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OflEOON.Rev. Wilson Blain, writing from Oregon, to the Editor of the- Logansport Journal, under date of October 19, says:“I like Ojegon much, and would not leave it on any consideration. I will give you some of my reasons for liking it. It is a healthy country, as much so as the healthiest portions of the United States.I have seen but few cases of sickness, and I have not seen a funeral since I have been in Oregon, though I have resided in the most densely peopled part. The climate is mild. I have not seen ice one inch thick in Oregon. It snows some in winter, but it seldom lies long on the ground, except on the mountains. It does not rain more here from October to April, than it ordinarily does in Indiana. The summers are extremely pleasant. Except in August and September, the rains are sufficient. The nights are always and invariably cool, and the days seldom hot and sultry. Grass grows all winter. We are neither parched nor frozen. It is emin ently productive in all that contributes to human subsistence. Wheat is the staple article; when cultivated with any care, is certain to yield from 30 to 40 bushels per acre. Fruit does well—though enough only has been done in the woy of raising fruit to show that much can be done. Potatoes and garden vegetables can be procured abundantly in favorable locations, yet on high and dry land they do not produce so well. The soil is good and strong, but varies in productiveness according to its moisture. It is an excellent grazing country, especially in some portions of it. There are thousands of cattle in this conn try that have never received a mouthful of food from the hand of roan, and they are, large and fat.”
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Delphi Weekly Journal
Delphi, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 16, 1851
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