Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-09-18

has left no after excitement Of any conse-
quence. The Ho tiinguer arrived at Cork on
the 10th.
The Caledonia takes 100000 10 specie.
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Mr.. A. A. BARR.
Dear Sir:-You desire me to give you some
certain information in regard to the climate
health and general prospects Of our Territory
The editor Of the Herald never refuses TO be-
come The pillar OF fire. by night or day, 10
lead any honest man from the crowded do
mains of the old States, to this land Of prom
climate, our winters are long. generally occu-
pying halfof November and so on through the
FIRST half Of March. Should you purchase
small farm in Grant you must cut about TWO
tons Of prairie hay per head, for your cattle
and horses sometime 10 November your cat
tie will bring you intelligence that lbe frost
has killed the prairie vegetation, and hey
will be under the necessity Of drawing their
daily ralions from your stack yard, tiIl-say
about the middle of April. Then The plains
begin TO smile with their annual verdure,
which furnishes gFaiuitons food for all domes
tic animals ii. The return Of winter. Twen.
" FIVE degrees below zefa is about our maxi
mum cold. People generally say that the
winter is the pleasaniesl season Of the year
Ia no part Of the United States is a greater
proportion Of the labor performed dnring the
six months that Sol is rustca,ing in the
southern zone. than is done 10 Wisconsin. As
the snow falls. so il lies for six or eight
weeks. There is no unhappy contention be-
tween Summer and Winter; no freezing.
,hawiog, raining, shining in the space OF "a
hours. as there is sometimes IN Mary land -
Winter never plays steal clothes with sum.
mer. nor summer with winter These sea
sons treat each other with respect and never
iniTode upon the rights Of each other. Corn
should be planted by the middle Of May:
wheat, rye, oats and all sorts Of small grain
flourish here. A farmer during summer must
be as busy as q hackman at a wharf, he must
hump himself to gather his several crops as
fast as nature natures Them. Every day is
growing day, and all the elements are hurry
ing vegetation to get it out OF The reach Of
frost We have, generally speaking, no DAYS
here neither cold nor hot that merely serve
TO hold the two ends of Time together; but
every day in summer adds weight or height or
something 10 vegetation.
Wisconsin, be assured is healthy country
rolling, bold, high Beautiful fountains
streams dash away like a mill tail. The
bluffs are frequently perpendicular lodges OF
limestone adorned with evergreen shrnboery.
Tben we have sky so pure thar the stars are
brought so near you that iae proximity some
times appears frightfri. Must mol such
country be- healthyl Only avoid The low bot
tom. and you will probably not only live long
10 Wisconsin, but every day feel on excess oil
life, ill you arc satisfied with the bliss OF liv-
ing.
There is much land to be possessed 10 this
country, equal TO any thar ever grew potato
OF pumpkin. and be assured that il the poor
laborers in the old Slaies--the tenant and rem
tiers 10 Maryland. where labor is accaIsed be-
cause the African slave is its representative
could only have a vision Of our fertile, bound
less prairies. how would their bosoms swell
with the purpose Of seeking Independence u
these uneutivated solliudesl Oor world vii
not need an addition for some centuries L
come. Tell all your neighbors who get thei'
living by homes, labor, that they can't dc Sc
well any way as TO migrate hi'hetwafd. Tel
them 10 hasten too. for The English, the iilsh
the Germans, the NorweRiaus in fact al tue
world is agog looking visibility this way
They can have as much Of Wisconsin as any
man opeh, 10 have. a, 81 IS per acre,
As your trade is tina, Of mill stone maker
end you enquire as to our nafke, for such ar
,ieles, when we wan, bread they give q
stones q, 81. Louis, Mo. There is no mann
factory Of French Boris nearer 70 Us. \,
coautry excels ours for wheat or water powe'
Zen say yoo calculate 10 reach 81 Loois B.
The first Of November The rvsr viii the
be lOw-poss,bly Il would be your best eouEs
20 pursue your trade there 'ill April; then 70
can &c, a passage on The boss for little {
nothisg; almost fer the beneh, you viii be |
The way Of ballast
q Yoor friend. Sc.
a ED. HERALD.