New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-29
WESTERN NEW-YORK-FREE LABOR
CROPS.
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cone.ropderce Ct The N I. Tribune.
BUFFALO, Monday, June &c, 1854.
Tweniy-dv. and thirty years ago going to the lake
country was considered great undertaking and was
accomplished with Inconvenience which modern m "a
fence would not endure A, Utica stood with W,e,sb.
man of foryfye years who sad that il required tW week,
tbr-vsye wears ago to remove his fathers f. i,v from
yewYotk CITY TO Utica. Now TX or eight b. Arr are st
cent 10 accomplish the journey About III s,u,e time the
rou,c ,brorrb the Beach Woods r n vcx-y,-soy 70
Weston New-York was tedious and t,,n;n, re,ur;p,
two Or three weeks to accomplish it, Now tie Ere Rail-
ro,d CONVEYS traveller from l.s.Ycfk 10 Duukirk in
seventeen hour The deren' FACES OF t-nve.tn- fc.
,ies westward very ma ed. F5s: was the heavy
wagon convey The relgh end the Eeak ohs the strong
ones gong On foot Inc ~ ter cassof men made the -
new on horseback Il ,eP came the -age-coseh -c4e
tin the year berg very comfortable and averaging
FIVE Fix MI hour an@ in the winter and spring
~ slow as scarce. 20 be endured Then DE IL;
Clinton gan &c i'ea Of wateC communication between
the Hudfo? fd Lake Ere, and here was comfort CON-
pared with what had been endured previously The close
cabin and I tied accommodations Of the psckeboat were
great luxur and they were attended with greater free
dom Of soc' g. life than modern railway car some 81
the riches. scenes OF actual comedy have neen sahce
with the canal packet After tins We have tue railroad
with tho Hat bar putting the traveller IN Jeopardy every
momert and necessarily very insecure for any rapid mo
ton and yet this or business men ettne al the con-
sumption Of time by slow travel and 10 pleasure seekers
etny that pleasure could not be had without loss Of me
, ana comfort. this vast Improvement. And
Gualy-af least suppose Il inal-tdnle the h%hNy rt
with IL splendid moutnss Of and en-incs carving
travellers al the rate Of forty miles hour We roll mp
NJ our eyes ride along and exclam this IS VOL"
"derul country and yet to actual pleasure IN travel
Il il 70 be doubted whether the iron horse affords as much
pleasure TO the real esh and blood horse nd 10 our
fathers in ,lavrsing the same region forty years ago one
cannot help contrasting full o. ietd ar and travellers
covered and choked with dust and eitng under the an
noy ance with the delightful parties OF happy clean soc"
people who travelled formerly in canal packets be this as
Il may the speed Of travel has been increased ~. manner
that Is truly astonishing.
But the speed Of travel is only small part Of the sum
total Of the benefits received There those living
IN tie Genosee country who have seen hard time there
wien the cash expenses OF living were hard to be met
Taxes could hardly BE- collected because the staple pro
ducts Of the country could not reach market The Ene
Canal end the railroads have corrected this EVIL and now
the farmer within reach Of the beat market in the world
In passing through the country south OF Rochester the
traveller surprised at the exceeding beauty ana ier!
of the land. Take, instance. the region about Avon
lie Roy Caledonia, Morganve and Geneseo. de- not
now such beautiful farms and establishments "a here
Ii is not the unbounded fertility of western prairie, but
succession OF rolling fields and 'ods 80 divided a. give
the business of farming responsibility different from the
arisioolacy the South and vger quite different from
the whpdriven labor Of the cotton and nee Plantations
just step into this farmhouse IN Avon, AMI examine rs
nea and easy uxurs The father has been hard-worS-
inc man. but 200 Of such land Keep ms treasury fu
His children ere educated to labor as well as TO polite
learning The mother is as independent ani hosptaoe
any southern maron and bears her honor as meek
"ly' Just look those fields OF wheat how beauii-
full they appear aud how nice their 800 bushels OF gra
will look by and by when reduced TO haId cash in hand
What more IL needed by family ihey nave NONE,
enough acquire the rcnements of education travel and
social life The good man might 90 to Europe with his
family without feeling tLat he wrongDs any fellow
creature. He is exception. There are many Ike
him in this region and cannot help contrasting the
beauty fertility cultivation prosperity OF Western
New York with the bsrens Of Maryland and Virginia and
the specifically cultivated OF the South and South
west Slaves and the lash would be no advantage 10 INC
Genesee country.
In lie Roy charming village, there is female semi,
nary which grew of The energy of two Ne~England
women. One of them milner and had the Sener-
osy educate her Younger sister in the best style NOW
they have a seminary quite the scale of college, with
a corps of accomplished teachers and large body OF pu-
pills mostly collected from the surrounding region This
of itself is sign of the prosperity which prevails among
the laborers OF Western NewYork and realizes in some
degree the right union of labor with mental cultivation
love the signs of thrift which free labor has scattered
| profusely over this part of the glorious North.
So far the crops very promising, and BID
fair TO be remunerative especially at present prices
Wages very high, corresponding with the prices Of
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