Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-12-03
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LQMUDD1GD 81 HM0 G11uM040 - NH L
S upon uxan and woman.
Notwithstanding the stormy appearance Of
he night and the tscoid snap quite num-
Der of ladies and gentlemen came out TO hear |
Col Robertson lecture on this subject last
evening. Despite the Col. s angular, sfit-and-
start style oflecturing, he always manages
to interest an audience. The above lecture
contains many interesting things, Of which we
can give only skeleton.
4 The Col. commenced by saying that all life,
vegetable and animal, corresponds to the Gil
mate surroundingit. This is noticeable in the
diversity of mankind. The climate Of Minne-
sofa is one that deyelopes all the faculties mems
tai and physical. 1t produces power NJ tho
individual. By resisting heat. and cold. sue
eessfally, he learns his strength. When a.
nan cannot bear heat or cold, be gets to put
ting low estimate on his strength. The exz
ercise of fortitude exerts . good influence ON
character. Cowardice exerts . bad influence.
The greater the courage, the greater the iange,
of power; and hence the greater the man. The
III ~ .stsf.ssI
consciousness of power is an ineentiveto glo- |
rious action. .asasapGa
Full powers ofmind, and body cannot be !
developed except in a'ciimate which demands
the full exercise of powers. Hence, northern
races are more powerful than those of a hot
ter climate, Our climate here tends tocaliing|
in play all our powers'o .Gaitbs tsslia ID
To battle with rude nature makes our na-
lures rude, The early pioneers ofsome local.
tiles necessarily become SO, as they contend
with mlasmas, malarious swamps, local dis
eases, &c. These all have an unfayorable eff
iect on their physical and mental character.
But in our glorious healthful country, the pi-
oneer has no such things to, contend with. No
exhaustins and wearing down labor is: neees-
sary to hew down forests, clear swamps, &c.
but be finds the country adapted TO husbands,
and finds finds his home, as it were, ready made
by nature. 81, . a7ea, ma 6.sya,psr t'tss9T
); The possession Of principle is necessary to-
save man from retrogression and ruin. Our
climate creates seifcommand. Again, no eli
mate has such extremes Of heat and cold as
our own ? Th;s ia ;ts greatest merit the Col
thouoht Between, the highest temperature
of ofsumn,er, and the lowest of winter, there is
tile greatest range The changes here, and
those of other localities have no similarity.-
On q, diagram ours should be represented nv.
carved, wavyliness tbutsin the other localities
mentioned in comparison, bYaierks and fits
and a,o,,.r;f;es That ;s the chances of tam
tre ara ara yary visr Gradual This 10
o,ber d;st;nso,nn;;sb;no merit of M;nncsota iii.
~. 70 eazQf 5Sp'Itsz3 zsd f'fs5sa:'fsaf& JDq 6i7
r. s.anon,ar;t;es,, II; Of climate y n,,rod,,ce an an.
eular peonle-a shaarrpp huarp neo,,le il vide the Yans
kee race Rnt transferred to onr climate
these anpularities become removed rem. not rub
bed off, but filed up. u,p,.1V 2.2' ':'t's-':"7
+ The effect Of issccener,y-.e,sspecially .,s the pe-
culiar scenery Of Minnesota. was IS remarked as
having an effect on the people who are to make
their homes amidst If The sneaker believed
that the effect Of these things would be visible
in the generation to grow up amidst the influ.
ences mentioned II would produce first class
men and the tendency of our climate. and
the institutions created nv il would he tn pro.
dnce eomplete men. MEN in every sense Of
the word. --..
The sneaker adverted to the effect Of the at
mospbere on the Lungs the blood the anne.
hte and through this means affecting the
health and ysor of BODY. The drv air of our
winter climate is most favorable to robus,
health from this means. A moist atmostnbere
is better than a drv at,nostpbere even at the
same temperature. So with a cold almost
phere, it being colder. really. The lungs re.
fuse to receive moist a,mostpbere 4 drS
atmosphere such as ours, developes larye,
lunps If hea;r-iscold the lunvs want mora.
81 ID nsotas Il, oct oxvpeo far ft,el for the bodv
This Increases the CAPACITY Of the lungs Ev.
erv,h;,u about the ,n;,na, labor.,ory ooes
bravely on. The man feels well hapnv ac.
tive. and he must have exercise-(thus the
climate makes us industrious)-and he has a
regu,ar Minnesota annetite ,lTbat,s so .r.,,.
Though persons come here with ;nf;rm CON.
csti,ui;ons.-.unso,,nd = ,,nos.-afg3;cted with
chronic ccon,,.;n,s-or tronh,ed w;,h tho. L-
ca, 4; "a. ses of their old homes our ci.at.
cures them Il eraa;cates d, diseases and actin.
: @allv reiiuvenates iiyet old are. This shows our eli.
mate to beS . verv healthy one.
It builds mn +, the nervons system and ems.
bles a man to nerform a great amonnt If in.
te,,ac,u,l ,aborn No man can beeoma ore..
without he has a phvs;oue as great ,s his
mind The Great men Of the world have not
been. .b;g-be,ded and puny bodied but had
sn,ana;d ,,,,,, s;co, de,elaremea,s viae w.s,.
!. .p .'' :. p ",n',, s' - "e, ',.r
'''s'oh' sapoieon ahu "eha's'on. our CHI
mate prevents obesity, while producing full
deyelopement. ~ ~-~-----.r-----. -.. .-s,
uancag tse s,e,,k d, ,co,nc,oded one or tro
'"o - 80, r'.ee a..sg, e