Minnesota weekly times., 1856-11-01
Correspondents Of the Times.

fa5 os ADowN THE RIvER, Dot. 9, 1856.
FRIEND NEwsoN few days since, while in
your city, it seemed to me that a very short So
joprn in that windy region would convince the
most skeptical of the tising propensity Of st..
Paul Real Estate. Verify
4 The wind It blew, aa
/ 6. = And And raised i. ed par tcul.r thunder
With skirts and hoops,
And .i such kind Of plunder. 1as
Truly may it be called &C rising city !" the
rise thereof was distinctly visible and painfully
self-evident. And yet no one can deny that St..
Paul is decidedly on the high-road to prosperity,
no one can deny that it is spacious and specu-
lative. practical and poetical while it's proclvity
towards being delightfully."- dusty and wonderfully
windy is too well known to need any notice.
Moreover it hath peculiar way of holding en-
chained the heart-strings of its enterprising pop
ulation, albeit wind and dust do prevail to the
no small indignation of hoops and pretty gaiter
boots--and the inhabitants thereof believe in it
as one of the fixed, immutable, institutions Of
the land; repose unwavering confidence in its
procliyities for fast horses, fast men, and fast
ways generally, and predict for her glorious fu-
ture. 1t seems to me, Mr.. Editor, that in their
blind confidence they forget the advice of that
venerable sage who urged the exercise of "eter-
nal vigilance ;''-they perceive not that ominous
" cloud" which, rising in the far North, waited
along upon 's windy-pinions," is threatning to
overshadow St. Paul and swallow it up, wind,
dust and all, forever, at one huge mouthful.
That "cloud," which, being canonised already,
occupies as est. Cloud" the major part of q
column in the Daily Pioneer & Democrat with
grandiloquent advertisements that St. Cloud,
famous for its Upper, Middle and Lower Ferry,
running periodically upon the sounding of a huge
" Buffalo horn"-in the blowing of which the
natives are said to besomewhat expert that St.
Cloud, renowned far and near for its Lager Bier,
its innumerable &C Schmidts," and for beirg the
starting point of the last years grand Buffalo
Expedition. eseso
Once on q time, MIR. Editor, in company with
your friend, Major o., of "Sauk. de. Rap,''
upon pelucid morning in July, it was our dis
tinguished privilege, to drink to the health of
St. Cloud, (who must be Dutch Saint, while
sitting on the head of an " empty barrel of
crackers" in one of its Wholesale establish
ments in huge goblet of native "Lager," to
the no small detriment of our perceptive facul-
ties, as evidenced in the " dutchy" indifference
and sangfroid with which We regarded the de-
mand of the Ferryman for that extra half dol
lar' upon our return. However, in considera-
ton of the quality of the Lager and for value
received, we unanimously voted (like another
Minnesota Legislature,) that ST.. Cloud might
have another Ferry Charter and Buffalo horn if
she wanted it,-an example worthy of imitation
by the Mao Beans, the Mac Costellos and Mac
Murrays, who in our Legislative Halls were about
to take hand at the guiding the Ferry Boat of
the Territory at the latest dates from above.
Long may they wavel in strict accordance, with
the, strict usages and customs of the great un-
terrified, unwashed and invincible Democratic
party. Long may they wave! and as our fair
Territory increases in size and becomes Sover-
eign State, may Ould Ireland and the 6 sFader-
land' turn out fresh supply Of whiskey, Lager
and available candidates, so that our Legislative
Halls may not become desolate, nor our Courts
of Justice deserted. Long may they wave! as
exhibiting our total inability to make laws for
our own governance, the glorious beauty of our
free institutions and our free democracy, and the
decided preponderance in our fair Territory Of
Lager Bier and Tipperary Red-eye. ~
Yours, &c.,. 400 N.