St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-12-15
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wood is furnished here 4. $500 mud $3.50
per cerd.s On the Mississippi and It's BRAT
clles above, is what appears 70 be, sn.inex-
hauetlble supply Of pine, and building
lumber is as cheap at ST. Cloud . ut
,Pittsburg. a. So much for the timber
sd. Ig,the land rolling ?Us.r at 81.
ut is high. rolling prairie, with. long
ranges of low hill: and deep, rockyrayines
in which run clear =. streams. - Read. tbs
article on our fourth page headed "St-
The Ill here, is = rich, black, sandy
loan, from l8 inches 70 4, feet thick, res.
ting on q ssubsoil of coarse sand, which
makes. the drainage perfect. sUfs s. RED
river the soil IS from 4 &. 20 feet thick:
= sandy .loam resting on = clay snbsoil
!, Our hay harvest begins early In July ).
winter-whcat and rye about the Last Of
July spring wheat in August and far
mers try 10 get, the last Of their crsp in
by. thclirst Of November. 80 80
y Az. to the cold, the Testimony, syarile.-
seastimcs the Mercury says t i very
|cold, when the people do not, believe I.
word Oft and the cattle appeal to think
it good joke. The Mercury viii some
times get down to 800 or even 40o dclow
zero, and not Ct much above 20s for
three days and nights; but there is ps-.
culiar natraGsins property in the assnos.
phere which enables animal life to resist
the cold. So th1t tho cattle will step.
about complacently; children insist spon
going out slils ana young lolks and
mani mid drl not Joang, ENJOY their
sleigh rides, and brisk walks, IN emakiug:
visits. We spent the three coolest dayi
Iof last SiiitcI riihekln an. open, .satter.
dressed as We would have sleigh
ride in Pensylrapiasand were very cont
Portable. But there are weeks together,
when the mercury goes very little below
freezing point; when all the streams will
BE locked in three feet Of ice, the ground
covered with snow and the sun shining al
itdayloae, every day, thesn,gh,s brilliant
with moon or stan; men going around
without oysrcoatsS children nomping in
the snow IL; without wraps ck;ckens out
singing i'll day inquisitivse people pus-
l;zling their brains too account fws the
phenomena Of ice and. snow under ans at--
mospherc WHICH appears balmy assping.
| In short, our autumn and winter weather
is glorious beyond all possibility 81 descrip-
Etiona Lifeatthose seasons Is a perpetual
lpleasure. Spring is unplc.sant and folks.
here from n the Old Keystone are wont to.
Z! a & Iii. lis !. regular Pens, ,,..;.
bweather neza aaSs sssEtss1. sssIasz
III While shae,fion Now England srovl
1 out their discomfort by.cemparing It With
1.-THE weather way down East Our
! Summer days are hot and long, relieved
Fly coolrbreczc and nights cool enough
for pleasant sleep Las, summer we had
j but sbout one wce1 Of hot nights. sf.s
Shows are natsggenersily deep. IN tie
last two wiaters snow ha,s, not been more
I chan 10 inches deep at any time; and the
iwinucr previous il was much lighter here
i I .ltlhanin lows and Illinois. Is s.
Up to. tbs Ii: sis,e there has been holland
sales this side Of the Mississippi, y. eouio
only be taken BY presumption. 1I -
I l',Hthe land was Congress lind e1cep,
E what was taken bysActual Settlers. Nov
E there are large ,trects advertised 6or sall
i at Crnvarctmnnt pyinao Tia Lace.