The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-06-25

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ED11oa JouRNA1.-''The Great Family"
"only two dollars . year in ADVANCE
has arrived. As looked over my former
letter, could SEQ that it mast have been
unsatisfactory to your readers some Of
whom may perhaps, DO looking this way,
wishing to gain reliable information In re-
gard to Western Missouri. An unvarnished
story will endeavor to tell-nothing add
and nothing diminish.
H1A1rnru1xzss.
The people claim this to be healthy 10.
eality, and I can see 20 reason Why it
should not DO. Tho surrounding country
is high and made up Of rolling prairies.
The water il reasonably good it, poornsss
being attributable, should say, to the
manner in which the wells and c,stsrns ars
built. It ID somewhat expensive digging
these, ~ rock is everywhere met with At
the distance Of six to ten feet. This, Of
course, has to be blasted cut. I was ap-
prehsnsivs Of the agus before arriving here,
and I may get il yet; but there are only
two sources Of it hers-ovsr-exertion in the
heat, and the lowlands. II 10 almost I'M
known on tho prairiss, I am told. Cor
tainly, 80 far, I have found the climate
here delightful can only praise and not
find fault; and the heat is No greater than
with you. There has been no time since
I arrived whom there was not good breeze
on hand, and, however warm during the
day, it eools OF BY dusk and is splendid
for sleeping. have even learned to take
. nap before dinner. They tell mo that it
affects ell new oomsrs 80. After I have
spent winter here, I may have something
to say about that; at present I can only
toll you what they say: ''the roads are
dry and smooth nearly always" ''net
enough snow to make it worth while to
keep CUTTER"
HARVEST.
As you have been told, corn Is tho crop
here, but there is = good breadth Of wheat
also. Every farmer has ct least q few
acres and they are now cutting it, though
through this country 1t will hardly pay for
tho outtlng-the ohinoh bug has been be-
fore the reaper. Some fields have escaped
almost wholly, while others have been
taken. The clover meadows look we'll and
seem to give large yield Of hay.
v1a1TABL1s AND FRUITS.
For more than . week, W have been re-
joioing in slowed cherries and cherry pies,
(don't you wish you had some y goose
berries, tame and wild, and now come
raspberries and new potatoes. In sddi-
ton to peaches and apples, I find that
aprioots also grow here. The winter be-
fore the last injured tho peach trees MAJ
tsrially. 80 that they have not fully reeov-
cred yet, and in many plsoes the crop will
be light this season.
THE COMMUNITY.
lam quite well pleased with The people !;
find them social and intelligent, church
goers, and lovers Of schools, though good
teachers are not easily obtained, One lady
in our Union School receives fifty dollars
psr month, and 80 other good teachers
would receive good wages.
oRusAD1s.
There were few saloons here, but tho
women prayed them out thoroughly and
now it 10 almost impossible for drunkard
to get drunk. The new law went into
operation on tho LIST inst, and now no one
can sell except upon physicians presorip.
ton, and if the DR.. is not very careful. he
Is liable to heavy fine. There seems to
be but one sentiment here, and that is to
enforce the law to the letter. You may
know that our town is not disturbed from
rowdies made boistsrous by whisky. It
may not DO peculiar to this State, but, At
al events, Insurance companies here re-
fuse to insure the lives Of saloon keepers.
and alss reject al applicants who have
even had tho tremsns once.
BuS1NEss.
am astolished at the business that IL
done here. The County Treasurer ssys
tho taxes are ell paid. except about sixteen
per cent, Merchants srs busy, and ray
that they are selling more goods and get.
ting more cash than they did . year ago
I SEQ tho banks srs both busy-mopey On
hand, and but few takers. One Of the
merchants told me that hs felt sure that
half million dollars worth Of goods Az
sold here annually. and have not found
one man who thinks tho veto was Q mis-
take. They al soy there 10 money enough ;
nor have / heard one msn complain Of dull
times. Why IL It that times are 20 easy
here and 80 dull with you1 The only rea-
son I can see is, that farmers have both
crops and stock to depend upon while you
have only crops. had two OF three good
jokes to put in, but have already exceed
ed my rightful limits, 50 for the present
must close.
E. v. CAMPBELL.
AQRI0U LCURAL mACHINERY.