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Show mines aud when they 'sve tihausted their supply we will turn our attention to the matter, discover some mines in our neighborhood, and have a monopoly v,n the whole business. It stands to reason onr mountains must be rich, for nothing in the way of minerals has ever been taken out of them, so it mnst all be there. Onr educational facilities are good, there are still chances for improvement. We intend, after a few years, to build some school houses and go ahead. We have one academy aud if our wishes had been considered there Bhould have been two, but sleepy town beat us on that and we were left. Our lawyer is a rising yoang man, who makes np in conceit what he lacks in ability, and as he has perfect confidence confi-dence in himself there is no donbt of his future. Some people who are jealous of him say that as lightweights always rise he is sure to do so, but we do not consider this view is the correct one. A traveliag artist made a suggestive continue, for if the large cities do not staud ia together what would become of them? It Eas been asserted that Chicago Chi-cago is jealous because we had the first fair this year, but as their exhibition came late in the fall we do not believe it will have any serious effect In making mak-ing theirs less of a success. Ours was only local and confined to poultry, and beside we are willing to aid them with onr e.perience so that we hope the present pres-ent feeling will be like a passing clond be soon a thing of the past and the sunshine sun-shine of good feeling once more Illuminates Illum-inates the sky of our prosperity. That's a Sue Ugnre of speech alu't it, but I assure you it was made without a fore thought. I frequently say fine things, accidentally as it were. People who have heard of onr greatness great-ness are always greatly surprised when they visit onr city, and in the evening when our street lamps are lighted, it is such a contrast to the glare of electric lights used in other cities that they are quite delighted, but we are not ytt at the end of onr improvements as soon as we have sufficient means, we will build a city hall, a bank etc Last tlce our chamber of commerce met (not oyer nine mcnths ago) they decided these improvements would be brought to onr city and tbey would use their influence to have somebody go a head with the work. Well I will close for the present and will certainly keep you posted on our progress. Yonr friend, Anthony Corleab. P. S. I have jast learned that a real estate transfer amounting to t0 dollars has just been consummated. That makes the secend this year, although no boom Is on. Onr citizens are much eleated over th matter, as it augurs well for the future. pictu'e of his dreams of future greatness, great-ness, which his admiiing friends purchased pur-chased at a bargain and intends presenting pre-senting nlm when he wins his first case jnnim inn ha a larue field before him. He has, howeier, taken a fancy for going to one of the neighboring settlements to find a wife, under the mistaken Ida that there are nicer giris there than at home. This strange delusion is shared by .several of our young men, although our jouDg ladies aro not at all backward In showing their wish to enter the married state. iVe have also the most enterprising business man in the county, but as he has just retired from business after a misunderstanding with the sheriff, who has no understanding of business, we ANTHONY CORLEAR. WiNWBi RGH. March 23, 1802. Andrew Ague Cheek Dear Andrew: In 'your last letter you asked me to give you a.brief description of Wiudyburgh which . I shall endeavor to do. The history of this city reaches back in the dim and shadowy past, and if it reached three hundred year further, would have been the first settlement in the L uited States. And but for the fact that we were outvoted, 'our city might have been the copital of Carrot county. We are still in hopes a chango may trust he will soon be ame to resume his old staud, and .hose who were so unfeeling un-feeling will loose the credit with us. In passing however I will say that there are many business opportunities open for those who wish to invest, as all we need is capital to open out in several lines. Our Jew store is one of the leading enterprises, for the goods are cheap, being be-ing sold at the same prices they are in Chicago. This shows a bond of sympathy sym-pathy between onr burg and that other large city, and it is to be hoped the good will existing between them will speedily occur and we will receive our jus dues. lu population, we far outrank out-rank all our surroundings, careful estimates esti-mates placing us 30 ahead of the leading settlements, while our saloons sll more boer than all the ethers put together. We do not hold the lead in aericulture or lumber, fjr we leave such things to the country towns, and while the others are wasting their substance in mines, our coal and silver U undiminished undi-minished for not one ton of coat or an ounce of precious metal has been extracted ex-tracted from our mountains. All the I surrounding towns are woikiDg their |