Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-07-18
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LETTER FROM IOWA.
Correspondence Of the Belmont Chronicle.

Correspondence OF the Belmont Chronicle.
CHARLTON, Iowa, July 8th, 1867.
A few weeks since saw statement
in your paper headed mo place like Old
Belmont, t,"Cgiving as your reasons for
the statement that you had recently con-
versed with several, persons who had re-
turned from the West TO make their
homes in "OId Belmont" again. Now /
have nothing to say in disparagement of
good Old Belmont Except that you let
the Cops. rule you too often.) Ohio is q
glorious State, and Old Belmont good
part of 1t. Y But that there Is no place
like it-that is to say, as goods agrand
mistake.
We have had hard season, cold early,
or rather late in the spring, and quite
wet since, difficult to plant and attend
crops; but perhaps not more 80 than you
have had. Our wheat is fine, oats never
better, corn growing finely, and weeds
ditto. To man well situated i'm Bel
mont County Tor almost anywhere else)
/ would not advise change, but to many
persons owning but small farms, or not
owning any, and having thousand dol
lars or two, the West offers great induce
ments. Good land with some improve
ments at from $40 to $50 per acre, the
outside price for the best of farms, well
situated, with thousands of acres of out
side pasture, certainly Is strong in
ducement for men to sell where land Is
from $50 to 800 and invest here. Climate
little colder than with you, health bet
ter, society good, people energetic. In
fact, to succeed here man must have
''sand in his craw"-nOt sit around and
whine and fret about things not being as
they were back in Ohio or Indiana, but
60 to work with will and turn some-
AI hos, f.,t
up is the sod and to turn down is the
grass. Why, my dear sir, it would
astonish Belmont Buckeye to see the
growth vegetation will make here in a
weeks time; and oh the pleasure of
farming our rich black soil, plough three
acres per day, and plough for days and
and weeks and not stone or stump in
the way. Will you have your bread in
Belmont this year.? If not, let us know
and we will spare you some; perhaps
some fruit, too, If you should be needy.
Professional men not in much demand
here too healthy for M. Discounts
/ too short and far between for lawyers
Mechanics in demand, and get good
wages. Why, sir, we would scarcely
think the small amount of building you
mention in your town worth noticing
here. The iron horse is snorting through
our streets, and buildings going up on
every hand. Your town is older by halt
century than ours, and you are really
are going to build school house. We
are now asking proposals for building
one-a three story brick. 5OX70 feet-not
on an excavated lot but the grounds oc-
cupying about three and half acres, i'm
the most beautiful part of the town, and
the building to be done in the latest
style. Against we are as old as you are,
we will want half dozen such.
But enough of this, and would say in
conclusion, if you have any live, ener.
getic men, who are not afraid to take
hold and push things along, the West
and this part of it is a grand good place
for the but to the chicken-hearted
would say, stay where you are-no use
to come West-you won't be appreciated
u. w. f.