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Catholic Colonization in Minnesota: Revised Edition
Catholic Colonization Bureau
Agriculture -- Minnesota; Catholics -- Minnesota
All your bedding that is of value. All your bedclothes. All wearing
apparel, good clothing of every description: nothing more. Do not think
of bringing stoves, nor any kind of house furniture. You can get all
such at the stores in the colonies, or here in St. Paul, new, for nearly
what the freight on your old furniture, worthless and broken, perhaps,
by the time it arrived here, would come to. The better way is to sell
what you have in this line, before leaving, and buy here.
WHO SHOULD COME.
We intend that our closing remarks shall treat fully and clearly on this
very important portion of our subject. They will be found under the head
of
A CHAPTER FOR ALL TO READ.
Here we will but say what we have already written.
WE INVITE FARMERS ONLY
to our colonies.
No doubt the country builds up the town, and we look for quite a
building up of our young Catholic towns next summer; but, in the way of
business, stores and mechanics' shops, the home supply is generally
fully up to the demand, and at present we would not feel justified in
inviting any one to our Catholic colonies but a man
WHO WANTS A FARM,
And who is able and willing to work one.
RAILROAD FARES FROM DIFFERENT POINTS.
1st Class. 2d Class. Immigrant.
New York $35 25 $30 25 $24 00
Philadelphia 33 50 28 45 24 00
Montreal 36 25 26 00
Toronto 29 25 23 00
Buffalo 29 25 23 00
Cleveland 25 25 20 00
Chicago 15 25 12 00
Milwaukee 12 25 9 00
N. B.--The above are the fares from the points mentioned to St. Paul.
Doubtless persons coming in a large party from the same place would get
special low rates. From St. Paul to any of our colonies, immigrants are
carried for half fare; about $3 for an adult. They also get low rates
for baggage &c., &c.
WHERE TO GO ON ARRIVING IN ST. PAUL.
Immigrants, on arriving in St. Paul, will immediately report themselves
at the Catholic Colonization Office, situated in the basement of the
Cathedral school building, corner of Sixth and Wabashaw streets. There
they will be received by an agent of the Bureau, who will give them all
necessary information and instructions, also half-fare tickets to
railroad points in the Catholic colonies, and procure for them
half-freight charges on goods and extra baggage. Office hours from 8
o'clock A. M. to 6 o'clock P. M.
All communications should be addressed to
THE CATHOLIC COLONIZATION BUREAU,
St. Paul, Minn.
A CHAPTER FOR ALL TO READ.
We wish that this concluding chapter of our pamphlet may be read
carefully, and thought well over by intending immigrants.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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