St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-21
The Northern Pacific Trip to
Yellowstone Delighted the
Ticket Agents.
They Returned Yesterday and
Will Break Up at the Gar
den City To-Day.
The Railroad Company Out
did Everything in Enter
tanning It's Guests.
st. Paul Also Commended For
It's Treatment of the
Visitors.

The international ticket agents ar
rived in the city yesterday over the
Northern Pacific, looking all the better
for the trip to the national park. Seldom
has happier aggregation of bright men
came together. They are all endowed
with keen business tact and sagacity,
and these same attributes seem to in
tensify their appreciation of social
amenities and diversions from the
routine grind of their business careers.
Tbe ticket agents are a busy lot, as a
rule. from the beginning Of the year to
the end thereof, and briefrespite from
weary toll, like the present occasion,
finds full appreciation among this class
of citizens.
Nothing could have better planned
nor better executed" said S. W. Haz--
card with enthusiasm. Mr.. Hazard is
the general agent at Des Moines for tue
Northwestern road. ut would be i'm
possible to give the Northern Pacific
too much praise. The road is splen-
didly equipped, and the service cannot
be more efficient. The arrangements
were simply perfect in every detail.
Nothing was forgotten or overlooked in
contributing to our personal comforts.
Then add to the pleasures of the SER
vice the most beautiful and delightful
weather that ever blessed any cline
with such grand surroundings, and you
have picture that must haunt the
pleasant chambers of memory to the
end of existence. Man is only given
these opportunities once in lifetime"
pursued the genial agent felicitiouSly.
nnhnrdan
of my exuberance, for I confess
L am almost bursting. | saw collec
ton Of sketches and photographs of the
grand canyons and the different gey-
sers of the park, and they gave me a
sense of WEAKNESS that | shall never
forget. had thought that the genius
Of man could reproduce in a faithful
way, both upon paper and on canvass
anything within the realms Of nature,
but my mind has become disabused of
the nation. fancy now that no man
can reproduce the subtler picturesque
ness of Yellowstone park"
The excursionists will leave this
morning over the Northwestern road
for Chicago, where the festivities will
come to an end. The party breaks up
in the Garden City, aud the 272 who
have remained with the main body will
return to their posts of duty. They rep
resent every road in the country, and it
is related that every state in the Union,
save Vermont, is represented in the
galaxy. They go home with pleasant
remembrances of st. Paul.
Said one of the brightest of the lot:
This is not my first visit to st. Paul. 1
came here just ten years ago. would
scarcely recognize st. Paul as the same
smart little bustling city | saw here
then. 1t was promising place then,
and have often taken occasion to say
as much when people have spoken
about the city. But my surprise was
complete when we were given that
carriage ride by your citizens. The
part of st. Paul that really recognized
was Third street. That seemed some
what familiar to me. l can understand
now why the Union of the Twin Cities
is earnestly being canvassed. l had
supposed it bit of hyperbole charac-
teristic of Western people, in their en-
terprise and zeal to Guido the civilized
world. Inside of five years l predict
the cities will we'd"