, 1860-06-20
A Down-Country Letter,


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ADoun.country Letter.
Ed1o. pre.. aud Tnban::
cn4ar41o" cors1r. ILL.,, June Is, lsdo.
feel disposed 70 oe lA''e cr'f1ea! to-day;
will you Indulge me me IN tRat la1ur5: IVY
"ill' very w. 'naokSoa; here goes" <
IN soul ''susssa l''4 ~. " 'une, reporting On
.ae e..pe, ~; .asIo a91a0's'
;, "ae*' <e1oaa. ne >faett9oaea fet
:a''e'ns' A"1 ue"aeo e.3sf lo"' 'ne:RefTyn Il
.Ptnmp' ~ VIII NC nss! e4'eo IN gooo fonoi-
:non' 90 ~,
now IN chahpstgn County, not in Northern,
but IN ce5tral Illinois, winter wheat Is not far
enough advanced for u to say, with certainty
whetner the berry viii BE- plump oE not. A.
-oonaaoa''oa o1 aoFt!"e'ght-touss Of "ea1ner
like the forenoon of Thursday, The 14th inst,
namely: hot' ~et' sultEy and calnn' would de-
=sasop .ne snss, % Auca 7exsent-4e to.aoe9a
tne WINTER wheet crop -eh!gher than k''e.
MIN favorable #easoef' oarWlntef Wnea! VIII
no0ihe earliest o. n-be Ieae5 1Pf tne <efpeF
until week from to-day, and eyeEy: one; VINO
has had experience in wheat growing, tno*s
e+@a* "tAA - sfA Ne~J EeAt
il tbs most critical period IN lt1 growth. .,
The' spring wheat here is not one. Third Of It
in blossom, nor wilt the greater portion Of it Pe
80 before The 4th of July, nor scarcely lie ready
for the reaper before tbs '15th: of thn> .Se1n1e
month. The rust and the chintz., bug haya;a
months work yet to do. and any positive de-
clsration. ~ to large OF small yield, g plump
or shrunken berry. must be pure conjeetgrss.
Now, beg to ask il the 'wheat crop p 10
much farther advanced in Northern. orer Cen:
trail Illinois? There is scarcely enough winter
wheat grown in Northern Illinois to make
shetobread for the considerable number otsrf-
spectacle Jews living therein, and venture TO
say. that In the most favored delds and local.:
ties only Is spring wheat headed out. How,
then, can editorial gentlemen pronounce "t1e
berry plump" etc., etc:, when the head thatf1f-
nishea it is yet undvFeloped, and . sutl month:
remains for the assault OF the rust and the raT-
ages Of the chintz bugs We farmers are sensl-
tive on these points, snd like to see paper as
generally correct as the rREss 4ap TRIBUNE
found material statements On iacss aoa no1son
CONJECTURE. l nave 'oona s'mlas s'a'eae''
~ 1ne a. = 1''o1'e' oofso" pf0o"o's' 'ion'
sor. .m", so1a. ;;..;h, :
No1 - "o.o "1:. 'on aa..s s as1a a.e ~ $1,000
W.. ~ - p4A oeu e., - !s,n
tDAs ao' 500 y" s.oos, "ne1 .N4'o"e '1' 41e''A'
appe'''e oemanaea' "qa'a eoasa"te "x - 4e.tn
'a"ce.g sass' uany aa.s oeea = ~ = as1.t
u ss'ans Ao'ses s"!oe' "eeA''' ano ! i'"'o 5e'
~ Atu one .na' ""u'o s''aeu"e W.. '"'1e":es
t"'ee week. ious contr'ou1o'' ~ oouu:' ~
'enoeo !" sa'' 11a' no'se oo seass noa'a eo..:
san'e Sl1 OF sesen ounces F'<f1ty' nave no.
t'eeo se'e'& o'aer pa'Paoe effofs II LIZ con-
o1pu''ons' aao were 1ney no1 SO g'ne1a''S COT
fec. aaa aple' "ou'o no' 1aAe ene '1o"ple 10
c1.s'c1se 'nem. -
want too In tn's 'anlt.hnalng 1et.ef 10 say
q "otu u senoe"en oi 'ne nepuphean PHlt{
Gown mere IN tne country. 1hey, 1ee'tng pref:
y veil assured OF our SUCCESS IN the coming
elect'on' begin already Ii some lnstances to
form cliques NTH vie" to division Of the
spoils' l would not mint mat IN model conn.
llke 'nts' ano a"ong ooa3 Of devoted ane
en.nuslasac or'eina4 A1nco1n men hke 1ne he-
puol''sns VI our ae'gnpofnooo' 'nole e31a'eo
u'sPos'l'oa 70 1oment 'n'efnai quariels ana
'o1m EXCLUSIVE o'srepataole cl'aues. ny no
=, a1saa, mtsns soaa'' aaa Guy Is 81
.,,h,i.a. IN. ' ~. .,h.S ...a4hs1 s~s I e.e.,s
f. t..d ~ .ha,,as. :. .ho.,ao. 80 ~. -
49,. r., - oonntr ast .,,.n.:.a ,,;,.s
a;.ts.. -. -. 49,, - ,s~ Thc:o .as
- a.. nr;n.;,>., .ow, - a.. n-,..r .~. D.
a,h,;.an M .arsa.ss~ ~ ~ ~. % :, @ h;..o- :.
,,,a;. a..;t, .E.t a. :. ~ $4,000 ~ 49, -
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nant :snd :, cons.ausnca .th.r hsS1:;.ss. ~.
sra.;c - H. Ma,ar snd . n..so,rati. | pa.sd % - ~ .,sa.
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