Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07

sons are undergoing Clange as the
country gets settled up and the soil
broken. Winter, here, begins any time
after November 1st, and leaves when it
gets ready. But winter does not mean,
here, snow from three to four feet deep
for five months, blocking up roads and
railroads, and shutting farmers up like
hermits. 1t means sometimes snow,
sometimes rain and ice, or mud, and
sometimes weather warm and balmy as
May among the Green Mountains. 0c-
casionally we have a long, cold, hard
storm when the storm king first 'cuts
loose, and your knees would quake un-
der you, thinking every thing was gone
''bug hunting" and you turn up some
where among the Alleghenies or Rock
eys. But can assure you that after the
first feeling has passed one rather en-
joys the exhilaration and strength that
takes possession of you. Our winds are
steady. and seem harder than they really
are. If our winds make our winters
seem tedious, sometimes, they add SO
much to our comfort in the long, heated
summer term that we bear with this dis
agreeable feature of the one season for
the comfort it brings us during the
other Seldom do we have a still day in
the summer. A gentle breeze stirs the
heated air sufficiently to carry away that
Sultry, oppressive heat so sOften expert
enced in the valleys of the Eastern
States, and If as cold as it is in New
England in winter, it is not so Oppres-
sively hot in summer time, and as our
heated term extends from June 1st to
October, we can appreciate our ''cool
breezes." 1t has been represented that
there are no winters of consequence in
Missouri This is not so. We do have
them, and like that of '83 and SO, long,
and snowy. But our springs, summers
and falls are enchanting. We are far
enough south to escape the intense cold
and deep SHOWS of other States, and far
enough north to escape the heat of the
Gulf and South Atlantic States. | claim
for Missouri, too, an average of health
Any person to 90 into new State
would be sick at first, in all probability
But | know that we, i'll Missouri, by
using the same precautions as in other
States, would be as healthy. Different
locations, of course, affect this some
what. On the bottoms" aguc is preva-
lent. So it was once east. But with
our good water, good living, and proper
clothing, very little sickness is found,
A few words about the mineral re
sources of our State, and / will reserve
the rest of my material for a future let
ter, provided this is sufficiently interest
ing to warrant it, giving an account of
our schools, churches, society, business,
etc, etc, together with some figures on
the cost of crops and price of produce.
Iron forms the chief mineral wealth
of Missouri. and few have any idea of
its vast abundance. The mountains of
this State alone contain enough iron to
yield million of tons per annum for
two centuries ''Pilot Knob" alone,
liza feet above the Mississippi---con-
tains iron enough in an upper section,
141 feet high, to yield fourteen million
tons The character of most of our
Son is OF the very best, being tough and
fibrous, fully equal to any in the United
States. 1t seems as it nature had pre-
pared this vast deposit where it could
be easily mined and transported, and
close to coal fields equally as vast. A
great many other useful metals abound,
but Iron is king and the production
will only be measured by the means
used to procure it. NIDEX.