Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-11-06

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left home on the 26lh OF August
last, and went to the state of MINI
esota 10 recruit my health which
had so far failed me that | was un-
able TO attend 10 business. As my
intimate friends are aware | was
laboring under heavy cough and
an occasional hemorrhage of the
lung, and was quite reduced
in flesh, and almost despaired
of relief. was induced to make
the tour. and on the last day of Au-
gust arrived at St. Anthony, a
town whose inhabitants claim a
population Of about 1900. 1t is a
town some two miles in length
along the East bank Of the Misss-
sippi river opposite st. Anthony
Falls, and is connected with MINI
eapolis on the other side OF the riy-
er by suspension bridge Mimi
eapolis is said to contain a like
number of inhabitants with st. An
thonv, but at present is a much
more lively business place, and has
grown to what it is in about eight
years. The Falls lying between
the two towns afford an almost in
eyhaustlble water power, which, if
improved and put to its utmost ca
pacity, would far excel any other
power in the United States.
THE PAST SEASON.
Minnesota, like Indiana and
some other States has suffered with
drouth, and from information | am
of the opinion that rain has been
as scarce there as here, and corn
crops confirm the opinion. There
was no damage o! consequence
from frosts; but slight traces of the
August frost visible.
CROPS.
Corn crops compare favorably
with Indiana in quantity but excel
in quality, having sustained no
damage from frosts. | saw a man
husking out his corn in the field,
and he informed me that he was
getting sixty bushels to the acre on
that piece, as near as they could
come at it measured in the wagon
bed. Other fields will not m;&e
ANYTHING and others more or less.
The wheat yield is said to be
Hight. Upon inquiry found the
yield lowest l3 and highest 33
bushels to the acre, the average this
season probably Is to 22 bushels.
Oats light, highest found upon in
quiry 52 bushels to the acre.
PRICES OF GRAIN &c.
Corn 7jcents per bushel, wheat
50 to to o. cts, oats 80 10 10 cts, po-
tatoeS 90 to 80 els per bushel, hay
& to 81 per ton, wood 1 to S. per
cord, wool 40 to 80 cts per pound.
APPEARANCE OF THE COUNTRY.
Variegated with timber and prai :
rie. Lands level or undulating,
and interspersed with lakes of
sparkling waters. Near the large
water courses the land is generally
bluffy and sandy, and not so valua-
able as at some distance from riv-
ers. Soil very black and deep and
even, with a mixture of more or
less sand and in parts a gravel, and
other places, a clay subsoll. The
praireis generally level or pleas
antly rolling. The roughs or brush
lands between the prairie and tim
Der lands, are uneven and hIlly,
with sand and gravel soil, and gen
orally clad in oak shrubs and dwarf
trees. The timber land proper, is
generally, as far as my observation
extended, clay subsoil, and consid-
cred the best soil for corn, winter
wheat, and potatoes. The timber
consists of oak, sugar-maple, bass
wood or linden, elm, black and
white walnut, and ash and some
! other minor varieties.
THE Atmosphere.
Is pure and 5racing, and hence
is healthy and invigorating. 1t is
well adapted to the relief of inva-
lids suffering from chronic diseases
and general debility, and especial
iy for those laboring under bron
CHA! and pulmonary affections.
Ii would appear from the great
number of patients who have gone
to Minnesota, aud realized lnestlm-
able advantages from tour, or from
permanently settling there, that IA
ture had designed it as great hos
pital for the relief of he afflicted.
!, People have flOcked there from all
parts of this country and many from
other countries tor health, and IN a
great majority OF cases have realIz
ed benefit beyond their most san
guine expectations. | am one o
that number, and having spent bu
about forty five days In the state
and added to nv weight - pounds
and strength in proportion, car
therefore recommend, from nv
oun observation and exDerience. n