St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-07-31


but not .srs y thaa Sslsls I ksss NJ. l. Tass
nan lives preaeAiy d lie ss.a.e s.y,s hisllA-
X did anl his ssa 4 Is remai1r here viii e.
ov j Ia fo,,steps sf u, gtashsr Bvsey-
hing s-inces dsl.pid..ion "a sssiect. This
family scarcely know what dou, l.. the peepss
i've largely upon corn meal: Their house, .
large. barn looking affair, buih Of ioss. l. Ass.
Eitute Of the simplest articles offur.iturs, aaA
the whsle family seem haif=st.r1ed, they look
70. Their sallow, ead.vsrous sppessssss 10
only thai Of , majority of oil the pesrls Ihs~s
yet seen in tho humber walks Of life. and do
not remember to have seen bu, two .ruddy, joi-
" looking, Middendorf men since I entered
the State. verify believe thst their cora
meal diet and want Of plenty Of good, whole
some food have much to do With it. caa't
see why it should be- otherwise. The country
is not unhealthy; it is high and fres-tbis
portion-fron swsmps and lev lands. III
remember correctly Tishomingo county il r.
turned in the census report - one Of ths
healthiest counties Of the Union. Nhy, then.
50 many cadavorous looking men and woman!
| do not exsggerate or wish TO make things sp-
pear worse than they really ars. These pse-
pie are, pr should be. Americans-but Issssrs
you, though they are southernsrs. TOO. I have
never met with white people living in such 3d.
jest poverty, having 50 little knowledge Of the
world, and SO stupidly ignorant Thank Godl
an Lot poor man in the State Of Mississippi!
I WAS afraid to reco@mend our neighbe.s t. 70
to Red River country for the reason that oas
of our piping prairie winds would carry the
whole family of and they would never stop
until brought up against the walls Of f. Gary
or some other obstacle. The most would
venture WAS to name . location Oh some sssy
small prairie back Of: St. Cloud. aud I think
with . few pounds Of clay sub-soil on their
feet and good Minnesota system Of dieting
We might keep them through the frat year
safe from win and weather.
Here, where nature is 80 prodigal, it IL real
" unaecountable how few kitchen x.rdeas
there sre. My neighbors have no garden It
all. Many have very small ones and evsa The.
large farmers seem to h.v. but vsry few v.s-
etables growing. Many have fine flower xsr.
dsns and great care seems to be taken in trim
ming the shade trees and in having their hou-
Sea completely hid by dense masses Of foliage.
have noticed many fine forest trees sawed of
about half way up from the lower branch-this
causes them to spread and grow nicely round
ed on top. have not been able to get, nsr-
have I seen = pea, bean, beef or onion, aud .
but few new pstatoes. If they have gardsns.
many of them, they are not near the house
where one would expect 70 see them. sit noe
incredible that any one should b without
plenty Of vegetables here whore such thins,
can be raised almost the year around?
But the great space already occupied warns j
me that l must postpone much thai would
like to say until another time. Should he
able to take an hour or 80 soon, you win again
hear from me-
Yours Truly. +, =.
We are glad to receive communica.
ton from our old friend 'Y," aud hope be
will continue to write as frequently Is his
duties will permit. With these letter.
and the interesting ones We are permitted
to publish. from Mr.. Kinkead, eur read
ers will be kept we'll posted in regard to
the movements of the Second Minuesoe.
Battery, together with the character of
he country throuoh which thov n.,,