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

the elimate, no indeg .nious, complaint except
the ..Minnesota Appetite which requires one
Fourth moro treatment than modest Pennsyl-
sania OF Ohio attack Of .. corresponding dis
osse. .,..,x ...,.-.:.1: =.
!: Any body who wants to drink whiskey in.
peace had better not come here. Tor the treaty'
~ which the land WAS acquired from tho Sioux
forbids it, Introduction; and the Legislature
has passed law enforcing that provision; but
people Of moderate means and industrious hab-
= who have children TO educate. will find few
: pfnees where tho opportunity for correct moral
training, healthy development Of muscle, and
tho means Of peeuniary indsp'ndenee are bet
tof combined. 49,
+ There areimmense tracts Of pine lying above,
irou, which tho mills ct It. Paul, st. ;Anthouy,
and tho Minnesota Valley are supplied. Those
omploy large and ever increasing force of
men, horses snd oxen, who arc ia: be supplied
With provisions, clothing and feed. The soil is
vsitine Tor IN opportunity to produce unlini-
ted Quantities Of food, without troubling the
lAsuer 8 crushing elods; while the Mississippi
tfon, 81: Paul 70 Little Falls can afford to turn
mill & almost any point and has nater pow
= enough q DO Tho manu- a featuring a Tor Con"
tinent -.,-yr ;,-s-z - t...7.!aA Ez.! III.
Our nstur.l meadows produce = grass from
four d III feet High, and the beefki1ed of our
prairies Is quite equa1 to any stall fed We ave
syer eaten Our venisop 10 fine ct ten cents
81 pound, rabbits, prairie hens, partridges,
ducks. g., plenty. Thousands Of bushels Of
1sorns for the hogs that arc not here to. eat
ehen. Fuel for tho labor 81 cutting and haul
Ing 81 the ground; and there Is no likelihood
Of the supply running out soon -, q the ::Big
mile. or more, down this side Of the river and
fEom eight to twelve miles back Our prairics
arc IL dotted with strips Of wood land, coax
Oneninxs which just look like Old orchards,
DOME thickets Of plum trees bearing delicious
fruit. grape vines, doing likewise, thousands of
a6ree Of bezcl bushes and strawberry vines, en-.
.ared in tho same business; while some hun
dred acres arc in the cranberry trade and turn
out 81 itfisla, (which for quantity and quality
eonuot be excelled. The blackberries red rasp-
berries and hops taek up their shingles in the
RUNE expectations of their customers There
is stu land ten or fifteen miles back which set
sierra eau get; 1t government price. by building
:. cabin and living on it until it.eomes into
ssarket. Actual settlers can buy LOTS here At
fIom ono to i've hundred dollars, and specula-
tor, can have the same lots ct from Ave 60 hf-
son hundred sss II 2'5 ~ -, =
In some Of tho river towns back, places that
will bs pleasant Villages, lots can DO had gratis
By those who will build and live on them
,This. in places where house can be built for
6fkv dollars, that would DO palace compared
Ia he iens routed in large cities for and s
dollar, per month, while the lot, with only the
Ala Of !. erubbins hoe snda few days labor,
would bring vegetables to feed . f1mily, and
every township hiss 600 acres appropriated to
lie. support Of schools. vs.; go. =,
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
STATE University. a fine building has already
been erected Tor the use Of that institution. It
. situated 8 ST. Anthony, built Of stone on an
en,inence eommandinE syisw Of tho falls, and
no state in the Union hrs { better foundation
Tor = GOOD system sof popular education. No
other Dr.iris SsatS:is . well timbered - Min
neaota and NO 8tateg moxe abnndantly supplied
vith clear Water.s Ia IL country surrounding
r. Cloud and 60 far Nofth and West ~ We have
env relisble account, settlers ind no dif6cults
IN locating land On : raining stream or trsny-
Yasest ,.ks vith plenty e timber :. 3. h;nd for
boidins tene'ng ana iae aaa e :as I;na an On
open to prs-smption, there 10 little opportunity
6or apeculators. and settlers have assurance OF
ne;ehbori snd that rapid heresse in the value
Il their lands and in social advantaSes which
oriCe ffoua tho system Of land ID limited guam
1atfiG "a aSluaE settlers. r. .a..s
Ths country around 81. Cloud, west ~ the
lliostllappi 10 purchased 81 the Indians j.. .
&oAty mfde With them By the Hon. Alexander
lansey aud Luke Lea - 1852 and ratified by
~; ~ ssi - 1oI 1a5 81. i'd 81 sssup ;}
Tisssbexos5 1koss isad fsse6sd 1ithia four|1
snifea .neslh Ufet., Cloud. Ihefrs souttFyI VAS
06eA q The Unitsds statss hy 8 trea&ys began
M oonmissioasr M.nypsny and concluded
q Nsshinetou n Fob. 1855 and ratified by the
OsuSGg 1aa3eA' u q The Bails year. s. Ms1
0e.swl1k they ysGlevsd q their reservation oh
1sse lssh sad ea2y staes tn !, tilss