Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-14
mInneaoia.

Minnesota. a
A gentleman who has been engaged Va sufs
Veying COZ Territorial road from Like Pepin
10 the most Southern bend Of Ihss Mlhuesota.
sends The M'Hnssoiiah The following sketch Of
tbe country which he uaversed .esa 4, ..t.i,rs
The extreme length OF the road is I rs miles,
A tangent would make il about los. Ihos iosipg
Q miles 10 avoiding swamps. &c. -
The country near the lake isVeFy broken, bssa
log cut up by rayines descending from she hiehs
Ian ls 70 The lake, Ia many Of these fsYi4ss
may be found some OF the richest farming
lands in M;Rn-sota. aardiy Fsviue bot has
ts trout brook shaded whh iUxuriaut grove
Of al kinds Of timber. 10 Az yoSr near sppsoachg
10 Ihs highlands you eonlinually encospleTa
springs; and il is no. an unlrequent occurrence.
10 fnd al the Uery height Of some ndge, asprlrg
Of limpid water. We made il apointtO sedfeh
lhe highest lands for wafer. lef Eesf
Aher you leave the lake. say hSe 0E six miles
back. you will find diffeTsul country. the soft
of which would BE- hard 10 snalyzs. Il Is what
would call poor, OF rather noue Of the best,
being sand iniermixed With nJmevoas small
ninIs Timber is scarce add what theEs ia. 10
scrubby bur oak OF the leanesI kind. But re-
member we are on the dividing ridge between
the Cannon on the norih, aud the Wsze Ozu,
on the south. so that while baroness presents
itself in your immediate vicinity. an hours
travel either TO the right or lefI brings youis
E len like valleys. When some 8 or 20 miles.
back, again there is a sudden change from SER
lily to rich prairies. aboundingVR wafer and
groves Of fine timber; such n country as would
MAKE fa,msr's eyes WaIeF. aDdh coveious.
would make him wish To oSn oil Ihsl joiAtd.
his farm. The soil is a loan, slightly sandy,
abovnding in smsl! hazel Brush. - =
The greaiess enemy the farmer WIN find hsTe
is the gopher; the ground is literally piowed.
by Them, so much 50, that in maHy places Ihtir
excavations made il difficult for US TO proceed
on horseback, as we were constantly breaking
through, even where the ground appeared
smoothest. We ira, eled shout 40 miles over
this undulaIing prairie, where We struck The
woods that skin the Cannon near It's head on lhe
east side--'woeds as is woods TOO, consisting
Of the largest kind OF oak, ash, whiDuI, elm.
sugar maple, &C., many trees OF which wefo
four and five feet ia JiameIeT, sky lesT to q
1dUo and straight as a reed. The woods ara
from Two TO five miles vide, and SxIend 10
lenglh, | know not how far. .,r ,.ssE ..s &.
When you reach lhs Cannon, which here
runs nonh. YOU will fad yourself in oLe of the
iry!iest of counrres--aa an embryo Eden. The
Cannon al the time we we're theFe. was some 90
frel vide aud about a foo. deep, with fall enough
Cor al immense wa.er power. IL does not oytE.
how lis banks al Ibis point, rising only soHe
i've or six feet. This nav be attributed 70 ses@
eral large lakes above. hich act as reservoirs.
On The west side is psaiTie which extends
some four miles back. 10 Lake Tepe Tonksi
so level is il thai good sized cog might be seen
on any part Of il.
Lake Tepe Tonka, mote properly Teiouks.
is a beautiful kheel of waleT, some four miles
long and I~o vide. Along Us peLbly shores
may be found wagon loads Of 6sh .caEcaases.
PorIending abundance Of the ''live arlicle"iH
The lake. From this lake flows branch ci
The Cannon. thus bounding the above. mentions
ed water The7couaHy wesG OF this point u.
good, bad. sad indiff rent, being alternately
prairie, swamp and marshes, ull you reach The
lie Sueur, nine miles from MankaIo, wheh
agaiu dense woods greet your eyes. Thse exs
Tend into the very incorporation Of Mankuso.
We found abundance of game during our whole
rouIe-deeT, bear, wolves, fish aud fowl. 10
fact. the most part OF The county, so Ear as my
extends, was made expressly for
stirring, enIerprisng farmers 10 get rich upcu.
ger "a
SAD .EEFEcTs OF LOVE. IA correspondents sof
the Knickerbocker says:
"li is my duty to Impress upon you The cev.
lain TACT that one half OF our young pcopls
lose their senses when they lose lheiS heaEls.
One Of our party has already written 6yele,,eEs
10 his lady love, and be goes about siehipg and
groaung in most pitabIe manner. tie has
no appetite, and sleeps up at the top of the.
house. close 10 The moon. lie cannot ssa0d o.
one Of The columns of the piazza wiIhouhp pus.
Iing his arm around lis waist. and | caught him.
kissing an apple co. day because Is had red
checks"
Tine TO sroP.- .-SPeGking Of coorling, re,
minds US OF q lhlle incident ihalOccusred- 10 Ous
Iown 'once upon q lime.' A close fsled old
rodger had likely daughter, Nhose opened
chains aIlracIed The attention of cerIain nice
young man. Alter some manoeuterimg, BE-
venlured to open counship. Oa the fisssr
night Of his appearance. lathe paFloF. The old.
man, after doing in his chair .uLtl 9 So'cloek,-
arose and put log Of wood on The Gre, saying
rs he leftthe room: There. Nancy, When -
is burn. up; n's time 70 stopsss5 81 sH5 1 ,asE8
smR9st .ta --------------s-z------ss AZ as8aaao
Amile minute has hefelofore hean Ransha
cred Preuy far travelling kQt il ia said lkas..A.'
cars on the Milwaukee aud Missis6ppi ~
make ~ qles y e nihvts 80 s's'Rpe
taef a. 49, = = 49, A &sTa aatsftr1s -