The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-10-02

sstone dead. It is no trick at all to
talk people to death if you only talk
<tpizen."
In the morning things began to
look little iimilongjosie. However,
having swallowed a bumper OF coffee,
and four pair OF spiked shoes, and
talked to the old blacksmith in beet
sugar style, we started out for a
somewhat paralyzing walk. At that
moment 1859 q. m. a chariot turned
a distant corner, gid down the glide,
refined up at our humble diamond
shirt pin-and behold-it was our
friend c. F. Norwood, county Lectur-
er of Murray County. For fear the
original one to take us hence, might
fail to get notice OF his appointment,
1salary no object) he had hitched up
and driven nine miles for us.
So here we are, at Mr.. Norwood's
little home, writing on the dinil g
room table in Scandal twp, Murray
County, surrounded by family OF
five children and the ''other folks
the wind bowling like all gee-whizziti-
GUS, and the ruins of seven cantelopes
on the table.
Our time has been fully occupied
talking politics, setting a limb for a
neighbor that was not broken, and
rplaying tricks on the children.
We expect a large crowd out TO-
night. If any one thinks this is easy
work, or there is any ''tinder' in it
let them get out and try it. Let us
see, we started a week ago today.
Our account stands five speeches,
about $50 miles railway travel, 81
miles by team; expenses, $3l.25, In
Guiding salary of assistant editor, re-
>ceipts $23.10. This may look little
discouraging, but as the route is all
laid out until Oct. 10th or 12th-or
farther there is no help for it. This
great tale OF a calamity orators
life will be CONTINUED in our next"
So far as we know, our future is
thus mapped out for week or two:
Scandal, tonight 23d.
Lincoln County Alliance, IL miles
north of Lake Benton Thursday the
oath.
Marble twp, Lincoln Co., Friday,
the 25th inst.
Faribault County Fair, Winnebago
City, Saturday the Goth.
Lake Benton, Lincoln Co., Monday
the 2Sth inst.
Sleepy-Eye, Tuesday, goth.
We believe our last account was
where we landed in Hadley, on the
Omaha line, in hurry Co., and went
- miles north to speak in Scandal.
In the audience at the school house
in Scandal twp. two entire threshing
crews came in a body-without wait
for supper! The school house was
packed and the gospel of the new
dispensation was evolved at the rate
oil $50 words a minute for two hours
and a quarter.
Then Bro. Norwood got us home
and put us to bed-and in the early
morning drove us over to the North
western road at Balaton, in the
south part of Lyon Co. Here we
took train to Lake Benton, Lincoln
Co, where Sec'y c. V. Metcalf had
his team waiting to carry us to his
home twelve miles north. Here we
found one OF the happiest homes in
the world, the four brothers, sister,
and the mother forming a circle
which will leave it's impress upon our
heart for many "a day. After a
-"sudden dinner" we all took to
horse again to the northward, two
miles more, to the Olson Granary.
The teams gathered around this
isolated building looked like a
county fair, and the upper room"
was soon filled with solid yeomanry,
their wives and daughters-the true
foundation of the government.
Here, the tongue was loosed, with
pleasure to ourselves at least, for
two hours and a half! And the
warm handshaking was great up
litter. Back again in the evening
to Bro. Metcalf's-and after getting
an Grant OK out OF the cornfeld-
with a trifle of hilarity, and some
what OF the giddiness of youth-we
all gathered in the dining room to
pass the evening, in such a way that
the writer didn't want the benedic-
; ton to come so soon!
A SAMPLE DAY.
Up and away again in the morn
ling! Twelve mile drive before nine
tOLake Benton. Then freight train
- Huo II.