The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-06-18

NJ considerable To ay about the grasshop-
I'm. from which we quote the foIlos ing:
Tbs region around Monticello Is ilterally ali'e
' in yrassbopp.rs. Never In oar life DID se
zee 40 many ~ these foablssofos and dsstfns-
i've in.~cts. They cracked under one sis.s IKE
brittle sheii-. There vas no such th,sg ss
wedding them whichever way one looked o.
ssut. they ~srs msDfesting tbsfsssiTes., Tho
no, ye, han grown, they are already doing in
msn.s damage, aai unlsss they speedily sini
crate. must deyoW every green thing ~ Wright
county.
Wei informed men who have watched the
and who know -omsthing 81 their
instincts and habits assert that they a.. already
TO take up their line of march Tor the
southern country. and that the region Of The up
per Mississippi will soon be delivered IRON
them
Mr.. Ferguson, Who caltiyaies . farm on Mn
nstonka Lake, Informed US TIL. week, that he
had twelve acres II wheat. which ten days ago
hooked In sscriieat condition. fonf or hss days
since the srasshopPers commenced 90 H. ana
not . single blade eau nov be seen On The Shoie
field. several acres u eofB. which had come
az iD fine order. has been destroyed IN IKE
manner.
J. Y. Bradley, Esq, Of Monticello, informed
~ that on saturday evening last. he passed .
cello. which wa. IN excellent condition, the
wheat standing four Ia sx and seven niche.
bisb and very thick. IN passing the ssme hei1
an Monday morning last, acme thirty sis hours
,stsr, the lsld looked a. II u had never haa o
crop on "a not y blade Of wheat Was To be
s..a. The late cold rains do mol seem 10 have
destroyed an. at least not to any appteciab'e
extsnt.
The Erp,es -ays Of Manomin county
A pe,fee, brick ID that new county ~ Msno-
MN Ahs gives . eleaf Democratic vote Tor q
rl.nt Democratic ticket, aud Judging rom Tue
ei.,tjnu returns, bsr borders have beeh hept ~
free rrom black Hspubir ssa a. ever ifel mi
vas from snakes ADD toai~. May The -han""
OF Manotuin never b" less.
Speaking Of thu site Il the University
Buildings. the Hrpyo, says
fhe energetic contractors. amid many dis
eoaf meats, are pushing TITS oobie sunein
forward with energy, and the walls Of we thnd
story already loom up amid the green foliage
As the building begins 10 assume mskhi"ae ana
u,ops,ttian, III. beauty Of the situation becomes
s,ili moro apparent. The light stay limestone
contrasting most pieaAingly with the darn green
foliage snd other surroundings
The sauk Rapids F,oainrmnn. IN com
men,ing upon ibe late election, gives VA the
following concerning the result IN the 9Th
district;
In our fsth) Council District It Ia yet impos
able 10 tell Who h elected. hut u II probable,
from the rstarns received, that shrpley who
"a. regularly uomisated by q Democta,'n oon
,su,,ou on the west s,de 81 tho Mississippi, a.
Delegate Al large, u elected bat by sinai
vote, A. far ~ heard from, Vocabulary, OF
Anoks, delegate At large, IL ahead Of Gilman
Delegate at large Mr.. Aver. Republican, 81
l,ens Prairie, f,siegais far the Representative
district, is probably elected ever VIM siufas,
Of Latte Falls, and Wait, NJ sauk River. uiep.)
/. beyond doabt elected over Creighton. t'em.I
II Monticello
The grasshoplers are announced AZ Ica'-
ing ,hc nciphboihcod Of sank Rapids. We
are glad 10 hear il, and trust they may stay
away
Tho Northern Ii1ahi would consult ils
own interests by giving better attention to
the losal news ii il ncigbhorhood
"rus MASsAro lspsrsSpsSr. "A new
pap,r bearing the above title has raehcd
US, hailing frmm Manka,o, Hue Earth. II
Ia edited by M~sS. Ilcnsloy 4 tuning.
AMI displays considerable editorial ability
and industry In appearance the h"'f'pe"'
dea Is rather good looking. and We hops Il,
may ENJOY long ana tnn',y eaeunc-,
Fmisxpty SENTIMENTS. London
Tpao expresses itself generally satisfied with
tn. sentiments Of Lord Napier at the din.
ucr IL the ~ Gcorgo's -ocieiy. When
speaking Of the rla'ions bctv~n the United
States and Grvat Britain. be- said, we have
in the experience of the past the bcst grounds
for believing tina, thec can never be qIrs
ton 80 difficult az complicated that Il may
M, m~d with prompt, peaceful and hon
orahk solution" The iimn says this sen.
linen, reprv~n,s the feeling If the British
,;oyerninent, ami that the British Minister
also represents the f,rliurs II his counirymen
when he ,lcclars that NJ elias. Of English
men lookcd with JEALOUSY on the expansion
II the Union and the increa@ Of It's iuhabt.
,an,s II such telings ever eVistol cou,
mon ~ne has laugh, the Engishmen their
absurl,,y, and the t,VIing IS now rather one
NJ pnis To sre his avn language. laws his
tory AMI installations. made tho heritage Of a
new world growing up IT, sach high dcs,h
n,s- |, adds
"Wem NAV trust, then that with morc
complete appreciation of caeh others parts
Of the wcrld, Grmpr anlmcSiii,~ viii die
away. AMI ,hs, whilc We hSnk with Ss,istac
t,ou ou the legitimate extension II the ~
paddles power IN the New World the Amv
icaas will sc with e,unl gosi will the de-
yclopuent AMI imresiag greatness of thu
british cmrir' There is certainly rnm
enough for both when zach has hemispherc
inag may II be. then, brfrrc ,h fricm'sh'p
of the two nations rSei,rs an Interruption
u any wrw to ash vhy !. "a that 81 late days
,hcr has sprung up in this country 40 hvcr
able hvlug towards the United States. Nc
should le Inclined 10 answer that e~ al the
chirf ryasous Is the utter aia~ II liberal
institutions and what W. may call English
i,ieas ca the cou,iurnt II fnror' IN lis.
pair or DISCUS, Ne havv turned ir,m the cS'a.
trmplaiica II ,hosr Countries whesr CUR ~.
litical uacs hayc es,n coupled only to h.
ms,lc lad,crou- or rscl,ing The cvrnts II
the las, ten wars have laugh, us how h,,k
comparative, thSsc na,i,0. have in cmmon
with u.s. anil ha~r drawn clcsr the hc,slS
which unite us To kip,lrj IsOrsc ui'hoai
~h,sn ~e shoald h. alone in the world
~ Mr. >oursr. ci,inu II n~pcv,ahil,y