Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-12-28

ness if he came down here, as we never
die here. He seemed to think he and the
doctors could mend that, and think we
shall hear more of him.
From Pontiac l went to Grand Rapids
in search of party whose name L had, as
one making enquiries about Virginia, but
he did not materialiZe. This was dis
couraging and weakened my faith in my
list of names. However picked my flint
and started for Kalamazoo, where l was
certain, as I thought, to find my man.
Upon my arrival set out, and after an
unsuccessful search no one having heard
of such a man, went to the Post office and
interviewed the letter carriers and gener-
al delivery people. But to no avail.
found letter directed to my man. but 1t
turned out to be one had written him
before [ started from home, explaining
the purport of my visit. This was unde-
llvered because there was no such man
there, and one of these days l shall re-
ceive it perhaps through the dead letter
Office. This destroyed my faith in my
list, and I started to Warsaw, Indiana, to
see a party that l heard of there.
TALKING UP VIRGINIA ON THE
CARS.
By this time I had learned I must de-
pend on my eyes and ears to help ne, and
scanned closely all who got on and
tackled such as had the right kind of
look. I can't explain this, but either
there was something about people iudi-
eating a willingness to change their loca-
ton, or all the farming and working class
are of that mind, for I do not remember
missing it in one single instance. Of
course these talks as we rode along, had
to be hurried and even desultory, but l
found an earnest desire On the part of all
to hear of a country with warmer eli
mate, cheaper lands and nearer market.
Among those chance acquaintance I
would mention. for the benefit of any who
would like to write them giving informa-
ton of lands, &C.. for sale, g. Ell. Harris,
Schoolcraft. Michigan; Rev. Daniel
Wysong, Nappa1a, Elkhart county. Ind;
s. G. Sthaley. Hutchison, Reno county
Kansas, and J. Ward Frey, Springfield,
Ohio. The Warsaw party expects to leave
home with some or 10 the day before
Xmas. and will doubtless have been here
when your paper is issued. At Milford,
a short distance from this point, found
some parties who are canvassing the sub
ject of trip, and 1 expect to send them
some documents that will decide them to
do SO. at Warsaw was kindly received
by Gen. Williams. editor of the daily
paper, who had been captured by Ashby
at Dam No. 4.
OLD VIRGINIA STOCK IN THE PULPIT.
From this point ran up to Goshen to
spend Sunday. Here I had some acquain-
tances, having been there in my trip last
May. among them the city editors OF the
two papers, who treated me very kindly
and gave the subject of my visit a favora-
BILE notice One of these young gentlemen
placed me under obligations by calling
Sunday morning and taking me to hear a
young Methodist preacher % years old,
preach. He is named Abertson. of old
Virginia stock, understood. A remark
able young man. He dictates his sermons
to a type writer, reads them over once, and
then uses no manuscript in the pulpit. In
the sermon heard from him he slipped
up little on his war history, but not III
an offensive way. The young editor told
him that evening of the presence of Con-
federate, who had criticised his history
and he expressed an earnest desire to see
me, but time did not permit. Monday L
set out for Hicksville, Defiance county,
Ohio, where had heard of some parties
who were contemplating move. Here I
-found T. G. Coyell and Geo. T. Nichols,
who spoke very favorably of a trial trip.
FINE HORSES.
The latter has some of the finest horses
I have seen-an English show horse, that
has the sizs and build of the CIVdesdale
and the Percheron, but quite good action
color dark bay-an Engligh coach horse, a
red bay, fine size, style and action, and a
capital all purpose horse-both of these i'm
ported. and Hamiltonian, the largest and
finest of this breed l have ever seen. He
was thinking of Mecklenburg county,
where good many of his acquaintance
from Loudoun county, Va, had gone and
reported favorably.
From this point on the morrow, Tues.
day, started for Deshler, Henry county.
Ohio, but on the cars meeting with some
one who told me there were parties at
Hamber, in the same county, 7 dropped
off till the next train. found B. F. Har.
rson, who was thinking of going to Da.
kota, and W. P. Talmadge and l.. r.
Parker, Lumber Dealers. These two last
made minute inquiries about lumber and
our timber resources, and parties having
bodies of accessible timber would do wei
to correspond with these men.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE LAND, AMI
FARMING IN THE WEST.
Here I must stop to tell you something
about that country. Up the Valley
of the Miami and from Detroit te
Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and down
through northern Indiana the country
is good and well settled, the farming
good, and the houses and farm
buildings all comfortable and somt
very fine. But this lumber country Of
Ohio is new, large part of it is still in
culled timber the best having been cut
out, mostly elm and sycamore, which last
grows, not like it does here confined tt
water courses; but is scattered through
the dense fat forests, giving weird and
ghostly effect, as through the dark stems
of the branching elms you ever and amor
catch the white cerements Of the spectral
sycamore. Ever and anon, as the car speeds
along over its level track through these
old battlefelds of the ak, the wind and The
trees, where half the forest lies prone upor
the ground and maHy an upturned root
brings wildly to mind the tornadoes thai