Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-03-10
From Another Correspondent
MILWAUKEE, Feb. %. lS.


10 Mr.. EDIToR: 1t is some time since
a last attempted to advise your readers of tn
ID signs Of the times in the fourishing Wes
,e The last was a propitious season for Wi.
is consin. The crops were unusually good
r owing to the fne, dry autumn, every thin
e ripened to perfection, and was gathere
without any rain, which is quite a desider
O otum i'll this harmless country. The sub
/ sequeut high prices, has placed our farm
G ing interest in fourishing condition; ant
n when they lurish, all the world wags mer
e rily. This was happy change. But ;
h.. few short months ago, the farming interes
. was at low eob. Many of the farmer.
t were pressed heavily with debt, and obliget
, to pay ruinous interests, with poor crops
, poor market, and without facilities to gc
, their produce to such markets as they had
, Under these circumstances, many Of them
, become dishcartened
In 1910, the first Railroad project was
started, and many who were already groan.
Ing under their load, were stimulated t.
make one more effort Desperate as the
alternative appeared, they mor,gaged their
farms, and their all, 10 aid the Milwaukee
II Mississippi Railroad; and now, that road
being finished some 81 niles, they are be-
ginning 70 reap the fruits Of their venture
Instead of L ruin0us experiment, Gas many
Of the more chicken-hearted predicted, } it
has proved ! source of wealth to many.
There is not farm within any reasonable
distance of the road, that has not vastly
. increased in value, and some have auadru.
pied In two years, while at the same time
the stock secured by those mortgages have
yielded them more, in the shape of divi-
depds th9r,eaid the iusG year, seve,;s Usnc'
Railroads have commenced diverging in
different directions from this city, and are
prosecuted with considerable vig gor, causing
real estate TO advance, not only in this city,
but throughout the State, at q rate almost
incredible.
4 As before stated, we had a very pleasant
autumn and the winter did not set in until
near Christmas, and when it did close up,
we had uninterrupted s!cighing until within
the last week, making it one of the most
agreeable winters (although sometimes In
tensely cold) ever experienced in this
country. Business had no interruption.
Produce (thc principal part grain and
pork, came pouring in, in one unbroken
stream. The business men, however, were
not alone in the enjoyment Of the pleasant
winter The young and frolicsome also
shared largely, for those who can find
pleasure in good slcighing never had bet
ter chance for such enjoyment. Then.
again, those who seek their enjoyment in
more substantial and intellectual pursuits,
had the facility to enjoy some rare treats
in the shape Of literary lectures.
The Young Mems Literary Association
had course Of thirteen public lectures,
delivered under their auspices, and among
the lecturers We had Horace Mann, Horace
Greeley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and not
by any means second to any Of them was
Bishop Potter, of Philadelphia, who dcliv-
cred two lectures. These lectures were all
very well attended, and made some inrcads
upon the enjoyment of those for whom such
dishes are too solid. The dancing circle,
| am happy to say, was materially reduced,
and there was not half the wagging Of the
heol, the few last years. This, l hope, is
the commencement of an improvement of
permanent character in that particular.
The Erie troubles was also the cause Of
some speculation, and excitement, even on
this side of the Lakes. And | tell you,
that no Pennsylvania, who had his heart
at the right place, and knew the facts
which caused the controversy, could well
keep his blood from boiling, to see the
Press of the entire West, not only refuse
to publish ore fact calculated to explain
the cause of the controversy, but exhaust
ed the vocabulary of billinsgate slang, not
only against the Erians, but against the
glorious old KEYSTONE, "the latches Of
whose shoes, they are unworthy to un-
loose" The true reason Of his is evidently
the lamen'ablc fact, that the Western
Press is polluted with the piyny vegetable,
called in vulgar parlance-sMALL PorA-
TOES, which you know, is cheap in any
market, and there is, perhaps, not an Edi-
tor west of Pennsylvania who has not a
free ticket, in his pocket or in expectancy,
to travel upon the road Of this corporation
that sought in its characteristic arrogance
to override all law, all right, and even its
Own Central, in tho accomplishment Of its