The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-08-21
'I4,h. Have YOU much lsw-busines 3 /

sl4tb. lave you much law-business!F
SOf late, we have not much. Soldiers ara
often discharged from the Army, but that
is done by our Judge Of Probate, ,riihoui
iasc. Our lawsin Minnesota, arc on the
moral suasion principle-rather advisory
than compulsory; and are therefore not Of
ten enforced, Then again, is il not cheap
err, surer and better, 10 retain Courts than
counsel?
' 18th. What does comfortable house
and LOT rent for, and for what do they sell !?
sas Comfort is a relative term. The tenant
of dungeon, would call an open hole in
the ground, comfortable. What ideas Of
comfort this inquirer may have, we know
not. IL he has lived upon corn dodgers all
his life, in double log-cahn, with a mud
chimney for window, and an old blanket
in place of door. he ought to be able to
hire comfortable" Indian lodge for dol
lar month, or q privilege of leaning against
the sign-p post Of the American or Central
House, at the same price, with chance to
snatch warm meals on steamboats,, which
are arriving every day or two. What does
the inquirer mean by comfortable lot?-
Wet or dry? Ia town or out of town >
One rod square or twenty rods? You ask
what comfortable house and lot sells for !
Well, sir; large, new, well finished house,
in the middle of town, actually sells for
more than poor little house in the sub
urbs aud it is much tho Same with lots
The prices therefore cary, say from $50 to
5000.
10Th. is not your climate intensely cold
in the winter! .. ....
Friend, you have guessed right, the frs,
time. There you show yourself man of
sense aud observation. You have no doubt
observed, that the nearer you approach the
poles, the greater is the chance Of cold
weather. Now, if you look on the map,
(you have maps in Virginia? Inquire then
of Hon. Henry A. Wise,) you will learn
that we are where we can see the top of
the North pole. Cold! You had better be-
lieve il is cold. Often and often, a mans
whiskers freeze, so that he can Just brush
them smooth off Of his face, with his hand,
and they fall rafting to the ground, just like
Il cluster Of icicles.
l7th. How long do your summers last
They last from very late in the spring I'M
til very early in autumn. Again we beg
leave to refer you to a printed document
known US the Almanac, in which you will
find list of the summer months.
18th. VIVA, is the best time Of the year
TO emigrate'
The best time of the year for us, 1--WE
cannot answer for our inquirer is at that
time Of the year when we get ready to en-
igrate, having due regard to the time of the
moon.
18th. Do you think would incur any
risk of the cholera, if ! come this fall
Not of the cholera; but if you come be-
fore the election, you mny OF The collar
They keep collar-fac,ory across the way
here, " here the article is kept on hand for
strangers, like ready-made .cotlins.
Goth. " hat advantages does your eoun-
try possess over Iowa?
None that we wish to urge upon the con-
sIderaiion OF you and your people. If you
come, you will not stay six weeks, before
your teeth will chatter with terror, in antc-
'pation Of your freezing to death the next
winter. You will leave the country in dis
gust, and swear it is too cold to raise corn
here !; that we do not raise corn, hut only
something that resembles corn and your
neighbors, (who never sec a newspaper, J
will believe you.
2lst. What will it cost one from Saint
Louis to Saint Paul /?
1t will cost one, exactly half as much
as it will cost too. Ten or twelve
dollars is the cabin fare through. Then
your bar bilis-but perhaps you drink moth
ing--or if you do, you can come from CHILE
ma on the Nominee, where if you have any
liquor, you must carry it in your trunk.
22nd. Have you much consumption
terrible consumption Of meat and veg
etables-nO other
Esd. Which routes BY the lakes, or up
the Ohio and other rivers?
!, would perhaps be as well for you to go
sup the Ohio and other rivers :" for in
stance, the Allegheny and MonongaheIa,
the Susquehanna aud Delaware, or any of
the "o'her rivers" They are all pleasant
rivers TO travel on. You canno, complain
that we have not given you free passage
up Salt river to its springs.
Kentucky.
CoNGREss.-In the First District, Lynn
Boyd (Union Democracy isre-elec,ed. The
district ALWAYS gives 4 large detIocratic mn