St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-10

nant win the aroma OF newly made |
hay, and one feels a greater vigor in |
the morning than bed in poorly ven
tilated house would afford.
-
. An old gentleman of nearly four score
years. who has resided in Minnesota
since '56. says that no cannot recOllect a |
tune during that period of years when
the country has suffered from such
drouth as it has this summer. TO those
living in the cities. and whose callings
keep them confined there. the condition
In the country Is unknown. There they
have the heat of the day and evenings
tempered by the sprlnkling Of the
streets. and they move along in their
respective walks Of life entirely Oh
livious to the almost alarming condition
OF things In the country. Here the
ground has hardly had moisture enough
to lay the dust for about three months.
outside of few showers Of short dura-
ton. The dust lays OH tue ground
inches deep. and the earth Is so
bard and dry as to make fall
blowing an almost imp0ssibiity.
Those farmers that have attempted
it find that their horses eau stand
only very few hours work. and their
pillow has to be taken to town and sharp
ened so often that 1t becomes. a futile
in despair. and are waiting for kind
Providence to semi few rain clouds
their way. Pastures are dried up and
stock cannot subsist Oh them without
| the aid of corn from the crib each day
or hay from the stacks; ponds that
usually hold water the year round
dried up weeks ago, and have seen
stock driven seven miles to the faithful
| little creek in the valley to be watered.
I - ., xuhn s,ffp In
| neighbor a number of steers AS gift il
| he would winter them. and another that
| contemplated killing a horse because lie
| had no feed with which to keep it over
| winter. The farmer finds no market for
| an unfatted steer, and with corn poor
half crop in most places he cannot hope
| to fatten many OF them to suit the fancy
| taste Ut the local buyers.
| But despite the continued dry spell
| the crops are surprisingly good in this
| locality, and in every county in the
| southern part OF the state. Corn could
! not get the necessary moisture out or
ola mother earth to grow to its usual
| height and fill out its ears with its
| customary kernels, and as Il result is no
more than half crop. Potatoes EVIL
| IDENTIFY met the some obstacle, and had
| to meet sunlight with their eyes closed,
| and their tails tied in knot by the
excessive heat. Small grain. however.
is good, and we hear OF yields often of
| from twenty to Twenty-Five bushels 10
! tue acre Of wheat.s
! The farmers in the southern part Of
| the state are all prosperous: they would
| not have known OF the hard tunes il the
| newspapers had not told them about it.
| When the price OF wheat fell TO a star
Walton point. they had plenty of hogs
on hand to take advantage of the high
price they were commanding then, and
they were not crippled as were some of
their more unfortunate brothers who
depended upon wheat alone. Diversity
III FARMING Is what has made them pros
porous, coupled with good Judgment
| and intelligence of high grade. Here
III this village the waller works bonds
have all been disposed of to farmers
living near the place, which speaks
whole volume for them.
~
Down in Mower county we met an
old man vino was travelling East from
some point in Iowa. He had shadow
OF horse that was sight 10 look at.
and one that carried with it whole
chain of history. When our friend left
his Iowa home he had il good, sound
horse, but tie hard, dusty roads soon
claimed It's usefulness. aud he swaped
~ tOi VIC uHedlhiy lOVNiuS OiiO uC udu
when we met HIM. He said that they
told him in the town where he got the
animal that it had at one time belonged
to p. L. Barnum, and that the great
Snowman owned it when he first en-
barked IN the show business. 1t certainly
bore conclusive evidence OF having lived
many years. and its dlSspated condition
might have resulted from travelling with
circus. Like Barnum himself. it had
many GOOD points, some OF them large
encughsto hang your hat upon; but then
we WON'T make any bones of that fact.
We asked him what the nationality of
the settlers were in the direction from
which he came, as we were going that
way ourselves. He said that he had
Travelled through Mower county the
night previous. and aft inquiring at
different farm houses for an hour OF so,
and being refused shelter for himself
and horse. he finally asked the old
Scandinavian woman it any Christians
resided in that locality. The old lady
promptly replied: NO; case they are
all Norwegians and Swedes." CHS.