The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1857-08-27
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W.,rL>TD. Mich. aug. Il, 1893.

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Dr,l Sir: Pccg;oue T. NY DE-
Yarture e, tasssas, | engaged 70 write e
r,sns &. ~ friends, gvtt.ny forth the
94afaJ agafse5 AT agsatrRat,gr: cf that
territory tng EmiElaEl. Ai.Q a. they
lre aaite III readers Of the JoyENAI, ii
st would ! your pleasure would Gi : 10
ansDer then through is columns.
It mSy also be interesting to know
hoR ti.4 grp:,s intervening will compare
Nth those oi Potter. Ith,nE tIaj Yheat,
roln and sra.s, in The vicinity of }cia-
Vile, \. !. were trihe better than the
st7ue in Potter After leaving Wells
gi!le, / saw ~ visible change until
F-ached Gallon, Cragiord &c. O., 20
miles s. " from Cle} Gland Here the
earth appeared moro dry, and tie crop4
began 10 improve in their appearance,
ana continued to Do 50 through the r,st
rr Ohio and Indiana, to Icrte Haute:
thence 10 Faycttc Co., Illinois, cogn i.t
particular showed more signs of Lack
wardness. BEt Is ncared st. Louis, Ne.
J fouE4 4g,elf in fsr more productive
and tjiitful country than l h@ye hitherto
Witnessed rs passed up the Missouri
riu-r. a distance of 100 miles TO Kansas
Citv, thence into Kansas Territory
through the Shawnee Reserve, distance
Of about 80 mjles, | saw the largcat
Rro4th pf c4rp that | eyer had the pleas
.lre Of seeing. In fact, corn appeared Ia
p the staple, as tar up the river As /
travelled Wheat looked rather poor,
ier, bid Eair for a good crop.
There is now quite i tide Of emigra-
ton from the east to Missppr, and 4 i
had . jase Uo"stitatioa | know Of no
roaatry that could offer 50 great induce
l1snts to the eastern emigraut.
As for kansaS, ! can say she was una
lie 70 show herself IN as 1 favorable a
condition as she would have done had
s.se not been laboring under drouth =
For seven week, il the vicinity OF Coul-
I'll City, there had been na ran. This
proved quite drawback 4pon he crQpa,
especially al this season Of lho year, June
4ad daly) think the last day Of July
gave us l nice storm. 1t raineI furious
iy for four or five hours This gave a
fresh appearance to every kind of hcrbac2.
The corn unrolled its leaves, and all
things started anew to improve, For scY-
eral days previous to the vain, the 1neTcu-
~ got up TO lii and twice to llJ -
Had it not b2en for the continual breeze
that never ceases in this country, | think
il would have been doubtful whether VIZ
would have survived so not l clmata
! think never before inhaled so pure
sn atmosphere as is common to this Ter
ytory. 1t sets so soft in ones lungs that
IL affords pleasure in breathing it. Con,
ssmptive and bronchetiye inyalids arc
slre TO improve by coming here.
The natural resouFces Of the Territory
With few exceptions arc very favorable:
.hs soil is extremely rich. It IS iroul
. to G feet deep, and is rarely seen less
than four feet deep. 1t resembles Very
nuch that Of Missouri. The surface i,
rJiling, and Tor one hundred ana twenty
miles back into the Territory, slw 10
ssamps or marshes whatever. There Is
= tlauaatfon CT quarry stone, from ten to
titocn feet heloW the surface, which
;nakea is appearance along the ravlnes
snd bluffs they even l2y upon the sar-
faat il many PLACES. Iuls quarry stone
is easy Of access, and is going into use
very fast for fencing and bOilding pur-
F1aes.
Timber Is very scarce, l think the
amount Of timber has been over-rated
aud tic quality Is not as good as | cx.
pected to iinl il & make this state,
uent, I'd I feel bound to put the thing il
ITS true light to my friends in Potter. !
Good pine flooring is worth from $500
. $4,000 per thousand feet. Oak $50, ,OJ
and $4,000; black walnut is still highci
than oak
There have been found several veins ot
stone coal, think it is quite common in
,he Territory think the thickest vein
yet discovered, measures about four anQ
nnc half feet, but three feet is the gener
81 thickness.
The house water Is obtaiael from wells
which vary from to 5O feet deep. The
depth Of the we'll depends upon its dis
tance from the river or ravine. Gcner.
ally. the deeper the well, tho colder vii
be the water. In many places We found
il quite difficult to get water for ths
borscs, and sometimes for ourselves. This
Was partially owing TO the country being
new, aud Tat wells enough dug, and par;
ly to the drouth Many wells afforded
but little water, while others could hard
ly be dipped dry. In the wet part Of the
year, there will be running water in al
Of the creeks and rayines, but in the dry
81 part of the year, some of them dry en-
sigely, while others have pond holes alone
their bottoms.
The wheat crop, both in Missouri ap,
il the Territory, is failure. Owing t,
the drouth, the corn on new bresEin,
will be an entire failure. but that upol
old nlowinc- looks very well The hes