St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-09-15
51A-IN7T CLIQUE!

enough to float q man-of-war. Coded banks,
ele an pebbly shores plentifully mixed with
ssraehan; and waters abandantly supplied
With fish.
u When dsv Stevens made his survey Of a
6orth srn railroad route to the Pacific in 63,
Il eamped son the western side of the Mis-
ssissippi below Sauk Rapids The place was
nsmeless-the present Site Of ST. Cloud; but it
Ii here his route leaves the river. In the sum
ner Of '65 claim cabin was built on the spot
where: We nov write, q good saw m:H, the
frame ola large Hotel and eight sot1er dwell
ings were put up that summer. This last fall
Ahsrs were. three hundred and thirty two votes
polled in the precinct. Not the votes Of Indi-
ans or Half Breeds, fer there are none here
A majority Of the inhabitants of tho country
are hardy Germans, with sturdy wives aud
children ouit;yating the soil and Torking at
mechanical e1npl yments.
The subsooilis sandy and although the soil is
from, Quo to three feet deep, rich BLACK loan
supporting . rank vegetation, the drainage is
80 perfect and the air so pure that breathing
-. u perpetual pleasure. e., As yet, our phlysi-
> cisns have discovered no diseases peculiar to
the climate, no indeg .nious complaint except
The minnesota Appetite which requires one
fourth more treatment than modest Pennsyl-
vania or Ohio attack Of = corresponding dis
ANY 000y.NQ0 wants IT, 0E1uA NhlSASy Al
peace had better not come here, for the treaty
~ which the land was acquired from the Sioux
fsrbids its introduction; and tie Legislature
has passed law enforcing that provision; but
reople Of moderate means and industrious hab-
its who have children to educate, will find few
,i&,kl6Mhefa ths opport unity Tor correct moral
.traiping, healthy development Of muscle, and
lie means Of pecaniary independents , are bet
ter conbined. - 49,. &
from Aichs the mills ut ST.. Paul, St. Anthony,
and the Aiinnesota: Valley are supplied. These
employ: a large and eyersiacreasingi force of
men, horses sud oxen, who.are to be supplied
with provisions, clothing and feed. The soil is
waiting for in opportunity to produce unlini-
ted quantities Of food, without troubling the
farmer crushing clods; while the Mississippi
from st. Paul to Little Falls can afford to turn
mill at almost any point and has water pow
o. enough to do the manufacturing for 8 Con-
Our natural meadow. produce III grass from
four to six feet high, and the beefkilled off our
prairies- il quite equal to any stall fed we ave
ever eaten Our venison, Is fine at ten cents
dncks, &c., plenty. Thousands OF bushels Of
&sorns for the hogs that are not here Ito, eat
them. Fuel for the labor .efscutting and haul
ing off the ground; and there is no likelihood
Of the supply running out soon, a. the sBig
Woods extend from this place some twenty
miles or more, down this side Of the river and
from eight 10 twelve miles back Our prairics
are al detted with strips Of wood land, coax
Openings which inst look like old orchards,
dense thickets Of plum trees bearing delicious
fruit, grape vines, doing likewise, thousands OF
acres Of hazel bushes and strawberry vines, len.
eagsd IN the same business; while sonic I hun
1pAd Nercs arp IN the Gran berry trade and fnrn