New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-18
NEsIEkN ILLINOIs.

A SUCCEssrUL CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE.-THE
GRAPES o. THg UPPER MISUNDERSTANDING
TuRERs-nAY PEHssEs-A COMMERCIAL PAM
KNOX coLLgGE-GOOD SEws PoR GIRLS
From special correspons~ri-
DoSGoA Union Co. H.. June % is6c.
Any account Of our State would be incomplete If II
did not describe Western Illinois cpuno l. kuOwn the
Military Tract. Not being IN great lHeoi travel eh"r
North and South West iss oesn sid Of
than sections Aud yet commercial readers have
with vast amount u business doAe by the
Chicago Buriin aud QUINCY Railroad Western farnr
renofy underfand that the best cora aad In tho State lies
here between Illinois and Mississippi rivera Western IL
lno faces the rive from QIncy 70 lsock Lima anu the
center Of this region Is Ga.esbaTg.
The Rev. g. W. Gale Princeton gradnaei his hrst
charge was Jefferson Co.. n T. G. g. F'nry the revi'
yaist wa o. his He b 10 ttLag De esao'
lshed manual labor school a whi,esooronsh which was
successful hundreds o young educated by their
own ehor From this nay other instupn1n' arose oa H''
fled for want Of practical sore day W Sh ha'e
suo schools but never ill practical AMI tue literary sHa
be united.
In s3s Mr. Gale organized KnoI College at G issenre.
Eastern churches contributed funds n purchase @ acres Oh
land largo number ~ int sut religious ienls u0'eu oh
pryatons were Gnythe result was prosperous religions
couuuni,y the land value. and large endowment
wa, secured The town has 100 Inhabitants aud no ilcr
is sold Of 40 other Western town can this BE- said
Prom Gassburg to 65 niles to Quincy 100 miles
70 burlington A. aud Perrin g. TIE countr' prairie
The soil roa four feet deep the farms are vel i'm
proved there old orchards provisions are abuidint aud
cheap and people Intelligent euorPrsng and ron
Superior "a .ns can 10 bought sO to 6
was a. Buslngtos. This Is rare city aud handsome
and f OF business Here the Cathwbs grape does sell and
1t Is planted largely Thence went down 10 wars~' aud
spent day with freud Bliss Secretary Of the Horticultural
Society visiting tue vineyards Tho location IA elevated
There are grapes on every hand The has 500 nhAb
HI. eho IA of
M Bliss in ought to be known Ihree years
ago he Dong 10 roots planting eight Scarcely third
lived Tho next year he bought With 10 better success
sud found him This spriag ling the vncanes He SID
lie had rasr- his own roots not onJ ~ouii DC
have learned the bet be would have made moro
money So great tho demand that uurery men are sending
oat weak worthless roots 1000 Il Soitone Virginia
which Msssrf Worthen were pathg out They cost tOV
No, half Of them can live The Farmes Club have nad atato
OF the wine made by thus party. They commended It highly
and / agree With them
Nauvoo s IN is county. There they had many hundred
acres Of Catawba The grape region extends ror Quincy 10
HARRINGTON 80 mlos Next to the lake couatry, Is the bst
locality ior grapes America Land not dear One trouoe
with Cncupa that tho season is too hot and long GIN
cnn.t started tie business but ia o Who has sons
smarter than himselL
Western Illinois IL ia earnest regarding manufactures Al
most every town il investing capital have bus o'hers
ere buildHg
noticed that Of warsaw fhcy were clrctb 'p' oiHo
wooden factory which viii give employment 10 GoFe than 100
eatyes and win turn ont upward OF oOO yards Of various
STYLES Of cloth eyary day. The capital is sooco a'a In
Joint cek csupauy Inc machinery is OF tho Latest aud best
kini, made in Philadelphia
H. one OF those OF Western Illinois visited general
snuaotory establishment TeFe four plFnesi each has
charge Of a department They enpoy O. or 20 hands and
their capital which they mace OF thcr oTn work Is
$4,000 shown their huot. The clean proht last year
vas $50 100 tCheeu They sscrbe their Hncee" 10 belng
/ cir own iorenen lGTeat applaass
At Gsleburg tie hay business is e-IsIs'e Here Tie
t.,tef fress is sHd Grst mott usod "stfns
BROTHER dca largcy TIE Mormon bea'"'s which
hind be. spd one lever Thoy thip q Psorh
hence down che Illinois River 20 81 Louis Memphis and
Key Orleans Ttey own barges asd sseanhoat One cargo
often brsgs $4,000 They bay has Of TIE isreH and paw
e. tuB-fsrnery was discovery that could be sold a.
O. tsd-n stack cubic fec make tan they have 70
haul tho hay; homes win pull from Vne aud hal TO two
rs the hands itow how load they have ~ horses 20
1 vOrsuea, and q capital ~ $1,000
visited oommerc Al farm owned " W. seiden She son
Al the founder II cir miles from town and includes lJiO
,etsa NJ Gale and his bows their own Sorenen Every
Thing in order large farm house is for the hands and for
Offices and sleeping There 10 an orchard OF - scres
the rat Of the land In s In seeding some clover sesd
always sovn With the timothy NJ Gee N ssrious in
QuisG 4 y Ne &8srsses hstYsV ssas I'd ass s'sn n