The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-14

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Niuiuger is situated On the west back OF the Mississip-
pi rs miles below st. Pau. by water, and II miles by
land, ~(ferrying at Nininger ! v4 #ttI F..
Th"se who visit Nin,n ger uow aud recollect the ap-
pearanre Of the landscape when they paused ~ admire
it eighteen months az" will surely exclaim, 'trut. il
stra,. Ter than fiction Were not for the indelibie i'm
preston made GA their minds BY the rare beauty Of the
location and it's prominen, landmarks assuring them it
was the same spot, they could scarcely believe that i" w
short u period n thriving town OF seven hundred inhabi.
tants c"u d arise, where on their previous visit they could
,nly discern two lonely dwellings. Part OF this aston
ishing progress, be it noted, has been realized during u
revulSlOn almost unparalleled, and while other places
were stationary or retr"grading. N
The natural advantages Of the spot as y site for q
large city are such NJ could mot long have been over.
looked A party of shrewd business nen determined to
turn these natural advantages to account, and went to
work in the right way. They sold building lots at cost
price to parties VIII" bound items Ices BY covenant to put
up a certain amount Of improvements within two years,
OF forfeit the lots, They gave due publicity to the pro-.
ject, and As every lot sold at cost price would within
;wo years call forth u stipulated amount of improve.
ments, the certainly Of the town getting a good start
was bey"nd a doubt. TIL his stipulated improvement.
rrre put up, no man rh" L"ayh' at cost price could get"
hy"Ny perfect Title N~ed yEr his lots. Some lots we're
reserved by the proprietors, and sold ut high prices with.
out an improvement clause. The Deeds for these are
perfect. .
II is also the most accessible point to the vast tracts
Of land If unsurpasc ed richness in the beautiful valleys
Of The Cannon, Vermillon and Straight rivers. The
distance t., the & 'uri-hing towns back Of US il =. foll'ws
cannon Falls Is miles, Lewiston ~, Waterford ~,
Mortified 81, Faribault IS, Rpsemount 10, Lakeville
~, Shieldsvile 30 miles.
The location Of Nininger is an admirable one for q
distributing river town, and the settlers in the fertile
valleys If the Vermillion and Cannon rivers, and the
Cottage Grove district, congratulate euch other on the
advent Of u river town at the precise point best suited
for their wants. We have already two Saw. mills aud =
Sash, Door an Blind Factory. All the machinery for
= 6rat rate new Grist mill is OF the spot, and the mill
will soon be doing the farmers some service. There are
Carpenters, Plasterers, Biacksmiths, Wheelrights and
Shoemakers Grocery and Dry Good stores, Stove and
Tin,ware and Hat, Cap, and Shoe stores. The Niuinger
Lime is in high rppute. On the additions to the town
there is 6rst-rste clay for Brickmaking, and any COM
petent party commencing that business here soon should
succeed we'll. The bu lding stone is excellent. There
is abundance of timber for 6rewood near at hand, and We
learn that coal has been found about twenty miles south
vest. We have Schools and q Lyceum, and divine ser.
vice every Sabbath BY c~lergymen Of the leading DENIM.
nations. Here the Em;yrn"t An Jour"al is publish.
ed. There are favorable opportunities for parties to
ion store q Foundry and Machine shop an Agricul-
tural Implement Mandatory; a General Hardware
store; . merchant Tailor; an Apsthecary !; . Book
seller and Ststioner = Hair Dresser ; a saddler
a Gunsmith, and a Forwarding and Commission estab..
lishm.nt are required, and many other businesses could
be established here With reasonable probability Of sue
cess. During the season of navigation steam packets
pass the town daily. Building lots can be bought on
easy terms, so that persons Of moderate means can get
along with less capital than is required to settle 1t many
places where there is less work going on than at MINI.
ger.
We doubt if there is another place in the whole coun.
try where the revulsion of trade last year has been fel,
m 1;rht1v M in Tho tcw0 II - AID ;uto.cn.o Nth III.
prosperity Of the town somewhat, and stopped the pro.
gress of certain classes Of business, it's eject on the
spirits and hopes Of the people was hardly perceived
They have kept busy-usefully employed-and enjoyed
themselves heartily, but temporarily. A regular weekly
dance has been kept up two evenings, in the fine large
room in fremont Hall-the second one was started BE-
cause the attendance was too large to allow many to en-.
joy il all they desired. Both of them close precisel,
at IL o'clock. 1t may be mentioned &c the credit Of
our town, and especially to their managers, that no
indulgence in spirituous liquors has taken place on any
OCCASION Of public festiyity, there has, consequently.
been no disturbance or rictous proceedings through ali
the winter. . .~ |
The past of a town is often an index of its future
particularly where that ,ast has depended On Internal
force and not on ~fortultous circumstances. Wherp,
however, q town has grown because it has been born.
up by the general advance Of tho country, and has bad
n" rivals to contend against, no argument is furnished
for its future succe g whea arrayed against active and
CASs kCeaC ' AZ y ISsOAy VI IuS y WUot " r
observed that it has attained its present position in the
face Of the opposition of the then most prosperous town
in Minnesota. It's strength has thus been thoroughly
tested. 1t has also been effected by the worst possible
condition Of monetary affairs, during the late crisis. II
must therefore be borne in mind that our past caree,
has not been one Of easy ar natural growth. We have
had to fight our way agains III kinds Of obstacles, and
whatever We have achieved as been BY perseverance,
and determination. "a,
What better pledge can we oaer the newcomer fr
our future than the moro co I'll of these facts. Such u !
crisis as that If 1856; is rot again expected to occur in |
the next twenty years. !he opposition we At 6ryt en-.
countered is every day growing less. assf
Now let us examine what resources We have for the
future. .ess ..,asa s<sss3-es
In the 6rst place, We anticipate fairly and reasonably, |
y pr"per share Of that growth which it il hoped the |
coming spring will bring to the whole IF the great West
In the next place, one material fact which initiated
greatly against W in the past, will during the coming
prrienced from the steamboats,. This will be removed
in two ways first, BY the fact that Nininger is now
made an advertised point vt which tho mail boats must
leave the maitland it 10 the determination Of many OF
our citizens to take legal measures against the mail CON
tractors if they fail TO perform their: duty !; secondly !
our Town Council contemplate 1t once extending tht
levse to Bassett's Landing. which will 1t once remove
all possible objections on The part Of the steamboats, to
landing here, for it is a we'll known fact that for seven
years past Bassett's Landing has held q high reputs.
ton among steamboat captains ~ a landing place, and
that too, long before a town ~aa thought Of here.
In the third place, the ~emigrsnt who visits our town
during the coming year, will 6ud our citizens busy 10
making various ornamental and useful improvement
He will ~ee the work On the levee going on h. will see
various streets being graded he will rec husrd walks
being built around some If the main blucks, and he will
see that all these works distribute among the citizens a
large amount Of money. which must rebound to the
prosperity Of the whole place. 49, -
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provsment clauses contained in the deeds Of those who
bought under the covenant set forth abpye, will ~cunviuce
any one that a large amount Of benefit will be derived
to the town from that source alone. Between two and
three hundred Thousand dollars worth Of Improvement
are to b. made under those covenants. Whether these
have to be made at once, or in proportionate parts dur.
ing the coming one or two years, they. will nevertheless
add materially to the growth Of the town. +a
9 In the next place, although the great depression in
money affairs has made all railroad projects = matter of