The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-09-03

Smelling to the Falls? when it will be in mar
ket how to be sold =? how much will be claimed
by presumption? what could those presumption
claims be purchased for. in cash? &c. Is the
territory settling as rapidly this. as last year
and by what class of people These are ques-
tions that interest most persons who entertain
any thought of visiting the territory; and as
newspapers ARRAYS tell the truth. their infu-
ence is more readily received than the opinions
of individuals who write personal communica-
tons to their friends | shall. probably, be in
st. Paul during the month of October. and if
can obtain comfortable house may remain.
with my family, through the winter? l was
there last fall, with the same intention, but fl
nally concluded to winter further south, fearful
that the climate might prove too cold for my
family, who were with me.
Respectfully. yours,
f. FRENCH
WOOSTER, Wayne Co., Ohio, Aug. Sd, 80.
REMARks.-The above letters have been on
hand for some time, but were mislaid in the
confusion incident to removing our office. In
answer to our Virginia friends we can state
that the crops upon the farms about st. Paul,
at this present time, speak the quality of the
land. There are plenty of fields of oats that
will yield over sixty bushels to the acre, with
corn, wheat, and potato crops in proportion.
Land from one TO five miles from st. Paul com
mands from fifty to five dollars per acre. AS to
getting up the Mississippi after your hogs are
fattened,' that depends pretty much upon the
breed of hogs and the quantity you feed them
daily. If they belong to the long-snouted,
barn-door-sded species we have seen running
wild in the woods of the South, navigation up
this way will be very apt to close before they
are fit for market. Bat joking aside, it is not
safe to trust the Upper Mississippi after the
tenth Of November, although boats generally
run till the twentieth. Our friend French, OF
Wooster. may bring on his 'moutons.' Sheep
have been kept here, not in large quantities, it
is true, but sufficient to try the experiment.
They winter well it is only necessary to have
on hand plenty ofour natural hay, which comes
as cheap as corn fodder in Ohio, and good
supply of ruta bagas, which grow here much
better than in any of the Middle Western States,
and sometimes SO large as to weigh ten and fif-
teen pounds. If Mr.. French is any judge of a
good sheep country, he must naturally arrive
at the conclusion that this is one of them. The
prairie extending from Fort Smelling to the
Falls is one of the gardens of the Territory 1t
is all claimed, however, and quarter-section
claims that are for sale range from two hun
dred to thousand dollars, owing to location
and Improvement. The increase Of emigration
this year over last, is at least as one to five in
favor Of this year. The people are of the right
stripe-hardy farmers from the Northern, East
ern, and Western States, and Germans and
Norwcgians in good circumstances Oats gen.
orally ranges from thirty-fvc to fifty cents
corn fifty to seventy potatoes thirty to sixty
We would be very happy to welcome to Min
nesota some fifty or a hundred of the thrifty
farmers of 'old Wayne or as many more as
please to come, this fall or next spring. They
are the very kind we want. There is plenty OF
land yet unclaimed, as good as ever crow
flow OVpr'