Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-19
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A gentleman in Kentucky, who was
doing well, but wanted to dobetter, re-
moved to a. farther-western State. and
in answer to a correspondent, wrote
back the following aattering account of
the ''ked'ntry" and it's inhabitants
"You ask me how / like this country
and the people thereof. AS for the
country, the land is; as cheap as dirt,
and good enough; @ut; the climate IS
rainy, blowy and sultry. The people
die so fast here that eUery man has has
third sOJe, and every sOOnaa' IS a sOidOao.
As for the people, they are perfect
Christians. They fulfil the Scriptures
to the letter, where it says, Let God
be true, but every man altar =" That's
a charming section:of Uncle SamuePs
ldomain, isn't it? By the by, this re-
minds us of "a very clever thing we find
in General Clark's Journal the Bur-
zington ~ Free Press, in the shape
of letter from gentleman in Wis
consin to friend who had asked for
various information as to the country,
its climate, productions, etc., etc. In
his reply, he 'lumps" these with great
deal of humor. We annex few:
"Among the game are to be found
the domestic fowl, the swallow, crow,
and blue-jay; and, in midsummer, the
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The animals hunted for their fur are,
the cat, the chip-munk, and stray dogs;
those chiefly esteemed for their flesh
are, the musk-rat, skunk, and wood
chuck.
The principal articles of consump-
ton are pork, white beans, apple sarse,
and rye-whisky.
The principal articles of import are,
dried apples, bufalo-coats, tea, tobacco,
cotton-cloth, molasses, bogus cigars.
and spoilt oysters.
The articles of export are few, being
only such things as they don't want
themselves; the principal are, convicts
to Auburn and Sing Sing prisons, and
emigrants to California.
I The chief productions are white
headed children, which in time grow
to be lumbermen, pedlars, deacons.
squires, politicians, and rogues.
Their means of getting living are
ingenious and varied; the most ostensi-
Bile, however, is ''dickering," at which
they are very expert, swopping horses
trading cattle, and getting boot. =
Their chief. amusements in winter
are, keeping up fire, watching the
weather, going to funerals, whiting
and breaking steers. In summer these
are varied by getting out manure
hoeing corn, acting as scare-crows, anC
"getting down sick" eating greer
apples.
The range of domestic duties is con
fined altogether to chance and tht
women folks.
Their principal business, an imperti
nent interference with other people
affairs, to the entire neglect of thei
own, exaggerating evil reports, throw
ing obstacles in the way of public i'm
provements, talking politics, and doinl
chores. The young leave the parenta
roof at a tender age, and commenc,
on their own hook, peddling popcorn
ginger bread, and molasses-candy.
The climate is a cross between Lap
land and Siberia-not quite so cold a
the one and good deal colder thai
the other, but healthy. The principa
diseases are lame stomach, deliriur
tremens, and "folks is sick"
The articles of fluxury most esteeme
are, salt Goldfish, dried pumpkins, an
woolen gowns.
The articles of furniture are, cook
stove, mop-pail, and wash-tub.
Their farming implements consist G
an axe, hoe, log chain, general
hooked, and a jack-knife.
Their education is confined to writin
their names, guessing off hogs, an
= making axe-helyes.
Their moral and religious ideas, ar
vague and loose. They generally liv
to a green old age, and die as green a
they lived.
ke, Their principal places of resort ar,
the platforms of railroad depots, bal
rooms, justices courts, and public an
private Offices, where they have n
business.
Their habits are predatory and m
gratory."