The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-07-14
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mas bestowed upon them.-l
Thousands never travel three-score miles
from where their lot is cast, and they live
and die in the delusion that the world con-
tains little worth caring for, that they have
not. The Burlington Free Press publish
es a letter from gentleman who lives up
on an estate in the "far down" portion of
the region almost edging on the rest of
creation. His description of the country
is given in reply to the request of a friend
in New York city, who desired the infor-
nation, with view to emigrate if it prov
ed agreeable. ~ f
- February, 90, 1852.
Dear Sir:-Yours of the goth is re-
ceived, and I hasten to give you the in
formation desired, for the benefit of your
friend as follows: @4 -.
The soil when you can get at it, iscom-
posed principally of conglomerate, viz: a
mixture of muck, mass, decayed fern
leaves, paving stones and snow.
The face of the country; when not
covered with snow, is covered with a
growth of hemlock, spruce and cedar
timber, except those portions which the
enterprise of former years has attempted
to clear-these are covered with stumps
rocks, fallen trees, and bushes and bram-
bles.
The fruits are various, such as choke
cherries, mooseberry, whortleberry, and
black raspberry, the latter in great album
dance and perfection.
Among the game is to be found the do
mestic fowl, the swallow, crow and blue
/ Jay, and in mid summer, the night hawk
and screech owl.
The animals hunted. for their fur are
the poal cat, the chip-monk, the stray
dogs-those chiefly esteemed for then
flesh are the muskrat, skunk and wood.
chuck A
The fishes embrace greatvariety, from
the tad-pole, to the buH-pout-the suck
er is salted down for winter use,
The principal articles Of import, arr
dried apples, buffalo coats, tea, tobacco
cotton cloth, molasses, bogus cigars, ant
spoiled oysters: e....@..
The ARTICLES Of export are few, being
only such things as they don't wan
themselves-the principal are convicts II
Auburn and sing-Sing Prisons, and emf
grants to California.
The chief productions are whitehead
ed children, which in time grow to. belum
bermen, pedlers, squires, deacons, politi
clans and rogdes.
! Their means of getting living are in
genious and varied-the most ostensible
however, is ''dickering," at which the,
are very expert, swopping horses, trad
ing cattle, and getting out manure, hoe
ing corn, acting as scare crows, and get
ting down sick, = eating green apples.
The range of domestic duties is conf
ded altogether to chance andthe "woma
folk" ~. ~
The principal business is an impol
tinent interference in, other peoples al
fairs, the entire neglect of their own, es
aggerating evil reports, throwing obstacle
in the way of public Improvements tail
!, ing politics, and doing chores. The youn
, leave the parental roof at a, tender ag'
and commence on their own hook, pedd
ing popcorn, gingerbread and molasst
q candy,
6 The climate is a cross between Laplan
Siberia; not quite so cold as the one, an
great deal colder than the other, b,
healthy. The principal diseases, al
lame stomach, delirum tremens, an
s'folks is sick .4...
The articles of luxury most esteemed
are salt Goldfish dried pumpkins and Woo
len gowns.
The articles of furniture are cool
. stove, mop-pail and wash-dish. !.
The farming impliments consist of q
axe, saw, a log chain, generally hooke
E and a jack knife. -
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9 QUEER MARRIAGE CEREMoNY.-Juds