Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-05-29
Hudson Correspondence.

Ed. JOURNAL Il feel good. 1t is one of
the Joyous, life-giving days of the sunny May.
A person upon such an evening as this, cannot
but be glad in being able to live. There is
such yellow richness in the air and its fra
GRANGE is as sweet as the breath of roses
These last few days of the maturing spring
are the finest of the year-they give life to the
heart and warm the soul into its richest moods
of feeling. As the rays of the afternoon sun
fall bright upon the smiling landscape, they
form picture, more glowing by far, than can
be produced on the painters canvass. 1t is
upon such days as this that We forget the bus
tie and stir of the world, and Involuntary
surrender TO the many influences which beck
on us to a better lile,-turning our thoughts to
| Him who built this earth-templc, with its
miracles and beauty, and canopied it with the
blue deep above"
There las not much of local interest trans
pired here the past week. Our merchants
! have received and opened large stocks of spring
gosds, and generally report a brisk trade
Considerable building is going on in various
pa is of the city. The grain trade is very live
". Boats are lying at the levee nearly all the
time, loading with wheat. Ten thousand
bushels of wheat was shipped from here on
| Monday last What country this great
| Northwest is for wheat. Well has it been
called the Granary of the World"
There has been considerable excitement here
for several days, over the depreciation OF Hi
nois money. The " stump tail currency does
! not meet with much favor here, and | am glad
of it. The whole banking system of Illinois
| is miserable swindle. and the Chicago bank
ers have violated good faith, and imposed upon
the business men and farmers most outra-
! geously. I would advise all farmers to re-
/ fuse to take any Illinois or Wisconsin money
| in exchange for grain. If the farmers would
only demand specie for their grain they could
! get f. There is good reason for believing
that Wisconsin money will continue to depre-
ciate To be sure, some OF the banks have
! been propped up until December, but there is
still danger that much of the money may be
discredited soon, as all are aware, is based III
good part, upon Missouri bonds, and should
| why, of course, our money would depreciate,
and farmers would have in return 70, their
grain nothing but worthless rags. The saying
that Wheat is as good as the gold" is true,
and our farmers . ould act wisely to take such
action az would prove it SO. Such is the opin
ion of your humble correspondent. what says
.'ye Editor"
| Our military company, the "Hudson City
! Guards" are iourishing finely. The company
| is now full of those who will 90 for the " term
of the war" By the way, we Fudsonians
| feel proud of our military. They are . fine
| lot of men, not made, as is too frequently
the case, of rowdyish, reckless and lazy fel-
! lows, who enlist merely for adventure, or to
! escape work. The Guards are also becoming
well drilled. Capt. WHITE is a capital drill
officer, and under his thorough discipline, the
boys are progressing finely. Large Numbers
of ladies from the city frequently visit the en-
! campmsnt. carrying over something Of good
! cheer" At the barracks where the Guards
are encamped, is fine dancing hall, and a
few nights since the undersigned, accompanied
| by several persons of the female persuasion"
took occasion to visit The barrecks, and spent
pleasant hour in tripping to the inspiration
of the stringed instrument. 1t was pleas
ant scene, to see the
-" Fair women and true men,"
as they mingled il. the merry dance,
-" Chasing the glowing hours with flying
feet"
| did not intend to make this epistle so long.
and, Mr.. Editor, apologize, and will here
after attempt to be brief. MARK.
| Hudson, May 25th, 1851.