Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-30
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keen zest for the morning air. Mugs, on
7the otharofAhl3 takes, hrs .tIiplf aturegHlar
1hteryals through, the day, goes out toa
oiih9p" in ths eNsnil y IPapR sss 70 ene9m-
Ypa{s an Indefinite, ,gua1fity d( lager beer,
and on retiring &C tie solefnh hoHr OF mid
qa dIlt, takes a aRightcapiof Of cleardistiltd,
ganb tumbes inY She -iiortitg dawns, the
v yelamor of the breakfast Gbalhr6lnes Muggs,
o;Yho, in .tbstJst faint CLEANS, of returning
opscousnessAYppdsrs IL theIe5 isIbpossi-
ybillty of gettiug his bead tRFoYg the door
f-way. And when Muggs does come down,
1891 Inebody, grossly .igaeraDt Of 6the govern
tghtiul5 mSEpIbg,S Just IS though, IeyeSY7T
I body was boGihid 70 feel new 1ffe and enjoy
oths morning aiEl BECAUSE the ridges ehigh,
0anp the atmosphere pure and eXhjlerating.
.ds After IeayipR the ';1ats,, otne five miles
frdhitD Sot66i 'orR the SfiVerg n L
IGfd iS9 as TT os fPtS Ill aSs StSsl $iSs
rit has ever been my lot 70 traverse. This
| Airie exteHd9 back from tffe'fiver boTderA
sohe teIE hiiles, and itsiwhVle surIaee sis,,4
IS9eemiHgl !, ,l0he vast fabgeTef wheat feldseO
1.-The farms on JtIese ridges are. gunderfl
good cultivation, and are'owned mainly by
men from OHIO and New Yorka UptO then
present time they have depended hihiniyV
on, wheat raising; but they tell me, Of late Ia
years it has become b1proiitable, and nanyaa
are already turning their atteution TO stock. ~
How they can raise stock Without water ~
beyond my very limited Knowledge of suchd,e
matters, though almost every fstmer ONE gioI
speaks to says hecap tliVe by fRising wheat ~, y,
any longerl iAndHhofses, cattle,5and Sheepd5itf
must take its place. ,!Va 4 y LiCh oar
From DeSotd to SpridgYille n, distance ,s[ "a
of forty miles, saw but two wells, one in i,3,
/ the HalleY, and tho Other at " yiroqua, where,
they tell mr, there are two. The latter was@
eighty feet in depths llIsIeiipeople depend
entirely on,eistefns, iaud MOSQUE dry ssea1C
sons have been close run for supplies OF y
water. The present season, however, has -
been remarkable for rain. the result 'of19o
which fs while there areSl ill cisterns4 two Il %
thirds OF the wheat and hay crop has been s1r
ruined. -.
~ Niroqua,, the seat Of Vernon county, Is
| five miles from this place. II has, probably,
Essi& hundred iDlhbitants, and is decidedly
the SlOloeSt western town l have ever seen.l
The POPULATION consists mainly of people
| from Vermont and Ohio; and, each state
representative will swear to you chat Viro-
| qua would soon be d charming little place .
| 'f it was not for thennfort'tnaIe lsettle-nsj
mhgt OF parties from other paris OF. OF the
| Union than tlleir own" had my opihion
NNOrth Star" told me theHe WASN'T a 10
/ Demoertt IL, the place. .-......
Ii You probably remember the newspa-
! per ace0tthts of a terrible tnrnado that -
| swept over this partr of Wisconsin haoid
! year ago last Juue, Here is where,
wit first sJrttck the earth, and the evidences
! yet FemaiHiHg of its work, show how lar %
l. short in their accounts were the reports OF m
the horrors of those few moments of devas-
Ntatfoh. The largest and most Substantial
dbuildmgs were literally cahght up land 10
swrenched into fragments. l saw an eightT ~
| inch beam, or house sleeper" which was
| carried by the storm over half a lhile, andF
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