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- ‘ ' , «^ »*bV v^ iiiiH• *^ ^*v if- ♦ - - +l A% V ^ lt;L * 'bugs in June anda. number of ctlieir number of people would write* morespite of abu t theirnew homeBr TelT*S6me68 any- of all the conditions; good ang'bad, how and glad of it. Altho this is a as well. No piece is perfect The• Snow Hill, Md.,April 8, 1914. Dear Editor:—1 see by my„ paper that it is time for another dollar and a half to start on its journey to old Illinois. It is just seven years sincebeen set out In the last twenty years, andinterestinghoi dai ing dre a tamusingPOE—-As-sheerner is not $ rustler, and as all blessings. 1 had a bad cough when Kinds, of inserts' are, the fruit trees I hame here and it has left me entire- • abc which their forefathers set--out are ly, but it took about five years to lose theifKindly greetings to old friends.: out: It?’MARY (INGELS) de GUIBERT,44about all ruined; I mean, the eom-we landed here and we have never 1 merclal orchards* The fruit wave is g- been^witjiqttt; the paper felling each j waving; awdy out* ip Oregon, over a f week of *t^ jj£ar olg, friends bach thousand, miles from market, when home* We enjoy the letters from ! better fruit could wave here. There | those who have made their homes in i were morp orchards set out this last ” different places in the United States, *y®nr than in the last twenty years, and a letter from this side, on the old the Irishman gays, “Our ancestors George Buff urn, of Saskatchewan: j typItooHoSpring la Canada,We quote the following paragraph P°E added to a business letter written by andAtlantic, might be of interest Landwill never be the men our forefathers “Snow is all gone here except a few rellwere.” The newMlhas doubled in value since we came Northern men are buying land here north every day- Change my addresshere* Thirty or forty dollars an acre ’ and putting out orchards.from Lang to Riceton Hope soonbuys a good farm with improvements. This is an ideal country to raise ave a postoffice at Lindley, twoThe soil is perfect for fruit and truck- poultry. Being able to find green ing, used with the right fertilizers.1 stuff a11 wintc r, it keeps them in fineThe land being cultivated for so many 1 condition. Our poultry is a good deal years necessitates the use of it.lies from us.A like poultry. They lay real well when farmer coming here has to learn how J eggs are cheap, and sometimes they * to use it, and learn his soil, for he has lay when eggs are not cheap. iseveral kinds on one farWithLong Beach, Cal.f April 6, 1914. Editor News:—Enclosed find P. O. order for more News. 1 find our debjts are very much like a had reputation,One posted on the enormous con-his knowledge of farming and his ' sumption of tobacco in the world ,mposslble tQ run away fromfarm papers for Instruction he knows would surely appreciate the fact that that l8 wIfe andmanegtrywewhi ma: to lt;den whi strdrlcoua right smart.” He comes out with - we can ratfle our own tobacco. .Tie daug„tor m sgsln Mb wlMcr „ ™ a poor crop the first year, or until. leaves multo Ideal Pea a neats. Wo ^ slluImlnB the cold winter months th*to falls in line with the “boblod the'raise nmoklbe Wh«t the 'nojonralofi In Sontborntimes nauven, as be calls them. They boas are through with the «est» they ^ ,M roM, J,d ^laugh at him and think be is an ig-! go up in smoke when we burn the . ~hinIfiorant foreigner. Every one Is a for- i nests.signer who has sand in their shoes from another county, and if from another state they will come around and have a look at you.Ier sweet perfumed flowers scentIt does not pay to raise corn here,the air every month in the year withthat sweet, inspiring fragrance that altho they can raise fine corn. One . . . , . * . ^M * * ltl * makes one feel pleased to be here. Westalk in a hill and one ear on a stalk _ . -.....is the rate, and often a mouldy ear.There are lots of people here who [ A groat dear is shipped in to supplycannoten, f should the demand* say, for I have not heard of any wo- I This is a great country for customs, men* Most of the natives farm like The second week each August, onhave been here in California since the 22d day of last December, and there has been no time since we landed but. what we could look out in almost any ! direction and see banks of beautifulaXjhot)tryall;onl;Vthey did 100or tne natives xarm him flowers, in any tint and color that ‘years ago, stripping fod- Wednesday, is set apart for all the nUeht admire »the, ' your fancy might admire. »der and one mule and cart work. The farmers for twenty miles around to, m!11 oow roiflT4 read- - - - , . , . . ■ many win bay wucu ujcj * wm,state is trying to encourage scientific take their annual bath, and about two ^ Jt mUBt be nice tQ Uve in ,BUch ton_ mt.... 1__nM J t)iA»feon/l nnnnlo nnmo onrl hrintr fnriH - isfarming. They nedd to be shown, and thousand people come and bring food cl,mate a8 California, but I can’t *“ they are not from Missouri, either, and melons and ice cream enough to ' j have been told livlng'oatSome of them think they have been around some. One man said he wassurvive the ordeal. They all have such a hilarious time we wonder why* 111!countyhe thought he never would get back. They still use the yard stick in-A mah working for a neighbor came stead of tacks on the count to meas-over one day to borrow a hoe. Said ure goods in Snow Hill. Where I amhe did not like the hoes they used well acquainted I ask them to excuse ceric^ or drygoods. around here in this country. Where me if I laugh while they manipulate c«omc ,is so high there Now I will say to those who talk that way, that so far as eatables enter into the expense of cov living, we can live here cheaper than ^e8 at our own home in Bradford, and I can see no difference in clothing, gro- * *The only thing sanhe came from they used a hoe that was a hoe. We asked him where he came from and he said North Beach; it is Just nine miles from here. He® ™1 7 geems t0 be extra expensive isust say it cannot be done *____rents when you rent furnished rooms,if you get good ones. But while youare paying high for your rooms, yc)iit. I igracefully for it has been tried here for a hundred or more years. Some-times they have to hunt for the stick. i m «A , _ , . , . . ^ are saving much in fuel. In IXlmeis.A lady sent her little girl into theknew we were “foreigners” and he a T it costs me $75 a winter for fuel; here'wanted us to know he bad been store after a yard of toweling and the wm furnIsh aU tbQ fue,merchant could not find his stick so * . Qflrialf^ __necessary for both heating your sit-he guessed it off and while hunting _________. . „around some himself.Our Oregon neighbor frothe HoodRiver district has been here three for the paper to wrap it up he found years. He likeu the climate much his stick. He measured and foundbetter than Oregon, and the soil is it a few inches short. He was quite better*. The summer nfghts being honest about it, he cut off a few morewarmer makes it better for vegeta- inches and put in. I can imagine thetion.Ating room and for cooking.It seems strange to one from Illinois to spend all the wihter months and not see any frozen earth nor ice frozen by the elements, or an overshoe, or feel the need of an overcoat wbarenesofantbethano^itpstThlt;mu1inan from Michigan is so pleasedmother was much pleased. keep the cold out.Very few of the drygoods stores ^ wintering here two winter8, with two crops here that he Is plan- keep cotton thread. I tried to buy ^ ^ uppernjost in my mInd isnlng on trying a third on some of his some one day.and had to go to the ^ wbeQ man and Wg wifeland this year. fourth store before I could find any, attaIned tbe age that myself andOur ground hog delivered us the and that was a grocery and feed store ^ gJ nd tfae other ?6most snow this season of any since as well as drygoods. They all keepThe first of one silk thread.They are strong on customs here.more no-fswe have lived here, week we had a foot of snow, andnearly the zero mark. By the last | Class distinction makes it of the week I was sitting out on the ticeable perhaps, porch step, looking over greens gathered that day from the field. No sign j like the people.they are not doing anything like Justice to themselves, their health, and the length of their existence here on earth by continuing to Uve throughi«.ua„.. cold, vigorous and Change-Some people moving in here do not ^ ,n cUmate guchchibeCbotThey think the eli-erea tnai aay irom me neia. ino tme we have in Stark COunty, Illinois,of any snow and the birds singing, mate cannot be better. They sell out ^Anf|n? rlimate. isIt was so warm In December and Jan- * and leave because they cannot feeluary that it swelled some of the fruit at home with the people. We arebuds, but the cold came m time *to! much pleased with our home and havewhich place, excepting the climate, is the most dear to me of all others. No other place known to me where I can grasp the hand of so many good andga;Prt I • • , # • 1 fsX €XC I* (A1V liUUVA V* wv —^ —^ 'save some for later frosts. Our or-,mado lots of Improvements. Other ^ warm frIendB( aB In good chard we set out seven year3 ago is, people like it as well, and have made starb countyoldbearing some and the prospect is us some good offers. They maygood for a big crop this year If the some day offer more than we can af-CYRUSGrilate frosts, and I better add the rose, ford to refuse. I wish a greaterAmong the Hooslers. IJ. B. Newman, In writing from StarSan't*
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Toulon, Illinois, US
Wed, Apr 15, 1914
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