New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-23
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CAwBRInGrroRr Mass Feb Il, 1854
SIR: WIN you inform me, either oy letter or Ia
which is tie best time for going West, the spring
= Wlst p,rt Of the we, Is tie best to emisrs.e TO- tax
iDg into cons. Grafton ls lea'taHoss Of the climate
D. Does tie Fcyer AID Asle prevail much IN WIS
= How lonr does the Premp'ion of lot hold goodl
have secn it stated at pGrt OF the north western
1uart Of Ohio We, 10 tle hans Of the Government,
for sale the Government price Of 81 IS per acre
AID thai i. was excel.nt land. Is it so
Many want to 90 West but fOr want Of reliable informs
ton do not attempt IL and | presume that mlny "oaid
fee obliged by short article in your paper relating to
tho subject want TO 60 healthy locality, decent ani
and far water Yours. c. II. B.
Our answer to this writer may serve for others also
Lereit
l. For a farmer Spring is decidedly Jle best season
for migration westward if be start early; for
Mechanic, almost any season will serve. We should
advise Farmer so start early as the let of April
but travel and transportation are then much dearer
and jcurncyDg wi,b q family less agreeable than ia
June. which month we would suggest to Mechanics
Tie Farmer Of limited means VINO expects to work
for others at at and ge. ia crop Of his own this
year may also do well to wait. He VIII find work
abundaut in Ha!pg and Harvesting almost anywhere
o volume might be written in answer to this ques-
ton aud not exhaust it, Breay-There are good loca-
tiors everywhere and energetic, capable workers csl
hardly locate amiss between BudIlO to Pittsburgh on
tho East and ST Paul to Independence MOI on the
West Far more depends on the nan than on tho
pcce Ee like Northern Indiana OF Illinois and South
EN- Wisconsin very well, but there isTery much cool
land vet unin proved in Michigan, Ohio AID even in
South western Now.YoTk and Northwestern P3unsyl-
vauia farmer OF ample means need not go even
beycnl the Delaware RIVER to find land worth buying
ard culti,atng; bat be who has more ch ldren than
Luulreds Of dollars may wisely go iar enough to have
sistapced Speculation so that he can 0uy accessible
land at (or near Government price. For rood Me-
chanics aud Artisans, We consider Wisconsin and Hi
nos States hard to beat Chicago 10 now growing
with immense strides; Milwaukee is doing w3ll 50
aye hundred smaller places in these two States. For
good chopper digger, driler or miner, VINO wants TO
earn money by hiring out at good wages we never saw
better country than tLat on Lake Superior; though
so many might 90 there as to gut the labor market
3 Fever and Ague is apt to prevail in all countries
when FIST settled by civilized people. The breaking
up Of the soil bastens vegetable decomposition aud
throws of noXiOus gases in extraordinary quantity
Wells are few and SHALLOW, aud Thousands, in urgent
reed Of buildings fences, plOwing &C. drink the Wa
ter obtained from sloughI or sluggish brooks, almost
purid with decsyipg vegetation Feyers OF some sort
are all but inevitable consequences. We believe Wis
conein 10 be more free from them than any other c0ul-
try as new os that but it caunOl be exenptffomthen
They are far more prevalent in Illinois and indeed in
every other Yves ern Safe even Minnesota suffers by
them We believe they are not known on Lake 5lpe-
ror unles carried there in the system; the pure water
OF tie eapDg dashing brooks and the bracing ar Of
Nat healthful region proving an efectual antidote
Hut wherever their swamps and sloughs shall have
been drained, their praires broken up and su5dded'
ard their people supplied with relatively pure water
from deep wells we presume the most sickly portions
Of the West will be as hcal.hial 80 Western New-York
Row is. Meantime, man MAJ Well decide to pay
little more for land OF take that which is less fertile,
rather than subject himself and family to seasoning Of
Aeue.
4 4 Presumption. or settler RICH. to purchase any
quarter section vLereon he had located prior to rs
being bespoLen at the Lard Office by any else, dd
formerly protect him for two years from the d7te Of
his entry; we believe that is sill the though Pre-
euTtion acts have generally been limited in their eG
feotire duration. We however most deci ELY advise
every pioneer to work out by the day or month and
earn tie money to bus his location AID have the patent
IN BIS pocket before sIikIg { blow On the lad.
5 There Is considerable portion Of North Western
Ohio which has never been bought Of the Government
but We believe the State has laid hands upon most Of
tbs under tie act Of Congress surrenietng swamp
lands 10 the Suites which include them respectively
That Land whether oEusd BY tie Union or the STATE il
quite fertile well as heavily tinbcred; but Chlls
AID Fever are rather there, especially near
tie Asumee. Wehardy know State whose soil is sp-
pTeciatus in value more rapidly than that of Ohio. We
regard her today with her TWOaad.sIIalf Millions Of
people ss the most usgnifcenty timbe7ed State in the
Unicn and her central location access to the great
markets OF Cincinnati ard Pittsburgh proximity to tie
seabosTd, ard almost Unequaed facilities for tsanspora
ton BY River. Lake, Canals and Railroads insure
most rapid increase il Population Production sad
Wealth IL ls60 her population viii be about Four
Millions, and We doub, whether more ttaa one State
vii then be shead o. her.
Another correspondent "A. ". P.) writes thus:
BInpEFoED, Ne, Feb &C. 1851
SIE; Nouh you advise young man with a
smel feny and twelve hlndrcd d5lars ia cash q eni
gate 20 s hesi II 20. 70 What State orplrt Of state D
Nh !our reasons pro or con- on this question through
ycur PIPER one hundred AMI dily copies Of which cy
lSie beIe Aysef and qufe number Df others IN This
place, feel ie restless in hearing Of the glowing a.
cCurt' Of farming In The West AID hare some iea Of
T5oving tie correctness OF these accounts.
We ear Only say 70 this correspondent that 100