The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-09-23
From the n. Y. Evening Post.
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our minnesota Correspondence.
Ho,r to Spell minnesota and st. PaM--The
Fails Of ST. .qnthony-VNage Of st. IN
| thony-.Ninneopoiis. the City of the Laugh
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FdNs-.Navigation Of the Riper-Scenry
abore the FaNs--IHe Praries-Indian Ira
| dition.
| ST. PArI, Mn. Aug I. 81
! You generally spell Minnesota with only one
n. and many of the newspapers spell st. Paul
St. Paul's. This is not right. JamesM. Good
! hue. late editor of the Pioneer noticing this
error. wrote the following three years ago:
minnesota is spelled with letter ~ at the
end of the first syllable, and letter also at
the beginning Of the second syllable, and the
in the first syllable is pronounced short as in
pin. St Paul is named from the old apostle of
the Gentics himself and from him alone; and
is therefore, neither in the possessive case, sig
nifying that that respectable apostle either Is.
or was the proprietor Of that town-nor is it in
the plural. siGnityng that there is more than
one town Of st. Paul: and therefore it shoall
he spelled without an apostrophe and without
an at the end Of the word
1t is supposed that the Falls of ST. Anthony
were. at no distant day. within five or six miles
of st. Paul, but by reason of the continuous ac-
ton of the water upon the crumbling sandstone
upon which the upper stratum OF limestone is
placed,) have attained their present position
over three miles further up the river. They are
still! rccedng. little 10y little, change of over
fifty feet having taken place within the last few
years.
| Upon the rivers bank on the cast side Of the
Falls, is a long. Struggling village. known as
ST. Anth0ny--thc rival of our great town. Its
/ inhabitants are chiefly from Maine a quiet,
churcil-going community. to whom the former
Name liquor law in this territory owed its
chict supporters. 1T grew quite rapidly during
the first two years Of its existence, on account
OF the beauty Of the Falls. and the assertion of
the property holders there. that it Was the head
of navi CATION on the Mississippi but the a3scr
ton having proved "a dim creation Of the
BRAIN is no longer made. and st. Anthony Is
now quiet. staid little place, and merely
claims that she has the best water power in the
West (whic! she has and that at some future
day She will be a great manufacturing town,
(Which she Wild
On the other side oc the Falls directly oppo-
site. on IL broad level prairie. (part of the Fort
Smelling Reservc,) has been started within the
last eighteen months another town. This has
been named Minneapolis, from the Sioux words
Mime la. the lau Ching water: al the Greek
word polls city : dropping the h. we have
a very musical and appropriate name. the
city OF the laughing waters This is nearly AS
large as st. Anthony. and possesses q better
watcr-power. a more eligible site. and coun-
try back to support it than which there is none
better in the world. y large Wirc-su>pension
bridge will soon span the river between the wo
townsville only one thrown across it in its
whole coarse OF three Thousand miles. a ferry
above the Falls and another below. are the pre-
sent mraas of communication between the two
shores. These ferries are of different kind
from any of those | have ever seen in the East.
, \ rope is extended across the river fastened
to either shore. some twenty feet above the wa
ter. y large fiat ferry boat is attached to this
rope hy means Of two other ropes. One end OF
of these ropes is fastened to each end OF the
boat while the other end OF each is tilted to
sliding pully. and these two pullies slide along
the traverse rope. Now if you want to 60 to
the west shore. shorten the rope fastened to the
boat on that end. (Which places it in a slanting
position) and the force of the current. acting
upon it will drive you overland so back to the
other shorc--rice rcrsa. 1t is rather a danger
Gus means Of transition here, for let that rope
break. and in 4 moment you will be hurried
over the brink of the cataract to almost certain
death The only instance i'll which Il man has
gone over alive was on tie the sixteenth Of
July, \. u. 1871. Gas it is a rare case, wish to
be particular about the datc.) lie was an Irish
man. named Iickncy. and was much intoNic:t-
ed his boat was smashed into pieces. but he cs-
capped uninurcd. with Il bottle of the ardent:
safe and sound i'll lis pocket.
The river is nayi.abic eighty miles above in
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