New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-24
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Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.
dement,, Ill, Aug 10, 1888.
ThIustrg q clean shirt and collar into my carpet
bag, left Chicago this morning for day or two upon
the prairies and as little business required attention
at this point have spent day in and about this young
village brought into existence years ago by the
running Of tie Dixon Air Line Railroad. The country
all abou, for miles is rolling prairie sufficiently undula
ting 10 afford almost every forty acres some pleasant
knoll for locating the house, and very well watered.
The well water is Of good quality and is gained by
digging from twelve TO twenty five feet according TO
locality. The soil is rich black loan, like most of
nliIois prairie, and produces wheat and barley
Of good character The crops this year. however,
far below the average. Many farmers with whom
have conyeIsed cay, cay that they viii not have
over six 20 ten bushels to the scre aud that OF
quality; while or two have spoken Of few fields
that they thought might possibly yield fifteen bushels
of wheat TO the acre.
There are good many farmers here ss elsewhere
who are land poor, and are having sorry tines but
those who have gone along pruIently, buying only
30 much as they could pay for, and have something
left to start the house, and get fair stock of tools
Will come out all night. There is great want Of
thorouehress in much Of the far here il other
places Men undertake TO till too much, and have to
Slight il ell the way through. This very bad policy
and strive wherever 60 to make every farmer see
ard feel it. Better by far have twenty Of
Welding eighty bushels to the ecre than eighty
yielding twenty. We must, however, make many
allowance for some OF these new beginners who are
destitute alike Of capital ard experience, and trust
that with an enlargement of the lster Will come oct
ter NODES and thus larger returns.
To me this hiss been q pleasant dsy. Escaping from
the turmoil and strife Of business, have reveed IN
the sights and sounds Of the still, quiet country. For
an eur after dinner Icy listening 10 the song Of the
crckets" in the grass about me- and thinking of the
good old days when, Is boy, used to lie and watch
the soops and schot pers as they called up and down
the beautiiu Connecticut Yes, BEAUTIFUL Conrectc1t
for such thou AT. Since those dsysI have fos.ed
down the st. Lawrrce, and admired il for its grand
msies.ic; flow steamed up and down tie Misss-
.ippi, ard trembed at sight Of it's "he Of wsters,'
rushing, boiling, seethiIg onward TO their
ocean home, and marked with pleasure the
cbsrs cteIisties OF msry others, but never have |
seen more besutiful stream in itself and s surround
ipgs, than our dear old Connecticut. And then the
Thousand homes along rs bsnks; oh, how my hesr.
gees bsck 70 fes OF them And wis. faces gaze
upon me- tom cut the vacancy into which pear, a.
lie here upon the virgin prslrie sod, Thousand M les
away. We'll, never nird II the tears DO s:srt there
is no human eye 10 see them and when er.er the
serred ranks .: business uen again, II sarT:ut you
DO traces Of the- course VII bs LETT. ThAcx ,d f,r
the pure. free country. On ho~ its genial ndusuces
steal into and posses the sor giving ,ne to -
a,p.atiors as well Sc renesing the bodily s~engh.
On sitting down il the little bsrroon waiting fJr the
cars missed my DAILY TRIBUNE, 20 cons.aatly r.y
sosce a. er tea for the So thirteen ye,rs past hiS
know What should co without lhst and h1ps usy
never be called upon 10 part is compsny. Wei do
remember my jrst erecunec Of minister in ispl.s.
l. wss at s lime when the CJr;e-snce met 10 NJ,
ard one of the Jealous preachers sttssked THE
TRIBUSE a, tie Girrer-..ble. For fs= ronsnts
bore il quietly ans ther called hiu 20 accom-, for
bis wholesale ssrders, charging upon hrn Ignorance
of his subject and declaring u AZ tnorolsi reading
of il for sjx mopths would x.tboz. doao. c5pi.cs
srssy 20 BE bereit. Tn1.s ry dsys of sn,hll-
s.sn. Bat rejoice that iHs TRIBUNE !. mJ-e tor.
ougoly read and better understood rog. Lcs nsy
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