St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-11-09
STATE NnWs.
"A Saltwater correspondent Of the Press
INDUCES in the following, which We are in
clined 10 think is rather s.stretched ~

"A saltwater correspondent OF Inc <feSS
INDUCES in the following, which We are in
clined to think is rather ''stretched:"
A PR1scELY 1xcoxE.--A farmer living in
the lower part ofti,is ceunty-whose name
farm just an even twenty-five thousand
even twenty-five thousand dollars. making
his income from his wheat crop alone just
equal to that Of the President of the Uni
ted States.
II confirmation Of the above, We find the
following in the Saltwater Mes,enger:
The crop of wheat harvested by Mr..
Treager, Of Cottage Grove, WAS even larger
than we give him credit for week ago; his
crop amounting to 5000 bushels, which
he sold for $25.O00 Won't some of our
friends give US an interes, in small farm
ExoRnous VE0ErABLss.-We clip the
following, concerning enormous beets and
remarkable yield Of wheat, from the
Saltwater Messenger:
Our friend, Hon. j. Il. Soule, Of Grant
township. Washington county, presented
us yesterday with trio of beets which We
think will ''beat" the world. The first
weighs 164 pounds-is sound and perfect
The second measures Is inches in circum-
ference, % inches in length and weighs
144 pounds! The third is indescribable
1t is combination Of beets-four in num-
ber-all from the same seed, but interla-
cling in serpentine order and forming a
most singular combination
Mr.. Angus, Stcggeman, of this county
harvested 100 bushels Of wheat from %
acres of ground This crop was raised in
the town of Alton, and IS an average Of
nearly 48 bushels to the acre!
The Lake City Leader contains the fol-
lowing items:
Mr.. J. jerks, Of Sugar Loaf Valley, left
At our Office turnip beet measuring S2
inches round, and weighing ISL pounds.
We have on our exhibition tables . cab
bage grown by George C. Stout, which
weighs thirty and one-half pounds and
measures fifty nine inches around it!
The st. Paul Press speaking Of cabbage
the reporters saw at the Merchants Hotel,
says:
When first pulled it weighed. with the
stump on. forty three pounds, and after re-
moving all superhuities and preparing it
for boiling, the weight was thirty-two
pounds. Some beets are also on exhibi-
ton which weigh eleven pounds each.
Minnesota is ''some" on vegetables
Gov Miller has written to President
Johnson and Secretary Harlan, protesting
against the reprieve of the Indian murder
crs, Little Six aud Medicine Bottle. The
people of the State are justly indignant At
the tardiness Of justice, which lets these
villains still live.
"A barge load cf wheat belonging to
John Robson. was sunk Mt the r. r. El..va-
tor last Saturday. 1t contained !, 3,0OO bush
els, and was insured in the Home Insur-
ance Co. 1t is not known what caused the
sinking Of the barge, as the watchman had
gone away for short time. and on his re-
turn found it sunk Winona Republican.
The St. Peter Tribune has been enlary-
ed to \ seven-column paper We are glad
to see this evidence Of prosperity on our
cstemporary.
We understand that some of the finest
woolcd, pure Spanish Merino sheep hat
have ever been brought to the western
may be seen at the farm of Mr..
William Cutler. Of Mclean township, for
merly the residence of Judge Nelson
These sheep have heen selec: ed with much
care and at grea. expense, from the finest
tlocks in Vermont, which are the finest in
the world.-Press.
The Rochester REPUBLICAN says James
Winter Of Plaihvew raised 1900 bushels Of
wheat on forty acres Of ground-an av-
erage Of forty bushels 10 the acre.
ACCIDENT Last evening, while riding
in company with Miss Katie !:
Sylvester, on the prairie below tswn, Miss !
NJ. J. Smith, principal Of the public schools
Of this place, met with an accident so Sc ;
rlous in its nature, that for time, death
seemed its inevitable result. While riding |
at fair speed, the horse stumbled and fell i
on lis knees, and the rider in attempting
to leap from him. caught in the bride reins
and the horse, in turn became .entangled in
her riding habit, and commenced rearing
and kicking at a fearful rate, the lady all /
the time h lding to his bits, with her feet
still fastened in the rcins Katie jumped |
from her horse .s quickly as possible and j
with the assistance Of Master, Clarence ;
Bryant, who happened to be ns,r ''the
scene OF action" succeeded in extricating .
Miss Smith from her perilous situation.
aud saving her life. The horse by kicking !;
and paving, had succeeded in divesting !
his rider Of almost all her clothing, tearing !
her skirts and dress into fragments. -
= Altogether, it was the most, miraculous
escape from death We have heard of Tor
many days. The only n,jury she sustained
wasia bruised hand, caused by a s,roke
from one OF thesfront feet Of the horse-M
Peter 7Iibrne. :,
Anu .lNa.-Several days ago .'gay and
happy youth" oftwenty summers. just from
the country, rushed into the Office Of the
Deputy. Assessor of this county and inquir-'
ed, "Is this the place where to Get lioen-r
ses !'h TIE official answered, *'Yea, verify,
At your ssrvice, SIR" and dirscted2tke anx-
ious inquirer to the b-Deputy Assessor,
ny waive Of the hand and 4 gentle nod Of
the head. The ''sub' glanced hastily At
the applicant ind at once concluded in his