The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-24
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very easily find a location to suit them in Minnesota,
whether men Of large or small means. Of course all
will post themselves up regarding our Homestead and
Presumption Laws. The mechanic, the laborer, or the
storek.eper should be careful to locate rherc there Is a
certainty of buildings being erected, and where property
has not commenced to fall in price, because wherever
property has attained too high a figure and the bulk Of
the holders are paying high rates of interest on mort.
gage notes, the r~etrograde movement has commenced,
and as rats leave a ship where there is a leak, so people
leave a place where prices are falling, and one follows
another till the original property holders retire from the
field, and in a few years another set Of men take hold
at low prices and revive the place, il, during its down
ward career, it has not been entirely cxtinguished by
some rival town.
The prospector from the East can easily find out by
inquiring of intelligent mechanics, wherever he lands on
the Upper Mississippi which towns are thriving and
which are not 80. The best criterions are the quantity
of work contracted for, to be done tho ensuing season,
the energy of the citizens, and the upward or downward
tendency Of the price Of property common sense viii
Of course teach most men that by investing where pro
perty has evidently reached a high figure they nscy los
u great deal, whereas, where it is cheap in proportion 4
the prosperity Of the place, the probability fan advance
is great, and little can be lost.
Additional M~lnnesotian Antiquities.
We clip the following from the Saltwater Messenger
of last week:
sIn our last paper we noted the discovery Of the tusk
of a Mastodon, OF Mammoth, found BY the workmen
engaged in excavating on Myrtle street. Since then
some Of our citizens were informed by the workmen that
some two weeks ago they exhumed another, similar II
.;wo md oncaarnnco and that II had been s dumnod Oh
into the ievee, at the foot of Chestnut street. A few
DAYS since, DR.. Rhodes and some other gentlemen Of the
city, made some examinations, and after removing Z
small quantity of earth from the levee found q humble,
VI the pieces-tbe largest being some two feet in length
The pieces thus found are in a better state Of preserva
ton than the specimen in our possession, and it, Shape
Indicates that it is the left-s.de tusk-the opposite Of
the first one found. This Indicates pretty certainly tina,
the entire carcas was deposited in the same locality, and
that other remains may yet be found.
1t ia \ great misfortune that these really interesting
aud curious specimens were not secured without injnsy
-as they might have becn-as they would have been
invaluable to our State Historical Society. The speci'
men in our possession has been examined by hundreds
Of person., aud application for it has been made BY the
Historical Society, with which We shall deposit it fol-
preservation EH ...
We hope that some steps will be taken to obtain the
entire skeleton, which, no doubt, can be found in the
same locality as the parts already discovered. Too much
attention cannot be paid to these matters. Not only il
science interested, but the ordinary curiosity of human
nature is enlisted to learn something Of the past history
of this great country.
We learn from one of our citizens who takes consid.
cradle interest in such matters, that in the collection Of
the State Historical Society at St. Paul, there is a piece
Of highly carved antique pottery, fund twelve feet un'
der the surface at Saltwater, and exhibitinga considers-
bic degree Of advance in the arts Of ornament. Our
saltwater friends have, it would seem, treasures Of the
antique under their feet, which they should ~resnrrect
The complete skeleton Of the Mastodon found there, j
put together and wired, would furnish an object Of The
most curious and instructive interest. ~"
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