St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-12-29
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S A lint CLOUD,

81. T. IL lilC pnlHt III N:iICtt 'S iA1N
c. ;r..i.s cross the mississippi on their way to
~. Paul! which proves IL 10 be the ni'h:>;:
;unr::, ot !:nl travel hctH,cen la Sc two grc;ls
:.::r.:; oi trade /, is II tho prese.l; head OF
::c4.. navigation, GA the Mississippi. Boats
RIA t:l..ci:. ,>,:iA, Tic Spring aAl' early
Sl.Nr: i: i.y..,hs, I:nn S. Anthony 10 tA.-
!::c.
Ia: ~, gives il, POSITION correctly with
teFIrel:: - 81! h. n',s' Important points IL
t.: Territory, oh, ;he pccs.!iar beauty OF ITS
lt:a:,,:! a;,l fertility ii c surrounding ca'' .
L." CA not bc tg..ii>crice>t. Within Hi5v' II
nil, 0. St. Cloud, "!;o:;'e sites OF tho
::'tr, AMI q, ,!.:,cr"g, Points o. The compass
are c!;,!.: .,kc= varying IN 'i": from Hnio |"
!, miles iii circumference, AL! save one. peiu
isl, exceedingly. three " ,he,a al least, dee;
eu,mr;, 10 ;,:; :. n,a .ot-war. Wooded banks.
lie MI :,e;,Aly shores pseEtitii'y Mixed wi'a
e.: ,>sl,ar: AMI waters abualan'iy supplied
with us!.
Wa,u i:.v Stcvens mad: his survey Of "
northern railroad route to the Pacific III ~.
he clu:c ''uu the western side OF the Mis-
;issi;r. bt.,T S::u:l E'pils.' IAe place va
mindless nc present site OF ST. Cibud: b"; Il
!, n"r, his roii;v leaves le river In the SUN
rr.r y: - !. claim cabin was built on the sp"t
w:rc wo lox write. goo1 ST." mill: II"
fraa.e OF i large Hotel and light OF or dwell
inss were put up tas' Summer. Inns last 't'
tns.e w,r, tnrec huu:lr>:;l ;.aa thir,y-two woes
:; ,il..s in tn. prc:inct. Not The votes OF Ind
aas o. lsat breeds. for there are noac he'c.-
\ majority OF the ilaah,;.nts OF The co'lnt':
..a har:lv Germans, with stu:ds wires a"u
c;.;ld:ea cu:,iva'in1 the sod and working AT
!;.~.!r4.ii;..i empivynlonts.
T.,e sohs,:l is sandy and although the SOIL is
f. IN one TO three feet deep, rich black loan
supporting d rank vegctatioi'. the drainage Is
50 perfect ana the air 50 pure that b!ea; hug
is = perpetual pleasure. as yet. our. physi-
clans have discovered no diseases peculiar TO
the climate. no inaeG :nous complaint exec:
the .'Minnesota Appetite which requires oh,-
fourth more treatment than a modest Icnnsyl-
VA lia or ohio attack Of {, corresponding dis
ease.
An; body who wants TO drink whskey in
ne zee had better not come here, for the treaty
by wi,;eI, the land was acu,lireifrom the SIOUX
fsrhi;ls IFS introduction: and the Legislature
has PASSED law enforcing that rrovislon; but
pconle Of moderate means and industrious h:ah
vino have children to educate, Will find tie"
places where the opportunity for correct moral
trn;riny: iic.it!ly development OF muscle ANA
the means Of pecuriary independence are bet
ter ctr,binei.
T;,:;.c .r,irnnense tracts Of pine lying above,
frcn, v!,::!. the mills 1T St. Paul, ST. Anthony,
and he Minnesota: Valley are Supplied. These
c,npl,y = larg. and ever-incrc':ing force OF
,n>n. horses s,ll cx"n, who arc to be s"pp1co
wiz, 1c:,y ;si<,rS, clothing and feed. The SOIL Is
>v,;t;ns T;>r al opportunity to produce un!iml-
Ted t;.,An:iies CT food, Without troubling the
Farmer c,u hing cloas: while the Mississippi
from st. !'a,si 70 Little Falls can .ti'rd y turn
: mill ut almost any point and has water pow
er CT ongi 20 10 the manufacturing tor Con
iiueHt, :; s.,
=
Oar natural meadows produce grass from
four to six feet high. and the beefkiiled off ou'
prairies is quite equal to any stall fed We av'
ever en- t,nr venison is fine at ten cent
per pound rabbits, prairie hens. par'ridges.
DUCKS. &C., plenty. . Thousands OF bushels o.
.:ur;ls for t|:c hogs that arc not here. TO e'u
them. Fuel for tho labor Of cutting and haul
ing OF the ground: and there is no Likelihood
OF the supply running out soon ns The ''hig
Wo,,ls'' extend from this place some twenty
n,i!:,3 o.. more, down this side Of the river ans,
fco:n eirh. 20 twelve u.ilcs back Oar p:alric@
ACE Il !, 't;r' will! stri ps OF WOO! land, ''OnE
nn.nl.s5 which JUS; look Ike old orchards.
,!:,A:e li1icNc1s NJ plan trees bearing delicious
fruit. grab, vines, L,:ng likewise, ,honsantiso
acres o: :l,zs: bushes AMI strawberry vines. en-
s4:.,l j.; THE s,u,: h>,si:.ess: while some sun
DE Ira: .:c in til: cranberry trade ana ,ur:
out :. a:ii:lc. w;ii:ii for ;tani,y and H''eii'N
A,nn;t he eS;:c.l3t. The bitck be:ries'rci rasr-
berries ana hops tack up their Shing. IA TIE
woods AMI seiom H;s:appojnt TIE NOS san
gnina expectations Of their Customers. I::2r'
is still Land tea OF fifteen miles back " :c a:t
tiers can Set, II s,:crn.acnt price: ny bnl1tia2
cabin IN living on i; until It cones int,
m srkc,. Actual sotilers can buy lots here s
from one 70 five iu:. !;ai .l lrs. ana sI'rcula
t,rs can have t:c same ,'s III ironI ave to tit
0en hundred.
I. NV, -. ~,
v;H be pleasant villages, lots can he ti:.i graft
b; those WHO viii b,.lI and live on them
This, in PLACES where a house csa he s",iIi for
fiyty dollars, thu, wnuid i: palace to:nptrt.
t, the tl,.,s rented in large cities for. I aal
d ,l,rs Ger n.,nt!l. while the lot. with only Wa
all Of Il yruhb:nr hoe and Il few days l'.a,"
W. i'd bin. Vegetables to feed = f,'n!ly: AM
ever; township has q VI acres appropriate !:
the support Of s%hao's.
Seventy tii,ri ana acres are arurapri .'ed t..
q State University. \ finc ou;; '..g hssulrcall;
BIO erected for the use ofttat Institution. l.;
/, situated = 81 Anthony. hail. Of s:"ae an
em;ocnc. corl!nan lin. II view Of the falls. an
No State in the Union has a better fnund,to"
for a COOL system Of popular e;,,lca,i,u. NJ
other prairie State is go we'll tiMherel as Min
nesota and no State more abunlantly supplied
with clear water. In the country surrounding
st. Cloud and as far Novtl. and West IS we have
any reliable account. settlers find no diff Guilty
in locating Land on y running stream or trans
parent lake with plenty of thinner at l,and for
building, fencing and fuel. amt assthc land OH
the West side Of the Upper Mississippi is only
open to presumption, there is little opportunity
for spectators. and settlers have assurance OF
neiy',bors5 and that rapid increas'. IN the value
Of their lands and in social advantages which
arise from the system Of laad in limited .uan-
titles to actual settlers. ~s:& = =:
The country around S. Cloud. west Of the
Mississippi was purchased Of the Indians in a
treaty made with them by the Hon. Alexander
Ramsey and Luke Lea in 1852 and ratified ny
the seaaterthe same, year. The Sioux. had
owned the land from 1927 but had not occupied
it. and It was usej, as a hunting ground by the
w;nnebasoes whose land reached within four
miles north Of ST. Cloud. Their country was
cc,lel to the United States by a. treaty began
with Commissioner Manypeny and conclndc'