Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-05-20
CORREsPoNDENCE,
LETTER FROM DIR BERRY.

Mr. EDITbR NEwsDEALER DEAR Err: =
wrote you letter in the month OF Feb
last, requesting you to forward the News
dealer, as it was a welcome member ofoul
family. My wife says she thinks az
much of getting the Newsdealer as letter
from home. Aud | must say 1t is quite
welcome with myself promised you
and your many readers ! would write
you again in reference to the country
When | left the county of Lamoille.
promised a number of my friends to write
them and give them description of the
country. AS my health heretofore. was
SO poor. could not write them and now
1 have gained my health, | will give them
all, through your excellent paper, brief
account of what know in reference to
the country. ~ '.i' '
The last two years has been very wet
and crops have been poor. Old settlers
say they never in their acquaintance in
the State have seen such poor crops. This
spring is very dry and pleasant indeed.
Farmers so*ed the most of their wheat
and small grain In the month Of March.
think this is quite unusual. l think
the climate about the same az in Lamoille
Co., Vt. We have much more wind and
the winter weather seems colder here,
owing think to the wind. We also have
much more thunder and Lightning here
| think have seen it the most frightisl
here ever saw in mJ life. The soil In
Southern Minnesota is d dark loan, III
some places mixed with sand. 1t Is
very deep and in some places the daik
soil is iiom 10 feet deep, very rich
aud productive, and very easily cultivat-
ed, The prairie land once broken, 1T is
as easily titled as any of the gardens ID
Vermont. But great want of timber is
felt. Rails for fencing are scarce, and
Pine boards for fencing are high in price,
SO that the country is very poorly fenced,
but little only by that class that come
here with capital sufficient to meet all the
high prices. Prices Of lands vary accord
ing to location. Timber, &c from 81 to
$50 per acre. People that have some
capital to start themselves with, or those
that have lived here long time are max
ing money and doing we'll, while those
who come with limited or no means at
all fud it hard Country to live in and
for the reasons above named, But still
think this will be one of the finest
countries for farming in the world. But
it mus have capital and labor to develop
it, There is wealth here i'll the soil, but
it must have labor and pr;vation to de
velop it. | should like to see some of
the persons here that are working the
hills in Vermont, for | do believe they
can do better with the same labor, And
Furthermore l would say to those that
have a comfortable place anywhere in the
East, they bad better not sacrifice their
there to come here, thinking
that gold dollars or Greenbacks grow on
bushes. have never seen the like as
yet. There was great Influx of immi-
grafton into this State the last year.
And, as we have railroad running thro
the whole length Of the State North and
South, from st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Mimi. to McGregor, Iowa, on the Misss.
,ipi, called the Milwaukee and St. Paul
The Minnesota Division crosses the river
1t Prairie du Chen. Wis We also have
4 railroad across the State from Winona
10 St. Peters, and number of roads
North and South under construction.
10 not remember their names, but they
are sufficient to accommodate all portions
Of the State
Fruit in this State thus for has been
failure. with few exceptions.
Some Of the small fruits. such as berries,
grapes, &C., have succeeded think
when the country becomes developed,
cultivated and protected from the heavy
winds, apples and the larger fruits will
grow tountiiul. hardy and healthy. The
county is now in its infancy. and will
stand long and healthy growth. A
great portion Of the lands are in their
wild, uncultivated state--large tracts
being owned by capitalists and specula.
tore in the Eastern States. and it keeps
many portions Of the country from being
developed by actual settlers would
say to any person there who may wish TO
get any particular description can write
me at Austil. Mower Co., Mimi, and
will be pleased to give them all the in
formation can, willingly uHr
! wrote you in my last letter that |
thought OF returning TO InrDoille tbis |