The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-17
A COOL CLIMATE.
Prof. Nandiver is Enjoying the Gem
tie Zephyrs of the Northern
Climate.

ST. PAUL, MINI. Aug >. 1895.
EDITOR CAPE sDEMOCRAT:-It has
just occurred tt me that those hot
days you were having down at the
Cape when | left may have prepared
you to appreciate a little assistance
in furnishing copy" for the COM
positors, and as it has been very cool
since l came up here | find my energy
quite sufficient for the task of sharp
ening a pencil and scratching you
down a few lines.
After visiting the Teachers Insti-
tute at Ste. Genevieve and talking
school to them for more than an hour.
[ a called away by the whistle of
the boat just before the evening meet
ing in which | was to give them an
other hour of talk: for which sudden
leaving | feel sure those good teachers
will be ready to excuse me. and per-
hapS to thank the boat for being ahead
of time. At any rate. as it was my
last chance to get away without wait
ing two more days for another boat.
! hastily departed for the cooler eli
mate of the upper Mississippi. Thirty
six hours later | IA whirling along
at the rate of thirty miles an hour
e the broad prairies of Iowa and
Southern Minnesota. Allow me here
to remark that | had never befoIe
realized the vast extent of those prai-
ries and the immense amount of grain
they produce. Farmers are just now
in the midst of harvest. and | ha We
never seen such fields of oats. Wheat
is also good and corn likewise. l
have not seen a poor crop anywhere
from the Pemiscot bottoms to the lake
shores of Northern Minnesota. In
fact. | fear that the crops are so good
that the friends of silver will find the
golden grain of the wheatfields giving
unexpected and illogical support to
the argument of the gold bugs.
This reminds me of a very pleasant
remark ex-governor Nelson. the
United States Senator elect from Min
nesOta. In company with a representa-
tive of the Daily Globe of this city.
who is a personal friend of the Gov
ernor, enjoyed a trip to his fine
farm up IN Douglass county. about a
hundred and forty miles northwest of
here. 1t is situated among the beauti-
full lakes for which this country is
noted. And whenever the reporter
tried to elicit from the Senator an
expression on the silver question. the
cautious old politician would reply
''come Van, let's go fishing" And
such fishing as it was. 1t would make
any friend of the Cape Girardeau
Gun Club smack their mouths 70 see
the string we brought in every even
ing-pickerel. pike, bass and croppie,
from Lake Geneva-mOre than forty
pounds of them. | never enjoyed a
trip more in my life. The fishing was
fine: the weather delightfully."- cool: the
hotel fare excellent and the Senator a
ypical old farmer, lawyer. statesman
and hospitable gentleman politi-
clan who never lost a fight and rarely
ever loses a fish when he gets him on
his hook.
After leaving Geneva beach. a very
pleasant ride back to st. Paul with
Governor Claugh and his staff in their
private closed the most successful
fishing expedition | ever took part in.
| find a number of MissOnrians up
here and they are nearly all politi-
clans. The State Treasurer. an old
Southeast Missourian. received while
| was in his Office. a check for the
State taxes from this. Ramsey county.
a neat little sum of s136. 900 on one
little piece of paper.
For fear you may not have space for
this. l close it abruptly. expecting to
return to the Cape in a few days.
Respectfully.
W. d. VANDIvER.