Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-06-23

JAcoB STRAwN TIE GREAT DRovEn.-
The papers frequently mention this won
derfully successful farmer and drover, wht
emigratcl. some time since, from Mus
kingum County, to lllinoia. In lette
to the Tribune a correspondent thus tell,
of him:
In the vicinity OF Jacksonville is th'
most noted man in Illinois, not excepting
the "little giant" l am told that he is 1
native of Muskingum County, Ohio, ant
that he emigrsted to the praries many years
ago with money enough to buy quarter
section of land. He is OF medium stature
but his frame has been Of immense power
and toughness. Sometimes when he ha,
been purchasing cattle he has accomplish
ed the almost incredible feat of riding Oh
horseback nine successive days and night,
with no sleep but what he got in the sad
de His judgement of cattle, is almost
infalible. He will ride into drove of cat.
tie glance over it with incredible quick.
ness, counting the number, singing ont
the average OK, computing from him the
whole drove and offering a price for the
whole more promptly than many would
for single OK. He has the reputation oI
being fair dealer and will rot haggle
with those who sell to or buy of him. II
his customers like his terms that ends the
matter, and if not it certainly ends it.
He measures out his plans weeks ahead by
the half hour, never failing in his engage
ments and never iorgiving the laggard who
keeps him waiting. His cattle business
enlarged enormously until he purchased
and sold many thousands year, All the
money not needed in this business was in
vested in lands, and it is said that lie has
never been known to sell an acre. His
home farm contains ten thousand acres, and
a gentleman told me that one field on that
farm, planted year after year with corn,
contains three thousand acres, and anoth-
er four thousand. Near La Sale he has a
tract of some six or seven thousand acres,
and besides those many smaller farms OF a
section, less or more. His landed estate is
said to be worth million dollars,
His mode of dealing with his tenants is
characteristic. He assigns them certain
tracts and tells them he wants them to put
in so many acres of corn, agreeing if they
work we'll to pay them SO much bushel
for the crop when ripe. In the fall he
brings each man his money, and then drive
to each certain number of cattle and hogs
and says: 81 will pay you so much head
to feed these this winter all they can eat,
and you are to have them at my house on
the first day of next May On the spec.
flied day his droves are coming in from all
directions, and buyers from the East and
the cities are there attending the greatest
cattle market at the West, if not in Amer
lea. The beef cattle on the ground amount
to thousands, and the drovers are able tc
get just what they want. And what is
singular, this man never keeps book &C.
counts, retaining the minuteSt details o.
his immense business in his memory, and
filling up his engagements with perfect ex'
,actness.
A few years such protracted tasking o.
mind and body broke him down, and am
told that he is showing too many signs Of
man said not to be 60. In some re.
spects he is the most remarkable man in
illinois, the like of whom will not be seen
again. His name is Jacob Strswn.