The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-07-26
WHAT SAW.

On recent trip through five counties
which offered wide range in variety of
soils, including light sandy loan, medium
loan, clay soils, limestone and boulders.
the crops look remarkably well, all things
| considered. Starting from Cato, north
through Maple Grove to what is called
the "Horne Place." then west ten miles
to Beeche's, ara some splendid farms,
large fields of grain and some as nice
fields of clover as I ever saw, whe re
twelve years ago was wilderness. Then
west from Beeches' to Appleton, ten
miles more, some fields of barley, oats,
grass, winter wheat and rye Passing
through Appleton I saw great change
in twelve years. It is now a very prett;
town. From Appleton to Hortorville,
some thirteen miles, is splendid strip
of country-no vacant land. Such fields
OF wheat and oats, barley and corn, one
doesn't often see. Hortonville is pleas
antly situated for Il country town. I
think the railroad is doing som ething for
the place. 1t contains three hotels, a.
number of stores and other business
establishments. From there to New
London the country is brol1en-more
sandy, but crops look quite WELL New
London is pleasantly situated on the
Wolf river and is quite business place.
A good deal of lumber and timber i.
manufactured there. From there the
road leads along the south side of the
Wolf river-beaHtiful in it's sand and
gravel bank and clear, pure water-some
eight miles to place called Royalton.
quite little village. It is quite stony
about there. Leaving Royalton some
nine miles we came to North port on the
Little Wolf. Large lumber and Single
mills are found here and fine water
power, That is the place to see saw
logs by the million. Leaving the river
there, went west ten OF twelve miles
through some rough, broken country to
Ogdensburg-rightly named, as it made
me think of old Ogdensburg in St Law
renee county, N. Y. The next seven
miles was through oak openings, rather
sandy and not very thickly settled
Some eight miles further on / came to
little village called Scandinavia-so-nam
ed for the reason that all but two fam;-
lies in the town are Scandinavians. Tt
lies in q splendid valley. just before
reaching the village passed the most
beautiful lake L ever saw-crystal-pure
water, sand and gravel on the shores
An old gentleman at the village told me
one could drive entirely around it on the
beach and that it abounded in black bass
and perch. The village, must say, was
a very pleasant place. There is water
power there, church, some stores,
public house, etc. Next comes Amherst,
some eight miles distant It is situated
upon very lovely strip of land with a
pretty little river running on the east
side. At Amherst met my old friend
Chairman, the butcher from Clarks Mills
He keeps meat market. I took dinner
with him and accompanied him to his
SitdSuteI mousse, some nall a mile from
town and saw 80 nice fat hogs and plen-
ty of corn to feed them on. The old
man is the happiest one I ever saw. -
The country about Amherst is good.
From there [ went to Stevens Point,
encounterlng some rough country. Three
miles southwest of Amherst is a nice
strip of country. My homeward trip
was further south through Waupaca,
Fremont, and some little towns the
names of which [ cannot call to mind.
From Waupaca twelve miles west is a
very good country and some excellent
farms. I liked it much better than [
thought from hear say.
Since the above trip L have been west
through Hayton and Chiffon to Stock
bridge. think I never saw all crops
look any better. ours,
VIM CARY,