The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-01-13

over this great Industrial exhibition
we merely, like young Oliver, proceed
to call for more. And so we find that
this great peninsula is shaped some
like a shallow dish about twenty feet
deeper in the center than on the edge,
and that this central depression is
filled to the depth of one to fifteen
feet with alluyial soil from the
various streams in the north, and
that this alluvium is covered with
water from few inches to few feet
in depth, the water being clear and
drinkable. So the everglades are not
swamps; one can find footing any,
where, and the Indians roam over
them with no fear of being mired.
For many years the possibility of
draining this vast. territory has been
discussed both in and outside of legis-
lative halls, but misunderstanding was
of so vast scope that little was eff
fected until within the last three
years, although the last three COVER
nors were friendly to the project.
Now with liberal appropriations and
backed by individual capital, there
are five dredges slowly digging a water
way from points on the eastern coast
toward Lake Okeechobee. Already
the results are encouraging, and there
is talk of q enlarging one of these
bitches to width of 200 feet and
forming a ship canal from coast to
coast. Meantime many thousands Of
acres. have been reclaimed and are
sending shiploads of tropical products
to the north; SO that now Chicago and
New York citizens may regale them
selves on green vegetables through
the entire year. Hitherto these sup
plies have come from Nassau, Cuba
and the Bermudas. Now, with both
rail and water transportation, the
supply will more nearly meet the de-
mand, and with increased production
prices will drop to a figure that will
appeal to the owners of less than a
million.
AS regards the climate: We were as
sured that no frost was ever known
in this favored section; that the win
ter was balmy and mild; and that
warm clothing and heating apparatus
were unnecessary. 'sLord, Lord, how
men are given to lying. King David.
Bill shakespeare, Falstaff and Bacon
and Ig. Donnelly have all noticed it.
The unhappy and cold fact is that we
have had three good old fashioned,
Borealytic waves in eight
DAYS. The air is saturated with the
resinous smoke of million fires, built
to the windWard of orchards and gar
den, in the hope of saving the fruit
of SO much toll and money. There
are rumors of disaster from the north
end of the peninsula, while Georgia
and the Carolinas are in the grasp of
a yeritable blizzard, strayed, l de-
voutly trust, from the wild wastes of
Minnesota and Dakota.
The above '.knock" does not of
course apply to Dade county, the
county in the state.
Dade county, we are assured, is the
only simon pure, real, 10 carat Eden
this side of the Caribbean sea. That
it is an Eden, is easily susceptible of
proof. In d half hours walk you can
find the man, the woman, the serpent,
the apple and the fig leaves. And
right here wish to correct an error
that has fingered too long in our Sun
day schools and houses of corrections;
the apple by which Eve was tempted
and with which she tempted Adam,
was not pippin but a pineapple. as
big as squash, of the. red Mexican
brand. l stole one the other day as /
was passing grove and ate it; and
after eating, decided that Eve was
not to blame in that little transaction
of long ago, and neither was Adam.
An,apple like that would make St.
Anthony come down off his perch.
AS to the serpent, / have not much
to say, except that he showed good
Judgment in selecting Eve as a proper
subject for beguilement. Had he
tackled Adam, the old chap would
have done him. up on a real estate
deal and told him to go to Hades.
The fig leaf in its ,sartorial effect is
good so far as it goes, but is not of
much use in the upbuilding of a.
sheath gown. So much for Eden.
j Should you decide to cumber your
highly moral columns with what /
have written, may resume the his
tory of Dade county from local
and embellish it with a.
few fish stories. Meantime, accept
for yourself and your readers my
hearty wishes for happy and pros
porous new. year.. and send The
Herald to. my address till further
notice.
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