Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-21
LETTER From ]. B. KNUDsoN.
Pleasantly Located in Burlington EIe
NJ Likes His New 5..S s&H
s83S Position }ss


Many friends OF J..B B. Knndson,
\ who recently removed to Burlington,
II Iowa, will read with interest the fol-
Owing letter Of recent date received
~ afriend In the city: s. .5:. AZ; 4 E5s
, I promised a number Of my former
\ pupils Of Little Falls that as soon as
" got located at Burlington, I would
\ let them know how + liked the place.
W like Burlington very well. II
y borders the riverin the form Of 9
crescent and the view from the river
is very beau tiful. The resident por-
ton is constructed mainly on three
hills known respectively as: North
4 hill, South hill and..West hill. The
business portion Of the town i's<lo-
/. Gated at the base of these hills. !
reside on West hill and walk up
there and back three times q day.
This gives me considerable exercise.
d =Ofcourse, I could take a : car, :, but
that would not help me any con
additionally, nor. vet financially.
AT first this method, of locomotion
h was rather an arduous task, but
now I have become SO accustomed
to it that anticipate this exercise
with pleasure. Il = -. q y.
1enjoy my school-work very well,
and without exaggeration, I think
that the Elliott Business college is
= one of the best and most thorough
business training schools in the
country. Iwish Icould induce some
OF the young people of Little Falls
to attend it, especially young people
who havelan aim in life, and who
have ability and natural aptitude
for a business vocation. We have a
perfect system OF instruction, regular
class-w DIRK, the finest Office fixtures
I ever saw in a school. in which the
students do business with the
students of thirty six representative
! business colleges in this country and
in Canada, and having the most
complete and thorough course in
actual business that ever heard of.
1t is novel, original and practical.
The same ia true of the shorthand
work. It is a fact that not q single
day has passed since I have been
here but what there has been "a call
either by wire, telephone, letter i or
person for q young man or lady as
bookkeeper OF stenographer. This
is what makes the school So large
and which gives it such a prestige
among business men All over the
state. We are going to have about
! six hundred stud Tents this year. s;s.s.s
II there Is prohibition III Iowa it
remains on the statute books. It is
the most singular thing that ask
B whom may and they cannot tell
me whether this is a prohibition
state or not. and, no u wonder, for
Burlington has numerous saloons,
and they are" wide open, too. These
saloons are IL beautifully furnished
with elaborate fresco patterns . in
exquisite. designs around the walls
and ceiling, and bars banked with
costly mirrors and curiously carved
woodwork. calculated to attract the
most wary civilian The music, too,
which sends the "free lunch" dancing
down the customers oesophagus is
a very important accessory, and in
some of the most prominent Bullets
this is of no mean order. But this
comes nearly being a dead give
away as to my, meanderings,, so I
had better not write any more ab out
that matter. You see Mrs. Knudson
is not here now and l. presume my
curiosity sometimes leads me, to take
great liberties. ), IT,, =. = !
= We have q beautiful park here too,
and there the band dispenses music
every night, even Sunday. But here
is where Burlington gets ahead Of
Little Falls on Sunday observance.
There is no ball playing here. The
band plays in the park in the even
ing, 1T is true, but it plays nothing
but sacred music. And between tie
numbers some one Of the prominent
ministers, OF the churches Of this tcity
gives q short sermon. + Throngs OF
: Of neODle 90 there. NJ not; necessarily