Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-03-29

tramp, will press ten bales a day. The
immediate effect of the cotton gin
may be inferred from the fact that
the amount of cotton exported by the
United States the year preceding its
invention was less than l4O, 900 pounds
while the year alter IL came into opera
tiOn the South exported more than
1900, 900 pounds. The price of cotton
is low this season, the different grades
bringing from ten to fifteen cents per
pound. bale being worth about $50;
whereas last season il brought about
$50 "A bale. Seed cotton has the ap-
/ pearanee Of "pulledn wool; lint cot
I ton resembles ''pickedn wool. The
climate here during the winter season
/ Is delightful; indeed we have no win
ter here deserving the name. We
bad light fall of snuw the last of
December, which disappeared in a few
hours, which, together with q few
slight freezes, such as are common in
Ohio in March and April, embraces
all the wintery weather we have had.
The greater part of the winter, during
the day the thermometer has ranged
from so to 80 degrees. Peach trees
were in bloom the middle Of Febru-
airy, while saw corn up an inch or
more the last of the month. Corn
may be planted here any time from
March up to July.
Two crops Of garden vegetables can
be easily grown in a season. This Is
charming retreat from the storms
and severe cold Of your winters, and
from the diSagreeable weather and
oceans of mud that usually prevail
i. a
ly realize that winter is over and
gOne;" and yet the green fields, the
leafy trees, the early flowers aud the
sweet notes Of the mOeking bird all
eonspire 70 teach me that the great
miracle OF spring is being wrought out
in fragrance, song, and sunshine.
There Is no State in the Union offer
ing better Inducements TO those wish
ing To invest in real estate than this.
With 3 soil Of eXhaCstless fertility;
Astounding in mineral wealth Of sill [
yer, zinc, lead and coal with timber
lands the finest in America, and blest /
with a climate genial rs that of Italy, |
desirable lands are yet cheap. Plan /
tations may be bought for so per acre I
that will readily rent for SO, or for
One-third of the crop, which is still 1
better. With judicious management |
parties are often able tOpay for plan |
CStiOn in one year out Of its net pro-
ceeds.
This is very paradise for sports /
men, abounding, as it does, in nearly /
every variety of game. The rivers 4
and lakes are full Of fiue fish and COW
cred during the winter with all kinds
of water fowls; the woods are alive 1
with deer, wild cats, bears aud turkeys.
George GOlightly, a young farmer of
this town, Killed ll3 deer in nine
months besides making a crop.
A short time since an old hunter by
the name of Patterson, caught large
bear in a pen trap. Thinking it
would command hetter price in Hell
ena if taken there alive, he procured
q rope and formed it into moose,
slipped il over the Lears head, opened
the trap and started..tO lead his game
to town. But bruin not disposed TO
be so easily led astray made pass at
his captUr, divesting him of all his
clothes and not little flesh and cuti-
Gle. COmpFehending the situation at
q glance and seeing that both of them.
could not 20 to town alive, he selzeiI
his hunting knife and Joined in a
fierce and bloody fight in which he
the bear, but not without
some pretty rough handling
He thinks he won't try to
break any more bears to lead.
Captain Turnkey, once your COun-
ty Surveyor, has been living here
since the war, aud has become quite
IN extensive lRLd holder. Awaiting
the opportunities afforded
BY his Office of County Surveyor, to
ook up valuable tracts of land for sale,
he has been making purchases from
lime to time, until at present he is
as O-.e 1f the largest real
state owners in the State.
1t requires no prophetic afflatus to i
ioresee, that, at no distant day, Arkan-
as, no longer unknown and obscure,
will take her place among the first :
states in the Union in political and
commercial importance.
+. B. BYERs.