St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-10-03
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ds,ss iseota aeak aepeGRgs, .taiekets Of
Yheo Aood and wild plum and -ha2le brush
Saml1a aYSMasTaUleRyrN ma1shes-
nat,ral ueAadws dim, from. two to 81
tona>fsAl1oW rtase. 4 ores-cleaT streams Of
Wa tdds ParaI6zs ases2i think there
N.Ateapei93ss in our S9usnty
6kS119 AnsaA covered with / oak trees, on
A4lAhkef a,streern Or lake, furnishing 4
l&naHng Sits fr q, nobleman,, with clean
Mahis Seady fos, tue 1plow, tamarac' swamp
oE papla grave. 10 furnish fencing materi-
1,,spd ~lt tho timber family would want
~ Aa1a IN, 4 century The land once bro.
fsno qbpIit hsal TIE Soa' ,rotteJ, there are no
Sloa46 break, Il turns over from the plow
ika 40 aSbo heap !, It never bakos and
iftsrtwdweaka II, hot sun without rain,
Phasa igeneo oatyr Ind scrapiug of the top,
found the earth quite moist less than two
Inches Fq@ ia surface. The great album
dance Of hakeaaub streams makes it high
- Nimprobabla that Northern Minnesota
can ever suffer from droughts The oldest
Mbahitant has bore to record aud the
pFod19tiyelesa, Of the soil is almost equal
tothat of tha:Ca ifornia Valleys. l had
one turnip sent ME weighing II pounds
Wild gnpef; blatkbcrries, strawberries,
r,spberries,, gqoseberries, wild plums and
cTanberriess, + have Isabella grape vines
jNhich.Gvsd THO last winter without any
shelter, tahd are very vigorous now and
~ expect to raise apples, cherries and
ptuhs IL abundance. Peaches are prob
lenaticaL. s>sr 3D.
PRICE OF noMEs-coUNrnY WEST
.: No better timc can offer to men aud
women Of sn1an; means who want to &C.
qpire homes: 81 900 will make home
ia thatsconstry equal TO $4,000 estab-
lishmene 'm'the Middle States. You have
an idea THAT st: CLOUD, little town of
over 1000 inhabitants and near 100
milsa North: West Of St. Paul, is away out
Nest, and!pntty nearly out Of the world
but this shows how little you know about
it. St. CLOUD iA quite away down East,
90 nush ioo tAat when there, feel very
much like emiyrating to the West. Carts
come 10, St. Cloud which have travelled
400 miles eastward to get there, and
they speak Of . country west Of theirs.-
These carts have no iron about them, and
are drawn by single oxen in shafts and
harness Of nlw hide, tied together with
straps instead Of buckles. They come in
hpnarsds j. string, driven by half breeds
and French Canadians, aud loaded with
rich. fuss!. They are rough. primitive
looking affairs, but occasionally one is
psipted blue and nice white cover. In
i you may End lady from tho Sascatch-
evan or Red River Valley, going to St.
Paul to do her shopping. Maybe she has
been: I weeks :oh the way and maybe only
xtecerding tbthe point At which her
Aapipcge RiR1d the train. Some Of them
Vii have their,babies along, and these are
gsAsfsa3 saaPped fast t. bit Of board
70 make them grow straight. tTha little
efeatures Look happy but it is awkward
work TO hold them. However, it is better
ttea netting baby in an upright posture,
aud compelling the soft spinal column to
bear a,weisht for which, it is entirely un-
6r: AThsse travellers cook their meals on
the Wy, and sleep in their carts or under
them and most Of the Hudson Bay
s,Co,''s furs are sent to market BY these con.
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