Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-10-02
Drccp1pr,oN or SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

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STiLL"A I - H. Lon have now been a month in
, MSssIs' hui'S S Wisconsin, had hut mcagre
inc it!!iio'T -r,h Winst sccrinn of the Republic,
idea OF this North cSl s'otIL " I,. and
until came ana saw ~, m'I ,rnyes he lakes and
nraifIesi INC N' ou'iIH' lit Inc flowers and
rivers Ine spti'Gs "n" tbIs,nJ varied manites-
shiunp'rE an" Wv ,, AMI beautiful that here
ta''ons VI ''' ,.I;,n, Tho C,nrinps speak
cheer the heart ana en'tv r,, of he Territory
more particularly III v NJ i",ii o,J F,x rivers
Yi!E STun -, Wv, ~ sa,' is NOT surpassed by any
WHICH, N,,.u'o ~ West In productive
sec.,o't ~ Tp' %, can he desired; in health. the
ness IT - an '.,"t r,r n complain, and in
peoP'e nave wv l'.', :, 49,, ,,b,r nnd can boast
p'eaSa"tileSS ~ s''h'i Nv L,or,h any nortion of
supI'luIl i -, ',,r eve meets a continued
southern " s.on;I' IaJ .r3rrs that cannot fail
succession OF NnIltu M ,cr, observer and nf
to tngr"ss the au'ntIni VI &iL almost ami
i?iu tn't ", Ins in fprpc,fulncss whatever
lilates .t'iIo 'i' I, cherished and dissipa'rs
Oh sorrow my n"Ss or III na,ure may have
VIVA, fL, u ~ ,ronrrlv describe any one of
thomsanJ l,nJscapes | have seen, requires the
of ,j Ict and the paner and above all,
- cnnvcv The faintcst idea of the eastern hcmis
,bcre az tho beams during an hour before sun
iise Is a task that few would he bold enough to
,,nJ,rt,ko | shall remember with my latest rt-
collection the sunrise Of the = st July, witnessed
s ,;I Ia, , similar SCENE in Itlay, and
thpn transiort Themselves to Wisconsin, and /
will veutre ON their anknrss to confess that they
never before so deeply penetrated the meaning OF
a sunrise that is not unusual IN this favored
Land
The rroprcss of Wisconsin, in settlement, Is
rnsurpassed by any portion of the West In
1910. her population was 30,9lO, large potuoh
of which had long before been fixed in the MINER
al region which has made comparatively MUG
advance in this respect. The popuiatloh' aCCo, ,
ino 70 the census OF 1876, was over loo,Uoo,
sh1winp an increase of over $4,000, most OF
which had been made within five years MI
wankie through not born till 1885, is now CITY
of 2 900 souls, and Racine, Southp'lI' in!.'o
Fort and Sheboygan, are remarkably HourlshIng
towns, of but few years growth, numbering from
3OOO TO 5000 people. Milwauke is 80 and She
boygan so miles below Chicago.
Almost all ofSouthcrn Wisconsin, wen ADAPT
oJ IN agriculture. Noble farms speedily made
on The nrairies and openings and three years cul-
,,,o n, Hos Thorn look like long improved farms
,'ot nossrssiur all their original fertility. The
s;rt;os aro ,Ht unbranded, but passed through
pro- sf,, ,,;los in ovtont Generally, they are of
Que n.sIo' t,,r,i ooJ lated here and there with
i,;TI f,rc.t stands Many are preiudced
:t a;r;o IanIs because of the scarcity OF
,i71hcr INT n calculation will prove that a farm
NAV he made in the centre of the widest prairie,
provided it be within ten miles OF a navlgable
stream and suppIied with building and fencing
materials brourbt from the Allegheny country,
as cheaply as a farm can be made in the heavy
timbered land, and with far less hard work. II
REQUIRES all the bone and sinew of one generation
to bring tmhcrcd country, as Ohio was INTO
state of pIeasant cultivation. Farmers in this
socIion can live as well and as easily as they
ncase Labor sufficient for exercise is all that Is
REQUIRED to maintain complete Independence
MANY cases are known where the poor have set
tied upon vacant land and enabled from the pro-
duct thereof to support themselves and pay for
onartcr section in two years.
Would III AT mutiiudes of the poor who pine IN
our cities might come out into this goodIy land
and have their mouths filled, and heats blessed,
and children ennoblrd by the fatne,s of the fields
and the richness of the scenery of this unappTe-
ciotoJ country. The land Of southern iscon-
sin i mainly entered hut there is some left yet,
and more farther north and west. In the Mil
,vaukie district which includes all as far west as
Madison and north TO near Sheboygan, four-hfths
of The lands taken. Wisconsin was not design
ed for an unhealthy country. Her high rolling
nrairies and oneninrs, blooming with flowers OF
almost INFINITE variety and beauty; her oount1ul
springs Of pure water and living streamets spark
ling along their pehbly beds, and her dcllghtlu
lakes of transparent depth, which lend fresh
ness to the summer breezes, were not made to
generate disease and curse people Tor whoseeh-
joyment they were created.
Wisconsin i settled by a class Of very fine peo-
nloEnoot indmstrinns economicaI and temperate
There is near Racine a large settlement of Nor
yeoiaps who are very much admired by their
ne;Ghhnr,s Tbrv have commenced publication
IN tbcir o,yp IanGpooe There are several settle
mcnts from Norwav There is strong spirit of
advancement amonr the ncople and | look for
Tho accon,nIishnent of much Inv them for real HUI
man nronrpIs IF tbpv do not nresent the world
With tsnr5otb;no hri@bter and nober than has vel,
boen sonr ,bn,57 yii7 he greallv blamabIe for God
AInigbtu has oiven Them every thing that can
,"sy nos b',oea, raoII. bcinI Lei them live
10 he great and hapnv. see to the good education
Ell du war thing desirable. will Be
pnaii1ad ~
Wiz oo,arJ - internal imnrovements little has
,,o. ho ven Jone bn, much is said on the subject.
Shop,orl we rrocnreJ for railroads from Milwau-
I;nnnJ ShohppvGan across the Territory Five
nv u'' ,, rrEaIIv witness the connection of the
SSt 10 WI p',;,b ota W,cbigan and Milwaukee