The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-07
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ILLINOIS.

I'D ILLINOIS.
Nv me following description of Saeamon con
"a, m. iNer OF the same name, branch
g me Illinois, situated about the cen.sr af :,
c. State OF Illinois, is abridged from Ia,,ar oe u
n: hey John G: Bergen, dated at Springfield
'e 'nat county, January 1, 1880.
n foId ne county OF Sagamon, of which Sprip,
u 70 'he seat of justice, is watered by mi
IT y streams; CIaire's Rock Richland. PSair;
@ Sprihg' LICK Sugar, Horse, Wolf Fancy. Sa
l. ai'u many others which empty into IN
n winch runs within five miles of thi
u cIsar; .mo thousand dollars expended +
7 oi: m the falling timber from this strea,r
: WIZ make 1t navigable for steam boats an,
,nis appropriation has been made bv the ieo;s
azure. About half the revenue of this State ;
, ueriveo from non-residents men who own Ia rr
acts OF land, the taxes of which 90 into III,
ate treasury Our county taxes are mostI,
hopsan ueu ia each county, in building cour
tion 20 OI1uges, &C Such stream of popuIa
''o" as rolls into this country, | NAV venture -
say you have never seen. Tho b1n.;n -. -
- Settlers, and those who do not own the so;I
tdPidiy giving way to an industrious soher
on'erPrlzlng religious class of people II !,
general remark, to which | accord. that M ns,,
country has been settled by better class Of
Gt1enS IMAM TINS, since the days of our puritan
en- THIS town trade comes from 20 tn
bo,,"a 'S' we nave six principal mercantile
n
great amount. Their advance over tb. AtIa,
NC prices has been much greater than it now is
competition has brought it down. and onrbt -
w II more. Now 1t is, on an average. 50 nor
In over your retail prices Here Won NAV
s SO, an the productions Of the eastern and mid.
1 We. states, Of the West and East Indies. New
U S,Os. Is OF course the great mart, and the
Jons Sc: ::;:s .e S!es: l h
than tbra5y tthlng for this vast valley of more
ora ;,tn ee thousand miles in extent Canals
are htersectlng it in all directions. md the
geal national road is binding it to the sea shore
NJ becomes comparatively annihilated
: ne most distant extremes are brought close
~ lne center Our trade is mostly with ST.
LUIS town which, in few wears past. has
-aAeh prodiglous start. There our merchants
I uaoNdS 9 tnelr goods, and thither send our pro-
800, ms transportation is mostly done bv
leaVy OK teams, which carry from thirty ~ Gf
y hundred. The distance is somewbat - la ~,
man loV miles, and the price is fifty cents an
Injured curing at least two thirds of the wear
nu larely goes over seventy-fye cents {
geherai case, and almost invariably !
adushout all this region, the pratries arc tGe
,sgneS1 tand' All our timber stands ON the |
UI courses, from the heads to their mouths
ney mead In the prairies. Their depth of tim. I
satn 70 ,roih one TO four and more miles across.
'e'ween the timber strips of land, the prairies
re lound from to 10 miles wide. Yon NAV a
nU U4 your location as you please. t
opthion has changed since have been =
e,e appeared to me first best, to locate in n
prairie not over two miles wide On such Il
arg most OF my relatives have settled You a
ie Iasms. sIraed to see on many such prairies n
mere tife s hot Sns MI -lle 81 81
ast: private pastures and meadows Bat let !, u
he farmer settle on point of timber land or b.
wide prairie, and he will have vast RANGE &C
u MS cattle in the summer, and for the gath. h
:ns VI MS nay Tor winter. You must not con- u
eE1 tna' our praFles lie like your bottom lands u
Il 'ne ousquehannah, Delaware, Raritan. Hind. n
on connecticut, &c. No. There lie orr lin. Is
:, iegions' Ills is the low land of the conn |,
- Ietween these are our praires, which is u
~ tniaoie iahd Along the edges of the tim e.
eiPs, our settlements are made. In pass. ::
g from our prairies to the water courses vou Ii
Narlaoiy descend cliffs from fifteen to twenty m
et 30 that our arabic lands, the places for 81
'ttlements are, at these heights. above the hi
aser courses They are perfectly ventilated al
nd are, and must be, healthy. Two of onr al
nySiclans, one having received his education
Fhiiadelphla, the other in New York, and eS
oth having been in this country about ten CO
ears agree IN stating that these parts are is
nealthy as any other in the West. Even in so
lie first settling of it, the emigrants here aid SIT
OF suffer so much with sickness as thew did pr
no nrst ielled the timbers of Kentucky, Ohio, Ia
no New York We have now been here more "
IAN year, and in population of more than Oh
'UO, there have been only six deaths. &C
Inc soil on all these praries is black loan no
men wet, 1t is black as hat, 1t is from eight. nj
IN inches TO three feet in depth. Thousands IN
larnls can be made on this perhaps the rich III
u ana most productive soil in the world, with ne
at the stroke of an or Crubbing hoe to clear cl
le iand. 1t is ready for the ploughshare. Will IN
Do oeiIeve me when tell you the truth: So al
speak, because 1t will appear incredible. If qt
Oh plant your corn in rows on the bottom of IN
rrows, as it breaks up the prairie for the first ne
me, and cover it with your next furrow, Won
ay, as hundreds have done, gather from thirty u
eighty bushels per acre, without another III
lltivated farms Weld from f;ftv - ~ hI.1 sl
lshei--sol corn per acre, and other grains in ma
re proportion. Ia
Our farmers raise all the cotton iney con re
ime' Sweet potatoes flourish well. The n'
ost abundant productions maize, or Indian Ct
'rn, wheat rye, oats, and potatoes, with lit az
iaoor and no manure. Fields which have IN
zen under cultivation ten years, produce as
ell as al nrst' was on farm few months &c
nee, made by an emigrant from Morris county. ~
v OF 30OO acres, enclosed, and under cul. oil
walton. tie had been in the country about pc
We years 80 easy Is 1t to make a farm here "
Is doubtless, without the fear of contradic- Is
on. the greatest grazing country in the Unit. m m
states. You may increase Your stock, if III
ou please, TO any amount. The praircs afford
isture Tor them in summer, and weld hay for &C
inter to any amount for the trouble of NOW. G Is
g 1t. Good cows are from eight to twelve = =
'ilars head. Cattle of every description sell %
u easn' Experienced farmers, men who are as
the business, tell me, if there were 10000 u
lttie to be had in this country, they would l,
ing the cash at the door. The reason is ~
roVers come in from other States and drive Y
lem 10 market. Hogs bring on your farm EP'
ON Si,5O to 81 per cwt, alive, and it is no X,
ncommon thing to see from two 10 five hun. III
req IN drove, going to the mines or st. Loa. 70
) or some other point Some farmers have 70
40 hundred head, and many raise 1000 bushels ID
corn. What may be bought from thirty TO !.
riy cents bushel. Still we have 10 paw four o.
ave dollars barrel for -four. we have ma. L
mills around us, mostly turned by OK or 81
orse power The want of good water courses |,
r mills, is an evil felt in all the west. 81
The timber we have is walnut. hiekorv s,. &c