Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-28
county can excel this for frshft; fhf present pros
poets indicate Il ID Tb Tsbutnd1nte of seyerythina

erwb bnpnetfsaRSaGsed t8iI hdg not believe
~ would skslgssaAis A h, ,sgKiaE shat this snsls
pAss. SJ. T. s'gfs ss esapH iRnasE she sun. All
II shesp OF ssoiaag I'D slSsH b sSasusaa aisaqs
good EfadssAeFs ssSsiaASyssa anywhere.
N Nanusswif6Sut Etha nd scman, provides more
iced for these various h4ds ef stock than ~
half consumed. This lis .timbered country,
timber everywhere; still it is grazing coun-
try. I never believed half Of this until saw.
1t. The immense growth Of lndefbrush which
would naturally have beeas here, has been
kept entirely down by the annual fres, exd
il cept occasionally where BY either q natursI OF
i artificial cause it has been protected. Here
We lind our luscious fruits. I will say here
also, that these fress have had the efrect to
keep the timber back and thin Il out oto a.
great extent. Thus you see there being no
underbrhsh and the timber being not large
q and not deuse there is plenty Of room for
grass and it occupies all the space given II.
There is hardly foot Of ground In this coun-
ty not In cultivation that Is not covered with
thick growth of grass from twelve inches To
three feet high, aud all the csttle, s,seEsnd
horses that are allowed to shift for them
selves are fat and they will continue so until
the middle Of November. Clover, timothy,
hungarian and millet, are ali ct homo here
70 provide for this class Of stock all tho year
round, therefore, YOU will see Is an easy
matter. --,., - =
4 Now about hogs: This country has, with
prosperity been called liking Porkers Para.
dise" One never sees a hog here but what
looks good nattred and happy. He has been
Fat all his life and expects to be until he dies.
BE likely has never had any corn hut he don't
care 3 snap il he never does. He gets plenty
Of fruit, has an abundance Of cool, running
water, the earth is full of nutritious roots,
there are more hickory nuts than he could use
If he cracked until bedtime every night in the
year ,and he has his choice of dozen differ
ent varieties of mast. The mast crop here is
always expected; it seldom II ever tails. The
immense amount, and the great variety, in.
| sures an abundance for every season of the
year. There is plenty of last years crop on
| the ground now. Certain VARIETIES Of mast is |
good only for certain seasons Of the year.
1t will be seen now that although our soil will |
not equal . Missouri river farm In the pro-
duction of corn, one bushel here will accom- |
plish as much as five will there, SO far as |
stock raising is concerned. Another deslra-
BILE feature fs,we are protected by an immense |
area of timber, a long way south and on the /
sunny slope of the Ozarks. 5'uii s-AssSo
As regards climate am sure. there is no
better. We are on a parallel of SO degrees
north latitude, and owing to the mountain
GUS tendency of the country north, west and
south, beside rivers Of cool running water or.l
every hand, the atmosphere ID pure and
light; tempering the hest Of day and making
the nights exceedingly pleasant. This is as
healthy place as can be found anywhere,
being high and dry and not subjected to either
extreme heat or cold. There is but one sure
chance offortune known among the doctors in
this country, and that is to quit the practlce
of medicine and draw apension. .7h'
The educational interests of our county have
been greatly neglected in the past, but from,
necessity, however, and not from preference.
The county being SO thfnly settied It was
hard to provide means to employ any Kind OF
q teacher or provide q house in many OF the
districts. Other districts have been more
fortunate. They have comfortable houses L {
and by experience and by the exercise of /
earnest zeal will manage to run u tolerabiy X
good school few months each year. Although | :
Oregon county cannot boast the wealth. the
learning, and extraordinary achievements in I
arts and sciences, she can boast people born
of honor, an openhearted, wholesouled, (
generous sympathetic people; an industri- 4
ous' sober, law-abiding people; a people
'ull of the spirit Of advancement, and being i
apprised of all the favofs by nature lavished
lpon their section of country, win embrace
every practical opportunity to develop them. In
The completion of the Kansas City, Spring:
1eld and Memphis Railroad through Oregon =
county has had telling effect upon every.
hing; 1t has brought us within forty-eieht s
lours OF any Of the principal markets of the
vest or south; gives us direct and most +
outlet to, the sea; has h;id the
fleet to increase the price of grain, stock, :. J.
abor and land; and everybody is going to y
work with renewed energy, feeling that q
more profitable way has been opened up,
" which they dispose of what they raise, o,
han by the old and only way of eating it up d
nd wearing it out. This road also has in.
reased our population by the thousands. and 3
ne valuation Of taxable wealth in the county .
ieasta half million of dollars. The county
iuli OF people fromvsrious quarters seeking :.
'catlons Tor many new and useful enter.I
rises, While others are availing themselves Ce
tne rare opportunity afforded in ou. countvI
secure good agricultural lands for almost OF
othing. There are thousands of acres of LIZ
In this county every foot of
'hlch is valuable for something that can be
ouSht at prices ranging from 81 to S5 Der at
re. This may seem cheap to many, but It ia til
Tue while ago. Improved farms-a6d there : fh
e some well improved farms here-are =,
orth from 80 to $15 per acre owing to loca- =.
on and the extent of improvements. could ~
we plausible reasons for as good country ls
J this remaining so long unsettled and un- e1
approved but do not feel it necessary. suf- op
'e it to say, that all desiring cheap homes, Su
easant homes, homes in very desirable c;,
innate, and among as good people a. can be -,
und anywhere, and homes in country "e
pom which nature has bestowed at least crl
'are of all those characteristics most essen m,
al to the peace, comfort and prosperity of sic
an, come to Oregon county, Come, not wi
kpecting to lind land flowing with milk po
I'd honey. There is plenty of milk and 81
enty Of honey here, but you have TO work sa
get it. Come with honest hearts and in pc
lstrious hands, ready and willing to earnd on
hat you get by the "sweat OF your brow - m.
I'D you will soon find yourself settled in the sh
'ssession of q home of your own, content A.,
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My letter is already too long but Augusta, m,
principle town in our county and located on
le h. c., S q N. r. R., having already ex- W.
austed more printers ink than any other in W.
'uth Missouri certainly deserves little &C
ore, or rather the people III other parts of to
lie state and ia other states, who have been
lisled by some Of those dispensations attrib-
ting the maternity OF all that is great and
bod and wonderful and sublime to the So fe,
alled "Queen City of the Sunny South,' do ito
eserve something, estimating Augusta in
umbers indicating more nearly its real ..p
'orth. Augusta is simply town; 1t is not l;e
large town as Kansas City;I would sup
ose not so large by fifty or sixty thousand af
lhabitants. Some writer's have insinuatsd +,
lat Augusta between the hours Of and II -.
M, is great commercial center; at II Is IN,
iddenly transformed into kingly banquet 81
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