Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-01-06
CEEAR FALLS, January ith, 1865.
Correspondence Of the Cedar Falls Gazette.
NOTES BY TIE WAY.
LrxisGroy. KENrUcEY. Dec. |

LrxsGroS, KENrUoEY, Dec. 18th 1854.
EDS. GAzErTE:--I promised you when az
Lansing, from which place wrote you last,
to give you some items and notes in my
wanderings hunting stock for the Iowa Ag-
rcultural Farm.
After leaving Lansing, went to Toledo,
Ohio. From thence to Ceveland--thc finest
city in Ohio in fact the handsomcst city in
the West. 1t is beautifully located. It's
streets are broad and clesn. 1t i. beautifed
by fine shade trees. Euclid street has some
of the finest dwellings on it, that have ever
seen. They are all set back from the street
about one hundred feet, and the grounds are
embellished with eyergrcens, shrubs and
statuary. The business part of the city was
all in hum, showing life and energy.
dropped in to the Ohio Farmers Office,
and found my old friend S. D. Harris, hard
at work on the closing volume for 1864 Of
his valuable paper. From him | learned
where good stock could be found
The oil excitement continues to rage in
Ohio and Pennsylvania. Ask man you
may meet about the hotels, Whist tne The
cars leave, and he will answer, mo doubt
there is oil there and can make my fortune"
Ask him the time Of day, and he will want
10 know how many barrels you want. Run
against a man and he will grant oil, oil. Hit
Il man here anywhere above the belt and you
will bring oil instead Of blood. found the
oil mania all the way down the Cleveland,
Columbus aud Cincinnati Railroad. Every
inch Of land cast Of this road is oil land, and
held at fabulous prices. The tide to the oil
regions of Ohio and Pennsy lvania is swelling
all the time. TIE cars are crowded to their
uttermost. Tho hotel accommodations in the
oil regions are inadequate, although they
have been largely increased. Everything
looks greasy. Look out Of the car window
and you can see the oil tricking down the
trees oil running out Of the rocks in the
many bluffs. Oil is discovered everywhere,
Oil speculation is an epidemic. Millions Of
money is being paid fol- land that has been
considered worthless heretofore. One man
said he paid $l5, 900 for 100 acres Another
800, 900 for 400 acres, and so it goss.
From Cleveland went to Eiyria, in Lo
rain Co., to l@ok at the tina herds Of Thomas
Aston and Thomas Toms. Mr.. Aston is
breeding Hereford cattle and Cotswold sheep
Mr.. Toms breeds Devon cattle and South
down sheep, These gentlemen are both
Englshman, and have very fine stock Of the
above breeds. After spending a day or two
in this region among the fine stock, | let fol
Delaware, Delaware Co, Ohio, where found
DIR. Vcrion, breeder Of Leicester sheep
and the McSsrs. Hill and Jones, breeders Q
Short Horns and South downs. Il Is at THU
place that Mr.. Campbell liyes-that brought
the Delaware grape into no.oriety. Mr.. c
has fine place here. lie has large mum
Der Of propagating houses for propagatng
the grape. did not find Mr.. G. at home
Delaware is pretty town, of about 4 ,ooC
inhabitants, located on the c. c. & G. r. r
After spending day among tho fine SHEEP
and cattle, we took the cars for Columbus
the capital of Ohio, where we found many
things to interest us. We'callsd on the Sec
rotary of the Ohio State Board of Agricul
ture, Mr.. j. II. Kllppert, from whom we 90
tanned much agricultural information as tc
the whereabouts Of good stock. At Column
bus we found the oil fever raging. Oil, oil
oil was the cry. Petroleum, petroleum per
vaded the atmosphere. If there should
come thunder storm, and considerable d
lightning, the eastern portion Of Ohio would
explode certain.
We next turned up at Mania, Green Co.
Ohio, at the fine farm of Mr.. Daniel McMil
len, member Of the State Board Of Agri
culture, Of that State. His farm is about q
mile and half from town, and here we found
one of the finest herds Of Durham cattle in
the State, or in the United States. Mr.. N.
has paid particular attention to getting to,
cc,hcr one Of the best herds Of Short Horns
we ever saw. The prizes Of tho late Ohio
and Indiana State Fairs indicate this. We
spent two days among the good stock in and
around Xena While here we experienced
abou, as cold, blustery days as we have COM.