St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-11-26
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! AsTREsouaoss THAT A. ARR TRIBUTARY.
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s.THE CHIEF INTERIOR EMPORIUM
of ALL OF THE TR ABE OF THE
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j. a. Wheclock, ESQ.,, chief editor
OF tic St l';r:l !!1~4x, who is with the
Treaty patty that goes vi Il Gov Ram
xcy to the Rcd Lake 'c6dntry, in cor
rcspohaetcc to the Press, pays the tol-
lowing ytst tribute to St. Cloud, itsI
present. rroSpe4ity ada Tho 'ptdud fa-i
turc that is in store for it.:
ST. Ct.GUD.
Whit the nucleus is riding ON through
the smooth and beautiful prairie west Of
St. Cloud, turn back to Look at the beau
tlful town, spread out tlinly, but far and
wide, like an eagle spreading his wings for
flight, TO the green verge ofthe bluffs which
here line the Mississippi. 1t is lively
town; though how it got here, away out on
what most people think the farthest edge
Of the frontier, seems q little strange to the
casual observer.
None Of your sickly. mushroom vcgeta
tons this, bnt a sapling Of vigorous and
lusty growth, firmly rooted in the strong
Teatonic subsoil which is the chronological
base Of tic county Of Stcarns, while the
ri III m6uld of Yankee wit whick ovcr,ics it
furnishes the luxuriant a,:d rapid growth.
MIXED POPULATION.
The mixture of the Dutch dHikali with
tho Yankee acid, makes light and spark
ling cfierresAd1fce of life In f1re' streets of
The young city, like the foaming and ebth
licnt scillitz which antidotes the nights
debauch, and a draught Of: it is good, like
that, 10 take TO settle the headaches and
the pestilcnt humors Of the dizzy ovcrlifc,
you live down there at st. Paul.
LAGER BEER VS. wHIsKy.'
The dual clements Of population in this
town arc charact cristically represented in
the rivalry between Lager Beer and Whis-
ky, as popular beverages. The heavier
and grosscr fluid like the German element
far surpasses the other in quantity, but
what the Yankee whisky wants in quanti-
ty it more than makes ur in intensity, and
whisky accordingly prelominates in inau-
ence, if not in gallons. )" 80
RESOURCES OF TIE COUNTRY. H..
OF course, I am not trying to account
FOR St. Cloud, by these chronological meta
phors. Back Of ethnology in the chain of
ca&sa'ioh-though some of our philoso-
piers don't see titles geography; and
back ofthe ST. Ctos,d UHt c,mah and Yan-
kcu lies the wondrously beautiful Sank
Valley west and soutl, of it, millions OF
acr.s, like it, of the best soil in the world
in which there lies stores of -undcvelopcd
wealth, sufficient % make the whole green
plateau on which St. Cloud is scattered, UP
and down for two or three miles along the
river, one thronged and compact mart 81
golden grain ..;.
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Just now, however, the Agricultural re-
sources of the district for which St. Cloud
is the emporium, have little to do with the
hubbub Of business in its streets.
The Indian scare this simmer has paral-
yzed the agricultural industry of this re
gion, and StC!oul has become the depot
of supplies for tue chain of military post s
which stretch thence westward to Aber-
crombie, and southwark in several direc
lions, as it is the depot for the trade and
travel TO the Red River Valley.
WAREHOUSES; OF BURBANK AND NEW.
Sun,
II. c. Burbank, and his capa cious stores
and stables, and Capt. r. NJ Newson and
his Com1nfssncy Warehouses, are the great
;centers of activity, the sun and moon from
whose lrradations Of pork and, -four, and
horses and mules, &c., this Whole region
derives its light and warmth.
=, WHAT ST. CLOUD WILL Be.
The immense trains now moving, back
ward and forward over the broad plains
between St. Cloud and the Red River, arc
deepening Che track, laid out by 'Durbank
and Blakeley four years ago when We pas
sed over it, Of future commerce which is
destined to make St. Cloud one of the lar
gest commercial cities IN the Stale. Its
geographical position, relative to the head
Of Lake Superior, and the Mend Ut raviga-
ton on The Mississippi, gives 'it the com
mand of both the great outlets toward the
East. It occupies, So to speak, the conhu-
When. the railroad from St. Cloud to St..
Paul and the Land Railroad from st. Cloud
to Superior ore completely it. uill spring
at once to The rank sof the. chief interior en-
.po/ium Of uU The trade Of lie North-,cest
o4,,~ 4af III c., BURBANKsu yr j.. !.
H. C. Burbank has .evinred his faith in
its destiny. by building residence for him
self on, scale Of palatial beauty suitable
to The grandeur of the anticipated, city, and
this eloquent aomicilr is all the hiorc clio
quent testimdhy to his confidepCs'ih the
future, ;inasmueh as III C..iisI unmarried,
and Of couEse can haye NO possible use for
such az edifce, except the ,d metaphysical
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