The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-01
From Missouri.
tOOrER COUNTY, Jan. Is. ls...

NoDFEB COUNTY, Jan. 10, 1871
Ed iSTELLGEScER Perhaps il
ialght Interest some Of your readers 10
near something from this corner OF na-
( turv's v:n eyarl. Well, from the 18th Of
/ October until about the same date in
! November. ;he weather was remarkably
pleasant aad good health prevailed, but
from that time up 70 this writing one
sno" storm accompanied with north
west wind with borrid fury succeeded
another a, intervals OF from five 10
seven days, until the liquid streams for
bear TO flow in icy letters bound, and
heavy colds accompanied with lung e.
yer and al occasional death, make W.
with occasionally a frosted foo, or hard
or ears the sum total If the blessings
Of winter.
The trui' crop OF the past season was
total failure. One seldom sees al ap-
pie, aud when one Is seen il Is sp. to
have rotten part under the surface.
Though II may seem 10 b. good aud
sound. You Gu, it open or bite into i,
, Ia find the inside mass Of rot SO the
very few that did mature would no,
keep. But the nut crop in the fores.
excels every thing ever known before.
Wainnis. pecan and hickory nuts are
seen in every loft or closet by bushels
Cracking nuts and passing them about
IN plates or pans is one Of the luxuries
OF the season. Nuts seem TO be natures
substitute for fruit this year.
Hog cholera has made great havoc,
killing thousands in is wake. leaving
many farmers destitute of their winters
| supply of meat Many having fed their
hogs and kept them fat on the corn of
which they had . superabundance of
the previous years crop, until midsum-
mer; then they lost both by hog chol-
era, so that pork is now selling at fabu-
lous prices. and. rs for stock hogs, az
one man remarked. the other day, "peo-
pie ask rs much for a hog Is for a
horse"
The corn crop is exceedingly large,
so much SO that one cannot but W onder
how on earth it can ever be disposed
of. Barns, cribs, sheds. and rail pens
are full of the previous crop, while
thousands upon thousands of acres of
the last crop yet remains in the fields
ungathered. and at the several stations
on the NJ. X. T. railroad are huge
pens built OF poles or logs, in immense
numbers. and full of corn. and here are
shelters of from eight to ten horse pow.
er. and the corn is shoveled into them,
and l am told one of these ten horse
power machines will shell from 1 500 to
1000 bushels per day This corn 10
loaded into box cars used for the pur-
pose. loose. by the farmers and sold for
from % to % cents per busel The
corn is thrown into the shelter with the
husk or shuck on it.
The INTELLTGENCER 10 read with ca
gerness among many who say they are
going to Washington Territory in the
spring.
Money is scarce and Of poor qsal-
ity-grcenbacks being the circulating
medium. Wheat is in good demand st
remunerative prices. as is beef. Cattle |
are numerous. and many are being fed
for beef to market in the Spring.
This morning the Geld is intense. and |
last night was the coolest Of the season. |
l have not seen a Thermometer lately. |
but think the mercury is down to the |
bottom.
In this farming community there is
noticeable great lack of one Of the |
essentials to comfort and convenience,
that is good out-buildings. as sheds.
stables aud wood houses 1t is really |
surprising that Intelligent. civilized
people would deprive themselves Of
these essentials in as rigorous climate
as this, but it is even so. Throughout I
the country at this time the earth is |
covered with 8 sheet Of snow aud ice |
which is 40 smooth that it is nearly i'm
possible for pedestrians to get about.
Ia conclusion | will say for man
with a disabled arm and bad hearing, l |
have got along remarkably we'll. l
mean to wend my way homewards in
the Spring c. BRowNFiED.