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paiILetter from Minnesota.Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 5, 1n78.Eds. Mail: Your member of Congress,Col. Watson, did not put an appearancein Minneapolis with the Presidentialparty. He perhaps learned in St. Paulthat we were nothing but “ lumberyard” up here and gave us the go by ; but he has shown his faith in the futureof this great Northwest bv a few thousand acres. There must be owned uphere by Warren county parties land tothe amount of nearly 100,000 acres—di-ivided between W. F. Dairy tuple, Gran-din and Watson.Frank Carver is here enjoying a highly honorable and lucrative position Clerk of the Probate Court. FrankTrushel is back at his old post in theHarvester Works office. He enjoys theconfidence of the officers of the companyin a high degree. He is very popularand makes friends very fast. The boyshave onlv to “ stick ” and thev are wellfixed for the future.Sitting watching the open fire lastnight, I was reminded of a good manyother open fires—camp fires—which Ihave watched and mused over, and thatled me to thinking of the brave fellows■and true who watched and mused withme in the gallant old Company F of the145th Regiment. How many are thereof that resolute triumphant processionthat marched from Tidioute to Irvine inwagons (that was in the days before therailroad) on their way to Erie, are alivenow? An hundred stalwart fellows.And where are they ? First and foremostof them who are alive is Captain C. C.Merritt, an honest, faithful 'soldier andnow a good citizen of South West. W.M. Lindsey, who has as I hear been alittle extra sort of a good member ofAssembly. H. K. Stiles, who is inMaine. Lieut. S. H. Evans, of Tidioute,the only member of the company who has ever got rich—he is a banker. Goodnatured Charley Hill, 1 e lives at Triumph. “Jimmy” Th r j -on, brave little Irishman, who at Lst accounts hadn’t got over fighting yet, lives at Dunn’sEddy a farmer. Louis Birnber is aprosperous farmer in Limestone.The list of dead is long. StephenClark, D. W. Hunter, Sen. Coliell, JohnbeeWeprilt;Ou iWcWe
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Warren Mail
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Nov 26, 1878
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