The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-03-17
Ho! for the yVcst!! Restoration
of the Public Lands of Wis
nOnsin to Market--Attcnt
EmisrantS!

Now that the public lands of Wiscon-
sin are again in market, we would call the
attention of those who intend seeking
homes in the west, to pay a passing notice
to the many advantages which they will
gain by locating in this part of the State.
The idea which has gained so much Gre
dence abroad that the great northwest is
not adapted to agricultural purposes has
done much to injure tho prospects of our
portion of the State. We are stating moth
inc but plain truth, when we assert that
the County of st. Croix is not surpassed
for fertility and richness of soil-abound-
ing in charming prairie and timber land,
offering inducements to tho actual settler
which are uncquallcd. THERE'S plenty of
land in th!s county which can bepurchas-
ed for 1925 per acre, and with our grow
ing population, the property increases ten
fold after it is once pre-empted. The vast
numbering business which will always be a
feature of this section of country, will fur
nish home market for produce, and the
producer will reap the benefit of his labor
instead of eastern spectators.
The absence of swanps from our land
the rolling prairies, and the health of
our climate, render it one of the most de-
sirable agricultural countries in the north
west. That we have cold weather, as
general thing, we shall not deny, but we
maintain that our climate is far pleasanter
than in the southern portion of the State
Our winters are generally inaugurated
about the 10th to the / 5th of November
and with slight variation, continues from
the 10th to the Goth Of March. During
these Is weeks, the ground is usually COW
cred with snow with sleighing good and
steady cold weather, all of which are found
much more conducive to health, pleasure,
business, and the success of agricultural
pursuits, than the alternate thaws and free
yes, mud and snow, rains and sleet which
prevail one and two hundred miles farther
south. Our autumns are bland, beautiful
and mild, through nearly all of October.
Spring usually breaks upon us at once
the transit from winter to summer being
short. The consequence is, that the veg
etable kingdom, whether wild or under
the hand of the cultvator, changes the
face of nature from the dearth of winter
to the luxuriant growth of sprirg, much
quicker than in a more temperate latitude.
The past winter, however, has been one
of unexampled mildness.
1t is frequently the case, that in most
portions of new country, the inhabitants
are afflicted with that dread disease, the
fever and ague, and others of like ma
ture. Now, be it known, that such is the
healthy state of the atmosphere that with
us, diseases of this character are wholly
unknown. With climate assimilating
to that ON Lake Superior, it is not to be
wondered at that health is Characters
tic of the country.
The ST. Croix d Superior Railroad,
which we are assured by the president of
the Company, will be commenced this
spring, will be one of the many arteries
through which our farmers will find a |
vent for their produce, and the increased |
value to their lands by the accessibility
to transportation to both Superior, and
down the Mississippi, should not be over
looked by emigrants seeking lands to To-
cate. With all the advantages, land ma
ny more which we cannot enumerat for
want of space, we would say to our
friends in the east, that our county pre-
sents attractions which cannot be surpass-
ed. In the centre of vast lumberinr re-
gion, villages springing up on all sides,
and the terminus of raili Dads that must
soon be completed, we are confident that
no one who looks at the future, can help
but acknowledge that our city and county
will progress with rapidity that will Sc
cure a handsome competence to those
who take advantage of the generous acres
which are awaiting them.