Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-03-05


LIST OF June. Corn. planted on the sod WELD
from 80 to 10 bushels to the acre. or abol
halt It's yield on old land. Any farmer Z
ordinary capacity. having his team and tool
: anu beng on the ground by the first q
, April he will be ablet raise food enoupl
to keep his family through the winter. fl
another harvest. The land is ready for n
plow In March. and continues so till tn
first of December The ground NAV b
worked for all agricultural purposes dnrin,
! nine months of the year.
The Missouri river is always open as car
ly as the first of March, and affords a chcap
comfortable and easy transit to Kan
sas.
WHAT TO TAKE.
This viii depend on the time You 90 anc
the place where you start. In all cases car
ry such articles Of necessity and convent.
| ence as you have. unless very heavy and
bulky. Garry abundant bedding, good
strong clothing, a few chairs and table.
the stove if you can take it TO pieces, and
Whatever is necessary for house keeping.
Judged by the pioneer standard.
larry also garden seeds, and fruit seeds
OF all kinds. Procure hundred or two
root ,graf.s, apple anl pear, plum, cherry,
peach and grape roots, currants, ornamen-
tai shrubs and other small fruits in cuttings
.or roots.
Pack them in damp saw dust in a box
and take it with you. You will find SONS
place to set them and they will pay you q
hundred fold, and surround your new home
with comfort and beauty. If YOU have
tools take them. If not. you can purchase
quite as cheap at st. Louis or in Kansas
as in the East. 30
81 Your coarse stuff should be shipped by
some transportation company to reach Kan
sas as cheap as possible. a
Freights up the Missouri to Kansas are
from 30 cts. to 81 so per hundred, accord
ing to the stage of the water The highest
rates occur in March, October and Novem-
ber. Lowest in May and June. Present
rates are 81 90
rovTzs.
Arrag,men.s have been made with the
following lines Of transporta.i ion for the is |
suing OF through tickets TO Kansas Emf |
grants at alreduction Of % per cent. from |
the regular prices, viz:
Fall river route from Boston to New
York.
New York & Erie r. R., New York TO |
Dunkirk or Buffalo.
Lake Shore r. r. from Banalo to Dun.
kirkto Cleveland or Toledo.
From Cleveland to St. Louis by the CIeya-
and. Columbus & Cincinnati. Bellefon- I
taine &Indiana indianapolis. Pittsburg &
Cleveland, Terre Haute & Richmond, and
Terre Haute, Alton 6s ST. Louis r. Roads.
Persons wishing to do so can go through
Columbus by the Columbus & Xenia r.
R., and proceed from Terre Haute by the
Ohio ds Missippi r. r. to st. Louis.
From Toledo to st. Louis by the Toledo,
& Western and Terre Haute & AL
on r. RS, or via Michigan Southern and
chicago. Alton & st. Louis r. RS.
From st. Louis by Steamers or by the
Pacific R. r. to Jefferson City and thence
" steamers to Kansas.
Through tickets will besold at the prin-
.pal routes either to single individuals or
These tickets entitle the holder
0 first class fare with meals and berths on
he Missouri river boats, and 100 pounds !
4 baggage toeach person. - !
Arrangements are being made for sim
lar reduction over other routes which will l
e announced when completed. All bag I
age should be carefully marked and a
hecked through. The passag, from Bos- t
IN or New Yorkeoccupies about week. 6
,ur or ilve days OF 1t being spent on the y
lissouri steamers which are among the T
est boats on our waters P
Freight may be consigned with proper o
lrections to Care Simmons d L.adbeat-
:, St. Louis, Mo- ;s,,-,s. Il. - A
An estimate of the expense of reaching
e territory by these routes NAV be :;
rmei by noticing the prices Of tickets n n
ON the following points: -
'ston to Kansas (approximateIy) ss4,ool 4
ew York or Albany, id 'He7 5000
lfllo or Dunkirk <. sst.ssis.s ss,o. ss- o4'o0I
eveland oI00l
:cago 1cj11 lI
ildren under twelve years Of age half price. = =
-. OVERLAND ROUTE. m
Persons wishing to go with their own .,
inns can make safe and easy transit su
ross Iowa or Missouri, The principal n
utes cross the Mississippi at Dubuque, ;s
NEWPORT, Muscatine, Burlington. Hanni- =,
!, No., and st. Louis. Either of these r,
good wagon routes, and the choice will 81
determined by the starting point. A M
lded team viii make 25 miles per day, - -
, distance from the farthest point named =,
ng about 400 miles. 1t is hardly safe -, :.
start before the 1st Of May, as the teams q, r.
lst depend mainly upon green feed. Th. ~
ocnsc is triding if provision is made for ,
nping- In warm weather this trip can &c
taken even by females, without exposure
severe harishps. No difficulty will be -,
in finding the route from any -. =,
the above starting points. Every par Ty IT.
should have tent. cooking utensils and -
lndant bedding They can live in their -, -
gons and tents after arriving ir the ter -. -.
ny. until a home is secured. ;sgI
LANDING POINTS IN KANSAS. ~. lSv
'ersons wishing to go up the Kansas val ace
or to the southern portion of the terri Pill
should stop at Wyandotts City or Ph
lndaro, two new towns in close proxim- ing
with each other, snd located on the Mis- do,
ri river, just above the mouth Of the sci,
nsas. Col. Eldridgs, late proprietor of :
Free State Hotel, will run line of j
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