Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-11-25

Fir,,--Whsat viii doubtless be enc Of sAs
great staples OF ,ais section Of tbs eopary- 4
iarmsr told nis that nino successive yesrs he ho<
not nlisstd hTsi yie.d OF tall what. In so1s
pa,s oithc western couary, souihe illinois fss "a
staace, the soil 10 cold aud c.smmy, the sssd b.
comes htsraliy banunben, and esnaoi ons ~ say
Up to light. But soil never oyeiiays or arnoia-
ers tho germ committed 10 It's bosom. ne tnst
Witnessed the extraordinary yield OF last summer
must be satisfied that western Wisconsin 10 cap&-
bic OF producing several millions OF bushels Of
wheat beyond its own wants. And as have ram
bled over the long ridges OF table land, iSins os-
tween the ravnss and streams of two great riy-
els, felt assured tina, the great design OF nature
would De fulfilled, and that ere long these hiea
lands would with the precio1s gram tos
which they are peculiarly adapted. But whore is
oar msIlets The Mississippi affords access 10 ;hs
cotton growing States, but owing TO their peculiar
institutions, their populltion never will be hsnse--
besides, great portion of 1.-THE slaves--neser
Use -four at all. We ought 20 have, and must have,
\ communication 10 the Lake; 10 New York,
whore hundred people live upon square mile
TO Massachusetts, where the men are so thick mat
they canno, live the plane, but above each
other, in perpendicular columns, Six persons high
| To all the Eastern States and Europe, wherever
there is manufacturing population, We mast have
cur way clear. A rail read irom our great siVs;
to the Lake would transform the appearance OF
w isconsin as If by magic. Towns, houses aus
farms would be anchored to it, and III the distances
the waving field would float upon our utmost Wis
ION. Bankrupt Illinois, il is said, will succeed 81
negotiating loan from Europe to complsls her
Canal, and could nor obtain enough of tha
hoarded treasure OF tbs Old World complete
still more important improvement How devously
il is 10 be wished, that our next Legislature would
IefaDple With our great dssideralUm and apply tbs
remedy. During their seventy five days incuoa-
ton they ought hatch at least one law which has
no clazJc to injors and which viii tree tho
county from it's crops.
| Next Wool IS destined 10 be grca; utapls.--
| Those of us VINO are farmers al present in a
state Of suspense and INDIGESTION. We arc ike a
| Cock OF migratory birds which hnys lost their way
| in the dark One turns 10 the north, another 10
lhc south, ami others cut a circle. The reason OF
this is, tina, he country mas just began ic produce
ma:a :Aen It's own wants Ielulre; hshce the farmer
isss the necessity OF seeking some higher point of
observation WhsIe he can survey the ma kets Of
the world aud shape MIA course accordingly Then
n. will be prepared 10 enter INTO tbs business o.
MS choice IN earnest. In the opinion oi compe-
tent Judges western Wisconsin equals any poEtoa
OF the Union for the grazing OF sheep. lately
read Of Michigan farmer VINO cashed his hrgt
years clip in New York City for S3,eO0 Land
30 broken aud rough that the farmer would tugD
il OUT of his snc!osure ate better adapted than
any other TO the gazing OF thls animal we aavs
ABUNDANCE OF waite power to manufacture our
wool into cloth The wealth OF " isconsln no
doubt must arse lIom our proficiency and skill in
these two gsat branches ofhusbandly Cain msy
bring tn. fruits OF tbs earth, and Abel tho 6rss-
lngs of mis- flock and both DO accepted III The mats
of commerce. rhs device descriptive of vest
orr Wisconsin, herttoore, Aas been Il pick and
a pile Of niiheia 10 Ghese III soon De ADDED the
sheep and inc sneaf ]. +, VI.
Lancaster, Nov %, 1913.