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

once more in getting there-and at
Mankato met our friends Morrison,
of the Journal, and D. A. Thayer.
Eleven O'Clock at night we took
train to Lake Crystal, and went to
bed at the latter place between
twelve and one. Reused again at
4 in the morning, and boarded the
accommodation train for Winnie
bago City, Blue Earth County, reach
ing there at Z a. m. for breakfast.
This "a hours embraced one II
mile buggy ride and six different
trains, all to get to one appoint.
ment.
A SORT OF A ROW.
The Winnebago County Fair As
ISOLATION stands heavily convicted
in our mind of being a lot OF behind
the times wool-poodles. They prom
Used the alliance men that if they
brought speaker there he should
be heard. We were engaged, and
came. Then these old party "pa-
triots' who love party better than
country-and know how henceforth
to run an agricultural fair without
the aid of the farmers, tried to back
out, and allow us thirty minutes to
talk in-with no place provided to
speak. There was the grand stand,
80 they put an admission fee OF
fifteen cents on that!
However, a wagon was drawn up
on the race track, with the grand
stand on one hand and the inner
circle crowd on the other. We as
cended and began-mentioning no
party but striking some telling blows
on great national issues. In about
twenty minutes the joints Of the
rotten old party machine began to
crack-and lawyer collar-dog of
the republican party began to fire
in questions, knowing that a speech
can be all wasted by answering and
jawing over a FOOLS driyel. Then a
finely dressed old gentleman on the
grand stand began to howl, and a
general clatter was set up. After
talking half hour or SO the teams
were told<o drive on, by the Marshal,
and the band ordered to strike up
which, they did. A group gathered
around us, and suggested going to
another part of the ground and
finishing. This we did, having quite
a crowd around us.
If the farmers of Faribault County
will stand this outrage quietly they
are very much out of joint with their
nelghbors and the times.
AT HOME FEW HOURS.
That evening we took an accommo-
dation train northward at 1870.
Arrived in Lake Crystal about nine
and took a bed for about 5h hours.
Then train on the Omaha route for
St. Paul, arriving at 1886 a. m.
Sunday. 1t was too bad to use the
Sabbath for such purposes, but by
arrangement our Assistant, Mr..
Stoughton, and our machinist, Mr..
Hough, met us that forenoon, and
scanned the business situation over,
and determined that so far as the
business was concerned our absence
had not injured it any. But in the
matter of health it was too much
and in the matter of finances we
were $3.50 out OF pocket on ten
days trip-which would have been
more had not Lincoln County raised
more than her share called for. At
$40 that same evening we saddled
the great iron horse again.
A NIGHT OF RARE AND RACY EXPER-
FENCES.
The night of Sunday, 27-28 will
not be soon forgotten. We have
had it's equal only twice in all our
campaigning experience. Our route
was Lake Benton, (Lincoln County
AGAIN. by way OF the Omaha route
and N. W. Ry. But at the last mo-
ment we found that Monday morn
ing there was a break in the line,
no trains going from Kasota to
Tracy in the forenoon! AS 200
mile "drive" was before us this was
fatal. So we instantly changed our
plans, and took the Great Northern
road northwest to Willmar, dis
lance of 1O2 miles-thence south
west to station called Florence.
81 miles further. We made Willmar
at l. p. m. and Florence about Las
a. M, Monday morning. Now Flor
ence appeared to be station on the
Sioux City route of the Great
Northern route at the crossing of the
N. W. Ry to Lake Benton, some 25
miles west of there.