American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-03-10
MINNESOTA.

ltHIOuBh louf COiuuu>g a lcn hOIuS Ol Tire
Inducements offered 10 the settler, by
Southern Minnesota. BY Soulllsrn Min-
nesota, l mean that portion ofthe State
lying south Of the Minnesota River, and ex,
tending westward to Dekotah. spcab Of
this paIi Of the State, because il is this part
alone which have personally visited. l
wss born on Long Island; lived there ill
bad attained the age OF 81; have been 10
eighteen different States; bsvo now lived
in this country fouI years. aud when l
speak of the relative merits OF the East and
West, it will be more by personal Observa-
lion than by hesTsay.
Aud 6rst, the fertility OF our soil II
is no common thing for farmer in the
E1st who cultivstcs 40 or 80 acr.s, to pay
$500 a year for fertilizer. have known
farmers on Long Island to raise fair crops.
sell them for good prices, Andyet the net
PROOF eds wonld barely pay Tor the seed and
manure. And when they are carried to
market, they will bring pretty good prices
Wheat row sells in this t.wn Tor 80 cents.
per bushel cash: corn for 60 cents, and
oats for 50 ceu's. BY way Of mammoth
vegetables, | will mention a squash raised
10 this county. Which was brought 10 this
town and touhd to weigh 224 pounds.
Next, our climate. A coed many per.
sons have the impression that Minnesota is
too far north. but IL They will look At tke
map Of the wOrld. they will find that all
Great Britain, oil of Germany. Sweedin
tussia, Switzerland. nearly all OF France.
and half even Of Italy. that ''mild and &C.
nial clime," are as far north as Minnesota
Our latitude coBduces TO mental and phys
icSl vigor. 10 the Summer we have good
health. In the Winter our light SHOWS
furnish excellent sleighing for several
moAths; while further south. there is Of
ten 50 much mud that II is almost mpossi
BILE to get about
Wheat does better heIe than 10 Iowa OF
Illinois, because the snow protects It ia
the Winter. Vegetation does not start SC
early 10 the Spring in Minnesota as il does
in States further south; but, when it does
get started, it is less liable to be injured by
frosts in the Spring or the Fall, and con
sequently our crops are more certain.
We have good. pure water here. This
is quite au item for one who has been OBJ
liged, for any length Of time, to use such
water as once did while travelling THO
the northern part Of Missouri. There il
in this vicinity, in the blnlTs bordering OF
the Mississippi and OtLer streams, plenty
Of stone for building and other purposes
Again, the farmer here has clear prai
'ies To work upon. Break The prairie one
Summer, the next you can raise n good
crop Of anything; and it is often the case
that good crop Of corn. potatoes and
buckwheat is raised tho FIRST. Think Of
this. ye whose fathers settled where il take.
the first generation TO gel The timber of
above ground, the second to get out the
siumps aud the Sd begin to reap the profits
Our prairies afford boundless rang,
for cattle in the SUI mer, and plenty o
hay can he gathered on them to supply al
our live stock through the Winter.
Timber Of various kinds is scattered
throughout the State for the farmers use
The piLeTies Of the north furnish employ
meI for thousands Of hardy men: the pro
ducts OF their labor not only supplying oI
{ own State, but being carried down tn,
Mississippi TO ST. Louis, and then agail
up the Missouri.
Land is cheap. Millions OF acres Of til,
best land in the world are open for preemp
tiol At v 25 per acre: on he lines of on
railroads they can be had for SO 50. whil'
there are hundreds Of improved farms ncal
iourishing towns and railroads or naviga
bic rivers which may be hal now for SC
low price tLat. for those whe have the
moner. il will be quite as profitable as buy
ing Government land.
On several Of the streams 10 this part o
the State are excellent water powers; an,
as ours latitude in which manufacturer
flourish, there is reason TO believe that vi
will some day have cities 10 we with Law
renee and Lowell,
Another considsration for the emigran
is the sort Of society he will find here. A
large part Of our population is composed
of the natives Of New England and New
York; and the attention already paid t
churches and schools in our borders war
rants the belief that ours will be an intelli
gent and vrtuous community,
Wynona is the largest town in this par
Of the State; and. as il is the eastern ter
minus of the Transit Railroad, which is 1
extend westward 10 the Missouri. the prob
abilities are that il always will be- | vii
4 further state that about fifty miles Of Iii
q road are now graded. There have bee
!. some diflicu,irs in tie negotiation Of tn
State Railroad Loan. but work has not o
). this road been suspended. About so
q Aen ale now nj work on ihs line.
There is already uninterrupted railroa
r. communication from New York to L
,. Crosse in Wisconsin. ouy iorty miles fror
o this place.
n Hive carefully weigh the advantage
/. and disadvantages. the merits aud demei
.e hs. o, the various paris Of the West. l b'
Or lieve that the farmer or mechanic. I'll
N merhHut or professional man. will find Z
n. place where greater inducements are offe
of ed than by Southern Minnesota. A. d.
le WYNoNA. MN Feb. 22, 80.
~ AN ELEDuET's REvENoE "A few da,
~ ~ ago one Oi the visitors Of Wombwell's m
~ ~, Ms gerie. at Halifax. amused himself by il
"o !" Sulting the elephant, when the elephar
w u,.iI,;n,, sa ~ak ~. .