St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-03-24

4 fair account Of the quality Of to'f Minnesota
land and climate. I. want a farm on.
which I can grow wheat successfully,
with good water power (convertible) ttfor
a mill, &c. lam a mechanic of consider,
able experience and reputation. l. I'hayel a
son, l6 years Of age, who has been look
ing to your State, (beforc it was State)
as his future homc. he wishes to engage
in; scientific farming IN Minnesota. = I
fear the climate, though.it would be diff
c1lt for that Of any place to be worse: than
OURS, although 1,s q, cold is not severe
We have eight or nine months ct lind
of of:semi-winter : Wheat cannot be grown
here reliably, on several accounts, which
will be hard to remedy. 8 vs1 s:5fss4} E'T::1 4
. I build mills for plows, WOOL. or iron;
! am y thoroughly acquainted with steam and
steam engines, .:,.. ,o.,..f :; !.
You will confer a favor by attending to|
my request, and letting me hear soon.
Respectfully y. @ssy@tiI I''" :n'' !: "'..'' Il
90 .. -as:t j, 9orr JOSEPH SuERRARD. .<@
lst. You can /, either pay .sl.25 per- acre
in cash, or buy land warrants. at 80 to
. ZOO per acre and pay in land warrants.
SIND. You are not required to pay for
your land if you are an, actual settler, until
it is brought into market by the ,General
Government, which is generally not for
2, 3, 4 and frequently S or years after
you have settled. .'s.@.Hs.. - dH.5" IS -:
II a great 1llapy Of our farmers have fine
improved farms $40 to $50 per acre, !: and
have not yet paid the Government for
them. AS long as they live on it, their
title is safe whether paid or not: 81, ,':saj :
i Sd. You say 81 fear your climate though
it would be difficult for any place to be
worse than this, Although the cold is not
severe we have eight OF nine months Of a
kind of semi-winter y" '' . ''$A '-'''.<' '.''~
Our cold is more severe than yours, but
is so dry, SO calm. and freq from wind, 'fa;n,
sleet or mud, that it is infinitely more
pleasant than that Of the Middle Statcs-:
We speak from 1cxperiencc.L e2'i .au.>
We have no rain from November. to:
March, but 4. continual series Of as clear,
bright and beautiful days as you ever saw
in July, with just enough Of clouds to
give shade to the picture. i@r. a''i - @"5-'
=. Out door work is carried on without in.
corruption all winter. Our 20 and so de-
grees below zero arc more. pleasant than
your zero's, because your moist atnos-
phcre gives point to the sting tofthe cold,
and your 'rtE4ls-making a difference of
80 degrees, according to Dr.. Kane--driipe
IN the stfmg.:2 We have fewer unpleasant
! days in winter than you do, and far more
exceedingly pleasant ones.
! Although we have always lived in your
latitude, the winters Of Minnesota are the
most pleasant we ever experienced, and
!! this is the almost universal testimony OF
our citizens, even those from the .cxtremc
South 5.&> <'1',@ g..
Our summers arc hot-but fine breeze
sconstantly fans one, and the nights are SC
cool a blanket is seldom uncomfortable Of:
ter the warmest day. Our Fall extends
to the 18th of November, and are as
beautiful Indian summers as you ever cx.
perienced. ,.-ss. l.. sf,rSisaGu}.2 Lai2 u Ha'
Our springs are really our most unpleas
ant scasons-because they so much re-
scmble your winters-having the wind, the
rain and the mud. ...' -,''<! ''Ss..' '>.'
4th. In the line of water power, we arc
peculiarly favored With falls and rapids
in almost all our rivers and creeks, .ano
thousands Of Lakes strung together like ;
necklace, fed by sprih gs of pure living
water, and every lake having water row
er at its outlet It would be difficult K
| find a State possessing greater advantages
in this particular. ., ,.f.s,.qx s;,'. 1t1o
7 9Th. AS to soil-like other States, VIZ
: have it good and bad There is no diff
4 Guilty, however, in finding as choice anc
4 fertile land here as in any of the Western
States land well watered and !. timbered
with soil from i8 inches to- su1,:4 J., ice,
deep-and capable Of producing 80 to *
bushels Of wheatto the acre, 200 to 40(
bushels Of potatoes so bushels Of corr
and oats and 2 to tons of hay: -. ~
| 9th. Abundant provision is made fol
: public schools by lands appropriated ex
clusively to'their support, and a tax suf6
cient to. keep the system in working order
and guarantee to every neighborlood al
desirable facilities for acquiring an educa
ton. '1 ''=', Ss-.., ,-~...n <.lsgsr.
Finally, "look before you u, leap;'' come come
and see for yourselves and you will ind
our people everywhere glad to welcome
you as an actual settler After seeing, ,we
60 not think you will feel like turning
!. back, unless you become inpatient to dig
and wish to be <'"carricd back to Old Viz
I ginia" for this purpose-ffor we have very
i few Of the facilities of other Western
); State here for "going doad. st. Paa
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II -" Gentlemen and ladies'" said the
! Snowman, here you have magnificent
painting Of Daniel in the lions den.--
Daniel can be easily distinguished from