The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-02
Knox County, Missouri.

EDNA, Mo, Feb. 2S.--The important and
conspicuous part the proprietors OF the
Sentinel took in the late campaign for Presi-
dent has excited the nost exalted opinion OF
the Sentinel among all Democrats here. In
diana being my birth State, and having been
reared to manhood in that State, feel more
proud than ever of that learned old
statesman, Uncle Tom Hendricks.
Like old Samson, he carried off
the gates. A great many "Hoosier" Demo
Gratis live in this county. We meet and
SIN lie at each other in mutual good feeling,
az d ssy we knew old Uncle Tom would get
there. The glorious good work OF the Senti.
mel has been so much on my mind that |
feel that must nave the weekly edition to
get the unalloy ed Democracy from week to
week in this county during Clevelan1's ad-
minietrstion. l see no rates of subscription
and Go not know your terms, but will send
two dollars as an earnest of my good faith,
and venture the assertion that you will send
out our club rates and prospectus to every
county of Missouri, that you will be sur
prised st the grsas number of subscribers
you will receive. came to THE place from
Indiana in the year 1871, and find it to be a
good farming country. Can recommend it
10 people OF Indiana who are thinking of
coming West. This is frst-class grass
country. equal to the famous blue grass re-.
corn, wheat. oats, vines and vegetable; in
TACT, everything OF the crop kind peculiar to
this latitude. Tobacco does remarkably well
here. We have taken some of the pre-
miums awarded at st. Louis. This is the
mcst desirable latitude for farmers in the
United States-above the long parching
summers Of the South. where feyers and sgue
are amazing and holox sbs louex
OF Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota and the other
more northern ATTITUDES, where the long
winters are so severe On man and beast, and
involve from six to EIGHT months heavy
feeding and housing. Here we have slight
SHOWS and short winters, and our stock are
We have sufficiency of timber,
water, prairie, rock, and not toe
much; good mills, churches, schools
and colleges In this county. Knox is the
best county in Northeast Missouri. Wool
growing is also good business here. No
swsmps or marshes makes il very healthy
for sheep. fhis is one of the best. If not the
very best. fruit growing countries in the
United States. They ship thousands OF
bushels OF apples from this county to
Europe. While this is all true, people from
the East seeking homes on the cheap lands
OF the West have been skipping over this
country. and passing on to the
where they have nothing but fat alkali land.
This will soon change. Now that the preiu-
dice Of party politics and that the purposes
OF the Republican party can no longer be
served by the Globs-Democrat, of ST. Louis,
writing up its slanderous articles about
this State vast immigration will flow in
TO us. The fact Is that we have people
here from every State in the Union,
and from most OF the States in Europe, and
are educated, refined, and a most law-abid-
ing people. Good choice farms can be bought
here, within an hours drive of this place. the
county seat. where We have two BANK seven
teen grocery stores seven dry goods stores, q
Touring mill with capacity FOR making sew
enty-fve barrels of -four per day, at the very
low price of from SIS to $50 per acre, all de-
pending on location, quality of land and i'm
provements.
have extended this letter further than I
intended to at the outset, and Will close by
saying that will answer all or any letters
of inquiry about this country, and conclude
by subscribing myself yours very respect
fully, W. r. McQUoID.