The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-01-02

ticipatiue wet weatherI had come totally I'M
prepared for anything of the sort. sq.o -
Well, having plenty Of leisure on our nanoS
we fell into some pleasant converse Win our
ioyial host, Who made the time, that wou'o
otherwise have felt of very leaden cnaracr
ter, pass quickly and rapidly away. nave
travelled good deal, and have seen many
who protested to. keep public house. but
very rarely has it been the case 'nat nave
found man who was not either too lazy or
too ignorant or too proud, to amuse his
o,,ests and make them feel quite at home,
With Col. Emerson it was different and no
one will. venture to predict, stop at his
bouse and say he passed dull time there, for
the Colonel is the very prince of landlords,
and whether his table, his beds or his mod
crate charges are considered, they will all be
found extremely satisfactory, which is much
more than can say Of many other houses
that wot Of Then again he has the largest
and best built barn in the whole Territory or
State, as the reader may please to term it.
1t is, as I found by epquiring of the hostler,
IS wide by 60 feet long, having stalls for
about "a horses and room for at least 10
wagons beside. Every department in the in
terror is arranged in the most systematic and
scientific manner; and the whole kept as
clean and neat as anything Of the kind can
be- Then there is basement story with
ample accommodations for IL oxen, so that
nothing seems to be wanting in this admira-
BILE establishment.
I ought to mention perhaps, that this place
is called Brantford by the Post Office De-
partment, and East St. Cloud by the proprie-
tors of the town site and which name is the
legal one, or which will finally prevail over
the other 1 cannot pretend to prophesy. 1t
is Of course on, the east side of the Mississip-
pi, Immediately opposite St. Cloud; and al
though the soil is much more sandy than on
the west side of the river, it is still, am told,
very good. And in this connection might
refer to the assertion so often made, that ap-
pile trees apM not grow IN Minnesota. beg to
inform those who believe in such nonsense
that there are fine, thrifty, young trees on
Col. Emerson's grounds that he has raised
from seed, and which have stood and doubt
less will stand the severe frosts Of our win.
tiers. They are now, if ! mistake not five
years old, and have passed through the Sc
we're ordeal of the past two winters without
the slightest injury, and being now fine Thrift
ty trees, there is no doubt whatever, in my
mind, that two CT three years more will ena-
Die the Colonel to present to his guests real
Minnesota apples! And why should not
such be the case ? Are not some of the fin
est apples known raised in Lower Canada? ?
No one will venture to assert that the eli
mate of Minnesota is more trying for fruit
than Montreal or Qnebec. Persevere then,
my farmer friends, and you will raise good
fruit here as well as any where else. What
if you fail once or twice ? remember the song
your little ones sing, "Try, try again." and
let them see from your example that you can
practice as we'll as preach. ...
But ali things come to an end, and so did
the rain storm; for during sunday night it
cleared completely away, and the weather
with true New York fckleness changed COM
pletely, and on Monday morning the ground
was frozen quite hard W.