The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-04-24
CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from Nebraska,
TABLE Rock, Neb., April l3th,


Drar old Friend 1Eyis: desire to commune
cate some things in regard to this section of our
great country to my friends In old Hartford,
through your columns.
left Baltimore Monday, March 30ih, al 6 Z.
NJ, with my family, and arrived here on the
following Thursday at z. NJ. We came by
way of Cincinnati, st. Louis, and Atchison, Kan
sas. Our trip all the way through was delight
full gn4 interesting, but in few days after arrv.
ing here we all took sick with colds and fever,
but we are now all recovering,
This is grand looking county; rolling prairie
rich bottom lands, and well watercd by the Biz
Nemaha river and its tributaries; the finest
roads cvor saw How some of the young gents
of Hartford would enjoy driving their FLOODED
steeds over these smooth, hard roads,
There are some very fine residences here in
the towns, villages, and even In some places in
the country; but good barns are few and far be-
tween The hay is stacked in the fields, the
grain put into pens, whilst the great bulk of the
straw is burned out of the way. Gencr
ally the stahling for stock consists in pens made
ofpoles and covered oycr hoantifully with hay
or stray.
There is not MUCH fall wheat soYcd here, but
great amount sowed in the Spring; some
farmers putting in rs much rs q thousand acres
Horses here, that would readily bring in Balt-
more $500 can be bought for Sl25., Good
cows here are worth about as much as they are
in Hartford, not for milk but for raising calves
Shipping cattle and hogs is quite a business in
this section; also great amount of grain is sent
eastward every year. Corn is up in price here
Just now n good article is worth so cents per
busLcl Prairie hay considered by many to be
better than tho best timothy,) is worth from
Sc 80 to IS. 90 per ton delivered, Potatoes $40
per bushel; good wheat So cents to II 90 per
bushel; flour in accordance. Eggs cents per
dozen; butter, the best, - to 20 cts per pound
wood walnut, elm and hickory, from IS to SO
per cord All these things look pretty, but
generally people want house to live in and now
come tile expensive part A good house of four
rooms, of comfortable size, here viii rent for
$500 per month Groceries are about the
same here In price, dry goods triile higher, com.
pared with Baltimore market, good beef steak
costs 10 cents per pound, best cured hams 10 to
12 cents per pound. Prnrls grass sells for 25
cents per acre. 1t costs $1.25 per season, (seven
months,) to have COW or colt herded. Fruits
Of all kinds are scarce, but there are many fine
orchards coming into bearing. Apples, pears,
cherries and peaches will soon be plentiful hOro,
five or six years will make great change in this
respect
Wild game In abundance, rattlesnakes not q
few, on the prairies saw one few days ago,
The only redeeming trait in their character Is,
they give notice, by their rattlng of their pres.
ence; but for this should probably have step
pod on the one saw, and the result might have
been bite Threw piece ofearth at him, but l
was at the time of throwing too fur off TO see
the effect Of my assault on bis snakeship. Wild
chickens, quais, ducks and geese numerous ,
deer and buffalo about numbered with the things
of the past,