St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-11-10

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AND ANSWERS, -.
The following note, aud list Of inquiries
was handed rs some time since bv tht
aKe1:2 ". G: Ph1I11ps. Illness 81 and ther
20 psas're 6f hard work caused us us to fo,rnge
~is; until last; week overlooking, our filcss i,
came II light; when We hast;;n to insert nse
And answer it. Is xbe best Of Of our Il kno;wl
edge ans Belief -'''< ~, = A. '''''
: '1Eblron' or 'sr: c1oup -Dtxo se.Ai Til.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, were made by i strange,
friend in Dscatuc,: H.: Doubling not that very
saaqy IN distant lads desire ~ answer, 10th
q nseei4n9uisies, PLACE then ct your disposal
hoping your time and patience win allow you
70 an Swer them, far more Satisfactorily and
tuthfot1y than Can. and ob1ige- many enqui-
revsT. l.. IL - G@2- i-2J" vIc&n
: Il: there considerable, timter-lind IN your
placef Is the county rolling or too ast T.
What is The nature Of the soil-sandy or other
! wise = When does harvest come? Ii the cold
= very severe? Have you.muoh sno1 generally?
What is the law abont entering lands if settled
.immediately? IL fliere much Congress- land
yet in the. vicinity? : ANY; Indiansli From
whence have most Of The settlers COME. Hayo
you any free Schools? Can corn sir be raised re-
rather anes it do wsltart Tell me some v;yvod6r
disadvantages. Is there lack ef reter-p,xer?
Or anything Of the kind you think about. /
would like to know the good asntl thebal. How
are the religious prospects? ..,.::l.: =. ~
Truly, yours, JACOB sAUR,
In this county there; is = great, album.
dance Of timber; principally oak, sugar.
maple, tamarac, 1battesaQt and ".white
-. WOOD" There: is red; white apd black
oak, generally growing in what is. called
=" oak openings" which resemble orchards
Of apple trees. The oaks in these places
being. all stunted by the fires which gen.
orally sweep over the prairies, yearly. In
localities where the fires have not reached,
the trees are nearly as large as in Penna.
The II timber is. strangely intesspvrsed with
small prairies Of all imaginable sizes and
shapes, so that one has no difficulty in
getting farm with an. oak grove to shell
ter the hop'es'ead-prairie adjacent jus,
ready for the >plow : natural meadows
which will yield from two to six tons re,
acre Of hay: far superior to the Timothy
grown: in Pennsylvania. , Tamarac swamp,
to supply building logs and fence rails, all
lying on the shore ola lake or running
stream Of pure water, swarming with fish,
and making fine watering trough" 70,
:; cattle. Between. St. Cloud and Minneap'
oils lies the Big e'Xoeds--a strip of thick
timber; about. 40 miles long and IL mile.
wide. Coed wood lis furnished; here Al
s. 90 aud $3.50 per cord: On the Mis-
sissippi and its branches above, is, wha,
appears to be, an ine1haustible supply: d
pine, and building lumber is, AS cheap al
St. Cloud as at Pittsburg. So much 70,
The timber. -
I'd: Is the land rolling! 80. .:.,
It is, high rolling prairie, with long
ranges Of low hills and deep, rocky ravine'
in which run clear, streams. Read th'
article on our fourth page beaded est
Cloud" ...:.x..,I .Y.*!L ;rs.:= =:
ii: The soil here, is a rich, black, sand,
lea,p, from l8 inches to 4 feet thick
resting on a subsoil of coarse sand, which
makes the drainage perfect. Up at Rec
river the soil is from to 20 feet thick .
sandy loan resting on clay subsoil. -;
Our hay harvest begins early in:July
winter-wheat. and rye about the last o
July; ,spring-wheat in August; and far
mers try toget the last Of their, crops il
by the first Of November; IA = s.:ps.,ta+I
ID As to the cold, the testimony. ,varies.-
Sometimes: the Mercury says it is ger,
csld, when the people ao'not believe
word Of it, and the cattle appear to thinl
..itEasgood joke The: Mercury will sou'e
times get -down.to .90osor- even 40 beloy
zero, and not get much above 2oeofo
three days and nights; but there is
peculiar, nutralizing property 'insthe atmos
phere which enablsianimal /. lifs "a resis
vthed eold.Y So that the csttlst viii stej
.beat cou,plaoently ); hildfeat1insist upo'
!. soingout to:aide ), and7s young folks, an.
ri many who :sre.not young enjoy :thei
.1sleigh rides, sand brisk walks. in making
o5vi.ie: we sspent.the three oeldest day
Z .cfshit winter riding in an open cutter
r dressed as Zwe: would hava'for rsslciel