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

From the report of the Chief Engineer Of the Min
nesota and Pacific Railroad Company, we extract the
following statements showing the localities with which
St. Paul is d during the spring and summer months iden-
teal in point Of temperature, for an average Of IA years,
and consequently, all other things being equal, in Ag'
SraIsa.-lMea temperature, $3.50 ,aegrees)1st.
Paul Boston Springfield and Worcester, Mass; Kin
n. T.; Detroit, Ann Arbor and Battle Creek, Mich;
Chicago, Ill; Beloit and Portage City, Wis.
Su~MMER.-(Mean temperature 1880 dsgrees)-St.
Paul; Lowell, Mass; Trenton and Middletown, N. j.;
Flatbush and Newburgh, N. Y; Philadelphia, Warren,
and Middletown, Pa. Hudson and Oheflin, Ohio:
Chicago, ILL.,; Belo;t and Portage City, Wis; Pembina,
Minnesota, lat. 40. ~ .
Can any doubt remain on the mind Of the citizen who
coutenplates emigration from Massachusetts,, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois OF Wisconsin,
that be vii! find here all the essentials for a rich agr1.
cultural country, when he learns that the splendid
summer climate Of Minnesota is identical with his own.
Nature itself seems to have adopted the coming and
going Of the thermometrical changes TO the wants Of
man and to have made the most Of geographical position
The winters dry and silent the sudden change from
the temperature Of February Q7.6) to the almost
doubled rate of March, (3l.4) and then again this more
months Of July and August, C7s.4 and 7o.l) and,
added to this, the regular increase in the quantity OF
humidity as the year progresses. 5tt.s3
Abous Mnnesosc-A Card for tie Eaa.-I was
startled a few days ago, on learning what purported to
bea fact, that the people Of the East were being 30
thoroughly deceived in reference to NJ nnesots, as really
to believe we possessed an Arctic climate, q Saharean
sterility; and. thus exposed to the chilling blasts which
dtd their way across the limitless, sterile plains, We
have no: a bit Of wood to burn! Can such preposter-
GUS stories find credence any where 7 Can it be possible
that the voice Of 1900 0 people, who have chosen this
delightful region for their future abode, can carry with
It no weight? Is there no force in the declaration of
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mum 6onum Of their wishes, in teaantiug this b~eauteous
spot Of Gods earth?'
Minnesota has not the climate Of Louisiana, or Flor.
ida, OF Indiana, or Kansas, nor yet Of Michigan, or
Iowa, and in go far as the people are personally concerned
they may render thanks to God for it. The climatic
influences which generate the yellow fever in tie South
ern States, or the ever recurring sgues and fevers Of
~ Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and Michigan, are not found
here. The atmosphere is at all times peculiarly dry
and bracing; free from missma, and therefore pure. It
has been found by actual observation that NE have not
40 much wind here as in the States Just south Of us, and
here follows q striking explanation Of tie following fact.
In those States where there are usually high winds and
moi t atmosphere, . degree of cold, indicated by the
zero Of Fahrenheit, is almost uncomfortable. The
atmosphere moistens the clothes and the akin, and the
cold wind has thereby hundred fold greater effect. That
a man may endure for a whole day together, degrees Of
cold indicated by 2oo, 500, 400 Fab, in our siberian
climate, and still exhibit the glow Of warmth upon hia
cheek, is proof positive that our climate is not 40 truly
uncomfortable as attitudes further south Of us.
The winters of 1866 and 1861 were severe in all
parts Of the United States-not prominently go il
Minnesota. Nor have the older States anything t.
boast of in regard to the baokwardness Of the spring
and summer of 1857.
The present winter is remarkably mild, and while ou'
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-eometimes sleithine, sometimes
wsgoning-and not uncomnonly high winds, and wha
is still better, nearly all the time pleasant. have KEEP
q Thermometrical record, and BY that / am able to 50,
that, first, the mercusy4has indicated degree of cole
10 degrees above zero oftener than below it; second
that for at least nine.tenths of the time it ranges abov'
zero; third, that our coolest day did not exceed "a de
esees below zero, that, only for an hour ID the morning
On that morning I was compelled to perform . journe,
Of A miles on foot, and at the end Of my journey fell
warmer than when I started. She shove deduction
are made from observations taken at sunrtee.
No climate on the broad face Of earth can be more
healthful. But we do moi, We cannot assert that peopl.
will not get sick and die here! Tssnsgressions Of th,
laws Of health by ~edeminacy and intemperance, or other
wise, do not find exemptions from punishment in any
part Of Gods domains; but VI wish to BE- d~istinctl,
understood as meaning, that in this climate especially
obedience to those laws will confer the boon Of being
esassal'y yell. .
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