St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-01-20
y " was incorporated in the winter of '55 &c.
nc Land Office was removed in April '58, from

~ Nv. was Incorporated in the winter of '55 &c.
"' Aahd O1tce was removed in April SO, from
oaaK faplds to Upper town. The post office
10 - al Middle Town, which is inhabited by in
~, and well-to~do German Catholics
, ! Ae eatioilc chapel is here, and the bell be-
g" s1ns TO It, is the first church going bell in
! ''e'fhs county and has also the distinction of
oe'''g the frst audible in Shcrbulnc and Benton
.o"n.1es Which corner on the opposite side OF
'''' river. Ihere too is school kept by q COM
i"ny OF bcl4eolctlne Nuns where music, draw
nm, hcedleWork and German are we'll taught
~ ladies OF polished manners and unusual
proficiency $500.
lower Town has two protestant churches, in
process OF erection one, about completed. We
nave a public school in the Everett School
mouse, and handsome Library dedicat cd by
non Edward Everett. The engines of SIN cx-
cellcnt saw mill and planning mill, sash facto-
~ :; ana OF good Touring mill are this mo-
ie'lt pulling away within half dozen rods Of
cur Office. We have from five to six steam boat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
'loh Q! drones we have ever seen in any hive.
In the fall Of '56 Grasshoppers came in a
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion CT the
crops They deposited their larvae and died
EARLY Ill the spring Of 81 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears Of famine were entertained by large
portion: q; The people; bat they left in July and
, so MAN. = ':e late crops survived, that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was large amount of
! food. III autumn il became question whether
there Was enough for winter consumption with
what the people had the means Of purchasing
from below. The German settlers were gencr-
ai:J CT the opinion hat there was not, and tie
Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to ask
contributions. When this became known liz
Lower ST. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held. and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing the measure as altogether unnecessary and
one calculated to do the country great injury
! by preventing cmi grafton in the spring. Tx:
Correctness of this view Of the case is now prov
en-. The third week Of May is here, potatoc:
sell at % cts per bushel corn 81 go. wheat
81 rs, oats 50 cts. and we have heard OF nc III
stance in which any have suffered for want Of
food; while very large proportion Of the en-
igrants who had last year designed emigrat :ns
to this point have been deferred by this bag
bear cry OF famine, and have gone elsewhere.
The time is now past at which the Gr;, sshoppcrs
appeared last spring, and the minds Of the
people are set on rest as the quest ion Of wLetl-
er they left lavae, last year, before they emf
grated. 1t is evident that they wezt to other
localities as they came here to cat, dcros.tc
thcir eggs and die. There is no sign that they
haze lett any deposits here. and as everybody
is putting in a crop CT something good 10 cat
we expect next fall TO be enc,n.ncrcL with a
surplus Of the good things OF this life, anu K
inundatc st. Anthony, Minncal POLLS and ST
Paul, with vegetables and grain after supply
ing the Pine regions and the lahorers On the
| Rail Road.