The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-14
FROM NEBRASKA.
EDITOR TRUE NoRrHKRyRR:

EDITOR TRUE NoRrHERyRa:
After nearly eight months stay in ibis far
Oft and beautiful country. / Will endeavor 20
give the readers OF your valuable paper NV
most favorable Impressions of the climate. soil
lumber etc. One viii notice this county il
situated the fourth tier OF counties west OF the
missouri river and second tier south of the
Platte river, known by many TO be the crea.
fia''e valley. As TO the climate. II csnno, be
surpassed anywhere IN the same latifude
may safely say, in general healthfulness. The
aiT is pure. dry and bracing. and is full of life
giving properties. Invalids and health seekers
from the East and South have. in a grea, ma
Jorlty OF cases, been restored to perfect health
ana nearly all have experienced n favor.b,a
change OF relief from the viyifyipe and health
restoring influences Of our magnificent climate.
Especially those suffering from mslarial. mil
monary and throa. diseases are benefited and
it will soon be generally known that health as
well as wealth and prosperity can be obtained
in ouf country.
Before l enter Upon description Of this
country aud its resources, want 10 can the
readers attention 10 the fact that this whole
tract OF country only few years sgo was
known as the great. American Desert, and IN
habitec by very few whites and elenty of red
SKINS and many kinds OF wild game
Nebraska SOL was said to be one OF the won
ders OF the Centennial Exposition in 1876. Ii
stood al the Nebraska EXHIBIT a solid mass. cut
out OF the earth with the roots OF yegetatlon
running through It, IN ak feet sections OF Black
mould, taken out Of river valleys in Clsy county
and many ether places. The general average
OF the black surface mould is from one md a
half to three feet-and under the surface soil
is an almost equally tlllab,e sub-soi, which il
sometimes many feet in thickness, and Of a
porous nature. The chemical componants OF
II are identical with the Nile and Rhine ys,ieys.
II lie the best SOL for fruits, and il ls equally
good for grain, especially wheat, corn, rar,ev.
rye, oats and almost all kinds OF grasses
The rainfall of this country is pretty UNI,
form, averaging about twenty -elght inches
from April to September, the season in which
the crops grow and mature, and abont eleven
inches during the remainder OF the wear. II
Will be seen that there is an ample supply when
needed, while during the winter there is but
little. The winters are dry, clear and bracing,
but very little snow, compared with many OF
the eastern States, aud the damp, rnuggy dlsa-
greeable weather 80 cOmmmon in the more
eastern States 10 unknown here. In addition
to the streams there are great many branches
in which water for stock is found, and IN deep
ponds tha: in this pure atmosphere keep fresh
and sweet at al timer. Farmers, also, make
artificial ponds'by building dams acroes draws
where water collects during the rains and the
sediment settling 10 the bottom, the water be-
comes clear and pure. answering admirably for
stock. Wlndmils are coming into general use.
A well is sunk with but little expense, com pared
TO wha, il is in some States, and taking the
depth into consideration. we'll eighty feet
deep will only cost thirty dollars, including The
price of boring tubing and all the fixtures
ready for use; and you have well that will
supply the whole vicinity, besides il is generally
of good quality, the only trouble newcomers
experience, being the sulpher in it.
Compared with many counties in this State,
native timber IN this county is scarce. In the
first settlement much of the Ii mber was used
by those who were not able to procure coal.
The principal native trees are elm, walnut, oak,
ash maple. cottonwood and willow, and many
varieties Of vines and shrubs. Although the
early settlers cut much Of the gro wing timber,
it is safe TO say there is more standing to day
III Nebraska than five years ago. The pla nting
Of trees in this county, as well as all ever the
State, has become very satisfactory invest =
ment, and in short time s going TO make
great Improvement. Many inducements are
held out here for improvements OF sn kinds,
one being that no tax shall be LEVIED on i'm
provements IN the way OF buildings, fences
and trees; every fsrm is assessed just accord
ing to the value OF the naked farm or course
& induces every one to make improvements.
The resources OF this country are great, and
the advantages the farming cass have over
other States are many. There is little labor In
breaking the coil compared with the tmbered
States, and the land being free from stone and
OF such loamy nature it makes il very pleas
ant TO work. 1t taxes very heavy.rsin 10 in
terfere with cultivation, and within few hours
after rain one can proceed to the cultivation
OF the soil without the least inconvenience. i
am fully convinced there is no State In the
Union where the farmers are any more inde-
pendent, especially when taking into consider
alton that most of them came here with but
little of this worlds goods; and many who
came here under those circumstances but few
Y years ago, are to-day worth their tbousands.-
e Villages are springing up like mushrooms, and
all kinds of business is generally success.
], Harvard. Feb. 2sth. A. MoSRos.
Mrs. Gen. Sherman died at Newport, We'd
needay morning, of consumptor. The General