St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-09-27

nOrL0er0 To1lrO0O route 10 inc E0cAAo IA Oos
he oamped ION the western side Of the Mis-
siysippi below Sank Rapids" The place was
nameless-the present site of St. Cloud but it
il here his route leaves the river. In the sum-
mer Of SIS claim cabin was built on tho spot
where We now write, q good saw mill, the
frame Of a large Hotel and eight other dwell.
ings were put up that summer. This last fall
there were three hundred and thirty-two votes
polled in the precinct. Not the votes Of lndi-
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 oultivating the soil and working at
mechanical employments. -
The subsoil is sandy and although the soil is
from one to three feet deep, rich black loan
supporting q rank vegetation, the drainage is
30 perfect and the mir 50 pure that breathing
is perpetual pleasure. AS yet, our physi-
clans have discovered no diseases peculiar to
the climate, no indeg mious complaint except
the 'Minnesota Appetite" which requires one
fourth more treatment than modest Pennsyl-
vsnia or Ohio attack of = corresponding dis
ease.
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 law enforcing that provision; but
people of moderate means and Industrious hab-
who have children to educate, viii find few
places where the opportunity for correct moral
training. healthy development of muscle, and
the means Of pecuniary independence are bet
ter combined. .a., .....
There .reimmense tracts Of pine lying above,
from which the mills at St. Paul, St. Anthony,
and the Minnesota Valley are supplied. These
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 unlini-
ted quantities Of food, without troubling the
farmer crushing clods; while the 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-
tinent Sss*sS==ss, 5s~s:szs~
Our natural ncadows produce grass from
prairies is quite equal to, any stall fed We ave
ever eaten Our venison 10 fine at ten cents
per pound, rabbits, prairie hens, partrdges,
ducks, Co., plenty. Tho,asands Of bushels Of
Aoorns for the hogs that are not here to eat
them. Fuel for the labor Of cutting and haul :
ine of the ground; and there is no likelihood
Of the supply running out Boon AZ the 'tBig
Woods extend from this place some twenty
slniles or more, down this side ofthe river and
from eight to twelve miles back. Our prairics
are a. dotted with strips Of wood land, coax
dense thickets of plum trees bearing delicious
fruit, grape vines, doing likewise, thousands Of
acres Of hazel bushes And strawberry vines, en J..
Gagged in the same business; while some hun
dred acres are in the orsnberry trade and turn
out an article, which for quantity and quality
oounot be excslleds The b1ackberries red rasp-
berries and hops taxi Up their shingles in the
woods; and seldom dissappoinlthe most SAN
S;;;ae expectations of tksir customers. There
is still land ten 81 hftssn niles back which set
tiers can get, ct government price, ny building
market. Actual settlers can buy lots here at
from one 70 i've hundred dollars, and specula-
tors can have the same lots 1t from five to- if
cen hundred e r'.'sJ. - =
In some Of the river towns back, places that
win be pleasant villages, lots can be had gratis
by those who will build and live on them
This, in places where house can be built for
fifty dollars, that would be q palace compared
to Che dens rented in large cities for 4 and s
dollars per month, while the lot, With only the
aid Of . grubbing hoe and few days labor,
every township has 600 acres appropriated to
the support Of schools. - .-,< -.
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
. State University. A hns building has already
been erected for the use Of that institution It
situated ST. Anthony, built Of stone ON an
eminencs commanding view Of the falls, and
no State in the Union has 3 better foundation
for = good system Of popular education. No
other prairie State is so we'll timbered IS Min
nesota and no State more abundantly supplied
with clear water. In the country surrounding
st. Cloud and as far North and West as We have
any reliable account, settlers find no difioults
in locating land on running stream or ;trany-
IArcnt lake with plenty Of timber at hand for
building, fencing and fuel, and Is the land, ON