The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-10-11
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ssusly an inssiaelivs desire iu the minds oil
IaOsi ohioAns; AMI any Information respect
log the ccualry is generally in eIssung 10
them IiafiRg sraversed small portion OF
the Great West, will endeaTor TO give yarl
readers briel skeleh ol It ia my oRn bone
II lsnguage. bag assure you. in eandor
sad frankhess.
a'hls ytilAgs Ht which this lsttef is dated,
is abosl SIX hundred milss due west OF New
Philadelphia. but in these tosi amss The
Journey Is bnt q Squirrsrs jump" in com.
parisOa TO The BY gone days VI mud wagons
Md go-eArts. Believe ins. il Sps only SIX.
y hours from lie time lett New Pbilndtl
Phia until | was safely landed at keohuk.
lOWa--s distahse (by the route travelled OF
eight hundred IBiles Keokuk is stua.ed
IN The south east corner Of the STATE, ON tue
west bank Of tue Mississippi river. had
SBfie3patcd Il to be no mere Of place than
few deserted lndiau huts, aud halt dozen
small trading houses--(six or seven years
agol would have found ii so but now 10
Eg surprise. |, 10 y beautiful city of i've
tkoussEd inhabitants! ltis the great trad,
tog point for southern Iowa. and It's mag.
pikesnt buildings. busy wholesale houses
And crowded streets, remind the western
traveller that be is MI yet beyond the boun.
dary 9f Yankee enterprise. The growth nl
Jhe' 6hols West 10 tact, is truly asloni2 hing
Along the railroad from Chicago on Lake
Michigan, 10 Rock Island ou The mississippi
river, bsauliiul farms and thriving villages
continually present themselves TO view
And since | have penetrated into the .'iural
districts" Of low =, ind naturally most
delightful eoantry, l mean sou hern Iowa }
holds out 10 the Western enigrant, are most
certainly very great, and present to the seek
rr Of q Western bone considerations well
worthy bis serious reflection. In the frs,
place the slsmste is temperate, bling about
aae west hon Tuscarswas county. The
winters. however, ! am told are some What
'Nldsr than in Tuscarawas, owing to the
general lsvelness Of the country and the
seai city of forests to check the sweep of the
Winds But very little rain or snow falls as
. general thing, during the winter, and the
y~sult s that dusty roads are more common
ihsn muddy ones. All kinds Of stock en-.
aaFe TIE cold remarkably well, BECAUSE Of
l's drynesa, and many farmers winter their
saosk oa nothing else shan hay made Of
wiid prairie grass.
Again. the coil of the country is remark.
ably good. sad being Of rich sandy loan.
assembling very much the soil of the best
usearAwas bottom land, is peculiarly tit
tsd V Withstand sither vel or dry seasons
VIII hpt little injury 10 the crops Even the
extreme dronth Of this season, which has
Iarned most OF the greer fields Of the whole
Union into q death like pallor has laid ils
hand ghtly on this section Of county,
s'hs crops are but slightly injured. ! was
shown ony field OF corn from which the own.
sy told me he expected to gather eighty.
i've bushels per acre, So tar as can learn,
iall kinds Of grain and vegetables usually
grown in Tuseara vas. can be prodCced a
bundantly hsrs--exeeping perhaps wheSt
The soil appears to bo 700 strong for wheat,
Fhe oyer-grown STALKS fall down, and the
grains lack shas fall plump appearance which
gsnarally eharaelerises wheat grown in Tus
saEawas. Spring wheat. il is believed
yields better hers than that sown in the fall
ssiiinA ,io--a srss1 . sstsni. freezes ont dur
iUg the winter.
Many Qhioans 6nd fault with this coun
cry besause they suppose there is q scarcity
oil timber. This opinion is always antci
pased by the older citizens hers "as mat
ter OF eourse" But those who hav,, lived
hrye Tor many years, and at first entertain
I'D the same iears. now treat scarcity of lin.
Der as an exploded idea and having AZ frs
ponnced upon the timber land as their only
kniy alton, they are now very willing 70 sell
ihe seme at a moderate price, and buv prai
pre- which nature has already preps1 ed fo,
the plow. and from which they can receive
come profit. BY the way, think timber in
southern Iowa more plenty than in any prai.
yie country have yet seen; and if real oh
1ections can be raised to other prairie coun
tries, they surely are not applicable to this
9acallty. The prairies here are not gen
ally 10 large NJ in parts Of Illinois through
Hhieh passed: for ] have not seen ont
heseabouts where settler could possibly
get more than three or four piles away from
good timbeJ land. Besides the praires be
ing smaller than in Illinois, they are no Sc
aai and vet. but have gently rolling ap-
pearanee. For these two reasons they strike
,as ~ being superior. fhis country is also
isAessed with an abundance of stone coal Of
good quality. Nearly every citizen could
have bank on his own fam; so, you see,
there can be no scarcity Of fuel for eenturi :
so come. There through the country, bul
fhe people generally have TO dig from TWEEN.
ty 70 hity test, when they have NO trouble
10 find gooi water.
The idea that this part Of the west is SO
far a~aY from market, is made IN irrecon
cilable objection 10 the country by mos,
Dhioans. No cne pretends TO sag that the
grain market is ~ good here as lis farther
East, and il would be considered extreme
fclly fur y farmer to think Of growing grain
aiene. But IL, when the eastern farmer
bands here, he will lay aside his grain grow
jog ideas, and tara his attention to raising
ss6ek. be viii fad good narks. even on his
pwn fnrFn. 10 change his MOLE of farming
lstIl ila hAs 70 DO 10 surmount this objte
son % the country. and BY tho change h.
Sifl net only make his employment nor4
,eaay and Pheasant, but oil experience proves
ssas farmers in stock raising country are
saore prosperous than in grain growing 10.
Balities.
Rheis i yst seme good land 10 be enter
sdin this country lAppanoose. aud plenty
ofih lam told, in the adjoining cous " west
Bus il il being taken PIP with sstonishing
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