The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-12
GOING WEST.

Notwithstanding tho article ia four
teen years old, we reproduce IL for
the many truths contained therein,
and believing thai it Is just as ap.
plica bio no,c as pben IL was written
in 1S55.-ED CONSERVATIVE
EDrToRs WESTERN LADY's Book I:
In your paper Of March II, arc
some Inqniries about the Wcet.
made by men in the East, which |
shall tako tho liberty Of transcrib-
ing, and replying to IN my own
way. The article, it appears, wae
copied from tho New York Tribune,
but as ! first noticed II in your pa
per, | send you the reply.
To my personal knowledge, tho
West has been flooded with Just
such queries Tor the last twenty
years, until we are heartily tired of
them. We know by experience
that il We toll the tru,h IN the mat
ter abouJ tho agricultural tacilitics
Of tho West not orc in ten thous-
and Of all those who 1.-Two in the
Fast, and have never boon fifty
miles from home, will believe it /;
of course, IL is u matter Of Indiil'cr-
ence to many what they believe.
The first question comes from
Cambridgcport, Massachusetts,, and
rcads as follows: (Which is the
best time for going West, the Spring
or Autumn p
The best time for going West is
when you havo the most money a.
bout you, and tho lcast fcar Of los
in& IL. n you come in the Spring,
you arc suro to shake Yourself to
death with tho ague before Fall. II
you come in the Fail Won may live
until Spring, lf you don. iyrczo Il"
death before ynu got here J yuu
come at all, you had better gvt N..t
stomach lIned with water proof Gee
ment, so as TO b. uhlc 20 digest
corn broad, bacon au' ". '4krv ''r
this is all we havo o. ra, ..
few Fronch frogs, Uu. bilious
looking tadpolcs, which we catch
when the river runs down
Second Question-'W What paet Of
tho West ls thc best To cmIgra.e 10.
taking into consideration the hcui-
thincss Of the climate p
\ variety Of opinions about that,
my dear fellow. Our Senator, Nr.
Douglas, says Nebraska is the bcat.
So it. is, If you want to 90 into the
sock business, raising an unruly
kind OF NIX .cOlorod cattle, that will
stray OF TO Canada, IN spite Of The
Compromise Of 1850, 1920, or Sena-
tor Douglas. Or if you want to
speculate in papuosos, white soalps,
and got your own scalp taken Off
scientifically, 90 to Nebraska by all
means. 1t you wait TO play pokcr
for living and set MP whisky
drinking for n business, live on
corn bread and bacon week days,
and slippery elm bark and tadpolcs
Sunday, como to Illinois II you
want to go whore they don't have
no Sundays, nor nothing 10 eat, on
ly what they brought from the
East, 90 TO Iowa or Ify you want 10
60 to grass, TO 20 on all tours, and
DO az other kinds Of cattle do, 20 20
Salt Lake
Third Queston-"Docs tho fever
aud aguo prevail much in Wlscon.
sin ?"
OF course 1t does. Nobody out
West is tool enough to ask such
question. Everybody shakos you
can't coax a crab apple to stay on
the tree until il 10 good for any.
thing, it will shake off 1t will
shake a man off the bed, kick him
out Of doors, and shake the bed
stead at hlm. until ho gives it up.
Fourth Question" How lung
does Il presumption hold good ?
That depends on circumstances
If YOU have good rifle, and know
how to use it, you have one chance
in ten that yon may live until you
starvo TO death. But ifyOu cant
stand fire, and are not good shot
and a quack one, take my word tor
it you had better tarry IN Jericho
until your beard be grown, they
are all too smart for you up IN that
neck OF wOoda.
Fifth QuoRtion-"ls land to be
had in the North-west pnrt OF Ohio
for 81 % per acre, and - u good ?
That's ak fudge, got NJ by spccu-
lators to gull some green horn like
ynu or me, for 10 the hert Of my
knowledge and bellot OHIO WAS
worn out ten yoarsag1. -.. vhplo.
business Of the railroad, warm
weather, is to carry b... H'rsons
who havo been fools 'n2 L"
como West, Al tho r..'...s atv
doing this wlntor, Is cr. "uE DIRT
INTO Ohio out Of M'chlr % raise
tew beans and oats, ,o keep tho
folks from starving TO '"atn ncXt
winter !
As to land IN the Norm west OF
OHIO, II is elghyecn inches under
water most Of the year. and will
probably be worth s1,25 per acre
when water snakes and copper
heatP bring ae much per barrel in
New York markets as potatoes arc
worth per bushel in AitonS
And lastly, ho wants reliable in~
formation, n short article in your
paper relating to the subject, and
he wants U 90 to q healthy locality.