The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-10-10
LETTER FROM Mr.. CONVICTION
Interesting Inscriptions Of uis As Ne found Il
IN Dskota

Nanktou. ;. e.. sept. 3Oth. 1907.
Wei. em s,ttled du,su and az work
In this Tar West. when, wolves and In
dams abound in plenty. The gopher. -
httlc ground animal. il deeiru-iis. To-
crops here.
nite> and nrcrtats marry here. but
only q iew. the lower cias,. rh. nt,rro
II hated here worse than he h. IA the
Sonth
l have had thr's, grand rides iu steam
and gasoline yachts on the Jane. River
since I've bsea here. had No idea "a
stranger would d. Revived 50 cordially.
The James River Is the longest uunas l.
gable stream in the world
mud no buffalo goats or Texas flies
here bile my cattle iu Virginia are
nghiinS them. these here are perfectly
quiet
have been told az the cut-thruat- and
thieves m the naSotes. but never have
IN al my life found better people
No manure h ever saved here Ia stup.
places over Il thousand loads can be- seen
IN one place and from the stables IL Is
generally thrown in wagons anu then
/ dumped IN low places the ground l. 80
very rich IL l. not decided
! There was 50 much rain here TIN, year
that wheat is selling for 81 Der buShel.
corn at 1'ic-, Oats AT 45c.. hay $1,000.
A big sheep farm has Just bten establish
ed near here where they can De bought.
but they are Is high as in Virginia
are nearly ali farm products.
Should you stop at = ranch he.s. rever
offer, pay as II would b. AN insult The
people will receive you and allow sou L.
stay a. long - you wish
Plenty OF wolves aud Indians su. NOT
Tar irom here.
e9l 656 ACRES OF land will be drawn
Tor here between Oct. Tth and l2th. |
/ VIII put m for "a claim. Tn, land is ap-
praised at from Sl.25 70 81 per acre and
HOu have years ia which 70 pay Tor II.
wish had my rifle TO hunt wolves.
lt may be, Ii had one hunt. Id never
40 again.
saw Il cali two months old on yester-
day. which weighed 800 pounds.
No such thing as wesvii ever gets in
grain here l saw a corn crib few dAy.
ago with q big lot oi corn IN il 3 wears
old. Just a. perfect a. Il IL was "a month
old.
No rain falls here from about this time
until about April LIST IL very dry and
cold. with very little snow. am on a
farm 3 miles from Nankton with Mr..
VIM Coulson, wife and three children.
They certainly are good 20 me.
All women ride astride here horse la *
which they say is much more comiorta-
ble.
They have in some places round rocks.
which they call 'nigger heads. lust a.
in Virginia.
In some places here natural gAs flows
from the Rrtesiau wells and through
some process the water Is separated
iron the gas and the ga- j. used for heat
ing. cooking, lights. etc. and the water
l. also used Ii l. wonderful how God
supplies His people everywhere with
what l. necessary for their wants.
Lumber SELLS herr for from $50 70 SEQ
per thousand. Some Of IL Is made from
cotton wood planted for wind breaks.
Tor the wind Il very severe here. and the
| people must De protected some way.
while most OF the lumber comes from the
state OF Washington and r. very fine.
cotton wood IS sawed into lumber and
II very tough. but where exposed To the
weather decays rapidly. Corn. hay
wheat and hog crop here is short.
The Chicago. Milwaukee and - Paul
The Great Northern aud The Great
Northwestern railroads. al 3 run side hy
side here. Teachers for the public
schools are selected Just a. in Virginia. I
am the only Confederate soldier any
where around here.
4 lew year, ago there was q public
school near here. and the children were
so large and bad no one could keep IL.
and q Confederate came here and De-
went IN for them. threshed every bully iu
the lot, restored order and kept il three
years.
/ often remind these people here ofhow
We threshed them in the sixties / find
the life Of 4 +. Lee and great mauy
books here of Southern men.
On, how hate 10 give up old Virginia
because | have so many friends there ant
only four enemies that know of.
Very aiiectionately 10 all,
j. x tOvington