Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-08
The stoves for the Town Hall arrived
on the City of Concord, Wednesday.

The stoves for the Town Hall arrived |
on the City of Concord, Wednesday.
A full line of choice groceries and |
crockery at Lalhrop's, which will be sold
low. q
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional church takes place Saturday eve
ming of next week, at the church.
The Sth of December and no sleighing, |
the river as free of ice as in midsummer,
and yet the sOutside'' world think that
Cheboygan is Situated in the region of
tie north pole.
G The last boat has arrived, and as far as
business is concerned, navigation has
closed for the season. though to all APP
peurances, boats might have run some
time longer. The buoys were taken up
yesterday and brought in and the range
lights have been discontinued.
A meeting of the Young Peoples Lit
erary society will be held at the Con-
gregational church next Monday eve-
ming. Rev. Charles p. Whitecar, pastor
of the nj. E. church, will speak on the
blessings of Intenperance." This is
novel way OF putting the question, and
We hope there will be large turn out to
hear the lecture. We can assure all who
may attend that they will hear an able
and interesting discourse. A general in
vitation is extended to al to be present.
Michigan VS.. the Southern States for
Farming.
The disposition of man to better his
condition is cOmmentlable so far as action
is based upon thorough investigation of
facts. but person should not allow his
Judgment to be influenced BY these repre-
sentations without first Investigating and
ascertaining they flare true. just at
this time great efforts are being made to
induce immigration to the Southern
States. and glowing descriptions OF the
country are being published and scatter
ell all oyer the country.
The Bay City Tribune of Nov. 22d.
under the flaming heading, alabama,
the land of perpetual summer" publish
ed Il letter from one VIM. McMath, of
CClumbiana, Ala, setting forth i'll a pleas
ant way the great natural advantages of
the region in which he lives. As this is
season of the year when Michigan is
visited with disagreeable storms, and
farmers look forward with dread to the
chilling blasts of winter, such STATE ments
as those of Mr.. McMath's are likely to
awaken i'm some minds discomfort and
longing for an abiding place in 1.-The land
OF perpetual summer"
The Lansing Republican has replied
to the letter, and as there may be some
in this section who may have caught the
southern" fever, we would ask them, if
there are any, to give the subject care
full consideration before making up their
minds to leave Michigan i'm search of
better location. The Republican, says:
1T cost one OF the litors of the Repub
lican just $4,000 clean cash to find that
Alabama, taken up one side and down
the other" will bear no comparison with
Mic, igan for advantages offered to the
farmer. As we have before conceded,
Alabama has milder climate than Mich
igan; but as fruit-growinr. stock-raising
and grain producing state, Michigan is far
ahead. With the same cultivation, our
lands will produce double the amount OF
wheat and corn that can be raised OH the
muc!i-pufled lands OF The South. In II
boosted tennessee valley, but one stalk
of corn is raised in a hill, because tie
land is not strong enough to raise more
and when 80 or 40 bushels of corn are
harvested from one acre, it is consider ed
an extraordinary yieiI. In Michi an 100
bushels are raised on our best lands.
The average yield of wheat in Alabama
is from Is to 10 bushels to the acre; in
Michigan the Yell is 80 to 40 bushels.
l.
about l3 bushels to the acre; in Michi-
gan il is three times as much. The
orchards produces OF Michigan often
reach S4.000,000 in single season.; those
of Alabama seldom reach 100000. While
Alabama was OIL the high road to pros
perity ms a state long before Michigan
1 into hn ttlAV val 10
of farm products in the former in 1870
was about $G7 100000, and those of Mich
igan amounted to over S0.0O0,000.
The above facts, taken from the U. S.
census statistics, should b. carefully
crutinized by every Michigan nun who
is feverish with::desire to emigrate to 1.-The
lanl OF pei petual summer"
One most important thing to be looked
to is health. In Alabama the fertile
land is fOun only in The valleys. which
are scourged with malaria, and the most
malignant fevers prevail at certain seasons
of the year. The mountainous regions
are healthy, hut The soil is poorer than
that of the poorest pine lands in Micai-
gan. Glover and other grasses are not
grown successfully in amy part OF the
state, on account of the long drouths
which usually commence near the close
of summer and continue until the rains
of winter begin.
Every Michigan man who emigrates
to Alabama or any of the late Confeder-