The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-02
An Ohio Boy Looks at the
Great Prairies.
To the Editor Of the ESrxRPsIsx,

10 tne Eoltor OF the ENTxRPRIsEi
The ride on the Lake Shore Railroad 70 Toledo and
on the Wabash, st. Louis 4 Pacific Railroad to Dan
vile, Ill. like all travel railroad. where one
with his eyes open sees great variety In human
ture, sometimes ludicrous, sometimes comic, and
again that draws cut your deepest sympathes, that
will not attempt to describe IT. The country through
out Indiana is much like Ohio level gently
undulating. We left the wabash road at Danville,
which II beautiful town OF T. 0O0 Inhabitants.
The vermiion river with its deep cut channel the
west side Of the town and large creek on the east
make good drainage easy. 70 quite fairssd CENTER
several roads crossing there. II 10 also place Of
considerable MANUFACTURED, among which Just
started is large starch and glucose factory. They
work DO bushels Of corn hour, and they work
two sets Of hands and run night and day, they
from 4. oo to oO bushels Of per day The glue
largely used In confectionery also people who
prize money than honor. mix It In large proper
tioDs with strained honey. which resembles in color
and consistency and sells for pure honey at immense
prons II said they have made large sale Of Il to
the disier Of Chi cago. to be worked into whskey.
Georgetown 10 ten miles south Of Danviiie settled
some forty or nifty years and formerly place of
aristocrstic They to have made their pile and
retired and the place . kind Of 'sleepy hol-
low" appearance. They have three churches, that
seem to be well attended. and nne Union school
building with horain County boy for Superintendent
ssssted by his sister, The country about aud for ten
miles south Il part timber and part prairie. under
cultivation, generally good buildings with large
Of cattle, some sheep and hogs. While visiting
farmer here he fed his hogs said you keep good
many don't your" He explained: -'Oh. no. haven't
hardly any now, have only twenty-five Or thirty
Their farms large and they ase great quantities Of
wheat corn and nsx. They seldom cut up their corn,
husking IL on the HILL many drawing to market a.
they husk. Ivisited one mill little station and
saw them take In corr There was string Of teams
waiting for their The load after being weighed
driven bridge elevated platform or SECOND
story Of the MILL whun trap door . very large
hopper was opened the hind end board taken out,
and by Q movement Of . lever the hind part Of the
wagon let down the corn all Slid out into the
hopper Under the hopper was . large corn shelter
run by steam, which was tearing away at . fearful
rhe tvap ~as lsid ds-I fcady fcT another load
occupying ten or tweaXe minutss each. The shelter
would shell 2, 100 bushels q day. The carried
on aide track They used what cobs they needed for
fuel In the n.i and che ssrs Sissa sysy ~ The
citizens for fusi.
Hoopstown is some IS miles north of Danviile on the
Chcago Dsnville Railroad. Less than ten years ago
there was NOT . house where Hoppstown Low
u. just Wild prairie. Now there Il, 600
H. ooo iahsbitant,. good many stores, two three
bapks, several churches, some Of tnem In city style
ssq PropSytioas. large nHe gnisa sshoei hailding,
and miiis warehouses and factories. &C., all rushing
busness 1t Has In fact the most lively, wide wake
town I've seen for Q long time.
(Mr Editor. do you suppose the Wheeling q Lake
Erie Railroad viii produce like effect In welling.
ton? II it will. let her Gomez
We took team and drove out several miles north
west, then east six mss and south about the
nrst View Of the great unliuited prsiries For
miles and miles not tree is TO be except those
planted BY the setlers and they only from to
ten years from the pl nting.
As we pass along over the smooth roads the soil
black, rich. loose. mellow onion bed I'm Ohio
n N n apt d. On "a We ould