The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-06-10

pieces OF money, beng propor'loneo 10 the qaa'-
ity. situation and Improvement Of the ground
Four or FIVE hundred dollars would be good for
the purchase Of land, as far as it would 60. If
our legislature had sense enough 10 establish by
law uniform price for land, as they have for
the Use Of money AT interest, then, if there was
any land to sell, we could tell you exactly what it
would cost an acre As for Government land,
Congress has put down the price. here in Mime
sofa, to Sl.25 per acre, there is so much Of it,
bless your SOUL
5ih. Our lands may be divided into three
classes-and there IS plenty Of each class. TO wit;
good. bad, and indifferent. The best lands
Of the first Of these classes and for the texture,
it varies from fine to coarse, and may be divided
into Turkey, Brussels. Ingram, Three ply, two
ply, rag and common Rush; hut can tell more
about its texture after ripping up more of it.
9th. The wood il elm. blackberry, rock ma
pie, white maple, white, red and bur oak, tam.
arac. pine, red and white cedar, black walnut,
white weed, aspen, and so forth A for the size
Of the trees, we cannot say; but Capt. Dodd says
there arc trees up the Minnesota river, twenty
six feet in circunrierence--and The Capt. knows
for he says he has had 70 hoop several Of thern
10 prevent their bursting.
It'll There is more prairie than timber, in
Minnesota; and fine natural meadows, and as
large as the world can produce THIS, on &C
count of the sweetness Of the grass and the sweet
meas and cle,rnesS Of the xyater vii no en,rhat
ically, the dairy country of the west. With a
good stock Of young cattle, and hey rakes, and a
machine TO cut hay, any stockbreeder here,
could soon make himself as rich in cattle, as ever
Job was, or Abraham.
Sth. The kinds O! crops most profitable here,
are potatoes, and II sorts Of roots; because be-
ing gross crops, they are best protected from the
competition Of the like products brough, by
steamboat from below; bat there is no finer
country lor wheat and oats, at least south Of us
and as for corn, there is corn now suspended over
head IN our office, fourteen feet tall, that was
planted one year ago, the 23i Of May, in field
near St. Paul. and we will CHALLENGE the whole
world 10 show such growth Of Indian corn as
that field did, III ihrce months after it was plant
ed; bat dca't YOU take our word for any Of these
'hinss-come and look--and form yorr own
opinion.
9th. When we RI lse beef and pork enough in
Minnesota. TO feed ourselves, oar garrsons our
lumbermen, and all The annuity Indians, We shall
be rich enough to i've without exporting There
M her IN
turai resources and capabilities, with such a cash
market at home as ours With fair proportion
OF farmers aud mechanics, TO keep up the trade
there should be between town and cou,,rv. the
erteasire, auxiliary business Of ST. Paul. now.
would be sufficient for town of fifty thousand
inhabitants. People. producers, workers, is al
that is wanting; and Minnesota is the only place
for them TO thrive IN.
10th Boats Of two or three hundred tons,
come to ST. raul. Larger boats May co,ne-as
large as can rrn anywhere above -. Louis; bu,
sometimes, in low water, none but light draught
boats can run. The river is hish no,y-banks
fu'l and in high water, boats have ron I'D empty
10 81 Anthony; but they do not Ike 70 90 twice
The Dr.. franklin No 2, made dash 10 run 10
there last week, to leave passenger, for ST. An
ihony; but she found herself in danger Of beng
trok.n to pieces on rocks and backed riphl
straight down again without being able TO land
aud her passengers 10 St. Aulhony, wen; home
10y way Of 81. Paul, distance Of g sht miles
-. Anthony, BY the river, is about seventeen
miles from st. Paul. That a llille dinhcy of a
steamboat, a'tenuaied ike race horse, all mus
Gle and no belly, could be forced up TO ST, An
thony against the current Of nine miles an hour.
during all high stages OF water, we do not doubt,
and never did; bm rs for the boats in the lower
trade, ever running up there wiki fselgh;s. no sane
boatnlan ever entertained such thought or ever
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llth st Paul contains only abou. twenty five
hundred inhabitants; but is spread out II along
the back Of the Father Of Waters, ike poor
mans plaster
l2tN We are Americans, Canadians, Irish,
German, Norwegian, and Indian, besides being
considerably mixed up ourselves. We ain,
very particular, re amt. Somehow, the races
have got into hotchpotch here
10. Society is In a state Of transi,ion--and
whether it will next turn out beetle or a butter
fly, or will altogether caterpillar, is a question of
profound interest. As multiplying churches will
no more annihiiate sin, than multiply ing fnsu
rance Offices, will annhiiate fires, the number Of
our churches. affords certain index Of the de-
gree Of piety and morality attained TO in ST.
Paul There is hardly one of the principal
sects. Catholic or Protestant. that does not meet
and worship in It's own house As for intellect.
we have several Of The greatest men of the age
here and they viii own i, themselves
l4th. The copper region Of Lake Superior, is
from one hundred 80 Two hundred! miles distant
18th. The fact j., our thermometers are too
short to measure the aggregate hea, of the year !;
:9e intend 10 have one. long as the old town
Board, that will SHOW the aggregate quantity of
heat IN the summer, ard of cold IN the winter:
but now, we can only observe one day M n time
l he coolest day last wiEter, froze the mercury
(bu, then that was owing to exposing the Their