St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-08-05
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III s rsgulnlly during tlse SPRING. ana@early
SUI .lntit bs.' from sts&Anthony 10 this
y, vaaee. SssSssa4as. ssassAE4 eaaya4<. |
.s a1 giyessi positt6n correctly WITH
All the MOST important points y. Y
llll.ly Nut lie peculiar Beauty or its
Iocafi1 ana ility 81 the surround iii:sc9un"
try aralsnoti abe transcribed stWithin fifteen
niles Of sssNlqpd, en- opposite sides of ithe
river, andfG at ditersntsp points Of the, compass
are eight lakes, varying iii size f%Hom rn,'te to !
$ miles in circumference, MI, save one, beau
tiful; v&ceedingly Three OF them at least, deepg
I'D ousgh teS aat l n,a,lo -wars CODED pa hks,
clean pebblySsho ores ,plentilully mai1Xea With
cornclian & and waterss qhpudartly supplied
with fshs f4@A> = k&5f @,&&E& VI
When Gov. ST & erisa Made lis survey Of
northern railroad %rc,s.G to the pacific, ln3 %,
he rped son the a5NestolA ttaiue of The Mis-
sissippi belowa }sank gRag5l - .fYAo place was
ia11seiess- 7tlis paas snrssta vi ! ,q1 >; but IT
ia here hrs r0utr }uah>s t.,ollNe. IN .l$ tiup-
In.g o. rs ii claim ulb:u was iy,llt pu2tle spot
,e4.er waiie,-'a god -~s4w mil.{ the
frame oi i:,rge&Hotel and eight other dwell
ein szwere, plif ~ mat Summer. This last fall
tlere. were three hundred ard tHirty-t<yo yot ca
nolled in tho preci1ct!} Not the vOt es of Indi-
saf1s Sor fIaff Breeds, sfor glereaare noae here
\ majority of the inhabitants d the connty
ssrea hald Iva Ser,naps.x Mi nstErdy., wives and
SclfiEifsns ssc uatvaRna tie st1Aana sbrkins at
nee hanie seprpiey % entsy i, y " xzsg7
The ss5u:tsoil IS ss;i6a ahd a!thot III rhc Oil is
from on to three feet deep. aVnch black loan
supporting a rank vegetation,s Lac drainage is
so.perfectv and the air SO pure, that breathing
Is a perpetual pleas1lre. Al Yet. our &phys-
ciaris haye discovered no slis eaaoSe eeuliar 10
tie clifnateg$ no indigenous co1nplninv except
the minnesota AppetitsA which requires onc-
fourth mQre treatuent than modest nennsy!-
,vania or Ohio ATTACK Of a corresponding dis
case. -. :.".
Z Amy body who wants to driuk whiskey in
peace had better not come here. irr the treaty
ibyswh eh the land was acquired from the Sioux.
forbids its introduction; ana the Legislature,
has passed law. enforcing ,hat provision; but
people Of moderate means anu indus rlors hhb=:
its who have childfes. 1tosoduca.a will find few
Training, healthy development Of Eai1s"le. and
the means Of pecuniary independence arc bet
ter corntiinedsEzs g2.ssE}y " 1. J.
L. There axe immense tracts of pine lying above,
llfren.awlich the nnilis 81 St; Paul, StyaAnthony
and the Minnesota Valley are supplied. These
employ q large and s,evcr-increas ing. force Of
nlen, horses and oxen, who are To be supplied
with provisions clothing and feed. The soil j.;
waiting for an opportunity to produce 'unlimit-
ed quantities Of food, without tloubin" no e,,.-
raer crushing II lille the ,,,sxissinri from
st. Paul lis e,ssia afford to turn a mill
at alnlos any point and has water power
eneslgh toide the s5afan 1fact1ring for Conti-
neIiI. a33t T'' 4.ss395S 4 * ss sss.4s
Car natugal meadows produce grass tsrom
flour feet and TIC beef killed off our
prairies IS quite equal TO any stall fed we have
ever eaten. Our venison is fine at ten cents
per pound rabbits, prairie he,ls, cartridges,
Iduczs, c:, plenty. sYhousansis OF bushels 0!
'a;corns for tie hogs that are not here to eat
|thenl. ts Fuel for the lahor If cutting and haul
ing off the ground : and there is Nc likelihood
X or the supply running out soon; AS thf: i5lss
Woods extend fESnl this place some twenty
miles Or more, DOM this side Of the river, and
from eight to twelve miles back Our prairjes
are all dotted with strips Of wood land. Oak
Openings' which just look like obi orchards,
dense thickets Of plum trees bc:>ring delicious
truit, grape vines, doing likewise. thousands o1
acres, OF hazel bushes and strawberry vines, en-,
! gagged in the same business: while some hun
dred ;acresSare in the Grant Berry trade and turn
out all article, which for quantity and quality
cannot b. exceled Tie blackberries,5r red rasp-
berries b. and hops taczrp Their chin gles in tic
woods; and seldom diSappoint TIC r1on sal,
fIguinG expectations Of Their nustou'ers. There
is stll lan1 ten or fifteen n,isea LEX which set
Tiers can get; at COY .lrIt p'icc, ~ building
J q cabin aud living 6n II ur+il it comes into
l market. Actual settlers cam hty!' lots here ct
7 from 5ne t. Eve huritlrcA dola1s aud specu1a-
tors, can haye he s&EAa lots II tl>yt Ave u III
! cen e.s'.% <hE;r's X >ISy<$%xsz@% ..z5,
s:sineaoi he .iser JIG ans back, i3aces that
T wifi bes Pleasant ses icts c>ir be had gratis
by,those who will build and ike on them.--
This, III places where house can be built for
I,fftg dollars, that would be Il p:tlace compared
/ 70 the dens rented in large CITIES ior 4 and S
dollars per month, while the lot, With only the
/ aid Of d clubbing hoe aud a fey days labor.
i would bring Vegetables to feed a. family and
j every township has 600 ACRES arpropriafc, I'd
1.-THE SUPPORT Of schools. - ,o<,.s:. ~:
! Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
u State university IA fine building has already
been erected for The use Of that institution. Ii
is situated at St. Anthony, built Of stone on az
q eminence commanding q view of the falls, and
no State in the Union has better foundation
fora good system of popular education. Nc
other prairie State is so well timbered as Min
nesota and no State more abundantly supplied
with clear water. Iii the country surrounding
ST. Cloud and as far North and W est as we have
y any reliable account, settlers find no difficulty
in locating land on a running stream On trans.
parent lake with plenty Of timber ct hand tol
building, fencing and fuel, and as the land or
the West side of the Upper Mississippi is only
open to presumption there il little opportunity
for spectators, and settlers have assurance o.
neighhors Ind that rapid increase in the value
Of their lands and in&social advantages which
arise from the system of land in limited guam.
4 titles to actual settlers. e.e:> 49, ~
II The country around st: Cloud, west of tho
mississippi was purchased Of the Indians in {
treaty made with them by Hon. Alexander
] Ramsey and. Luke Lea in 1852 and ratified by
@tthe senate the same year. The Sioux ehao
owned the land from 1927 but had not occupied
I it, and II was used as hunting ground by tho
! Winnebagoes whose land reached within foul
miles northsof5 st. Cloud. Their country was
4 ceded to the, United States by a treaty began
Il with "Reminiscences MIN nc NV mud ad