St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

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lit Was Incorporated in the winter of '55 '56.-I
The Land Odaee vas rsppoyed in April. Is, from
1suk Rapids to~UpPer: town. The post Office
lie il Middle Town, which Il i1habitsd By in
dustrious and Well.to-do German Catholics.-|
The asholio chapel is here, and the BEN be-
longing toit, 10 the first church going bell in
Stearns county and has also the distinction of
being the first audible In Sherburne and Benton
counties which conner on the opposite side Of
the river. There too 10 school kept by COM
pany Of Benedictine Nuns where music, draw
Inn, needlework and German are well taught
by ladies Of polished manners; and unusual
proficiency, - - r.
have public school in the Everett School
house, aud q handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines Of IN ex-
cellent saw mill and planning mill, sash facto-
Try aud Of . good Touring mill are this mo-
ment putting away within half dozen rods Of
our Office. We have from i've to six steam boat
ARRIVALS here weekly and the smallest proper
ton Of drones we have ever seen in any hive.
n In the foil Of '56 Grasshoppcrs came in q
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops They deposited their larvae and died.
EARLY in the spring Of 81 the young brood
fears of famine were entertained by q large
portion Of the people; but they left in July, and
SO many Of the late crops survived, that with
the full cops of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was q large amount Of
food. In autumn il became question whether
there was enough for winter consumption with
|; what the people had the means Of purchasing
i from below. The German settlers were gener-
ally Of the opinion that there was not, and the
Priests semi commissioners to Dubuque to ask
1 contributio,es:@~W this became known in
Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing the me assure as altogether unnecessary, and
one calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emigration in the spring. The
Correctness of this view Of the case is now prov
EN-. The third week Of May is here, potatoes
sell at Is cts. pcr bushel, corn 81 90, wheat
$1,25, oats 80 cts. and we have heard of no in
stance in which any have suffered for want Of
food; while very large proportion of the en-
igrants who ''"1 last year designed e,nigrating
to this poin' have been deferred by this bug
bear cry Of Iamine, and have gone elsewhere.
The time il now past T., which the Grasshoppers
appeared last spring. and the minds of the
people are set on rect a. the question Of wheth-
er they LETT lavac, las! year, before they emf
grated. Ii is evident that they went to other
localities as they cHme here 10 eat, deposite
their eggs .sllG die. Y,Lcle is no sign that they
have Lett any deposits here, and as everybody
is putting in CROP Q: something good to eat
we expect next fall 20 be encountered with q
surplus Of the good things Of this life, and to
inundate st. Anthony, minneapolis and St.
. Paul, with vegetables and grain after supply
ing the Pine regions and the laborers on the
Rail Road.
BRECKENRIDGE-
Fl'HlS town is situated on the Sioux
i Wood river, and is the Western tcrmi-
nus Of the Minnesota end Pacific railroad
the point laid down by Capt. Pope Oh his
map as the head Of steam navigation on The
!, Red river; the Valley Of The Red river is
abou. twenty miles wide Oh ei'hcl SIDE Of the
stream, snd abor, 1--WE hundred miles long
the surface ) ;eve' ard t2iainei by numerous
streams Which, are ski;ieJ with elm, ash, bass
wood, white wooG and pine Of the largest
. growth, 'h,. emander Of The valley is prairie,
; composed Of 1ich. hlecA 'can. free from sand
barrens O.: 3waMpS. Red ,ivcc i: a deep. slow
stream, mas 30 islands, SAID bars or =aa9s t.
> obstruct navigation: the banks are about q
feet bigh and not subject to overflow; many
Of The tributaries Of the Red r;eer are Strong.
ly impregnated with salt, and indication Of
iron and Goa! are numerous in the vicinity
The farmers of the valley Of the Red river
gave to Major Wood as the average Of thei,
crops; wheat 80 to 40; barley 40 to 80; oats
40 so; and potatoes 200 10 800 bushels 10 the
acre: At Pcnbine, 200 miles north Of Breck.
enridge,] ex-Gov. Ramsey says, 'on the I'd
\ October, 1851, water melons and cantelopes
were served 20 US for dessert, end he first frost
that occurred wa on the nigh: O ma. day, .
Gcan fo%c
raj Society: Oct, 10Th, 1855. Two large set.
Elements have log existed G.. led river
Pem5ina and Selki,::, both q which yearly
raise large surplus O.; The products Of the
farm !; the whole valley Of the Red river is
rapidly filling up With an energetic and intel.
ligent population the country being exceed
ingly healthy, ar.t. shoul6 che indications Of
:: iron aud GOAL lead to The discovery Of those
minerals as large IS j.: anticipated, this valley
will soon be sws1mirg With 4 population en-.
slgaged, in agriculture, mining and manufacture.
!, ing, supplying eastern Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Missouri with the products Of thei,
labor and skill; 'hc Minnesota and Pacific
railroad will BE-; placed Immediately under
contract as by the terms Q: it, charter IL must
be finished from i;llwat rios Anthony with
/. in two years, and complc ed 20 Breckenridge
within ten years from the sd Of March, 1857,
or forfeit It's franchise rs we'll as Inc lands do
, mated to it. e.
Breckenridge is elso at ;ae roiat where Gov.
: Stevens survey Of route for the Pacific rail-
road crosses The Soak Wood river, an exami-
. nation Of TIE Western States, and reference
, to the writing &c Gov. Stevens, cs-Gov. Ram
say Or the Congressional documents cSntai lining
the reports Of Maj. Long and Capt. Pope, can
not fail 10 convince thai such IS the geograph-
ical position Of Breckenridge; ..hs: all that
por' ion 81, Ike Territory OF !le Cnifed States
which lays .wess o; The Mississippi and north
: Of the hcad wa,cts rc The Minnesota rivers
must foreve, be: tributary 10 chat city, and
that Breckenridge is % be no. only the COM