Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-07-12

borers. Men that will work get we'll paid. The
demand for laborers show that our farms are not
"neglected." Every statement that Anthrax
makes is wantoDly perverted. "Sickness," he
says, "is certain" Our rolling prairies, he calls
'iat undraincd nnds." Had he been less fat him
self he would have seen the little streamets and
lakes threading and dotting the whole country.
8" Early and late frosts, make destruction. and
Winter grain cannot be raised." Again he saws.
Spring wheat only is raised, which is inferior.''
Ii is notorious that our farmers can and do raise
Winter wheat, and early and late frosts are more
rare than in Pennsylvania. As to insects, we
have NO greater surplus than every new country;
and notwithstanding his assertion to the contra
~. their destroyers are innumerable. Wbfppoor-
wills, Nlghthawks and Guls fill the air with their
voices every night. Sparrows and little song
birds, exclusively insectiyerous, live in every
bush and grass tuft. Swallows live in colonies
OF thousands in the soft White sandstone nlong
the river hills, and inland bluffs.
Again he croaks,--ss Winter is lonc and
dreary season, and fuel is so dear and houses so
leaky, that the suffering, which cannot be escaped.
.eavcs its mark on the constitution. The truth
is, Winter is less dreary than in PENNSYLVANIA,
We have clear, cold, clo1dess weather no rain
ever falls during the Winter; wet feet, coughs.
colds and such troubles unknown to us. AS
for Ieaky houses, don't all live in bowels. and
il We did, there is nothing to leak through upon
US in Winter-and in Summer Anthrax saws even
the river dries up! consequently there can't be
much to leak through! AS to fuel, best drv
wood can be had at our doors, ready sawed. at
81 80 per cord; green wood can be bought even
cheaper.
The Philad 'phan, 's who has been year.,
here, whom Anthrax quotes, is doing as weH.,
yes. and better, than he would 90 anywhere else:
which, tospeak plain, is tery indifferen,ly. ellis
story is one of sorrow and disappointment ~
yes, and any one would laugh to hear it all.
Among the other terrible things seen bv our
CULVER, was thunder shower! "St PauPs
(nlways st. Paurs) is subject to frightful storms
and wicked looking lightning We have thun~
der gusts, like all places of this latitude, but we
have never noticed, nor heard any one mention
that our lightning looked "wickeder'' than anv
other, but it may be that it did look so to An
thrax after writing that ssring of malicious fall
sites, for his conscience, like new milk wouldn't
stand thunder! SEMpER VERITAs.
We would add, for the information of our dis
tant readers, tha. the article from the Ledger is
Il tissue Of falsehoot!s, put forth by Philadel-
phia capitalist, who is the owner Of some $780,
coo in the suburbs of the city, and who, fearful
that mechanics with small means, will emicrate to
our prolific soil and genial climate, and thereby
desert his . swamp land" on the sale Of which
he expects to realize large sum, has sought this
method to eclipse even the Devil in concocting
patent and prodgious lies. We think Nc have
already given him too much space, and dismiss
him with the belief that h, is much nearer n
place called Pandemonum than he is aware Of.
The smell Of birthstone and the smoke of cock
are elements more con.cnial to his nature than
the robe of Virtue or the Panorly of Truth -
to the latter of which he is perfect stranger.
Ed.