St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-12-06

upper, town. called Lowry's, Addition, the win
ter following. It was Mr.. Wilson who gave
tho town the name of St. Cloud; by this name
it was incorporated in The winter 81 '65s'b6.-
The Land Oficelwas removed in April '58 from
Sauk Rapids to the Upper town. The post office
is in Middle town, which is, inhabited, by in
dustrious and we'll to do German Catholics
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be-
longing to it, is the first church going bell in
.Stearns County and has also the distinction Of
being the first audible in Sherburneand Benton,
counties which corner on the opposite side of
tho rivers@. There tooisEs school kept by a com,
pany Of Benedictine Nuns where music, draw
Ing, needlevork md German are well taught
BY Ladies' ef polished manners; and os unusual
profGien0y.E TIN. a,fs,~r ~n4 :~yssrh .n-ss -
+. Lower town has two protestant churches, ii
process Of erection, one 7 qpite, completed We
have public school III The; Everett School
h MSn s9a hseasSR* ts' asaffsS
oellent saw mill and planning mill sash faotol
nv; and Of good Touring mill. ara this '.mo-
ment putting away within hell, q dozen rods. of
our Office. We have from five to six steamboat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest proper
ton: Of drones We have ever seen in any hive. /
- In the fall Of Sc Grasshoppers came tn q
cloud and settled down in this and adj joining
counties, destroying the greater portion. Of the
crops They deposited their larvae and died.
Early in the spring Of .'57 the young brood
game out and made such havoc that serious
fears Of famine were entertained by a large
portion of the people; but they left in July, and
50 many Of the late crops survived that a with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was large amount Of
food In autumn it became a question wheth-
er there was enough fer winter consumption
with what the people had the means of purchas-
ing from below. The German settlers were
generally Of the opinion that there was moi, and
Ike Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to
ask contributions" When this became known
in Lower st. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing measure as altogether unnecessary, and
one calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emigration in the spring. The
Correctness Of this view of the case is now pro-
yen. The third week Of May is here, potatoes
sell at 25cts. per bushel, corn $1,OO, wheat
81 rs, oats, 80 cts. and we have heard of no
instance in which any have suffered for want
of food; while a very large proportion of the
emigrants who had last year designed emigra-
ting to this point have been deferred by this
bugbear CRY Of famine. and have gone else
where. The time is now past at which the
Grasshoppers appeared last spring, and the
minds Of the people are set on rest "a the ques-
t1on OF Whether they lett laVte, last 'year,-be-
fore they emigrated. 1t is evident that they
went to other localities as they came here to
eat, deposite their eggs and die. There is no
sign that they have left any deposits here, and
as everybody is putting in a crop of some
thing good to eat, we expect next fall to be en-
| umbered with surplus Of the good things Of
his life, and to inundate St. Anthony Mime
apolis and St. Paul, with vegetables and grain
| fter supplying the Pine regions and the Ia
| orers on the Rail Road. -,i .,:l -,,r Il r.;