Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-10-27
VOLUME XI.---NO. 80.
WHOLE NUMBER, $50.
Minnesota.

Chambershurg Wig gives the following
description Of the soil and climate Of
Minnesota
1t has very rich soil, which yields abun-
dant crops Of wheat, corn, oats, potatoes,
beans, pumpkins, turnips, carrots. beets,
and every thing else usually raised in
Pennsylvania and New York. 1t is Of .
dark sandy l9am, generally speaking, with
a large intermixture Of disintegrated mag.
nesian limestone, very fcr,ilizing mate
rial. This soil is warm and genial, easily
wrought, free from stone, and brings vege.
tafion forward with great rapidity 1t is
much less subject TO early ard late frosts
than the more clayey soil of Ohio, or than
the hard rocky fields Of New England,
though farther North II has therefore
happened that people leaving New England
after the fall fro-ts had destroyed all gar.
den vines, and arriving here, have found
every thing of the kind fresh, green and
untouched Notwithstanding, therefore,
the high latitude of this Territory, it is
/ one Of the finest for Indian corn in the U.
States.
All the farmer has to do is, in the first
place, to secure 100, go or any number
| Of acres Of land at government prices he
may choose, fence in as much as be can
Wa'e IL wheat, corn, oats, &c, turn his
-atqpon the prairie where they will
/. By summer, and Gu, his hay from,
sn-A.sesSouui!rss pasture or meadow.
/ The number Of horses, cattle and sheep
the farmer may KEEP is limited only by
the amount of bay and other fodder he
may be able to secure for them during the
winter. They will take care Of themselves
upnn the prairie until the middle Of No.
yeuber or the first of Dccember-some-
! times, but rarely, Iaier-and u:ay be turned
out again from the first Of April to the
first OF May, SO that the time of feeding is
not longer than it is ordinarily in the At
lautic States situated much farther South.
| One Of the beautiful! features of Mime
/ sofa landscape, | have as vet omitted to
mention Iamely, its innumerable little
lakes of clear, delicious water, well stored
with the tnny tribe, and in the fall and
spring aooundin2 In wild fowl, such as
ducks, geese, brant, &c, where they be-
come fat upon the wild rice found along
the borders Of some Of them, and in the
| vicinity of Others. These sheets of water
from one hundred yards to twenty miles
IN length, and Of proportionate breadth,
are Ike snai! mirrors scattered earelessly
about. They aford some of the most
tasteful sites for residences that can bo
found any where; aud will hereafter fur
nlSh for the interior abundant supplies Of
| ice, hard as rock aud clear as crystal.
| We, az the East, have been in the habit
If speaking Of that part Of the Mississippi
above ST Louis, as the " Upper Mississip-
Pl; but here that term is applied OILY to
that portion Of the river above the Falls
of St. Anthony. Extending above those
/ Falls several hundred miles is said to be
beautiful, productive, interesting country.
In the North eastern portion of Minnesota
/ and Northwestern Of Wisconsin, the soil
il Of an entirely different character, being
Of an lgneous, instead Of an aqueous for
nation, and Of course more rocky, less
fertile, and much more sub ject to early and
late trosts. 1t is heavily ,imbered, and in
this region are very extensive "pineries'
| from whence immense amounts Of lumber
are now taken, though the land is still the
property of Uncle Sam. and timber agents
are appointed to prevent ;respassing upon
ii.