St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-11-25

middle Of Nay, We had mach ruv VIZ
weather, with occasional warm and IIt;.s.
ant days. Seeding was completed about
the 9th Of June. June, July and August
averaged some two degrees warmer than
at Harrisburg, during the day; but our
nights are always cool ond comfortable
September and October were remarkably
pleasant, and November thus far, has been
cool, comfortable and bracing Our first
frost occurred on the 18th of August, sew
cral days after Pennsylvania and most Of
the Eastern States had received similar
Visitation. So tar as We arc advised, it
injured nothing here, except The late buck
wheat and the scc'i G. the suga1 canc--
The thermometer indicates that our win
! tcrs are several degrees colder ti,an yours,
but owing to the absence Of rain and
! moisture, We 10 not suffer SO much as cur
eastern friends.
Health.
Owing to the pure b~cin" atmosphere,
and superior quality Of our drinking Wa
ter, this is one Of the healtniesj districts
i'll the Union. Consumption, chi!ls ard
fever, have never been known to originate
il the country. The only sickness that
we have heard OF, as orr giuating here, i!u-
ring ::i2 pa:t sumner among . population
Of one thousand. was some two CT tI.rao
cases Of typhoid fever, and four or five Of
dyscntary.
Investments.
Nearly the entire l;:'n''atlon purchased
real estate beyond theil means, previous
20 the late crisis; ani are consequently
compelled. either &c sacrifice portion OF
thei" property; or to borrow money at a
HI III rate 81 ;ntcro;t. You can therefore
purchase lands from two to ter dollars Der
acre that must, il GU opinion, double il
value in from twelve TO twenty months;
and town lots upon cqy;tily favorable
terms; or money Can be loaned upoA un-
tloubtcu lIoi'tt,a,,e security a: two per
cent. per mcnth. Three to lou: per cent.
per month, is The customary rate for short
loans upon endorsed negotiable paper
Game, Wood, Lt,zarlE3r.
Game AID fish: abound in our ,1c:a1,l,>i~
| hovd prai*ic chickens, pho;s::,n1s, Ply
! cons, raccoons, foxes, deer and bear, &c
found iii tIciv sea<oa in Quantities that
:>::=ii' the hu:.%2s, and supply oar t:.b!os.
FIX and buttalo axe still killed! about one
hundred miles west u til: pl%ce. There
Is {! uii;cieEcy o. weed alt! IA: ;;]',av il
our county Tor many ,}e:rj &c oo;ae, and
our Old Tcstcril settlers inform us tE&:. %
Soon as the country generally becomes De-
c,,pod, and tIo prairie fires cease tce
r:1i1'ics yill be covered with asronta::ous
growth CT TIMBER We have al ;nez-
lllus..iolo supply Of superior pine, COM
nc1cin<; so:1e lilly miles above Us; !:ca.
whence logs are lvAted t. ard past Us, b.;
the million.
ST.. Cloud a1-;1 Vicinity.
! St. Cloud i located seventy -a5c n:;,:*
above s.. Paul, Moon the wc>t !;an'. Of tbs
T. ;;;*:ssippi. II lays u1:or 2 bea.o;;::1&>iL
!cyo; Prairie: about sixty feet above hi,'.
w';.1c. mark, and ],as = tine ;;;ttc:~:uI3c;.
landing at eitI:cI end Of the tn,,". The
Northern Pacific E:.:lrc:'d IS graded i,o4
St. Paul to within some twenty mills u
, us. 1t is to cross the liyer al Ills point
by bridge; and is being pushed with
great vigor by the contractor, Mr.. E;sal11-
bcrlain; and we have every assurance
that within twelve months We shall Hoablt
to trave., from here to Harrisburg Ay cas-.
Behind US lay; Maine Prairie AID Sank
; Valley, bot. OF which are rapidly filing
, w witt. citizens Of New i:'nf21,:il and ,sct-
many. We speak atlvise;'ly whcl. We sly
that for enc hundred miles (and nl1::1aAiv
for hundreds 1;2rthor) the fertility and!
p,oluctiyencss OF the soil, Is une4nali>1
this side o. California,
Modes OF Comm unica(io1l.
We have row line Of small STEAMBOATS,
from st. Anthony 10 this point, AMI dai-
| y line Of mail coaches from St. Paul Via 4.
superior government road
Railroads.
Is nearly rs VIC c;tn ascertain, there Is
cow some four Or fTe hundred miles Of
railroad under contract, which is being
DuilG Dy GONatioN u government Ii1us.
and the State loan. AS much more VIII
be put under contr;.cc next spring, and
witnin very 1fe" years we hope to be as
well provided with railroads as most Of the
older States. BY a lengthy and interest
ing article in another portion Of this paper
j; from the pen Of Edmund Rice, Esp, you
will observe that the road passing through
this place, is to extend to the mouth OF
Pembina River, some $50 miles North Of
us, and will no doubt within very few
years form part Of the great Railroad
highway to Frazer Rivor and California.
Our Wants.
) We want men Of enterprise and cap
A.,