The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-05-02
COMMERCIAL
Correspondence Of the Telegraph.

A2bGOIo LeteJfNpN'
Perhaps some of your many readers may be
Interested to know something of this new
state that has lately turned such a pretty
summerset over the Presidents head, and
come an unbidden guest, unbidden, at least,
by our worshipped stepfather, into the parlor
of the Union.
have often been struck with the various
and conflicting opinions expressed by persons,
passing through the country, and, indeed |
am not surprised that, in all the years in which
this has only been regarded as a vast thorough
fare between the east and the west, the gold
seeker with hopes fixed on the glittering
mountains beyond, or returning, elated with
success, or weary with disappointment, has
failed to see the beauty and grandeur that sur
rounded him. Dreary and blank it seemed to
me when l first looked out upon the unbroken
dry, warm summer Then | remembered the
grand old prairies of Illinois, covered with
fields of waving grain, and long lines of hedges,
while farm houses EMPOWERED in artificial
groves dotted the landscape, making beauty
l have never seen equalled, and looking for
ward few years, and in imagination seeing
here the same traces of cultivation, saw that
nature had been even more lavish here than
there. Already | have learned to love these
hills; these grand old hills, how the heart
swells as one contemplates them, so fit types
are they Of the greatness the infinite love OF
Him who rolled them up. Old, old as the Gre
atiou only the works Of man upon them are
new and rude, and unfinished.
They are not broken and rocky like the
prairles OF eastern Iowa, but gently rolling,
each one rising higher than the last, as they
stretch away from the great Missouri, looking
like the distant waves of the ocean, or as il
the earth had been rolled by the never ceasing
winds; or by the great commotion of mighty
waters ages ago, into waists heaps or mounds
and growth Of vegetation springing up had
fastened it there, and there is probably not
one, at least not one that L have seen but can
be cultivated. The soil is a light rich loan
with a sandy sub-soil, and peculiarly adapted
to grazing, and in other branches of farming
it promises richly to repay the labor expend
cd upon it. And who, seeking home would
not choose a land where the labors of the hus-
bandmen are well rewarded, so much do all
other occupations depend upon this one. And
OF all the pursuits Of man, is not agriculture
the most ennobling, the most productive Of
happiness? The Creator seems especially to
have smiled upon it, for the forces of nature
all combine for the benefit of the tiIler of the
soil. Agriculture is taking high position, as
education is becoming more generally diffused
The agriculturist to be successful must COM
bine Intelligence with skill, as in all other
professions.
The peculiar charm of this country is its
pure, dry, healthful atmosphere. We have
the bracing air Of the mountains, without the
severity of their winters.
The past winter has been very much as that
season usually is in Wisconsin; here, every
one thinks it extremely cold. Judge Parker
says in the eight years he has resided here,
there has not been in any four winters all to-
gether SC much stormy cold weather as in the
one past. / can't see how it is the weather
tables have got so turned, for 1 read of mild
weather, north, and sleighing south even at
New Orleans. But the spell is broken at last,
and spring with her genial sunshine, and her
fresh, balmy air that it is life and JOY even to
inhale, has come upon us all at once, and, this
lovely April day, the aspect of nature is like
that of early May in Wisconsin And the long,
pleasant summer; how shall l describe it, with
its warm but not debilitating days, and deli
ciously cool nights. Nebraska is NOTED for
constant breezes; yet think high winds are
not more frequent than in Wisconsin, and there
are none Of the damp, chilling winds that pre-
vail near Lake Michigan.
The one objection to the country, the lack
of timber, may retard its settlement for a
time, but as a Kansas traveller has said, that
will prove blessing to the country, by in
ducing people to build of more enduring ma
terials that are almost sure to be developed
beneath the soil; and to enclose their lands
with fences time will strengthen rather than
destroy. A rail fence, rather than an arbitra-
ry law would be out of place on the broad
free hills Of Nebraska. Necessity will com
pei people to plant groves, and all who have
the requisite taste, will naturally do this in
such manner as, while they benefit them.
selves, to adorn and beautify the country
Already have heard some, planning for the
laying out of walks and pleasure grounds
Wisconsin is a noble state, Nebraska is des.
tined to make more rapid strides in the march
OF progress.
The present immigration is bringing to our
aid an enterprising, intelligent class of inhab
itants; and we have noble school laws, the
foundation of success in any land; and two
sections in each township, set apart for the
benefit OF public schools.
When l think of the thousands of the good
and worthy in the older States who are desti-
tute of homes, it impresses me that, if tbe
young man, who feels adequate to the task
would but come and see the opportunities
that are open to him here, where he can obtain
land, almost without ''thank yOu.D or5
where on nearly every farm the material for
building, with concrete, may be found, tboupb
the finishing materials must be brought from
abroad, at considerable expense, he wonid
choose to make the west his home. A Nor
with family, and with no means but bis To-
Dor, would find that he had hard batt1e 20
fight, but with little means, a few hundred
dollars, perhaps, and industrious, frugal bah'
its, he need have have no fears of success In
dustry and good morals are certain to be o n
preciated here if anywhere. We find lack ~
enterprise among the first inhabitants who
are already fast giving away before the lido NJ
emigration that is rapidly bringing better
class of people.
Homeless friends; come and see and anna
ciate our beautiful prairies, and thank God
that he has provided homes in so fair a lana
S. D, H.