The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1866-08-09
Correspondence Of the News.
Letter from Illinois.
SUNSHINE, ILL.,, July Is, 1866.

SUNSUINE, lBb., July 10, 1000.
DEAR EDIToR;--In this vicinity it |
has been very dry for weeks past.-
Yesterday we had fine shower, and
now it is raining nicely. Wheat has
been generally well secured, and will
yield from fifteen to thirty bushels per
acre. The straw, as nice as could be,
is burned after threslring, in great
quantity. 1t looks shameful, but there
is such an amount of everything Tex
cept timber) that the farmers put
the straw out of the way with the
least labor. 1t is not all burned.
/ know of more than one man that
has 400 acres of Wheat. Some of it is
being sold at from $1.80 to 50 per
bushel. AS dry as the season has
been, never saw such Oats in Ohio.
Corn docs not suffer in dry weather
here as there. Some farmers have
within the last four years paid for their
farms in one season, and this year
some are doing the same thing.
have not been hasty to advise any
of my friends to come here. Indeed,
two weeks ago, when the Thermome-
ter stood at 80 in the shade, and your
then exceedingly humble correspond
ent was in bed with chills and fever,
and the youngest in the family suffer
ing with the same disease, and two of
the boys about ditto, L would have
been very apt to have said, "stay
: where you are" But now that health
h and strength are restored, and see
: the abundance around me, would
t just say, tcome and see." Landsmel
u must pay tribute to Neptune whel
e they try the rough sea- SO may High
d landers expect to do, not withou
some similarity, when they try the
n rolling pratrieS of the West. . .
I, The land lies beautifully, on al
= average too level, ther
4 again too rough. This is an excellen
/ market for almost every thing-fort.
d miles from st. Louis, and twenty from
y the Mississippi River at Alton. Thi
=. r. r. does a large amount of busincs;
,s About twelve trains pass daily. From
re three to five passenger cars general.
" in train, and in the freight train
e from 20 to 35 cars.
= The farms are being nicely improved
n Good buildings, orchards and a variet.
D. of the small fruits are found on nearl,
W all of them. Indeed, in all these re
/ spects, this vicinity surpasses Oh
y, Highland. Fencing is not quite S
I. good, but hedging is going on rapidly
ID The state of society is somewhat di1
&c ferent. People are constantly comin
~ from all parts of this great country
|, ! and other countries, and they mingl
n less freely and familiarity than in oldc
id settled communities.
u, Temperance organizations are NOR
NO 70 common here than in Ohio, tho ther
ne is much drunkenness in Places
School-houseS and Churches hardl
IN keep pace with farm improvements
~ ~ denoting that Religion and Educatio
a are not of the first consideration. Thi
is 1 think, is a correct statement, fror
of general observation. There are man
or thriving towns, with fine churches an
se commodious school-buildings. w
he must not forget, however, that .tJtet
of gears ago settlements were scare
u about here.
On This mode Of letter-writing is rathC
as one-sided; for many of my frienC
ID and acquaintances keep posted in re
We erence to myself, and we hear not
ne word of them, only when they g
80; married, or are removed by death.
ue Perhaps should say something
" reference to the price of land. Unir
Iat proved prairie land, convenient to
on r., sells at thirty or forty dollars p
'ut acre, while improved farms will rea
,, eighty. Low-priced land is not to
,nd had in this region! ..r.. .-.
On. Yours truly, ,. j. i. A.