The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-05
From Missouri.
CHILLIcoTHE, Mo, Dec. 81, ls6

CHILLIcoTHE, Mo, Dec. 81, 1869.
+ Mr.. a MCGREGoR-CkEToN, o.
Dear Sir Enclosed please find 81 90,
for which please send" the Democrat for
such time as it may pay for. l am anx-
ious to hear from my old home occasion
ally, and I. know oE no better medium
through which to hear than through your
sterling Democratic paper. l have been
living in this city since the Spring of '66,
and ike the country very much; but we
arc cursed with Radical rule, imposed up
on US by the infamous c. D. Drake infa-
my-the test oath-but thank the good
Lord that infamy IS fast passing away,
and Missouri will soon take her place as
one of the best States of the Union.
But I want to tell you. something Of
our city and its immediate surroundings,
its railroad prospects, &c. Chillicothe is
the commercial center of the Grand river
valley, a large and beautiful region of
fine farming country as there is on the
face of the earth. In this valley the far
mer can raise corn, oats, wheat, rye, bar
ley, potatoes, tobacco, hemp, &c, IN the
greatest abundance, and that, too, with
much less labor than in some of the older
States The country has sufficient timber
for all necessary purposes, while the prai-
RE is ready for the industrious agricultu-
rist Coal for fuel and manufacturing pur-
poses exists in abundance, while there is
plenty Of limestone within convenient
distance for building purposes, there Is
plenty of it within two miles of the city
There are three new railroads IN process of
building from this city, viz: The Chilli
cothe d Brunswick (graded) the Chilli
Omaha railroads Our city is to have the
ol,I oh 1f fba l. ~ "a
and perhaps all, although no part of them
have been erected, but they will be in due
course of time Besides these, We have
good chance to secure one of the most i'm
portant roads in the west-the Chicago &
Southwestern l have lived to see this
city double its population in less than four
years, and that, too, with but one railroad
it now numbers over six thousand in
habitants, with such a record for the past
four years with but one railroad, viz, the
Hannibal and st. Joseph, what may we
not expect when we become q great rail
road center, which We undoubtedly VIII be
in very short time. l would say, there
fore, that we have a fine town here, fine
country surrounding it, but we lack man
ufactories, if we had half the manufactor-
les that you have in Canton, with our
natural advantages, we would be one of
the first towns of the State.
write thus to you, thinking that you
will, through your estimable paper, tell
your readers of some of the advantages of
this country and city, and it may induce
them to emigrate here, where they can get
good farms at a fair price, and be conve-
nient to good market, or, if they choose
to invest in town property they can do so
with certainty of realizing good per
centage in their investment.
Please give my kind regards. TO all who
may inquire concerning me. and especially
to my excellent friend, q. w, Raft Ho-
ping to hear from you by return mail, if
convenient
am, very respectfully,
Your friend,
J. J. CRIBS,
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