Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-12-04
From the Mantorville Express.
Healthfulness of Nainnesota.

Among the many advantages possessed by
our beloved young State, there is none great
er, or in which it stands more proudly pre-
eminent, than its perfect salubrity The fact
Of the extraordinary healthfulness of our eli
, matt is conceded by all, but it is at the same
time, too little priced, by our favored resi-
dence, and has not its due weight with ma
Jority of those who are looking for homes in
the west No one can breathe the pure,
buoy ant air Of Minnesota, feel the fresh bree-
zes daily waited over her rolling prairies,
drink the pure water of her myriad springs
and streams, and rejoice in the sunshine Of
her glorious days, without feeling and ac-
knowledging that here are combined all the
conditions of perfect and vigorous health All
who have been residing here any length of
time, must have noticed the entire freedom
of her inhabitants from fever and ague, and
bilious fever, those scourges almost inevita-
bly, encountered in the early settlement Of
every other Western State; the absence, in
deed, of all general fevers: the rare occur
renee of any tedious or fatal sickness and
the few deaths occurring in proportion to
the entire population. These facts are adj
mitted and acknowledged by both friends and
foes, and among the numberless slanders that
have been invented against our State, no one
has dared deny its healthfulness ; and even
those who are horrified at the idea of it's cold
winters, will admit that they conduce to the
health and vigor of its inhabitants. -.
But as we have remarked, this glorious
blessing, insured by our climate, to all except
those who recklessly violate the laws Of
health, is not appreciated and valued as it
should be. No person fully realizes all the
value of individual health who has never suf-
fered from sickness; and no one can undes-
stand the immense superiority of healthy
country who has not witnessed the opposite.
He who has seen the entire community OF a
country prostrated by malarious disease, and
this year after year; who has seen the ready
harvest 60 unreaped, because the poisoned
blood of hardy men throughout the land had
made them babes; marked the wan, yellow
faces of the people, and sought in vain for
some to show the rosy hue Of health and
marked how doctors bills consumed the little
they could earn; and how disease and the
doctors drugs shattered the constitutions Of
the strongest men is alone prepared to set q
true value OH a country free frome all causes
of disense, and favoring the most perfect con-
ditions of health The above is no over
drawn picture, but has been fully realized In
large share of the Western States, in the
last years Of their settlement, and to less
extent up to the present time.
And even in the Oldest States, New Eng
find, New York, Pennsylvania and others,
how few years passed but that each neigh
borhood is visited by some prevailing fever,
gathering here and there its victims for the
tomb! How often does the sickly face Of
consumption predict an early grave Here
these things are not so. Here we have
health that makes life a joy, and every breath
blessing. This is the rule and sickness the
exception. Even were our soil barren and
our winters disagreeable. this fact would bind
ui wotsrs though TmeH ona and cod are actually
more comfortable than the damp, changeable
and muddy seasons Of the more Southern
States; that our soil is unsurpassed for fertil-
ity, and that our summers produce in per-
fection all the products of any of the North
ern States, we claim for Minnesota attrac-
tons for western emigrants which are une-
qualled by any of her rivals for their favor.