St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-04-12


soil? p'ow, fence, plant, hoe, mov, raise
horses, COWS, sheep, pigs, poultry. Iix
gold out Of her teeming soil; and as You
value peace and plenty. stop Jour petty
local squabbles for some little political ad-
vantage.
would rather sec one thousand good
farmers, settle in stearns County this year
than to have the State Capital removed to
St. Cloud next week. Through the center
Of the State there is glcat disappointment:
that the Legislature did not build Rail
Road, but according to my idea tie short.
est cut to Rail Road, is o"r teen,ins bins
Of grain and pastures covered with cattle
ard sheep. Let the people Of Minnesota
develop her agricultural wealth and foreign
capital will soon build her Rail Eoads.-
Few Of our farmers are moro than two days
drive from navi gable river, and when
people can raise twenty FIVE or thirty bush
els Of wheat on an acre Of land which costs
but s1.23 with 10 expense for clearing,
they can afford to wagon grain some dis
tance. Then, no country can be better
adapted for good wago2 roads There is
SO little rain and during the Ion: winters
they are smooth and hard. But granting
that it will not 7ay to raise grain in re-
mote placcs-ca:t!e and wool will bear
transportation from the most remote cor
ncr
/ would like to SEQ the iron horse in
Minnesota as we'll as any one, and believe
that erun.blins will not bring it here;
but wel'-directed industry surely will.
At Wasicja, as at every place else l met
kind, pleasant friends. Rev. j. L. White
an itinerant Methodist preacher, came with
his buggy and span of horses and insisted
upon taking the to his house. He and
his wife were Missionaries in Northern
Minnesota before ST. Cloud was thought
Of: She lived at Sauk Rapids and Watab,
and his circuit was from .Anoka to Lake
Superior and Red River, inclusive. lie
had just two members in his big church.
Mrs. BECKER who now lives near St.
Cloud and Mrs. -- (the wife Ct
that Republican up at Crow Wing who was
Char man Of the Republican State Conren-
ton before the Iast.) We had pleasant
time talking on the past, present and fu-
ture Of Northern Minnesota. IEspent nv
time in his family and that Of MIR. WILL
1AMsoS, an ex.editor, formerly Of Pa, a
man cf cultivation and refinement. Lee
tured to a full house with decided marks
Of appreciation. Went next day to Man
torviilc, and became the guest Of A!r. and
Mrs. PAIGE, a young couple who a:e ma
king a magnificent home on the best Penn
sylvania plan, roolny, airy, house sur
rounded by substantial fences, large trees,
paved walks, comfortable outbuildings
with fruit trees and shrubbery. HRS. p
and indeed a majority Of the Mantorsille
people are FROM Crawford Co. Pa, and
this part of Minncsota--Dodge Co.-looks
like Pa, rich farms well fenced, inter-
spersed with rough hills heavily timberc'l,
grand precipices from which jut out mex
haustiblc supplies Of the best building stone
in blocks Of all removable sizes, slreaav
squared, running streams shaded by a
mixture Of deciduous and evergreen trees,
1t is very beautiful and very rich in re
sources. = III In. -. ,>... ..... .--@
T was at Mr.. PA1GE's' writing my last
letter to yoa when Mr.: Bancroft came for
me. . Z stayed over Sabbath with Mr..
and Mrs. b. and started on Monday for
Rochestes. Oh! I almost forgot to say
that Mantorville has fences and looks as II
the people intended to stay there! Every
town has churches, and school houses, and
preachers, and lawy ycrs, and doctors: but
oaly about one half have feds and car
dcns:- AT -Mantorvillc Il lectured two
hours, and the people were 50 kind they
listened and applauded to the last =: i
Had an uncomfortable, tircsome ride to
Rochester,. Part Of the road was very bad
and the wind was high and cold. Got in
about half past nine o'clock, went to a |
hotel and found my appointment had failed
to come. Next morning We went { to thesoi i
fee Of the CW le:.' aud waited rntil The |!
editor MI. BLAKELr, should come ne i in.- |
When lie did.couiea' I va, bc5wiilderresdl - -
There was the editorial u room on With ali tbe
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