The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-10-30
OBSERVATIONS.
Notes from wellington Man Who Is
Travelling in the West

Travelling in the West.
| desire through the columns of the
Enterprise to give my experience as a
travelling salesman. have been on the
road four weeks and have had good sue
cess, shall hereafter make Minneano-
lis my headquarters.
lwill say Of this state, to the farmer
OF small means, who desires to better his
condition and increase his capital. that
the opportunities are numerous. as land
is worth from SIS to $50 an acre. In
Ike eastern it is constantly rising in
value. The soil is black loan and croDs
have 1een raised on the same land for
years without tertilizing.
There is yield of grain this year
which will take all winter to thrash.
counted 16S stacks of grain in one
field from the car window as the train was
passing in the vicinityof Pipestone. Straw
isofno value and as soon as it is threshed
tie torch is applied and it is soon reduced
to ashes. Consequently the grain is all
stacked in theOpen field. Wheat is worth
Acts, oats 10 cts, barley Is cts. and
potatoes 10 cts. per GO lbs, in trade
only. There are thousands of bushels
OF grain and potatoes that are
going to waste, from their inability to
harvest it.
Plpestone is a fine place, and is an
indian name. 1t is historical, for the
Indians in the early days Quarried the
stone from the quarries here, before the
strides of the pale face and civilization
drove him and the buffalo farther west.
There is an Indian school here. The
building is made from the stone from
their quarries, which they still
own and operate. The peculiar red
building glistens in the sun in the dis
tance. The Indian children make orna-
ments from the stone and sell them to
The relic hunters. The shop windows
have fine display of these ornaments.
made by the deft fingers of the Indian
boy with his pocket knife. The writer.
like all Others, could not resist the TENN
tation to purchase.
Wellington could learn valuable les
son from the towns in this state. Ihaye
stopped in a score of towns from 300 to
1900 poplation that are strictly up to
the modern eastern city, with electric
lights, waterwOrks and streets graveled
orpaved Some ofthe hotels in these small
towns have steam heat, electric lights,
not and cold water in each room, and
the knight Of the grip is given to under
stand that the house is his, and that
mine host is there out of pure SYM
pathy for the travelling man.
The writer has reliable information
that merchants who started from five to
eight years ago with capital from $500
to $500, are to-day worth $1,000 to
$4,000. The chances for any man with
$500 with, push, brain and nerve is good.
Ye men of Wellington, who delight to
harass the feathered tribe, what para
disc this would be for you to burn
powder. The hunting season has Just
opened. The blue wing, the mallard,
and the teal are on their southern
journey from the upper lakes. The
prairie abounds with chickens and Jack
rabbits. The lakes abound with pike
and pickerel.
This section is thickly populated with
Germans, Swedes and Danes.
have personal interest in the well
fare of Wellington, my home, and hope
she will pull through the disasters which
have befallen her. NJ. 0. GREEN.
FULDA, Minn., Oct. q.