St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-03-28
,. ST. CLOUD STEARNS co, MINNESOTA, II

because the simple truth after al is strou-
Eger in the long run, than even the Illinois
Central Railroad COMPANY, with it, wit
machinery Of Misrepresentation, it's armies
Of ond-holders garrisoning every stock
exchange in the world, md billeted on
nearly every leading newspaper in the
country. -. :.: i'";'
+ The simple truth is, that all this stuff
about farmers moving down to Illinois
from other northwestern states IL, ~ far
as Minnesota is. concerned, pure inven-
| ton. The exact converse Of the state
ment is notoriously the fact.
We will venture the assertion that there
is not to be found in, the sickly lowlan ds
of Illinos half dozen farmers who ever
had home in Minnesota. On the other
hand, large proportion Of the population
of Minnesota is made up Of emigrants from
Illinois. ,>.. 1,
The scourge Of the lower states Of the
Mississippi Valley-fever and 'ague-an-
nually drives hordes of its pale and chat
tering victims from Illinois to repair their
shattered health in the dry, elastic air of
Minnesota-where this disease is unknown
except as an importation.
With a surface lifted thousand feet
above the sea, at once better watered and
better drained than any State in the Union,
the slope Of every undulation dipping to
the beachy margin Of some clear, cold lake
or stream, the rare and healthful atmosphere
Of Minnesota, its marvellous dryness and
serenity in winter, its electric buoyancy
in summer, have made it famous as the
sanatarium of invalids.
The robust and joyous health, the cxu-
berant energy of physical life which char
acterizes the people Of Minnesota, and the
sallow and bilious melancholy which dis
tinguishes the "Sucker" from Mankind
are as untailing indice Of the sanitary con-
ditions of the climate of the two States re-
spectively as is their fora Of its agricultu-
raj capacity. Fortunately wethave mate
rial for decisive comparison of the eli
! mate of Illinois and Minnesota.
| Minnesota, it is true, is several degrees
North of Illinois. But Humbolt and Dove
have long ago exploded the popular notion,
that climate is governed by lat,tude.--
Latitude is an element Of climate only so
far as it affects the length Of the days and
nights. Beyond this the thermometer and
hygrometer are the true exponents Of eli
mate.
Now long series Of observations at mil.
itary posts in the respective localities es-
tablish the following facts, which the isoth-
ermal lines of Blodgett have made a part Of
the familiar physical geography Of the
country: =
l. That the spring temperature Of St.
Paul { 1850 is higher than that Of Chi
cago, (44.90e.)
z. That the summer temperature of St..
Paul (70.6o) is more than three degrees
higher than that of Chicago, being in fact
the same as that of Central Illinois, South
ern Ohio, Southern Pennsylyani ia and New
Jersey. -.
8. rhatits autumn is only three degrees
less warm than that Of Chicago.
4. That its winter temperature 16.05o)
is nearly ten degrees lower than that Of
Chicago, .(25.90o.) -
5. That its annual mean temperature
(44,520) is only 24' lower than that Of
Chicago. :.. j
Now here is proof perfectly conclusive
that for the six months which embrace the
season Of growth-that is, of agriculture
Minnesota is considerably warmer than
Nortern Illinois. '',.>'-
Is this then E'the milder and more ge-
nial cline" to which our "frost- bitten"
farmers are invited?
The winter in Minnesota is thermomet-
rically colder than Illinois; but it is in
comparably less so to the sensation. The
electric dryness and stiffness of the winter
air here neutralizes the sting which there
is whetted and barbed by moisture, driven
in by winds and clinched by an5impaired
digestion. Here it is the season Of social
enjoyment-.of appetite and love; there
Of rheumatism, toothache, slush and sui
eide; Sheep go houseless here all winter
with deeces as dry as lady's muff; there
exposure kills them by thousands. .>' ~