Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-06-14
LETTER FROM MINNESOTA.

LETTER FROM MINNESOTA.
ST.. PAUL, NJ. r., Feb. !, 1856.
In previous letter made some remarks upon
our Minnesota climate. l wish before leaving
the subject to say few words in regard to its
HEALTHrULNEsS.
This conceive to he the very first thing that
should engage the inquiries of any one who con-
templates Il removal to new country. No earth
ly consideration can compensate the loss of per-
sonal or family health. The who barters
the health Of himself or family for fields howcv-
er large AMI productive, fora home however de-
lghtfully located, or for business speculations
however lucrative, has made bat Il poor, & sad
exchange.
Many OF the finest Agricultural portions of the
west are decidedly unhealthy. The history of
many a poor cmigran. illustrates this. Fever
and ague with unfailing certainty. fa>t,ns upon
its Victims and ptifu is the story of their blight
ed hopes, their broken spirits, AMI intoerable
suferings. From this scourge of the emigrant,
we are perfectly safe in Minnesota. Multituies
from States below. annually fe, here to escape
this destroyer of all their hopes and happiness.
Our dry and exhillrating atmosphere, clear
lakes and brooks, our diversified scenery of roll
ing prairie land, hills and valleys. are unfailng
pledges of the healthfuine>s of our beautiful
Territory. The health Of invalids who come
among MS every year from the Eastern, Western.
and Southern States, is marked with the most de-
cded Improvement Those afflicted with lung
complaints, especially, fin! climate very
beneficial. have proof Of this both in my own
4 o.l,o
previous to my leaving New Englanl, two OF
my young r children escaped the winter
without Il run Of lung fever: in two instances
their lives were wholly dc>paired of. Since here,
they have had no recurrence Of this disease; but
have, with the rest of us, greatly improved in
their general health, and njoyed an almost en-
tire exemption from affective colds so common
in the East.
The testimony to the hcalthfuness of the Ter
ritorv, is corroboratcd bv thousands of settlers
gathered here from almost every State of the
Union. Aud if no very special Inducements were
otherwise operating to give Minnesota dense
population. the salubrious climate would newt
ably secure it. And when we add to this a coun-
try of unsurpassed agricultural fertility, and
vast resources of mineral wealth, feel no hes
itancy in saying that the tide of emigration will
continue to pour in upon us its tens Of thousands
of enterprisng settlers, and that the future State
of Minnesota, will soon stand second to but few,
if any of the older States in population, wealth,
and intelligence.
would here like to correct an error, as con-
ceive it to be, in the minds of many, that Min
nesota is
NORTH.
have elsewhere spoken of our fine Minnesota
winters. We are here sheltered hy the God Of
nature from those driving storms that sweep the
Atlantic coast, and Western lakes, wreckng ves-
sells, blocking up railways, and causing general
inconvenience and much suffering. As previous
ly stated, our storms of rain and snow are short
and rarely attended with sufficient wind to rem
der them at all severe. IL would surprise any
one to count the number of pleasant days we
have here, in any year or month of the year.
In an eastern paper have just read the following:
Twenty eight Sundays in last year were stormy.
OF the last twenty Sundays, eighteen have been
stormy Atlas, Jan. Isl In Minnesota for
three years past we have had but one that could
be called stormy Sunday. A poor place say
~ Il
their frequent Sunday sickness. In the month
of March, 1858, there thirty-onc clear sun
ny days. Last season farm hands for six months,
lost not a single day through had weather.
Some will suppose, that we have no dull,
cloudy, wet weather in Minnesota. Yes we do
But not less than two thirds Of our rain and
snow steals down quietly unobserved in the
night. There are also times when we have days
and even weeks of cloudy weather with more or
less rain. These seasons oftcner occur in Nav
or June and one can hardly help thinking of a
man holding the sun in one hand and a watering
pot in the other, nicely are they alternated for
the good of the growing. 1t is rare that storms
clear off rough and cold; throughout the year
they are succeeded by atmosphere soft and
mild.
Our spring here is early, the summer sea-
son rs long. and fross hold off as late in the fail
as in New Eng land or the western States. Tn,
earliest that vines and flowers have been injured
by the frost in my garden the three years have
been here, is respect lively the l2th l4th and 18th
Of October. climate like ours must strike thu
agrieulturalist as highly favorable to
STOCK GROWING.
So it is. Nature could hardly have it more so
In summer there is no end to the amount ef feed
Cattle everywhere wallow in grass up to thei,
bellies; while our lakes and brooks furnish them
with an abundant supply of good water. Ma
ture too, has provided meadow land to any ex
tent, where various kinds of wild grasses grow