>- m n ■ww F*fWF* t h, ir\ - ; 1 «himm> fe'tjgrm- itfewiantf* o art ■f* / m ;hr a ! Sifc,flp *> r," life,!' *■"'« f- i-ME' f#4 Wm~ms. SSjbi* »1. j a ,nlv.i Mm* ~*• ■•*** w&pm* * m s , *'«■&& .vsw|«>lw f I r'Pl' *4' aw* M 1 E "MLJ. •• Jant*/ ■ jLttemtL A„';.., - M_, i , ia M_jf ,• ... * ■ . ■• .■'gji,.i. l .mf.. i,■ ./ m, i . m *.. mLiiL-^NaiL W. tj»t« ftaOetvdrlXUfCed $M to Land djlßoe, Attority at;JiW i (^fleral%s^||gp -MM :'of &r* KmptiaM proofk 'fbit «h»*ttm»*< mnd )Ite Proxkcotkv*, or. n I* tl»u4« *'k • •aiyC'vitide ifc-tlr fctt* 9@s Sauk Rapid#, * 1 .-Wdq V h ■ ,"' • Attorney A !..««.** <• -UUicifrtr in Rhi»»«w, \Lrt*w**.t. Tke ciillectioo i.Hely*, ua ‘ irtent «t rtt‘b«>< t &e.f roifeUy •ttemied to. GEO. W.SWEET. 7 (Urt Rtonttit 0 ; . 8. Uro Ornery GENERAL LAND AGEin ,- i( i . -it. a AND <■■ ; ■„•) id ; b REAL ESTATE BROKER, SAUK RAf»H>S, MDL TER. * -.; .; ~. '.'-T,. ;■>>;■■;■,■,,. ~ . ; ;. ,; . i TThad :m of four year* .at 1■ ; ftsfcfator rtf me f U. 8. Land Office, ant four year* wore »«Surveyor hi Mmtirsota, treats that be rta-i give ; perfect •Miafoi’oon ti» those entrtMting iMisinrea to Bis charge- Will attend to the sale anlnim< proewfit«)befor* the Land Ofllce. Sauk Rapitta, June 5,1887 t ’ itXtr. i WILLIAM COKNELL, Genera’ Lahd Agent, Baulk. 3flpS*t>h! P*** V.p a»«Hj to th* wmC* °V : W»^ ,e WY ,of Land Stc. '\v \ , . p R- E -E Mp r ORS wilf find it to Iheir te calling upon him before going elsewhere si prepared to prosecute contested Claim ShiU, At*.. * otA Preemption papers at the shortest possible t»e,«irf *r rates which arili #nh the pre-emptor . PFIC’E next tlhoe *». E O Basking hours ftqp 0 to 18 A M aod X I<> * • ii-Et £ft in css ' :> <* ; WAGnrndm, *f kfaj*" ■so Any H-Wlt WaHi «At Houd •' "■'->•?** *■■■ ■-*<'•*- •«■»•» fl,A,W..>fc t 5 T *;«( nll O' ltSti-d *■ ’• • M* *■ ! ’ Jerv mah Hu-setl. Sauk K*Cld* it[ ‘«f K Saek-R-tpidt, i'dj A 5 IWr RRT Geo! 'W.Wvrir. V 8* G GVft*w|Efu^ SW ‘ ET A CAltllTHpS, Attorneys an! Lani ‘Agents \ .. ■ S.l UK RJtnm.B.:M.\ T., 1 . Wtl.L 1 th-vote • tbeW ,aMentionr lo pretwiring pa porn fur. <*laiuiiints for the j 4>tltrv «f TO FKV : SITES, and prwserthin* 1 ’iaiuis before the LaiKf Offiet). ’l*hev will 'iho ■buv ii,d well Land Warrants, pa* ,'Pince.Ac. / * i G,mveyapcing done rni dhoet ■ B"tice—Copies of the .Government Pint* constantly dn h>tnA tor sai«. lahtf Sauk Rapids, A»ga«t »th. IBST. ; i' f ’l ' mummMwmaa*^iad*nAim*ai*Aaw" ./-£ \ j»» j. c. BUHIUA'K, * ■ ":**pu #?# h - - * f ■"■.']? * ■ THE Proprietor of thi* Express, fskes this nr»tliod of ioforinin* the ioh;ibib, odd matters of hn-ideM Wrualed t#W», mre will be carefully attended to. - * Sauk Rapids, Sepf. .17, \llßffiL f yyf iiortN e J # ATTonip aiw: t* bnsieews; puMiaiag u» Ins pcofesskin. TalContetUd Glrnimt befate ths - Lend 008* ; Drawing, up JPfrt EbufUm-Proof* Ac.. Office in same betiding as Receiver’s Saak Rapids, Aagnst Bth. IMHL nlOOOif ’.w.iT t Tj§MR MtxT)te& y:z A ,l4*pem ind«itt«il wG. B. PAN. JIEBT. Xm hy Afots or Am mil *i tH gifarriiirt mrjmahtji ablife nw»n»> m i ' . iH#o|;lini>ti.i..iauiii, l tit.'ii.i,.. v'i> fa;. <, r t-u-,1,1 , A^^WiVi-e i:||iC|l|l«CT A»KI> BUILDER, « finstsßuiiniii ~nrirl Itniaild fAniihad in - rVTI " s. l js ■ * 7t< - * < tTT uia «m. aoHßssse v call - 4 '• Ml ft- '-.(d(itv.i-.-h ui yi'.T »ud.C- a 'tanO oiioivtaq' baa ..., . ■ •nr-illotHi v!>o«it4} S»s W’tiKk 8A UK RAPipS, M T, t THURSDAY* MQpING, PfiRBUARt 1 185& IBBgUBaWWjaeBBBBBBg— |.; WffißfuMliftLliTßßlMflcilAlVTGS . Tlwr (IWR,) ,: w»m«lb kn desirable, but if ' v r malaria. an 4 Attain to produce JJ it is better to tpke land m a higher, and more salubrious region. And where both boil pnd, climate are satisfactory, sometlines moral considera tiona TouM induce * prudent New to' * v Bettleiaents, « a 4 pa«* by on ttii? . *t*:*fam j h AtS ’rifi ‘'f - ;,v VifK ; * I I*- 1 - } n *m - s<>Cieiy t>f Blit iV * iaWw which invire the * Emigrant to Kansas rather iHhn MiSsou- " ij would attract him to rather l ' <4 hail either. Apart from the excitement j, which btts advetiised Kansas ns a the- p itiw .of uphilatitliropic e>mign»fi«.n, th t f'.ountry possesses few qualities which ■ should recommend it to title New fing- f, ■ - !l s Tl*e only arguhtent which its friends n »MJable to addtice in favor of Kansas is against -Minnesota, is that it has h mrlder winter climate than the latter, c • Rut this. Bo far from being a favor-., » t»t4* fe.nture of the country is unobvim* *y ißsadvantaue to 'the New Englander, 1 involving an entire and violent Cbattle i in all his habits, and the necessity, oft- * ep fatal jin .its coqseqvqncrs, of accli- ,* (nati«>n under cUmafow circumstance* widely different from those hinder which' his cdnstitßiihu waß formi;d. The tkrr- c a hie winds! which on theAtlflhticqoast, > are saturated with the; ’ pcean reach here across the’ width of * half a continent dry and of diminished ( lores. : iH - y- ■ d It is not necessary in this |>lace to show * why, but it is certainly the fact that with * the same average d(i>an temperature as that of New England, the climate of the. .g groat plain of Which ldinnesota forms a f part, is vastly more uniform thnn thit of'any other region north of Ist 85 don g this continent—and as a general t of cpiirse ianot without its except ,* tiops, •, ip .exempt from the midden and vie-> ‘ lent ehaogos to which health is exposed 'j ip the The sdaW} it ration as in Mn»»aohuse4tsor New York. •* Tbe aumaierS Usually warmer^than ( , h r ,hV # riph ? o i ) Js.a omr* forward f Llian pi J Nsp^i^liinAfAKAthevlenope f before ihd end of and the floats which hafeard ibe er pi of the faip- , iMVmm i# few. M* .ir ortr t N ? W‘K%j«pdfta ) int ! j’i^ P gusVapd art fc wcely ever ItitoWn iaMiafoeaotatiU October.: Owing . tb the modifying infldnnbes of its great t Jr, ji . . Uli H Js f-yy vj/<- p» TTm.:** twwJMm f. pnesosdi by 4hermometric«i indieationa. if m measured by m J m ten dh and iho stuadinese the diri m, w **tomjmsm*#*'** m more than compensating for the few { X dilfevrrtcd WtSSjMffK-fm “*! randy falls to a X l i in! ches, and usually covers the ground d m f»ug the entire or rait T: .to tn« entire period between Decernb ** 9& anfd : March Ist. In this clima Id fetten-and ague never ocfeuf except \ igf M»fl; lowjboßqma which /ringc on » 'vmM bowda e ' < jv&gu«d£trki' , Lp»4 ! .' kßnnm^pr C oinposed bt persbiis* who 6t - *frtdn rhc%i a. lands of Illin.iia and lowa the dryer and; purer pir of.Minnca-ib Among hundreds of such instance s pe son ally known to tis, we knbw of nor >s where an entire ‘Cure —even in consttii ,g tions wrecked * with , successive years ? j sickness-—has ,nut been effected by tl ’ chan «f-; The , sQMt.hera §tp|ep r see 7 scores of its ague : stricken , invalids I e Minuesota annually—and many Mirim n sot iaos who went to Kansas in the het'g! 0 of i mania n few yea rs ag< . have been cerppeiied by ili-healih to r< 0 turn to Minnesota. One great advar e tage then which ..vj innesota offers to t h it New Ehglander over Kansas, is that it climate iiimuch; more congenial to th constitntjMm.' Again, with a soil eqnt r in fertility to Kansas, Minnesota is vast! 8 superior to Kansas in all that make a the soil available for agricultural purpos ,f es. We have what Kansas has not abundance of timber, distributed ove the surface of the l>nitniy, and offering f to settlement an unlimited: supply of *U t nations which unite the prnirii # culture with ihe protection of spleodii groves of timber, or the advantages re p suiting from the close proxipiity of int*x 5 haust.ibfe forests. ’ The. beautiful proyi , doiice of nature is due to the ‘imihittMii . off;our lakes and streams which Wetcl r "Ul thr’ir arms all over bur Territory embracing thrifty forests in their ttunr sand forks, and protecting |ong fiirtgei of wood oh ibeir murgiiis, in t|ie ‘nvo f lutions of their wrridtno c s. and ii ..Hud oiore HitiMides, Hiove of Mm hes are* Hile# with peredirilil Lonlies of w,:**v - <*«• rivers, in the swiftness seem to \Unce in the > xnrbeHih< <« >«bb «.vertbe,r pebtrly bottoms'. The .puinber of .these sttwnma, wjth ( itlieir v. v ood« d fringes, and thy water pfiwers along their courses, is'.» feature peciiHar tif Minnesota! and con stitutes an immense advantage over the naked and aterless. plains of Kansas, or the b‘H«ldless t low, unbroken prairies of Illinois r| Buf MinheSota presents other pnd even more Striking advantages of situ ation to the New England settler, which Bull form the subject ot future discussion. — St: Povl Jlirertisei. ! * ;';■ os trf'jl* l ! " f ‘i?*'***'• .-‘*" ' ..•»'*■ iv■ ‘■"i fW* Here is one of B- F. Taylor’s Vi-Tipß ** Ifit is not w t orih reading let it af< he t l,i The printer is the Adjutant of l’tio*ight,sand this explains the mystery ;of *be wonperfid word that can kindle A hope as no sopg can—*-t.hat cun warm a heart as no hope—-that *we,Lwitb h hand, warmth in it, for Jb« Aiilbur and,ihe printer are Engineers together. Engineer- indeed! When the Itttfe Corsecan homiiarded Cadiz «t the distance of five miles, it was deemed thf very triuinphiUf engineoring/; But what is that paltry range to. this,, whereby they bombarded the ages yet tobe? . There at the ’case* he stands and info pfne the forces armed W 5 trtiih, clothed iwimmortality and English jA.nd what can be nobler than the equip meat of a thought in sterling Saxon—, Saxon wi«h the. ring of spear op shield ,therein, andHthht commissioning h when wU are dead, to move gradually on td “the latest syllabic of recorded time,” This is te will a wciory froip deakh, for j \ The printer is called a. laborer, and ;thii drffilce is tuif ' Oh, ft* is jwo# work, bur a aublitne rite bd is psr formins>> whea he »Gius taights' Uie ehr gine, that is to fiieg^w-worded truth in grander curve ‘than missis We brfore de*cii|}«d]—4ing. jt intpj te.jbosom of gn age unborp. He throfrs oflT hif coat indeed'; wd hut Wonder 1 the fSthef, that he does BHA pet- his shoes from off 'hU feat, for the plica whereon he lit and* is holy ground. 4 -tV> .gi>Vwoh ofs>ld fettled Staten. The.em * mi ,f IffisJohuJ feffmgs have. XhwPfi notwguplly belong: to her. The bat o tie fielffhetween the hosta of freedon « ani*^ e ®f: *h« bW.ha? I Cfpwda to settle in her border! _ andtake part ip the contest. Lea vine f out rf *his advantage, she v 9 notate land natural for settlement b) I Northern emigrants. She is below that ! line south of which enterprise anc l gigktmfntal activity do not go. SJie i« , Missouri and Arkansas, and is • SjtjKpct!, fo those climatic influences U J^ deplete men aridenervate nations. ' > a < >n ,h « border of the great Plnyis ! f ry n were p' ep»r-i wjß^vsymnvunWa;'''wartr' ~ tha ; : opt rung. iTT spring. ...j ... V} - t W h s«A!h«rica.i pcrfplp 7 msx>he carried, KWW.hy excUeuient for ajime, hut they cannot be permanently blinded to their own interests. Kansas Will, undoubtedly, aside from’ *U political influences, in crease in population aad importa.ice in common With the wholes.[great West. vCi&hßt the emigrant aid societies and the politic** iutorests which Si nt North ern people th?rf. it would probably haye been peopled.by 2 clhss similar to the occupants of* [fewer M i.*>^ ,,ur ‘ an 4. Arkansas, men #hh don’t rec«*gt7. ,ze fever and ague as a disease but take ■ ■,. ■ ■ ■;„ s , ; P their shake as regularly as they take their brandy and water; men who re gard the bowie knife and revolver more essential ingredients in American insti utiohsthan the sChool honse and cnurch. Grdvernor VYa lXe ti just before 1 Having ' Kansas denounced the Southern wing of the Democracy, 'represented in that i Territory ;’ by such I people, as “sots, j ruffianx aud aasassins.” terms are rathor strong but we doubt noti l equally -The/better chss of emigrants, men it of intelligence and informal ion, when i free - from excitement; and viewing J things calmly, will seek a more north- , ern ktitude, and in Minnesota they , Will find a rich soil , a health reiving cli- i mafe apd at least pight piilUons of acres 1 of uspre-empted lanClyipgi ready fpr them. Oar pure oifiis at a tonic to mind and tody, and inttesd of einkmg debit)- ", tatedVilhferfite lelf influences of 1 disorders, our citizens all go forth to . their daily tasks with a *vigor and clear ness' df mind that 1 canhot but insure , mir success a people 'arid d comma- V nityi .wwifTA antlfsll » , ; Jfoicd& ihust * always prtt- 1 dti<*e^ ‘ >l ll revolution! j^nd ( the; high-pressure which; hHS beSn applied , to drive populatibp into Kknsns, once i wiiitdraWh! ds or iaier '-rhust'’ 1 Ije, by thb setifemeht of tKfl difficulties 1 through the tre.mhh of the Frte Stnte people, and we will see ~ tjtat .treeless , fl hd hirf»Wf-»% its die appfeirm'd'thi.Usaud-i who Wftf • iiomes io morir congeuial climes—S/. \ Paul rti»er v-„i B»chj*hbU',i sdJO.dwfered,that the Pfi* , **Ef*iMW* awqrd,r oqgfesto 1 feifp sppkuu % good word in favor of the. ,** aoUsbra.^"'.-.-,,V. .• ? • -.j-Lf] Sl; IT t2Ra«r»bSBKN» OODtf W »* ' h whoao iroest.ry * athttbout tofofatt o Lizzie Slone, the only daughter nr t £ miller, . Lizzie was a child whom nwjwho r , draHy,'*v«|y «„d intelligent. MifWf L H l^*o •'wet# gent I# And MMffUfal * t « few yearsiblderiban herself, weft* to school and to church L'gethi end prricet agreement »' j m, :*yw>'. vm* , aflernood they had a visit from two ljtt girl*, Weir who lived about a mile distant. They had wild, joyoi ! Mn»e, t they played in the yard; iif t! i barn, and all over the house. JVff - Stone, Who was a kind, uleasant woma . locked on and laughed, if ?he did n . hrittgie ih theirsporti She got them 1 nice early le«%; trtiiiinlves : and whr l. the visitors, after pup last merry gam< were about leaving, she said to Lizzie , ’’ “ jfour brothers will go home wit Alice; and Celia. Ydu ' may go wii then* H 8 far a# the mill, but be sure- t *t<*p there, and . come, home with yot father.'! * ; As the cousins set’out, laughing an IVolickibg along, Sfrti. stood »Vt th 1 little front portico of her cottage, Idol ing after them as they went down th km ;an above all, what good children. the Were. She smiled at Lizzie’s affection ate Way of takingleave of her/ thong she was to be gone so short a lone.- Lizzie :: never parted from her mother even for akalf hour, without kissing he loVeingly, arid bidding her good-bye ih : voice as sweet add tender as the cooihj of a dove. Now, as Mrs Stone wen into the house, she said softly to herself 4 • It ie nearly ten. years since G.od gav me that child, and she has never ye cVtised me a moment’s sorrow.” The cousins played so much a long fh< road, and stop ted so often to pick Sow ers:aod berries, that St nearly darl when they reached the mill., Then yet so many thmgb to telt each other, so many in vital ions to give,, so many good byes to giyd* it was. no. wonder that-they lingered awhile; tt' Seemed that lizzie could not let her cousin* go. She parted* from therri, ; iiri her loving Way, so many times, that her brothers; grew a little impatient, and Gporge, the oldest, said-- 44 Why, sister, I don’t see but that Ndd land t Will' have to help you la yoiir kissing or'ybu’lf never get through. ” •Then Alitce and Celia; blushing and laughing, broke a*ey f p<, m th+ ir c msio, and ran fast down a little hilt towards their home. . 'I he boys soon overtook them, and Lizzie, after watching the £.*oll p.a while; : and thinking how good God iS’as to give her.such amiable cous ins, afl I o^'jle,brother^,,.and such dear parents to L’ve; .turned end went intoihe mill. She fou.no ft and was al most frightened by the dinjV inane, ami by the darkness; for night was 1 fa«t coming on. Site Catted > her father’* name, and he answered, but the ma chinery made so much noise that she did not hear. 1 Thinking that he had afreadv Btbne/ *he turned -to go home alone.—- Sho t ook a way ahehad often safely taken, "over the ghteie. by the great water when!. But to-night she was be wildered— lost her footing, arid fell on :he Wheel,which whirl’d her doWn.crush ing and tearing her in a shocking man-* aerj It happened just at that! moment ier $ father, that Lizzie had tieen sent to calf him home, stopped the nill, and began to search Tor her; Led if tier Cries,'tie came to the 'Wheel and ;bere found what;had occurred, “ 3 44 Are you .badly hurt, my daughter?” lie asked,,in great grief and terror. 4 * Yes fathetif 1 I seem to he aUcfush ?d tH plebe*, end* : ) Ttirtmof stir f but I think 1 shall live tilltyou get me nut Leave me here arid go for help.” | Tji| neighborhood was soon und many men hurried, wi h saivs and axes to The miH 'But thev f hind That inly one' of two ebutd Work at n time in cutting awayn- e fAfoag, heavy thnbeC*, *»# bp Wm Lizzie bould/ie taken Bom the . .place .here she w. h.ld io f..t, and Mi m' 1 diti'atffuttyi and they said that to move 'the wheelbackward nr forward nigbh Mtt toff Wi «*#•««' i 1 m l *,■ 4 i*e lien let down a tight into the wheel, so IhWt klieTsoulJ poor child. Wheti dm-i ahw liimtm’a Whit# l and >leedina larati held! UxWard her, ah« »hri*iked and bitterly But Lizzie Miyd “p ... her .. S «Myi , nd fully as she had ever spoken in her life, mf#*dife ,r,io*rmnrt in Don’t cry, mother t They will get inn nut Mora Dug . keep upgood covr- Igp, and nray An I* *d /or me.” t . j Antf ao ffii continued to talk, hour af ter hear, While the men kept cutting WmMMMWWWL ’WHOLE NUM-ftERH6t j l sawing at the great timber* ; an«N f ebaeyed pod comforted bar parent*, rad r f;^ po °s bcot >T l r ho *.V, n m lO ?r her rved caused ‘ the poor cpild to i? ftgaiu, and she did not revive until a *he hed been carried home. When she 9 her eyes, she frrUnd herself oh b her own little bed; with her dear father ; and mother and brothers at her side. , The doctor carefully dressed Lizzie’s t wounds, and gave her some opium to , make her sleep f but he told Hfer father , and could not possibly . get well When AeVrrartHhir dreadful l words, Mr. Stone groaned and covered i his face, with his hands ; and, for a t few moments .Mrs. Stone leaned on her i husbartd% shoulder, and Pitied. Tlicn • lifting her eyes, and clasping her hands, , said, “ Thy will,'oh | Lord, h«, I dpne !” and went and sat down calmly , by Lizzie’s side, and watched her tilf she slept. - : iSThe poor little girl remained sleeping 1 ihost of the next day. She would ofterf awake and ask for water ; hot she then seamed hardly to know where she; was* or who was with her. Her epusins, Alice and Celia, came to see her ; but! she did not recognize them/Wnd’ they went away, sobbing bitterly. in- the nigpt, however, shfti. awoke, and seemed better She knew all ahoyt thetn, v gnd. smiled on - them, hut said she must leave them, and go to a better world Very soon. She tow Her father that she wanted to hear him pray ' once more > and Mr. Stone »k'neft down by her, bed side, ayid asked. Gop to iak*. safely home the little daughter He had given the mV end thanked Him for leav hC> with So long. f ’ . V • Llzzld' saiJ to"’ Hey-mother, 4 "* 44 Will yon just sing me one verse of the hymn 1 love so much*, 4 Jesus sought me ? U’ - l% r tried bnt she co’ft not lor weepipg ; an«J Lizzie said, — y NeVer f ain going there is beautifol singing. Yet It seems to me I .shall kear no voice as sweet as yours, mawma. Whv do you cry ? Only think, mamma, if 1 should live, now, how crooked and sickly 1 should he. *L mightvhe- a ’poor hunch-back, and give a great deal ot trouble and sorrow to you all. Will it not be better to bury up this crushed body, and let the pleasant grass grow over it, add have a new, glorious body, such as the : angels have ?” rr,i- ht-< ■ ' As she Spoke these words she smiled; • and did not weep \ hut when, after- : wards, she asked for a faithful house dog, awl her pretty Maltese kitten, and they were brought to her, she burst id le tears; 44 Good-bye, old Bose f good bye, Kitty !’? she said. 44 1 cry; mam ma, to part from these, because I shall never see thetn again : f>r they hay© ho souls, pikir things ! But you and papa will come, to Heaveu before many . years $ and you, top, brothers, it you are good boys.” . A little while after this, she said, — “Georgie, give my love to Alice and Cefin, and tell them I am glad I kissed ; them so many times last uight. Eddie; take care of my fl iwers ; and boys, don’t miss me too.much in yot»r f play.” After lying very quipt for some mo ments, she spoke again, and said : “Mamma, am the shutters open,and lids' the morning come very brightly ?” 44 No, my daughter.” her mother answered, t! it rs snHd;;rlt night.” 44 Oh, then,” said Lizzie; “ it mvat be the windows of God's beautiful pal-, ace I see, with the pleasant' tight Whirl ing through. lam almost there ! Gdod : bye, marmrie, and papa, and brotfaere, c good bye A*tdi wifht a smile spread > h T ep , £ Lizzie out her, arms, looked upward, and so died ! When IVizzie tay in tiejr ' coffin, that smfld wks Hti lDe Bide atill-i --brighter and purer thaei tka- white rose* ? that by upon,,, her pittow—add Mtm Stone tried pot fo let the tears fall upon it ; lor she said, “ God has taken hack a little angel He lent to me fcr a few ‘ years, and why should V weep for my happy, happyichild ?” • - -= n< it &T An absent-minded editor having i courted a girl and applied to her father, the old man aaid .* What tort of a settlement will jreit. . oidie f* What ; Will jiin giVe her « Give tier ? M replied the edilbntook- \ iogriip vacandy: 44 0 b, hdr* faie tier,” replied the okLjpMm.