The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14

State Capitol in the U. s. The country around
Topeks is very Hne there are many beautiful
farms with fine orchards and improvements
overlooking the city. All kinds Of business is
we'll represented, in fact, overdone, which
ind to be the case all through the country.
Money! Money!l Give me money seems
10 be the cry every where. man could come
here with few thousand ready cash and make
his fortune in few years. 1t is worth per
| cent month or SO per cent. year with as
good security as can be found in any Eastern
States. Thousands have come here and specu-
| lated in real estate, made money, increased
their business, and the panic has caught them
with large estates, but not money enough In
many instances to pay their taxes. As pre-
dcted in my former letter, am out Of employ
ment, but am expecting an agency whereby l
can earn our bread and meat, as to butter and
milk, We have our own. having bought an OK
cellent COW for $31. You can buy good cows
for 920@30, yet milk ia &c per quart; butter,
SOC per pound. We have serious thoughts Of
renting farm and starting the dairy business
but lack the "ready john" u. e.) Greenbacks.
The old proverb holds good: Misfortunes
never come singly." Nine have been quad
rupled 6 quadruplicated !" several times have
just been on the point OF accomplishing some
thing, but the bird had flown. Such is life.
! Horses are sold here daily at auction, and
bring from 80 to $40. Some instances as
high as $50. Beet and stock cattle are very
low,-choice cuts of beef, 4@sc; the very best,
SC. But few hogs and sheep in this State
Plenty OF negroes. but they don't all vote the
regular nomination, Election yesterday. /
must say. notwithstand ding the Republicans
have been largely in the ascendancy. the regu-
lators defeated half the ticket yesterday. Coal
abounds in this part of the State, and can be
had for zoe per bushel $50 lbs.) in wagon loads
and less by car lots. which is cheaper than wood
in Michigan. Lumber, OF course, is much high
er as it is mostly shipped from Chicago
ranges from $4,000 per NJ, OWING to quality
and distance from r. r. Now for the great
Ia Valley, through which the Kansas river
winds it's way and the Kansas Pacific Railway
has stretched it's iaon rail 1t is as beautiful
valley as the sun ever shone upon, and it
shines as many days in Kansas as any other
State in the Union. The soil is productive,
and an abundance OF building tand lime stone
and coal. Timber enough along the streams
for present use, and where planted grows rap
idly In time, Kansas will boast Of her fine
groves. Fruit trees of all kinds grow rapidly
and fruit raising so far has been a success
We we're one hundred miles above this City,
and found the Valley universally good and some
fine improvements. Improved farms near
cities and villages range from $1,000 per acre,
owing to buildings and improvements umm-
proved range from 81 50@10. Some choice
lands within six miles of this City can be had
for So and Sc per acre. The trouble is, farm
ers and many others who come here become
indolent and lazy after their crops are Sc
cured they have nothing to do but look after
what little stock they may have, which are at
, tended generally by boy ten or twelve years
| old. was in the country yesterday, and only
| saw one farmer at work,--he was blowing TO,
spring crops. The weather is beautiful; had
; about one week OF unpleasant weather thus
l far this fall. For several days past we have
> had regular April and May weather: roads
/ splendid they are never very bad.
Y Now for Solomon Valley. We landed al
| Solomon City-one hundred miles above here
I the last days Of August, where we met N
: M. Fowler, (our old friend Mrs. Smiths
= brother) who kindly conveyed us up the Sol
e ONION seventy miles to his place, five miles
4bove Beloit County Seat OF Mitchell county
I The first day out we took dinner with our ole
Q friend, Livi Hawkins. Had jolly good visit
d parted with them at two o'clock. Near sunset
/ we ate our lunch by the side of one Of the
tributaries of the Solomon. After refresh
ments and letting our horses rest we started OF
!, our winding way. AT eight o'clock we haule'
up in front of dug-out and ranch after IN
: vestlgating prospects inside, concluded to TAXI
: the hay-stack bottom, spoken Of In my forme
> letter. After a refreshing nights sleep, ",
started at five o'clock and made six miles TO
: breakfast. Stopped with an enterprising ant
intelligent Scotchman, who has the foundation
J laid for fine Improvement having had mean
wherewith to make himself comfortable. From
thence we proceeded on our journey and ar
: rived at our friend Fowler's about shutdown
where we found warm hearts and comfortable
quarters for Homesteaders. We were then il
. the neighborhood where those supplies wer
ohiPPSN AANha u" -" WV yooio ooo' IL
u citizens OF Paw Paw will long be remembers
by those people. The entire valley Of tn
Solomon is beautiful productive, healthy ant
,. settling UP rapidly with Homesteaders, blu
q few men of means going up the valley. Tn
Is settlers are generally poor, many having barrel
% enough to get there and locate their claims
; There ls a fortune for man OF even sma
: capital anywhere up the valley. One man offer
: ed to put up four hundred tons of hay at 51.5
+ per ton il would join him in buying three o
= four hundred head OF Texas cattle at low prices
= But il had had the money it would have beer
: poor investment, although the cattle wer
= very low, for the panic has deprecated then
, one-half. aud prospects are now that Texa
!, cattle will be even lower next spring than now
= Two and three year olds can be bought TO
q S4@6 per head. | will not attempt to give yo
Il full statement of all my Investigations,
will simply say that all villages, towns an
cities are largely over traded and fearfully dbl
We had the pleasure OF meeting Mrs. Ameli
Hilard. formerly Miss Munger Of Paw Paw
r who resides at Carbondale, thirty miles south
o on the A. T. d Santafee Railroad. 1t was