The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-04
GRANVILLE, May 20.

have passed over The ROAD rom th4s
to this place, by way of Albion, the
county seat Of Edwards County. The
wheat all along the road, from that
to this place, gives promise of the
most abundant yield. Farmers say
the prospect was never better. A large
breadth Of land has been sown, and a
much larger crop may confidently be
expected than in former years. Many
of the farmers, Notwithstanding the
wet weather, are now done planting
corn, and in many fields it is.up and
looking finely. The farms along the
road leading from Olney 10 this place
are In high state Of cultivation, and
are the most beautiful / have yet seen.
Large and well-fnished farm-houses
are to be seen In every direction from
the road, and in the distance, on ner
side Of the road, almost as far rs the
eyesight will reach, stretch broad
acres Of the most fertile land. | did
not see poor farm nor a mean farm
house along the road. The evidence
of thrift and independence may be
seen everywhere; and while gazing
on those magnificent farms, one cam
not suppress a feeling arising that
almost amounts 70 envy. Indeed,
there are no men so independent as
farmers, and none so happy.
bAlbion, the county seat Of Ed
wards, is an old town, and has not
improved a great deal in the last FIVE
or six years, but il is pleasant place,
and is inhabited by very. intelligent
people. A large brick school house,
almost the size Of the Ninth otreet
Sehool4house Of your city, IS now
nearly completed. 1t presents quite
an attractive appearance. The county
contains about twelve hundred voters.
and every precinct IN the county ex-
cept one is largely Republican, the
county going over three hundred ma
jority for that ticket. Old Edwards
has been under Wing and Republi-
can rule for many years. and only
once in some thirty years have county
orders been at a discount. The cash
can be realized on them as soon as
they are presented to the Treasurer
There are few counties 10 this State,
or. IN Indiana, of which as much can
be said with truth. Judge w. s.
Mayo, . most genial gentleman, eour-
teous and agreeable. and withal an
interesting talker, has held the Office
of Clerk for about forty years. This
rs something very unusual In your
State 11kEow of two men who held
q like position for twentyyears each,
but of anone who held the Office as
long as Judge Mayo. Albion and Vi
einity was settled by Englishm en-, and
many Of the old settlers are still liv-
ing. 2 MIR. Dobell, formerly Of your
city, resides on an excellent farm
about a mile and a half from Albion
[ had-intended, IN a previous letter,
to speak Of the GRANVILLE and NATION
Railroad La each of the counties
Through which he proposed road is
ITO pass the people have vossd to sub
scribe Sl50,000 stock,F aud 1T X con-
fde ntly expected the road VII soon
be built. = have passed near sae pro-
nosed. line from Olney to this place,
and viii repeat what / have before.
said ln-thls~le ttsFy-@aRd.~t hat.-is,the
country is indeed delightful, and
highly productive. Along ten miles
of the proposed line and for two
miles back on both sides, there is
more produce raised than on twenty
miles and FIVE miles out on each side
of the line of the EvaHsville. Hen
Jerson and Nashville Railroad.
This may appear like an extravagant
remark. but It is not. 1t is true to
the letter, and the same may be said
of al the territory through which the
proposed road viii pass up to Mat
toon. Now the question presents it.
self. would it not be wise in the people
of Evansville to reach out and grasp
all this abundance of grain and hay?
That the road will be constructed III
tlmateiy TO GRANVILLE there is not the
least doubt, but if Evansville could
lend a helping hand, its completion
would Of course be FASTENED, and if it
could be extended to Evansville, it
would be of more value than the ad-
dltlon Of ten thousand inhabitants in
q single year. This. may appear ex-
tTavagant, but it is not. Just think of
the corn, wheat, oats and hay of thou
sands upon thousands of acres
of the most productive land in
the south part Of the State
being emptled into your city, and sold
or consigned there to be shipped to
another market. What a wonderful
change 1t would make. Aud then
think that where only one. hundred
merchants now visit your city to
purchase goods, FIVE hundred would
visit 1t then, and what a change il
would make. | have talked with
merchants in Olney, in Albion and in
GRANVILLE, and all say that with the
completion of that road to Evans
vile, your city could and would, not
only command all the produce trade,
hut tire dry goods and Grocery trade