Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-29
MINNESOTA:

Its Resources and Progress-Its Beauty, Health
fulness and Fertility, and It's Attra lions aud
Advantages as a Home for Immigrauts.-A
New Book Free of Cost,
compiled from official sources and published by
direction of Governor Horace Austin.
In a convenient and readable form 1t exhibits
the inducements offered by MlunesOC4 TO persons
seeking new homes ana includes official statistics
illustrative OF the marvellous growth and drvel-
Opment OF that young, vigorous and healthy
state.
Other publications 10 attract Immigrants usu-
ally deal in indiScriminate puffeTy ana grossly
exazerated statements This gives a cann'd *
hIbIt of facts, derive ed chiefly from the state Blu
reau of STATISTICS, and otherwise supported ny
scientific and dtsInteresCed testimony OF the most
incontestibe character.
After A -hort geographical and historical sketch
showing the eentra pus gtlUn Of the state and the
events of it, Young history, follows deer ption
of It's beauty and fertility from the testimony 81
high military and heraTy aurhnrties; an eNhl-
bit OF mineral resources; a description az It,
beautiful lakes, rivers. timber, game ann fish;
dlsserr alton thu climate. llIuzt rat1ng It, mar
veous heal -htulness aua adap ability 20 agTlcul-
ture: shows how thu eel iva-eG AREA grew from
90n acres N 1850 10 SO 800 acres IL 1919 vItb
a surplur Of 1900, OCO bushels of Wheat Tor eX-
p"rt; gives tables # com parIrDn, proving dict
ally thai MlnussOta exceis Iowa and ohio III her
average product OF wheat, aud all OF her -tapl'r
except curu; shows A more ample ana effective
wat-r power than al New England, ana that.
while not a TIN he IF this pnwer II Jet used the
* ent and value OF manufactures have increased
245 per c-nt. nine years.
TIL book also shows the vain and impnr ance
of the numbering IBteres7, commercial Ter Uurre-
aud pr, greSs, Navigation, Railroads ceustruc- 20
ma projected, inrlu0Ing the N"TtheTn Pacific
already entTg -ucally pushed fOTWaId-tht ausal-
Irg deveiUumeut Of common zchoO from thur cen
districts, five school houses ana 25U 81 hUlars Ia
ISL, to 2,52l districts, 91y Nci cod house and
100 0S6 scholars IN fS69-progre-s of population III
which the state Is shown u have Outrtnpp-o al
her SISTERS. Due attention ls given 70 lon'lcal
and social instl rutlJns, government, taxation,
value OF property, ClsJlbu ION OF wealth, I'm
provemeut # farms. exemption laws, Law OF des-
cent leg Al practice, statistics OF charitAo Instl
buttons, poor, post 9th rs, newspapers, Religion
Sunday Schools, MasouS, Odd Fellows. Sc-
1t concludes with a CHI pier on ''PubIc Lands,
hsw and where to get them" shows the amount
OF unoccupled lands, how 10 Obr7ln free IaTTns,
gives the location OF the government and offices,
describe the different CLASSES OF public ianOs auo
the several NODES and cost or Oh aiming them uu
DER homestead laws. pI--vFTHPrtvH, 60
with sufyg-sr ions t. the manner aud cos 81
starting fans, when to commence, V hat uuOues
can do what pluck and Isuscle may ce-w-ges,
employ ment, and who should cume TO the STATE
affordIng, short, all such information emf
grants most need.
Part Of the edition is accompanied with an ex-
cellent map, showing the character OF The differ
ent localities, C.
This ok will be sent 70 any address il Amer
lea or Europe, free OF postage other tx ense
on application to Z. PAGE DAVIS, ComInIs-
sioner OF 1mmIgr len FOR he state 81 MInu-sota
No. l56 Bro tdw4y, New York, where all informs.
ton IN regard to the stats Will be cheerfU
given. seP2l&wr> ~