The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-11-05
"ENTERPRISE"
ON HIS TRAVELS
Attended Marriage Of Relative in
Illinois.
HAD AN INTERESTING TRIP, ETC.

Elizabeth Cottage" Bureau Co.,
Illinois, Oct. 81, 1910.
We arrived here at 2:30 where autos
and carriages and several friends are IN
waiting and we are rapidly whirled over
the fine road to this cottage, where
we are to be for a week. Kentucky
blue grass and vast fields of corn are IN
evidence here Pretty villages line the
railroad. Large stock yards, holding
thousands of cattle, are on this road.
The dwellings struck us as being rather
small, but immense barns and other
outbulldings, all painted. We are
greeted by sisters here from Nebraska
and Alabama and another reunion of ii
members Of our family is enjoyed. On
Friday we ran over 10 Princeton in a
40 horse power auto, 10 miles IN 20
minutes, only slight checks for bridges
and railroad tracks, TO luncheon ten
dered us and meet there many friends.
Weather was squally and some snow on
Thursday.
On Saturday at p. m. we attended
the wedding of our neice, Miss Janet
Montgomery Norris. and Mr.. Edward
s. Bangs, of indianapolis, Ind, where
lS0 guests were assembled in the spa
cious parlors, beautifully decorated
with chrysanthemums and autumn
leaves. An elegant menu was served
by colored caterers from Chicago.
Numerous useful and valuable presents
were shown. At 6 p. m. the bridal
couple left for indianapolis and will
later go to Cuba.
A drive TO La Moille, pretty village
miles distant, afforded opportunity
for seeing a grand panorama, roads line,
sc feet wide, lined with blue grass,
soldly matted, Is in. long, also a great
deal of red clover. We drove around
farm of 700 acres. where hundreds
of cattle and hogs are being fed, over
200 hundred brood sows, 20 horses and
mules and the acreage OF corn TINS year
was 450. The adjoining farm OF 500
acres, worked by tenants, yields an IN
come of $40, 900 per year. AT our cot
tage 800 acres are rented to tenants for
1-2 the crop, oats yielding 81 bushels
and a second crop of volunteer seemed
too good to plow under for corn as they
are doing. Wheat yielded 80 bushels
and the corn crop will yield 70 bushels.
This tenant was plowing for corn with
4 fine horses to each single riding plow,
cutting Is in. furrow. He keeps 30
head OF horses and mules and feeds all
his corn, having now 100 head Of cattle.
These three holdings are the original
tracts bought and occupied by the
fathers Of the present owners, and
were then bought at S4.5 per acre on
account of timber on them. They have
advanced in price steadily and $3.50 Is
now offered. These tracts are enclosed
principally by hedges of hard wood.
On an adjoining farm the fields have
been cropped continuously in corn for
Z years without any apparent lessing Of
yield. The tenants on this tract pay s.
per acre for the sod tracts that are
kept continuously for the cows and
work horses. Our hostess, who IS very
progressive, has given 20 acres Of land
to the State for an experiment station
and they have planted a crop Of corn
and were yesterday threshing sofa
beans. She is also building large dry
house to cure seed corn for sale.
Today our company Of six leave for
Chicago en- route to Frederick county,
Va, after some sight seeing in the
Windy City; will try the b. & Q. for
Martinsburg to see to us a different
landscape and perhaps better view OF
the mountains, some Of which we pass
ed in the night.
Our visit has been very pleasant, as
weather conditions, after the squall
passed, have been ideal
Adieu.
Enterprise.