The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-06
TRAVELLERS LETTERING. A
Minnesota, its Climate. production
and People-A Glance at Mod
ell Dairy-Home at Last.
CAMP aS EAT GaI.LiE RIVER.
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tAMr an EAt 6ALIfE RIVER
DUNN co., WIS.,. oct. 7, 1873
Dear advertiser. Minnesota has An
area Of IS. 900 square miles; the general
surface Of the State is undulating; the
southern part is composed mostly Of
gently rolling prairies; near the large
streams there In some broken land and
deep ravines, but only small portion
of the land IL not tillable. There are
no mountains in the State, and no hills
or bluffs over four hundred feet high.
The Mississippi is the largest and prin-
cipal river in the State. 1t has its
rise in Itasca Lake, and
flows southeast for 732 miles through
the State. The climate is very pleas
aot in spring, sumner and autumn;
you are never oppressed with the heat
when you are not exposed to the sun;
ii the weather il ever so warm, get in
the shade and you are comfortable.
The air Is cool and braciny, little
the same as il il in Iowa after show
er of rain or hail in hot weather. AS
regards cold weather | cannot speak
from experience; but judging from
what the old settlers say the winters
are long aud severe. A man near ST.
Cloud told me that he and neighbor
OF his were overtaken by a storm, last
winter, while travelling with span of
horses aud sled: the storm became so
violent that they could proceed no
farth.I; they then let their team loose
to shit for itself, turned the sled bot
tom side up aud cravled under it,
where they lay two days aud nights;
then they attempted to go home on
foot, went eighty rods, found hay
stack, burrowed in it and stayed there
another day and night: by that time
the storm had slackened 50 that they
got home Que Of their families had
run short Of wood aud hal burned all
the furniture in the house, a board
Partition, the stair door, and com.
Menced on the stairs. heard Of sew
rrai similar eases, aud few where
people were frozen to death. This
so agrees With the newspaper accounts
Of last wiuter that | think no one can
doubt its truth. There are two ex-
tretnes here extremely cold in winter
and extremely pleasant ia summer.
Any one who travels here aud sees the
stout lubust men, the rosy checked
women, and the iat CHUBBY babies,
must come to the :ouelusion that Min
neso,a is a heaIti y place. People liv-
ing in this high Latitude, fauned 10y
the northern breeze, and using the
pure cold water cannot fail To be the
picture of health. The early settlers
of St Paul murdered q man to start
the first graveyard, 20 says hotel
keeper of that place; if the statement
is not correct he is responsible.
Cattle can be raised here Ia advan-
tage considering the price they de-
mand. The native cattle are larger
than those at home. aud look fine.
There are thousands of acres Of unim-
proved land that make an excellent
range ior stock. ! saw several mead
ows OF wild grass. one Of which il said
to contain four thousand acres. The
grass stood waist high, thick Oh the
ground, and of All excellent quality.
Cattle will live on viii hay without
grain, if they have good warm shelter,
and look better in the spring than
they do in Iowa on the same ,ar-. Some
think the grass is of . better quality
and that it makes stronger feed than
the grass further south; others think
the atmosphere makes the difference.
The country is no; we'll adapted 10
corn, the summers are too short and
the nights too celd; consequently but
little corn ia grown, aud few hogs
are raised. The only Kind Of corn rails
ed is the early eight rowed variety,
which is now worth - cents per bush
ei
Iowa may boast Of her broad acres
Of corn, aud her yards o: iaf hogs and
must he silent: Minnesota viii take
the prize for quality and quantity per
acre; and the certainty Of good
crop.
| have had poor chance 10 form u
correct opinion of the true state Of
society as We have not stayed in any
one place but short time, hnt my
impressions are favorable Churches
and school houses are as plenty as we
could expect TO see them in new
place like this. Although drinking
saloons are plenty have mol seen an
intoxicated man In the State. There
is one thing l must in justice say, and
that is, was never ih a place where
strangers are treated with more respect
than they are here.
On the 3Oth of Sept. We left st.
Cloud aud went down the west bank
of the Mississippi To Minneapolis,
where we crossed the river and went
to st. Paul by the same road that we
trav. led when going up the river;
from there we Travelled east over q
broken sandy country, covered with
brush, with but one streak of nice
prairia. 0nd IN thS. pyapinu af tho I'd
OF Oct. camped on the bank Of st.
Croix river, opposite 10 Hudson, Wis.
We crossed the river on a -tea N ferry.
boat, about the size of the one oui
friend &. HardmaD uses at Rochester
with both ends square. The boiler is
on one side and the engine on the 9th.
er, with just room for carriage t'
drive between. Two teams load the
craft from stem to stern.
After daily travel IN a general easter
ly directly, across sandy barrcns ant
great stretches of heavy timber, pin.
and hard wood alternately, last even
ing, Oct. dth, We pitched our ten
where il now stands, near where
knight Creek Joins the Eau Gallo
river. We have travelled several day
in succession, and are now resting ou
team. This morning l left camp q
break Of day for stroll and with
hope that l might see deer; saw
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