The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-08-19
scenery Of Minnesota g..

We observe in Eastern papers many let.
tcrs from correspondents who visited this
vicinity for the purpose oi participating in
a celebrated Feast" We copy u few
extracts from letter 10 the New Haven
Gonna Journal and Courier;
Between the Falls Of st. Anthony and
Fort Smelling, there is u beautiful stream.
the outlet OF two still loseler lakes which
gliding gently over bluff Of sixty icet un.
dcyiating dcsccht forms water fall which
is the embodiment Of grace, This IL the
famous Minue.h a.ha to which IongIcllow
haspiyen worldwide notoricty. and which
il a. perfect symbol Of the beautiful as
Niagara aud IT. Anthony are OF the grand
and picturesque, its water dropping with
little Of the catarnct's roar, but rather like
liauid music, both heard and felt, falling
with an easy curve until they touch the bed
below, when they seem 10 spring up and
trip along. like some joyous girl. laughing
at the graceful FIAT she has just performed,
and impatient Ia rush into the bosom OF
the " Father OF Waters just at hand 10 re
ceive her.
Angels might roam
Or make their home.
Hearing M waters dancing,
Mid spray aud foam,
Mime ha ha
This. n spot where Maids might revcl in
unrcstraincd spirt-mirth, Is the place an.
nounccd rs selected by the /" Sons Of Malta ="
for their grand re union on the 23d of July.
Blu, IL the Feast of the Nine Card.
nails came OF. the when and where ARE un
known TO your correspondent, though !
drove to every spot designated for that testi
val. A wag suggested, il there was any
feast, IL mus, have been the " feast OF ninc
hundred cannibals," for with the appctihing
mir of Minnesota. nothing came nmiss Ia the
yoracious Sons from roast chicken to
baked beans, or from Catawba punches To
small bccr.
In the Illinois Rosk Islander, ,hcrc IL
an interesting letter entitled n day about
st, Paul copy portion of ii
Onc OF the chief pleasures and attractions
of Wait to Minnesota. the New England
OF the Mississippi Valley, is that all the
sights. and some oi peculiar interest, can be
secn in days easy drive from 81. Paul
such drive We enjoyed on Friday, the I'D
OF July.
Starting from -. Paul We proceeded up
the east bank Of the Mississippi through u
beautiful and tolcrahly fertile country, nine
miles to ~. Anthony We passed on our
way a charming little waterfall. second only
in beauty To Minuebaha. Its proximity to
that famous cataract alone dcpriyes IL Of
the admiration II deserves.
The Falls OF ST. Anthony lie between the
cities ct Minneapolis aud 81. Au,houy
They were discovered by llenncpiu, an early
French missionary explorer, IN l6So, who
named them after his patron saint. These
Falls have be,n called the Niagara OF the
North west. At first sight they do not
seem TO deserve that name. Iha tall VI the
water is not over eighteen or twenty lee, g,
The longer one gaAs upon them the more
their beauty and grandeur grow upon him
Were the tall Of water little greater. and
the immediate surroundings less practical
and morr romantic. these Falls would be
grand ludccd. They flow over solt sand.
stone rock which rapidly wears away. They
have thus rs geological Indications prove.
rcccded some seven miles. During the late
spring trcshct, the tails wore away some
seventy tcct,
Al Minneapolis are the extensive hot.
houses and gardens OF pr. Amcs, They are
free 10 visitors, who viii here find much to
| nicrcs, them In the ho, houses arr many
rare and beautiful eNptics. which flourish
only IN warmer auA more genial climates.
| They are miniature wildern,sscs oi Irrcn.
NAL ycrdure and floral beauty
We halted ut tn Falls Of Miuuchaha.
| And here We want worls to express our adj
miration Of their beauty. 4 rapid little
river, some Iurty Icc, broad and hour or five
deep. leaps over ju,tins lelgc Of rcck. and
Is received IN basin, which seems scooped
gu, by the hand OF the Almighty to rcccive
1t, ior,y.hve fret below. As II falls. !, scat.
tiers into white h,ccy spray. whose drops
sparkle like rabies and diamonds in the sun.
beams. At the foot Of the cataract play
beautiful rainbcws. These falls arr well
namsd Laughing Water in the express
sive imagery OF the Sioux. You come on
them unawars, aud your first impulse Is 10
clap your hands br Joy, 50 enchanted Is the