The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-05

there is none of it in q condition to be called waste land.
If there is any, it is so mere q moety as not to be no.
ticesble. Farmers think nothing Of raising from Is to
40, and often as high as SO bushels wheat to the acre;
from 40 to 20 bushels oats so bushels common 500
to 500 bushels Of potatoes, aud as many Of onions. The
subsoil-therc are few exceptions-is clay and the
soil above from two to Eve and eight feet deep, and what
may be called a happy compromising circumstance, is
that the soil is better farther back from the Mississippi,
and though the land may be high table land, or bills
and Wales, it will rarely be found other than moist black
loan, with a subsoil Of clay.
Emphatically, Minnesota is we'll wooded. Let the
reader take his map, and he will declare it is exceeding.
" well wstered also. Well now these streams and lakes
upon which be looks, are as a general thing skirted With
large bodies Of good timber; inexhaustible unless Law
ishly destroyed. It is not as equally distributed as we
could wish, but no where can we have things just % We
could wish them In MINI. sofa are found those pine
forests which yield a rich supply Of lumber Of a better
quality than is found elsewhere in the United States,
and perhaps in greater abundance.
Of water, . few words Of explanations will suffice.
There is abundance, as the many streams and lakes vii!
testify. Springs are numerous, and ID a majority OF
places water is found in short distances from the surface.
All animal life is / healthy. Stock Of every description
is easily raised. The never failing abundance of acorns
from the oak groves, and ha2e!nuts, aid materially in
the sustenaace and growth Of porkers; nor need urge
that the upland and lowland prairies afford, the one auf.
dcient pasture, and the other sufficient food for winter,
for large bodies of cattle.
The country presents great manufacturing facilities.
Sites for manufacturing establishments, mills, &C., are
found in numbers on every stream. The Falls of St.
Anthony are second to none in the world, and their
worth is almost incslculable. .
The successful cultivation of fruit trees here is put
beyond a doubt, the peach and pear perhaps excepted.
The cranberry, grape, plum, and crab-apple are indigo
nous, and are found in abundance.
Our system Of free schools-tl,e great school proper.
40 o~lo-n~~< ~~S H. :ko..n ~mn~:E~AeN ~ nchoh.
fishing schools Of a high grade, present another attractive
feature in favor Of Minnesota and in q few years may
vie with the older States in educational facilities.
In short, I would ray to those who are looking for q
place to carry forward probably the pursuits OF agri-
culture, trade, or mechanism-to those looking for q
climate conducive to health and longevity-tc those
looking for scenery on which to feast the ideal man.
COME TO MINNESOTA! i. N. COUNTRYMAN.
Nininger, March Is, 1853.
DsAn S1h: As you may be contemplating . remov-
al to the Western country, we would lay before you the
advantages Of Minnesota, and the particular merits Of
Nininger City.
We claim for Minnesota the following advantages -
!. A soil as rich as that of Illinois or Iowa.
II. A freedom FROM fever and ague and other bilious
diseases, sad great general healthfalaess.
Ill. A pure invigorsting air; warm productive sum-
mers; and winters, which though sometimes severe, are
always equable and regular and extremely healthy.
". A very superior class Of citizens; people Of in
~selligence, and moral and law-abiding habits.
v. Ready means Of access b. the steamboats, Of the
upper Mississippi.
VI. A future as promising as its past has been pros
porous. In view Of our many natural advantages We
look forward to an early day when our State, intersec-
ted by great works Of internal improvement, and filed
by ite millions Of population, shall rank high in the list
Of its sister States.
For the town Of Nininger we claim -
I. An excellent situation on the Mississippi river,
commanding the trade Of one Of the finest agricultural
sections in the State.
IL. A fine levee that can be made to extend, by a
moderate expenditure, along the whole front Of the
town.
III. A plentiful supply Of dre-wood the town being
almost surrounded by timber islands.
Nv. A town site Of great beauty; approaching the
river in regular benches or slopes, and dotted over with
groves Of trees. .rtue
V. An energetic and intelligent population that have
already surmounted great obstacles, and are still intent
on urging forward their FIRST intention Of making Min.
niger q great city.
VI. 4 past that is a guerdon for the future q past
that has been full Of oppositions, difficulties and trials
and that in the face of all, has built up here o town Of
seven hundred inhabitants.
VII. We possess at the end Of seventeen months Of
existence besides the population mentioned, a 6ne Hotel
costing s 5000, several smaller Hotels, two Saw Mills
a Grist Mill in process Of building, FIVE Stores, a large
public Hall, C. Good Templars Hall, a Printing Office
at which the EMIaRANT AID JOURNAL is published
several Real Estate Offices, and a large number Of private
dwellings. A Ferry is also in process Of construction
to cross tho Mississippi at this point, and is expected
to be running about the LIST May.
We would ask that before making q selection Of
future residence, you would call at our place, and view
the advantages We have enumerated. We append od'
names to this, not as spectators, but az citizens VIII
are pleased with the present, and hopeful for the future
Of our place, and are anxious shat its advantages should
be fairly get before the world.