Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-08

The climate Of this country being
mild, such vegetables as turnips, cab,
oages, lettuces, &c, appear to grow
through the winter. And the clover
and some the grasses scarcely change
from dark green. Very many far
mers support hot and green houses,
and small but very fine gardens.
THE LAND-CoLoR OF soII,-sTocK-
QUARRIEs.
The land upon this route, much of
it, is unevenly shaped, but as we ap-
proach London is fiat and marshy-
though darkness spreads its veil as
we near the worlds great metropolis
The land is of all colors, except green
and blue. Much of it is dull red or
brown; some creamy or purple red,
some the color of Milwaukee brick !;
some an ochre, and some an orange !;
some black and some dark brown.
The rocks, most OF the way, arc light
brown or pale red, and this material
ID used for all the buildings. base
ments and walks, except what are of
red and cream colored brick. The
roofs are of tile or slate, and few of
heavy glass plates moulded for roof
ing. Great pains taken with hedge
rows, chiefly Of buck thorn, but sub
division fences are often of wire.
Along the hedges trees are allowed
TO grow, and nice timber lots are oft
en- seen. But few apple orchards,
and the people are not admirers of
trees about their houses. Finest
stock ever seen, and much pains Ia
ken to support pure breeds, chiefly
Durham and Devons. but some other
kinds TO me unknown. Cattle fat,
and finest COWS ever seen. The
sheep, Merinoes and. Longwools, APP
pear smaller than in America, and
some flocks are half black and half
speckled. Singular ancient buildings
often 10 view, some Of them all tow
or and hardly any body--seem to
have been built for no use in partic-
ular. Immense stone quarries are
often met, and slate quarries, and
other quarries and coal shafts work
ed with the help of steam power.
MANUFACTURING BUSINESS DEpREs-
SION.
Manufacturing, of which Britain
has grown so rich and powerful, the
wealth and power of this little Island,
no larger than middling American
State, seeming TO lead in all parts OF
the world, appears everywhere along
the way from Liverpool to London
upon such grand scale, that it were
useless to attempt any account
Birmingham appears with ten thOus-
and tall chimneys, by which | mean
a countless number, and so of the
little towns every few miles-towns
quite unheard of abroad, yet of i'm.
mense productive importance, one
town all devoted to novelties, next
one to glass and pottery wares, next
all to making cotton fabrics, another
to woolens, still another TO cutlery
and another to making cast steel
and large town to making under
ground water conductors from q pc.
cdliar white clay. There may be in
each town but fifty factories, but
each is so extensive US to employ five
hundred or may be thousands Of
hands and necessarily having to sup
ply u thousand tenements for The
families of hands. These tenementt
are erected in long rows, often ar
eighth to quarter of mile. eact
family occupying three to five rooms
These blocks or ranges of tenement!
vary but little any where-story anC
a halt, neat front yards to each, anC
in the rear little stables for cows anC
pigs.
These would seem to be happy
homes, though | was not favorably
impressed with such of the occupantl
as appeared out Of doors. They ap
peared detected, rather rudely claC
and intellectually neglected. Blu
inst now there is great business de
preston in the English manufacture
ing districts, and tens Of thousands
of mechanics out Of employ. Meet
ings everywhere are being held tC
consider what shall be done anC
migration, the only means yet devils
ed, is being urged by the press anC
wise heads Of the British Realm.
MIGRATION ENGLISH IDEAS WHAT
SHALL BE DONE.
l notice that the British press
recommend migration to British Co
lumbia, Canada Australia, anywhere
but to the American States. The
great economic argument is, that the
British productive power at home Is
unable TO support even the present
not counting the increasing, popula-
ton; and that it will prove a profit
to the home country for these sur
plus families out of employ to MI
CRATE abroad and become consumers
OF British products that these me-
chanics are already educated in
English habits and opinions, are in
dustrious from long habit, and will
not fail to contribute their influence
and profits of labor for the benefit
of old home. The reasoning is sound,
unless the surplus people migrate to
America. in which case they will be-
come American manufacturers, cap
itaIists, producers and consumers
all of which would not be exactly
the thing for England. And this is
why but little is said of America in
the English papers--in fact nothing
to direct the attention of the migrat-
ing classes to the inducements offered
for settling in the American States.
Of the dozen English papers bought
all recommended migration, but not
one mentions the almost free offer
ings of landed homes in America,
the dear wages and demand for labor.
the ease with which the poor may
start in the world and secure homes,
the free education, the vast room for
living independently and prosperous
ly. These are concealed-almost
criminally, it occurs to my mind
But England is selfish as we'll as
crraat and in many racnanto pnhla a N "A