The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-06
From New Hampshire.

rltur raluka N,n,;
ll>NulrE. Y. H.. jam 80
y letter from this tortll,in potion of
nrl" Sans domains ma. ro,>lhly b,'
Interesting 10 some ot Your stay at home
r,adtr~. nni will fulfill long promised
pleasure that has been DELAYED 10y chang
ius N,'rnrs and tl," greetings 1T many
ui time friends who glory IN the totks,
mountains and everlasting hills ot tins
wortully broken up oil state. Nsyuar
readers are fully aNarr. the most i'm.
puitant industry IN New Lngland IL that
of manufacturing. They Manufacture
every thing, iium wosi,n ntitmcps To-
the most powerful engines. Millions II
spullrs are busy with your cotton.
whll" other machines are grindins up
thu spruce and POI lar umber> that grow
here ia great abundance. for paper.
Hides from south America arr beIng
transformed into all sorts ut tnut cover
ing IN the shape ot shoes. Iron and
steel from the mines Of Penis, lranla j.
lrIug maglcalIy rtn,ioru,l into every
conc' Wade thing from jews harp IT, a
rolunbEN, giving .mplotn nltnt to tho,i,.
and- ut prupl" who would otherwise b'
compell,h tn migrate to some more ia
>urrd land. aS the agricultural Resources
ut the country ate poor Iurlda Was
drciItd last winter trraIl-s ot the tolI
snap which Nis iul'oi Il severe b,,w
to th" state, Vet - compared to the
three or tom, Dad -rasun,oi New England
nur misfortune slnks into utter Insig
nltrrnrr. Tor the last three ur four
year, the rarmcrs here have been unable,
from the lack of proper rainfall. from
short seasons, the ra>agcs of destructive
insects. etc. .,tuproduce ANYTHING Ike fun
crops. and What they dld raise. hy he
inG brought into direct competition with
IT," lruducJ- of the west. failed to sell
for anything lik" paying prices, This
STATE ot ALTAR, has greatly depr, '-cl t4ic
farming lndnstr, b. the extent that "half
an eve cannot fan to discern the effect.
Whole farms are deserted. ur 81 much
50 that unlN the grass crop - harvest
able, while field, that were cultivated
and pru'luclng good crops wl'n the
winter Wa boy are how grown up to
forest again. This state II ailaiis Is not
confined tu any particular locality but -
general through the states uf Vermont
and New HAMPSHIRE where your cor
fr.loulrht has travelled. The season
this year is better, the spring was an
early one. following a mild winter while
the rainfall has been frequent and ahunl
ant, promising the farmers good crops,
but prices are very low. Wool Is selling
to the manufacturers for ~ cents per
pound and dairy products will hardly
pay tor the keeping Of the COWS, mnch
less Weld u profit, and what Is worse,
Soc no reason why any improvement
should Urcur. The facilities Of tran-pur.
ta,lun are such that the products Of the /.
western farmers can h, and are brought
in here and sold for hess than th"ro,t of .
production here ! ~, SoiI on these old
hills and mountains IS continually de-
toIluatng hy washing. AMI wcf" It not
for the manufacturing indu,tIl,-
New England would soon be- the poorest
part Of | urIe samuel garden patch,
who would NOW CIV" mp us cultivation
ami turn its back t. lt- original wilder
mess a shelter for tl,c wild moose. bear
and panther This Is NO fancy sketch
that draw, but ls an actual fact v.rl
fled hy my own observation after rxtcn
-Ivr travel through the country. fIoli
ia has her ,IraWhtcks. her hil -lde. VT
as compared With tins srctlJn -h" s,aud-
out way ahead in everything that nature
can dn for the property ahd rpmiort OF
rivll2rd man II wants lnpr" inhatl
tant-. More and brttrr schpoi-a higher
grade ut educational and social develop
mcnt and is evidently alive tu her needs
her people are wide awake and th" d;N
l. not distant when We can not unlyrnt
with pride to our natural attrar
iiuu4 hut ~ those other benefits
that are mo,r specially the result of the
'ahur of mems brains, Of mems hands.