The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-08-18

MISSOURI LETTER.

CHILLICoTHE Mo-, Aug Il, 1911.
EDITOR JoURNAL:-Items of news from the
west are generally acceptable to residents of
Eastern States, since it is with many the ab-
sorbing topic of interest. may Therefore, pos
sibly be able to contribute something of inter
est, by giving your readers brief statement
of my observations and experience in Miss
ouri.
The State of Missouri certainly contains
as fine lands as any of her sister states. In
fact, as much as I have seen of the country
(which constitutes the greater part Of North
ern and Middle Missouri it even surpasses, in
many respect, any country that I have ever
visited, and as State, it is destined, at no dis
tant day, to rank among the foremost in the
Union. Its physical features at once attract
the attention and eicits the admiration of the
observer. Its topography presents consider
able variety. Its broad rolling prairies.
which possesses very little of that "dead level"
characteristic of prairies in some other States,
stretch into the distance in pleasing undula-
tions, and in summer are clothed in a rich
mantle of grass and an endless variety of wild
flowers. The prairies are skirted, as well as
traversed, by belts of fine timber consisting of
oak, hickory, elm, cottonwood, walnut, g.,
which, lends beauty to the scene. The abund-
ance of timber precludes the possibility of any
scarcity of wood in this country many years
hence, if ever the greater portion of this inter-
esting and fertile country is already thickly
settled and if there was no other evidence ex-
hibiting the thrift and prosperity of its deni-
zens than the productive farms and the farm
houses with their pleasant surroundings. it
would be sufficient to convince the most skep-
tical as to its beauty and great value This
country, however, like any other country,
has its disadvantages, If this we've not so, it
would be entirely different from any other
place on the face of the earth, and would nee
essarily be constituted it perfect, eden, which
can not be expected to exist with tie present
arrangements of this terrestrial sphere. It is
not my purpose to review, in detail, its mineral
and agricultural resources, but will merely
notice some of them. OF the former the guam
titles of iron, lead, coal &c. are equal to, if
not mora extensive, than those of any other
| single State, hence, 1t presents superior ad-
vantage for manufacturing purposes which,
in time, will undoubtedly be recognized and
improved. Its agricultural resources will COM
pare favorably with any of the Western
States. It is well adopted for grazing, and
stock raising is profitable business. Cattle
feed on grass from early spring until late in
November and December. All kind of fruits
grow in abundance and to perfection.
The climate is salubrious and bracing, and
the atmosphere pure and transparent. In
midsummer the days are hot but are made
endurable and even comfortable, by a cool
south breeze which is almost constant. The
nights are cool, almost without any exception.
The winters are said to be mild, with an occa-
sional "cold snap" The spring and fail are,
as have heard it expressed, ''perfectly de-
ightfull." The country is little subject to
drouth, and good water is readily obtained in
most places. The society for a new county
is exceedingly good and is composed of a
mixed peoples, having representatives from all
the Eastern and some of the Southern States
Business is very good, though not steadfast,
! but it is being established on a better and
more permanent basis which will ensure sta
bility, though its growth be less rapid
The city of Chlllicothe is very pleasantly
situated on a slight elevation a short distance
east of the Grand River. 1t is quite an i'm
portaDt business and rail road center and
present indications denote its star of prosper
ity to be in the ascendency. Among later i'm
provements, it is about to have introduced,
for the cities benefit, the Holly System of
Water Works, The prospects are all for pros
perity. ]. A. MUNK, NJ. D.