The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-02-01
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dnstry. u veil % 10 railroad faeiltiel.
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d" att q u atf 'rs 'ss p'yres. has been
'I all, au> ,Acn"us. :s:e n..t beeo-
~ H.. t -t'.t:.* - 1859; bat
'ooo t's G $40 ilr.I h us,
Valued a. sl6,.tuO, With 1886 teach
c'' ard 38,roO scholars io attendance.
10 1870 there were 2, ,l19 scbool-houses.
valued at sl,582,0oo, With ALL
teachers and 110, 900 scholars in attend
ance. In the number of school-houses
the gain was 250 per cent, in their
value one thousand per cent, in number
Of teachers 1870 per cent. and in schoi-
ars 200 per cent. These are all free
schools, endowed BY the United States
with two sections of land to each town.
ship, gift Of nearly three million
acres; from which, though but one
eight OF it has yet been sold, . school
fund has been accumulated exceeded
only by four States 10 taa Uoiou, three
Of which are, Of course, New York,
Ohio, and Massachusetts. Largely
settled from New England, the State
bids fair, in free and thorough educatioo,
to become the New Eogland of the
West.
In population the advance of Mime.
sofa has been even more marked al
though it appears to be but on the
threshold, thus for, of the advance in
population which seems it's certain des-
tiny. From 1850 to 1870 period Of
20 years, its population increased from
$3.50 to 100000, gain Of thi1ty-one
hundred per cent; and unless I am mis-
taken as~to the immigration that will
pour into it this year and hereafter
from Northern Europe, as well as the
older States, 1t bids fair to number one
million at the next national enumer-
alton. One half Of its present popula-
tiou was born in the United Suites, one
seventh 10 Denmark, Sweden, aud Nor
way, one-ninth in Germany, one.twen-
tleth IN Ireland, and one-twcnty-6 -6fth
10 Canada. Northern counties are more
prosperous usually than those of war
mer and more enervating climate; and,
If the theory Of climaroIogists is correct,
that the greatest yields of grain are
near the northernmost limit at which
they will grow, which seems to have
been so thoroughly proven as to wheat
in Minnesota, and Manitoba, to the
north of it, where spring wheat has ma
tured in eighty days, then with its salu.
brious climate, Minnesota is indeed, the
most inviting region to which the immi-
grant can turn his thoughts and his
steps.
I must not liuger longer on these
statistics To those who doubt my en-
thuslasm, and distrust my prophecies,
let me reply: "Go and see." You
will find at St. Paul mile Of nearly
continuous brick stores and blocks
crowded with goods not only for sup.
ply, but for a thousand miles beyond.
At Minneapolis aud St. Anthony's Falls
you will find a water.power of the
whole Mississippi River falling Ga feet,
estimated at 10000 horsepower, great
er than the whole motive-power, steam
and water, employed in textile manu.
factures in England in 1850, driving
its %, 100000 spindles. And, if you
care about blooded stock, you can buy
oulls and COWS at Col Kings 1900.
acre stock-farm, near by, at S. 900
apiece.
l must say, before concluding, that
the most beautiful country my eyes
ever looked upon is the Otter Tail and
Becker County region, where Senator
Window and l struck the Northera
Pacific Railroad line. 1t abouuds iu
lakes of exquisite beauty and though
Minnesota is noted for its thousands of
these gems of scenery, there We found
them unrivaled in all that makes them
attractive. Thence onward to the far
famed and fertile Valley of the Rcd
River of tho North, where the green
billows Of earth roll away in every d.
rection, groves of timber like islands
breaking the monotony of the view.
and the charming lakes nesting on the
prairie bosom, making the ride q per-
petual surprise and delight.