New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-25
4 TRAMP IN THE WEST.
Correspondence of The N. v. Tribune.
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WOOD Co, o., June Is, 1860
| Jresde in Baltimore snd am Cd tour West, to be
extended az far IA Iowa; ard Am footing it,"
have great opportunities to zee men and thugs ~ they
ale and propose to drop you few nots by the way
occasionally, for your world-Ieao~ed WEEKLY IaiH-
| USE.
About the middle of May left Baltimore. and my
business being the selling Of several religions books,
collecting the outstanding dnes to religious ne~spa-
per, and preaching wherever I have opportunities,
followed the turnpike to frederick City, nd, which
IL an old inland town, quiet and happy and thence to
Hageystown, Md, which is another such place; bat
il ds fair to rise 10 brisker state sioce the sroa
! east 10 Cbambershurg Pa, has commenced to be
worked under favorable auspices. The latter Is also
gne cd old fashioned country town, where the pe0-
rIe eat 70 i've aud 90 not live only % eat. spirit of
gradual Improvement and prog ess shows itself IN AL
those places. Among other things, the educatonal In
ierrsts are well atteIded 10.
From CEambersburg / struck west over ehe Ase-
ghary ral &c Of mountains. Had Won met me asrend-
ing those promoDOres carr ing npon my shoniier
sTpet-spek ul OF books you would have said in your
heart, 81 Poor fellow how tired he must be Yet,
Sir ! assure YOU l enjoyed much pleasure IN that
tramp But never saw such a scarcity OF money
All through the mountains the universal cry was
"W, hav, no money!" Bedford the .eat of Justice Of
Bedford County, Pa, is brisk town tor that region
~ ro, Oh the whole range of the mountains the Winter
cros loo ked rather bad having suffered FROM me rost
but east Of the Rounians they looked WELL offrult-
APPLES will yield pretty WELL peaches scarcely any, aud
cherries some -,
| pnfsed "A house in tho mountains where four old
maiden ladies' reside with their mother. | was in
form Cd their father had prevented them from marrying
when young alleging that SHE dertt rond get them
at Hev married ~ The poor old critters were
ont before The house airing themselves. They looked
p,ible enough to rouse the sympathy OF any OLD Dach
elor -
next reached that horrible city of smoke Pttsburg
No 10 rsnp can have any idea of ia smoky appearance
unlers he sees it. spent Sunday there, when the
atucsI here waa suffered to clear Off and you could see
tfjngs as in daylight. Ttre is an Immense amount oil
al Kinds of business done in this city and shere are
some Gbe in provements IN It,
From pittsburR I strnck west for Wooster, Ohio
TIE country il som. what billy for most OF thai dis
lance From Wooster came on to Mansnei,, me
large town in Ricbland County in which much ois
Ress il done; and thence IN Upper Sandnsky, Wym-
dot Co. o., which is beautiful locality for town.
ard ia fast growing. | am now in Wood County, o.,
here write this about three miles from Van Buren,
q misereby dil1pidaied village III Hancock COUNTY:
had ex pccted 10 find more horses and cattle IN ONO
than do ind On most farms along the route through
the northern counties see but two work horses aud
sometimes a coli two seldom more, and not much
horn cattle. Failure VI crops last year i gwen az the
capse, in Part; but sheep are much more a0undan'
there being much wool grown here
am much pleased with the system of Lying ont the
country in the north countirs The roads Tor
the tIe kectlun llllch a scCipu
being square mile road il along it'd lnes-east
west north and south. This system causes the settlers
TO improve The lands along the roads, and hence all the
way around each section in most places, the land IL
clear bile in the center stands the dense forest. Ihls
brings the houses nearer TO each other aud the APP
rroach to them easier than scattered all through the
woods. as you fnd ,bem in many parts OF the k@Lst
All these roads public highways aud run parallel
and NJ right angles through whole counties It's great
beauty; vet il has a draw back, il makes distances
greater in going from place place, such from some
towrs to others. The roads for Tire most part are earth
black clay soaud have to b. thrown up from each
side by scrapers aid horsepower, ana they are nearly
iInrassahlc in vet seasons.
1he soil in many parts is s,vampy; and in many
places there is species of lobster several inches IN
l.rgib, wi ch live in the wafer while II covers the
| ground and when it sinks they bore down after IT,
throwing up chimney several inches high, and keep
on following the water for several fret down 80 as TO
keep in tfrir element This seems strange 20 me. Fifty
wears more viii put end to their iobstershps how
ever the country will be cleared and dryer oy that
| time.
There ia not M much land cleared as thought to
find This ole reaeon why there 80 few norS -s
and as the roads level and smooth, two horses
can draw load here which would take four Ia many
paris where the land is hilly The next gene ration
wild improve this psrt of the West greatly, SO that II
will present in 20 years, the most beautiful appearance
Even now many of thu log cabins have given place 70
| handsome frame and brick houses Of tne style. But
where original log hu,s st STAND il looks plii,bc.
| MANY farms have stalking ONE, however, have
| good barns. | was at barn-raising the other day,
where about seventy neghbors had gathered to pu mp
the framework, which they accomplished in good style
| in about eight hours, without run or swearing.
Speaking of barn-raising, reminds mt OF an improve.
nelt eaw in barn.doors in Seneca County. Instead
of han girg them on hingrs to swing open, they are
made TO hang several iron pules at the top which
run on AN iron rod laid upon strip Of board nailed
along above the doors The doors are opened out rght
and left ike the doors That wh' els in our mod
EN- dwellings; at the bottom the door extend down .
few inches to them from blowing outward This
is decidedly the best plan of hanging barndeors-and
wonder our Eastern farmers have not long since
adopted it. -
Wheat promises well; and in two weeks harvest will
be on if not over here They cutting barley now
Applcrees viii yield small crop this year. but there
VIII he but few peaches. Oats and corn look Well po
tatoes bid fair worm appeared here a few weeks
ago. and dslnantled forest ard orchard trees OF
their foliage, but 10 great injury resnllad.
T. r. WEISHAMPEL sen.