The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-12-18

Win tnbch CROWN OIL uees anu sntuoS-oue VI
he most secluded, solitary spots in the world. III
the spring. it is frequented by focks Of swan; anl
lueing their time Of incubation, is covered every
where with swans eggs, whitening the ground,
as if there had been 4 storm Of great hai-stones.
MILE LAc.-Far north of ns, between tn
Mississippi and the st. Crcix. lies Mile Lac, IN
the lands Of The Chippewa indians--a lake Of
grea, extent; 10 large tina, i, is impossible to see
from Of its shores to the other, at the widest
part Of it. Around Mile Lac, are dense forests
of hard wood, principally sugar maple, growing
upon soil Of extreme fertility. That portion Of
Minnesota, will, al NO slst,nt day, be densely
populated
RETAIL PAGES IN SAINT PAUL.-Flour,
SIS to So; Mess Pork, $24; beef by the quar-
ter, cents all Grounds oats, 80 to 40c; sugar.
s to 10 cents; bacon, prime. IL TIC; corn, soc;
corn meal, s. per bushe; wood, So so to So;
apples. green, IS to Sc; oysters, per can, Si;
Hard, l5c, and scarce; butter, I6 to zoe; board
and lodging, SO, to ST. per week; whiskey, soc
to $50; und goods generally, in Saint Paul,
nlors than SO per cent iowe r than last year.
! LUMsERINe AT Sr. PAUL.--As it is dem
ons,rated that steam saw mills arc the cheapest.
there is no. more favorable spot on the Missls-
spp, for the extensive manufacture Of lumber,
than ST, Paul. Lumber Must come over the Falls
Of ST. Anthony, in the form of logs; winch II sc
cured here by suitable boom, may be sawed as
cheapy as any where, and the surplus lumber
above the demands Of our own market, will then
have choice of markets all the way down to the
Gulf of Mexico.
WINTrn CoMING.--Iast Monday morning
the mercury at sunrise, was down to "a degrees
below zero, on Bench street. /, is time for our
people to begin to prepare for cold weather.
ATTENDING PuBLlc WoRsHIp.--A great
many Of our townsmen attend public worship on
Sunday, in spacious, comfortable churches;
bu great many also stay away. Attendance
on public worship, il Of the surest tests OF
refinement and civilization. Every person ought
10 stop, at least once week, and have a reckon
ing with God; for frequent settlements make fas,
friends.
snow SHoEs.--This sor, of artificial web
feet, to support travellers and voysgeurs over the
deep SHOWS north Of us, has now come into re-
QUESTION there; and with snow shoes, traveller
proceeds 80 miles day, when without them, he
could not proceed at all. They are sometimes
seen in St, Paul; but not article Of com
merce. A snow shoe is simply wooden hoop
shaped like common kite, about lS inches in It's
widest diameter, by or feet long, with net.
work Of buffalo, elk deer-sllin green hide, woy.
en- it from side TO side and end to end, JUS
as bed cord is, in bed-s.ead. One Of these
shoes is attached to each foot b. thongs, SO tina
when the wearer walks, the heel Of the snow.
shoe is rot raised, but is dragged along. The
wearer, with experience gets so as to run on snow
shoes, quite rapidly, each shoe as it advances
passing partly over the other shoe; for, TO make
circumAexion Of each step, CT Is inches, or ,ht
full width Of the shoe, would be tedious, if no
impossible.
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bare ice having been exposed many days to tn,
action Of cold.
Ice HoUsE.-Hiiherto we have never had
supply Of ice in St. Paul, through, the summer Mr.
Symonds. brick-.naker is erecting All ice hoas.
near the upper landing. sufficiently large to con
tain 900 tons Of ice. For this notice, Mr. Symond
promises to lay upon our editorial table a hand
some lump Of ice, when he commences storing il,
mex, February. We seldom refuse prompt pay
ment; but would thank Mr. s. in this instance, Il
defer the favor Of liquidation until July next.
THE ILLUMINATED AMERICAN News
Our readers will regret to learn that this lnagnif
cent n. Y. weekly has expired, at the end of ih'
first volume. The engravnys We're very spiri,et
and very expcnsiye--equal to the beat Of London
Ii did not pay; but ought to be RECOMMENDED a
such price as wiu pay.
WARN HOUSES. People who build houses
in Minnesota, will learn by experience that the,
must buid them warmer. II is not the tropic!
that we inhabit, by considerable. a balloon
frame, badly covered with siding aud the insid,
Of the house badly p!astered, is no, sufficient pro-
lection TO stand between the occupants and the
cold outside, ranging from ten to thirty degrees
below zero. A! less expense Of building than in
the mode here usual, house may be made en-
trely imperyious TO frost. In the north Of Europe
they do not pretend to winter in houses such as
we build They could not. The poorest Russian
has a warm nest for his home. A house may b,
built here. balloon fashion, simply by enclosing i
with double walls Of rough boards. four inches
apart, or The thickness Of studding. the space be
tween the walls, filled with saw dust, and tn,
house well banked up, so that with snug door
and double windows, it will be as warm as
cellar. If the roof were protected in the same
way with saw dust, between board partitions
ycnr house would not only be absolutely fros
proof in the winter, but it would preserve ice al
summer 4 portion Of the house, would serv,
every purpose Of cellar As much fire as i