St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-22

est inn.bitant.' Tho site Of Lower Sc. Cloud
was taken up - & claim " Martin; Wolly, .
Norweeian, who. sold HE right to- George T..
Brott, who surveyed aad plated Il In TIE spring
ef'6S. About tie sans tine john <. Wilson
surveyed and platted what II now called middle
town, which adjoins and Lies higher up The nv
e., while General Lowry surveyed and plated
upper town, eallsd Lowry's Addition. the win
ter following. It,was Mr.. Wilson Who gave
tho town the name Of 81: Cloud; BY thie ~, asme
it was incorporated in the winter Of '66 De-
The Land Once was removed In April SO from
Sank Rapids to the Upper town. The post o9cs
il in Middle town, which IL inhabited BY In
dustrious and wsll TO do German Catholics.-
The Catholic chapel IL here, and the bell BE-.
longing to II, 10 the first church. going bell In
stsarns County and has also the distinction Of
being the 6rst audible In herburne and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side OF
Tho river. There too 10 = school kept BY = com
psny Of Bsnedictine Nuns where music, draw
Ing, needlework and German are we'll taught
by ladies Of polished manners; snd unusual
proficiency. ii @",,}'i% - .a.1iT' 35a
Lower town has two protestant churches, in
have public school in the Everett School
house, and handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines Of An ex-
cellent saw mill and planning mill, sash faeto-
ry; and Of = good Touring mill are this mo-
ment putting away within half > 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 1855 Grasshoppers came tn =
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of the
crops. They deposited their larvse and died.
Early in the spring Of 81 the young brood
came 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
so many of the late crops survived. that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was . large amount Of
food. In autumn it became = question wheth-
or 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 not, 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-
sell At 25ets: per bushel, corn 81 90, wheat
1926, oats, 80 cts. and We have heard Of NO
instance in which any have suffered for want
Of food; while 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 10 now past at which the
appeared last spring, and the
minds Of the people are set on rest as the ques-
ton Of whether they left lave, last year, be-
fore they emigrated. It is evident that they
went to other localities a. 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 crop Of some
thing good to eat. We expect next fall to DO en-
numbered with surplus Of the good things Of
his life, and to inundate st. Anthony Mime
polls and St. Paul, with vegetables and grain
ter supplying the Pine regions and the Ia
orers on the Rail Road ,.'.t 81.