The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-12-11

clear, very dry, very cold, very healthfa and d..
lightful. Our spring is wet, cold aud uncomfosl-
able, much Of il, until June; when j, suddenly
bursts into the blazing sunshine Of summer, ara
vegetation leaps up, fairly cracking and burstirg
the cerements Of winter June 10 always weep
ing shewesss No dsssghss -hsse--ws have seea
none, TIE mos. objection 70 ous summer climate,
isths want Of dry days enough in July fer hsy-
ing and harvesting. We speak now, of the ,ya
past unusually wet seasons. Our au,umns az
dry and Delightful. succcssios Of IatIs India
summer BY which we rise gradually a. i werr,
into the chilling risors Of winter, which cor
mences again, regularly. properly and usaalysta
the frs, day Of December; when week OF ,wv
earlier o. later, the Mississippi river hare eez,a
over, and continues closed until about the frs, Of
April. -es2Hs WIS eeat
Z. Two hundred dollars viii bay quarter SEE
ton Of good land; two hundred more, will buiid
comfortable house, and another hundred ca
easily be used up in the purchase Of wagsn srsi
yoke Of oxen. Fifty dollars win put qu,e a snux
field in cultivation. man who has resolu,ioa
like "a steamboat, would 60 ont upon wild lac
and make snug home esas would support q.
family. in one season, without dollar of cast
bat money would not set him back any.
8. Doubt. No 1t is rs sure a. God
q L. Al
command good price here; and do command
good price. Why should they not, with The bss,
market in the West all around us,
10. Friend. you live in N. H.; which, as NJ.
Webster once said, els an excellent State 10 en- :
crate FROM" Our opinion is. tina, You ough, to
be glad to get out at any time Of the year. even
If you have to steal out, in the winter, as OH
Smith did from our Territory, to escape punish
ment for larceny; but rather the best time, i. 8,
early as you can come in the spring or summer;
but look cut for mosquitoes in bot weather, .no,v
mind we tell You -
! ii. The people Of Minnesota IRE very mucl,
like other folks from various parts Of the world
in new scene, with new prospects and very liz
tie acquaintance with each other They are very
intelligent and rather hard 10 be led by the aose.
either in religion or politics-,hpk and talk ard
act very much as they Ike-go to meeting whs n
they like. or to a ball, or if they choose stay q,
home, ard read on Sunday or play with the CHI
dren. This is a stretch Of freedom, that expands
their frames and gives them relish for the Gre.
West, that they nevtr lose.
H. We have good schools. (Thunder what
school tax they push at US. who send 20 CHI
dren to school y We have five good Ia nd.oms
churches, with steepIes and four Of them with
bells-all the creation Of about one ycar-,nd
prospect Of more churches-enough to save al
that are willing, and every one in his own wa,
At ST. Anthony, they have also churches and the
elementary department Of a University--or, in
short, Is Micawber would say, what might vul-
carly be called, Common School, or perhap,
two. These religious and literary adv.ntager,
exist also at Saltwater, beside an institution. no.
ye. completed at Saltwater which deserves tke
honor of graduating the late Secretary Of Mime
sofa, c. X. Smith; we allude to the penientiary
IL. Money here will command almost any IL .
terest there being no law to limit the rate Of in
'srest; but interest. although commanded, does
not always obey. Prudent men seldom borrow .
and rash men, if they want money and can DO.
row It promise sometimes or 4 per cent. month
The way such fellows use themselves M, an I
often those of whom they borrow, is caution tn
usurers. Men who pay very heavy shave, gen
orally shave business that calls them down ,Lo
river,' before they have figured long in Mime
sofa.
Friend from y. H.; we have answered your
questions, briefly, but truly; and now if you Wi
carry the questions and answers here printed, 10
one of your Yankee newspapers. you may gel
this article copied into i; for "a four pence hap
peny," or possibly for six even cents; but no, &
a cent less.