The Portland daily press., 1869-08-10
1e''nss $500 per annssns, do adrance.


AiAs'et' WIN no marshes, low grounds, or
s.agnant waters to generate malaria. having
ABOUT the same population Al the citv lv;,g an
'ne AenneDec nearest its mouth. It has no
more territory and less population dep.pdep.
on its physicians and drug stores, than the
Maine city to which refer; and vet vhiIe
that city has not over ten physicians and
three drug stores, the Minnesota city Of cor
responding proportions has at least thiyty
physicians and seuen II not eight drug stores
most Of them Of large size, and apparently
doing an extensive retail business. Thess
are facts, what they prove or even merely sug-
eesf, leave for the readers own mind to In
'er. Either there must be . great deal Of
sickness here, or the few that are slck swallow
large amount Of medicine, or the physicians
ana druggists contrive 70 make . big show on
quite meagre business. a.a
~ COMPLIMENTS RETURNED.
see that my letters have drawn tAs Ore
not only Of one Of the papers OF this city, but
also of . correspondent who writes from ST.
Anthony Falls, and appears in your issue Of
the 22d inst. As my object is not eentro-
versial, and as an writing for Name read
ers, shall waste no words m reply 20 what
may be said in q paper presumed 10 have no
circulation in your State, and as your eorres-
pondent has drawn it rather mildly on me,
am not provoked to make auy elaborate re-
sponss. s3s ~ r.8.a.a 4..a.
1 am surely clad to learn that within fity
mi 60 oi the spot from which be wrote. he Is
able TO point to nifty ,arms within a. many
miles, worth rom $4,000 to $4,000 earbs
which have been so soon aecuuulated BY
wheat raising BY parties who commenced
with scarcely dime n their pockets Such
evidepce of agricultural plosperit. IS refresh
ing. and the armefs OF this State wi =, no
doubt. ieel exceedmgly grateiui Tor such evi
dence OF their Thrift. af I-4en
It is well 10 remember however thai q
thing is worth. Tor the time being, prec sey
what it may be sold TOR, or what 1t sap he
eschaneed for in articles o available uss. A
gold dollar Is worth about one hundred and
thity tive cents in currency, simp h-cause
it can be exchanged Tor that sum at toe op-
tion o. The holder, and though doushiy Enan-
cier decry paper c..rrency as wnrteless
rags" and "shin-plasters" aud issial that a
carload o, it is worth no more than so D.uch
waste paper, yet the stubborn taef remains
that. tor the p .rchases of the neeessaries or
the Iuxuries OF lie gid doaar and the afore-
said sum in eurresc, will 60 about the same
length. Robinson Crusoe threw aside the
real gold nugget" found in excavatmg his
cave, regarding 1t OF no more va us than q
common pebble, simply because It would
purchase no article demanded BY his necessi-
ties Measured BY the standard here suggest
ca, many . nan's farm, not In Minnesota
alone, would sink n vaiue tar 5elow its own
ers estimate j ..lll -ct arQo-,il i1E
iJe Your correspondent takes exceptions to
what gave as the average wheat yield per
acre in this State, in 1867, which 1 stated
was q very poor year. He mas no right to
complain only to the extent OF three tenths of
. bushel per acre. gave the average yield
at 12.2 bushels; should have said las, and II
these figures are wrong let him prefer his
complaints against the agricultural bureau at
Washington and not me. - 81 saasis-.sr
q take leave of your eorrespondent--of
whose spirit / make no complaint--Wnh the
simple remark, that il I desired to influence
Maine men now here TO return TO the sDiri-
go" State, I should seek some method OF coln.
municating with them, but As my simple pur-
pose, by candid presentation Of facts, Is to be-
get more contendednsss in the minds Of peo-
pie in Maine with their own State and It's
advantages, 1 send my communications TO