The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-08-16

reader to the article upon St. Anthony,
fonnd on the first page.
ST. PAUL,
which is the principal commercial town on
the Mississippi, is situated upon bluff
some seventy-five or hundred feet above
the river on its outward sweep, commanding
a view of the stream for distance of some
two miles. The face of the country in the
rear, that is, north of the town, is quite u,,-
even; and is made up of oak-openings,
mirrored by numerous little ponds.
ST. Paul has about eight hundred inhabi-
tants, most of whom have sprouted up " it'll
in the last few months. We have already
most of the material comforts of life; we
are usually visited by four steamboats, a
week, and Galena, Dubuque and St. Louis,
though the latter town is some eight humid
red miles south of US, seem like neighbors.
Their citizens frequently "drop up'' to
make us call. The mechanic ar IS in St.
Paul are in many of the departments abun-
dainty represented. We have no imme-
date want of ordinary carpenters nor black.
smiths, though their journey work obtain.
from $l.5O to So per day and found.
We need no more merchants. There is
already too great supply of all sorts OF
merchandise adapted to this market. Ifany
merchant is SO set upon trying this market
as not to take our word for it, let him come
and see.
We want farmers. We are almost ready
to offer bounty Oh farmers. And we re-
commend to them to come-cOule as soon
as they can. Corn and oats have retailed
here during most of the present season al
so and Is cents. Potatoes at Is and 81.
A ready market will be found for agricul-
tural produce during the whole time the
Territory is being settled, and probably long
afterwards, for the supply of the lumber
trade. Three nations Of Indians, too, are
supplied with provisions yearly, by the U.
S. Government which now brings their
supplies from below.
The Territory is settling very fast with
immigrants from the eastern and middle
States. We should probably have had a
fuller flood of immigration had it not been
for the cholera in the towns along the way.
Young men can do we'll to work for wages
almost anywhere in the Territory, and in
the pine region they can get from $l5 to
$40 per month.
Whether winter wheat is a sure crop, we
can find but one citizen who has resided
here long enough to inform us. He has a
small extent of ground sowed with winter
wheat which bids as fair as can be desired.
Apples can be raised here unquestionably
in great perfection. We doubt whether
peaches would survive the winters. The
winters are long and cold, but the temrera-
ture is so equable, that they are said to be
agreeable. Lumber is abundant at ST. An
thongs Falls, seven miles above St. Paul
and at St. Croix, some forty miles N. E.
We have a brick yard and good quarryns
stone near at hand. AS to commodities fol
trade, probably Indian corn would pay the
best profit. 1t has sold heretofore, in The
winter at one dollar per bushel. The eli
mate is almost precisely like that Of New
England. Bilious diseases are rare, anC
agues have no home here. Our country il
proverbiaIIy healthy.
Town and suburb lots are for sale by Mr.
H. NJ. Rice, s. Co., Gen. S. Leech, Mr..
Irvine, Mr.. Randall, Smith s. Whitney
Rev. MIR. Hoyt, and various others whose
names do not now occur. Lands in the su
burbs Of St. Paul are worth from ten t.
one hundred dollars per acre.
AS to the order of Odd Fellows, we hav.
not heard Of any, but there are grea
many smart bachelors, who will have t,
continue odd if their other halves do no
come along with you immigrants.
We have hotels enough and Il good til
shop. Board at the hotels is about one dol
lar day, and from two and half to fiv.
dollars per week. Washing is from sew
enty-five cents to one dollar and half pc
dozen. We have some eighteen stores an,
twenty-fv groceries of the first water; W,
have several excellent ministers aud on,
good school.