Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-06-24
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70 Ato tnAt lev lines
ron the NOrthwsstern Metropolis would
not b. uniniercsting 70 your readers. And
oEing tAe Democrat more than one favor
will eudeavor % -rite a short letter Of mis-
eeilaneous 'iems vhioh viii not Dc unaocep-
table 70 - Editor aad proprietor. Mn
nesoia - great state. and 81 PAul j. 20
be great CITY. The State is large terri
torially. and Is RAPIDLY becoming papulou..
- . ~ capital. - Paul Ninne.ota IA.
many adsaniasvs over Illinois. Iowa. Ne
braska and kansas
llhnois soh D. Llrnsrs ccncraiiv uoglJ
he pronounced superior 20 Minnesota. d.
Illinois generally Is lacking 10 wool land.
bai!dIng stone. material for brick. living
~ater. ard indeed stock water. good roads
aud bsilding lumbcr. In winter through
oct Illinois. Tie climate Is wrctehcI. mud
frost and snos alternating every week. ana
oiten ner- A farussr cannot 70 ten miles 70
NH Nth q wagon. without needing a sled
% return 18th snd race rcrsa. ~ be- needs
stone foT cellar wall or a weu ho must
generally 70 forty miles by rail rad or ca
nal % gct a. II BE- wants uood or coal 70
burn b Nuss hNul q not unire,yucnslv twea-
~ milcs. generally not ie.s than ten.
Stock water ia August and Septeubrr b. IN
many locahiics very scarcr. AM cattl. Of
ter have - be- driven mice o. water. This
% the case IN Iowa. Nebraska and Kansas.
lAinois - a better stat tia. either Kansas.
Nebraska or Iowa.
In iIinois the corn and hay crop. and the
irult crop - >outhern Illinois. ar the onlv
surc croPs. Mh-at and oats arr a. often
failure ~ othersisc IN Iuiaofs. Either Of
ti'e States mentioned are poor States Cor
sheep. on account ofthe vet weather IN tAe
fall and -int.r. AMI .oft. muddy soil ~hich
induces boot disease. thoarh Ia some Local
nics sheep do vel IN Illinois. n thev are
carefully horici anl shclierrd IN -et wealth
er. Cattie and horses suffer in the asu.
states from disease. of the liver quite as
moch a. human bcing.. There .. scarceIv
a buliock ave years old raiscd in Illinois
and butcherci. bet has a li-s-ased liver. q.
all butchers can testify. And the people Of
these States have yllow eyes ani iaandic.
81 oompleuons. Bilious ii-ca-,-. prevail 70
a great extent. Msnncsota. on the other
hand has an abaniancc of pure living water
On nearly every 80 acre lot: Gn manv Of
shs snail streams are foana tile sp-ck led
trosf.l thc besi buiiding stone in the coun-
try and equaily -cil Distributed throurh The
state q picnty Of wood land and buildlng
iambcr. pine. chcsinut. bassuooi. bla~E
walnut sc. M'nnssota has large suraru,a-
Pie iorvsts. and watcr poser f1r machinery
Ahoands on every stream. She has a pure
dry atnospberr. both IN summer anil -in-
Ter. Scarvcly Any de~ falls here IN II.
faul have at IN the open arr With a
siarrhcd amen coat until lace at night . ith-
out pcrccPtibis Affecting the starch in the
Hnsn. Ia llhuois g vou.d have gathered
saficient daapucss from the atmosphere 10
have Wct q ih-o1gh.
The roads are eooi 81 az seasons q the
YEAR. In viuter y u winter snow fsu.
too feet dep ami renains on uu spring
srsrceiy damp day during the winter.
stra- and hay stsek. standing au winter
are very hitlc bielched and injured. even
on ii1s surface. Sheep and cattle DO fsr
better here withoat shelter thsn ia Illinois
hey are siso far healthier 'rbe butchers
inform me that thsy fnd ~ deceased iise-.
Ihe soil b. not 81 dep ard ri,has ~ ILL.,
nn's. There % more sand in -. vet al.
crops ~ quite a. vaiustie per aere. snd
wheat. oats ard all kinds 81 vegetables sr,
sure. laefc never has been fsiiure Of
these crur- in Minnesots have found
the test potatoes. carrots r1rsnirs. e..
herc that ! ever as. Tbe airat i- .f be-
tsr quality ihan lIirai. wheat. .u.. .b bee
trr to rar g. ...lt irtirht to Chiraro.
h1f ~'rf .. a1 uneerfain crop on account
oi irasts. ttolrh the best o. corn. Iuiaois
ard soufhern corn. BE- raised here. iu fave.
raoie seasons Oats and Lav are abur1snt
Tor Ne~ Ear,snd people sho desire Or en-
i1raic Eesf. w adricc is before Iorr.nr
look 81 Minnssota But n thev arc veil
or cou. fortabiy 'liuated in Neu ErrIsaI
DO not emigrafe nau. I baI rather rs.
in Ncv EorItad. than sny ~hcr- in tLe
Eorid - as aisice is stay at home it
gon caa. Ne- Lng'tnI people are more
intel. sent. better behaved. uiore hBaesf.
n,orc in.lus;rioas. better booking. i've ia
better t9ases sleep on better beis. sit a.
better tahies. ride ia better csrrarcs sod
on better roads. worsh.p .n better chareb.
cs. dr,ss in better cloth slucate'til ir ,Lil-
lr,u BOZ better .eh3ois. ani make more m8n-
ey than ans other people in tbe usrH