New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-28

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81. Peter is cutie new psce-net having been sA,d
cut much over two years in fact, am lot quite scfe
il ia so long; and yet il boasts already upward OF one
hundred buDdngs,most OF them erected ruaiS
three-story stone buildings. There Is one excessive
and two or three smaller hotels very tine stea saw
mill together with two If not three churches in various
stages OF pros ression, beside seven or eight stores,
livery stables &c ought not to forget that weekly
paper, The ~. Peter's Courier, has been panhshed
here for some time. =,
The scenery around ST. Peter Is interesting, especially
on the opposite side of the Minnesota River, where
tbere are yery high bluffs covered with fine trees and
many of the views 70 be obtained from them are PIC
turesque indeed. Then there are many oeautin isAes
within the distance of few miles, especially one
called Lake Emily which Is charming body OF wafer
clear A. crystal with fine sand beach, and surrounded
with beautiful groves, with here and there clearing
in the midst of which is the settlers cabin peep
ing out from the protecting foliage, now IN al the rsen
ness Of autunlna hues.
The hotel AZ ST. Peter, e. everywhere else have
been in Minnesota was full TO overlooking; and a.
though slmost every one had bedtellow, yet beds
such they were, had 10 be made up nightly IN the
sitting room Office and even, believe, In the dning
room while suspect the kitchen itself was not iet
alone TO the rats and mice.
bsde sdieu to St. Peter on q cold clustering morn
ing and very fortunately found different sort OF We.
hicle to the one BY which was conveyed there II
was a good comfortable, covered wagon and the se ats
were on springs which made the riding very agreeable
We reached lie Seur in time for dinner, which turned
out to be second edition Of the former one, without
any additions indeed, the pieces of NEST which were
cut up surprisingly small before they came to the table,
were think still smaller than at our previous meal;
inquired the prices Of few articles about this pan OF
the Territory, and they were as follows
Pot.toe, per buhel 50 Butter, per pound 20 -
wis,t PEI sa.hei..... Ess' per dOleO'.'''''' -
C.hhor. onion. and turnps are very high, as like
r;se are horses oxen and COWS; the latter canno. De
bought for less than $50 to $50, aud mddhng anlnal
at that.
We did not cross the ferry here IS before but con-
titued on through the Big Woods leaving Henderson
on our left We also passed the remarkable hotel at
Belle Prairie without honoring It with our presence, and
pushed 10 Sand Prairie where we found
about hour after dark in which we sought and OBJ
tanned shelter for the night and well II was we ala So
for within twenty minutes after our arrival the RAIN
commenced pouring down and continued TO DO so our
| ing the whole night. Had taken the line by winch
| went up, / must have rode in an open wagon com
| petey exposed TO the storm; and more than nat,
should have been compelled TO turn out at o'clock
the next morning, when the wind was blowing great
guns and the rain coming down like second deluge
The next morning on account OF the weather we
could not venture out, made ourselves as COM
Portable possible and got pretty well acquainted
with landlord and his wife who were young people
| from Portland Maine, and had been in their present
location about year. He and his brother had taken
UP claims here side by side consisting partly of wood
| and partly Of prare. To show the rapidly WIN
which thi. country is settling, ii may be sufficient to
state that year since claims around Sand Prairie
were plentiful blackberies, whereas now not one
can be picked up any where within fifteen or twenty
rriles, and stranger coming here could not buy
good one short of $500 and very few at that price.
Thee people with whom we stopped, although not
calling their house tavern, having no sign or any
visible token thereof, are overrun with customer:
The lady told me it was quite common thing to feed
as many as twenty persons in day and the week be
fore we there she got supper at various times be.
md M
Now this alone at 80 cents nesl, would count up
not less than sl2 in one night to say nothing about
lodipg or horse-feed. No wonder that this man had
refused thousand dollars for bis claim
The rain having sbaed after dinner, We started and
although the roads were in pretty bad state after the
storm we reached Shakopee about P. m, and Glib
cons just after dark.
We arrived at St. Paul the next day, just in time to
ait down 10 a frstrae dinner at the Fuller House.
And thus ends one chapter in my "reminiscences of Min
nesota in the year of grace 1856. w.