The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-11-14

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Speaking Of corn, Mr.. wa. MIDDLETON, a
farmer living "A few miles southeast of us be-
tween the Saint Crox and the Mississippi rivers,
has raised this year upon his farm, 80 bushels of
Indian corn per acre---ihe ground and product Of
it both carefully measured can be abundantly
Proyed to amy who wish for proof-ihe crop
arifcial'y manured or enriched in any manner
whatever. The corn is the large, tyelye-rowed,
nsylyania flint corn. IF those people below
who think il u pity we caa't make cswn crap
viii come and take took about the NIcIiat,ies
aud the Midd.etons, and about Cottage Grove,
they will see sights in the way Of farming, which
| will as;onisli them.
| On the road between Saint Paul aud Saint
Anthony, lives a Mr.. Larpen,em, good farmer,
who, laying hold Of the promises and having
faith in our soil and climate, so,ved and planted
in the Spring, and is now reaping rich harvest
his crops without exception being very abundant.
/ He planted his corn very late, obtaining mixed
seed from sale corn, at 4 store in Saint Paul, of
every variety, from the eisht-rowed squnw corn
of every variety, was ripe, long, long ago
Precisely the same, was the experience Of another
fumer, more than 100 miles further up the river,
only that he lost all his corn, when ripe, by The
blackbrds, which will levy rather severe contri-
button of black mail, until their parishes of corn
fields arc enlarged !; but after few hundred
cornfields are in cultivation, they will probably
take no than the regular 1.-THE ''ilat is their
right and dne.'' ts. ..8Isss $50.
The proprietors Of the Saint Anthony mills,
have realized dividend Of 80 per cent, upon
their property, by the sale Of lots.
Mr.. 5. B. Olinsted, whose farm il near Fort
Gaines, says that his crop of oats-a large field
is the best crop, the best filed, and The mos,
uniform and excellent crop he ever saw grown
anywhere. His oats, when tirashed, are there,
worth one dollar per bushel, and oat straw, AZ
the Fort, 5000 per ton. Think Of that, on
Suckers Think Of it, when you return GromFn
days drive to Oquawka or Beardstown or Kus-
haskia, whittier you have dragged through the
mud, fifty bushels Of oats and sold them for 81 so
in "store pay" Think Of it, as you .'ungear'
your poor weary ''horse brutes'' from that high
wheeled, ancient looking ''wagin,' with its tar
bucket Sung upon the hind axle. Why, we
would rather inhabi, the irigd zone aud split up
the North Pole to fence it in with, than to take
your low prices, ycur mud, Your chilling winds,
and your agnes.
g Order reigns in Warsaw We have no
fights for the last week in Saint Paul, to record
The riots threatened by the enforcement OF The
hog law, the presumption war and all internal
disquietsdes, are calnled. Mere personal fights,
as long as they are not brought judicially to the
notice of the public, we do not choose to record :
and therefore decline publishing any communica-
tons on the subject, however graphically descrip-
tive, or dramatically represented.
His honor, Judge Meoker, also WIN. d. PHIL
lips, Esq, District Attorney Of Benton County,
and several members Of the bar, also the deputy
marshal, left ST. Paul hast week, to attend
the District Court, nj Sank Rapids.
The new Episcopal Church, which is being built
in ''ihe early pointed style,'' in the rear of the
Library, with its peaked windows and triangular
window frames and sharp roof, is now enclosed
and looks really unique, odd and interesting.
Little Crows Band Of Sioux are Oh the east
side Of Lake Saint CroiS, hunting deer and bears
Game is said TO be much more abundant on the
east side Of the lake. than on this side.
Court in Minnesota, upon an issue Of insanity, 10
Irove that the party charged with insanity asked
for the paymen. or the loan Of one hundcrd dol
lars in cash. ..-T
That enterprising gentlemen, A. w. TAYLOR,
Esq, one of the proprietors Of Saint Anthony,
has entered into a contract with Mr.. LIBBEY,
for the erection of seven superb saw-milIs, which
will be large enough to occupy all his half q ,fbe
fumes below the dam--for the total sum, Q<9Gd-
ing repairs Of dam, of $4,000. The esr2es
are to be erected next summer, and three of the,
P"' ." vPC'atioh ~ ScttCtnuct utAt, anu the
seven mills are all to be in complete operation,
in one year from next April.
The Miners Express is much mistaken in say
ing that the steamboat Governor Ramsey has
made ga failure" Of navigating the river from
Saint Anthony to Sank Rapids. For long time,
as long in fact as there were fcights, the Ramsey
continued to run. and that too with great regular
ity-and paid well. So far from the upper navi-
CATION proving failure, it is intended to put an
other boat upon the river next Spring, to run
from the head Of Sank Rapids to Pokagoma
falls, 700 miles north of here. More than that,
if our friends below banter us to do it, we will
run one Of our little steamboats,, one of these
dewy June mornings. across the narrow portage
near the head Of the Mississippi, into Lake Su-
pcrior. If there are any rivers to be explored,
we are bound to carry the steam whistle to their
sources.
Why will not those newspapers which have
published the false report, that Mr. Sibley's seat
in Congress would be contested OH account of his