Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-22
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 EDITOR OF L1TcHFIELD ENQUIRER-As I have not seen anything from Central Illinois, Tn your paper lately, I will place few lines at your disposal.
 AS to weather, for the last few weeks we have had it almost as warm here as yours in the New England States, judging from reports But if warm weather with frequent showers will bring us such crops as it has this year, we will try and not complain, for they have not been exceeded for number of years. Wheat, rye, oats and grass are abundant and harvest ed in good condition. There is also prospect of a good corn crOp and more acres have been planted than ever before. Wheat, which usu- ally averages about 15 to IS bushels per acre, is producing 27 to 30 this year, and weighs 63lbs. to the bushel. Fruits of all kinds are abundant. So, while we have been suffering with the rest of the United States, financially, and perhaps worse than some parts as our corn and other crops have been light, for the last two years; we now see change. B1si- ness is reviving our manufacturies are starting up, and everything seems to be moving, even the tranaps;; and may they continue to move till they find some good place where they arc wanted.
 It would seem as if the Eastern States ought to be supplied with grain, hogs, and cattle, if all the roads running east do as we'll in trans porting ..as the Wabash, which is within 15O yards of our place. Between 30 and 40 regu- lar trains pass over it daily, a great many of them from Missouri and Kansas, loaded with grain and live stock which are very plenty there, although of late they are suffering with toe much rain. Hay is worth five dollars ton, here; oats, 16 cts bushel; corn 30; wheat, 85 potatoes and apples, %.
 E. B. P.
 Edison's visit to Nevada has given hima new idea. He thinks that the size, character. and point of croppings of mineral lode may be determined by the difference of the conductiv- ity of electricity, provided that the walls of the lodges are lined with clay or. decomposed rocks. He will test his theory on the Con- stock lode when he returns from California. Should his plan prove practical, instead of run ming long tnnneSs, sinking deep shafts, or bor- Ing here and there with the diamond drill, a ulillCi WOuiu dppIy tu0 clcCGFlCdl apparatus, and thus find out how much ore there is in mine. where it lies, it's direction, and the point where it's croppings may be looked for. A letter frem De Witt Clinton is now pub- lished for the first time in Hudson paper. It was written from Washington in February, 1802 just after his arrival to take his seat in the United States Senate. He speaks as fol- lows of President Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the latter of whom he calls the little intr gu ant :" 'I have seen the President. His unaf- fected simplicity of manner, his plain but gen. teel attire, his communlcativeness and appar- ent total exemption from art and dissimulation. | added to a piercing eye, striking phys iognomy and majestic person, give one the most favorable impression, and have no doubt but that he is every way worthy of be- | ing the chief magistrate of our country. Noth- ing but formal civility exists between the little intriguant and myself He was prepared for seeing me, and discerned no emotions, either | friendly or otherwise. Perfect composure and ceolness marked his conduct visited him the next morning and by the shortness of my visit gave him to tounderstand that it was mere ceremonial one from member to the president of apublic body. Nothing particular passed between us. A day or two afterward he left card at my lodgings, and thus endeth our communications