The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-22

In building. Money lacking to finish,
and the company refusing to let 1t pass
INTO the hands Of another company who
mao strength, was the cause,
This 10 the case with many western
roads. Kept back because local capital
having control and not strength, re.
fuses 10 let their road pass Into other
hands.
Emigration excitement, ofcourse got
ten up by those interested In the lands,
makes land higher In the northern than
southern part OF the State. Improved
farms, with orc hard and good build
inRs, including barns, can be bought
Tor from 80 to $50 per acre, and hrst
class raw prairie AS low Aa So and q,
And consider It more desirable for
general farming purposes than Illinois
prairie, selling for $50 and 600,
This:has been the wet season and all
along my route the Inhabitants were
Volunteering In the mud. In Illinois,
pALh OF which has one Of the finest
SOLE IN the world 10 cultivate, so light
ana soft when dry, yet heavy dew
Will produce mud, then what, when In
cessant rains fall for months and ale
though as easily dried; yet no dry day
come. Wheat fell down before It was
headedi corn given over TO the weeds
ere It was waist high.
A correspondent writing from the
eastern part Of this State (Iowa) calls
Noah's Hood q small affair compared
with our series Of foods. Damage TO
crops Is not the only losses; bridges
were torn away, property submerged,
and Oil that waters can do. Not q
bridge In the State but has been placed
IN the order Of reversion under instead
OF over the water, railroad track torn
away a score OF miles at q time, and
many places were shut out from COM
municallon with the outside world, for
weeks at O time, no mail reaching as.
And we hear that an enterprlsiug tirm
OF Spencer street, New York, had a
new edition Of The map OF Iowa, pla.
cling II down as an archipelago, sea
hlled with islands, which certainly was
as correct as many maps. Mud did not
reign so supreme here aA in Illinois;
yet have seen the farmers here sink
70 boot.top every step when wedding
out their corn. Soil here does not bake
when worked wet. Singular as 1t may
appear the bottom lands stood the wet,
but soil sandy, but the waters rose
and swept over the bottoms, and the
last hope OF a corn crop In Iowa this
season. When the rains began TO sub.
side then appeared in the roots OF the
corn kind Of maggot, the size Of halt
Inch OF knitting needle, giving the corn
ripening appearance before It was In
tassel. Yet a few weeks Of dry weather
has given the prospect OF q small crop
OF corn. Such Ia the perslstsnce Of the
SOIL against adverse temperature and
climate,
For weeks rain clouds were constant
~ driving across every point OF the
compass that no spot might be missed,
and the lines which Tom Miller was
wont TO write in our copy books at old
Harmony School House were indeed
reality, although, we then thought them,
what would now be termed a NaabyIsm
on weather prophets.
The East wind always brings Us rain
The West Wind blows II bacE again
The south wind always brings wet weather,
The North brings wet and cold together.
Every wind brought rain and no dry
weather.
During three days in July, there was
constant roar OF thunder, the night
illuminated by the constant not 'fitiul'
blaze OF lightning. The eclipse, al
though total here was small affair,
compared with this exhibition OF ma
lures works, and the lightning OF some
OF our midsummer nights, could not be
described as the same OF the Midsum.
mer Nights Dream
Brlefas the lightning In the collied night
Chat in aEpleen, untoldS the heaven and earth
And ere man has power TO say Behold!
TheJaws OF darkness do deVour It up.
Alter the deluge the flies, In such
numbers and ierOcIty as the oldest In.
hRbitant had never seen. They came
OF all sizes and abilities, and OF as
many shapes and colors as Shaks-
pSare's spirits. One need not
400 down in summer time
To sOuth CaroinRB Bultry cline,
| To md out the blue.talled n.y."
And with he OF the azure tail came
also the emerald head, so ferocious on
stock, and files that did duty by day,
and those who bit by moonlight; those
that made q speciality OF the nose,
other ditto the ear; horse and house
flies, and those with Inelegant names,
and suckers and surepers, all filled the
air like swarms OF bees. Horses were
red with their own blood, which ran In
streams from their sides, until they
dropped from sheer exhaustion. Cattle
ran wild on the prairie, and grew thin
In flesh; dogs howled; hogs were ln>
yincible. And musquitos-ButI am
done. The thought OF them puts me
out OF awrIting humor. Their musical
and incIsive effects are too much for
the Broker,
p. s.-Excuse neglect for not mailing
sooner. l have been running through
Missouri for the past two weeks. Am
going down the Iron Mountain Rail-
road soon. may give at another time
something OF the advantages and crops
| Of different parts Of the State. q.