluded, when Mrs. Green asked that
pitcher be lent to her for the milk
service during the summer. in which
particular she was also accommodated.
Then Mrs. Green wanted the milk sent
to her, but this was not feasible; con-
seQuently, on every morning of her stay
she went with the borrowed pitcher for
her daily quart. Her son and daughter
constituted the household with herself.
They were regular attendants at church,
aud each of the trio Invariably put bill
OF generous denomination upon every
round of the plate.