The Cecil Whig., 1876-08-12
OUR TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT.
La SALLE, H., August ith, 1876.

la SALE, H., August 4th, 1876.
Mr.. EpIToR:-As Pm proStrated here
with malalial attack so common to this
, section. to while away time and forget for
the hour those horrii red pill boxes (three
in number) on top of the desk, will again
tax ypu with what see, kno,c and learn u
tie Uea. Not that [ wolld see myself in
print frequently, Gut that your readers,
many Of whom are not like myself, wan
delers abroad and homeless, may read.
Well, to my purpose. as you know (per-
, baps not all your readers, this is among
the very best farming sections in Illinois.
! Some running streams, the lands gently
unduiating, making drainage easy, unfort-
unately. too frequently: elsewhere, drain
age is an impossibiiity, and surface water
Streams novelty: yet they succeed well
aud grow rich in stock raising and dairy
ing. | suppose this last statement is a
poser. Well Illinois explain. Look III
any directiou-NoIth. South, East or West
and yon will see laz'ly turning, the wind
mill, utilized for pumping water, among
the labUr-SaviEg machines here used, gen
era!ly many of which are unknown to your
section; some Of which would make al
Eastern farmer tparticularly one Of Cecil
stare. They have labor saving appliances
of the latest ard most approved models.
many the productions Of youthful sons Of
fertile minds Of this fertile region. In
every town Of a thousand o. upwards you
find manufacturers Of farming implements.
&c, &c. Three Of their appliances suited
my notion SO well that | must needs tell
you of them: first Of which was su'Ily
plow with Canopy, underneath which sat
the driver, sweetly whstIins Sankey' S
Bye aud Bye" Flowing cora. enYied
that chap. Next came I to wo-horse
reaper cutting oats, fer you must know
oats harvest is not entirely over here yet.
On Il frame work stood two men binding,
material for sLcai, each aul both, ard
while they had their hands full ard all the
oats they could stand to they seemed equal
to the emergency and bent to their work
most choerily, happy in tie fact, doubtless,
that they were muchly taxed to keep the
machine running; but the beauty OF my
story remains yet for your eye and ear.
This machine. too, was well can0pied and
beautifully driven. Immediately to left Of
these riding sheaf makers sat in queenly
beauty a model of Granger belle, who,
while | must say. handles d pair Of spirited
horses as only Western woman can, she
would grace an F. F. VS. paIlor, and. as |
learned. she was daughter of d comfort
able farmer who had elnigrated here early
and taught his children to be useful as well
as ornamental Indeed, these ladies here
are seemingly as natural horsewomen as
the men are horSemen. The last machine
was device for loading hay from the
swath 1t takes two men to Il team. The
machine is attached to the rear end of the
wagon, the horses are driven astride of the
swath and up, up it comes: the faster the
horses travel the faster the fellow on the
wagon must wag. He must work, be
drowned in Sea of hay, or jump over
board. SO this country is poor place for
lazy man: indeed, they seem to have no
drOnes in their hives. though lots of queen
bees. But find I've digressed muchly.
While their lands are very productive,
and have produced largely this year already,
many of their mammoth fields yet present
a sea of corn, surprising in promise any
thing for twenty-years past: but this I'M
mediate vicinity is not dependent alone Oh
agriculture. They can boast of two SIDES
to Jheir lands, paying largely. Immediately
under where ! sit, and for many miles
square. uuderlies inexhaEstihle coal veins,
being worked successfully, affording cheap
fuel alike to mills factories, and families.
in addition to which employment is given
to 5000 meu. This coal Geld extends also
to and under Peru. town os Il, 0CA ;this
town is S.000 one aud Il half miles distant
by street railway, only one mile on bee
line) where business is all aglow in conse
quence of the presence and plentitu,ie Of
horny handed sons of toll. The lurid glare
Of iron mills, forges. foundries, Sc, al!
running night and day.
Everything bespeaks thrift, even to
wealth. Not like the Fast are they, shoddy
aristocrats, but solid, social and democratic
in principle: not in politics do mean, for
I'm panied to say il, T,i,len men are few
and far between. The Western Democracy
aic lukewar.n. First, because they think
i'iiden was nominated by Captains Trick
and Cdink;: secondly, they wanted and
expected sofl-money man, whose war
record was unexceptionable, and who was
not political. tricky aristncvat, who, while
he floats the flag of reform in one hand,
holds in the other bis iil-gotten thousands
at the forfeiture of an honest name and a
kind of treachery. But what cares lie in
his gilded slime. He prefers self and pelf
to pure honesty, and as was long since said
OF another, StinkS ard shines, and SHINES
and stiaAs i'll the eyes Of honest Democrats
out here and sisawhers The Wes wanted
Mr. Hendricks first mot second; Judge
Davis, one of Cecils sons, second, than
whom no man is more nearly dolized for
intrinsic worth, financially, legally, in
points of talent, honesty, integrity, avOir-
dupois and soidity. He is a giant second
to none, equailcd by none, and in conse-
quence many, very many Democrats will
not vote or work, and New York will learn
that while money may nominate over the
wishes of the people, an associate railroad
plErderer, bondholdcr and gil,lcd vutuTe,
| who chooses to sport in his beak the empty
promise of reform, that money cannot
! longer WELD its usual influence. The fog
has risen. the veil has fallen. the view is
no longer obscured, and New York trick
sters are doomed to obscurity, so far as
Western men and votes are to be counted
+! on. More again. Yours, &c,
PRETZEL.
! WHERE THE Sun DOES Nor SET.-A
scene witnessed by some travellers in the
north of NorWay from a cliff elevated n