The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-17

nun nome: To-oay Marion county
has population Of from 5000 TO 1000,
and from almost any rising ground may
be counted dozen neat painted cottages
OF the settlers. saw to-day one field oi
wheat oi 800 acres In q body, 100 acres
In another, while fields Of 10, 20, and 80
acres are numerous. The Atchison, To-
peka, and Santa Fe Railroad was COM
pleted to this point Just three years since,
and has now reached Grenada, q point n
Colorado, some 800 miles from the Mis-
souri, river. "So westward goes the
march OF empire.
But did mot commence to write an eu.
logy upon Kansas. AS l came westward
over the States Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
and Missouri / found the crops promislpe
anabundant harvest Wheat never looked
better and the average Is certainly 80 per
cent. over that Of last year. Corn islook.
ing vel, Land oats the same. All along the
route from West Virginia here the farmers
were commencing TO complain Of dry
weather, but the rains are descending and
Il you have as good supply as we have
had for the last twelve hours your farm
ers will be happy. From here the mark
cts turn westward for everything except
bee, and probably for all time to come the
miners ofthe mountains will draw their
food from this section Of the country.
THE PRICE OF SUCCESS.
Although this Is q magnificent section
for farming, let no man think that o living
can be made without toll and sacrifice OF
the luxuries enjoyed by the farmer Of the
east.
Most Of the emigrants are poor, and
after buying their home have but little
money left for improvements. The result
Is that money lenders have their own
way and obtain ten, fifteen and twenty
per cent interest Still so rapid Is the
rise Of real estate, such the per-
severence Of business men, that
these obstacles will soon be overcome.
YIELD AND PRICES.
Wheat yields from twenty to thirty
bushels to the acre. More than half
tho crop In this county Is OF fall
sowing, and grows thickly--upon
tho ground-not very tall-and so not
liable 10 be thrown down by the winds.
Wheat, 81 90 per bushel; corn, 90 cents; !;
oats, 40 cents potatoes, 65 cents al
present, but declining in prospect Of an
abundant crop.
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
School houses are as thickly dotted
over the county as In the Panhandle, and
teachers here will compare faVorably with
any In the East
AN RMRYo PAoANNT.
A little incident will show you that
they can cultivate other things as well as
the older settlements.
Last evening returned to this point TO
start for Iowa, and observing a little boy
OF five years playing before the house
asked him his name. Freddy Pike, sir"
can you do out in this country ?"
Strengthening up himself with the air Of
an Ole Bull no replied: II can play the
fiddle. at any rate |" "0h! guess not,
Freddy |" "Yes, sir, / can. And
he was about giving us the proof
when voice from mother inside
the house sent Freddy rather re-
luctantly to bed. However, not to miss
the proof Of his ability, Freddy took with
him his violin, and after mamma had put
him in his little bed, through the open
window Of his room Just over my head,
where l sat upon the porch oil the hotel, /
could hear him tuning his toy violin.
Then came his child voice singing cyan.
kee Doodle" accompanied by the fiddle
In perfect time and tune. When Il ceased,
little haxen head popped out Of the win.
dow and Freddy exclaimed, "Now, can't
L" "Was that you, Freddy2" "Yes
SIR" And the head was withdrawn and
out came "Bonaparte crossing the Alps"
In the same perfect time, and then out
came Freddy's head with the exclama-
tion, Snow, can't II" This was repeated
several times, when doubted his word
that 1t was fiddle. "Pll show you" said
Freddy, and in minute ] saw the fiddle
and bow slowly descending, let down by
string, into my hands, with the excla-
nation, "Now, amt It a fiddler" Yes, q
little toy with only three strings, not
costing over fifty cents, and with this
crude instrument young Freddy was de.
veloping q musical genius that may some
day charm the world Ia Blind Tom or
Psganini. After drawing up his idol,
Freddy was soon lost In the land Of
dreams, and l in reflections that dame
nature could as readily call musical
prodigy from the prairies Of Kansas as
from the Mountains OF Norway.
sat down to write you an agricultural
report, and find myself lost amid tho
muses., so ! close. Yours truly,
HENRY.