The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-08-01

oI1MArE, OF MINNESOTA.
Health. wealth, Wisdom and Happl-
ness IL, nIinnesota-A Medical Climate
+ From the Now York Tribune.
& A Minnesota Ex-Governor said re.
Gently: "Minnesota has the loudest
thunder, the most vivid lightning, aud
ahe most splendid Northern lights o.
any of the States" He might have
added the 6ueat sunsets, the blues,
skies, and the widest clouds. Mime.
sofa is remarkable for her thousands Of
lakes ; her summer day Of Is hours
her cold winters In which men do not
feel cold with the Thermometer from 20
to so degrees below zero; for her
heslthful climate which acts upon the
diseased system like course Ut medi'
cal treatment; for her lands which re-
quire neither clearing, draining, nor
dressing, aud need only the pillow and
the seed to produce abundant crops !;
for the thousands of invalids who have
found health under her beautiful blue
skies, aud for her hundreds Of mon
who acquired An independence from
her soil in from three to five
years Minnesota has just fairly
entered her teens: She is IA years
old, yet she has already population Of
over 100000, railroad system rivaliug
those Of the older States, and is the
freshest, the healthicst, and one Of the
most beautiful of Uncle Sans daugh.
tiers. -"Minne," in the Indian
tongue, signifies "water." The State
abounds in such names As Minneapolis,
Minnehsha, Mineineopa, and Miuuetou.
ka, As is fit. She should be called the
Mother Of Waters, since she gives birth
to the Mississippi River, to the Red
River of the North, to thousands Of
beautiful lakes, and lies at the head of
tho two chief waterways of the CONT.
ncut tho lakes, and the Mississippi,
and is the mouth of the funnel through
which the products OF tie great cm-
pirs of tho Northwest must pour to
reach water transportation. The State
therefore, must produce one or two
cities like Chicago and St. Louis. St.
Paul claims to have the location and
the start Tor one Of these cities, and il
already entitled to the name of metrop.
oils Of the Northwest. She claims to
do five times the jobbins trade Of any
city of equal population in the country,
and to have doubled her commerce With.
IN year. The vast empire which is to
draw support from 81. Paul is "rounding
into FORM" and the Minnesotian sees
nothing improbable in Secretary Sew
ards prediction that the "ultimate
seat Of government on this continent"
will DO near st. Paul.
pROnTyCTIONs AMI cr.1MArr
Minnesota produces abupdantly near
~ all the grains, vegetables and fruits
of the temperate zone. 1t is con.
coded to be the best wheat State
east Of the Rocky mountains. The
crop is uniform, the soil apparently in.
exhaustible, and the average yield per
acre from five to ten bushels higher
than Now York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and Illinois. In the average yield Of
corn, Southern Minnesota is surpassed
by Illinois only. The average
yield per acre Of hay is nearly double
that Of the great hay State Of Ohio
Fruits grow we'll, and have the most
delicious flavor. Small fruits, such as
strawberries and raapberries, grow wild
in great profusion. Apples are oultiva.
ted successfully as far north as Mime.
apolis and about Winona. Stock thrivss
we'll here in winter, with only straw
sheds to protect them from the severe
storms. Cattle and sheep are health.
Ter than in tie more southern ATTITUDES,
and in summer the cattle revel in grass
which in the "nsturol meadows" is so
big h as to conceal them. Rutabagas
yield from 600 to 1000 bushels to the
acre. The Minnesota climate Is justly
praised. The summers are refreshing,
instead of exhausting, like the SUM-
meEs further South, for while the mean
temperature is about that of Penpsyl-
vania and Ohio the air is exoeediol = ~
pure and exhilerating, aud the nights
are cool and adapted to sleep. The
winters are generally cold but people do
not suffer as much from cold here as
they do in New York and Ohio. This
is due to tho drypess Of the atmosphere
which is like dry blanket to the skin,
while damp atmosphere, which is like
a damp blanket, aud produces chlllluess.
The spring season is generally vet and
windy. Tho principal rainfall is dur:
ing April and May, leaving the sum-
mer dry with the exception OF those re.
freshipg thuuder-showers which gen.
orally occur At night, and leave the
day bright and clear. The snowfall in
winter is light compared with that
Of New England and Now York, but
it lies until Spring. Open rainy win.
tors are unknown. The autumus are
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