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Show Whn Trxcllct . Ti-ll . Ti iring tho (lrst ipuirter of the present century tlu westward in nil of cle lllmtloii was i ry slow Up 1 1 lft.'J rinalj had not liecn thought t f west of Now Yurh Tlio nerngi) tlmo required to inaku a trip fron Cinci i "tl to New Orli mis nn 1 Islet was six months. Thu craft modi lino of wero necessurilj stnill mid tho cargom proportloiutch light mil when they nrriveil in No t)p lcins in llatlNintu, which could not bo taken Imck, tho boats nero iihan donul mid tho li-inls returned by Ian 1 Under such dim 1 antngeit tho iTuninerco of tho cnuntrj was noml nil Tlio farmer had no inotiio to in crenso tho produco of his fields bo-jond bo-jond tho wants of his family mid f new comers who rrlglit scttlo In Ids neighborhood Corn mil nt nircly commnn leil moro llun 10 oi lScentsnhuiliel mid wheat from 3f to 40 cents Tlio nrinigu irico tl goal Uvf was I'M r 100, un 1 iirk from (1 to U pr 100, nerord'ng to i,ualltj lvlwunl ttose liters Oma lia Aeldress |
