Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-02-28
PRrsr,,, VALE. Pa. Feb. Is, 1851.

PRESriss VALE, Pa. Feb. 10, 1851.
FEirsp MElLrS--lt has been long time
since my pen has informed you Of augh' rela-
tive to matters in this far oil portion OF the
Union, and the ouly excuse have to offer i''
that the pressing cares Of business invoices me
from day TO DAY 50 that have but little time
to write. The season past has been one OF
unboundcd prosperity--,hc Garth yielding her
increase mos, layishly, oqualing II not sur
passing our most sanguinc exPeeiation'-sai'
styling US tina, we have selected a mos, fertile
as well as healthy country.
lave raised the season pas, oil OF one
acre Of laRd, tina, was covered with heavy
timber in March last, 20 bushels OF Germ
cut the timber from that time up to the middle
Of May--bumed up the wood upon the
ground, and planted my corn from the 9th to
the 10Th vt June, and obtained oil OF such
grccn haiJcr land tina, amount Of corn the
frs, wear From 10 acres that sowed 10
cats, raised 400 bushels. ] have never seen
better winter wheat than has been raised
within three miles Of my set'lcmen'-35
bushels pr acre, and rye 20 bushels per acre.
In fact, almos, every crop that can bc grown
in the northern States, Gourishcs here. And
could some Of the Oxford farmers look a, our
fields Of corn and grain that wave around u
in time Of harygsi, look in To our barns aud
see VIVA, it ooe.,-ss To raise stock here, and
find ,ha, !, Is worth more than IN Maine, ]
would net wonder II some Of them would
like tn come here.
could bu, mark the couiras, in the climate
here and IN Maine. For few days only OF
our coldes, weather, has the Thermometer
ranged 81 low as degrees above o. We
have had considerable snow, more than usual
this winter, but scarcely more than QUO foot
at lime--whilc 10 the interior and Northern
y. York, they have had four feet, aud nearly
as cold, as the papers say Il has LcrH IN the
Fast
There never was better time for invest
men, in this country than at present They
are pushing on the y. Y. & l.. Railroad
It is already opened to within &c miles, and
IN May next will be 10 the Lake, being 10
miles nearer. Nearly all Of the stock Is Ia
Ken Ter a plank road that will run To the
County town, Southport, and comes within I
miles and shogld the Railroad IN conicmpla
ton from Pittsburgh To in,erscci with the y.
Y. & T.. II. r., It will pass down the valley
Of the Allegheny rvcr aud hence come with.
IN the sane distance Of the plank road
large amounts Of coal have been discover
ed within the year, which Is giving increased
importance to this region Of country.
At the prices that am pay'Ag for corn,
grain, hay, SC, tn carry on nv numbering
business, and which have been the prices,
aud mus, be without any considerable dlml-
mutton, two dollars can be made here where
one eau In any portion Of the Ea'i-and is As
healthy a climate a. ever was.
Co-p is worth IS cents, Oats D, Buck
wheat %, Beans %, Wheat l,i3, hay $40
per ton-and all It wants is the sturdy indus.
uious, temperate, hard working men Of
Mairs, to clear Of these forests, and make
themselves independent in few years. Oar
colony consists Of 10 families, all from Maine,
which together si,h thu single men which
employ, makes 80 persons.
The valley in which am located, contains
enough land ior 100 good farms, and as vet !
have the control Of 1t and eau determine who
may come and settle with u and Who not
The prospect i0r our next years increase Is
much more flurrng than the last several
families Nill be on IN Matrh. Ii you know
or any Of the right stamp Who prefer going
Ia ,hc West, tell them 10 give Tue a call.
Pardon ny long silence, and will be more
punc,ual IN future. Nour truly,
J. VI. PRENTlSS.