The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-04-25

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on the score Of fuel.
Then there remains the fence question
only to be seriously considered. We shall
not be required to fence against Hogs;which
will reduce the expense more than one half.
A post and rail fence sufficient to turn cat
tie we believe can be constructed as cheap
upon our prairies as su ordinary hog fence
is made in Ohio. A temporary fence form
ed Of prairie sods. faced with ditch, can
easily be made to protect the farm. until
hedge can be grown, which must eventually
come into general use through all the Wes-
tern States. But what viii be the result of
this fencing difficultyl Inconvenience at
first, but in the end good, durable lifelong
hedges, which will be an ornament and
sure protection to the farm, instead of the
rickety. failing and insecure worm fences,
that require half the winter in repairing, and
good portion of the summer in hunting
hog holes. Thus stands the fence QUESTION
which has deferred more people from COM
ing to Kansas, than any other cause.
The next thing we shall call your atten.
ton to, is the climate. OF this we cannot
speak from experieace, for the period of
full year. as none of us caroe here previors
to May last; but what we have seen and
what we can learn from old residents, we
will communicate. Our rains mostly fall in
latter part Of Spring and beginning Of sum-
mer, at the time they are most needed for
vegetation. From the middle of July to
the middle Of March, we have but little rain.
We have not seen mud puddle since We
have been in the Territory. Everywhere
the roads are smooth, dry and hard; but W .
do expect different state of things when
the Spring rains begin to fall. The atmos.
phere is clear. healthful and invigorating
We have in the sun an almost constant COM
parison. An Indian Summer seems to pre- :
vail most of the time through the fall and
winter. Up to the 25th of January, our
Winter had not set in. February has given
US some cold weather accompanied with
sharp and piercing winds, and for few
days only, was the Thermometer below Ze-
ro. The weather is mild, (20th March, J
balmy as May, and soon the plows will be
started. Altogether we deem the climate
much milder than the southern part of the
State of Ohio. But as there is nothing per-
feet in this world, we have also to state that
we are subject to strong and high winds,
which sometimes are very unpleasant, but
seldom cold.
Lands in Kansas are not yet purchase
bic. They are acquired by making resi-
dence on them and improving Them, w ich
entities the occupant to enter them at Gov.
ernment price; in preference to any other
person. The first settler on quarter sec
ton is the one that will be permitted to pre-
empt. This occasions the erecting of cheap
and temporary houses, which must give
way to more costly and commodious ones as
soon as the lines are run. The timbered
lands inthis part of the Territory are nearly
all claimed. but timber can be obtained rea-
souably and there is yet much timbered
land in the South and Western parts of Kan
sas unclaimed. We have plenty of choice
prairie that is waiting to welcome the new
conner with her blandest smiles and gayest
attire, presenting everywhere cheerful
face and bosom, ready and willing to yield
back with ample interest everything conf
ded. There is enough for all that may
choose to come for the next three years, and
and we believe that all may be suited save
only in the matter oftimber. Never theless
II is important to come soon, as no man ever
made anything bydivesting in anew country.
As many persons of all classesfrom the
day laborer TO the capitalist maybe looking
Kansas ward and all anxious as to what
their chances will be, we would simply say,
| if you are able and willing TO work, you may
safely come, though if you have not a dol.
lar when you get here, you can lay the
foundation of a competency here, If you
like; or you can be as thrittless and penny
less here as easy as you can at home. To
the man Of moderate means we would say
come along. You can thrive best when in
arace with even companions, free from
that discouraging distance in the point o.
wealth that exists in most Of the old States
To the capitalists we need scarcely say !
word; for what moneyed man Is there who
lis not aware Of the proceeds Of capital in.
vested in new States. Kansas is to be SET.
tied and that more densely than any Other
western State. All other States have beer
| in market with their lands before they were
much settled. and large tracts have foi
years been precluded from settlement BY
the unholy appetites Of land gormands.- -
mot so with Kansas. The soidid grip O
speculation cannot fasten upon one acre ol
her soil, for (thanks to the Pre- Emption
ILaw) long ere her lands will be exposed to
public sale each quarter section Of desirable
land will have its occupant. Then imagine
q country like Kansas with yeoman upor
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