Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-12-09
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GCorresponience of the Lewishurg Chronicle
ROCKFORD, III, Nov. p, 1888.
DECEMBER 9, 1858.

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MAJ. HICKoK Perhaps a short com
,nunicatiou from the - Sucker State will
hot be unpalatable to your readers.
The present season Of the year is the
least attractive for travelling, and travelling
in any other place but on the prairics OF
Illinois. would be dull and unintcresting.
tn a nerson born and bred among the hills
of the Eastern States,* where nothing
meets the eye bu: cliffs, crags, raVlnes,
dales. rivers. and rivulets, 1t Is worth
Journey of a thousand miles to visit the
Great West" and see with his own eyes
the endless fields of prairie lands, which,
like a broad sea spread themselves to the
horizons verge, and seem bounded only
by the sky. The whole country Is high,
rolling prairie-exccpt that portion along
the Rock River, which is perfectly level,
the soil black and adhesive to the depth
of from six inches to three feet, beneath
which is auicksand-and from any one
point you can look over thousands OF acres
of the finest land the sun ever shone upon,
and miles and miles in extent the eye
can range over this land sea without
meeting the least object to obstruct its
vision. No bluffs, no barren mounds, 10
mountains looks a If dame Fortune
in some prodigal frcrk, forge'fui OF j1~ -'o-
and equality, unearlng iof the wants Vi Ger
sister States, had emptled her blessings on
Illinois, and ransacked Nature for beauties
and favors to lavish upon her. She Is
destined to be-she must becomc-the
Banner Agricultural State Ill the Inion.
The lack of Timber in the Northern
part of the State, Is rapidly beng supplied
by the planting OF Locust trees, OF which
there are already considerable forests, and
although not more than ten or twelve
wears old, yet more than ample Tor the
nurposes of fuel, &c Hedges OF Usage
Orange are now numerous, and 1t Will
not be long before they will entirely
supercede the necessity for rails In some
plaees whera the trees are not yet large
enough for use, or where they were neg
lected to be planted, farmers mark the
boundaries of their possessions, or divide
into fields, by digging two trenches about
six feet apart and three deep,and throwing
the earth in ridge between them This
mode of fencing, however, Is fast becoming
obsolete. and farmers are enclosing their
grounds with good substantial fences
For the age of Illinois, and for its faci-
lities-for it must be considered that 1t
was settled principally by Eastern men,
who had not enough capital to start busi-
ness at home, and scarcely enough to pay
the expenses of emigration-it is the first
State in the Union, in regard to Education'
Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce,
po.kfora, on the Rock River, about w
miles west of Chicago, is city OF from D
TO 5000 inhabitants, and for beauty,
symmetry of plot, magnifcence of build
;nps, and educational facilities, is equal to
any Eastern. town of five times its age
and advantages.
Land, in this portion Of the State, Is
rapidly increasing in value, and farms,
slightly improved, bring from S25 to $40
ner acre. The small log shantes, occupied
bv the farmers when they first came here,
are now being replaced by neat and com
Portable houses, much improving the see
merry of the country. T.
*By eastern" our young friend uses
\ "Sucker" term for Pennsylvania. And
vet if he we're to travel in the Eastern part
of our State, New York, and "AwAY
DOWN EAST" We "guess" he would find
them fully up, if not superior, to favored
Illinois, in most particulars.-CHRoN.
LIFE.-The woes Of human life, are
relative. The sailor springs from his
warm couch to climb the icy top-mast at
midnight without a murmur-while the
rich merchant complains Of the rattling
cart which disturbs his evenings repose
In the times Of peace, we announce the
breakage of bone as a " Melancholy
Event." but in war, when We read of the
slaughter Of our neighpors and thousands
Of the enemy, We clap our hands and
shout GLORIOUS Victory"