Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-05-22

Letter from Missouri.

ARROW Rock; No., Mayo, '67.
It is almost nine months, my good
CHRONICLE, since I cameffrom our COM
mon county to Missouri; and since we
have always been friends, | Will IN re-
turn for ali thome news you have sY-
en- me, occasionally grant you peeps
into Missouri life.
The world smiles, as l write. For
three weeks farmers have followed the
plow snd soyn the seeds of the expect
ed hsrvests. uninterrupted by even a
shower and they we're beginning TO
look snxiously fer the skies to darkeD,
AZ tbis moment the birds are singing
no;sv chorus in the white-blossomed
+raes and = beautiful bow spans the
eastern sky. We have had a delight
ful rain. and our good mother earth
looks as she can only look after q May
sboVer- II is said that the season is
the latest Missouri eve saw. as the win
ter was the coolest and the longest; but
now we rejoice in the prospect OF boun-
+ifol hsrvest-ears and luscious fruits
At nv right hand and left, | see roll
linz fields of ~thegreenest wheat twelve
incbas high. and if l part the thick
blsdea there is below fine growth of
Young clover bearing fair promise Ior
The future season. Many farmers have
not vet planted corn, but not lar from
the house the earliest soseed seed mas al
readv made It's appearance above
ground. Apple and cherry trees may
We'll groan at the prospect before them,
.La.G - have no untimeiy and most
nnusaa frost; they are white with bios
soms. and their odors with that OF the
fraorsn zantee currant comes by even
no. an the breeze. The peaches on this
fsouthl side Of the Missouri rIyeF are
slEkiled. it is said. A warm February
In which we could sit with open doors,
followed by 8 Eon-like March, did the
thankIess task. Pears escaped, anu with
the delicious mulberry, the %cuTrant,
and the ounce shall doubtless tempt
our paIates sufficiently.
Early gardens are now IN COCA order
From he door ] see long beds OF veg
etables in which are onions whose tops
varv in hieht from a halfinch 70. Jour
teen full inches: tomatoes nicely out OF
the earth, and lettuce. radi-hes, beans,
and potatoes ditto, while peas are al
readv .sbrushed.D You know have
never been an enthusiast in the pres
enc of the plou and hoe, but since |
have been here and have witnessed
the yieor with which earth springs to
the peTformaneecfhe appointed tasks,
even in the smallest details, It seems
o. If there was g tie between us which
She proclaims in every blade OF grass,
ia every ripe ear and golden grain:
wish 1 could watt you q OF the
deliehtsome breezes of Missouri; they
are such as must bring hope to she n
valid and strength TO the convalescent.
The altitude of this river bank is SO
great that noxious yapors seldom reach
us. would not affirm as some en-
thusiasts do however, that paradise is
being found in Missouri. Nature has
indeed been lavish in her gifts here,
but mar has failed n many respects to
keep pace with her. Could the society
of the Western Reserve be transferred
TO a few counties in this vicinity, ! b
Iieve humanity would ask no more
desirable home. The tide OF emlgfa,
ton is even now flowing steadily and
rapidly In this direction, and we can
hardly doubt that IN 8 few years We
shall have new neighborf and friends
as good and true IS those We left be
hind.