The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17
For the Emigrant Md yournai.
About Minnesota "A Card for the last.

Was startled a few days ago, on learning what pul.
ported to be a fact, that the people Of the East were be-
ing so thoroughly deceived IN reference to Minnesota,
a. really - believe We possessed IN Arctic climate, .
saharean sterillity AMI thus, exposed to the chilling
blasts which find their way across the limi.less, sterile
rlains. w. have not , III Of wopti to burn Can such
plcpo,tagous stories ind cretience any where : Can it
DC possible that the voice Of 1910, 900 people who have
chosen this delightful region for their future abode, can
carry with it no weight i there no force in the
declaration Of So many people, that they have found
the sum'npm toaana Of their wishes, in ienanting this
beauteous spot Of Gods earth?
As i, is my aim always to write for the good Of the
public, l have taken up my pen in defence of Minnesota
and hst rss~"sees; and in doing SO | must not in any
sense, say anything d~erogatory to Iowa or Kansas.
They are delightful sections, and must be speedily set
tied BIZ the enlightened whit man. But they do not
present superior attractions to Minnesota . Their
charms do not eclipse the charms of their fair sister !!
and # they are blessed witA the mere genial influences
of a more Southern climate, we are blessed with the
more exhi'aratine health inspiring Influences of a North.
cyn one
Minnesota has not the climate Of Louisiana, or Flori-
da, Or Indiana, Or Kansas, nor yet of Michigan, or Iowa
and in 50 far as the people are personally concerned,
they may reader thanks to God for it. The climatic
influences which generate the yellow fever in the South
ern States, or the ever recurring agnes and teveIs Of
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Michigan, are not found
here. The atmosphere is at all times peculiarly dry and
bracing free from miasnla, and therefore pure. 1t has
been found By actual observation that we have not SO
much wind here, as i'll the States just south of US, and
here follows "a striking explanation Of the following fact.
In those States where there are usually high winds and
moist atmosphere, a degree of cold, indicated by the
zero Of Fahrenheit, Is almost uncomfortable. The at
~1nosphere molstens the c%loties aud the skim, and the cold
wind has thereby Il hunired-tpld greater effect. That
\ man may endure for a whole day together, degrees Of
cold indicated by 20o 500 400 of Fahrenheit, in our
siberian climate, and still exhibit the glow Of warmth
upon his cheek, is proof positive that our climate is not
80 truly unendurable as ATTITUDES farther south of lis.
The winters Of 1866 and iS5G-7 were severe in all
parts of the United Statesmen prominently so in
Minnesota. Nor have the older States anything to
boast Of 10 regard 70 the backwarlness Of the spring
and summer Of 1857.
The present winter is remarkably mild, and while our
brethren Of the States below US are complaining of con
tinuous rains, roads of (fathomless) mud, and chilling
winds, We can boast of but two or three days rain al
together, solid roads-sometimes s~leighing, sometime.
WdSOuIuS-auu uUl uuCOiul!Ouiy lISu WltiAS1 auA " III
is still better, nearly all the time pleasant. have KEEP
L Thermometrical record, and by that am able t. say
that, first, the mercury has indicated 4 degree of cold
10 degrees above zero oftener than below it; second
that for at least nine-tenths Of the time it ranges above
zero third, that our coolest day did not exceed "a de
grees below zero, that, only for an hour in the morning
On that morning / was compelled to perform a journey
Of ~ miles on foot, ana at the end of my Journey fell
warmer than when | started. The above deductions ar
made from observations taken at sunrise.
No climate on the broad face of earth can be NOR
healthful. But We d. not, We cannot assert that peopl
will not get sick and die here Trsnsgres>ions of tn
laws of health by e~teminacy and intemperance, or other
wise, do not find exemptions FROM punishment in an
part of Gods domains; but We wish to be distinct
understood as meaning. that in this climate especially
obedience to those laws will confer the boon of be!n
generally well,
Further We ~, not So Aow eny candid man ca
object to the soil OF Minnesota, adapted as 1t is to tn
production of everything Necessary to make a great az
ricultural State. liz character ~ highly ailuv!ai, an
there j. none ii it in 4 condition 10 he called waste iant
i: tier, i, any, it is eo mere Il uioety as not t" ba IL
1io;ahie. Farmer. thil.s nothing 81 ,aising from - I
40. ana often AS high - 30 bushels wheat to thu scre
from 40 70 70 bushels ott, 80 bushels couninon 30
70 500 bushels Of potatoes, and q, r,asy Of onions. Iii
-,.lsoil there arc few exceptiona-is clay AMI IL
zoi) above trun. two 10 five ana eight .teet deep, aud whs
may b" called q happy compromising circumstance,
that tho soil i. better farther back from tie MISSISSIPPI
and though the laid''nny be high table land, or nj
and wales, il wNl rarely be f,u1s] other than moist 5lae
loan, with, a subsoil of clay.