Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-02-05
Letter from Missouri.
GREENWOOD, JACKSON Co., Mo, !
Jan. IA, 1874.

that l would describe TINS country TO
them, and If it does not crowd out
more important matter 1 hope you
will publish the following:
We removed from Fayette county,
Ohio, to Cass county, Missouri, in the
Spring of 1868. There have been
many changes in this country in near
ly six years There was a large per-
centage of the population at that time
here merely to keep along with the
tide of emigration, net caring where
they were, so they could speculate and
make money off of those who came
for homes. They were damage to
society and to the churches. But they
are nearly all gone with the tide
of emigration, which has passed us by
for the West and South. We we're
then accustomed to having new neigh
bors every few days, so there seemed
no permanency in society.
Revolvers were as common as every
day wear, bound to the waist of gen
tlemen, laborers and loafers, and it
was no uncom mon. thing to hear Of
wounded and dead men as the results
of old war feuds or rum. But reYolv-
ears are nearly all laid aside; war
feuds are not vexing society as it was
then, and these are very happy chang
es, indeed. -..
Schools are not what they were in
Old Fayette; but they are fast i'm
Iproving. Emigration has, come in
from other States where free schools
are success, and have taken hold with
q will, and the effect has been very
gratifying to lovers of common
school education. We have the best
of preaching by the different denOmi-
nations in this country, { I think am
a good judge of preaching) and all the
churches are prospecting and becoming
power in this land. Methodists are di-
vided North and South in all the State,
affording men of political feeling to
take their choice. Presbyterians are
so divided in some localities; and
these people seem to love each other
with more hatred than they do the
close communion Baptist. The Bap-
lists have about 80, 600 members in the
State. -@..-..
| This country was not settled much
in the prairie portions when we came
here, but was soon occupied by set
tiers who bought at from 50 to$3C
per acre for unimproved land. Seeing
these lands were as good and in some
cases better than the lands from
whece they. came, they ventured to &C
} in debt for part of their purchase.
Two years nearly failure in The
wheat crop, paying interest at Is tC
25 per cent, and now the panic, ha.
forced many of these people to sell
and they are selling for just abou
n what their lands cost them, ,-givins
> away their Improvements.
In this rich and most beautifu
country where corn is produced a
:. from 40 to Is bushels per acre any Oh
binary season, wheat 20 to 80 bushels
potatoes and all other vegetables i
great abundance, gland is selling 6
what it cost, and in some instance
below, and labor of fencing and break
- ing thrown in.
This is also a good fruit country
ii the best ever saw-and fruit is bein
extensively cultivated. Many hav
1000 trees, and some 40 and others s
acres in apple trees alone, while othe
fruits are not neglected.
This is also a we'll watered countr,
but not, perhaps, equal to Fayette Co
Ohio. New, have never made an e
fort to pursuade people to leave thr
, religion for this, but feel this to l
my duty to many friends to tell t.
facts and let people draw their oW
conclusions aud act accordingly.
AS to town property, the towns ha7
ID outrun the country, and town proper
can be bought for one fourth what
cost to build. :.-
Lees Summit is beautiful and liv
ly business town of about 1000 inha
. itants, and is situated in Jackson cou
ty, 6 miles North of my place and
miles by rail, on the Missouri Pacif
East of Kansas City.
IS! Greenwood, five miles farther Sout
east, and next station, is the seat ot
en- Presbyterian College; also a GO
Q school house and graded school,
D. 500.
Pleasant Hill, the next station,
; I about 5000 inhabitants, a fine TOW
good business point, and proper
very low.
Harrisonville, the county seat
Cass county, is fine growing tow
well located and well laid out. l
told property is at about half its n
the value
ssct- Times are looking up; money mi
. plenty; wheat is S14O, corn 35 g
4Oc, oats 9Sc, hogs &c; offers for {
have been made for fat cattle in
and Spring, and there is an immense Ii
.lIty of them in the country.
= Now l have given you a short ske
and if you wish to ask questions,
IS dress me at Greenwood, Jacks
- county, Mo. One who is interested