Nebraska advertiser., 1878-01-10
Letter from an Old Comrade.

Geo. w. Fairbrother, Editor Nebraska Ad-
vertiser:
Respected Friend-Once my fellow
Countryman in war, now my fellow
countryman in peace, permit me at
this late hour of absence In person.
not in thinking OF you and my fellow
comrades who shared the hardships
of soldiers life, to address you few
lines.
have been blessed with health and
a reasonable amount of prosperity. l
am located in Butler county, Joining
the southern line Of counties in Kan
sas. We have fine country here. 1t
is little rolling, splendid soil. con-
sistiDg of what is known as mulatto
land. Our streams are rock and
gravel bottom. and no stagnated wa
ter, therefore we have a healthy
country. This country is well adapt
ed to the growing of all the different
kinds Of grain. Fall wheat does we'll
here; there has been as high as sixty
three bushels and four pounds grown
to the acre. L have grown forty five
bushels to the acre. Of course this Is
more than the average. 1 have been
here six years the 18th Of last June.
1 have grown a fine peach orchard;
this year we had abundance of peach
es; dried a quantity We have had
plenty of canned and dried fruit this
year. This country produces the
heaviest corn that 1 have ever seen
grow out Of the earth. Apple trees
are beginning to bear some. Plenty
of stone in this vicinity for building
fences and stanch buildings. We
have the white magnetism rock, that
can be dressed as smooth as a carpen-
ter can dress a board. The streams
have about the same amount OF tim
Der that Nebraska has. There is
plenty Of stone coal that come to the
surface, 35 miles east OF US. A COM
pany of colliers have drilled shaft
20 feet, IS miles north of where | live,
and found a three foot vein of coal.
This country has progressed at sur
prising rate during the short time it
has been settled. We have all the
machinery here of the present day.
from 16 foot header, sulky breakers
and stirring attachments; and in fact
the most approved tools that are being
used for the benefit of man in the
United States.
i have $50 acres of land, over 100 in
cultivation; 765 rods of hedge fence,
some of which is stock proof. The
Usage fence is success here, if it is
taken care of. We have a fine pros
pect Of railroad inside Of the next IS
month, that will pass within five
miles of my place. There are some
few good locations from seven to ten
miles east of me, at 81 % per acre; yet
secondhand land can be had at mod
crate figures to suit purchasers.
NO", u buIe 10 yOut
attention, please give such portions Of
1t in your paper as you may deem
proper. If 1t, or portion of it, will
be nuisance to your columns, l ask
pardon. The reason / suggested the
thing, was this: do not know the
address of any of the boys that was
in old Company d, therefore l take
this method of informing them of my
whereabouts. If l could contribute
anything for the benefit of your pa
per, 1 would like to do so, occasional
ly. saw q number of your paper
that was sent to my brother, Alfred
Butler, and if understand its motto,
1t is independent in sll things and
neutral in nothing. Therefore you
are at liberty, or its contributors, to
discuss all questions, political or reli-
gious, through your columns.
HENRY BUTLER,
Y II