The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-09-04
s.,n, paul aud Lake superior.


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kdt'e h"er foAo' UP !" u" lu"e""' ""n VI"
Lake Superior road, about hhy-hve miles from
ST. Paula recent flying trip through this Sec.
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one " '"e eh''y "'1"h W '"'s i"ae' '~' ="
abled mc to watch it progress with interest,"
and speak adyisedIy Of the advantages Of the
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\ Lake Nil otlct great enterprise THIS fouie
has b"'i innumcrabIc difficulties 70 IsnrinnhI,
arising from local )ea'ousies' ana inhvdaAi
disappointment, al ~ when are 'Ast "@"P
pcaring, and the "litiIe minds are ei'her &C
knowledging tho corn or nzz,ng Out. 10
yourself friend oooDHiam, sno tnose w@o'og
to pay this part Of our Iaritory v.n, lana
!, by the way, ut me INFORM you that Jous u
Owns ts1, heionBing 70 tne 81 iaai cdito
rial corps has taseh Tue ln'tmtye IN tnAi re
spcct AMI no dodbt IRON ~hom inc kopF WIN
hear shoruy) de@rip'io" harr'niy penho"
may not he unacceptable Leaving ~: Iau''
and passing the residence o, Edmund n'ce'
Esd on one road OF ,he dweiIing OF tne non
Mons Shcrbor'e Oh the otner. either OF wh,cn
WIZ take you 10 '"te osnnaA' tte country
between ~ faui anu iht'ie Cansda some.
what rollinR ana hh'y' put mol so much out
eaming can w done. ana ~ oooc wthout any
extraordinary amount OF iaoor VT man W BEAST
These nS miles arc dec'dcaiy ue worst ana
} toughest throughout The wbose route, anu, M u
N 80 Iear town, ] advice those who arc unac-
quantcd with u, To take ride "a far ~ latte
Canada, IA they can then iorm good idea OF
what they may expect farther on where tho
: read ~ one hundred per cent lethr; 10 TACT
there Is hardly n hi! between THIS aud Lake
, Superior. Little Canada Is settled by Cana
dian French, scattered Tor several miles around
The soil Is certainly not the lest IN this yicinl-
. ty. yet am informed that they grow crops that
\ would compare hvorably with many Of the
, richer sections Of tho country. The School
House aud Church are planted 10 their midst,
and no doubt are silently working ont their
noble end
leaving iiiric jadaiia 70 the right, you pass
over a level tract u land with thrifty growth
n Of black oaks. soil light passing Willoughby's
or. ~ called by some, Black HAS Lake, around
u which are some splendid building sites. This
Lake about six miles from st Paul, IL ono Of
J tho handsom,St in the Territory about one
and a halt miles Icing by three quarters wide
with beautiful clean. sandy beach, dotted
with marginal belts II timber. - and Astounding
! In fish Of every variety usually found In ouI
crystal lakes. At no distant date this LAX,
@ must command the attention Of every lover o
nj the picturesque and beautiful, while 10 III,
. hard worked lawyer, merchant OF others Il Of
" lcr- quiet cool retreat from the turmoil An,
4 confusion incident Ia city lie. Leaving Thu
n Lake. tho road pas~cs through . somewhat bet
!, ter country, soil better. and burr and whit
OAK openings. This land between Has Iak'
, and the Rice Lakes, with few exceptions, i
e owned by spcculators and abscntecs. - tn
/ blighiing curae Of which is sensibly sccn an,
felt as you ride along Tor several miles;-a
pretty N country ~ the sun every shonc npo,
y lying Idle and unpro'incfivc merely 10 satisfy
= mans sorlld love Of gain. II Is sin--a burn
ing shame such a state 81 things should exist
= when there are 81 many willing hands an,
hearts ready To follow the divine command x
and Till the ground Th" only faras on tb'
y wholc route to the Rice lake, are tho Thomp
- son aud Dutch John farms No tho right Of these
j.. hidden from the read, Ia Mr. Bcnson's farm oi
Pleasant lake. AMI lartter ON ia the one latel,
owned hy MIR MYERS tnow owned by Hon. Mo
g as Shcrburnc) on Turtle lake. These ar,
certaialy IN n good state Of cultivation and The
present crops are very promising; the only re-
prct IL. where such opportunity exists for opcn
n Ing out good farms, that there arc not more Of
Y them, which there would undoubtedly bc bu,
, Cor the before mentioned cause.
I 4, the Rico lakes We found party Of mer
a, work under the had Of James Dyke. Esq,