The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
For the Reporter.
A Trip Westerly.

friends in the west. Went To Portland.
took the road leading through the White
Mountains, thence To Montreal aud there
took the Canadian Pacific X. X. BY way
of Toronto and London to Detroit.
From Detroit to Chicago took ahst is
called the Wabash road. then by may Of
the Great Northwestern aud Milwaukee.
then the Lake Shore road TO Shebeygau.
Five miles from Sheboygan at shebov-
gan Falls | have a son aud brother aud
other relatives living. There is Nhere
lived for several years just before the
war This is one Of the finest grazug
counties in the State of Wisconsin.
When lived there Wheat-raising was
the principal business of the farmers.
Now there is but very little wheat raised
in the county. 1t is all cows every
where every farmer has all the cows he
can possibly keep, aud sells his milk at
the cheese-faCtories. Most of the COWS
are Holstens, all fat aud very nice look
ing II is said there is more cheese
made in Sheboygan Co. than in any
other county in the United States The
farmers are nearly all in prosperous
condition. | should say that nine-tenths
of them are Germans. There are no
more thrifty people or better farmers in
the United States than the Germans and
Holanders. 1t does not matter whether
they are from Germany or Holland we
call them all Dutch out there.
A large majority of them are Republi-
cans in politics, but woe to the party
that will enact any law TO interfere with
their lager beer; they have been brought
up TO its use from Infancy, they will
vote for it, and fight for it if need be.
The Republicans of Iowa, learned that to
their cost few years ago. 1t does not
hurt them, they grow fat on it, and very
seldom get the worse for it.
After stopping several days in Sheboy-
gan Co. took the Lake Shore road and
went up the lake to Manatowoe, then
left the lake and struck off in north
westerly direction and struck Fox river
at Appleton, 30 miles from Green Bay.
This is flourishing city long noted for
its fine schools aud school buildings, sa
good as there are in the State. Here is
nice water power and we'll improved
eight paper mills, several pulp mills,
factories and fouudries. They claim to
have there the largest pulp mill in the
world, owned by the same parties who
built the pulp mill at Madison. Their
industries are all busy. They say there
is not an idle man in the city if he is
willing to work and some of the mills
have advertised for help.
| followed up the river through
Neenah and Menasha and stopped at
Oshkosh situated at the mouth of Fox
river where ii empties into lake Winnie
bago. This is another thriving city
more than four times as large as it was
80 years ago when | was there. Here
most of the lumber that is run down Fox
river is manufactured large quantities
of doors, sash and blinds are manufac-
tured here and sent to the west and
south. The next day | took the train
around the west shore of Luke Winnie
bago to the city of Fond du Lac which
in English means foot of the lake"
can not see that this place has changed
but very little in the last 46 years.
then took the Northwestern road back
to Sheboygan.
In nearly all the markets in northern
Wisconsin saw deer hanging and made
inquiry in regard to the game laws of
the State. think our next Legislature
would do well to get copy of their
laws; any one who comes into the State
with the intention of hunting deer has to
take out license, the money goes into
the State treasury. The game law of
Wisconsin seems to aim at benefitting
their own citizens, whereas ours benefits
all except our own.
Excepting the railroads and few
oafers in the north part of the State
who call themselves "guides" | am I'M
able TO see wherein our citizens are bene-
fitted by our present game laws. Every
fall scores of muttonh heads who ought
not to be allowed with gun at all, come
in here from Massachusetts, Ohio and
New \ DIRK and shoot promiscuously deer,
moose, horses and men and say in the
latter case lit was Accidentally and our
laws protect them. 1t has been carried
to such an extent in this section that no
one dares to wear brown suit, or go to
the woods to cut his tirewood without
having IA COW bell attached to his back
for fear of being shot by some of these
"blathernkites.'
After completing my visit here | took
the train for Milwaukee and Chicago and
making short stop ut the latter place,
went Oh the st. Louis road down some
Is miles into the corn and coal belt of
Illinois. this took me out into the broad
rich prairies where | have several rela-
tives living. who grow corn for ivel-
hood. They say the corn crop is not
quite as good with them this year as it
was last, averaging about 40 bushels to
the acre. They were marketing their
corn while | was there, receiving 20 and
% cts. per bushel. They also take out
large quantities of soft coal in this sec
ton, which they sell for 81 80 and 300
per ton at the mine. After looking
around here for a short time | took the
tram back to Chicago. Ii ia needless for
me to make any comments on this city.
The Worlds Fair was held there so re-
Gently, and too many visited it to need
any comments from me, but | will say ii
is a most wonderful city, noted for its
fine parks, tall buildings and one in
stance of making way with an unruly
wife in ii sausage vat.
am now through with my western
trip and take the train for Boston over
the Michigan Southern and Lake Shore
II. Il. Il runs through Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania. New
York to Buffalo from there TO Albany,
thence 10 Boston by way of Worcester.
Stopped in Boston one day and night,
looking around there some, saw many
Improvements since | was there last, one
of the most noticeable being the boule-
ward that the State is building on Cres-
cent beach at Revere. IL is the most