The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-06-24
Correspondence Of the News.
Letter from Northwestern
Ohio.

/ AuAADANdy O-T q AOtos
Ma. EDITOR :-Perhaps few lines from Pauld.
ing county might be of interest to the many readers
of your valuable paper any of them think of emf
grating to other part of the country, and want
good, cheap farms, think they would do well to
come to this county and look before going else
| where.
Paulding county is line county to Indiana and
Is the third south from the Michigan line. Is a
level country, yet not level but that II may be
easily drained 1t Is well watered for level coun-
! try, having several streams running through ii,
1 among which Is the Maumee River, through the
northern, Auglaize, through the eastern, Blue
Creek, through the southern part of the county,
anc Crooked Creek, running centrally from s. W..
to N. E. There are smaller streams and ravines,
which serve a good purpose outlet for difches
The soil is a black sandy loan, with clay sub
SOIL and is very productive, and well adapted TO all
kinds of grain and fruit. 1t is heavily timbered
7fh-elm, bar-oak, cottonwood, shellbark hickory,
| sycamore and black and grey ash. There Is black
walnut in places, but most of II has been culled
out. There are thousands Of acres yet in timber,
which is held by spectators, but most of it is in
market at from $40 to $50 per acre. Improved land
worth from SIS to $50, owing to location, and dis
lance from the county seat.
| There is but one railroad running through the
county yet; the Toledo. Wabash Swestern. This,
in connection with the two canals, the, Wabash &
Erie and Miami q Erie, makes good markets for
our produce, lumber, &C.; yet these are not sufi-
cient. weneed more roads through the county,
and there are already two routes proposed, forming
crossing st our county seat-one starting at Gin
cinnsti and running north to the pineries in Mchi-
and bfar& - l.
work done; the other starting at Coshocton and
running west to Chicago. Either of these lines
would be a great benefit to our county and town,
and we have reason to believe that one or both
will be built in a short time.
Paulding, our county town, is situated on the
waters of Crooked Creek, near the center of the
county, and is thriving little village yet in its In
fancy. But to show the rapid growth it has made
in short time, eight years ago there were only
five or six log cabins and a one horse grocery the
county seat being then at Shiloh, five miles east of
here. Now they have near 800 inhabitants two
dry goods stores, seven groceries, two furniture,
one hardware and one drug store, two thriving
hotels, School House and M. Z. Church, seven
doctors and about that many lawyers. 1 think
the physical and moral health Of the community
would be equally as good if we could exchange
about six of each of the latter for ss many mission
aries.
Stock of all kinds thrive well here, costing moth
ing to summer them as the timbered land furnishes
an abundance Of pasture. Most of our farmers let
their stock run at large, fencing only as they clear
Bat must confess that haven't a very good ear
for bell music, and as everything wears bells here
it makes plenty Of music for any ons that is fond
of that kind
WHAT KIND OF SETTLERS WE WANT.
We don't want any speculatOrs, to buy up land
and hold it from being improved. We don't want
any "dead heads" to lay around 'ssaiting for
something to turn up" for they are apt to turn up
an expense to the county. But we do want actual
settlers-wide-swake, energetic, thorough-going
men, that "mean business" and that will perseverc
in using their brain and muscle until they turn up
something. With such men, backed by as rich soil
as we have here, shall soon have a county that
cannot be surpassed By any In the State.
This is "show-day" in town, and lots of the
country lads came up to the sights and some of
them can't see very well how to get home. AT least
see one fellow just passing, stepping good deal |
like blind horse.
Health generally good, and everything quiet In |
Pauldipg, except mosquitoes, and they won't be
quiet anywhere except on fellows nose or ear.
Yours respectfully, EMIGRANT.