The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-05-17

Sundays nor nothing to eat only what fley
brought from the East, 60 to Iowa Or 81 You
want to 60 to grass, to 60 on al fours, and
do as other kinds Of cattle do, % to Salt
Lake.
Third question" Docs the fever and aque
prevail much in Wisconsin q
OF course it does. Nobody out West IS
fool enough to ask question. Every body
shakes; even the trees shake YOU can't coax
q crab apple to stay on when it IS good for
anything it viii shake off. It win shake
man off the bed kick him out Of doors. and
shake the bedstead at him till he gives it up.
Fourth question:" How long does pre-
ernption hold good 2"
That depends on circumstances. If you
have a good rifle, and know how to use it,
you have one chance to ten that you may live
until you starve to death. But if you can't
stand fire, and are not a good shot and d
quick one, take my word for it you had bet
ter tarry in Jericho until your beard be grown;
they are all too smart for you up in that neck
Of woods.
Fifth question" Is land to be had ia the
northwest part Of Ohio for 81 % per acre,
and is it good n
That's all fudge, got up by spectators to
gull some green horn ike you or me, for to
the best Of my knowledge and belief Ohio
was worn out ten years ago. The whole bus
ness Of the railroads in warm weather, is to
carry back persons who have been fools
enough to come West All the railroads are
loing this winter are carrying dirt into Ohio
out Of Michigan to raise a few beans and oats
o keep the folks from starving to death next
summer.
AS to the land in the northwest Of Ohio,
t is eighteen inches under water most Of the
year, and will probably be worth 81 % per
lcre when water-snakes and coppol-heads
brings as much per barrel in New York mar
1ets as potatoes are worth per bushel in All
on
And lastly, he wants reliable information
y short article in your paper relating to the
he wants to 90 to a healthy 10
cation, decent land and fair water
Exactly Why, my dear sir, there isno such
thing as reliable information out West, unless
you pay well for it. A lawyer won't tell the
truth unless you give him five hundred dol
ars, and they can't believe half he saws.
a witness won't tell the truth in Court un-
less you first scare him half to death and
make him swear he won't lie and then neith-
er himself nor any body else knows whether
he tells the truth OF not. The preachers all
call us an inveterate set Of sinners, but from
what have written you, you must know we
are pretty good sort Of people.
If you ask miss of stout, blooming six
teen for kiss, she pettishly says no, when
every body knows she means yes, Of course.
On the whole, if you feel obliged by our
short article" SO do /. If you want to 90
to healthy land, stay at home, and don't be
4 fool like myself and come out west. And
IS for decent land, my dear fellow, what do
you mean You must know that all our
Wild prairie is very indecent, especially when
t is burt over and left as naked as il was born.
lis true nature Teaves a sort Of flo leaf apron
every summer out Of q coarse kind Of grass.
out it soon gets burnt off, and is as indecent
Is ever.
As for fair water, we have none, It is all
bilious compost Of liquid mud, dead bufa-
oes, fish and rotten rattle snakes
Our common drink, when we can't get whis-
Key, is one third coffee, one third prairie mud
and Tobacco juice.
Upon the whole, if you have good water,
md can get half enough to eat, stay where
you are. Yours truly,
PETER PILLMAKER
p, S.-Jacksonville was formerly in Wis
,onsin, but big freshet foated most Of the
houses down twenty miles south of the IIli-
lois River, and stuck them on a high and dry
idge We expect the next rise in the river
viii take us down into old Kaintuck
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