The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-27
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aukSDAY MORNING. JANUARY n. McS
FINE Weather-Beautifu Phemome q.
na-Pyoperiy and katrimony.
sposDxsc, CT 1ns Rrcaxosp DAILY prsrArcH
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BELLE PLANE. Min Ian ~

BELLE PLAISR, Min, Jan. II.
we are having an elegant winter. On one oc.
ession, LOT several days, the thermometsr fndica.
,ea h 90 ceg. below, but generally its range has
pesn between 20 deg. and Is deg. Such weather
| y delightful here, but the statement will not h.
appreciated In Virginia. 1t 10 explained bv ths
| aosenceo OF everything like dampness 10 this ciis
mate We never know what IL 10 to SILVER. shruo
.t sha w,sn 70 hide ourselves. On the other hand
| the cold produces an almost mad exhilar.tio,~
10 that have seen mechanics. csrpenssr. ~,
example, working out doors In their shirt ,leeyes
when tue mercury was at Is deg and 20 deg bs,
io~ Another point Of difference is that the san
rarely ooscured by clouds and shines vr;tb a
| peculiar brightness, the intensity Of vbich q.
muen heightened by the magnificent son.S.os
snat follow him through bis daily marches. sti
ahothef dilference fs that snow 10 our greatest
Sprag '"P VII
An the carrying and hauling of this sect;oo
lapa there Is an immense deal of it.j n done m
unnsrs, or s!eighs, aud the absence of spow
Whn 1au occasion general stagnation Of business.
nen u comes, II comes to spend the winter; not
make melts or becomes damp It is 40 drv tina.
one may walk for miles through il in his "stock.
,nK iest, and not feel the least dampness. Our
never play snow.bal'ing, because it is im-
pendent aud, AZ it lies, performs glorious once
"a renecting (offsn In fantastic coors) the rays Of
toe sun and neon. Every one who has read Dr.
Mans mus. Ieei that there is great beauty in
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the phenomena, without the perils, he mentions
Ia MS "Expedltion;" and so beautiful are thew
tnat an enthusiastic admrer 10 forced to feel that
u would be real happiness even to freeze TO
death surrounded by such g,ories
our town still prospers. The times have On
pressed us sorely, but we manage to hold our ow n
and TO continue to put up houses and to improve
property. This year vlltallay all anxiety, if
tnefe ever was any as to our success. The south.
ern Minnesota Railroad" has been all graded from
81. Paul to this place during the past summer
the ties are uow being collected aud rolling stock
being purchased, and ere tho Ice King will next
besiege u.s. the whistle of the locomotive will re.
sound from these hills. 1t is admitted that ths
section which our town represents is the yerv
rlchest in Minnesota, and our farmers are going
ahead with an energy which promises the railroad
a plenty to DO In my next will speak Of the
crops, which some persons in the South think
canuot be made here
Ou the subjects Of marriages and deaths. vopld
state that We are much more familiar with the
former than the latter. Our population is near
600 In the eighteen months / have been here
We have had but three deaths, Zone an infant born
diseased, and another from chronic complaint.
brought here by the subject, and the third, case
OF erysipelas, occasioned by imprudence,) while
every young lady but three 1.-TWO ofthese engaged \
has been married. This speaks we'll for our young
men, and we have more of the same sort left Can
yon not induce an emigration of young ladies'
ne matter If they are q little old. Yours,