The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
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The Future Career of Several School
Children Told in Bright and Wit
RI ty Paper by Hiss Scott.


Children Told in a Bright and Wit
ty Paper BY Hiss Scott.
Last week we published a paper read
By one Of the former pupils Of this school
at the closing exercises, and we're unable
to publish the prophecy which was read
by another former pupil, Miss Maggie
Scott. The paper which is given in full
below is full of bright and original ideas,
and was thoroughly appreciated by the
audience. E: b. IS. 4: ..s
When the fact that the young lady
had never heard anything of tho kind,
and had only a few suggestions in re-
ference to 1t is taken into Consideration
the ideas seem particularly good. ~.
School mates and friends To make
a prophecy I come to you today. Not
very long agoI had a dream and in my
dream I saw many things that we're
strange and wonderful to me. If you
will give me the time I will tell you Of
some Of these things and you may think
as you like of them.
When my dream begins am stepping
from train which has brought me into
large city which seems to be called
Duluth. The first thing that came to
my mind is to ask for the first boat
which will take me to Grand Marais,
someone tells me which way to 60 and
before really have time to think I find
myself on board fine, large steamer
which is already making it's way out of
the canal and into the lake Superior.
Upon looking oyer my ticket I find
that nothing is said of the Dixon, and as
1 look about me see at glance that I
am not on board the Dixon but on a
large and beautiful boat which is going
very fast, and which they tell me will be
in Grand Marais in three hours. Every
thing around me is so different from
what [ expected to find that I rush
out side to see If cannot find someone
who can explain all these things to me.
AS I feel the fresh cool wind which
blows from the lake something seems to
tell me that I have not felt those breezes
for twenty-five years and asks me why
I should expect to find everything as I
left it. Then questioned some of the
people who is captain on board this
wonderful steamer, and was greatly sur
prised to find Sam Zimmerman Jr. is
captain. Captain Zimmerman was very
accommodating and showed me about
the boat, and to my surprise I find
James McLarin as engeneer.
But I must not stop to tell you more
about this wonderful boat. It seemed
to me as if am only short time on
board this boat when / again find my
self in another most beautiful city which
I soon learn is Grand Marais, my old
home. All that vast forest has gone
and in it's place is a large and noisy city.
It was growing dark and as I stepped
from the boat I could not believe that
this was my old home. Here was
street-car marked Maple Hill, and that
one would take me to Colville Point, and
still another that said Good Harbor
Hill. Beside these there were many car
riages and number of men shouting
all sorts Of things that I could not
understand, One of them said to me
Fright this way to the Benson House.,
and made up my mind to 60 there on
account of knowing the name. Sure
enough, I find Henry Benson is the
hotel-keeper. The hotel is a very good
one and things are in very nice order
and under the charge of his sister, Jenny
Benson. Selma has just returned home
from trip to New York city where she
was buying goods for the millinery de-
partment of large dry goods store run
by Charles Howenstine and Leonce and
William Zimmerman and known as
Howenstine & Zimmerman Bros.
Without my knowing it they sent for
Anna Scott, who has the largest book
store in the city. None of us seemed to
be able to talk fast enough when we were
together and alone, there were SO many
questions to be asked and SO many
things to be said I can only remember
a small part of them. 7 found out that
there was rail road from Port Arthur
and Fort William through. Grand Port
age and Hovland to Grand Mars1s. From
here it went to Lutsen, Tofte and Du-
luth, Joe Mayhem was president of this
road. Jack Scott Jr. was President OF
rail road which ran from Grand Marais
to Gunfint. - .-~.. .a2,s.-' -
| The largest saw-mill along the North
Shore was run by Charles Pero and Joe
Morrison. John Zimmerman Peter
Stevens have the largest coal docks in
this part of the country, while George
Zimmerman has charge of ore docks here
that are by Far the largest in the world
William Cadunce is captain Of a steam
boat that runs between here and Isle
Royale. Il, =. ~ Y. ...:%. >
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