The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-11-03
FOR THE JEFFERsoNIAN.
Western Correspondence.


pondent Of public journal, often shrink
from the task. Such questions as these
naturally arise in the mind of every wri
ter when he criticises his own thoughts
prepared TO lay before the world. Are
these lines of practical utility to the world!
viii they enlarge and expand the mind
by adding to it wisdom or knowledge Z
Will they cripple error aud advance the
Interests of truth and justice Reader
| have conjeuned and consigned many
articles of my own to oblivion, many |
have set before the world for its criticism
and condemnation. | have in all this
one con- olatioD, that truth, though dress
her in rustic garb, is nevertheless truth
and demands the respect if not the admi-
ration Of the world. Let these few pre-
fatory remarks suffice for the present,
aud we will notice briefly Pixies Peak as
II as. We may safely say that at least
0.000 persons the past gear have turned
their faces toward the golden mount with
expectations of sudden wealth through
some streak of luck Nearly one half Of
these have had their nrdor cooled on the
plains. and like a Franklin of old. have
fouuj by experience that they have "psId
too dear for the whistle" The other
half have prospected and toiled to obtain
the potent dust, and this is the result, as
near as we are able to estim ate it. THEY
huUe Averaged just abOut tie cost OF board.
That is doing we'll considering that -four
is 20 cents per pound aud meat from 80
to 40 Some have done we'll, few have
maGe fortunes. The most successful mi.
uins has been at Russel'S gultch digging;
the best FOR few days only to the tan.
being 500 per day. j. B. Kemmerer
Of Christisn county, Illinois, called at my
house on his return He left bis digging
on Clear Greek on the 7th ult; the snow
fell or the 4th of September, about :
inches deep. 1t is supposed that about
four ffths of the mining population will
leave this fell. The idea of pending an
light months winter with prospect OF
enccuntering Z or 8 feet of snow and pay,
ing the before named prices for supplie-
is anything but cougenial to the feelings
Of tbo-e who would be suddenly rich
Mr. Kemmcrer showed me some good
specimens of shot gold, and also some
slugs or nuggets; the largest found on
clear creek was worth ssh Those who
have the nerve to emiGrate aud make
farms in the vicinity OF Pixies Peak. on
soil superior to that found in part Of North
Eastern Pennsy ylvania, will in the sequel,
act more wisely than those who in future
emigrate for mining. 1t will be some
ears before railroad will be completed
to supply, at cheaper rates, the miuer with
agricultural products. There is Cold at
Pixies Peak, but not in quantities sufficient
to justify any one to hazard a trip under
adverse circumstances, unless be is vii
ling TO run the risk of getting more blanks
than prizes. On our return We can exam.
lue Eastern Kausa'; in it we shall see a
6ue section with rich .oil, rapidly filling
up with hardy pioneers. If We take any
exception to the country it will be, in pla-
ces, lack of tim Der aud the high winds
which prevail. The sgue is an objection
that will gradually disappear except on
some of the bottoms contiguous to stag
uant water At St. Joseph on the Mis-
souri,, We will take the cars to Hannibal,
on the Mississippi. This road takes US
across northern Missouri, a section we'll
Watered, With good coil, with plenty of
tiuber, rough and prairie land. The
Hannibal aud St. Joseph Railroad, is fast
developing the Northern part Of the State.
the Railroad have about 500 900 acres Of
lsrd on The line of the road at from to
20 dollars per acre, on ten years credit, at
a nominal rate OF interest.
We find good crops of corn in Kansas,
Missouri, and Southern and Central H.
nos. Notthern IIIioois it was much in-
jured by early frost in September, still
We may reasonably expect Illinois, to
stand at the bead of the list tbe coming
census as corn growing state. esti-
mate the crop this year at over 10000
600 of bushels, the approaching census
will show my error. Hogs are not ss
plenty as former years, but the quality of
those slaughtered will be far superior t.,
those offered last year. The market will
open nearly S4 90 per cwt. this fall. The
potato crop of this section is good, with
slight disposition to rot in places. Fall