The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-28

cheapn ess OF their production here, can
more than compete with us, though farther
from market. For the present abundant
pasturage 10 afforded by the prairie grass,
which also makes excellent hay. have
seen cattle wintered in good condition upon
this alone. A hord law of tho state compels
every man to take care of his own stock.
No one is compelled to fence unless he fence
m. Fencing oat the stock of neighbors, one
'heavy burden and grievous TO be borne"
Is not extended upon the NebraskanA. They
may have borrowed their idea OF the trap
per, whom all the neighbors in the country
followed into his tent. This done he had
but slyly to close the door and creep under
the bottom cloth, leaving his pursuers to
lodge alone and enjoy himself In the same
way. Misunderstanding. strife, and litiga-
ton among farmers, on those fruitfultthemes
with us. roads and fences, are we'll nigh
impossible, where every section ainc is a
road, and every man responsible for the
damage done his by stock. AS regards the
healthfulness Of the climate / can speak
with assurance, backed by experience. Go
ing to Nebraska first, q confirmed invalid,
as last resort, whether 1t may be attribu-
ted to getting away from the doctors,
where physic was scarce and pure bracing
air plenty. the facts in the case are, shat In
less than six months was heavier by over
twenty-five pounds.
If my testimony stood alone I should be
more modest about assisting the superior
healthfuDness OF the climate but multitndes
coming with broken health, constitutions.
and hopes, have here found the boon of
health. Especially is this the case of those
coming with lung and catarrh complaints.
1t is not essential that those coming in the
last stages OF consumption will always
recover No country can bear this weight
OF assertion. But it is believed, that If
anything within human reach can save
such, this climate will dot. I have seen
cases considered hopeless, permanently re-
stored one case In particular of q Young
man who expectorated blood daily and is
now well, driving business OF his farm with
che best of his neighbors. It is. however
dangerous experiment for invalids troub-
led with pulmonary diseases, TO try this
climate few months and return with
health partially restored. Better remain
where they are, than risk the censea uences
of reaction from this dry stimulating at
mosphere. With every vieisituda OF
weather and exposure, sleeping u1der the
open sky, awaking often with frost and
allow on the covering, in the morning,
at other times drenched to the skin with
cold rains. | have never, to my recollection,
taken cold west of Missouri River.
The light thin air however, in the winter
has keen edge. cutting to the akin through
| overcoats and wrappers unless they be buck
skin or rubber. The winter storms are
sometimes terrible, coming down from the
Mountains with a suddenness and fury. that
takes all at unawares. as in the case Of the
memorable April storm oflast year. This,
| however, like the grasshopper scourge, it is
to be hoped, is passed, not to be visited again
upon the country within the present centu.
ry. The country has suffered severely from
drought the past year, but case perhaps
equally strong might be made out against
us. The rainfall during the year does NOT
differ much from that with us, but the sea.
son is more like that of California. in bavIno
rainy and dry period. Harvest and hay.
ing generally pass without rain, often the
grain stands In stock until threshed. Hay
is usually cured and stacked without rain.
Ii there is lack of surface water, wells are
cheaply and expeditiously sunk. Their
depth varies from twenty-five to one hun.
| dred feet, according to the height from the
Platte River land. No water is found until
| this land is reached Here it never fails.
1t is as exhaustless as the reservoir, fed by
tee mountain SHOWS, as clear as crystal
and almost entirely soft. Wells are usually
bored, costing on an average thirty cents
per foot, making hundred foot well much
| cheaper than our wells average. A windlass
and pulley with bucket with valve at the
bottom, are the usual method of drawing
water but Nebraska is the paradise of wind
mill pumps. The power is so available and
the supply of water so exhaustless. that
with the TWO combined, one may have as
good as stream of water, through his farm,
summer and winter. Numerous good mill
sites are found on the streams, many OF
them yet unoccrpied Some of the best
matured mill sites ever saw were upon the
Republican Fork, between Red Cloud and
the Colorado state line. One In particular
remember, on branch CT the Republican,
Frenchman's Fork, where there was natur-
al waterfall of twelve or fifteen feet over q
limestone bed rock. Bat such will not re-
main long unimproved.
HEsPERIAN