St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-08-23

sstsinnahftant I1S 1its of Lo,wsr 81. Cloud
was taken up Ias A.slaim. by iMsrting Woliy, q !
Norwegian, who sold his.fight' IS George F.
Brott, Who Surveyed and plated itin the spring
sf so .sAboutthe Same time John L. Wilson |
.urvSy ed and plAttsdwhat is now ssllsd middle
town. which adj ins and lies higher .upthe riv-
NJ while asnsral Lowry surveyed and plated
ter following. It was MIR. Wilson who gave
the town the name of St. Cloud; by this name
it was incorporated in the winter of IS &c.
The Land Odice was removed in. April '58 from
Sank Rapids to the Upper town. The post Office
lis 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 20 it, isthe hrst church going bell in
Stearns County and has also the distinction of
being the frat audi lo in Sherburneand Benton
counties which corner on tie opposite side of
the river. There too is school kept by com
pany Of Bencdictine Nuns where music, draw
ing, needlework and German are we'll. taught
by ladies' sfpolishsd menners;s and unusual
proficiency.
Lower town has two protestant churches, in
process Of erection, one quite completed We
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 mil, sash: facto-
| ~ Thu u SUOU uOuE1nS u1AA are tuAS AuV-
ment putting away within half 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'56 ,Grasshoppers came tn a
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion of the
crops. They deposited their larvse and died.
Early in the3spring Of 81 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears of famine weresentertained by large
portion Of the people; but they left in July, and
the full crops. Of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was large amount Of
food. In autumn it became question wheth.
err 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 tc
ask contributions. When this became known
in Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing measure as altogether unnecessary ano
one calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emigration in the spring. Thu
Correctness Of this view of the case is now pro
ven. The third week of May is here, potatoes
sell at 25cts. per bushel, corn s., 90, whea
81, rs, oats, 80 cts. and We have heard Of NJ
instance in which any have suffered for wan
Of food; while very large proportion of thu
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 tn
Grasshoppers appeared last spring, and tn,
minds of the people are set on rest as the ques
ton of whether they left lave, last year, be
fore they emigrated. 1t is evident that the,
went to other localities as they came here tx
eat, deposite their eggs and die. There is NJ
sign that they have left any deposits here, ant
as everybody is putting in crop of some
thing good to eat, We expect next fall to be en-
numbered with a surplus of the good things O.
his life, and to inundate St. Anthony Mime
apolis and st. Paul, with vegetables and grain
after supplying the Pine regions and the Ia
borers on the Rail Road.