St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-11-11

It Nc @.@lrr ".tul in Inc winter c. IS &c.
-.-2 Ian; uillrc Was removed in april %, from
;oauI i>;spids to Upper tcT11. The post Office
IL IL Middle Town, which is inhabited by in
dustrious and well-to-do German Catholics
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be-
longing to it, is the first church going bell in
Stearns county and has also the distinction Of
being the first audible in Sherburne and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side Of
the river. There too is a school kept by a com
pany of Benedictine Nuns where music, draw
inn, necdlcwork and German are well taught
by ladies Of polished manners; and unusual
proficiency.
Lower Town has no protestant churches in
process OF erection one, about completed. We
have public school in the Everett School
house, and a handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines Of an ex-
cellcnt saw mill and planning mill, sas. facto-
ry; and OF a 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 '56 Grasshoppcrs came in
| cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops They deposited their larvae and died.
Eariy i'll the spring of 81 the young brood
came orr and made such havoc that serious
fears Of famine were entertained by large
portion of the people; but they left in July, AID
so many OF the late crops survived, that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was large amount Of
! food. In autumn ii became question whether
! there was enough for winter con.u1n,,tion with
what the people had the means of purch: sing
from below. The German settlers were cener-
ally Of the opinion that there was not a1l 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 ant;
one calculated to do the country great il: jury
by preventing emigration in the spring. The
Correctness Of this view Of tie case is now prov
en-. The third week of May is here, potatoes
sell at 25 cts. per bushel, corn S;1.uN. wheat
,25, oats 50 cts. and We have heard of no in
stance in Which any have suffered tor want C;
food while very large proportion of the en-
igrants who had last year designed omigrat ing
to this point have been deferred by this bug
bear cry Of famine. and have gone elsewhere
The time is now past at which the Grasshoppers
appeared last spring. and the minds OF the
people are set on resi- IS the question of wleti
CT they left layac. last year, before they emf
grated. 1t is evident that they went to othc,
localities as they came here to eat, dc}.osi;t
their EGGS and dic. There IS no sign tl.at t,lcJ
have LETT any deposits here, and as everybody
is putting in crop CT something goo'. to cal
we expect next fail to be encountered with :
surplus Of the good things CT this life, and t.
inundate St. Anthony, Minneapolis and St
Paul, with vegetables and grain after supply
ing the Tine regions anu the luborers Oh thu
Rail Road