Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-07-22

cOMMuNICATED.
FREDoNIAs WILSON Co., KANSAS, \
July ., 1871. i
DEAR CHRoNIcLg: Thinking per
haps some of your many readers
would likely catch the emigration r.
yer pretty soon, as the season for that
disease IL fast approaching, and feel
Ing some anxiety for their future well
fare, have concluded again to give
them few lines In regard to our por.
tIon OF the ,untry.
Having been SO very busy In my
crop since the opening Of spring, 1
have not taken q great deal of inter-
est In the public affairs Of the day.
Our country is growing 80 rapidly In
every respect I scarcely know how or
what to say. Since my last letter to
your paper, good many circum-
stances have occurred to prove the fi-
ture prosperity Of our beautiful littIs
town.
On the eth OF May there was an
election held for the relocation of the
county seat. Some Of our neighbor
ing towns, not being satisfied with
the present location, Notwithstanding
Fredonis had been chosen by the peo-
pie as the county seat, the second or
third time, did all in their power to
take 1t away. The canvass was
quite exciting. Having some four or
five towns against Us, we thought, at
one time our fate was well nigh told,
but our "little band Of heroes" made
one united effort on the day of the
election, and the result was that we
took the lead by large number Of
votes, another and most important
feature, 80 far as our future welfare Is
concerned, is the certainty Of having
q railroad soon. The contract for
grading the entire road from New
Chicago to this place was let, on the
18th Of June to company from New
York; the work to be completed by
the first of November next. The NJ,
X. & o. Company have contracted
to iron and stock the road, as soon as
1t is graded. This will give us . d.
rect outlet to st. Louis. Besides this
road which terminates at this point,
the prospects are very fiattering for
road from Humboldt via this place to
Arkansas City. Also the Florida,
Memphis and Columbia River r. II.
Company propose. to run their road
through our county from southeast to
northwest, CRUISING at this point,
which will make our town railroad
center.
Numbers of families are settling in
and around town, some from Califor-
MIA, and from almost everywhere,
and all join In saying this is the finest
country ever known.
As regards the crops here, I must
say never saw better in my life. The
wheat crop IL not to say full one,
probably about three-fourths. Oats,
corn, potatoes, and vegetables of all
kinds are exceedingly fine. Should
the weather continue seasonable for
two weeks longer, the corn crop will
average from fifty to sixty bushels
per acre. New wheat is selling at
seventy.five cents per bushel. Hay
will be plentiful this season. There
will be large quantity cut within
two or three weeks. Could some OF
your stock raisers step over and zee
the amount of grass we have and the
large herds of cat lie scattered over
the praires and how fat and sleek
they are, they would certainly be in
duced to settle among us.
One great inducement this country
possesses is this: you can cultivate
your crops with about half the labor
it requires in Tennessee. see cotton
and tobacco grow well here. In fact
everything you can grow in Tennes-
see, we can grow here.
Although we have had some ex-
ceedingly warm weather, the nights
are quite cool and pleasant. / don't
believe we have had single night
but what we could sleep pleasantly
under one or more covers.
1t is decidedly the most healthy
country 1 ever lived in. 1t has been
worth hundreds of dollars to my fam
lily. A great many have told me
they have had better health since
coming to Kansas than they ever
had.
If any of your readers have any in
clinations westward, and especially
to Kansas, they are losing money ev-
cry month they delay. Land Il mean
good is getting higher every day,
unless one goes out on the border.
Good land can be had here yet on
very reasonable terms. Now Is the
time to strike. I would he truly glad
to see number of the sons of old
Montgomery and the adjoining coun
ties coming among us.
Could some of your readers, who
have such horrors of new countries
have been here ON Tuesday, July 4th,
and seen the large number of people
gathered together, to celebrate the
Declaration Of Independence, they
would have been astonished. Many
estimated the crowd at 1000. One