St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-07-12

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It WAS incorporated IN the winter Of IS sc. -
The Laid 0&es was REMOVED in April 81 Eom
saak Rapids toths Upper town, Thepose e@cs
il in Middle town, which is inhabited by in
dustrious and svell TO Do German Catholics
The Catholic oAapel ishefe, and the bell be-
longing to it, 10 the first church going bell in
bsing the hrst audible In Shsrburne aud Benton
counties which cozpsrg on the opposite side of
the river. There too 10 . school kept by com
ApIny sof 6sne4ittins Nunswh1rv 1nade,s draw
Ing, needlework and German are wen taught
by ladies Of polished manners; and unusual
proficiency. = =. e t s2EEzs3 I,
Lower town has two protestant churches, in,
process Of erection, ono quite completed We
have public school in the Everett School
house, and handsome Library dedicated by.
Hon. Edward Everett. The engiaes of IN ex-
eellent saw mill and planning min, sash fscto-
ri; and Of good Aouring 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 of'56 Grasshoppers came to .
cloud and settled down in this and adioining
counties, destroying the greater portion Of tho
crops. They deposited their larv1e and died.
karly = tho spring Of 81 10 Young brood
came out and made sach havoc that serious
fears OF famine were entertained by = large
portion Of the people; but they left in July, and
30 many Of the late crops survived. that with
the full crops Of particular places, where they
did not sppear, thsro was . large amount Of
food. In autumn IL beesms : question wheth-
er there was enough fer winter consumption
with what the peoplehsd the means Of purchas-
ing from below. - The German settlers were
generally Of the opinion that there was not, and
tke Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to
AJAX contributions. When this became known
in Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing measure ~ Altogether UNNECESSARY, and
one calculated to do the country great. injury
by preventing emigration in the spring. Tho
Correctness Of this .yiewof the case il nov pro-
ven. The third wesk Of May is here, potatoes
sell at 26cts. per hushel, corn, s., Co.,, wheat
$l,26, oats, 50 cts. and wehave heard Of no
inseanoeAn 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
whore. The time ID now past 1T which, the
Grasshoppers appeared last spring, and the
minda Of the people set on rest 10 the ques-
ton Of whether they left laws, last year. she-
fore they emigrsted. 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 s crop, Of some
thing good to eat, We expsct next fall to DO On.
numbered with a7surplus oftha good things Of
his life, and to inundate st. Anthony Mime
apolis and St. Paul, with vegetables and grain
after supplying the Pine regions and tho la
borers on tho Rail Road. 5Ss% =,