St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-08

al IL, .its Of ll.as s.. Cloud
Norwegian. Who sold III l3eht to George - r,
Brett whe apr1Ayad and Plated L IN The spF3nS
Sf,t6. About To same tne lea r. WpspS
surYegld and plated i What b nov sallsd mi0dl6
town. wAfsh aajoins| ana lss higher n thSl1y-.
81, Wills General Lowry surveyed, aid plated
upper town, called Lovfy'J Additon, IL Win
tsrifeilewias, Il Has Ne. Hilson Who 4eye
The town Tho name Of st. Cloud; by this name
is Il: iase5ees.t.a e e, Winter Ct KS .fe
Sank Rapids = the Upper tevn: The poet office q ics
dustrious and we'll TO do German Cstholios.-
The Catholic chapel e here, and the bell abe-
longing to It, 10 tbs first church going ben ia
Stearns County and has Also: the distinction 81
being the first audible in Sherburneand Benton
counties which corner on the opposite aide Of
the river. There too is school kept BY com
psny Of nedictine Nuns whore music, draw
ing, needlework and German are well taught
by ladies Of polished manners; and unusual
proficiency. GkoA vI5siUrs{3 r.3LT4c -
Lower town has two protestant churches, In
process Of erection, one quite completed We
have aspubllc school in the Everett School
house, and handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett The engines Of an ex-
cellent saw mill and planning mill, sash facto-
~ and Of good Touring mill arc this mo-
ment putting away within half a 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 SO 0rasshoppers came tn .
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, Destroying thegreater portion Of the
crops. They deposited their larvse and died.
Early in the spring Of 81 the young brood
cane out and made such, havoc that serious
fears Of famine were entertained by 3 large
portion OF the people; but they left in July, and
SO many Of the late crops survived, that with
did not appear, there was q large amount Of
food. In autumn it became question wheth-
or 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 to
ask contributions. When this became known
in Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing measure as altogether unnecessary, and
one calculated to do tho country great injury
by preventing emigration in the spring The
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 81 90, wheat
~A1SV, VAtSD OvV We. dAN VIC AbV0 ucaTu VI no
instance in which any have suffered for want
Of food; while . very large proportion Of the
emigrants who had last year designed smigra-
ting to this point have been deferred by this
bugbear cry Of famine, and have, gone else-
whore The time is now past At 2 which the
arasshoppers appeared last spring, and the
minds Of the people are set on rest as the ques-
tion of whether they left lavse, last year, be-
fore they emigrated. tits 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 . crop Of some
umbered with surplus Of the 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 the Ia
borers on the Rail Road. 80. -. 49,.
A,LEx- ANDRI.A.
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