The Irish standard., 1901-03-16
FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
Pen Pictures by the Travelling Agent
80, of The Irish Standard.

Rochester, Mimi, March 10, 1901.
To the Editor of the Irish Standard:
Although did not promise-,nd you
did not ask-a letter of news from
here or any other point on this trip
here goes one for luck any way.
The first town l struck on the trir
downward was Hastings, and the most
fastidious Of your readers will admit
that this is an old town with some
young people in it, who all speak OF
the cities almost continuously. Father
Fitzgerald here is ailing and has been
for some time. He has gone to Mt
Clemens, Mich, for his health. Mrs
p. Flannery, who lives across the way
from the pastors residence, is also
very low and feeble. This good wo-
man that we know since boyhood, has
been an invalid for several years and
bears her terrible sickness like Il true
and good Christian that she is, and
convert to the Catholic church. May
God comfort her here and hereafter.
Here met our good friends Judge
Moran, Judge Newell, John Kane, Pat
Flannery (who is getting rich), j. Nc
Laughlin, Il. Carrolan, VIM. Il. Ma
ther, VIM. L. Fahey, John +. Stevens
G. l.. Barnum, O'Bren Brothers, Owen
Austin and dozens of others who read
the Standard-but-
The next city of Importance is Wi
mona, and it is a large and beauti-
full place, large and commodious
schools, large hotels, large sawmills,
large bishops house, large churches;
in fact, Winona is large i'll all it's parts.
But speaking about churches, attend
ed mass at the Polish church here OH
Ash Wednesday, and it is one Of the
finest Catholic houses Of worship l
ever saw in any place, botn externally
and internally. 1t takes the cake, l
believe, in all Minnesota, and here
met the Right Rev. Bishop Cotter,
his good secretary, Father Comiskey,
and Father Cicminski, Father Z. J.
Gallagher, formerly Of st. Paul, and
our old and good friend. Here l also
met John Keenan,, the builder and liv-
cry man: John Sherman, the county
president of the a. o. H., another fine
man; james BannOn, another, and
they all are as follows: =. f. Nc
earthly, j. j. Morgan, Z. OConnell
John Welch, VIM. Burns, r. Burke
1'hos. Burke. James Il. Burke, James
McConnon, ID. Il. O'Brien and a score
Of Others
Next | find myself seated i'm a mar
row-gauge railroad train flying up that
narrow winding valley to Caledonia.
1t must be Il romantic ride in the
autumn time, and here is the famous
ly named place christcned and well
baptized by no less Il man than Gen
eral McPhail, that sturdy old soldier
of Caledonian blood who is the father
in-law of the well-knOwn Uibcrnian
Geo. w. Anderson Of st. Paul and
Minneapolis and above I'LL the state
capitol. Here. of course, | met our
friend Rev. Il. j. O'Connell, who has
beautiful up-to-late ncwly-built
church, and paid for; Hon. James
O'Brien, p. Mullancy, Thos Ryan, p.
V. Ryan, the newspaper man; Con
McCawley, l.. Hill. Daniel Sheehan,
Mrs. Thos. Ryan, ST., IT, Gerkey, J..
w. Potter, Edward Crotty, John Ken
nedy. Patrick Kennedy, Frank Evans,
the good and able sheriff of the county.
Jerry Moriarty. our old friend and
subscriber, is now dead, but the family
wants the Standard Just the same in
his memory. Phillip Schwebach, Bish-
op Schwebach's brother of La Crosse:
Dan Finley, John Buckley, Joseph G..
Coleman. Mrs. John Harrington, M. n.
Hurley, James Colleran. VIM. Kelly,
Nick Gaspard and Charles Koell.
And here is Lanesboro, and it is n
good name for it, it being almost I'M
der the ground. 1t is surrounded by
hills, and high ones, ana is a COSY and
prosperous little city. Here | met our
old friend Mr.. James III. OLcary. who
is son-in-law now of the richest man
or the place, the banker and miller. Nj.
Seaman. Denis Galligan is another
prosperous citizen here, formerly of
Limerick, Ireland, and James Seaman,
the "A. .. II. man; VIM. Kane, ID. VIVA
len, Con Bresnan, John Owens John
Mahoney, M. Hayes and d. Spillane.
The next place visited was Austin
This is a finely settled and rich farm
ing community and no mistake about
ii. Inc city itself is nice ana has some
good hotels and other METROPOLITAN ot-
fractions. Here is our good friend
jim Geraghty. the best Democrat and
best all around Irishman we met there
he wants William Jennings Bryon.s
"Commoner" from the Standard Office
please. Here is situated four miles
outside the city the great Furlonc
STOCK farm. visited it, and tho Hon
}. j. himself was there supcrintcndinc
the putting up of several hundred tons
oil ice that is needed in such great
place as this each season. Mr.. Fur,ony
showed us around his great menagerie
or living animals. and it is worth the
ADMISSION to a circus any time to be
tOtp0 around Inv, Tol,,,. L., c,,