When I Was There The War Was In Hand, And It Was Hardly To Be
Expected That Any Hotel Should Succeed.
The landlord told me that
he held it at the present time for a very low rent, and that he
could just manage to keep it open without loss.
The war which
hindered people from traveling, and in that way injured the
innkeepers, also hindered people from housekeeping, and reduced
them to the necessity of boarding out, by which the innkeepers were
of course benefited. At St. Paul I found that the majority of the
guests were inhabitants of the town, boarding at the hotel, and
thus dispensing with the cares of a separate establishment. I do
not know what was charged for such accommodation at St. Paul, but I
have come across large houses at which a single man could get all
that he required for a dollar a day. Now Americans are great
consumers, especially at hotels, and all that a man requires
includes three hot meals, with a choice from about two dozen dishes
at each.
From St. Paul there are two waterfalls to be seen, which we, of
course, visited. We crossed the river at Fort Snelling, a rickety,
ill-conditioned building standing at the confluence of the
Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, built there to repress the
Indians. It is, I take it, very necessary, especially at the
present moment, as the Indians seem to require repressing. They
have learned that the attention of the Federal government has been
called to the war, and have become bold in consequence.
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