The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-12-09
MISSOURI,
4 Higblander's Description of His
Journey There,
Al It Of the Country There and Along the
Route.
For the NEWS.

LATHRoP, Mo-, December Sd, 1885.
Mr.. EDTToR:--I thought few lines
from this part of the country might be
OF some interest to your readers. And
as I had promised to write to so many
friends in Ohio l take this method of
telling them of this part OF the West
and of my trip here. A friend and my
self started from IIillsboro for the place
above named Sept. 3Oth, in freight car
in charge of horses and other goods.
We arrived in Cincinnati the first even
ing about sundown; here we were
started on the O. q NJ. r. r. and whirled
through a part of Indiana after night.
We got to Vincenncs about noon the
next day, here we had to wait about an
hour and half, which gave us a chance
to see some of the town.
Niucennes is a very beautiful town.
but being afraid our car would start we
did not leave it very far Here one of
our horses refused to eat for the first
time since we started, on account of
being jolted in the car was the cause l
suppose. A person has no idea how a
freight car is knocked around, until
they ride a few days in one of them.
We arrived in East St.. Louis that
night about - o'clock, and were taken
across the Father Of Waters a while be-
fore daylight. We could see by the
electric lights that the bridge across this
river was a very fine structure. Then
came the tunnel, which seemed as
though after seeing the beautiful lights
of the city, we were going into dun
geon.
We got into st, Louis about daylight,
and our car was allowed to stand there
until after 8 o'clock. From there we
were started on the Wabash railroad
and passed through several very beauti-
full towns. Passing one more night and
arriving at Lathrop the next night
about o'clock, being tired of our ride
and being kept in our car we were glad
we were at our journeys end.
Here we found Rev. Gregg, who was
also moving West, ready to take posses,
sion of his house.
Now l will write something about
Missouri. Lathrop is a beautiful town
of about 900 inhabitants and is stu
ated on the prairie about thirty miles
from Kansas City. Here we see none
of the beautiful pavements we were sc
used to seeing in Hillsboro and othel
towns Of Ohio, but in the place OF then
they have plank walks, which are very
nice in the muddy streets.
There are no turnpikes in this part o
Missouri, and when there comes a raiI
| (which has been very often the cast
this fall the roads get very bad, but tn,
people don't seem to mind it much.
This part of Missouri is especial,
adapted to the raising of corn, the mos
OF the plowing being done in the fall
and using listers i'm the spring 70
planting
This IS not very good country TO
raising wheat, there being too mucl
hard pan under the soil,
Good farm hands here get from SIS t.
$40 per month.
Missouri is mostly settled up wit
Fasteners from nearly all States east G
the Mississippi river, and are yer
friendly sociable people.
Since l have been here ] have take
a trip through parts of Kansas, which
a very fine country adapted to the rail-
ing Of all kinds Of grain.
The people Of Kansas are general