Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-11-13

fOt tue freeman.
Letter from Minnesota.

EVANSVILLE. Waseea Co., Mimi, !
November LIST, 1873.
Mr.. EDITOR: We have been some what
dilatory in our communications to the
FREEMAN, for which we ask pardon. We
think our last letter was written from
Houston county. since which time we have
Travelled in southern Minnesota, and re-
sided for few months in Mower county:
but am now located. for the winter, at
least, in the thriving, bustling business
village of GAINESVILLE. Waseca county.
In regard to our crops the past season,
we have but to endorsesthe statements of
your Freedom county correspondent, aud
say that there was not more than one-third
of a crop of wheat in southern Minnesota,
while the yield of corn,Ioats and potatoes
were above the usual quantity anil quality.
Farmers'in this section find themselves
in poor circumstances this Acknowledges
due and other debts pressing for payment,
and no means of realizing the wherewithal
to meet.ithese demands and provide for
the wants of their families; and we think
this due, in a great measure, to the fact
that they have depended too much on the
wheat crop, and have not cultivated other
crops to take the place of wheat in case
of failure. We'hope and believe that the
experience of the tpast will cause them in
future to cultivate diversity of, crops and
turn their attention more to stock raising
and dairying.
Another cause of the "hard times y
with farmers is the reckless manner in
which they have purchased machinery
Threshing machines, self-binders, rcapers
mowers, seeders, horse-rakes, ETC., ETC.,
together with sewing and knitting ma
chimes for the women folks have proved
the ruin of many a farmer.
With all these drawbacks the farmers
are not discouraged, but are buoyant with
hope, and say that lightning never strikes
twice in the same place, and that they
shall adopt the policy of the gambler, who
looks for his money where he lost it.
We have been having an exciting time
in the tenth judicial distrct-a sort of po-
litica. judicial war, caused by the attempt
to impeach Judge Sherman Page-which
proved a failure, as it undoubtedly should,
but which has made many bitter enemies.
The judge is beloved and respected in all
parts of his district, except in his own
county. where offenders have been made
to feel the power of the law, and the eff
fects of justice, meted out to them by the
judge-and hence this persecution and
prosecution; which. thank Heaven, has
come to naught-the judge vindicated,
law and order triumphant, and the district
| settling into quiet peace
Politics are on the public surface at the
present time, rs our election occurs or
tuesday next. Speakers are abundant,
each advocating their hobby-the repubi-
cans sustaining the present appointed (nol
GlectedD president and his administration
the democrats bowling fraud, and making
pretensions for reform, while the green.
hackers are reducing the numerical
strength of both the other, parties, and
making sad havoc with their nominations.
We will close this short letter, promis
ing to be more puuctual in. future, and en-
deavor 10 send something more worthy
of the remembered FREEMAN.
Truly yours,