Connecticut western news., 1873-09-05

More About Omaha and Nebraska.
 '. L. PEAsE, EsQ.-On my return from La Platte I was surprised to. learn that you had called, and assure you regretted exceed ingly my absence from home. Hereafter when you contemplate visit to Metho- dist parsonage just send word beforehand. have also to acknowledge your letter and return thanks for same. You ask me for items from the West, assuring me that many friends in dear old Salisbury will be glad to hear from beyond the Missouri from me. Let me give you an idea of Nebraska New England has population of 3,487,- sos upon an area of s5, 5,o3s square miles, Nebraska has l5,OOO square miles more than all New England, which at the same ratio of population would contain 4.24O,- GOO. We thus obtain an idea of the extent of the state called Nebraska.
 The appearance of the country is of un- rivalled beauty; the valleys are wide and generally level, without being marshy or wet. The soil itself is of rich black losm with a clay sub-soil almost inexhaustible. and the entire surface glves indications of having been covered with water for long periods in the past. We are told by those who have tried the experiment that the soil seventeen feet below the surface is just as nutritious and will grow as good corn and wheat as that found on the level. God has given us California and the mines of Ne vada. bat his greatest boon to this land is the soil of Nebraska. We have visited the grain counties of New York and have seen the wheat and corn rocked by the winds, and burnished by the golden sunsets of Litchfield county, so that we have clapped our hands for joy at the sight, yet never have we witnessed such scenes ss the two past weeks have unfolded; grain fields for miles: wheat and oats taller and fuller than we ever saw grain of this kind. Corn not yet with it's full growth, IA feet.high. Look In whatever direction you choose after leaving this city, (Omaha) going west, and you see innumerable stacks ot grain.
 Stepping out of farm house few days ago we counted, within radius of mile and half, 38 large stacks of wheat, and l am told the major part of the state is just like this. Since the first settlement of Ne brssks, for over F years, there has never been failure of crops from drought, and judging from the perviousness of the sur face, with is wonderful sub-soil, we never will have.
 The climate is healthful and bracing A prominent undertaken of this city told me the other day, that for city of 10000 in hsbitants it was the poorest place for his business he was ever in. For, he says, ''the people don't die, and as result I've got nothing to do." The springs are gene rally earlier and the falls later, and the clear days more numerous than in attitudes east of the Alleghenies. Omaha is the principal city of the state it is the initial point of the Union Pacific and seven other railroads. The Union Pacific railroad company's inn mense shops and foundries are located here. Numerous kinds of manufacturing is carried on, among which are the smelt- ing works for separating and refining rich materials from Colorado, Utah, Montana and Nevada. The finest and largest public school building in the U. s. has been com pleted at cost of $25O, ,OOO and IS now oc- cupied.
 The churches in numbers and property rank about in the following order. Roman Catholic, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyte- rian, Baptist, Congregatiopalist, Unitarian, Christian, Lutheran, Mormon and other smaller sects. But with all this array of religious influence, we have more wicked ness and dens of Ylce than city twice it's size should have, and much of this is owing to our local city government, which pan ders to the worst part of the community simply because it brings votes. But this will be overcome; evil will be cast from places of trust, and the time is coming when righteousness alone shall rule and reign. Among the advantages that this state offers to the farmers Is:
 lst-No heavy taxes-the constitution of the state forbids the issuing of bonds to ex- SeGu %0V,UUU.
 2nd-He has no fences to build the herd law of the state protects each mans farm and each mans cattle.
 3rd. He will soon have ready market for all his produce, as this is the acknowl- edged centre of the United States, and his market may be either to Chicago and New York on the east or Ogden, Salt Lake and San Francisco on the west.
 To the young man of the East who has energy, brains and willingness to work, who desires in his old age to be blessing to himself and others. I repeat the maxim
 s'Go WEST"
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