Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-12-03

,er of ladies' and gentlemen came out 70 hear
Col Robertson lecture on this subject last
evening. Despiteths Col. 8 angular, .sit-and-
start style oflscturing, be always manages
% interest an audience. The shove lecture
contains many interesting things, Of which we
can give only skeleton.
The Col commenced by saying that all life,
and animal, corresponds to the CHI
mate surrounding it. This is noticeable in the |
diversity of mankind. The climate Of Minne-
sofa is one that developes all the faculties, meme
tal and physical. 1t prodncesa power NJ the
individual. By resisting heat. and cold sue
eessfally, he learns his strength. When a
nan cannot bear heat Or cold, be gets to put
ting low estimate on his strength. The sxs
ercise of fortitude exsrts good influence ON
character. Cowardice exertsa bad influences,
The greater the courage, the. greater the iangesi
of power; and hence the greater the man. The
consciousness Of power is an incentiveto glo-
rious action. saa,a.eE' a20N :.
Full powers ofmind ands body canRet be
developed except in acimate which demands
the full exercise Of powers. Hence, northern
races are more powerful than those of hot
ter climate, Our climate here tends to calling
in play all our powers.o .Gaid,a f'sai1s 10
To battle with rude nature makes our na-
lures rude. The early pioneers Of some local
tiles necessarily become 50, as they contend
with mlasmas, malarious swamps, local dis
eases, &c. These all have an unfayorable eff
iect on their physical and mental character.
But in our glorious heslthful country, the pi-
oneer has 20 such things to contend with. No
exhaustins and wearing down labor is neces-
sary to hew down forests, clear swamps, &C.,
but be finds the country adapted to husbands,
and finds his home, as it were, ready made
by nature. 4y s~cr, 7geg s.yssns- I'Assl
The possession of principle is necessary to
save man from retrogression and ruin. Our
climate creates self lfcommand. Again, no cli-
mate has such extremes Of heat and cold as
our own Z This is it's greatest merit, the Col
thought. Between the highest Temperature
sofsumn,er, and the lowest ofwinter, there is
the greatest range. The changes here, and
those of other localities have no similarity -
On diagram ours should be represented ny
carved, wary lines, ibuttin the other localities
mentioned in comparison, by jerks and fits
and angularities. That is, the changes often
perature here are very gradual. This is an
other distinguishing merit Of Minnesota eli
mate. 1Dq OF
"Angularities" Of climate produce an an
gular peoples sharp people. Vide the Yam
kee race. Bnt transferred to our climate,
these angularities become removed-not rub
bed off, but filed up. A.
The effect Of scenery especially the pc.
culiar scenery of Minnesota, was remarked as
having an effect on the people who are to make
their homes amidst it The speaker believed
that the effect Of these things would be visible
in the generation to grow up amidst the influ.
ences mentioned. 1t would produce first. class
men and the tendency of our climate, and
the institutions created by it would be to pro-
duce complete men, MEN in every sense o
the word
The speaker adverted to the effect of the at
mosphere on the Lungs, the blood, the appe
tite, and through this means affecting the
health and vigor of body. The dry air Of our
winter climate is most favorable to rObus,
health from this means. A moist atmosphere
is better than a dry atmosphere even at the
same temperature. So with cold almost.
phcre, it being colder, really. The lungs re.
fuse to receive moist atmosphere. A dry
atmosphere, such as ours, developes large
lungs. Ifthe- airis cold, the lungs want more
tofit, so as to get oxygen for fuel for the body
This increases the capacity of the lungs. Ev-
erything about the animal laboratory goes
bravely on. The man feels well, happy, &C.
tive, and he must have exercise-(thus the
climate makes US INDUSTRIOUS land he has a
regular Minnesota appetite. That's so. ~.
Though persons come here with infrm con-
stitutions--unsound lungs-afflicted with
chronic complaints-or troubled with the To-
cal diseases of their old homes, our CLIMATE
cures them. 1t eradicates diseases, and actu-
ally rejuvenates old age. This shows our eli
mate to be a very healthy one. ,.dt 4.
It builds up the nervous system, and ena.
bles man to perform great amount of in.
tellectual labor. No man can become great
without he has physique as great as his
mind The Great men of the world have not
been big-headed and puny bodied, but had
splendid ply sical Developments. Vide WASH
ington, Napoleon and Wellington. Our eli
mate prevents obesity, while producing a full
developement 80
Hence, the speaker concluded, one or two
generations will produce the effects he had
mentioned The natives Of Minnesota would
be a race Of powerful, athletic, noble, COM
manding, brave, firm, intellectual, energetic,
superior men--giants, even, mentally and
physically. He cited some Of our tribes Of
Indians as an example Of the physical devel-
opment We would attain. ID .I,s2,i s
The climate has its effect also ON grain, veg
tables and domestic animals. Our beef is the
finest in the world. There was danger, in
deed that we would cultivate our appetites
too much, and become race of bon oioants,
devoting great deal Of our time to festivities
and epicurean enjoyments. 81
Though the heat was intense in the sum
mer, it produced no ennervating effects The
brow of the husbandman was famed by cool,
invigorating breezes. The temperature Of the
nights was cool and refreshing. This had
surprising effect on vegetation, too, and was
the cause of our productions growing SO gi-
gantic in size. ,.,,, i, -1'.,,st Z,
The great charm Of our climate was the
winters. The Col. gave them glowing eulo-
gy, heightened in effect by the fierce norther
that shrieked around the house, making a
period at every pause. The winters compel
led inaction and leisure. We had to devote
our time to social, religious and intellec,u.
al meetings, to Lodge meetings, festivals. sun;
pers. anniversaries, etc. Hence, we would