St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-07-14

grafton is pouring westward and soon If
not directed here will be seen somewhere
else; We must awake in order to make Q
town; natural advantages will not do it T.
lone, WE must come up to this business
with united effort and build up St. Cloud
We must loose sight of Lower St. Cloud.
Upper st. Cloud and Middle St. Cloud,
we must build up ST. CLOUD. IfLow.
er st. Cloud gains n advantage, it will
advance the value Of my property in the
Upper town. Let US unite and strive T.
gainst each other no more, for We arc ono
We have the power to make St. Cloud
the third city in the State. Times to bs
sure are hard, but We have hands and NO
can present to the stranger visiting ~
clean streets and good sidewalks, and
when the stranger comes to this place he
will be delighted and say, ."this is the
place tor me to bring up my family; there
is enterprise here" But If we sec the
stranger come here and his buggy gets
stuck IN the mud, he will get mad at once
and leave, and We shall see no more of
him. When I came to Prairie Du Chen
there were several gentleman who wefe
travelling: westward to find suitable sit-
uation to invest some capital, staid 1T that
place over night, during che night they
tried to get some sleep, but were 80 an
noyed By the "night walkers" that they
found it impossible to get moments rest,
and they got up in the morning mad and
lett the place without investing dollar
And 1t will be so here, unless We make m
effort and present to the stranger such
marks OF industry as can be obtained With
out money. We can go out with our
spades and hoes and make St. Cloud .
fine town. l have mcde my speech in
good faith that MINI. is destined to be
one OF the greatest States in the Union
Of the United States. have been in the
region Of the Red River Of the North and
| declare though I have travelled over
Ind, Ohio, Wis. and III. that country is
the most beautiful one I ever saw. The
indian is driven away and It is commen-
cling to attract attention. Forty families
have crossed the ferry within the past
few weeks and are going there. I told
- son that Yankee enterprise was not
going to let this country lie. If they can
do no better they will live under ground
for remarked the timber was scarce
and make this their. homes, and they will
soon bring material from the east to build
their houses. I leave these remarks With
you, take them for what are they worth.
There were other speakers who were -
lected for the occasion, but want of tiras
prevented our having the pleasure of lis
tening to their remarks, but We have the
assurance from the selections made by tho
Committee that we should have been ~
highly entertained as We were by those
We heard.
The audience then repaired to the room
below where sumptuous feast had been
prepared by fair hands, I've thought from
the taste displayed that perhaps fairy
hands had been employed,) and as tho ia
bles were groaning under the luxuries Of
the occasion, in the form Of not only tho
substontiak Of life but also pyramidi.l
cakes, the richest pies Of various kinds
and towers of ice cream, the joke passed
around, "This is what the grasshoppers
left" and we only wish that grumblers
who think: We are starving in the North
West could have been present with us,
and partaken Of the bounty.
The Fourth spent in St. Cloud will be
long remembered. -