The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-26
LETTER FROM WINNIPEG
MANKATO WOMAN WRITES
OF DOINGS THERE
tohe Fought Satan All the Way;
Distributing Her Little
Tracts
CLARA ATTKEN


no The Free Press: l presume you
viii be surprised TO get these few
lines from me way up In Winnipeg.
u left Mankato at 2:B0 on November
90. arriving at Minneapolis at $3.50
and took supper with my son, Stan
Ley Atkon. From there / went with
my daughter, Mrs. Erickson, who has
Isust finished her course of shorthand
and typewriting ut Mankato CONNER
tcial college. She Is now holding
very fne position at $500 a month to
start with. There rested over night,
Taking the first train, which left at
1850. ] was soon comfortably seated.
After leaving St Paul snow al the
dark came on. We were then be-
tween Detroit and Grand Forks. A
6Tand, beautiful country, SO level, IL
Was some resting to both body and
scye for one who lives among the hills.
IN my trip / did not forget My Mas.
fers command, "as ye 90 preach"
Retng so weary Satan said you're too
Il said yes am tired, then on awak'
isning thought, come arise and be do
90 ] scattered tracks through the car
I was In. And on returning TO my
beat q gentleman asked me to be scat
cd for he said he himgef was inter-
Sgtsd In this great work that God had
called him TO do. II was very inter
full way God had revealed the Holy
Scripture to- him. but as he was near
ing his home we only had few min
utos to converse on heavenly things.
From thereon people Kept leaving the
train TIL Il was somewhat empty, IN
III we reached Grand Forks. Then 1t
Nled with q crowd OF teachers, who
tetchers convention. Such a noisy
crowd, and the car then was full,
couldn't al get seats.
Remembered Command of Jesus
Then again j remembered the COM
sand Of Jesus, who said ''as We go
breach" be instant in season and out
" season That might have been
but anyway ! distributed tracts to the
company and returned to my seat,
stepped upon 1t and sang: Listen sim
ner will you listen, while make one
mere appeal. Would with tears your
eyes might glisten. Would to God
your hearts might yield. You viii to
ere long be dying. Soon Wen miss
you from the earth. And your. cold
form will be lying, meath the greens,
Il.
speaking l left them with Him, who
eah His word should not return into
Him void. 1t was not long till the
Canadian officers came along and be-
gan inQuiring where / was going and
where did come from and where was
my husband told the officer he was
IN heaven, so the officer passed on.
Then came the inspector looking
through my baggage which was two
valisss. had one opened wide. All
the tracts / could carry. 1Ay Bible lay
on top. He put his hand IN one side.
IL had anything in Il he would never
have seen IT, so ] found out it was
not 30 hard crossing as had heard,
yet ! know In some cases where it
About go miles ride was at nay des-
tination. Soon was with my daughter.
She lives In the wealthieBt part OF the
residential part. II this is what they
oil living, give me an OH log house
on an acre Of ground where Gods
blessed sun can shine in and pure air.
Today was the first / have got away.
in the country about two miles. Its
some beautiful dAy. sun shining.
Within about twenty rods Of the place
q young Lad was stuck with his car
full of ground feed for this farm. We
saw him far away trying so hard to
get away so when we arrived said
Step over to the track get some sand,
put under your wheel. Hs went at
onss and got some gravel, jumped in
bis car and away he sped. BY the time
DO was unloaded we arrived and the
lady having sold all her chickens OF
which I went 10 see. We got a ride
back to Winnipeg. Then walked out
10 the bridge that crosses the Red
river, looks as wide as the Mississippi.
f'hsy say its . very treacherous river.
Az we stood taking view an elderly
gentleman came along. He said forty
years ago all transportation came up
the Red River until the railroads came
IN gave him q tract. We then turned
back across the Assimitone river,
stopped into coal dealers and on
inquiring found soft coal to be $3.50
TO $3.50 and hard coal S23 ton.
everything else according. The drop
has not come here yet. Even in Wool
worth's ten cents store things are
fifteen cents, o few 10. went through
Hudson bay to q three story building,
first floor ladies' furnishings. A plain
cloak, fur collar and cuffs, $40.
How Do The Poor Liver
I asked how DO the poor get any.
thing to wear? They don't get any.
of dishes, $3.50, cheapest, up to $3.50
and $50. Third floor, shoes and prep
araticns for Christmas dlspiay
Then we went through the indus
trial building At the left OF the door
on entering was q piece of tree saw
ed OF. called fur tree. seven or eight
feet across. Then number OF pictures
showing the growing grain, at the
rfght was q small house and barn,
built from small wood, representing a
home. It was most wonderful con-
structed. Then we passed on into, the
museum whore there were deer,
bear bison. birds. I could not