Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-16
BAGLEY.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Departures Monday Mrs. J. Fl.
Palmer to the Prairie sanitarium
Lee Pace to Lacrosse hospital; q q
to Bay City, Wis.
DR.. Mecum and D. j. Harris
shipped a carload Of young cattle
from st. Paul last week
Grandma Gulick is with her daugh-
ter Alice Hodge, Of Bagley.
Will Remy Is having visitors from
North Dakota, Fir. and Mrs. Lee Day
and two children.
F. L. Wager and daughter, Mrs.
Amos Brown, are visiting another
daughter at GAINESVILLE, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knutson, of Mt.
Sterling, Wis. is here to visit their
son Cornelius and family.
Last Wednesday Misses HuIdah
Hodge and Nellie Millin were
shopping at Priarie du CHEN.
Miss Ethel Weatherwax, visitor
from Sturgis, Mich. spent a few
days with her uncle Berger, at Lynx
Vile, Wis.
Miss Clarrissia Day, of Granville,
Ia, is here visiting her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs J. P. Day.
Too much rain lately they can
thresh or stack, but it may be the
better for corn and potatoes
Last Monday we took the train for
Bay City, Wis, to visit our son J.
M. Harvill, agent at that point fer
the G. B. & @. We arrived at 10
o clock m. but it rained about every
day, narring the pleasure Of the visit
somewhat. They have $50 inhabitants
but by special permit they in.
corporated. Bay City is at the head
of Lake Pepin several miles long and
three miles wide at the widest. This
is one of the greatest fish markets on
the river. The catch this season is
poor, but last year Is car loads were
shipped out FROM Bay City alone
The Yeoman have a nice hall aud the
Woodmen one equally good. They
have an M. E. church and a fine
graded school, stores, blacksmith
shop, lumber yard and a cement
block factory a physician and man
who claims to cure cancer Our son
plays in the orchestra and we found
the people pleasant and sociable.
Red Wing is across the river on the
Minnesota side. We took lovely
launch ride to Red Wing by moon
light. The city of IT, 900 derives
its name from the legendary story of
the red man, Red Wing the pretty
Indian maid. driven to distraction by
the assassination of her lover, jumped
from a high peak of the bluff and was
killed. The landscape view as we
approached Red Wing by moonlight,
is beautiful beyond description. The
city in the distance, the magnificent
bridge that spans the river, high
enough for large steamers to pass;
the electric power plant wires
stretched on steel towers, equally
high across the river. The legendary
mound that lifts its lofty peak above
the city as a mighty sentinel, all
combined form picture not easily
forgotten. On our way down the river
we noticed many places of interest,
Maiden Rock, Alma, Fountain City,
Stoddard, Victory and many other
towns; at nearly all these towns you
see fishing craft aud clam boats all
busy getting bivaIves out Of the river.
On the other side as we passed,
Winona came in view. Many of our
Youngsters have graduated from
Winona schools, singular principle
stands here on a high bluff called the
sugar loaf. Tourists have climbed to
the top and the view for miles round
is fine. Trains were delayed by a
wash out near Hanover, ILL.,, and we
had to side track at Stoddard to let
belated TRANS go by. The road has
large gang double tracking. They
have reached Stoddard, working south
ward.