Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-11-10
Miss Florence Minis Writes
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Dear Advertiser:

I-bSdI AuVSIIlSGI.
am in this city of sanity name,
4 for the State Educational Association
1 but think it no better than the cap
ital of my own State. Indirectly St.
Paul was named for the Great Apos-
tie, for in this place November 1,
1S41 bit of chapel of that name
was built by priest, Lucian Galtier,
land from this place of worship the
name is derived.
In the past / have had the privi-
|lege of visiting the capitols of South
carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Rhode
Island, and Massachusetts,. Today for
! the first time, I saw the structure
(which claims distinction of being the
capitol of the great state of Mime
sofa. Most of these buildings look
alike to me, and l could easily have
4 imagined myself in one of the above
mentioned ones.
| This is a representative structure
in that its decorative parts are made
of marble coming from many states
land many countries. Would that
i church congregations and school
boards would build for eternity as
the state does. If rich resources are
to be found in the country, they are
flor the use of mankind and wise is
that authority which spends its
money to use these resources to the
best advantages.
| To return to the subject of the
Estates from which the marble comes.
Georgia furnished that used on the
exterior. I had heard the guide men
!. ton so many states and their con-
tributions, that / said to him, "Have
you anything here from South Caro-
Iine?"
E"Yes," he said, "the incest thing
| in the building is from there" Be-
fore my mind rose Scared battle
flags and Civil War trophies and
what not, that he thought valuable.
Eagerly, I said "What is it?"
'tMYou," he said, and pointed to me.
INV speech, in one small sentence had
given me away.
In one of the show rooms in the
1capitol these words Of Daniel Web
ster were engraved around the walls:
t.Let us develop the resources Of our
Hand, call forth it's powers, build up
Fits Industries, promote all the great
tinterests and see whether we also in
4 1ouFs day and generation may not per
lform something worthy to be remem-
ibgred.1,,
u. From the capitol 4 went ito sthe
estorIea .soriety Bhiidin;g where
there are things of peculiar lntet
to be seen. Covering a large part OF
the wall was a huge blue flag with
over one thousand and two hundred
gold stars representing Minnesota's
contribution of her sons to the world
war. There are more stars yet to be
added.
I am always gratifed when l see
an organization representing the rel
les of the past. 1t shows proper ap-
probation of the civilization on which
its own present progress is built.
The history of Minnesota is con-
nected always with the Indian who
roamed its plains more recently than
thew did those of the South and East.
In a certain room of this building
| were lnQldn TeIlCS, ehiohS o'iSi
things, birch canoe made by the
Oiibways, which had foated down
the Mississippi perhaps, or SKINNED
over the lakes for which this state
| is so famous. 1t was made with the
skill that only red man could use.
Indian arrows made of copper,
beads and leggings seemed to have
Just been put there. Heads of bison
| looked down with helpless. ess that
they never knew when they .t.med
this country fearing neither man nor
his gun.
The various historical relics of the
state reveal its history more. clearly
than do books. There is an atmos-
phere about such things for which
no printed page can substitute.
The early history of Minnesota is
synonymous with that most pictures
que character, the American Indian.
FLORENCE MINIS.
st. Paul, Minnesota.
| Nov. 8, 1920.