The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-14
A MAaSIFICENr COUNTRY.
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Tho Red River OF ths NaFth he
,eH Mps"t aGIeta, SllIAe NOEthsd

hs IoIIOWH lTOlO point nVe nunufed
miles northwest Of Chicago, on thC
bank Of the Red River Of the North;
One Of Tie most Rdud6rtul feathrts o
tiiis teginn IA III climate. Here We AZ,
10 la'ilude 40 several degrees furlheI
north than Boston, but the summers
are longer than In Massachusetts, and
the winters, though colder, are leSl
severe than In that State. The slr Il
dry, the days calm, and the hundreds
OF men that l meet, who have CONT
hhllheT1 rom EMaiue aud New Hamp
| shire, eeleClink thls 10 their iitufI
home, tAy thai Ithlb climate ID Tar pre-
ferH6leto Tint Of New England
Yesterday / saw . Scotchman, who
lives i've hundred miles north Of this
point In a straight line, on the shore Of
Lake Winnipeg. The winter there. be
says, 10 NOT 30 severe a. at Chicago
Scientific men have HpeculAted on thil
phenomena, but We have seen nc
satisfactory explanation. Doubtless Il
Is due TO II combination Of causes-thC
Influence Of The great lakes on the ont
side, and chs Rock y MOunlaIns % a. thC
olhef.to The Missouri and 'MIssIssInp
and Red river TO the currents OF nli
sweeping up the Missouri valley iron
the dry plains Of Nebraska. Be thI
cause what II may, the fact remain
that here ri aching from, Chicago NORTH
west over . Territory embracing Wis
cousin, Minnesota, Dakota Northern
Montana, and vast region 10 The
British POsBessious-.lie the wheai
lands OF North America.
i knnNg that MANI NJ ihn6a kR
read this letter are accustomed to look
Into the future and take enlarged View
OF what our country Il to be- 10 cominl
years., bnt am confident thsre Ii ne
mqn-ieYep ihln .OT tie most c1mpfb
hehHlvei mid THAT has laketl d 3us
measure OF the future greatness OF lhli
region.
Many Of those who, perchAnce, may
read these lines have visited Illlnoil
and seen the wheat and corn fields anC
cultivated lands Of that State, rvachInG
on and on In bundie4s eEpAnSe-hTv,
heard the music OF the reGpers gather
Ing the ripened grHiu-hays UehSld thu
harvest fields 10 all their glory. Thluk
now Of those fields extended as far n,
II Is from ,BDsl0n 10 . mRha, over trsc
M wide AZ from Montreal 10 PhiladpI
phia, and you have the area OF thu
wheat field lying northwest Of Chicago
II Is a region presenting features
different irOu the country along this
highway opened TO San Francisco bJ
this Unlon Pacific Road. The plains O
Nebraska and kRnAaS-magnitiCent IL
extent--are traversed by no great WateI
courses. The streams are few; and
when, the summer heats prevail they
dwindle to riVulets, and become who'll
dry; but here there are oveftloWlnI
streams and lakes OF pure fresh water
fed by never-failing springs. Rid
where you will over this vast TERRITORY
and you are always In sight OF a river
or creek, or lake OF purest water, WherI
tue wayea' hreak on ebbly beScReS, Gni
There thousands, q wHtef. owl 4 rem
their young beneath the oaks and ina,
plea that fringe the ripping streams.
Beautiful as are the praities OF Hi.
DOiS and Iowa, nature has been ever
more generous In her Rdornment OF thu
Northwests The larger lakes ARE Dor
derpd by parks and groves, presenting
landscapes OF INDISPENSABLE beauty
Many q pioneer on this Northwestern
verge ofciviliZI tiOn may look out from
the door Of bis log cabin on scenery M
eHChanting As any In Old England
True, there is no background vi noun
tAlns, no rocky crAg, or deep and tor
tuous detiles, but there are und ulatlons
sunny slopes, gentle jBWellg, rounded
wood crowned submits, looking down
upon lakes and ponds'dotted with en-.
erAld islands, or clear waters dancing
In the sunlight, or rejecting from the
| > fIna I'D a Nra 4,
of the landscape. stvHF
Would that you could look down
upon the White Bear Lake, and see II
AZ l saw II day before yesterday FROM
our camping ground on u hill overlook
1nH tts Northern shore. II stretches
southwark q distance OF twelve miles
indented here and there by wooded
pronontoty with sandy beaches
sweeping In magnificent curves: will
a wide patch OF woodland on tbs east
ern shore overspreAdingt the slope; viii
n green fringe OF stately oaks and elmi
and limitlsas zelda, whose verdurI
changes In varying hnes with every
passing cloud GwSnting Only back.
ground OF highlands 10 make II as love
~ rs Wlndemere-the most ENCHANTING
Of all the lakes Of Old Englsnd. YoC
see at your tvRt the lIttls Village o.
GlenWDodD which IN Gorhink wears Nm
be stte fesort"oi tOur1stj, aftiIlg MIC
seekers after pleasure.
II you are fond OF fishing 70 out M.
on this sheet Of water, with the same
strong armed Norwegian who pulled
the boat for me yesterday morning
There are pickerel 10 these ponds 81
Minnesota such as we are not acous.
toned TO catch 10 New EaRlaHd.l A
FOUR FOUNDER IL large Dish to, 1puII
from the waters Of WinnipeSaukee, bnl
hauled up a tihesn. po1 ndsr yester.
d gay, aud the people here say they catch
them weighing twenty five pounds.
dare say that the very thought OF cat Oh
ing such treshwHter sharks will Quick
On the pulse OF many II boyy AND per.
haps some OF the old folks would IIkt
TO drop line In these waters.
But to return 70 the subject from
which We have yBtrayed-And II Ia moi
the hrst time We have play ed truant bg
going fishing. We have said that mi,
inharLiancaj OF the American Daoplg
reaches 400 miles norIhwest OF Chica
Ro-it Is that far to the Rocky Noun.
tnlhS-ln British America, and thal
carries us only 10 the isolhermRl line III
70 degrees mean summer Temperature
You may go on 500 miles further TO Iht
nor1 pE4pep Of ths Saskb tchAyaui DO
f0fe EeAddlhB the AuOfth western bdund!
AIRY OF the wheat Geld.
All OF this territory lies north and
east OF the Missouri, and this aida nj
The Rpcky MOuUtAins. We have spo
Ken Of iEleaRl Wheat! I'D ,athhd hnvt
said nothing OF Its other resOurcey. buI
here ARE the supplies Of timber from
"hlnh 'lir people OF uOre souther acc
IONS are 10 receive their future build
Ing materials. Looking out from IN
U tent toward the northeast, l can saa oT
tbs horizon the dim blue outline Of the
!luiuerSh region around the streams
Forming The head waters OF the MlssIs.
slPpi. II we travel west, we shall md
ex hAns,iess supplle4 OF ,coHi. Bstween
he R5d river ot'the North and IN
Rocky Mountains lies the great coal
nsltiHuf this granAry OF the COntInent
On tue streams that ind thslr WV N
lake Superior and on the MIssiss1ppi
are sites for manufactures, where In
Coming years, the hum Of inAcbinerv,
Pthe CHATTER OF the shuttle and buzzlnp
mil wheels will break the stiffness Of
the prlIneval solitude.
Go on TO the dividing ridge Of the
cnntlnent-tO MontRna-wItfI Ita gold.
rs silver, Its iron and coal, fertile val.
leys and tlmbered hills; take look Al
what lles beyond In Oregon, Washing
Ton anu Hanc0uYef-Atth the water power
OF the Columbia and liza .Lrihnta, lac