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h'r a "n-l land." .Tbow hills arc proving to I
m f'-rt:!1 nl j-nxltn'tivc m the &nn, anl jr'xl
tlf firi-t ofcrnj.a t-vcn in the drjrt-ht wanon of titryv
Thr Htirial pnj-!': ti of this wttion arc wheat Hid
oati ThTr wen- hipol from there lat jcar,
twn forty arl fifty thousand lufhels of whi-atibj
U n thirty ami forty thousand buchlg of ott.
Tl l-'tt.j lanN alng the river have la-en founj to
j iM larjjf rrcpa of a high grade of ho, while the up
land imiiI it iintidrfl among the beet for the groair
if fruit, au'h a pruncu, plump, nan and ajjilci,
tlf Mnallr fruitu, rwh an goomherrio, IdackUrrin
and tralrria
A j-rtin of thf land in rtill held in large tracti,
at it wa aiuirt d from the government under the d
ration law ; hut many of them; large holdings are If.
i f ft auh-livid-d and M-ld. The pact year wan a vtry
a'1ne on- in real rMate, greater than was ever known
I foff . Thf hillt that Mirround Lafayette may yet
prove rirh in mineral. (Joh1 reams of coal have been
d;r.vered within three miles of the town and thf in
diatioin are that it exixts there in large quantitiet.
I. ar?f d jitt of iron have alno la-en disclosed tiear
tU t 'wn. The river is capable of mipplying a guod
motivf p.wer at a very small cont. It has a fail of
triif t within a hort distance of town, and by the
rffftioti of a dam, a few more Art could la? procured
which it it thought would la? ample for mcchaniral
purp .
This Imwh, tince thf establishment of the collie
thtre. tmi to I-- taking up a new life. The whole
r-.ihtittjt.ity tjwaki f the elliciency of this new institu
tion l.at S jitetnN r tho old court house which had
l-ri appn.priatrly remHlelnl arid made suitable fur
hl purp. t, was oj-ncd under the auspices of the
Kvar.iHwal claur.-la at a college, with an ellicient cor; i
f .r..f.a.ra Air. n l v there arc sixtjw igut pupils in
at!r,,)ir ii. iyw p jouw j() t fif)(, ,)U,j j
i' nn th,. ,, t))(.rc Irc tt yU,nu lne nimes of
II. ' pup;!t There are rituated here Metlualist. IVt-
ar.d Kvai.g.liral churches. The masons,
II Allows, ami workmen have bnlgrs. Ufayttte
. a i.uii.f-r of mrrchanta who carry large
M.kt.f p ..!.. a,i , raIiftl(,c of j,ru,U(jt;g
I-My barrrla.-f l! ,Ur j-r day.
He v jfir.orrp,,, Improvement Company
f" ,Vi! ve rach pn j.1 to Olyn J
I .M a .f riJn.al to that city for a iVm.
',ftU ,f terminal fadlitirs; a.l
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, . it ai wora vigorously to '
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" :i ('Uti '!' than the capital of Waahii ;
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