The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-01-24

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Correspondence of the News.
Letter from Northwest Mis-
souri,.
LEWISTON, No, Jan. Z, 1877.
Mr.. BoARDMAx:-Inotiee that with
the beginning of the New Year you
have made 'new arrangements" by
abandoning the patent insides, and
printing the News at home, and that
you solicit correspondence. That is
all right, and with your permission
I will contribute a little for '4illing. -
The holidays were observed but lit
tie here, on account of the ineIemen-
cy of the weather. Rained all of
Christmas week. Since New Years
day, we have had some winter wealth
er, with promise Of a continuance.
I Twas raised in old Highland and
thought I had seen muddy roads
there, but this county beats all in
that respect, that ever witnessed.
The roads are (or were) simply i'm
Passable, But now the deep mud is
frozen, with the rough side up as
usual, leaving the roads in fearful
condition for travelling.
Missouri is a great country. There
is some good land here. but It has
some Inconvenience as well as 9th |
. er countries. The soil is not very
deep in most localities, and very La
bic to wash away. The past season
has been very damaging to this sec
tion, there having been a vast amount
of rainfall
Crops tolerablY fair, especially
grass. Hay is very plenty this win
ter, with but little call for it in the
market, Corn plenty, but not very
good, on account of 80 much rain
and warm weather during the last
month. Thousands of bushels are
spoiled in the ''pens, and even that
which remains on the stalk is dam
aged more or less.
The wheat crop here the past sea-
son was very poor. The present
growing crop looks very promising
now, but it is hard to guess what
the future will do for it.
The stock market is very dull. Fat
hogs selling from 8 to 81 cts. per h.,
live weight.
I had heard that this was consid-
cred the ''poor mans country" and
find it is so indeed. If ever a poor
man settles down here he is fixed,
sure and certain, for he will never
be able to get away again without
assistance.
One don't hear much about politics
here. The majority of the people
are friends to the slate unpleasant
ness, and still have a "hankering"
ID that direction. Nevertheless they
are good neighbors, being kind, clev-
er and sociabIe.
The farmers here are not very
wealthy, as a general thing. That,
as I look at it, is not very healthy
sign. I find the majority, especially
the native-born of this State, don't
seem to care much. just so they get
plenty of corn cake and sorghum,
with hog and biscuit for company.
Very few farmers in this section
succeed in raising enough wheat for
home consumption, one year with
another. Whenever they wish to
indulge in wheat bread they take a
lOad OF missouri wheat (tha6 Is,
hoop poles) to the river and exchange
them for a sack of -four. Still they
seem to live happy and contented.
"Such is life"
Health good, generally speaking.
Some diseases are on the rampage.
Pneumonia, for instance, is prevalent
all over the State; also scarlet fever,
TO a great extent.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I propose to
travel some IN a short time, and if I
should note anything that will be of
interest to the readers of the News,
I will, with your permission, write
again while I am A. WAY.