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

production of everything necessary to make q great e.
~ricultural State. Its character is highly a~lluvial, and
there is none of it in q condition to be called waste land.
If there is any, it is so mere q moiety As not to be no.
ticeable. Farmers think nothing Of raising from % to
40, and often as high as SO bushels wheat to the acre T;
from 40 to 70 bushels oats so bushels common; SOC
to 500 bushels Of potatoes, aud as many Of onions. The
subsoil-there are few exceptions-is clay and the
soil above from two to Eve Ind eight feet deep, and what
may be called q happy compromising circumstance, ID
and though the land may be high table land, or bills
and wales, it will rarely be found other than moist black
loan, with q subsoil of clay.
Emphatically, Minnesota is we'll wooded. Let the
reader take his map, and be will declare it is exceeding.
y we'll watered also. Well now these streams and lakes
upon which be looks, are Is q general thing skirted With
large bodies Of good timber; inexhaustible unless Law
ishly destroyed. 1t is not as equally distributed - we
could wish, but no where can we have things just - We
could wish them In Mime sofa are found those pine
forests which yield a rich supply Of lumber of q better
quality than is found elsewhere in the United States,
and perhaps in greater abundance.
Of water, q few words of explanations will suffice.
There is abundance, as the many streams and lakes viii!
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 scorns
from the oak groves, and h~azelnute, aid materially in
the sustenaace and growth Of porkers; NOR need l urge
that the upland and lowland prsiries 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-tle great school proper
ty endowment-and the interest manifested in estab.
fishing schools Of a high grade, present another attractive
feature in favor Of Minnesota; aud in a few years may
vie with the older States in educational facilities.
In short, l would say to those who are looking for q
culture, trade, or mechanism-to those looking for a
climate conducive to health and longevity-to those
looking for scenery on which to feast the ideal man.
COME TO MINNESOTA! H. N. CoUNrRYMAN.
Nininger, March Is, 1858.
DEAR SIR: As you may be contemplating Q 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.
IL. A freedom from fever and ague and other bilious
diseases, snd great general healthfalness.
Ill. A pure invigcrating 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 BY 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 filled
BY its millions Of population, shall rank high in the list
Of its sister States.
T.. L loco IS A..i.-~. 49,. H..
I. An excellent situation on the Mississippi river,
commanding the trade Of one Of the finest agricultural
sections ia the State.
II. A 6ne levee that can be made to extend, by a
moderate expenditure, along the whole front Of the
town.
III. A plentiful supply Of fre-wood the town being
almost surrounded by timber islands. u'"9
w. A town site Of great beauty; approaching the
river in regular benches or slopes, and dotted over with
groves Of trees. ..,Fsa n... wa.E.
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 a 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 $4,000, several smaller Hotels, Two Saw Mills,
a Grist Mill in process Of building, Eve Stores, a large
public Hall, 9 Good Templars Hall, a Printing Oace,
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 the Mississippi at this point, and is expected
to be running about the LIST May.
We would ask that before making q selection Of q
future residence, you would call at our place, and view
the advantages we have enumerated. We append our
names to this, not as spectators, but ~ citizens who
are pleased with the present. and hopeful for the future
Of our place, and are anxious that its advantages should
be fairly get before the world.