The Jasper weekly courier., 1875-07-02
f"f t-~ Jasper tu1Ilcr-
Letter From Nebraska.
FREMONT Cry, NEB..

june 18th, lsI5.
Mr.. EDITOR PLEASE permit me to
write my friends in Indiana through the
columns OF your paper.
am out in what is known as t.ie
1rasshoppcr country, but il II is the
orasshopper count-y IL Is the preiiiest
farming land 4 ever saw. | left Indiana
on the 2sth day of March, and reached
Fremont City on the 5th of Nav, com
ing all the way by land. | saw many
tr cts of nice and, but none a nice
as | saw after got here in Dodge and
Saunders counties Saunders county.
the principal part of ii has been settled
within the past five wears. and is i'm
proving fast. The most of the farm
ers here have got nice groves of timber
growing. good houses to live in. aud are
getting along tolerahly well although
the grasshoppers eat the corn all up ia
Saunders county last year. but vet ihev
are not dishearIened but have doubled
their ambition and are trying 10 raise
larger crops than ever, this year. Crops
of all kinds look well. except some OF
the fields that the grasshoppers eat down
day -be:ore-yesterday. Thsy trimmed
some OF the whea, and also some OF the
corn. but they only stayed about twelve
hour, and then few North westwardly
and ii j. hoped That they will come no
more Some OF the Indiana people tried
10 make me believe Tint Nebraska was
GOd-for>aken place. but | can't believe
1T. The land here j. nice rolling prairie
and the soil u six feet deep. OF black
sandy nature take the liberty 10 SAY
fearless of contradiction. that can plow
more than "a mncli-agaln here in day
with more case 10 man and team, than
people can in Indiana. | heard before
] came TO this State that there was uofh-
ing scarcely out here, but beg leave to
ciiier with them. Tor ! don't see any
thing here that the farmer has TO buy
but what j. cheaper thzn il is there.
There is a railroad through Fremont,
aud the farmer can ship hls produce to
q hicago and there get "a good price for
III. Still there are some draw backs here
as well as In all other countries. Tim
Der is scarce here, hut the farmers don Z
need much, for they have herd law in
this State and therefore they can get
q ong without much timber; az Tor fire.
wood, il can be bought for "a cord,
but there 10 not much wood used here.
the people use mosily coal for fuel.
Coal can he bought for 81 a tun. Ii
does not cost any more here 10 build "A
iisnse than it does ia Indiana. Pine
h nber can he bought here already
dressed for $2l a Thousand. Al j. sup
posed by most OF the farmers in Indiana
Thai the wind blows here all tllc time rs
hard ~ il does in Indiana in March. but
that is all a sad mistake. There u some
windy DAYS here. but Ills Spring has
b. en- almo>, a. Il II n lever saw ia Indi-
ana. and a. TO the Winter do not know
isnch a.out that only a people have
Told me that came here from Indiana
aud other Eastern States They saw IL
l. not much colder here only on windy
dsys than IL j. ia The Eastern States.
Rough prairie land can be bought hrre
for SlU an acre. and improved farms
ctn Uc bought Tor from SIS TO $50 an
acre. The lanl il all taken up IN this
county. but about $50 miles further
West there is plenty OF land TO home
stead. am going back to take me a
homestead; il onIy costs $l4 and res
idence OF six months each year for five
years to secure decd for it,
Wheat will make from ~ To GO BUSH
els TO the acre, corn from 60 10 so BUSH
els, osts 60 10 50. Saunders county is
said TO be one of the best counties I'm
he State for small grain il is also the
best soil for vegetables OF all kinds.
Friends. | would advise you, a. a
friend. to sell what you have got in in
diana and come out here where you
can make a living easy. One man can
tend fifty acres OF corn here easier than
he can tend twenty five there.
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