St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-12-23

IL was Incorporated in the winter Of '55 &c.
! The Land Office was removed IL April So, from
oaIh Rapids to Upper town. Tie post ONCE
Is III Middle Town, which is inhabited hy i'll
ullstrlous and well-to-do German Catholics
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell b.
longing to it, is the first church going bell in
otearns county and has also the distinction OF
being the first audible in Slcrburne and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side Of
the river. There too is q school kept by COM
pany Of Bcnedictinc Nuns where music, draw
nm, needlework and German arc well taught
by ladies Of polished manners; and unusual
proficiency.
Lower Town has two protestant churches, IN
process CT erection one, about completed. We
nave public school in the Everett School
house, and Il handsome Library dedicated BY
Hon Edward Everett. The engines of an ex-
cellent saw mill and plaining mill, sash facto-
ny; and Of u good Touring mill are this mo-
ment putting away within half dozen rods Of
our office. We have from five to six steam boat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
ton OF drones we have ever seen in any hive.
In the fall Of '5G Gra*shoppcrs came in q:
cloud and settled down III Ills and ljoining
countess destroying he greater portion Of the
| crops They deposited their larvae and died.
Early IN TIE spring Of 81 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
tears OF famine were entertained by large
portion of the people; but they left in July, and
SO many OF the late crops survived, that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was a large amount of
food. In autumn it became a question whether
there was enough for winter consumption with
what the people had the means of purchasing
from below. The German settlers were gcner-
ally OF the opinion that there was not and the
Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to ask
contributions. When this became known in
Lower st. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing the measure as altogether unnecessary, and
one calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emigration in the spring. The
Correctness Of this view Of the case is now. prov
en-. The third week Of May is here potatoes
sell at IS cts. per bushel, corn 81 ,GU, wheat
Sl,2o, oats 80 cts. and We have heard of nc IL
stance IN which any have suffered for want OF
food; while very large proportion Of the en-
igrants who had last year designed cmgratine
to this point have been deferred by this bug
bear cry CT famine, and have gone elsewhere
The time is now past at which the Grasshoprcrs
appeared last spring, and the minds OF the
people arc set OIL rest as the question Of ,yEetl-
er they left lavae, last year, before they emf.
grated 1t is evident that they went to Other
localities as they came here to eat, Geposite
their eggs and die. There is no sign that the,
have left any deposits here, and as everybody
IS putting Ill crop Of something good TO ca
! we expect next fall to be encu1nbc-ed with :
surplus Of the good things Of this life, and t;
;nundate St. Anthony, minneapolis and St
Paul with vegetables and grain after supply
ing the Pine regions and The laborers on tlt
Fail Road.