Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-08-05

! low bal would starve the most Industrious person
that should be placed on them.
arrived AZ Baltimore on the 81 of June, fran
whence obtained passage 10 this place by water
and atho' have travelled more than eight hum
dred miles by land and much further by water, aid
have spent a considerable sum Of money, much
more than / could well afford TO do--stili con
slider myself considerable gamer, as the farm
now own at this place. consider to be worth 20
much more than formerly dad as will much exceed
all my expences.
sincerely hope that those persons who contem-
plate removing 10 the western country, viii here
after take the precaution Of rsitng the country be-
fore they their families il will guard them
against distress which would be narrowing up my
feelings anew 10 describe as in the whole course az
my travels through the western country, never
met a New England settler, that did not regret
MS sitnaton-and in almost every instance. & with
ia their eyes declare their intention Of return
ing, If they should ever find themselves able SO to
do.
Some account of the accommodations in that in
terror country may not be perhaps undressing
As soon az got to the mountainous country,
found very few other than log houses and these so
bad that were paupers Of any Of our towns in New
England kept in such places, the towns so keeping
Them would be execrated by all the people OF this
section of the country-their half clothed children
could only be apolog;zed for, the people live be-
yond the supply Of European manufactures, and
are unfortunate as to lose nearly all the sheep
they attempt raising, by the wolves.
! When requested at any time very good cup
of coffee they would give me their best, which was
barley, and was perfectly astouished that any per-
son should ever wsat better. There very little
butter, and did not find any cheese until arriv-
| ed within 400 miles Of Baltimore when at a tav-
ern perceived a cheese, and remarked that it as
| the first [ had seen for long tine. and that it
| looked very much like our New England cheese.
To which the tavern keeper replied, " looks like
New England cheese what would you have it
look like whoever heard Of any other cheese but
New England cheese This come from Baltimore
and they there get all their cheese from New Eng
land"
There is not perhaps in the world set of people
whose preJudices strong against Others, as
! are those of the western people against those of
| New England-they are well pleased to eat with
their negroes, bat they will not do this with the
4 New Englanders as they call them.
Unfortunately for New England reputation, too
large proportion Of the worst class our citizens
have emgrated west. They have established char
| acters for sharping which the present generation
| will not be likely either to forget or forgive.
| Among thousand stories which they relate Of
| the New England character, | will merely name
one At the time when merino sheep were the
rage every where, they represent Yankee as trav-
cling tEro' their country, and purchasing COM
/ mon sheep in one town, taking him into the woods
and after curling bis wool with curling tongs and
coming il out, then selling him at the next town
for a merino, getting two and three hundred dollars
for what cost four dollars only.
1 When was in company with considerable
number Of persons, observed that in my opinion
| the people did not live we'll in that country as
/ in New England They asked me in what par
tculers, 1 told them that the people of New Eng
land generally had bread in their houses, which
was not the case with many there. That the peo-
! pie Of New England had in their houses feather
beds, that | had found very few in that section Of
| the country and that a New England farmer who
was Industrious and prudent, would genratHv keep
his horse end chaise. They told me to feather
BEDS they preferred bear skin, and as to farmers
keeping horse and chaise, it was the greatest lie
they beard told as there was not single case
Of the kind, in the whole country.
Having been imposed upon and deceived myself
by improper representations respecting the western
country; my present object is to communicate the
result OF my enquiries SO that as few others may be
deceived IS possible: for which purpose shall be
ready at all times TO communicate such facts can
not fail to satisfy the Farmers Of New England,
that the interior Of this District as farming count
| ~, has better population, the people more indie
pendent, better instructed and much happier, than
those Of any other section Of the country through
which passed
With the hore that they may here remain con-
tented, as shall do certainly myself,
subscribe myselfvery
Respectfully your ob't. Servo.
NM. BROWN, JR.
P. s. IT was intimated to ne, and presume it
to be fact, that the lands which were shewn to-
me as the property Of shattuck and Peck, were
mortgagsd for the security Of their purchase money
as the case with most Of the lands in that section
ofthe country.
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