Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 15, 1875, Winnipeg, Manitoba Columbia the following letters Aro written by prof Macoun of Belleville and will be found highly in first letter. Fort tale b a 1875, after Tiro weeks knocking around Victoria can give a few teens Mcgar Ling Tho country it natural productions its agriculture and its people. Sailing up. The strains of san Juan do Fuca to b e ii land of mountains narrow valleys and to tally Yunfu purposes. Rocky head and after Headland Lisus into with the Douglas but a near approach Levels Many Grassy Hare Aud their the White House of Tho settler or the hut of the Fisherman but nothing is to be been to Rami Uil one of land he has left. In Tho Unity of Victoria and for a considerable distance Inland the country is composed of Rocky Hilland ledges intersperse. A with valleys and lit to spots of ground from one to Twy Tity in extent. Few of these Uro cultivated and Josu that Are Are very poorly Mauad. The Rocky steeps and Sandy soils Are generally covered with Pine while a species of Oak of Good six but cohere Fermi Piklor. Low grounds and swampy so Are covered Wilh Willows elders pop jars. One to be both of Vancouver Aud Oregon. A Horster you g it meets mountains in the a Leys in the fluids and gardens it is alike Ever where. This and a Are the Only weeds Tylij mull ens the Canada Thistle Aud the she Bur Are unknown. In the neighbourhood of Victoria and with the City limits Are tastefully Laid of grounds picturesque houses with no Murou and windows surrounded by Howe filled with old Prim roses cowslip Violet and my the tin. Delig Liu Dovir youth. Orchards ire numerous big stingo to say. Tie planted in the wettest ground consequence. Numb a of times signs of premature decay. Where the ground was comparatively dry the grass Hac grown it foot or More by the 8th of where 11 was wet inches. The subject of fanning no in which the Peop u of Ontario Ato very Iii a interested but one in which the Victoria know very Little and Caro less. In As Short u space us possible i shall give you and your readers ii few facts re tins climate and agriculture of this is As far As it has come tinder my Oivin Obser vation. Residents Rotny thai Tho Winder and Spring Aro exactly Hoo those of , but that dimmer is dry. Streely u drop of rain Liillie g be tween now and october thai rho Winter is mild wet certain Bat although this in Tho Caso Thore seems to be nothing Daue. Either in the fall or Winter. Moi than of the was lying a ploughed on the Fust of May and had their .own1 a Linoi the first of novo Siber. Yet this being ploughed up and Borri almost Tho same Day. When i spokuoi1 having in. Ploughed before Winter and allowing Tho water to run offend getting their crops in Early i always received the same .tns.wer, , we know that but somehow to do not get much Oltha. Land under. Cuu Ivaton was originally covered with Willows Aud yet men with this fact staring them in the face persist in saying that except in. Lowest parts Are unnecessary. Most of their Orchards Are on these Low grounds but not e solitary Troa has Boon put amongst the Rocka where they ought to grow and where Oaks Are standing three feet in diameter. Or Tolomio win the oily gentleman with whom 1 Corot Rod who seemed to the uleces Silfies in the Mode of farming. To intends to try the Cui Turo of fruit among Thi rocks and to must certainly succeed. Were Riapos cultivated among find Pupplo and Pear Orchards on spots were ploughing could be done to advantage and the urn Blo land left for Tho plough and that done As n proper Snabon in a proper manner the neighbourhood of Victoria would to another Paradise in Spring and summer. The is generally a Black or Brown Loam but is sometimes a Clay Loam. None of it that came undo racy observation was bad but most of it was too wet for successful farming without at least surface drains to Cany off the water in the Spring. I saw probably Twenty acres of fall wheat which looked pretty Well in fact fully As Well of the average in Ontario. A few Meadows that Woro hip i and dry looked Erst rate Many others were half sorrel and cold in i bog by. Nearly All Tho Laud around Victoria is held by a few As a cons Squecco much Good land is unproductive but this state of things will be remedied when men pay a lax for the land they hold. About one third of the land could to most place if at one fifth i know nothing of the into dior but have been told that where Vii is inn it is Good. I come to a matter thai has caused to much Surprise and which i would not have believed had i not seen it who my own eyes. To in the East Nve to Winter of Stock months in the year while hero it is Ulm St Hoo Engla Dond Stock need Little care. Boots of All descriptions ran to raised in abundance and ran stay in Tho t round until require for Stock and. Naturally our would expect to see imphers of Oatts and shop. Yet it is. An incontrovertible fact that beef was Twenty five cents per Pound last year when some enterprising american brought beef rattle All the Way from new York and it has fal lots. Or t i i i bargains. Extent of Stock a we i i 1 Cook Parlour office Opp. Donaldson s Box Camp offers for silo Stock Ity lots at Steefe s auction Mart. Jtj St received a lot of Sample hats which will Boj Eold cheap. Clarencee. Steele old red r3ver haul now Moich Iuit Jon ult. 0 by 132 and 50 Tea by 100 on both Side of. Hie Avenue cheap. J Audi in ii a Len to half that Price. To Day in Ato Mut. Ton Ira Porto from Oregon Way of Victoria 1 a i four Day i have possible Khinh imported into Victoria puget now that Tho bldg a k la to Tho City i mtg Fulong this ave no and the Street if about Lioluca Urs ded Uro will rapidly is Emo Offik As i Tab along Tho Only Waldo St Mot to All our Nettl Mouts and immediately Back Tho Contro of City trend j. This being Tho omy two Chain through main Street and so centrally situs ipod la Likely to leading retail Street in Tho Noar future. To grades Hopper Acari is now Over and a Cor tasty of Large growth in Trailo and population i assured next season la Vistora will do Well to examine this property prices Are reduced farming implements machinery mowers and sulky risk is Cross and breaking plows waggons cultivators fanning Mills Etc shelf hardware in endless variety when cos Babbit fails axes Tenn docs camping outfits Iron picks tinware a lass Putty oils i 7 Pitakos Harp enters tools i engines patterns Ana ii dels Box and by Lidei stoves Wood Ond Coal Iron brass castings of every dec tiption. Cedar Street St Paul Mina to blasting and sporting powder shot. Storm and Gas fittings plumber s work fuse. F j in urns and having got it to Are Doti ruined to keep Tho Ead favourable terms to doll Nacri see. J la. A Eutty freon Lucy bloc Winni Peg i a mfechants1 International Steamboat ,.-.m wholesale retail the two spa annul Manitoba of the Sboro line will their regular for Iii. To intervals. The very sup dior Chari crr o these Ivo ats Ona Bleb to offer to the Public facility of hitherto Gantt Nintle on who bed River both in pork pier Bri. Freight Anci traffic Aad of idiot attention to the in threats of the pub to Are Diu Ramod to Meru the patronage of Tho people Manitoba via idiom Zugec horse feed Hay Batley chickens Chicken pct Taes onions flour and in fact every thing which ought to be by the Farra and yet Vietoria has Only a population of about five thousand All told i the facts comment is useless. _ to be continued Vontom towns on City in unrivalled for Ivity and Prog cab and with an Largo immigration of Bimo uitus and Othora coming in and an experienced clerk in fake pbe9s office Winn log. K m3.1gj the statutes of Manitoba this curetion Veolo numbering or Ruvo for belief in Tho assertion Mode by Eye Kcal before a committee of Tho Lugi Scuturo that Winnipeg May equal Chicago Iri fifty Mbroh ants inter. Steamboat i John Breden. General freight and passenger agent win Eppg James Douglas. 822m i a Floral a Nhatt w. L. Mole Nan. Agent Duluth quo. H Hnz Zarri 1.8 East third Street Corier Cason Siau min Jackson is Minn. Ra23-Lni and Laid xxx flour s3.00 per sack. Oats ground feed. Xio mods. Of Black i Oon and a exod teas in half chests and five Nicl ten fatties. 1 Fuk Nitu Eeli. Crushed Coffee and Brown Suchara and 7 ibs. Tor sinn Wain j. M Mcgregor. Enquire White Saloon Mam Street Newit door South o j a wines no flaw. Investigate the mat arb Alex. Macintyre prop i books As Well bound neatly and with despatch at Mcgregor s bindery. Stii quirk at Fheo office. And. Colony Hall and pro Rorty Eimo Andlor it. Known Tut Tho Monns Fown property inlets Ochnio by 11, also for Solo on Ria syllable terms. J maps and plans y to scan Ana prices at or. Borrowa Odoo opposite Ujj Ovaldson a. O25-lm House furnishing goods. Go acid. For 00. 2 la peaches Phi to quince for 81.00. 2.1b. Coi a Pearl tomatoes Beane tins for 3 la tomatoes 3 tins for is. 00. , brandies bum a derm port Sherry Iii Claret in Wood and Glass champagnes sati terns and White v importers e dry slim Portor arts and p me. A Dow s ale in Wood 85 cts por a by barrel. J Curacao Absinth Jargo assortment of _ hasp and Robes ;