St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-07-19

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ST.. Cloud is the point at which the Red Riv-
or trains GROSS the Mississippi on their way to
st. Paul. (which proves it to be the natural
;unotions of land travel between these two great
artefisssof trade. It is at the present head Of
steatn navigation on the Mississippi. Boats
run regularly. during tho Spring and early.
SamaAer months, from St GAhthonygto this
place. = % ,ssAI c9.E .4s
TIE map gives its position correctly with
reference to all the most important points in
the Territory, but the peculiar beauty Of its
location, and fertility Of the surrounding coun-
try soan not be Transcribed. Within fifteen
mile of st. Cloud, on opposite sides ofsaths
river, and at different points Of the compass
are eight lakes varying in sizo from l mile to
miles in circumference, all, save one, beau
tifl, exceedingly, three OF them at least, deep
enough to float man-of-war. Wooded banks,
clean pebbly shores plentifally mixed with
coraelian; and waters abundantly supplied
with fish, as.&
WheGn ev. Stevens made his survey of a
northern railroad route to the Pacific in '53,
he camped ''on the western side Of the Mis-:
sissippi below Sank Rapids" The place was
nameless-the present site of st. Cloud; but it,
ia here his route leaves thesrivers In the sum
mef Of '55 claim cabin was built onsthe spot
where We now write, good sow mill, the
frame of large Hotel and eight other, dwell
inn we've put up that summer This last fall,
thers were three hundred and thirty-two votes.
polled ia tie precinct Not the votes Of Indi-
ans or Half Breeds, for there are none here
A majority of the inhabitants of the country
are hardy Germans, with sturdy wives aud
children cultivating the soil and working at
mechanical employments. "a
Tie subsoil is-sandy and although the soil is
from one to threerfset deep, al rich black loan
30 perfect and the air so pure that breathiug
is 4 perpetual pleasure. As yet, our 1physi-s
clans have discovered no Diseases peculiar to
the climate, no indeg ,nious complaint except
the tsMinnesota Appetite" which requires ONE
fourth more treatment than q modest Pennsyl-
vania or Ohio attack of q corresponding dis
ease. y-.'..5.s-' 4zs:# ! ri
Any body who wants to drink sxhiskey9 in
peace had better not come here, for the treaty
forbids its introduction; and the. Legislature
has passed law enforcing that provision; but
people of moderate means and Industrious hab
Who have children to educate, will find few
places where the opportunity for correct moral
training, healthy development Of muscle, and
the means Of pecuniary independence are bet
ter combined. Gz~-I Is<s#
There are immense tracts Of pine lying above,
from which the mills at St. Paul, st. Anthony,
a: led Vhoao
employ large and ever-increasing force Of
men, horses snd oxen, who are to be supplied
with provisions, clothing and feed. The soil is
waiting for an opportunity to produce unlimi-
ted quantities Of food, without troubling the
farmer crushing clods; while the Mississippi
from ST. Paul to Little Fails can afford TO- turn
min 1t almost any point and has water pow
erenough to do the manufacturing for . Con-
tinent 80. - - tx ~, 49,, .,- 90.
Our natural meadows produce grass from
four 70 six feet high, and the beefkilled off our
prairies is quito equal to any stall fed we I ave
ever eaten Our vcnison is fine. at ten cents
per pound, rabbits, prairie hens, lpartridges,
ducks, &c., plenty. Thousands Of bushels Of
Aeorns for the hogs that ore not here ia" eat
them. :, Fuol for the labor Of cutting and haul
ing off the ground; and there is no likelihood
Woods extend from this place some twenty
miles or more, down this side Of tho river and
from eight to twelve miles back Our prairics
are !, dotted with strips Of wood land, coax
ODenines which Just look like. old orchards,
dense thickets of plum trees bearing delicious
fruit, grape vines, doing likewise, thousands of
acres Of hazel bushes and strawberry vines, en-
eaQed in the same business; while some hun
dred acres are in the cranberry trade and turn
connot be excelled. The blackberries red rasp-
berries and hops tack up their shingles in the
woods !; and seldom dissappoint the most san
guine expectations Of their customers. There
10 still land ten or fifteen miles back which set
tiers can get, at government price, by building
cabin and living on it until it comes into
market. Actual settlers can buy lots here at
from one TO FIVE hundred dollars and speculs-
tors can have the same lots at from FIVE to df-
Gem hundred 4 y: ,-s...-.. 4s..ii VI: 5..,..
in some of the river towns back, places that
will be pleasant villages, lots can be had gratis
by those who will build and live on them
This in places where q house can be built for
fifty dollars, that would be palace compared
to the aens rented in large cities for 4 and 5
dollars per month, while the lot, with only the
aid Of \ grabbing hoe and few days labor, |
would bring vegetables to feed q family, and
every township has 600 acres appropriated to
the support Of schools.
Seventy Thousand acres are appropriated to
q State University. a hneS building has already
been erected for the use Of that institution. 1t
8 situated ! 81. Anthony,sb built Of stone on an
eminencs commanding view d che falls, and
no State in the unionghass 81 better foundation
for good system 81 popular education. No
other prairie State Is 80 veil Numbered as Min.
nesota and no State more abundantly supplied
with clear water. Z ID the countrysurrounding
st. Cloud and IS far North and West asIwehaye
any reliable account, settlers ind no difiicults
Lard r1SrlaSnNr Skrn1r frAnv-
rarent lake with plenty Of timber at hand for
building, fencing and fuel, and as the land on
tha Vast side Of the Upper Mississippi is only
onan Il .amntinn there Is little onnortunitY.l