The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-01-15

apt to imagine himself provincial. When
our farmer friends come in swAthed and
wrapped up like Winnsbago Indian Num-
mics. When the sidewalks snap and crack
as If engaged in firing perpetual saldtes in
honor Of King Frost When river and lake,
bound in solid fetters wear a Bulky, stalid
expression, as If to say, don't bother US
with your steamboats, and sail craft When
the RATS of SaW-logs, hard and fast In the
ice, grin defiance at the saw-mllls, that all
summer have been quAshing their steel teeth
over the limbI Of their brethren. Oh, isn't
such cold snap enjoyable 2--
There goes sleigh load Of victims of
popular dslusion--" enjoying sleigh tids.H
Can't see it. Sit in an open barn with your
feet on a block Of ice, wrap yourself in buf-
falO robes, aud give boy ten cents to jingle
a string Of cow-bslls in your ears, and you
will have all the essentials Of slsigh-ride,
without the expense oi hiring, or the trouble
Of driving livery team. Man is often re-
ferred to beasts for example, from Solomon
who sends us to the ant to learn industry,
down TO the Good Templars, who advise us
to drink like beasts-Only when we are dry,
and then only Of water, and we might take
farther hint from tho animals-rabtitS hunt
a hole, and nuskrAts stay in their houses
where they belong, but man, vain man, has
to haul cord wood, hay and supplies, take
sleigh rides, get frost bitten and agonize
himself generally, But so it has been, and
SO it will be, and an advocate of hyberniza-
tion would meet with few disciples in these
days of Alaska.acquiring, North Pole-soek-
ing restleSSness. All great reformers have
been unlucky, the men of Athens asked So
crates to take drink and put Weyanwega
whisky (same as the hemlock Juice Of his
day, only quicker in its action in it, simply
because he hiuted slight reformation in
their MORALS so we do not think it policy to
advocate reformation. But when the Pacific
Railroad and Hoosac tunnel, have brought
the two sides of this half of the globe to-
gether, we are in hopes Of seeing such saving
made In time, that people will be able to
sleep winters and work summers, but as il
is an old hackneyed stupidity In the general
acceptAtion of things, to make remarks upon
the weather, have probably laid myself Ii
able to a sneer of contempt for thus prsfa-
cling my letter. BE that as it may, propose
to give you short description ofthe country
west of the Great Father Of Waters In
August 1921, Missouri became the twenty
fourth Stale in the Union. The famous dis
cusslon between the North and South as to
the extension of slavery, resulted in the Mis-
souri, compromise, whict yielded the vast
territory Of this State to the South, who held
uudisputpd control Of its deStinies for forty
years Never was there a fairer opportunity
offered to test the relative merits Of slave la,
Dor against Northern enterprise. Yet, how
little progress she made in that long period
of forty years. Her natural resources Of
wealth lay undevelopsd until the destinies Of
war proclaimed her free State. Now, be-
hold the glorious transformation. Her Strug-
Cling settlements have grown up into large
and aouriSbing towns. Schools, colleges and
churches are being organized. Mills and
manufactures are being built. Railroads are
being extended. Mines of various minerals
are being opened and worked thus bringing
to light tie hidden treasures Of naturs--ths
tide o! emigration ia now to Missouri. Ten
years ago II SWEPT around her borders, and
Quilt up Iowa, Kansas and NebraIkA--outo OF
the shadows and darkness, Missouri stnerges
radiant with the smile Of hope into the grand
arena and generous rivalry Of the free states
Of the North. There is no denying the fact
that Missouri is destined to be one OF the
brightest stars in the constellation Of States.
Missouri lies between the parallel of 36
deg 80 min. 40 deg. and 50 min. North lat
tude enjoying that agreeable mean Of tenn
perature 80 favorable TO longevity aud pro-
dnctiVe Of harmonious .emperamsntsh and
conditions, Nature has endowed her with a
salubrious climate, where fruit, grain, and 10
fact, all the vegetables come 10 full perfection.
While her natural advahtages and central po-
Iitiou must sooner OF later render her the
Queen Of the sistsrhood of States, The vim
ters in the Southwest and Eastern portions
Of the Stats are mild and Of short duration.
While the tummsts are long aud favorable
to the cultivation Of ssmi-tfopic fruits and
fsgetableSa AZ the same time, all the products
Of Northern elimeS may be realized in abun-
dance. TIE surface Of Missouri ii beautiful
aud varied. her small rolling praireI ate
well tinbetsd. Beautiful springs of living
water dot her surface IN many parts Of the
State, while streams and uaVigable rivers
thread their way through her confines in ev-
cry direction. In minerals Missouri mag Wsll
challenge the world to show is equal bat
few explorations have as Jet been made, JET
wealth Of mineral deposits have been
found, MANI Of them fich beyond eOnPe.i-
ton among the most valuable are lead, Iil-
Vsfi iron and copper, f.f.
The soil u Missouri, 90 far ss have been
able TO tes, Il, is dark, ealcafsous sandy