The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-06-29

CLEARWATER: June 25tb, 1871.
EDITOR JouRNAL.-The rains of tho past
week have started all the small grain
crops growing at an unusual rate for any
place except Minnesota. Fears were en-
teftsined that the early wheat would be
about a failure, owing to the shot lerm''
in May, but the prospects are much i'm
proved. Corn. also. is looking finely. II
cool weather continues. for few weeks
there will be more grain than last year in
this vicinity. The clay grounds around
Big Lake and in the woods south and SOUTH
east, suffered much more than the more
sandy prairies, during the drought.
Mrs. Oysters team ran away tho other day
and smashed the wagon up some, and
famed the horses; quite severely. Nobody
hurt.
Some boys were wrestling, and Charles
Conli6 had his arm broken by larger
boy stepping on it. Boys Of six are better
of out Of crowd Of wrestlers generally.
The materisl for the new school house is
neatly all on the ground, and 1t is expected
that work will be begun on the building
on Monday morning next. Mr. Gulletts
elegant residence is nearly completed. Mr..
J. F, Fuller has built an addition to his
house, and c. H. Worse is building. James
Cummins has completed and removed 20
his new harness shop, and the irrepressible
John Kirk is building large two-story
building, the lower part to be harness
shop and the upper a public hall. You will
see by the above that Clearwater has really
taken start forward. 1t has never had a
violent fever, like some towns, to be fol-
lowed by as violent chill, but has gone on
the even tenor of Its way, growing with
a slow, but healthy growth: The amount Of
lumber used this year in the adjoining
country, gives it mora than its usual busi-
ness in that line Farmers are beginning
to build barns more than they have. not be-
cause they recognize the need Of them any
more, but because they are better able TO
pay for them, IL there any thing farmer
can better afford to get in debt for than .
barn The day Of log novels covered
whhstraw has gone by, except on the
frontier, and the ghosts Of cid reapers and
mowers, and the spec,res Of decayed
"Bucksye Drills" and horse rakes,.. must
be continually haunting their owners. urg-
ing to the necessity for more buildings.
Improvements in stock are also beginning
to show themselves A.. B. Greeley. Of
Maine Prairie, (we. call him ."Gas," for
short, stands head and shoulders above
his compeers, it We measure by his earnest
efforts in that line Of improvement. Hi<
famed bull, Sd Duke Of Kentucky. attracts
no little attention. Roswell Adley, Of OF.
ter Tail county. 'bqoghta. >year1ing bull Of
Mr.. Greeley this summer which weighed
nearly one ,hodrand pounds. CHOW is
that for high p rs Oliver Cromwell said
in his GRAFTON over the dead body Of John
Busyan) Can Bill King do any better p
''Gus" has also pair Of splendid Lieces.
ter sheep, and a..marked improvement in
this years crop Of lambs is the result. A
few dozen such men, and our wool crop
will not be as short as this year, and We
will revel in mutton chops and roast lamb.
If you have fair. this" fall, "Gus" will
take some premiums or mistake. 80 mote
it 10. ,: !. -. LOGOS,