Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-27
WABAsHAw, Mimi, March 81, 1864.

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Mr.. EDITOR AS all things earthly
have an end, SO my voyage on the Clara
Hine terminated in arriving here on Sun
day afternoon last, in 80 hours from La
Crosse. distant Is miles. Not over swift
passage for the age of rail roads and
| steamboats,.
This is pleasant uiHage, as we should
call it, of some 1900 Inhabitants, though
it is here dignifcd by the name of city,
with its mayor, common council, and 9TH
or functionaries of municipal govern
ment 1t is the county seat of Wabashaw
county, and has prosperous trade from
a thrifty farming country on the west. and
also considerable business from the Wis
consin side on the east. The river is still
low, and navigation is not yet in success
full tide of operation. Reeds Landing,
three miles above here, is the limit of
boating north, being at the outlet Of Lake
Pepin. which is still covered with solid
ice. Lake Pepiu is merely widening of
the Mississippi at that point, being from
one to three miles wide, and twenty five
miles long, and for the whole distance has
all the characteristics of lake, there le-
ing but little current through it. The
lake freezes over some weeks earlier in the
fall and opens as much later in the spring
than the river below. thereby giving this
place and Reeds Landing the advantage
of being the head OF navigation six or
eight weeks in the year.
The weather has been cold and unpleas-
ant, made up of snow-storms and rain
storms. mainly since | came here, three
days ago. The season is also backward,
it is said, though considerable wheat has
been sown back in the country. fact
which in the East we should consider an
Indication of forwardness
From the representations of the people
here, this is a good wheat-growing coun-
try, the average yield per acre having
been larger the past few years than in Ell
ther Illinois or Wisconsin, though the
producers do not realize so much in the
sale of it by about twenty cents per bush
ell, by reason of the increased expense of
transportation to market, and monopoly
of the carrying trade from this section,
which is claimed to be very oppressive.
Wheat now sells at 80 to So cts per bush.
Potatoes, 80 to 40 cts, which appear to
be the principal staples of export from
here at this time.-corn, rye and oats not
having been cultivated to any great ex.
tent.
/ have learned of practice which has
been carried on to some extent in this
State, and was becoming so prevalent as
to require the enactment of a law by the
legislature, making it penal offense, that
is, the moving off from the premises and
selling them as personal property, the
buildings on mortgaged real. estate, espec-
inlly in city or village lots, thereby rem
dering the security nearly worthless.
have been investigating case of this
kind for friend. East, who had security
, on lot and buildings at Central Point, a
, place above here some 20 miles on the
lake. On going there to look for the
premises found the buildings had been
sold aud mooved to Lake City, place
, about one mile below on the lake, leaving
the creditor nothing but the town lot
which is now worthless, the business Of
the place. as we'll as most Of the build.
ings, having been mooved to Lake City.
Rather sharp practice. | think, Of ques
, tionable morality.
i found on arrival here. late copies Of
your paper, former resident of our coun'
ty being a subscriber here. learn it !,
highly priced by them for it's great amount
of local intelligence. ! was very glad Of
an opportunity Of reading its pages again
aud looking over the brief locals, not hav'
ing seen copy since | left home. Wat
, very sorry though to sec the record o.
disturbances contained in your last issue