The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-29
NO. g..
For the Jasper Weekly Courier.
From the Sucker State.
ANNAPLIs, CRAWFORD Co.. ILL./
March 18th 1872.

ANNAPLIs, CRAWFORD Co.. ILL.)
March 18th 1872. {
DEAR COURIER:
Will line from your old friend "Fax"
be welcome! Come. let us shake hands
and renew acquaintance. To a stranger
in strange land you have been rcyu-
lar and welcome visitor for nearly n
year; and since you have over-stcppcd
the bounds OF youth, and merged into
the royal dignity OF a full grown Dem
Iocratic shoulder-hittcr you arc thrice
welcome. We wish your accomplished
Editor all the success and honor ever be-
slowed on that MUCH CUssED race. Nav
his sunbcrs never he troubled by
thoughts Of unpaid bills, or BY colickv
May lie never have to stand
treat = without the necessary stamps,
IN his jeans. May he never have to dance
10 the music Of cowhide unless he il
duly protected by an Overcoat.-a bor-
Irowed one will answer. May he always
have "pie" at home and none in his Of
flee. May his well-worn scissors be al
ways sharp, and his wits sharper, and
always write what he pleases for he'll
do that anyhow. May the blessing Of
Heaven ever follow him,-and some
times over take him. And last. but not
least by any means, may bushels of
Green-backs reward his patient efforts
10 make his paper useful to everybody,
and TO cause his good old Democratic
heart to swell with the nobest gratitude
and pride. SO be it!
! wish to saya word about this part
of Illinois 10 persons who desire to re-
move to Il prairie country and TO any
mechanics who may be OH the look-ou
for n location. This town is situated on
"a beautiful prairie, which slopes in cv-
cry direction. leaving il on an elevated
swell, which at once cXctcs the admira-
zion of the bcholdcr. Fifteen years ago
the roads we're paths broken through the
tall prairc grass. But now the land is
nearly all fenced and under cultivation.
and the roads are laid out on the section
lines as regularly as checker-board.
Rail fencing is rapidly giving place Ia
hedges, which in three or four wears
with care make good fences. The land
produces most small grains extremely
well. and corn is almost drug. We
arc forty miles from Tere lIau,e. and on
the Telrc IIaute a. Southwestern II. II.
line, which is under survey. Ten miles
from the Wabash river, and fourteen
miles from the st. l.. V. Il II. IL. II. r.,
which is our main shipping point. The
great Gin. lnd. IL st. l.. II. X. will pass
through Robinson, our County Seat,
twelve miles south Of this, which will
give US the best marketing facilities.
Land can be had at from $40 to $50 per
acre. as it is improved, or as il is situai-
ed in the timber or on tho Dairc Most
FARMERS prefer about one -fOuth timbercd
land. and three-fourths prairie. There
is no scarcity of good timber.-a large
tract lies west of us two miles, and al
lords timber for saw mill here. The
country is rs healthy as Dubois, and
the climate about the same. excepting
the strong prairie winds, which sweep
over the country. There is an abund-
ance Of good pure, sweet water, and
wells don't have to be sunk lower than
twenty or thirty feet.
We need a wagon maker or two, u
timer, shoemaker, brick and stone ma
sons, a painter, several good carpenters
&c. Ii any one wishes Information, |
shall he ready and willing to answer
amy questions concerning the country or
trade. Living is as cheap or cheaper
here than in old Dubois. Corn is worth
80 cents, hay So and so per ton, wood
80 per cord, coal l3 cents per bushcI,
wheat $l,50, aud flour SIS per barrel.
a man don't wear himself ont here
digging roots and grubbing stumps. the
land is all ready to be tickled by the
plow, and to laugh out bountiiul har-
vest. FAN