St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-01-20
~ ~, was incorporated in the winter Of IS &c.
ne Land Office was removed in April '58, from

~, was incorporated in the winter Of '55 3d.
Az Lana Ohce was removed in April '58, from
o gu! Rapids to Upper town. The post office
Is IN Middle Town, which is inhabited by in
u ~, and well-to-do German Catholics.
ne Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be-
tunglng to It, is the first church going bell in
, s.eaihs county and has also the distinction Of
/ oeiag Inc frst audible in Shcrburnc and Benton
,pun.'es which corner on the opposite side Of
.ile iiVef:-I here too is q goh0Ol kept by q COM
| pnhy OF Behedictine Nuns where music, draw
4 nm needlework5 and German are we'll taught
~ caalcs OF polished manners and unusual
proficiency ST s < 1.s 81. 81. !. :.
Lower Town has two protestant churches. in
process OF erection one, about, completed. ), We
& nave a public school in the Everett School
mouse, and a handsome Library dedicate ed by
non On Edward Everett. The engines Of IN cx-
ceient saw mill and plaining mill, sash facto-
l'ry ana OF good Touring mill are this mo-
llieht pl11lng away within half dozen rods Of
our office. We have from FIVE to six steam boat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
ZION 81 drones We have ever seen in any hive.
~, IN inc fall Of '56 Grasshoppers came in a
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops. They deposited their larvae and died
EARLY in the spring OF '57 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears Of famine were entertained by a large
portion OF the people; but they left in July, and
so many q, he late crops survived, that with
the full crops OF particular places, where they
Gid not appear, there was large amount of
food. In autumn il became question whether
there was. enough for winter consumption with
what the people had the means of purchasing
from below. The German settlers were gener-
ally ct the opinion that there was not, and the
Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to ask
contributions When this became known lin
Lower ST. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, and strong resolutions passed CONDEMN
ing the measure as altogether unnecessary. and
one calculated to do the country great inju1y
by preventing emigration in the spring. The
Correctness of this view of the case is now prov
en-: The third week of May is here, potatoe:
sell at 70 cts. per bushel, corn 81 GO, wheat
Sl,25, oats 50 cts and we have heard Of no in
stance in which any have suffered for want of
food; while very large proportion of the em+
1grants who had last year designed emigrating
to this point have been deferred by this bugr
bear cry Of famine, and have gone elsewhere!
The time is now past at which the Grasshoppcrs
appeared last spring, and the minds of the
people are set on rest as the question of wheth-
er they lelt layae, last year, before they. emf
grated: 1t is evident that they went to other
localities as they came here to cat, deposite
their eggs and die. There is no sign that they
have left any deposits here, and as everybody
is putting in crop Of something good to eat
we expect next fall to be encumbered with a
surplus Of the good things of this life, and 70
inundate ST. Anthony, Minneapolis and ST.
Paul, with vegetables and grain after supply
ing the Pine regions and the laborers on the
Rail Road. - a.. ...-.-.. ii. ..,. -.r