St. Cloud Democrat. [volume], May 11, 1865, Image 1

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VOL. VII.
THE DEMOCRAT
Is published at St. Cloud, Stearns County.
Minnesota, every Thursday afternoon.
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Real Estate Agency,
8 T. LOI MINNESOTA.
EXTENSIVE
Explorations of Land in
tliis District subject to private entry,
and long experience in Land Office business,
Rive the Undersigned peculiar advantages
in the
Selection of Land,
And location of Laud Warrants. ..
a W a a
or sale at a small advance on New York
1 rices.
Contested Pre emption cases prosecuted
fibre the Local and General Land Offices.
Attention paid to
THE
E I E I
OF TAXES
In Benton, Sherburne, Morrison, and
jjtenrns counties.
T.iwnl.ts for sale St. Cloud.
v6nl8-tf L. A. EVANS.
H. O W A I
AKD LICENSED DEALER IN
JRvh-tagr, liaa Warrant* Scrip,
.. County, a S*(att Orttrra.
I I REAL ESTATE.
Coll- :tious and Remittances promptly
n»aali*... ...
Taxed paid for Non-residents.
Offije on Washington avenue, one door
south of the Central House. v6nl8-tf
W I I A PARSONS
Attorney and Connseller at Law,
V. 8. Boaatjr, Claim aiad Vm.trait Aaj«at,
BT* CLOUD, MLNN-
RACTlCKS in all Courts, State and Fed
erat:,.pro9eent«sclaims before any of
the Departments at Washington.
WSF" PaVtieafar'atteation paid to the eel
le'tion of Bounty and Arrearages of Pay
of Sol tiers, Pensions for Discharged Sol
diers or for tlie heirs' of those who have
died in the service.
0$. in 34 sUry,-Baoker's Blocks jover
J. (J. & H. Cr Borb.ankft Co. '.-,. -*&i23
E W A O. A I N
Has resumed the
A I E O A W
IN ST. CLOUD, MINN.
Ogee, Pfre Honi seath of H. 0. waft* lank
GEO. W SWEETj?•&
ATTvRXEY AXD COUNSELLOR'• AT LAW,
ILL attend' promptly to Ootleetinaa,
VV o^d payment of taxes ia Steams and
Benton Coanties. Special attention given
to oases before the Localand General Land
OHices. .'. •,':•.'-
Offlot oa St. Germain st, over BroketS Store.
ST. CLOUD,' ^INN.
O A N & W E 1 0 0
PHYSICIANS. AND SUftGEONS,
Will attend to the practice of Medicine and
Surgery in all their various branches.
ST. CLOUD. MINN.
j.». wRinocx, •.'».' m. c. TOLXAN, M. ».
W R. N E
S I I A N A N SURGEON,
ST.CLOUb, I '-.' \_'attXN.
£K YSIC I AN A I ON,
Will practice Medicine in all its hranches
including midwifery and operatiTe surgery
8t(. Jloud, Minn, Dec. Hth, 18658. rj]
ST. CLOUD,
J. ROSENBERG ER,
BOOKSELLER, STATIONER at NEWSDEALER
Uu always oa hand a Tin* AMsrtawmt «f
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[FROM LIVERPOOL.*]
WAT6HUIEI. AND JEWELER,
N. B.—Watches, Clocks, Time-pieces, Mu
sic Boxes, Jewelry, Ac, Ac,
Neatly Fixed and Warranted.
Old Verge and Lupine Watches made in
to New, English Patent Levers at a small
eost. ,'
Engraving done to order. v»n51-ly
A N O N S I
BOOT AND SHOE STORE
WAxcrlivivitEH orfcAMfxirS. WARE.
Building and
SMkWtmt-.M
5rj9R
ST. CLOTO »bOK STORE
..' ,«"•••: •. .• 'M 1 T/ 1
A full supply of -v.':
Boots and Shoes,
BUFFALO OVERSHOES ft MOCCASINS,
Kept always on hand, and for sale at fa
vorable' prices. .-:
A good stock of Leather and Shoemaker's
forTmdhesgheSt ANTON SStBil
^r^ rr A rs
N I O A S MA
Manufacturer and Dealer t«
Boots, Shoes, Leather aid Findings,
(Between Tobay'a and Book Store)
ST. CLOUD..
0 v7n24-l» ^SttNN.
md Carpentering, attended to.
Heir Vne4
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ST. CLOUD, -7 MJNX.
1 A S O N
W O E S A E A
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THE ST1NDIRD SCHO0LB00KS,
And everything usually1 found in a first
class Bookstore. v6n!8-tf
PHOTOGRAPH A E
PHOTOGRAPHS, AMBROTYPES,' &o.f
vaaxM AT
3*frs. a a
Opposite the' DEMOCRAT Office^ Lower town.
Hours between 9 a. M. and 4
Particularattention paid to Custom Work,! |l(ey. sjeeftb^ni|elve/^i bt^eBsf se^ ibm,
wm
Washington av., St. Cloud. V6U19-1T
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Keeps constantly, on hand
Suddlt*, Harnett, Carriage Trbmmityt, fc
St. Germaiae street, ne^r Washington ave
nue,. Saint Cloud, Minn.
TttM
ManuCu-turers and Dealers in
BREAD, CARES,
W CONFfiCTIQNBRY.
Jfao/ Carbon Oil, Burning Fluid'~$ BemoU,
At North-Western Steam Bakery,
W E O
Cdrairof4«il^t*treii^atheti»e«,8t."l^t t^^?'* -,fl«r% betted poet h«
His5 Vflhi: &^m$M& tecamwHind
the Bridge, rhera I am prepared lo do
^S2fi"^^^" **8
all kinds of work in the Carriagemakiog celebrities of the day—Bohngbrpke,
Chesterfield' Swift, fiooke—were %obt
N aSfrs^aa^adii
ia a neat andsuhstantial manner if low".
rates. Particular attention paid to rfpair-1 congregate, ^AitheT Were al
lag. v3-tf I
VV He to call and examine his New Style* ly TMffdi|p^ltfon, bttfcr,
Nath' Pope Causfn,
#mn \:n imm «.n
C1L.AXM: .-.••iAarTaTOMBTEX
offers hisservices in the prosecution of claims wath,
alapa, ap^now of Pep*. Interior.
A. B. H. White, Baq., Dept. Interior.
Ami to the::ttla^c£lJacA0m(ivw^er-
cor" baildings, 7th street, Washington
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for the St. Cloud Democrat
Alexander Pope.
Alexander Popewas the son ot a Bo-,
Catholic trader of Broad street,
man
it at his ease. Alexander's health was
so delicate that he spoke of his life as a
long disease. He was even unable to
dress or undress himself, and it became
a necessity that he should be clothed
in fare and flannel. He inborited from
his father a crooked, spider-shaped form,
physical pe
morbidly*"
rvit.,::
Every variety of Albums, Frames and,
Cases kept on hand. v5n52-tf •.•
and 'from his mother an acWing. These nSm^fefeS S a
iariiioa, coupled with that
si^Vo*-*disposition which
make him a bitter, cynical man.—
Whifc translating Homer's Miad, he
his assistant were unable to construe.
Sonie one wfcb happened to* be?near at
the time, suggested that if an interro
gation mark was placed at the end of••ftifidafe'*-'-^
moved. The suggestion was tned andi
succeeded Pope, dfclHcinfc the- inter
ference and the success of it, turned
round and asked in a sarcastic way
"And what an interrogation mark,
pray "It is a nasty, crooked, little
mark that asks questions." Unlike all
but like all dwarfs whom we have ever
seen or heard of, he was morbidly vain.
We have always thought that this is
the result of a wise law of eompensa.-•
tion which God has established. Could
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th^ir existence W0'4ld, become unendur
able. isfca^n a .-•
There was nothing great about Pope?
lhowgItllMdtM8 eye# wbtlfn* beau
tiful but his voice and his numbers.
InJ4s yoftthfee.iWas.oalkd tho-,-^litri#
nightingale," because of his melodious1
^3m&%Z& %!&£&
Teasbv caltca rae *Nigrrnngale orl^tia
emham," the name of his villa.
His first publication* were the Essay
on Criticism, Windsor Forest'and the
Temple of Fame, at the age of twenty
eughVr.ilo•riaa'.ao alco^godbYthe
reception which these poems met, thai
he bogaa his, great work, tber transla
tion of Homer. .Until completed,'
4r graces of person caioulated to
or faacioatt, atd wifhooi alpatrc
before the Depaitment, under tho Pie-emp- to dp
Laws, Town Site Act of 1844. &o. I a a S S S 3
He will also attend to Mail^ontoietonV F1^!^?*^*!
brines. Infiau Bu^au, Ao.^ WMti&*PB$ AJlr&kiH Ofaerg.
Jofin^M*p**Ut*m+SWuz, #«r |itngd|m.^
Hon. M. s.wnwiwoa, u.s. Senate. S^ government was a chaotic stato aad ..
MUnhou~Jm»7ip*, Wailffiwathlag^
nZ%:££*$mT*'' UMartel^theOnieitefcrlfedioftho^ua^^^
8 a 8
ally, and to all who have had land business it upon a firm basis. The capital had
at the seat ofOorarnment for y'eans^ bachv Ml,A1L"Cpr
^Aoroe. moderate. A retaining fee'expe^ T*ZjttP"fE^a&
meverucate. la-Chapclle. There Charlemagne
mmm ^^*sta»rn«iemg.h^ i#: 11^4 the
J4i
'mm&jesjs
was colisfjnltr btrtiS' miid. Wheit (wtrVsiieh an 0«amipfe, their use soon
became general. Elhaheth ocenpied
liv those ways pretty tnne% Ae same ^po
sftioo whleh the ^rbsent Kmpress of
tlie IVeneh holds, as fh* leader of Ahe
7o». The ladies of those days: even went
went to sacrifice and to libations. He
ad^aiipe49vtrj f0$bi6w^bryse8, and1
loeteadol the Lord's Prayer began
"flod! of the Silver Bow." He had Kis
He was the first of the koglish
ho received a cpojpetepce from
the iudo^nd^t 'suru^ort of the English
p«plu
v)fipir**nS^Jlowed
to die in!
centre, as London was the
A
es
turned, waijaug for the good the gods
w.^k.a '_ii^ A ii ii ii .-T
MERCH^M *Artom, SSS£iirl^iMdfeBSScs'
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11 by any British author, and ruled the
Havingheld a situation in the General Land Hterary kingdom of England witt un
Oftce, for upwards of twenty years, jin^"kktKOoflswJKt he dav df his
charge of tho Pre-emption Bureau, Mr. C^ T^^^-^L Wmfm
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7 estoblishing
IX-
grandson of Pepin Heristal and the
ST- C^Oj^'Ml^Sl§03^ it 1865
son of that Charles Mattel of whom we
spoke, inheriting the statesmanship
of,his grandfather and the heroism of
his father ho was nurtured a Court
surrounded by the illoHtrious men' of
his time whose influence would be well
calculated to develop those, traits in his
character which afterward gave him
the Wrc2 of ('harlerasgne—Charles the
Great In the year of oar Lord Seven
Hundred and Sixty-eig^it he ascended
the1 throno and reigned forty seven
years. During that period he extend
ed his dominions over the whole of En
rope, conquered Spain and Britoo and
8 1 1
a reputation for statesmanship, gener
alshrp, kingsftip, mhici the mist of all
Butjooeding^geshas failed to dim. He
it was who founded the first institations
of learning rd Eurclpo:4' He was the
cotempbrary of the celebrated Harom al
Rasehid. He was frugal iti his habits,
industrious and generbus a Vind hus
band, lovlbg father, Mtid a faithful
totOOOt8S8 ?8tab«B8
ill—T^KelO .'J .VI T.^ (HAIJ''„•'. ba« ,T
:i iziii r'-- titlaaflataflsi 9 roi Jrt&a&i
dudgiog trom this effect which the
osatory of Mirabesu is said to have had
upon audiences, it must have been of
the grandest and most powerful Order.
While it resembled that ©i DcmosUie
nes in its union of reason and passion,
E E S S I
fi«are8»
great metaphors and those grand nat
brai bnrsto the creation of the OHjiment,
whieh have sueh an imsistable offset.
And his aataral' powers an aa' orator
were no doubt aided:by his
MhidetM»ly
magnificent^-. aspect^ and his voice,
whiewwassnid t» ba-ve hoesi Khe the
rear of a Moo. It wastema'ried by one
of his contemporaries, that Mirabeau,
as an orator, to bo properly appreciated,
hig- -must be hoi'h seen and hea»di He was
wthl to have b«o* poTfectry^ wesistable
•^sometimes revolationiaing the minds
of his audience by a single flash of
thought. Ho seomed to hold in his
hand, now the prism of Newton, and
now tho head of Medusa. fann
TOW shikSlttivVt ".iif in'r^'-l ?*/{(&mc®
3i«: ?ff! noqv l-maaiUaa. W -i'S EtH
Silk Stockinss were introduced into
iSn*wh'Hn the time of Elisabeth. A
00ttain Madame MOntigue brought a
pefr as a- present to«hc (Jueen, who was
so weir'' pleased witlr: them:i that She
woukl wear no other-kind. Of course
atockiqgs.
Milk was at one timer used as a pre
server Of^hl&totjjr de i*Euaos,
pora, the: miatre&a.>pf Nero, is said to
.have preset veuHiW tnauly by means 6*
a daily bath of mirk, to an advanced
r'jft
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is said to have heightened: and preserv
ed her bedvjayJby andaily bath in wine.
The Earl
jtffi aal-j
bitterly of the groat expei
hab4,e«^e? ujpon Wj^i w^na
was j^h^raHy^ttH hrthooe days by la,
dies.of'«$!rf&$n age" ^Iretuov^wxin
5 4 5
themsetvet'irf^ a Uth^jf^t
Ladlot{fa the days 6ffieVrge H. dis
figure^ JtiSir pretty faces^t|ili:|ilpck
a Ikntf^MlwP^iili^is,
rings, moon
a tjoach-and-'fbtir. Hennetta,^ of Or
leans, sister of Ohavles 11./ introduced
them. She had learned the ugly cus
tom in Paris—that fountain of so many
abominations in female attire. Even
in this "enlightened age" the custom
prevails ia sooie sections, aWmaU black
der in the backgiouad with whiohtl
faces are besmeared.
at Columbus, was entirely destroy-
tt 1 \J4waJvU
ued at several thousand dollars. Re-
been put upon it. There waa no
aw
inso
rfj! ot
dresses if Paris, are pot so low
in the neck this season that what re
mains is not spoken of. *''sl*'A
'.in so" .'•" rs~'.r rpffli '.f\ .?^
THE INDIAN MURDERS III BttJE
•Amirs lAir-BBinia
u.ri'.. uigun Ytttii J.U I moan-
fbm Ike Mankate Union of Friday.
We visited (Tarden City late' Tnes
day night, to which place the dead
bodies cf the murdered family had
been taken, for the purpose of getting
an4g^4efe^ay^rrectly«^^*^
.B?h,fcFvH WI-a»Rlr*»WiM'
was on Monday on the vicinity of-Shel
byvilla. They evideqtly came through
the frontier lints by way of Willow
Creek, and followed .down oa I the oast
side of the Bluo^fiarth River. They
stele two horaaavand the neighbors-pur
sued them and pressed.them so close
that they lot one Of the homes go.
I As there is no one left to Ull the
story of how the Indians entered Mr.
Jewett's house, we kavo to jadge a
greaf ideal from:tlrn position of things
tha bouse some three hoars after the
murders were eoiumitted. tc
Mr. Jewett's farm is on the reserva
tion, five milevTrtftETGarden City. The
bouse is built. or_ Iqgs, and has two
doors, one on the no»th and the other
oo the eaSt side. It waa about half
past sis in the inorniag that the Indi
ana approached the house and entered
by the east door. The family had just
got, through breakfast. A. J. Jewett
ran oat of doora iolo the garden in the
direction of a ravinjt- on the north, side
of the. house where the hired man
Charles Tyler, was «t wOrk, An" tl*
dino fired upon him when-.aboutfour
rods from the house, the. hall striking
him tothe breast,, From the appear
anooof Uxe ground'where iti fall, it is
thought: he was notikUled by the shot,
as it passed to th^. right ot the heart.
A -stniggle took plaoi between: them,.as"
the Wow which killed him was inflict
cdLby a-Aomahawk over the right eye,
which fractured'«ho ahull. His wife
suatohed up herjlittle boy, about two
yean, old, and ra* out doom along
path leading to one of the neighbors.
She was shot when about eight .rods
from the bousft the bull entoring close
to the heart. There,[were no other in
juriea found upoo hor person. About
ton feet to the righflay the little child,
insensible.. It ha.1 reoeived a
severe:
bl«w just forward-of-juad upon tho Wft
ear, dealt by a-wat emb or the breech
ofagun. -*MS
.T.h* hired rmaa, Mr. Tyler, aged^
about SO years,, was^ work in a wvine
north of the house, distant about 26
rods, He was shot by ia rifle hall. In
the braast, about an ipch below where
the ball entered, was a buckshot wound,
and about.the same/distanoa above an
arrow was ftiokiog in.his breast When
found ho was lying ou his back, in a
poo* of water.. i^fa ,'
Thooefebrated Maary, Quean of Scots, near tho crown of tbej^ead. This did
of Shrewsbary complained
the groat expense which this
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Mark Jewett, the ojd gentleman, had
••ppareitly Just moved back front the
Jable. Au lodiaa., shot him, the hall
entering tho forehead aad ooming ont
not: kill him* He tell to the. loot, and
ono of the savages struck him on the
head two fearful blows with a toma
hawk, oneof them making a gash five
inches in length, and extending from
the top of the head to pear the right
car 9 the other gash was an inch for
ward of the first three inches in length.
Both of theso out deep into the brain,
which was slowly ooaiag out and run
oing on the floor. He was lying near
the table when found, alive, bit una-
en ble to. move. He coqjd talk Borne. He
said there woronfive or-six Indians in
the patty, and that they were dressed
in Indian costume, and armed with
guns and farrows. Hay endeavored to
tell mora about them, .hut: they could
not make out what he said. Wednes
day morning he was still alive,
Mra. Susan Jewett, the old lady, was
whio the hailed by a tomahawk while in bed.
She: was in feeble health, and not ex
peoted to live long, She -.had on her
saw
Tiight dress.. Tho savagei approached
the bed, and one of them struck her
with'the backf of his:yniahairk on her
forehead, just over the nose. That
portion of the forehead was -all smash
ed in. On the top, andto the right of
her forehead was another frightful cut,
made with the blade of a tomahawk.-—
She waa killed instantly. .-• •.'
—The editor says that thefiringwaa
heard by a neighbor, but nothing was
^"Iraj
e}Sh^
this same neighbor, a Mr. Harlow, weut
to Mr. Jewett's to borrow' a: wagon.
Approaching the house, he found Mrs
Jewett and the little boy' in the path.
Thcrother bodies were afterwards dis
covered.
W
Gardenv0fty and Mankato on the trail
of the murderers
O.LWV Dodge, arrested a:ioalfbreed,
named John Campbell, and brought
the full particufare of this sa^ affair, himto Mankato. Upon his person was
found a towel, a lady's white handker
ehief, two pair of women's stockings, a
ptiir bt new pants, a broadcloth coat,
a pair ot shoes, and other articles iden
tified as belonging to the murderedfam
ily baa atsp [••-, ... :•. [_?j|
In the afternoon ot the next day the
people'collected in an immense 'crowd
around the'jail. Fearing that the pris
oner would escape punishment if he
fell into the'hands ot the. military au
thorities, they* organized an informal
court in the open air selecting a judge,
jury And attorney.'' Aftir a- trial, the
jury returned a verdict 'of guilty', hut
recoiiamoiided that he be tried again
before the District Court on the 16th.
This did not meet the approbation of
the majority, and they .seised the pm
•oner, hurried him to a tree near by
over a limb of whioh a tope bad been
thrown,' and he was strung up. By
neglect his hands had not been- tied,
and he .caught hold of the rope: and'
cried.for a priest, The wagon was
backed under him, and he Waa allowed
five minutes conversation with a priest,
to whom he confessed that he hid $500
in the jail—fi«70 of which was after
wards found, just where he said. His
bands, being tied, the wagon Was again
driven oat, and the body allowed to
bang until life was extinct The peo
ple then dispersed quietly to. 'their!
homes.: Companies of minute men are
'being organised tor protection in ease1
of any further trouble, arfi
A Rev. Williamson who, on Tuesday
evening, preached a sermon sympathiz
ing-with the Indians, was waited upon
hy a committee of indignant citizens
and requested to leave town. This he.
did without delay. .' tlqmm
ABOUT JaTOHBtfOTA.
From "Mmheeota, as Home for Emigrant*."
AbAOTATIdlt OF CLIMATE TO ACRICUL
b'iisvqoi ^•.•TUB*.-!'i-' fne^d—
Scientific men have determined that
the successful Cultivation of Indian'
corn requires a temperature of $7°'for
»ruly, and of 656 fcr the summer—^
Minaesota -Iras A summer temperature
of W*^ «id a temperature for July of
"7^°.- "The cultivation of Wheat i« Said
to" require a mean temperature of from
62°' to tJ5^ Hbr twx of the summer
months Thus it will be seen that
the climate of Minnesota is Well adapt
ed to the Successful cultivation of air
the cereals.' io tin&a?mzi.l h»-^.\'_
The fact established by climatologists
that "the cultivated plants yield the
greatest products -near the northern
most limit at which they %nr grow."
finds abundant illustration in the-pro
Auctions of Minnesota: It is a well
knqwn fact that cereals raised in the
southern latitude, are far inferior in
quality to the same kind produced in
the cooler climate of the north. Ooro,
which grows to the hight of thirty feet
in the West Indies, yields but a few
kernals on a spongy cob. In the South
ern States tho stalks grow fifteen feet
high, and yield fifteen bushels per acre
in highly cultivated sections of the
north. I from eighty to one hundred
bushels are token from stalks seven or
eight feet in hight.
'The warm, early springs of milder
latitudes, develop the juices, and push
forward the leaf and stalk, at the ex-above
pense of tho seed whilst the cool, late
spring weather of the north cheeks this
rank luxuriance of leaf and atom, and
reserves the' ehief' development to the
ripening period. Minnesota, with its
peculiar climate, combining the warm
summers uf the southern of the more
Middle States, with the cool, backward
springs of New England, exceeds the
latter section in the quantity of its pro
ducts, because its springs are cool, and
hold back the growth of the plant.—
^M
One of these scouts, Minnesota pursues his work with scarce-
im.i
o'e\ock\yeuT. The .spring and summer rains
fal1
gentler showers, sufficient to
q»f ke» ^egeta^em an#' support itf
g^J^n JiiHofJrfle in Iouiana, Illinois,
ajidothjit localities more abundantly
supplied with moisture, spring plowing
is deferred for weeks on account of un
timely rains, and harvesting postponed
for the needed sunshine, the farmer of
ly,the interruption of a single.day of
rainy or muddy weather.
To this comparative dryness of the
summer air, doubtless, is to be attribu
ted the almost entire exemption of Min
nesota from rust, mildew, and other
^asoalticM of the harvest field, so com
mon in regions with a warm, moist cli
mate.
WIN©.—From observations made at
Fort Snell.ng during a period of twelve
years, it is found that the yearly aver
age of southerly winds was 108 days.
If to this is added the number of days
in the year in which currents came
from the southeast and southwest, it
would increase the «um to 172 days.
The prevalence of these southerly winds
no doubt addsvery much to the warmth
of the 'spring and summer monthe of
Minnesota.
FBOST.—From records kept at Fort
ttidgely,/Minnesota, it appears that the
latest frost in the spring of 1854 occur
red on May lth the earliest frost in
the fall of that year was on the 4th of
October. In 1855, the latest spring
frost was Maj 8th and the earliest
fall frost the 27th ot September,
In 1859, late and- early frosts pre
vailed throughout most of the Western
States, of which the commissary of sta
tistics, inv his report for 1861, says:
'The.heayy frost of June, 1859,which
was very destructive to wheat and corn
in Aew York, Ohio and Michigan, and
that of September, killing corn and po
tatoes in Illinois and Wisconsin, was
hardlv felt at St. Paul. The first kill
iog trust ot that year was on~'tte night
of the sixth of October,.at which date
corn and potatoes-were full} ripe, and
the former nearly^aifyested."
In August last ^1863)' severe frost
visited: the Western and Middle States,
doing immense damages to 'the corn
crop: From reports emanating from
the Agricultural Department of .the
Smithsonian Institute, it appears that
the ravages of this -frost extended to
New York, Pennsylvania Ohio, Mich
igan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minneso
ta,. Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Thus it appears that Minnesota, to my
the least, is quite as exempt from the
ravages of frost as the other Western
States.
It has been noticed that a greater
degree of cold is required to produce
frost in Minnesota' than in plaees fur
ther east. A fall of the mercury which
here would be harmless to the tender
est vine, would be destructive to die
crops of Illinois and Ohio. -•:•:.
This impunity to lowtemperatureis
owing in part to the great vitality of
the plants which mature in our short,
-hotsummers, partly to the heat-retain
ing nature-of the soil, but chiefly to the
dryness of the air, which prevents that
rapid radiation whieh produces frost.
MR. UNCOUP S L.&ST IKAVetTRAIt.
I The mat inaugural address by Presi
dent Lincoln made a strong impression
in England. The British Standard
speaks of it as "the most remarkable
thing of the sort ever pronounced by
any President of the United! States
from the first day until now....Its Alpha
and its Omega ia Almighty God, tho
God ot justice and the Father of mer
cies, who is working out the purposes
of his Jove..-It is invested with a-,dig
nity and pathos whieh, lifts it high
everything of the kind, whether
in the old world or the new....The whole
thing puts us in mind of the beat men
of the English Commonwealth there
is, in fact, much of the old prophet
about it" n.
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of temperature during the growing sea
son adapted to the production I of supe
rior grains, glasses end esculent roots.
Lohg^rain storms and heavy togs are
entirely unknown at $A\ seasons of the wonder.
i— jai f. -3.--"-
—The green-houses attached to the
residence of Mrs Samuel Colt, at Hart
ford, aire probably the most extensive
in this, country. There ia, in all, over
a quarter ot a mile of glass houses and
under their kind roofs may now be
Seen all varieties of summer vegetables
and grapes far advanced towards per
fection, pine-apples, and plants and'
flowers from every zone, and of every
zone, and of every! state of growth.—
The whole is a fairy land of beauty and
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