The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-06-08

THE following matter was kindly
loaned the HERALD by Mr.. Barnum,
editor of the Avalanche.

editor of the Avalanche
When we wound up our letter last
week, We left the editors on the whale
back, Christopher Columbus. This mag
niicent and costly structure, although
OF mans device and handiwork, is, like
the fair, difficult of description. Taking
its name from the resemblance the craft
has to the whale, it is about 500 feet in
length by about 60 in width, and con-
tains four decks besides the hold. The
day our party made the trip upon lake
Michigan, was the first the vessel had
been used for excursions. Its spacious
parlors we're wealth of elaborate and
costly furniture; beautiful brussels car
pets soft as silk were upon the floors;
fine mirrors were everywhere to be found;
easy chairs, settees, tete tete chairs, and
elegant divans of the costliest material
and finest workmanship, were in abund-
ance; and for once at least the weary and
impecunious editors had an opportunity
of reveling in actual luxury and none
! were backward in making themselves at
home. No more perfect day could have
been asked for to make the trip, five
miles into the lake. A gentle breeze
just enough to make the cheek rosy land
some Of the editors have cheeky and the
eye sparkle7-was playing over the deep,
md DC, ha oroff ola oe
it's inventor, Col. McDougal, plowed
through the aqua, a band of % musicians
rendered patriotic airs, and old and young
drank in the beauties unfolded as the
vessel sped past the city, opposite and
past the White City and returning from
an out IN the sea trip, steamed past Lin
coin park, the finest in Chicago, and on
to the pier. Here landing was made
at five o'clock, and with many regrets
and most leisurely the flock left the boat
to seek some down town hostelry and en-
joy the evening meal. While on the boat
an elaborate speech making program had
been INDUCED in and each guest was
presented with bouquet, while the gen.
tlemen were further complimented by
having free access to three or five thous-
and cigars that were on tap.
After supper, most of the men Of learn
ing 1--WE allude only to the editors) made
their way to the Auditorium, where,
through the kindness of the type found
ers of Chicago, free tickets of admission
were obtained. This beautiful theatre,
with aseating capacity of A. 800, was taxed
to its utmost, and the play, America, was
enjoyed most heartily. The drama is
spectacular and takes one back to the
time of Columbus departure from Spain,
bringing the spectator step by step down
through the centuries that have since
elapsed to the present day, when the
great white city.is revealed as a fitting
climax Of the march of ages and the in
ventions and possibilities of the human
mind. During the performance a great
number of ballots, are introduced. each
one containing some interesting. impress
sive and highly edifying bit of history.
AS the play will run for six months, those
who visit Chicago during the fair will
miss most important, instructive and
entertaining feature if they fail to see
America. The chance of obtaining a
view of the interior of the Auditorium is
alone worth the ticket that entities you
to occupy an upholstered chair in the
house and witness the performance. Mil
ward Adams, manager of the Auditorium,
has the thanks of the Minnesota boys for
many special favors bestowed, and they
will not forget him or his play house.
After the play visit to the mystic lab
yrinth" was made. Here the spectator
was ushered into large room, with floor
Of thing and the sides and roof of glass
and mirrors, while polite guide informed
you that you must find your way out.
There was an exit, but where? You
would make for what seemed to be
another room, only to be stopped by a
plate of glass, upon the opposite side of
which was party of your companions
who had been fortunate enough to get
out of the first room, butwer in another
equally as puzzling as to modes of exit
or entrance. The writer would undoubt-
eddy have been in search of liberty yet,
had nota fair damsel, who acted as guide,
told us whittier to go, after we had wan
dered around and bumped our nose,
kicked our shoes against plate glass and
felt for some crevice to emerge from, un-
til We were tired. AS the interior is
lighted by innumerable incandescent
lamps, it was as bright as MONDAY. Once
outside we sought our hotel and were
ready the next morning for tramp on
the fair grounds.
Starting out with such iovial friends
for companions as John A. johnson, our
able and honored president; FL. G. Day,
that bright and versatile writer who
Yields dowery pen for the Albert Lea
Standard, and who in 1894 will undoubt-
eddy be president of the association; Jim
Putnam, OF Granite Falls, who is happiest
when you call him Put; A. A. Whitney. |
the handsome editor who resides at Mar
shall; Geo. N. Lamphere, the veteran |
(both of the war and newspaper editor
who can be addressed at Moorhead; Char
lie Kinds, whose title to barrister has /
been won with high honors, and who also
drives pleasing quill on the Shakopee
Argus; Leslie Mathews, the iovial knight
OF the pen and Pythian Knight, of the
Benson Monitor; Horace Greeley Perry,
whose masculine name seems ill-fitting
after one has formed the acquaintanceof
the vivacious, witty and sprightly young
lady who stands up under the title, and
edits the st. Peter journal, and in com
pany with score of others, both ladies
and gentlemen, the fair grounds were
visited and the wonderful exhibits were
closely inspected. The editors, many of
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