The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-06-11
Correspondence of the Pioneer.

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to give some little history of "matters
and things" which have had the plea
sure Of beholding since ! left our pleasant
little town of Sandusky on Tuesday last,
the I'd Inst. !; and regret that ! must be
SO brief, as know that you cannot well
spare me the space necessary to give the
description l desire. At 1881 of the
day before named, l entered the cars at
home, and soon found myself under way
for the distant North West. Of the coun-
try to Delphos. / have before spoken, and
viii but add now that il looks more plea
SAINT than it did before Spring came to its
relief. Leaving the train at Delphos, at
$40, p. NJ, again called with our plea
SAINT friend of the g Commercial" G..
Ross, where / remained until The same
hour next day. The farmers in the vi
cinity of Delphos, under the influence of
734 cents per bushel for their corn, look
ed bright and smiling. and were drawing
: it in in large quantities, Notwithstanding
the uncertainty of crop this year. which,
indeed, looks very uncertain.
/ left Delphos on Wednesday, at 2:lo,
but not without THAT throbbing of the
heart" which hope to never feel again,
and yet I fear its return if ever take pas
sage on the cars of the P. Ft. w. d c..
r. r.. for the road is certainly in very
bad condition west of Delphos, and they
run at high speed, often, almost throw
ing their passengers off their seats. while
the road not being fenced, exposes all to
much danger from cattle, which are very
troublesome, and which cause frequent
delays on account Of their ignorance of
the danger to which they are exposed
and expose mankind.
That part Of Ohio between Delphos
and the Indiana line is low, rather wet,
but very rich land. and almost of per-
feet sameness, the timber being Beech,
Elm, Hickory, Burr Oak. Black Ash,
&c. When cleared, it will become suffi
-ciently dry for all agricultural purposes,
and rank amongst the very best land oi
the State. Van Vert, the county seat
Of Van Vert county. is a very pleasantly
situated and nicely built little town. fai
ahead of what we farther east, suppose
it to be, and certainly would not be an
unpleasant place to live.
At Naples, a few miles west of Van
Vert, we " switched off I" TO let the ma
train from the west pass, as it was then
due there, but after waiting our time, we
again proceeded on our way, not knowing
in what condition it might be found. AT
terra fast run over very rough road, to
make up lost time, we emerged from the
woods and entered very large and tole-
rably handsome opening, in which, and
tothe rightof US, we beheld the far-famed
town of Fort Wayne. Passing on it,
south side, and at some distance from it
we can do no more than to say that i
appears to be very pleasant and well
built town. The land in its vicinity ma,
be called good, but not best. There be
ing no g wires" up west of Wayne, W,
could not ascertain the cause of the de
tention of the western mail train, ant
therefore we were under the necessity O
proceeding cautiously for fear ofaccident
which to us, happily. did net occur
while others were not so fortunate. AT
ter leaving Wayne, we entered upon
section of country the surface of whicl
was very uneven. being succession o
small hills and swamps, causing, in tn
construction of the road, constant cut
: and fills. and being anything but an invi
ting country. The soil of the hig1
ground is yellow clay thickly mixed wit
coarse gravel, while that of the 10,
grounds generally-woter After trav
ersing such a country, with but few hab
tations, for about twenty miles, we reach
ed Columbia, the county seat of White
county, which partakes some, in appear
ance. Of the country over which we pas.
ed. After leaving Columbia. we foun
some change in the country, bat nc
much Tor the better. The ridges becam
more sandy, presenting, where cut b
the railroad, the appearance of havin
been washed by the recediDg waves
some mighty waters with but very Ii
tie timber upon them, and that general
oak. while the flats became broader, a
suming the form Of low. black, very we
and In some places quite large prairie
This seems to be the character of Il
whole extent ofcountry between,the pIa,
last named and Warsaw, the county Sc
of kosciusko county. A few miles east
Warsaw. the red flag warned us of da
r. ger ahead. when, on hearing the whist
shrek break" looked out of the wi
dow and saw, about one fourth of mi
ahead, the cause ofall the detention
the mail from the west. Squads of m,
and women were visible at different pac
= ON the little knolls near the track--m.
were thick upon the track engaged
various things. while all seened 70