St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-08-04

peace had better not come here, for the treaty
bygwhich the land Was scquired from the Sioux
forbids its introduction; and the Legislature
has-passsd d law enforcing that provision; but
people of moderate means aud Industrious hab-
its who have children TO educate, viii find few
places Nhsrs the orrror:unity for correct moral
Fl training, healthy developmsnt Of muscle, and
the means Of pecuniary Independence are bets
There are immense tracts Of pine lying above,
from which the mills at St. Paul, St. Anthony,
and the Minnesota Valley ere supplied. These
? employ large and sver-increasing force Of
men, horses sud oxen, Who are to be supplied
: with provisions, clothing and feed. The soil Is
waiting for IN opportunity TO produce unlini-
ted quantities Of food, without troubling the
farmer crushing clods; while the Mississippi
hom St, Paul to Little Falls caa a6ord to turn
mill ct almost any point and has water pow
:. Or enough to do the manufacturing for Con-
tinent. tsaE&s X -.gf-s.sI .sfJ1l a.
Our natural meadows produce grass from
four to six feet high. and the beefkilled OF our
prairies is quite equai to any .sAl fed ~ ave
ever eaten. Our yehisop 10 IN 6 ten cents
per pound, rabbits, prairie heas, pertridges,
ducks, &C., plenty. Thousands Of bushels OF
acorns for the hogs that are not here to eat
them. Fuel for the labor Of cutting sud haul.
ing. of tho ground; and there is no likelihood
of the supply running out soon. 40 the "Big
Il Moods extend from this place some twenty
miles or more, down this side ofthe river snd
from eight to twelve miles back Our prairies
: are q, dotted with strips of wood land, ''Oak
Openings, which just look like old orchards,
dense thickets Of plula trees bearing delicious
fruit, grape vines, doing likewise, thoesaadsOf
acres Of hazel h,shea and strawberry vinss, en-.
gagged In the same business; while some AuA-
l. nkA AwAI4A MI &mnu,
out an article, which for quantity and quality
connot be excelled. The blackbeTries red rssp-
berries and hops tack up their shinglas u the
woods and seldom dissappoint the most cans
guine expectations 81 their customers. There
is still LAID ten or fifteen miles back ubish set
tiers can get, 1t government price, hy building
4 cabin and living on it. until It comes into
market. Actual settlers can buy lots here 81.
from one to Eve hundred dollars, end specula-
tors can haye the same lots ct from I've t. a.
cen haadred. s.~ ., ,.sHss :.
In come Of the river towns back, places that
will ks pleasant Villages, lots ess bs he'd grstiss
by those. ,aho will build and live. on them.-
This, in places where house 80 be built for:
Fifty dollass, that weuld bs . palace compared
to the deps reated in large cities Scr 4 and s
dollars ger month, while the lot, With only the
aid Of zruhbiDg hoe and few sdays. labor,
would bring vegetables to feed family, sAd
every township has 600 acres appropriated TO.
the support cf schools: 5..s - ;
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
. State University. A fine building has already
been erected for the uso Of that institution It.
is situated . S.. Anthony, built Of stoae on IN
eminenes eommsDding's view q the 6lls, and
no Stete in the Onion has : better foundstion.
for . good systen Of popular edusation. No
other prairie State is 50 well timbered 9 Min
nesota md 10 6tAte more abundAHtly supplied