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81 WssAsagtoa, n.y., Rotr a rssids-t of
ssek'onssii<, Illinois, 10 a rsiatirs in CAss,sr.
Psnn.
'AexsoSvnLz, nev. II, 1872.
"Since l have received your. last
KIND letter. Ihaye been rowing about
through the western ststes, in search of
place to make my permanent home.
After travelling BY land and by water.
over mountains and plains, through
wilderness and prairie, I at length
stopped here with q view of maxim
THIS town my residence through life.
~ have seen the whole Mississippi
valley, hom the Allegsny mountains
on the east, 20 the Rocky mountains on
the west, and from the lakes on the
north, TO the Gulf Of Mexico on tbe
south. have every where endesvorrd
to examine the soil, water courses. finn
Der. and opening prospects Of this im-
menss region OF country. lhaye studi-
cd its history, talked with its earliest
inhabitants. witnessed the rapid grow In
10 ommereisi,agrieulturai, and poli,ic-
~ imPortanee. lhave mixed with il.
vsrioes clssses, learned the mapners.
Peeuiiariiies and preiudices Of each
section OF its territory. have souohe
information from all these sources. and
found my reward in the abundan, fund
OF practical knowledge they have AT.
iorded. 1 am now in Morgan county.
twenty miles east OF Illinois river. on.
hundred miles north Of Sc. Louis. i'm
the most delightful country Of thi.
magnificent valley. To ATTEMPT de-
seriptiep Of its ten thousand aprieultu-
rat and commercial facilities would be
Jolly IN the extreme. II would reouir,
The descriptive talents Of q Cooper or
. Scott, to exhibit in their true colours
the fertility OF the soii. the beautiful
interm,xture Gifts woodlands and pra;-
REL ehrystal waterD and noble rivers.
All s'siiers sppre eiats lie inertia, and.
as might be supposed, q mighty tide
oil emigsaiioDis rolling iu--thonsand
OF people from almost every land.
met with Penhsylvania farmer at
this place, few days ago; who was
highly pleased with the country--hia
conversation to me was as fo!,.ws;-
F" In Pennsylvania we labor hard from,
the htSt peep Of day in the mornin1 "a
the shades Of twilight NJ might've
spend much time and money in manur-
ing our fields and working them skill.
'uHy-wlthths sweat Of our brOws We
SOW, cultivate, and reap, and with ali
our Efforts Ne can only get a dpeeat
competence. Here, in this land flow
ing with milk and honey, the so;l il
Iicher than our manure, and too deem
10 be exhausted by tilisge in twO CEN
tur'esj here wheat, corn, sud hemp.
are produced with so little labor, th.t
they seem to spring up almost sponIs-
neously-here the farmer can rai.a
stock oieysry description TO his hears'e
content-here are rivers nasigsble ali
'hs seasons of the year by the largest
,ieamooats, carrying 60 che mark eiaef
The sosth, the north and the esst. svsrv
variety Of fafniDg prodvciions-bsr.
lEe euteTpFising, Industrious and in.
'el'iRent, honest people, ineressipe in
seaHh as u were By EnsRie--iowns.
;iiies end colleges are rising on ssery
'snd. This then 10 Jhe land for ne.
'ere wIll ! bring my substance and nv
smhy. NY farm Ia Pennsylvania viii
'ell TOE What sill purchase ten larger
mo sstter ones here. will returnto
ne east. convert my property into mo-
'sy, and bring my wife, my sons and
~ Daughters 20 live and de in shis
'Arihly paradise.