Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-10-22

and mountains upon the border OF th'
prulries in this country are covered will
grass, as fac range as could be imagined
and which can never be exhausted
The whole Willamette Valley. three hun
dred miles long, and from fifty 10. one
hundred miles wide, is about such I
a country as | have described 10 You
| and most Of it is yet uneccupisd by any
one. ......
Farming is perhaps the most prC6ta-
Bile Of all business done in this country
1t is easy to open a fan here, as you
have such fine timber for AZ S9fpeses'--, :,
You ploW all winter and all sumner II
you choose. In TACT you can plOW ell the
ys@. They actually SOW wheat here
from the 18th October to the 10Th May,
and make as much per acre as in Mia
souri,. Irish potatoes grow here finer
than any other place in the world, per-
haps. | saw five acres Of land sown in
wheat in May last, which produced one
huncred and ten bushels. If you SOW
late, you put in more seed. Corn can
be raise d, but not so we'll as wheat. You
can raise enough for all purposes, as you
need none except for bread. . ...-
As to the climate, it is the finest yOu
ever saw. Winter commences in Dee
cember, and ends 10 February. This
has been about as wet season as they
have had. The rains commenced in very
geAlle showers, about the 18th of No.
vembsr, and dung the balance oI No
vembor, il raiEed about one day in eight.
In December it rained about enc day in
Eve; and in January it rained or SHOWS
ed abOut every other day. In FebruS-
~, about the first, we had slight snow,
which melted as it fell, and one slight
rain succeeding it the next day, and the
bulence of the month the most bSnuti>
ful, clear and warm weather imagina'
BILE. The 26th November we had small
snow, which was gone in three days
In December we mad very little snow,
what fell melted as it fell. Ia January
we had good deal Of snow, all Of which
melted as it fell except one snow about
six inches deep, which lay about three
days. The ground has scarcely been
frozen an inch deep this Winter. The
rains here are always very light, mostly
drizzIing rain, and they are very warm,
and not like the cold Fall andSpring rains
in Missouri.
would rather have a weeks rain than
two days snow. believe man can do
twice the work here in The Winter than
in Missouri; and if he is a mechanic hs
can work every day. The rains are now
past, and the grass is growing finely
Flowers are opening, and have been in
formed by Wm. O'NeBl, and others, the
best ofau,hOrity, that strawberries have
been in uloom all the Winter. know !
saw them on the lst Decembsr last. |
have lived since 5th January in a log
cabin, floor OF loose plank, laid on sleep.
ers high from the ground,with only boards
nailed on the cracks-and burned much
less wood, and not suffered half the cold
as would have done in Missouri. They
never daub tho cracks of their houses
here. t.#aEs
American cows are worth here from
$50 to $75. American horses from $50
to 1876. Oxen from $75 to $125 per
yoke. This is the finest country for rails
ing cattle you ever saw. They keep fat
ali winter. Butter sells at from twenty to
twenty five cents. And, what ! did not
expect to fnd, this is good country for
hogs. At all events you have here plen.
~ of Jrass. a root they call, wappatO,
and also plenty Of white oak mast. A
first rate market can be had here for any
and every thing, and ysu HAYS never
seen business more brisk. Times are
first rate, and every body busy. The
manufacturing power is unsurpasged in
this world. There are more fms mill
sites than YOU ever saw. Such water
power as tha, at the Falls of Platte can
be found any where. Ths timber of the
country is Gr, white cedar, oak, ash, ma.
ple. cherry, cotton wood, and some oth~
ers you never saw.
Great plenty Of wild fruit here. The
hazel and elder grow here ten times as
large as in the States. We make hoop
poIes and scrub brooms OF the hazel
| You will find trees here even more than
three hundred feet high. The tall tim
ber is at the mouth of the Columbia, ,and
in the Cascade mountains. But even
here it is two hundred to two hundred
and fifty feet high. The other day we
cut down fit tree, and cut It towards
Cooper's house, not dreaming il would
reach it--but when il fell it knocked his
roof severely and some of the Bbs wen
over the house. II took Cooper all day
to repair his house. .ataass a9,
| | will not persuade you, nor will | an!
Of nv friends, to come to this country
but we're lin the States again, I shoul'
Il certainly come myself For $20O yOi
could purchase 100 young Asifers--ani
in driving them here, you might los
J from GvS. to ten! When you resche