, 1879-02-21
MINNESOTA.

Its Health. Fertility, nnd 1senEty-aitstnAcn
Impressions Corrcctctt.
To the Editor OF TAe Tribune.
CHICAGO, Feb. o0.-About the year 1850, when
Gen. Sll,1cY appealed 10 Congress- to aid the
then {, $50 population Of tic recently admitted
Territory Of Minnesota, a member Of that Con-
gress declared 1t to bo IA hytcrborcan rcg!on
unfit for scttlemcnt" Lad siblsy been IN
spircd to n!sreo the ycli of the future, NIX! 10
uasne 675, 900 Is The census Of 1877, doub. not
that he would hare been regarded 4 flt subject
for tl,e tender merccs Of keeper. 1t requires
no serious tnx upon tllc memory Of those yet OIL
the sunny side Of IL to recall the days when our
maps OF II read. "Unknown region inhabited by
1ntlians and bNfapcs."
1t Is flok HlY purpose In this bffcf letter to
treat Of the curly history Of the ''LAlh Of the
ualotas," but rnthrr to correct few Of the
mistaken Impressions which prevail IN tic more
ssssry fi statSs trSeEarnE this Young Giant
more castcrly States man gathers his wraps
frost, thanks his stars that TIC docs not
iiyo hcrc II the Northwest, of which
'Oid Prob" often gives tile record 10, 90 Hil.l,
occasionally 0Q dcrrGcs below zero. Come tn
Minnesota and talk with the native, nnll llu will
uratsc winter as the delight Of tho rear. Re-
eently walked ntle, facing north wind. III
St. Paul. with my oYcrcoat thrown open,- cxhtl
aratcd t1y tlle bracfng air. rcckomcu Fahren-
lett at lull 30 degrees auoyc, anu what was nv
surprise when reached my destination to f!Hl
mercury i'll q she|tereA Hook, 20 degrees lower
thnn ,sy estimate iGsn Easturn man, genius
though he be at guessing, wants 10 know how
fnllible ia humn.1 Judgment, let him take stroll
III the crisp atmosphere of minnesota winter,
and reckon where mercury stM,u!s. The ph.lus-
ophY Of the farG is that tlic dryncss Of the at
| iosphcru prevents the abstraction Of lcat from
the 6ouy. Tl,e faet itself ls TINT the proplo uf
Minnesota suffer tar lesa with t'lo cold at 20
degrees below than tle New Yorker docs ut
| Zuru
Another mistaken impression Is, tim. Nfnnc-
sotA Ia 1T for little clse thnu 10 grow wheat. 60
tatrll hua been said and written Of the Northern
pucic Hallway that thu want Of diversified pro.
dirtion in tic more norther1y latitslde Is often
applied to tt,e stato In general BY tl.r l,asty
rc;ltlcr. In State alnlust as latgc as thu grrnt
| commonwealth Ut Nuw York mud IennsylYA.
| mia combined there Ia abundant latitutIc for
| variety, nna what now haye 10 eay applies to
thu southwestern portion or ttr State, thu
which III c1teHded tours 0ycr oitr own utltl for
| cigh lunt!s hare tcyer secn more favored
lo.alty for l'eslt'!, fertility, uni b:,uty. l
refer 'nore espncasiy to this cus1htIcs Of Waton-
wau. hturttnt Cottonwood, Jarltpon, Murray,
Ftpestonc, ad lsock, uu this line ut tllc Ut. PAIL
" Sioux City Railway. As regards health. II Ia
absolutely tree iroui fGvcr anil nE1tn mud tho:e
malatous diseases which aru the tane at life In
kansas, Nebraska, unl Texus, towar,! which tlu
| tide 0f emigration Inns set 80 strung Ut luto
| years. Figures arc stubborn things 10 got over,
nn,l hcra IL tue dcaih-rntc; Ono 10 a In Knrsae,
Alnssachusetts, 10 lis IL Minnesota. - "
| Of course, whcnt Ia tlIe Ertat simple. but
| farmers wore taught by the crussh0ppcrs a few
| yenrH agu That "man cnMnut lire by htea,l
nlu,lc" u, perhaps 1t was the goott t!af il,wlllu
Allnnes0tp thu 'wnn!ruus resources ot thrtr
| hlGhly.iayprel re4ioHs+ Hotnr ono Inns said !:
Fr0ui tho soIl of Minnesota nre tnken as
great a variety OF productions us IRON any otlser
/ 0f f1lIs rHrfkl nil rTArh TIM htuht&}