The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-07-25
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thought would drop you Il few lines;
if you think any thing in them worth
publishing you are welcome 10 them.
have often wondered Why this
county is so Srarsely settled. Al,
most, every foat of land in the county
is good. Tha pUmme De terre river
runs through it from the n L. to the
s. W. corner. There are smaller
streams also, and lakes, in abundance
for stock and all other purposes.
The natural grasses are SD rich in
nutrition that if cattle are properly
stabbed they will come out in the
sp:ing, lit for beef, and tho we are |
on the open prairie fuel is cheaper |
here than in st. Paul; best hard |
maple wood S4.G0 per cord and SITTER |
wood much below that figure. There |
has never been u total failure of |
crops, as is the case in some other
places; what we call failure here is,
10 TO IL bushels wheat to the acre.
Tails would lie Il good crop in the
east. This year, in all probability,
viii average 90 bushels. This at
least is The present outlook, and it is
now considered too lite for hot sun
to ripen the grain prematurely.
There Is too much moisture in the
ground, and in the straw for that.
The other danger is hail, or tornadOS;
well sach a thing as tornado has
never struck this county, and hail,
that seems to follow large bodies of
water, seldom visit us. To be sure
Me can't give written guarantee of
perfect safety from al the disasters
that humanity is heir to; we might
have al earth quake, the sky might
fall, or we might have Il hail storm;
and if we knew Of spot on this green
earth where none Of the ills of life
came. we would emigrate TO it, but
, since PLndOra's box got such wide
scattering, that we can't find that
spot, and since we are not DESTROYS
OF trying our chances on any other
pllnet that we know nothing about,
we choose to remain Oh the spot
where we firmly believe there are
, fewer of the ills of life than any
: other spot we know of.
q Now in talking of the Ills of life.
4 the greatest is conceded to be loss OF
9 health; people come here to recover
i lost health, and frequently find what
they came to seek. Her. we have ne
+ yellow fever, no chills ard fever, ne
q miasmatic diseases Of any kind; il
our N. Dis, were not men of mean!
! they couldn't support a respectable
. style Of Living, if 1t was mt for tht
;, absolutely necessary calls with re
o ference to the increase Of the popula
ton they would he useless except a!
-. ornaments in society. But we ar,
happy to say this branch of thei
profession is really prosperous.
Another of our advantages is gu
facilities for marketing our products
IN the county is intersected by railroad
III all directions, and Yet auothe
. road Will soon be with US.
- We have the d ifferent nationalitie
of our cosmopolitan country we'll re
=, presented; If man wants to max
=. his home i'll Scandinavian, German
:, Irish or American community he ca
;. do so, to suit his taste, aud tho S
varied in nationality we are s
homogeneous that Il man could hardl
=. tell whether he is Scandinavian
-. Teuton, GIul, Celt or SIxOn-excep
, near election time when zealou
- politician will buzz it into his ear.
- In the matter of education, on
- whole county is dotted over wit
- bright, new school houses, within I'll
- reach of all, and in Morris, our count
= seat, we lave high school with a
= the adjuncts, and also a Porochi;
~ school, taught by the Sisters {
Mercy. We have churches in Mo
- ris and the surrounding country
IF meet the wants of all, except thos
% who want to e. to heaven on a vel
90 narrow guage road.
o. We have elevators at all points
"a the compass through the county, fl
IN the storage OR sale of grain. "
49, have men and,money in our midst
-, purchase all our sale tble cattle f,
- a foreign market. We have fiouriI
.o mills on our river. We have blac
smith and wagon factories. We ha1
merchant stores to supply all OF
ng wants. We have everything; al
Sll more; one thing we would like to Z
to rid Of, 1t is worse disease than Jo
nd boils, because it is more infection
if and is chronic, viz: The croaker.
s a he were gone the sky would
oil brighter, the air would be purer, Il
III people would be happier, We won
on die young ii we lived IIundr
for years. This last item was suggest
he by some good advice you gave us
rg- your last issue with reference
nv crying down our home.
Ird FARMER.
on THE.ExcURsloN LINE.
~ Since its advent into the Northwes
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