The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-07-04
CITY OF NN1NGER Dakota COUNTY TERRITORY

TINGER, DAKOTA COUNTY,
of the winter, it il asserted must seriousy interfere
with the comforts Of the population and the success Of
the crops To this it 10 replied that although the win
lengthy and severe, the atmosphere dry
to preclude the suffering TO which We exposed the
damp and ever changing winters of the East and ia
crops they say that Ill experience proves that Spring
finds Minnesota vast hot-bed, where corn, potatoes
and indeed oil the products Of Pennsylvania mature in
about onehaf the time required in the neghborhood Of
Harrisburg left the latter point the 7th inst with
Spring far from being settled or comfortable saw the
river closed by heavy ice below Niagara Falls the
the and from the 18th TO the Goth found the her
moneter ranging At from 60o to $50 in the shade, in
Minnesota
The scarcity Of timber and entire absence of COAL it
is alledged must prove serious drawback to the pros
perty Of the Territory In answer to this We told
that coal exists in large bodies in Iowa and illinois,
south of Minnesota and also in the British possessions
immediately North of the Territory, that small veins
have already been discovered in various localities and
that geological investigation will develope its presence in
any desirable quantity in different portions Of the Ter
ritoey. The praires are mari interpreted with oak
openngs and the river bottoms generally heavy tim.
berered and when cultivation shall put stop to the
annual prairie fres it IL believed by many that timber
will grow rapidly and generally throughout the Terrific
~. saw more pine logs pass st. Cloud in week than
have seen float down the Susquehanna in Eve years
Another objection is urged u the great distance to
port which it is said must seriously affect the price
Of produce. This, in my opinion, is great mistake
For Eve years to come, and until railroads which to
be built by government lands completed prices for
produce must remain higher in Minnesato than in any
other State or Territory in the Union and the rail-
roads finished the freight -four, grain, &c. will
be about the same from St Paul Superior City to
NJ Vo.E ohc 4orr IN
that port. 'sl''a Ye ''7s @ff 'o a Hfn9a
To my mind there two substantial drawbacks
to the prosperity Of the Territory than either the above,
III. unae-t-;nty of sAs s.s sud the Invasion
by grasshoppers. At St. Paul they profess to have a
triweekly mail but At many other points of considers
BILE note the contractor under CATION to trouble the
Post Master but week, and lest his visits should
prove unwelcome you only hear of him about once in
fortnight. Should you become anxious to hear from
home, aud think aloud about Uncle Sans mail
rsngements in Minnesota, you comforted by being
told to wait for the wagon-it was just so once in
Pennsylvania, &c. ...s {aal ra.ss -;s a. #
The grasshoppers made their appearance in the Ter
rtoy last autumn, and in many localities destroyed the
late crops They are there again by yrads this spring.
and unless the cold rain which fell during the last forty
eight hours Of my stay in the Territory should
them fear that many of the industrious agrcuturists
will be doomed to loss and disappointment Old western
ctizens inform that they have never been known to
remain in the same neighborhood for more than two
years in succession, and therefore predict that at the
worst this will be the last Of their depredatons
in Minnesota for many years to come. '~S''A a
forgot to say in the proper placs that city OF town
boarding at private house will costyou four or five dol
lars per week and ut hotels to 4l2 Macy unmarried
aborers and mechanics club together in Of three
four, rent room and keep bachelors hail. Laborers
get LIS TO $1.75 per day. Mechanics two dollars to
two dollars and fifty cents, and such as cannot secure
home labor for the winter offered thirty dollars to
forty dollars per month and found to 90 pneres and
assist in preparing timber for the spring Mechanics
and laborers are wanted A wagon maker, baker and
confectioner, could severally lay the foundation Of
large fortune in St. Cloud At this moment provided they
had small capital With which to commence and habits
of industy and application / have said my say-to
Of toll and integrity, who are willing to meet and
conquer the prvation incident to country heart
lily commend Minnesota-drones and gentry living BY
their wits, had better stay where they are. u Hei 3
s.s-aoiit 81 Il aa,d SrxpHEN MmLxR
Steamer Granite State, May 20, 1867 iD T
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Byron Kilbourn, Esq, President Of the Milwaukee
and IA Crosse Railroad Company, who has recently Wis
tied Minnesota, concludes long letter to the Mwauke
iSsnneel, Is follows: '7 .'.aa97 '3po'
Aud now let me appeal to you, businesss men and
property owners Of Mw.ukie, to visit in person that
far famed country Of the Upper MissisGpp and gee for
yourselves the unequalled country which lies in rear
and which very soon will contain s teeming millions
Of people with whom We are on the Of forming the
closest connections and you will be sati6ed with re-
sources which city may with confidence rely for
permanent and unequalled prosperity You have no
just conceptions Of that country, and cannot have with
out actually paying it visit have for years studied
the resources Of the country which our city Is the key
but had no idea Of the amplitude Of its extent until
actually visited and travelled through that extensive and
unrivalled country beyond the Mississippi Go BY all
MEANS this summer and without delay, and form your
acaaintanoss and business connections from which you
will derive the most beneficial results to yourselves and
to our city. We are hardly known there yet. The
communications have hitherto been entirely With Chicago
BY way Of the Mississippi and Gaena and Chicago Rail-
road and for this cause found great opposton at
st. Paul in our FIRST efforts to form eastern connection
But Minnesota will soon comprehend that her inter-
ests and ours are Identical and argument potent
to that end intimate commercial relations We have
now an avenue to the Mississippi through the N. n.
r. B. and.on you, gentlemen rests the task and re-
sponsibity epenting the bonds Of union with that in
teresting region q jsaat a, 100 5.'5 saa sai
q ASrIporB 70 MosouIroBs following letter vas
addressed tsA London paper ''f@ ts'
Sir Allcv mg to hand you the following recipe as
certG prsnliye TO attacks Of mosquitoes black Aes
&C.: glycesine 6s oil Of spesrmint u dr.chms oil
Of turpcnsine draehma The flce, neck handsn fact
al part exposed, 70 b rubl 18th the mixture. This
was given me By m eminent lericsp physician pte-
voua In O0in~ ikn fha sNafe n Maine nm hnntine