St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03

: wns incorporate in tne winter of '66 ST..
Ae Land Otiice was removed in April '6tt,y from
eaak Rapids to Upper town. Tho post office
Is IA Middle Town, whichsis inhabited BY in
u -. lrlous and well TODD German Catholics
Inc Catholic chapel is here. and the bell be-
longing to II, is the first church going bell in
ntearns county and has also the distinction of
nelng the first audible IN Sherburnc and Benton
coultles which corner on the opposite side of
me river. There too is 4 school kept by . com
pany OF Benedictine Nuns where music, draw
Inn, needlcwork and German are we'll taught
by laoies OF polished manners and unusual
proficiency.
Lower Town has two prot ssflntd hu,rhe.sIIii in
process, Of erection one, about completed. We
nave public school in the Everett School
house, and q handsome library dedicated by
Ion on Edward Everett. The engines Of an ex-
cellent saw mill and planning mill, sash facto-
~ and OF good Touring mill are this mo
ment putting away within half dozen rods Of
! our office. We have from Ave to six steap, boat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
| ton OF drones We have ever seen in any hive
In the fall of So Grasshoppers came in a
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
| counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops. They deposited their larvae and died.
Early in the spring Of 81 the young brood
| fears OF famine We're entertained by large
portion Of the people; but they left in July, and
SO many Of the late crops survived that with
| the full crops of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was q iarge'amount q
food. In autumn it became question whe:ha,
there was enough for winter consuElr ~ ion witt
what the people had the means Of purchasing
| from below. The German settlers were gener-
ally Of the opinion that there was not, and tbs
Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to ssl
contributions. When this became snoYn II
| Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings Il 81:
held, and strong resolutions messed co,.iienu
ing the meaa"-ss as altooct.ss;, unnecessary .an,
one calc::.i,rleu to do the country great il,iur,
by preventing emigration in the spring. IN,
Correctness of tl:is view Of the case is new prov
en-. The third week of May is here, potato
sell at Is cts. per buslel, corn Sl,co, wh:s
81, rs, oats SO cts. and we have heard Of nc II
stance in which any have suffered fer want {
food; while very large proportion Of the en-
igrants who had last year designed .emigratinf
to this point have been deferred by this bug
bear cry Of famine, and have gone elsewhere
The time is now past at which the CHRISTOPHER:
appeared Fast spring, and the minds Of tlt
people are set onrest as the question of whet,1
er they left lavae, last year, before they en-:
grated. 1t is evident that they went TO other
localities as they came here to cat, t:enes;:s
| their eggs and die. There is no sigE that icy
have left any deposits here and rs every beds
IS putting in crop Of something coca to cal
we expect next fall to be encun.bere; viii, g
surplus of the good things Of this life, and te
inundate St. Anthony, Minneapolis and St
Paul, with vegetables and grain after supply
ing the Pine regions and the laborers en- tie
Raj! Road. - '.....