The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-09-23
MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER IL, 1854.

Corn, AGAIN.--One ofour editorial neighbors
recently remarked, with force, that the day
had gone by when it was matter of discussion
as to whether we could raise corn in Minneso-
ia. This is true but we must be permitted to
notice premium specimens of our Minnesota
fields as they are presented to us. The follow
ing note from DR.. Mann explains itself. as we'll
as the samples he has left with it, which will
remain in our office and can be seen at any
time. One of us was born and raised amid the
luxurant corn fields of the miami bottoms"
Ohio and we presume our old friends in that
region, will scarcely credit our assertion, that
finer samples than the grain now before us
would be hard for them to present in their
most favored seasons. In Minnesota, we have
seen nothing equal to this corn, unless it be
some specimens from this years crop of Mr..
Merifeld, on the Reserve near st. Paul which
were selected for exhibition at the State Agri-
cultural Fair of Indiana, and forwarded there
to few days since:
COTTAGE GROVE, NJ. 7.
GENTI.EMEN.-I send you herewith a spec =
men of different varieties of this years growth
of corn from the district of Cottage Grove
If you have at any time or place seen grain Of
finer growth, say so but if rot do US justice.
and let us have the premium.
The selecting of these specimens was not the
result of long and careful searching, but pro-
cured in this manner: asked Mr.. Vanslyke
| for u few cars, who crossed over to his field and
i'll few moments returned with what l send
you. then drove over to his neighbor Mr..
Ferguson, who challenged the Vanslyke "whte
flint big ear and after few moments in his
field handed me the long yellow ear. They
stand thus
Ferguson car, yellow dent II inches long !:
is rows; so grains to the row 900 grains to
the ear.
Vanslyke ear, - inches long; s rows; 80
grains to the row ; 1872 grains to the ear. The
Ferguson corn ahead on the count, but should
in justice to the white flint say that one kernel
of white is fully equal to two Of the yellow
dent.
Altogether pronounce this the most elegant
growth of corn have ever seen. and have
vania. Il. Il. MANN.
Sept. l6, 1854.
1cS- \ gentleman of extensive PHYSICAL
proportions-one Of the most substantial cit-
zens of ST. Paul in more respects than one
made Il land trip to Lake Superior during the
hot weather four weeks ago. He arrived home
Friday evening hy way of 1.-The Soo'' and Chi
cago, satisfied with that tramp, at least when
the thermometer is at 95, for the rest of his
life. He saw the elephant without facing a
mirror.
AS- The Hamburg arrived from Prescott,
where she was laid up during the low water.
Capt. Estes.
BIG MELoN.--L.. NJ. Ford, ofGroveland, hand
ed into the Minncsotan Office on Saturday, IL
watermelon, weighing thrty-ouc and half
pounds.
IIrGH SCHOOL AT PoINT PEEsCoTT.-Dr J. "
Mckee, will commence u high school at Point
Prescott, Oh Monday, the 9th of October next.
We are pleased to see these public schools in
crcasing i'll this region.
'IIEAD Or NAVIGATION. We had five steam
boats in port on Saturday, which gave the lc-
vec a decidedly animated appearance.
~ Rain appears to have fallen recently in
almost all portions Of the country. as far west
as Cincinnati. ard as far south as Virginia.
Newspapers in almost all the large towns in
cludcd within these bounds, speak of it as of
incalculabc benefit and in terms of grateful
acknowledged
Col. BENTON FOR THE PREsiDENCY.-Ihe St.
! Louis Democrat announces Col. Benton as Il
candidate for the Presidency.
! THE CATHOLIC POPULATION IN New YORK;
| The New York Frccman's Journal atirms that
! the number of Catholics by birth or baptism
in New York is nearly if not quite ne-half the
population of the city. The Tribune estimate
the number at one fourth the population.
sna- A daily Stage is now running between
La Crosse and Black River Falls.
! nI.- The value of the hotel property and
their furniture. in the city of New York, is cs-
timatcd at l2,75G,O00.
! What is the difference between q Northcrncr
and Il Southcrncr?
Ans.--Onc blacks his own boots, and the
other boots his own blacks.
re- The Milwaukee Sentinel has careful
statement of the loss by the recent fire in that
city; the amount OF which is 1881 9O0---
Amount reinsurance. S233,OjO.
Ei'- c. c. Washburnc. Esq, OF Mineral
Point. Wisconsin, is spoken of as the Anti-Nc-
braska candidate for Congress in the district
now represented by Mr.. Eastman. Mr. w. is
lrotlcr of Hon. Israel Washburne Jr, of
Maine, and of Hon. Z. L. Washburnc of the Ga
lena district, Illinois.