. Canada in 1880 [microform] : reports of tenant farmers' delegates on the Dominion of Canada as a field for settlement. Agriculture; Land settlement; Agriculture; Colonisation intérieure. mt 78 TicHs. Not only did he, in (.'oiijunetion witli ProfesHor Blown, ^liow me throiii-h the various leparlinenlH of'the collei^e, etc., Imt atlerwurds drove to t^everal intereatin;; phices in the noigliborhood. MAN'ITdBA. On my way to Winnijie^^ 1 wti»|)])ed a day at Chic;a<hment. The corn-elevatoi's in Chicago are worth seeing; I was surprised and <leliglued at the rapidity with whi(;h they either l
. Canada in 1880 [microform] : reports of tenant farmers' delegates on the Dominion of Canada as a field for settlement. Agriculture; Land settlement; Agriculture; Colonisation intérieure. mt 78 TicHs. Not only did he, in (.'oiijunetion witli ProfesHor Blown, ^liow me throiii-h the various leparlinenlH of'the collei^e, etc., Imt atlerwurds drove to t^everal intereatin;; phices in the noigliborhood. MAN'ITdBA. On my way to Winnijie^^ 1 wti»|)])ed a day at Chic;a<hment. The corn-elevatoi's in Chicago are worth seeing; I was surprised and <leliglued at the rapidity with whi(;h they either load or unload a corn vessel. Some of Lh()ut, looking at the various operations, and their black diesses were as free from dust as they would be in a drawing-room. While passing through Minnesota I saw one of the many ruses the practice to prevent emigrants going into Manitoba, in which they .see such a powerful competitor. I mention it hei'e, as it may prevent many persons being deceived. 1 left my own carriage and wen, into one full of emigrants, for the purpose ot questioning them as to their designation, ])rospects, etc. At one of the stations 1 remarked two Yankees, apparently farmers, chattir'[5 together in the telegraph-office. A litile before the train started they got on board, but evidently wished to bo thought strangers to each other. After a short time, one of them entered into conversation with a Scotch emigrant, and discoursed eloquently on the honors of Manitoba—said that it was a swamp, that he ha<l gone up there to farm, had lost nearly all he possessed, and given it up as a bad job. He called the whole thing " a big take-in " on the part of the Canadian Goverument. The other fellow, meanwhile, joined in and lecounted his experience to a gaping audience; and then both prai^ell Minnesota and J)akota in the most extravagant terms, pointing out the very counti-y we were passing through (splendid land some of it appeared to be) as a speci
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