Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-07-07

ruE BURLINGTON E,uGRAsrs, FARMING IN KAS,As.
WuuANsuuHGu, FRANLIS Co, KAssAs
June II, 1871.

THE Bt ELlNGfuN EMIlEAAl., tAhMlA" II hANtAn'
WuuANsurnGu, FRAxuS Co, KANSAS }
June II, ISL.
Editors Free Pos, and Ijucs:
The emigrants 70 Kindly alluded to in your
isHy Of Nsy Is, arrived here duly having had
a very pleasant ride Of = hours, 10; including
half a DAY At Niagara Falls. Every one il the
party say the country surpasses their best ez-
pec,stious. Very many people 5ast are deceived
by the VOID prairie, supposing Of course thst it
means ILLINOIS, f4t pr1frie where water cannot;
run FOR ffty miles Here it is used in a mere
genera. sense to mean land, and it often is as
lilly as any one could wish.
To use New England terms, there a.e as love
ly hills, valleys, brooks, groves ard forests in
Kansas, as can be found in Massachusetts sud
al these are within one mile q our new home,
making beautiful view. The hundreds Of
acres Of ripeuing wheat" golden grain, -
are magnificent The box Of choice plants,
roots, sips. house plants, &c. that Mr.. Tsy
Tor packet SO nicely, came safe without water or
much damsge. Tie fields here also coutsin
millions Of beautiful wili flowers. some (Which
are esteemed very highly in Vermont, such as
verbanss, fox glove and other names thst don't
occur to me.
Three years ago this WAS thu home Of the say
age Indian. To-day it Is as handsome a country
as We need look for. Riding west towards the
camp Of six hundred Inlians (soon TO remove to
the Indian territory. and this is the las: and
only band heresbouts) we passed corn that stands
three and half to four feet high. Others are
still planting. and We have twenty acres to pillow
and plant yet The season is 30 long that corn
is planted from April lst to June 20 ; snd har-
vested from August LIST 70 December lsi. In
fact. some farmers leave their corn cut all win
ter, and gather it as wanted One man in sn
adjoining county has given up at last, forty
acres Of corn, because Of his inability to pur-
chase two horse cultiystor.
\ dealer in agricultural implements in Kan
sas City told ne be hss sold $50 corn eultiva-
tors Zone and two horse pover) this spring, and
his 1e.gbbors several Of them, as many each
at retail
The emigration and consequent sale Of sgri-
cultural implements, is astounding. There are
now tco hlalre3 and ffy-serea different
rcapers, mowers and hsrvosters now before the
American public. but doubtless the bulk Of trade
is with fifteen or twenty kinds. Little farm
work is now done by hand. Potatoes are plant
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hoei by a corn cultivstor, OF double shovel pillow,
and some dig them by blowing. Corn is plant
Ell at the rate Of tea to fifteen acres day by
two horses and two men. We have done this
A new machine for harvesting grain has made
its appearance. that claims to save the labor Of
four men, or : 90 per day in harvesting wheat.
Four horses draw it, one man drives, two men
ride and bind as fast as the machine cuts the
grain. One Of ny neighb0rs has JUS bought
one to put into his three hundred acre wheat
field.
For fear tae readers Of the FREE Press may
think NE too strongly involved with the Kansas
fever let me state that Amsssa Sprague of Rhode
Islsud has bought, or is about buying fifty
thousand acres Of land near Topeka, so the pa
per says, for a large stock farm, upon which he
will at once place lot Of blood stock and spend
there one or two millions Of dollars, (no matter
which, mere triie.)
Certain il is that this young town Of VIII
lismsburgh, contains large establishment for
the manufacture Of silk dress goods, and silk
velvet trimmings, inauguratei by Mons. T. V.
Boisseres from Bordeaux, France they have but
recently started, and but little has yet been done
to what the plans call for, yet they
made $1,000 yards OF velvet trimming last
wear. and have invested as vet only about $50
H.. il. -
and if he did not lose his fortune during the
recent Paris rebellion, this enterprise may draw
thousands Of disconnected Frenchmen here.
noticed that nearly all the ladies at church last
Sunday wore calico dresses-but time will tell
whether this condition of things will continue
if Mons BOissieres continues a resident Of this
'burFh. This silk farm contains 5000 acres
and is two and one half miles south Of the sub
scriber.
By January lst, 1871, we are to have rail- |
road to Ottswa,-sbout two miles south, and |
few months later, another read four and half |
miles north west running from Ottawa to EmUo- |
ria Then if cur lady friends in Burlington de |
sire to lock at silk goods please step this !
way"
/ hear you ask " Is it all roses and no thorns?'
Certainly not if il was, there would be none |
to inhabit Vermont, in which case Mount Mans |
field and CamePs Hump would suffer for want of
attention.
This State believes in free moral (and physically
agency. person or family can have the fever
and ague, and bed bugs, if they wish or moi.
Can drink surface water, or have as pure run
ming springs as can be found in Vermont. Can |
build house on bottom land, near creek and |
choose darkness to light or build on high land |
and catch the zephyrs Can work after dark !
on an empty stomach, or be eontented with a
decent days work. Can live on hog ond hcmi- |
ny, or ike a white man. The greatest rdnts |
are religious and social privileges. Time will |
supply these, but can never give to some Of
the older States this climate and soil.
Yours, G. E. d.