St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-01

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SAINT CLOUD.
St. Cloud Is tho point At which the Req Riv
CT trains cross thu Mississippi on their way t,
81. Paul, which proves It to be the natura
function Of land travel between these two grea
arteries Of trads.- It Il At the present head O
steam navigation on the Mississippi. Boat!
run regularly. during the Spring gand early
Summer months, from st. Anthony to thi'
place. az %ssi1zTs5 az
The map gives its position correctly Will
reference to All tho most important points il
the Territory, but the peculiar beauty Of it:
location, and fertility Of the surrounding coun
'7ry can not be transcribed Within fftecr
mile of St. Cloud, on opposite sides Of tn
RIVER, and at different points of the compass
are eight lakes varying in sizo from mile tt
miles in circumference, all, save one, beau
taxi, exceedingly, three Of them at least, deer
enough to Aoa, man of-war. Wooded banks
clean peebly shores plentifully mixed with
cornslian; and waters abundantly supplied
u :th fish 49,, $500
When Gov. Stevens made his survey Of q
northern railroad route to the Pacific in '53,
be camped son the western side Of the Mis-
siss;ppi below Sank Rapids" The place was
namsless-the present site Of St. Cloud; but it
is here his route leaves the river. In the sum
MGR Of '03 claim cabin was built on the spot
where we now write, . good saw mill, the
frame Of ! large Hotel and eight otter dwell
ings were put up that summer. This last fall
there were three hundred and thirty-two votes
pulled in til. precinct. Not tile votes Of lndi-
or Half Breeds, for there are none hcre.-
4 majority Of the Inhabitants Of the country
Arc hardy Gernaus, with sturdy wives aud
children cultivating the soil aud working at
mechanical eanployments.. 80
Tile subsoil is sandy and although the soil is
from Qua to three feet deep, a rich black loan
supporting !: rank vegetation, the drainage is
50 perfect an'l the Dir 50 pure that, breathing
is y perpetual pleasure. AS yet, our phys1-
Clans have discovered no diseases peculiar to
the climate, no inaeg .nious complaint except
the minnesota Appetite which requires one
fourth more treatment than y modest Pennsyl-
vAnie or Ohio attack Of a corresponding dis
ease. 49, .~- 49, -:
Any body who wants to drink whiskey in
peace had better not come here, for the treaty
by which the land was acquired from the Sioux
forbids its Introduction; and the Legislature
has passed q 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
tbs means Of pecuuiary independence are bet
ter combined. '-.-.> q"
There are Immense tracts Of pinelying above,
from which the mills at st. Paul, St. Anthony,
and the Minnesota Valley are supplied. These
employ large and cver-increasing force, Of
men, horses sud oxen, who arc to be Supplied
With provisions, clothing and feed: The soil is
waiting for an opportunity to produce unlimi-
tel quantities Of food, without troubling the
farmer crushing clods; while tho Mississippi
from St. Paul to Little Falls can afford to- turn
mill at almost any point and has water pow
or enough to do the manufacturing for Con-
tincnt -, - >.r,H E<s~s>*s*-
Our natural meadows produce grass from
four to six feet high, and the bsefkilled of our
prairies is quite equal to any stall fed We Fave
ever eaten Our venison is ine at ten cents.
per pound, rabbits, prairie hens, cartridges,
ducks, &c., plenty Thousands Of bushels Of
avo:ns for the hogs that are not here to eat
them. Fuel for the labor of cutting aud haul
ing OF the ground; and there is no Likelihood
Of the supply running out soon as the "Blg
Woods" extend ffom this place? soma twenty
miles or more, down this side ofthe river and,
from eight to twelve miles back Our prairics
are a dotted with strips of wood land, soak
Openings which just look like old orchards,
dense thickets Of plum trees bearing delicious
fruit, grape vines, doing likewise, thousands Of
acras Of hazel bushes and strawberry vines, en-.
ra2cd in tile same business; while some hum
drel acres are in the cranberry trade and turn
out an article, which for quantity and quality
connot be exceled. The blackberries red rasp-
berries and hops tack up their shingles in the
wood. AMI seldom dissappoint the most SAN
guine expectations Of their customers. There
Is still land ten or fifteen miles back which set
tiers can get, ut govern nent price, ny building
cabin aud living on it until it comes into
market. Actual settlers can buy lots here at
from one to FIVE hundred dollars, and specula-,
tor. can have the same lots at from FIVE to tif-
cen hundred
In som, Of che river towns back, places that
will b, pleasant villages, lots can be had gratis
by tho3e WAC will build and live on them.-
This, in places where d house can be built for
ifty dollars, that would be palace compared
to the dens rented in large cities for and o
dollars per mouth, while the lot, with only the
aid Of y grubbing hoe and a few days labor,
would bring vegetables to feed family, and
every township has $40 acres appropriated to
the support Of schools: :; - - -:
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
a State University. 4 fine building has already
boen erected for the use of that institution. It.
, situated o st. Anthony, built of stone on IN
eminence commanding a view of the falls, and
no State in the Union has better foundation
for a good system Of popular; education. No
other prairie State is 50 we'll timbered as Min
,,ota and no State more abundantly supplied
with clear water. In the country surrounding
-. Cloud and as fay n orth and West as We have
sny reliable account, settlers find no dificults
in locating land on u running stream or trany-
r1arsnt lake with plenty Of timber, at hand for
building, fencing and fuel, and as the land on
the West side of the Upper Mississippi is only
open to pre-cmption, there is little opportunity
for spectators, and settlers have assurance OF
nsi9hbors and that rapid increase in the value
IL IA ;x, mil nixanfanas Nhich