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

Some few years ago, two thousand visitors to Europe
from this country were considered a large number now
we have some fifty thousand who annually make the
q tour The genius Of our countrymen for in1uisitive-
ness does not permit them to con6ne their travels to
merely fashionable resorts as is the general custom OF
other nations. Our people are now known in every
spot of the world, where they have been seeking into
things rare and interesting. II three visitors should
meet around the crater of Vesuvius, one Of them
would certainly be an American if the solemn gloom
of the pyramids is disturbed by prying visits at anseason-
able hours from foreigners, they may be surely set down
AZ Yankees. A battle in China must number some
hero from the land of the " stars and stripes" Humid
deserts are traver.ed by them where no human foot ever
trod before. They test the iuelenency of every season
in Scandinavia in mid winter and Central Africa in the
Burning rays of summer heat.
The persevering and indomitable spirit of our people
is beautifully illustrated in the lives of our Missionaries,
male and female, who have made willing sacrifice of the
comforts Of home, friends, and even life itself, in their
taithfulness to duty, in torrid and frigid zone alike.
Our mariners search the north and south poles they
ply their calling in every bay and inlet where craft can
swim and money be made. Our engineers build rail.
roads in Russia they contract to search the bottoms Of
distant seas, and prospect the world generally for any.
thing like trade and gain.
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Our Unparalleled Growth.

We had occasion the other day, in taking a FRIEND
through the town, to lead him out on the bluff back Of
Mr.. Robertson residence. From this point we looked
down on the scene below us. Imagine the change that
not eleven months has wrought on the town. There lay
before US at least Que hundred houses in view, stretching
from Mr.. Miller's house on the east, to the buildings be-
yond Mr.. Ovens far to the west, half hid amid the trees.
The beautiful plateau, with it's encircling fringe of foliage
seemed, as a friend remarked, fitted by nature for the
marslalling of some grand army. It was indeed a beau
tiful scene. And then its physical development in that
short period of time. No town in all Minnesota can in.
stance such a growth. No town in the Western coun-
try is growing more rapidly at present. The aeEidencea
of prosperity are on every side. The sound 81 ~ han
mer is heard in every direction. In ever r. n0onr
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nrinxing things to Light.

In many parts Of the Territory articles Of utility are
discovered, which would be Of benefit to publish abroad.
We have known instances where products, sometimes
a mineral, vegetable, &c have been used to good pur-
pose without their true value being understood, and no
efforts made to extend their knowledge. In California
discoveries Of various kinds have been made from slime
to time, ever since the gold mines were opened. 1t was
the impulse of that prize mineral that q~uickened the
observation of the people there, so that as soon as found
everything else was also sought after, and when any
thing that approached in appearance any article Of CON-
meree, it was hurried to the light of scientific observe
ton, and Immediately made known if valuable
there seems to be nothing under the sun, but what Cal
,fornia has of the riches Of the world, within her bord-
ers. The last mail brought accounts Of several such
discoveries, among them that of iron, which promises to
be Of great value to her.
We know quite we'll that there are abundant rich ma
terials of various natures, scattered over this Territory,
which only require to be brought to light to enrich their
discoyerers. In one instance, We know : gentleman who
zI1e leros 4nhssatcs4E shsh he thought would ~-l.
excellent paint; be tried il, and found IL to work AZ
mirably. but never attached much Importance t.
That much ia ov;na - direct observation, ana mat
..a..a;-~ss, IS shown from the pearl fishing gong on
at present in many parts Of our country. Pesrls had
occasionally been found years before, but were looked
upon as some rare accident but when inoited thereto,
people found them in great abundance 20 reward their
search. Pearls are not now regarded as products OF
some envied foreign land. Even in the case of the
gold discovery of California, we all remember how I-
credulously the accounts of Australia and other fields
were received Immediately thereafter, and yet all turned
out real,-some more valuable than others.
1t becomes a matter Of duty, therefore, to keep a
watchtul eye open to whatever is likely to be turned
Of any good account. In time this care will promote
the attractiveness of the Territory to many classes, who
now inquire in vain for facilities to carry on their voca-
tons, which a little attention would certainly discover.
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To Correspondents.

[t6icAd Shop, Potsdan, st. Lawrence County,
4 believe . change is about being made in the
hgements at this place. There is a good OPP
Pre- for q school teacher. You can obtain any
lon the subject from James r. Case, Esq. !,
City, who is President Of the Board Of
ices. You will notice an advertisement in
this subject in orr columns.
fenson, Ashtabula Co, Ohio. Government
obtained within about thirty miles from this
ia hand land can be bought At prices rang
70 twenty-five dollars per acre, according
ity t. the river and town. The cmntry is
l~iealthy. Only one death hrs occurred in
low containing six hundred people, within
that resulted from a disease brongh here
rr The res. Of your questions will Be sp-
b~avessipg Charles =. Clarke, Esq., or any
Eheal Estate Agents whose advertisements
columns.
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While the snobbishness Of : few America : oad
has been reproaohed By our own people, the {ng
character of the Republican American Is truly eci-
ated and acknowledged IL over the werld. Foreign
journals set of every phase Of the American character IN
many we'll turned anecdotes, and dryly take Of seeming
;nooneruities Of national character, but the and
progressive spirit Of the Yankee il almost MNliably
HANDSOMELY acknowledged whenever opportunity ocours.
w often notice anecdotes which show the sim-
plicity Of our countrymen in their intercourse with the
maguatcs and d~lgnitarics Of kingiy courts, which Indicate
that their worth and abilities are not thereby c~ompronai-
sed, nor the esteem Of their country lossened.
Lately, when Mr.. Sumner went to England for the
benefit Of bis health, on arriving At his botel, ne entered
his name upon the book IS SIMPLY e summer,
his funkiee "A an ordinary traveller. The next morning
one Of the lattep came to Mr.. Summers room in some
excitement. and said : Lord Brougham is down stairs,
Sir, asking for you.' To the walters amusement, Mr..
s. quietly said, without exhibiting theleest surprise !:
{ Very well; show him up Not long afterward the
Justice has called, aud he asks for you SHOW him
up was again the e0Ol reply. After bis Lordship had
departed the waiter came once more, bewildered and 9
little aggravated Sir, Sir, the Lord Chancellor Of
England has called to see you 7 Show him up re-
peated Nj. s. These astonishing facts were no doubt
at once communicated 70 the lanQIOIu, IOk inc next us
Arniag Pbst anndnnced the arrival Of His Excellei
the Honorable Midsummer ~ Maurigy's Hotel"
Last sasal q sAnsI'ss9: .as ss. 2. st-.ss d
narrow streets Of mat capital, one muddy day, when I'D
suddenly met the Crank Duke Constantine. The side
walk was not wide enough for two persons to pass, and
the street was deep in filth. Both stopped, and a mo-
mept's awkward pause ensued. Suddenly the American
taking a silver rouble from his pocket, shook it in his
closed hands, and cried out Grown, or tail !? Crown
guessed the Grand Duke: Your Highncss has won,'
said the American, looking at the rouble and stepping
into the mud. His cuteness in saving his dignity,
while he acknowledged the Grand Dukes, brought him
IAN invitation the next day to dine with the latter-but
this is as usual a termination of such stories, as a happy
marriage is of a fashionable novel"
Such illustrations are now of common occurrence, as
the position of the American is difficult to fix from lack
of title to comport with his influential station at home.
No uncertain feeling actuates our countrymen, how
ever, while mixing with all classes and conditions Of
men, under every form of government-his own noble
institutions are so UNNECESSARILY superior to all others,
that by his bearing he produces the most forcible Illus
tration of their true nature in his own individuality.
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p O u r N A +.

s~colors. and designated BY hieroglyphical figures,
Do the history Of the land. So We 90, 80 We pro.
d these strange land Offices always continue il
Of the sweeping Aood, hidden away in new OBJ
hges, performing their necessary part, and then
With tho red man snd the wilderness.
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The siDinger and st. Peter Railroad Com.
pany.

The first public movement is now being made in this
great enterprise. As will be seen by our advertising
columns, on Saturday, 29th inst, a public sale will be
held in Nininger Of town lots in louisville with Rail-
road Stock attached, We feel that we can sincerely re-
commend this whole enterprise to our readers. The rise
in the price Of the lots will be enormous, with the build
ing Of the road, while property IN Nininger will advance
in an equal proportion. Any man buying lots in Louis
vile at ten dollars each cannot but realize largely on his
Investment.
We are glad to perceive, upon conversation with our
citizens, that almost all of them are ready to purchase
lots and subscribe for Stock at the meeting on Saturday.
A share Of Sthck requires the investment of sl.25 per
week, an amount which any man can easily savas AS
to the details Of The plan We refer our readers to the ad-
vertisement Of the Company. We would add, however,
that the parpote Of holding the FIRST meeting here is to
offer the first opportunity to the citizens Of Nininger-
This is important, as under the regulations f the Tom.
pany, those subscribing first for lots ebtsin t. first
choice in their selection.
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Mr. Enrroa Surprising that YOU vol
70 Hear fkum the wandering ~citisens Of MI
at down - give you IN account Of my tn
Liza Munger for St. Paul on Saturday
and renninsd at st. Paul until Monday aftd
busin4es ~ importance called M up -
Bivsr Al four P. NJ. / found myself behi
ing tesnapproachiDg Fort Smelling. The ID
II passed ouEN0f the hands Of the Goveynlnd
nov ths property Of ) certain clique Of
Whist thsir purpose is know not whether Y
- farm lands, or, rs has been Whispered, lay ii
town sito to rival in the future 81. Paul.
couras would be I think the most rational.
striking commentary on the growth Of our great
Is Is IS found in the sale Of this Fort property.
years ago Il VAS an extreme out post, intended y
in awe the wild tribes Of savages around it. Ne
sayages have disappeared, q vast agricultural regiol
every side, and civilization has. extended so far beg
that the Fort is not even needed for the protection
white settlers. Il has ceased to be even opntie'
and i conscquently abandoned bib
the appliances. Of wax
,hhea vh{nh more than snv xuc1xG71
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Ev. go.
III 1aoIPson spo'e1, 49,. 49,
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20. .1S;sgg . s*1NN @fN@a1
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y y ssioon we senn sook totm ~ 49, 9l
hopes g prospes19 u ~ ths 99e1esaM u11s
trsds 80 1901 44nssxa Ne = present. I9srs 1g41e zen
sv;S.nsA 81 5.ndssf y;eid ~ "A .s1osSaiff 81 the
'nroducts AZ the earth. The markets. too-foreign and
domeste-arc open 10 receive all the sarplus, Of Whist
ever kind, At not only reuunesstiye prices, due st great
pss6t on their cost. Not only fte products Of the soil,
bpf everything necessarily sising from il. i high snd
ia demand. Whoever has seen the tins when horses,
cattle, sheep, and swine commanded prices equal 70
the present And it Is not only the farming inseres.
that fbr;sss, but every Glass Of trade shsyss IN shecon-s
mon p~epGpsaity Of our country. We IRE - peace with
IL the 1od1~-our copnpefce il ope6edt0 I'll engaged.
ii iAss Addsa - this. wsars barring 70 unimposfant daily
addison 70 the common wealth OF our country Ii ~
hosts e~migrsnts from Europesn ports, With ~
abb amount Of the aeedfI 10 I'D them u
hi9h state Of cultivation the immense &k1@
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Is regard them as having been finished and fenced
The end is not yet, hardly the commencement
look to the great future. What changes will ten,
y years bring over the scene. And is it vague or
native tn see in that future a great consolidated
he centre of a system of Railroads, filled with long
Ecf substantial buildings, and throbbing with the
pulsations of trade.
! our hearts be big enough to take in these things
but jealousy. Any two streets Of Hastings may be
ing and growing, and yet the property holders and
keepers therein in advancing their respective inter-
heed not necessarily fall into dissensions.
e hope to see the County buildings located midway
zen Niningsr and Hastings. For ourselves we see
ly great things in the future Of Nininger, it rests
Hastings to pcrpetuate the good feelings now exist
Ia both places. There is. however, no cause for the
Re of the st. Paul Times. We are not, as far as We
\, throwing eats at each others hallnon.' Onr
mon enemies alone would represent such a state Of
be. and such must have given the information upon
the article in the Times is founded
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Nl~eo1e u an adjacent lot where Mr.. RYDER, form
erly of Hastings, had commenced to build. On our re-
turn MIR. Ryder's house was framed, raised and partially
covered. Stranger still, along side of it was another
house framed aud raised. Several lots to- this side of
the latter, Mr.. Berglund's shop was being covered in.
In passing, Mi. Ryder remarked that the street was be-
ing built up rapidly, and asked US if we knew Of any
other buildings about to go up near there. We replied
no, that what they had done in a couple of weeks was
enough for one locality The next day we were inform
ed that Mr.. Traver, of Hastings, was building next to
Burglund's shop. Here then were five buildings erect
ed in one block in about two weeks. Even St. Paul does
not possess as great a growth as this in proportion to its
size. Every day brings forth some new improvement.
To day it is Messrs. Cheney T. Carrie, in Seventh street,
west of the Hotel. The next day it is the Presbyterian
Church in Block IS. We have ceased to keep count of
them.
And then what is there for the future. An arrange
ment has just been made to have our newspaper distribu-
ted on all the up river boats. This will bring our place
wildly before the eyes of travellers coming up the river.
We will soon have our grist mill running. Our Rail-
road enterprise speaks for itself in our other columns.
In fact every thing promises the greatest success. The
second Spring Of Nininger City will be a bright one.
Minnesota cannot have two such seasons as the last one.
Last Spring several things conjoined to throw the Terri
tory on its back. The peace in Kansas, and the political
forces brought to bear, turned a great part Of the west
ern emigration into that treeless, unhealthy Territory.
Our late Spring, and the frozen condition of Lake Pepin
accelerated that current Of emigration. Then we had
some Indian troubles, and the visions of scalps and
tomahawks that were paraded through the eastern papers
deferred whole clouds of the timid from coming here.
Moreover there were over the entire land cries Of a crisis,
and especially OF a. western crash, and the fearful aud
the cautious stood back to await the result.
What has been the result ? with all these conjoined
forces working to its ruin Minnesota has stood the or
deal brayely. It's towns have not ceased to grow its
fields have not ceased to bloom trade, emigration, agri-
culture have Ill held their own against the storm that
broke over them, and now as it passes away our Terri
tory stands treasured in the promise Of a trebled pros
perity in the future. We have been weighed in the
balance aud not found wanting.
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Stno eye OF the hus0andman. we ~
supper at Mr.. Gibson's comfortable house,
furnished with = good substantial meal. I
deserves the excellent reputation it has in thl
After supper e drove by starlight to Shakop
On going up to the door Of the 'Wasson 4
best hotel in the place, instead of meeting as
ed entire strangers we were pleased 10 recogniz
host an old friend, formerly a merchant ID
street, Philadelphia but who moved out his \
ly to Minnesota, and is now up to his ears il
and prosperity. If the Eastern croakers q
Territory could have listened to his account d
poets, Or his more poetical description of the !
which his children have learned to score the /
search Of wild flowers, they would shut up 4
able little shops, quit the tainted and polld
phere of their great cities and find in the II
tivity and enterprise of Minnesota that heald
piness.they will never otherwise enjoy.
Shakopee is quite a large place. 1t seema
to be rather dull at present, and we notic
buildings going up. Property commands a
and no doubt is an excellent investment. 3
tain months it is virtually the head of navig1
Minnesota-not that steamboats, do not asce
Louisville and Carver, but that it is at Shakd
gers for St. Peter, &C., take the stages. Til
great deal Of travel, and consequently Of bs
the town. We found the WATSON House
that the best our kind host could offer thd
beds on the floor of the parlor.
At Shakopee we met our friend Mr.. Over
the principal Real Estate dealer of the towp
Of energy and good business talents. He IA
terested in the town, and seems bent on ut
rad
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We copy the following from the St. Paul Times Of
last week -
CoMPETIrIoN.-Competition is an excellent thing in
its legitimate track, but not so when it leads to such pet
ty jealousies and chickering's as exist now between those
thriving towns below us-Nininger and Hastings. MIN
niger scowls and turns up its adolescent nose because its
rival brags of being the Oldest. Hastings growls and
sucks its fingers because the Niningites have erected a
bridge across the Vermillion to intercept the trade which
now naturally finds its way to Hastings Fie, tie, chill
dren don't blubber over the natural and healthy effect
of trade wipe your weeping eyes, throw no more
eats at each others balloons gather up all your ener-
gies and pitch in and, without using your competitor
as a stepping stone to Fortune, either of you will look
we'll enough on the Geography of the State of Mime
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There is too much capital now in both
her ever to be obliteratcd. Again, what
trade and travel to this corner of Dakota
If the attraction comes from one Of these
lst thereby bring it to the door of the other.
ktter is it for Nininger that the trade Of
i should flow through Hastings, than that
its outlet through a distant point like Men
IT. Paul, or vice versa. Again, suppose
or Hastings should grow into a majestic
be great powers of the future State, it
t%icular part Of the country valuable for
bund, and by its natural increase must
her OF later, include the other.
- Is be recollected that both Nininger and
1t in their incipicnt condition ; in mere
population of both together would not
a moderate sized eastern village. We
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Mrs Cunningham il IN prison awaiting her for
'ir late crime, bail not being allowed herr
The submarine cable was commenceA sbeinIg laid and BY
this time, il no sccidsnt has happened, u almost com
plescl across the Asaantie.
There Is nothing i~iApuiaat from Kanass Gopcr1oi
Walker has withdrawn The troops from Ewasi,cc. End
ing Il, cslsa fWr their presence there.
I II IS supposed thst Rollins, the Er,saei patton eanai
date for Governor in Missouri, is elected bns therss i
some doubt about II. 49, as
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Our town during the past few days has been over run
by strangers. We have seen moro strange faces within
that time than iii q month before. Outsiders are -
ing up to the fact that Nininger is 4 living institdtion.
Their eyes will be more opened before month rolls
around. 80 A ~
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Down tho nlver.
On board the Northern Light, I
A~~ ~ I6S3 Z

Aug. IL, 1897,
roR-I left Nininger soms ten days ego on
-, and am nov within ) hundred miles q
my return. We sweep along vt 6ne rata
steamer, taking into recount the low state
pnd the many insidious ssDd bars our pilots
~ Indeed, it 10 . wonder to me how such
aathrsad their ways safely along a channel
ochallow, and subject to such variation =
piasippi Il lon wstsr. Our boar, - I
y largest Of tho packets that run to 81.
feet in length, and broad in proportion.
1he Galena river - We came down from
-, il high decks projecting far above
leserves the praise Of doing . great
~ Il il one place, in this degener-
Sbs96 that does not, unfortunately, belle
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A young man named Peter Ofth, ID the employ Of
Mr.. Case, as i sawyer, was seriously il not fatally IN
jured, by falling down the bank Of the avenue which
has just been graded, on Thursday night last It was
very dark and rainy at the time, 80 that he could not
see his way home. All at once he found himself pre-.
cipitated some twenty feet, and though slammed, got up
and went home TO bed, unconscious OF a4y injury. He
awokc in the night suffering excruciahne pain, and sent
for a physician. Who discovered that be was severely
injured internally. Al present little hopeM his recovery
is entertained. He is a sober and industrious man Of
nvcellont ch.ractor - s 1## %a3 tt
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bRing iShskopee at an early hour weaalOs86a y
lila ms town occupies a fine site. It possesses
wv ~ landings on the river; it is II the foot
sMpxdbKksn nd is conseauenllE. lta the Miass16s
Nz Paul il to the MississippItAe anead Of
IN The land lies well, not in monotonoOs uni
fofhity, but rising in gentle swells that will furnish
beautiful sites for residences. 1t already contains two
stores, a saw mill, a grist mill, and quite a number of
very 6ne dwelling houses. 1t needs but q small degree
Of well directed effort to make it a very impostant point