Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-06-03
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4 II 1Ea oM ABROAD.
4 ~ HON q my q Va ooD !.
slsais. ssspsoss. Productions and Gar-
dlssniises y ~ lSt. Heleno.
l1r SEs.A r FEnRUA.lRy II, 1853.


All SEaA FEsRUARy 10, 1858. ss
Il tll;Iors o5 ihe Pdiy;;o.t Alter closing
D last letter, i had few days lsft ne
xplcrc this great rock VI an island ];
n having Z atRersd mass of informa-
j1il both from observation, md inter-
4 lsl larse relating IN its history, its inhahi-
StS, its climate and productions, will
Il ifoIin nv notss some III ths Items,
hicJii i65aJ lSe Of interest % your read
Thesmost of them are devoted ID
1E fning The most honest and honora-
b calling ~ which man can be devoted.
\ pu also have lady readers who watch
4 Gr the garssis, from which, alas they
appiiy expelled their better halves
lng ages ago ]; bnt hoping they have
ented before this, i nm happy 10 MD
gd encourage them III better doing.
u Helena Is situated nearly sixteen
grees sonth of the equator, on about
)0 miles, and 1900 from the coast Of
ic4t IL length II 4 4 miles, with a
sadth of yerY thing indicates y
anic origin ia bygone ages too re-
~ ID bec lcuiated u immense rock
siin snp. from lhe he'd of tie oc eaf, !,
nd slowly disintegrating and pulveriscd. !.
IliIl Il soil was formed for trees, vegeta-
bs pw sfs animals and man. Cliffs
/ ElsoR ike immense walls around it: deep
Iprges and ravTnes cfeaye II from the.
ksntre TO the sea, and here and there
peaks rise from 20ODito 200 feet lA
afeat part is denuded of soil, while here
sRd there are valleys and PlatcaDs y hich.
nthing can exceed il fertility Of soil
ss ssns high cultivation and picturesque
lAsnnEy Il 81 sssEs
Situated within the tropics, and 50
lsear the equator, il might be expected
I be burning hot while ii fact the sea
lffeeze makes the climate quite comfor-
and on the high land most healthy
aereeable. There the winds are as
/ lsono ~ give the forest trees 4 slant
i iiI6I t,osition IA their young days. which
"a not correct ;.a ;;a manhood and old
u,1sn sweep rel .siefn-
oysr thu upper 80. ~, ll4s 81
the island, pouring downtorre.lts of rain ];
But by keeping y good lookout, and
reiaing III De urging on your horse, how
ever suddenly they sweep along, you
canI ontgeneral them. and escape a wet
| tine, as ! found in my excursion. The
tie. thermometer stood, 1t jamestown,
| on the coast, IN January, at ts70; Feb
ru1ry 80 March, o. April, so:
May, rs sJnne. u !; July, 7l;iA Au-
Eust no Sept ember, 73 October, 77;;
| November, .77 December, 7g This
wa.f fl1ie mean temperature of each month
lks I1ong wood, where Napoleon resided
/ Esesy s0n the high md central tpor-
ltiops az the island. 1900 feet above The
Isyel of the sea, the thermometer was
Item degrees lower, On the average,
lthroughou he yesr. The seasons at
Isl Helena and with us1xt0 exactly re-
lversed, winter there embracing the
1 months of June, July and August and
| | came to the island ia sisnsmer, though
lit was ihe last of January Peaches,
pears, grapes and new potatoes were
4 waiting our arrival, and all Of US gave
them welcome reception.
The island was without fruit trees
when il was discovered, il l502 but
/ for about $50 years the following, o. at
least most Of them, having been import
lea from all parts 81 tho world have
Il bean cultivated with success Banian,
il olive, mulberry, date. peach, apple,
\ pear, plum, mango, orange, lemon, lime,
\ tshaddock. citron, ounce, filbert, Pome-
y, granite, grape, cocoa-nut, rose-apple,
I fpine apple, banana, apricot, guiana,
Il cherry, walnut, chestnut fg, papaw-ap-
Ipls, and tamannd, With the melon,
lppmpkin, gopsberry, raspberry, black
SIberry and strawberry. The island,
a lkSrefoiM Nh ab0hnfs ID III the delicioui
litsiite tsl
n n soras of shs sllsysI and plsins,
l|tgl lse the ~ san ~ H. II. cdrn. wheat.
III bafleY 4nd n Are cpltivated with
III erpat success. Wheat was not till -.
II Gently mir oduced, 81 ana now the crop !.
\ s1bfiI csffent for the lse u tke population
-llIssM " 4 ikrsski ~ nsckiss fitted dgup per.
lmanently III the room nwhicl Napoleer
the Grest died snd .stsbls fcr NV hcrss..
VI which moved i IN Ia room il which Il
VI lslept Most humiliating light Wha1
/ u man, at his 9fs6tea estate I Ht
NJ tkrssks ike M and now the Plod
u dine iarmer almost tkssshsd hsny u |, /
4 ne nexsf dreamed u. sss
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