New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-10
NO FAMINE IN MINNESOTA
TAN Y. Tribune

f,r,,,copdenee Of TIE N T. Tn0un' ,a-,-
e'"'' O. ctoup, Minnesota Oot., 1857
We have lust received re"S mere 10 o'y '"a. 'wer0
- -. Of whest have been landed al D. fau''
-. -. ~ the des i,ute p'or OF Stearn' County
sr'Il., some way gone abroad that there are Two
.,.S f.milies here IN danger of starving the com
w,,,er; and this wheat is the first echo sent from
~. us,,ed boubtiuI band Of the great American poo
.o-or they great in spite of all faults Oar mus
,-oujnent citizens here have been holding leois
srsesgs the past week and sending out re'ou''ons
oontfsdc. the report Of famre. have been speo.,!
reoue ted to ask you TO say TO your miioG here
fhere lie no reasonable prospect OF s'nYe h.,ow
With may, many thanks 10 our klno oie' ~.
sbo have shown themselves so ready 10 mop r.
emphsticaly deny any occasion for asking si'' 49,,
the eras shoppers, destroyed large s sf in
crops both isst Fall and Spring; bat .nsS oo,atoes
Nv ehout he let Of Jny sud the corn ana p9's.Se'
S;I eye moi eaten entirely off have yieided faou
,ons crops Potatoes selling here az nity ceng q
bu.hel, such potatoes as never saw; O.y whcb
= common weight for a solid, round Potstoe' Wnca
ssyovs off i,s Jacket when boiled, and looks IKE
s:.S ~ White meal when cooked q Ia Webster. Corn
snpsars to be abundant, and s SOLO al Si' olussuo
larger and better than any have ever seen even q.
STATE fairs are sold here at less than one cen. POI
nound. Turnips are very hne but have not yet Gom'
INTO market because they still growing. Inoa-
s,nds Of bushels Of hazlenuts have gone W n"'o
In the country this year for want VI s1 "a ~
gather thom. Cranberries are selling for ~ ~ per
busbel. Our lakes and rivers are literary .eenog
Mir he finest fsn, except trout OF wncn nsve seen
none: and anybody who starve' here WIN CONFER
benefit on The world by getting out Of IT. because S;;
n,lsss there has been scko ssand mere Is ntte OF
that hsrebupeer without the means oil Satisfying II
vii no Conclusive evidence of idleness aud inprovi-
dsncs' knew Of but one family that appears 10 dan:
Ger Of suffering The comiog Winter, and the husband
And father last week refused to work at two dollars
mo half per day. cash.
This opinion is the result of what observation have
been able TO make and is the general opinion of the
citizens here; but one gentleman, physician, VINO
has OPT otunities of knowing thinks there will be
Nv families who will need assistance, and that it will
require Eve hundred dollars worth of provisions to get
,hem comfortably along until they can take crop off
the ground. They, instead Of ams would only require
years credit Fuel here costs nothing but the labor
udrswing q few rods The settlers have brought
clothes with them and any Of them, with their room
Of Gods green earth, cothe themselves aud fami-
lies In skins. Wolves foxes rabbits and squirrels are
reasonably abundant; there are soma deer and few
bears Hay ten dollars per tun. Beef of the very
best quality ten cents pound Prairie hens plenty
wild ducks ditto, and the mean. of a comfortable
ly;rg aye within the reach of all who WI work.
JANE g. sWISSHELM.