Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-05-16
The Great West.

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MEssRs. EDITORS: 1t may be worth
something 10 YOUR readers in Eastern
Maine to receive further reports from an
eye witness, ofthe land of Promise. and OF
Great Expectations. The people of New
England canuot be oblivious to the fact
that something great is about TO come TO
pass "out West
In Illinois next TO Chicago. comes Quincy
on the banks of the Great River.
Here Is peculiar formation or prairie
50 a To give a beautiful site for "A large
town. There is bluff which comes at
this point TO the river. The country for
miles above and below Quincy i low and
Nat. OF all the places around none are 50
attractive rs the Gem City"
Beautiful for situation on the blum. Quin-
cy boasts Of pure air aud heal,hfu climate
The streets are broad aud finely shaded
Around the Square or Park are the great
business blocks and fine stores. Some of
the Wholesale firms do $1,000. 200. of bust
mes, annually. BY rail and bv river I'M
mensc shipments are made to all parts of
the West and South. Quincy has railroads
TO st. Louis. Kansas CITY. Chicago and TO
indianapolis. 1t has daily lines of packets
on the Mississippi. No finer ride in all
the West than from Quincy to Chicago.
263 miles by rail.
LAGER BEER BREWING.
or course in all parts of this rich land
OF Promise are Germans. Aud wherever
the Dut Gilman goes he carries hi, social
habits. All IN all the Dutch are industrious.
if too much given TO potations.
took the opportunity to visit one Cf the
largest Brewerie> in the West. The placid
and beamingly -good-natured Hans. to
whom was entrusted for the tour of eX-
animation, had a face that shone with good
health. surely this place. thought, had
worked no woe" in hi> case.
lians took me to every part. above
ground aud under the earth. First are
the great watts for cooking aud soaking the
matt. ! SAN the clean barley ami hops. =
After the malt l. soaked il j. spread in
great cement cellars for the purpose OF
causing it 10 >prout. From three 10 five
days give the required change The malt
taken In the haud and presented to the
oliaciorN nerves give, "A sweet odor. 80
does all tina, on. sees IN the preparation OF
lager. Nothing mu>iy VI rotten nywhere.
/ This Ia a Yankee prohibIionist j. certainly
areve!ation. Wepa-,ed from the brewery
proper, with it. immense tanks. and vats,
aud boilers. and pile. of mat aud barley
to the most eShilara,ing OF mammoth
cave explorations. The guide gave me a
tailow candle To cary for a taper through
the dark aud ice-coll passages. Now fpr
the plunge among the ton. ot beer hid
under the ground The bowels "f mother
/ Earth are here stuffed TO strange plethora.
DoNn \ stairway. We found hy our taper
that We We're ui moiiaS RS. Tho mercury
showed just 3 degrees Fahr"nh"ihi Cold
tons a lager above and below.
Lager before ";
Lager behind u:
Lager ahnVeu~
( tnicr great hog-head> holding. each one.
/ thirty-lvc barrels. rhey wcrc made Of
/ the heaviest OAK and were very expensive
{ They are IA rows. three high. through the
/ long vaults. From one division of the
f cellar toanother We passed til We rMEEGI u
on thc opposite side of the street. All
{ through the cellars Mere TAI Hans draw
ing lager into barrel, Tor consumption in
West land. Here were the results of the
Winters brewing. Upward, OF 1903 bar
rel, of pure lager; all this t" be guzzled in
| ~c Wefc led 10 moralizc here. a, we
were in our rounds the day before. when
We visited Il Plug-tobacco Factory. Both
these places show the pranks, before high
heaven of the Almighty God OF the appe-
lite. While the lamp holds out burn. cx-
pect TO preach temperance. But out West
the path Of total abstinence seem, like an
ascent smooth shod. up the perpcndciilar.
The men and women. both Yankee aud
Dutch. ,oiH drink. Let Ms hope the iron
reign of dl,tilleries. OF whiskcy i relaxing
! uhutT Nhc sway OF wines ana lager. Nv
INTERNAL moral reconstruction only can a
man put down the beast. Blu, touching the
matter. which the visit TO 4 gre at brewery
Ia, suggested. there j. some hope even
among the drinking classes Of The West.
/ for trne tempe rance effort.
FARMING.
/ saw alon. many miles of railroad tray
Ell. vast garden. o. that Hancock Co
farmers might see how land turns ORR IN
West Illinois. There are whu.e counties
where the soil j. two feet deep and black
a, ink. No dressing needed for years.
But the brains that work these farms are
sluggish. The rural districts OF Illinois
have many slow" people. IfMaine pluck
and clear grit were 10 manage these farms
/ there would 'upspring Paradise around =
cannot say To Maine country BOYS
stick" But don't come without money.
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