The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-29

~k$eserves the praise OF doing . great
~ II is one place, 10 this degener
IOpr 1ost had an inviting and comfortable look
nthiDg seemed clean and neat, the table is very good,
50 All hands were attentive and obliging. Capt. Lod.
6ck, tboagh I have against him for not land.
3 me = NiaingeF, xhich I mean to settle, not by abuse,
~ seh,es sl9 5gs!.l5 BE excuse was one tbat q
d Offer n oshsf found Capt. Lod~icF g &
l,gentlepanly - atssnGvscommander, who seemed "a
1kf = epect and good will Of all his paSseneers.
todlim and his boat, but the next time he must
uhen | want to stop at Nininger, or | will take
kat / have said.
4 the towns along the river all rather dull-not
s.laess doing, nor very much building going on.
Eel, TO some extent, the partial paralysis that
! the country generally this season some Of
bl Il pretty severely. Winona, and some other
lees, which have grown too rapidly, like mash-
benn to the passer by to feel the pressure most
They have been seized with a languor such
akes an overgrown boy-there is moro size than
ahout them But a few years time, and the
Influence Of struggling and effort will cure and
Ven them. | must say that in proportion to its
re, your own town, Nininger, is one Of the most
md prosperous looking places | have seen /; |
nQW but it is the most SO, If the number and char
the buildings going up be q true criterion Of your
and go-ahead character.
bqne and Davenport have both improved consid.
iaee saw them one year ago. They are prom
aoes, and l doubt not, will have a steady growth
kmanent importance. The former is the larger
- city-like place, and is likely to keep the lead
ition it has taken. Que grand improvement I
there-a new hotel almost twice the size of the
House, St. Paul, and about to be opened. The
~, I see, has been removed to large and commo-
oons near the bluff, on the principal street lead.
K from the river.
$500 - 100 L.. e 49,. r -.
Eked the site of that place its grand ascent from
i, the noble and graceful swell Of the bluffs, the
cent view of the river and surrounding country it
together with the charming country by which it
poled. Both places have excellent steam ferries,
- passing from shore to shore every few min
crossed on those boats | thought of the little
norhorse apology of an affair that does the agreca-
u the mark to persons wanting to cross the
Est. Paul. The last time I crossed at the latter
~ afraid the putting, snorting ~creature, in it's
49, y do its best, would bust his biler outright, and
I'D be the last of it, which you know would
" q serious loss to the community.
Between Dubuque and Davenport I passed over some
f the finest country l have ever seen. / had crossed
k xsa4 4 ~ q sh r =. s. 4 rear batesas aaa 4 ths
tke magni6cence and c1qui5.se beauty Of fbs NF.srslna
Of the praries, interrupted here and there by
improved farms bearing golden crops. A second
view Of the country but confirms my former impress
,ions, and it is now so we'll settled aud improved that
richly laden with crops, border the road almost
everywhere, presenting to the eye less Of natures un-
horn beauty, but more evidences of human prosperity.
>10nty, health, and happiness. 1t was mid-harvtsi as
~ the region--reapers were to be seen and
kte6pg in almost every wheat field, aud better
the whole [ think | never saw. The oats in
asces were too heavy to hold up their heads, and
had to be used to cut them where they were most
Iowa is a great agricultural State; bard to beat,
tier having prospected quite a number Of its
effetty thoroughly.
davenport / went up to lie Claire, some IL or
distant. The place is small, but has gained
mportance from being at the head of the rapids,
kine about Rock Island or a little above. 1t is quite
81 the lumber business. Logs are often sold
: reasonable price rather than run the. risk Of
Al sale Of them altogether BY hazi3seeHAhe RATS
helIYieces upon. the scragged rocks projecting from
IN q little below the town. Two or three fine
l~1N mills are busy at work in the place, and are
= lucrative business. Another important feature
lttle town is, that it contains a place for draw
&& and repairing steamboats,, of all sizes, and is the
N1t point up the river where such work can be done.
iced the Equator, a boat that plies up and down
Mmnesota, and two other boots, there for repairs.
inter several of the Ga1ena Packets laid there all
Es1ee, getting ready to start at the earliest moment
z. The place contains about 1900 people, and
lily increasing in population, though not rapidly.
sh LeClaire, | took the packet for Galena, passing
q ton, Fulton, Lyons, and several other not very
lS4owns on the way. Clinton has done well, how.
It Is only about tvs years old-has built up rap
6Err&<has q railroad running west to Dewitt, the capital
q [nton Co, and bids fair to be upon an important
I'D if the roAdk extended, as the citizens Of the
1&Ssxpect it to be. The place seems to be now lying
~ ratively quiest-like many other places, waiting fo'
Tier time.
We went slowly mp the river it was night, and ]
asleep when We crawled up the Galena Or Fever
Ex2 We then had to lay over full twenty four kours,
<e1o We started for St Paul on the Aa-lk--~ ~
kS%E. I0dWiCk.
I 9 have been compelled to travel rather slowly ou
INIT of low water. The weather is fine, and the load
u passengers pretty full. At Winona we found a Siouz
AN, with us wife, two children, in q canoe, watching
Ill passage on our boat. They carried their : traps
ID ginning, evidently tickled at the idea of being
rcd long so rapidly, in such q large canoe, and one
33%sl sue big paddles as ours had. The Indian canoe
e& made by following ont q log, and must De taken on
1p11rd, too One Of the deck hands, in attempting to
f1sff1 lAtip 10 polling the canoe up the side Of the
Gmgghd sfrom side to side, in trying to keep
Ealalb bed until at lass he upset, and was
5sbnti1 etL4 into the river, to the amusement
oe croWe.E r. d. s.
So To Correspondents.
6eAa Shos, Potsdam, St. Lawrence County
believe . change is about being made in The
hoements at this place. There is a good Oh,