Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-03-07
LIKE SUPERIOR LITTER
HoueHroN. Men. March 1s,. 1875

AOEft aAiNh"g -A"iSN ACtO
FRIEND TIMMoNs :-It is now quite a
period since you or your numerous readers
have read any communication from your
humble servant, and you have been so
we'll supplied from other sources. aud have
had no many interesting and copious letters
from other correspondents, that my efforts
to entertain you nave not, aiu sure, been
missed. And some of your readers NAV
have said after the perusai of some of my
former missivcs, as a Chicago Elitor not
long since remarked, and of which you
were, think, informed in my last, l am
Mt loss to conceive what interests the
people Of the city can feel in regard to the
affairs of Lake Superior or its inhabitants"
And yet We are only "a hours by rail from
that city of miraculous growth and its con-
ceited people, whose shippers and whole.
sale dealers are ever soliciting the patron
age OF cur mercantile communities. And
well they may, for many of our merchants
can boast of, even in these hard times, an
average monthly business Of $4,000. And
in flush times " the instances were not
rare when the cash receipts of general
store here reached thousand dollars in a
single day with perhaps twice that amount
charged on the ledger for the same period.
Besides, this is port of entry with Custom
house, government inspectors, &c, &c.
A,,I al, Il, h.r :.
and nearly as many sailing vessels in these
waters at one time. And during the season
OF navigation three ines Of steamers usu
ally ply between Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago
and this port.
The natural resources OF this region are
simply immense. Valuable Slate and Sand
stone for building purposes are here found
in abundance aud shipred to Chicago and
other cities.
In former letters from here you have
been advised of the vast mineral deposits
of this upper Peninsula. These are Irnr
and Copper, with some Silver One min,
usually saves from among the Cnpper
sufficient silver to make q silver brick o
| about % or 80 1bS
There is ample proof hat Copper mining
in this region was originally contempoar,
with the mound bnilding Of Missouri, anr
probably, hy the same race Of men; a
| though their methods Of wnrkimg were %
the crutest and most primitive character
The present race of miners have exhumer
aud shipped to market, 255, 900 tons q
ingot Copper; and in the iron regions
100000 lbs Of iron ore.
The agricultural resources Oi this par
OF the STATE are now attracting considerable
attention. Seventy new farms were open
edup in Chippewa county last year; anC
wheat raised in thar section last season
tcuk the first premium nj an Agrieutra
fair. Active measures are now an foot 4
establish an Agricultural Suciety in thi
county, and some fourteen or fifteen hun
dred dollars have been raised 10y suhscript
ion for that purpose. This may appear
trifling sum when compared with tn
thousands devoted tu similar Objects il
Older places; but it mnst lie remembers,
that until within a year or two past ia
chief crop raised or sought tn bc raised il
this county was copper. But the mus
inc0nteslIble proofs have been secured tha
wheat, harley, oats, and all the root crop
TOO, can he raised in this region equal i
Quantity and quality to those raised i
other parts nf the state. Aud the write
has repeatedly seen very handsome crop
Of timothy, all OF which were we'll cure
and harvested.
1t will be, perhaps, many years hefor
agricultural machinery can be used o
these lands but even with these disadvan
tages there can be no reasonable duul
that farming here would yield fair n
turn for whatever capital might be invest
ed in such an enterprise.
As we have been drawn nearer in poir
OF time 10 other and older places, il is les
difficult to obtain occasional visits froI
literary aud other celebrities, giving u
lectures, concerts, aud dramatic entertain
menls. The Hon. Shuyler Colfax Of Ind
ana delivered his famous lecture O
Abraham Lincoln on Tuesday evening lai
here 10 large aud appreciaiive audienc,
lie also leolured at Calumet, l3 miles iron
here, and nj lshpeming likewise. An
there is some talk Of inviting Beecher |
lecture here, but we fear no hall could b
; found large enough Tor the purpose. Sue
i ! men come here under the auspices Of Ou
? Youhg Mems Literary Association,
+ whose rooms a free reading room IL attacl
+ ed, well supplied with the current journa
r nd periddipuls of the land
Rai perhaps this letter is already lor
. enough hut must say few words on thi
5 most lrite of ~ topics the weather. "
+. haye a severe winter Plenty II snow al
i, cold The murcury this morning indic
Ted 909 below zero, Was that an AlasE
zephyrf NERITAs.