St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-21
it was Incorporated in the winter of '55 49,

1t was incorporated in the winter of $50 &c.
! Inc Land assice was removed in April 3d. from
Sank kapidsS to Upper town. The post Office
Is Ill Middle Town, which is Inhabited by in
dustiious and well-to-do German Catholics
he CATHOLIC chapel is here, and the bell be-
longing TO 1t, Is the first church going bell 10
SteaI.ls county and has also the distinction of
beng tie fist audible in skcrbrrne and Benton
counties WHICH corner on the opposite side OF
the river. There too is school kept by cou.-
pany Of Benedictine Nuns where music, draw
inn, necdlework and German are well taught
by ladies OF polished manners and unusual
proficiency.
Lower Town has two protestant churches, in
process OF erection one, about completed. We
have public school in the Everett School
house, and handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines of an ex-
cellent saw mill and planning mill, sash facto-
ry; and OF good Touring mill are this mo-
ment pulling away within half dozen rods of
! our office. We have from FIVE to six steam boat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
ton OF droncs VIC have ever seen in any hive
In the fall Of IS Grasshoppers came in Il
| cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties destroying the greater portion Of the
crops They deposited their larvae and died
Early III the spring of 81 the young brood
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fears OF famine were entertained by & large
portion Of the people bat they left in July, and
sc many OF the late crops survived, that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was large amount CT
tood. III autumn It became question whether
there was enough for winter consumption with
| what the people had the means OF purchasing
| from below. The German settlers were gener-
ally Of the opinion that there was not, and the
Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to ask
contributions. When this became known in
Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held. and strong resolutions passed condemn
lng the measure as altogether unnecessary, ard
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
Ell. The third week Of May is here, potatoes
sell at rs Cts. per bushel, corn 90, wheat
$i,25, oats 50 cts. and we have heard Of nc in
stance in which any have suffered for want OF
igrants who had last year designed enligrating
to this point have been deferred by this bug
bear cry Of famine and have gone elsewhere.
The time is row past at which the Grassheppers
appeared last spring, and tie minds Of the
people are set On rest as the question CT whetll-
CT they lett lavac, last year, before they emf
grated. 1t is evident that they went to other
localities as they came here to eat, derosite
their eggs AID die. There is NO sign that the,
have left any deposits here, and as everybody
is. putting i'll a crop Of something good tc cal
we expect next fall to be cncu1bered with a
surplus Of the good things Of this life, and tc
inundatc St. Anthony, minneapolis ard St
Paul. with vegetables and grain after supply.
ing the Pine regions and the laborers on the
Rail Read.