The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-08-21

of eur friends who. are MOI quite ready to
come yet could raise some money and get
a chance in; bn. i, was Of no use. We
have lost great deal Of money by their
greatness. SO, my friend, if you want
land in the immediate neighborhood of St.
Paul, you viii have to buy il at second hand
and very probably at ali exorbitant price !;
say forty, fifty, sixty, ninety or hundred,
and twenty five cents an acre. one quarter
down and the remainder OIL bond and mort
gage. Provoking, isn't il The same
thing happened at St. Lou,s--nll the farm
ing land adjoining town entered up, or else
we could go there and buy land now, 1t a
dollar and quarter an acre. Cursed spec
uiators = s f1teA
More remote from town, land can be
bought cheaper. Government is selling the
best Of land, few miles away from town,
we think, rs low "a one dollar and twenty
five cents an acre; but WON'T take cent
less.
-7th. What kind of wafer have your
We have rain water, spring water, river
water, and what the Indians cali fire water.
We have great deal oil rain water, and OF
excellent quality. IL is caught fresh from
the clouds. Our spring water, either runs
out of the ground, or out of crevices in
rocks. We have great deal Of good river
water also. The Mississippi is iull of it;
and especially these two seasons, we have
sent large surplus Of it down below. The
best of i, we keep frozen for our use in
summer. Water in this solid form, is bet
ter called ice; bur 10 make hot tea or coffee
of it, it is necessary to boil it. Our ice
when boiled, is also excellent 10 make hot
whiskey punches of. We shall try to send
You a specimen of il, to Virginia. Our fire.
water, is tho common beverage known and
used every where in Virginia, by the name
Of whskey but it is doubtful whether we
ever get good, new, fresh article Of his
key, such as you catch and swallow out of
your gourd shells in Virginia, as it runs
from the still worm. Ii is sold here at half
dime drink though, old as il is. OF
good crap out yer, there will be RICH,
smart chance for a market. Some Of our
water is impregna,ed with lime, some with
granite, some with iron but most Of it,
with nothing but clean white sand, which il
tastes of, rs much as of any thing. Our
rain water is perfectly clear, hut being from
the clouds, it tastes Il little cloudy. The
water Of the Mississippi, is colored here
some, with the roots of tamarac aud the
pines, Of which lumber is sawed but the
dscoction of pine is not strong enough to re-
duce the price Of hoard, although ri, or wat
err makes higher colored tea and coffee thai,
any other waller; the usual proportion OF
coffee to water at our boarding houses, be-
ing one fresh berry to the quart, in addition
to a months accumulation of old coffee
grounds in the cotiee-boiler.
5th. What very desirable points are
there in your country?
We know Of no poiu, that ought to dis
appoint a settler fom Fauquier county,
Virginia.
Not to cOnfine our observations to Ram
sey county, there is Point Douglass, Point
Isabel, Point No point but the inquirer
had better come here and take hand in the
game, and see if he cant beg a piece OF
land and make q point, 80 as 10 be low,
jack, gilt, in the deal, with chance for
high, if he is togy enough to be elected to
an office.
9th. Is your country increasing fast in
population
1t Is. The means are faithfully use,l, at
any rate, in Saint Paul. Paul plants and
God gives the increase. We have known
as high as four sets Of young twin children
of four different mothers, all Mt home in a
row Of four adjacent houses on Bench
street. The deuce you will say thar is
no great shakes; but remember, here were
four deuces in succession, with spare
throws.
10Th. What is the character Of your pop
uiation in the main?
The Maine population is chiefly at Saint
Anthony, where the character Of tina, pop
ulation stands very fair, being from the re-
mote down East. They, too, are literary
people, in the sense Of the word prolific.
ii,h. Il your population German, Irish,
or Americana
Our population is German, Irish or
American. That is to say, on New Years,
we are all Germans; on St. Patrick's day,
we are all Irish; and on the 4th of July, we
are Americans, one and ALL But the var-
Gus proportions Of different blood flowing
into the veins Of our rising generation, are
so uncertain as TO defy our asccrtaining and
defining by rules of allegation, the degrees
of nationality, anI we have concluded to
call our people all Americans. Is not that
about right!
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