The Dickinson press., 1904-03-05
Southwark 10!
From St. Paul to Old Mexico.
Pullman Car, Marissa.

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quainted.
We were taken charge Of by the Com.
mercial club Monday afternoon. Ar.
engagements had been made to give US a
sleigh ride, but owing to the raw and
chilly atmosphere, a special car was
placed at u disposal. The new Capt.
tol building, was visited and Hamm's
brewery where an informal luncheon
was served to the party. In the evening
we were escorted to the Commercial
club rooms where a fine banquet awaited
us.
heard a story told at the banquet
which l think you will appreciate. Mr..
Theis, special agent for the N. D. Pub.
fishers Association at St. Paul, is respon-
sible for it: II was working on one OF
the papers at jamestown and n of the
editors went off to get married and the
other went off to get drunk. This left
me to run things in general. The COM.
p~ositors kept calling for copy and l
hunted around and found a few clippings
for general news, then | took the even
ing paper and cut out what locals | could
find, and l guess there were four or five
in the paper when it came out. Then the
compositors suggested that we ought to
have some editorials. l was up against
it this time, SO l hunted around in the
editors desk and found a little drawer
of clippings and among them found a
good lengthy article just the right size to
fill the space in the form and, without
reading it over handed it to the compost
tors and told them to set it up quick. A
few days after, one Of the editors said to
me. Say Theis where did you get that
editorial?' l told him, and he said, "that
appeared as the leading editorial in the
other paper a short time ago, and cut
it out intending to comment on it."
At 8:35 we left over the ever popular
and scenic Chicago & Northwestern
road for the Windy City. We spent a
few hours at the Automobile show view
ing the "red devils" and white and green
monsters of every American and foreign
manufacture. In the evening we had
the pleasure of hearing Henry Irving in
"The Bells" The shop windows were
gorgeous with the first display of spring,
At ago Wednesday morning we were
speeding overt the famous double tracked
Illinois Central, southwark. AS we glided
along over the smooth roadbed and rich
level prairies of southern Illinois and
the blue grass state, the land Of colonies
fast horses, fair women, and moonshine
whiskcy, l could not help thinking how
favorably our own fair North Dakota
compared with this country. There i:
an air of dilapidation about these ole
towns all along the line. Here and there
will be seen a hne old mansion a land
mark of colonial days, where you nigh
allow your fancy to picture a Kentuck,
colonel Of the old type sitting by the fire
place drinking a toast to the fair lady a
his side. The cabins of the coloree
populace are merely shacks, but pictures
que in their architecture. A cook stove
is a luxury, but no matter how small anc
crude the hut may be. the spacious fire
place is built on the outside of the hous'
at either end where old nanny bake.
the corn pone and the little p%ickaninnie'
dance in the freight to the silvery tinkl'
of the old banjo. One of the familia
sights is a crowd of darkies sitting in
circle on the ground shooting craps
"seben come eleben."
Passing through Louisiana, all the wa,
to New Orleans is nothing but a disma
tamarack swamp; the abode of the al
ligator and the buzzard-the only re
deeming feature being the beautiful
palmettos, Aourishing in all their natura
verdure and granduer.
At last we are at New Orleans, rich il
her history, poetry and traditions. Fai
and fragrant are the beautiful roses tina
bloom in her open gardens. Palmetto
and graceful date palms grace the gree
velvety lawns and the magnolia and liv
oak trees fringe the walks, but the swee
magnolia blossoms will not wait thei
fragrance or the balmy air until a coupl
Of months hence-a slight disappoint
ment to the people from the far mort
who have always associated the Sum
South with the fragrance of magnoli
blossoms.
A visit to the French quarters, tn
market and the old Cathedral are in
~tensely interesting. The Cathedral wa
; erected by Bienville, in 1918 and nance
St. Louis. 1t was destroyed by fire twic
and was rebuilt by a Spanish noblema
in 1851 at a cost Of $4,000. At the Frenc
market we enjoyed a lunch of coffee an
a Spanish omelet. If you have neve
eaten a Spanish omelet, you will neve
know what a bunch Of indigestion an
astronomical torture can be obtained i
. one unsuspecting looking little bundle.
We visited the wharf and watched tn
boats come in to load and unload the
: cargoes. A vessel had just arrived fror
Cuba, laden with sugar. The inspector
have a long steel hook WHICH resemble
:. a cork screw that they jab into the sack
of sugar and stir it around to see if ther
> is anything secreted there. The dock
= were lined with bales of cotton and til
negroes were busy hauling great load
{ with their mules ,and carts. Everythin
6 is mules. The only horses that a,
used are on the hacks and carriages.
= We were just a week too soon for tn
Mardi Gras, but the parade of Momu
{ was on the evening of our arrival SO "
had a glimpse CT the festivities, so
u speak. The floats and electrical displa
were magnificent. The decorations we,
" aloaook oonarloAa no TIA onl.. Al:as a..