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NEW YORK, AND ROCHESTER, N. Y„ MAY 31 , 1873 , 
f PRICE SIX CENTS C 
i SJ.50 PElt YEAR. 
f Entered according to Act of Congress, 
in the year 1373, by D. pT^i^K.Tn lheofflce of th7l 
has a rough frame-work as a base, with Fat the thick end is nearly 
stakes at regular intervals, through which wrist, about twelve feet 1 , 
wUlow sticks are interlaced, looking, when | and terminating with a 
ompie^hkeahugeba.sketonwheels. When buckskin, which they tak. 
. the t0[J to kee P oat the cannot be excelled wi», 
FKOM MARTIN CO 
MINNEE80TA. 
INTERESTING LETTER FROM A SCANDINAVIAN FARMER. 
If it is of any interest for Rural readers 
who have never been on the frontier through 
any winter, to hoar a few words from there, 
here are some from an actual settler, who is 
no land agent, bur, who would like to see a 
good farmer on every quarter section of this 
county as soon as possible, band is rich 
wood is scarce, water is abundant ; cold 
snowstorm* in winter, hardships enough. It 
needs good workers, wide awake farmers to 
succeed here. Work has to be done in the 
right time ami in good order, or else farming 
is a failure. I, for one, have found out that 
a, man pays enough for his laud when he 
lives on and cultivates it for live years before 
getting a deed of it. In May, I860, ft little 
party came here; some had teams and 
money, and florae noth ing. i was among the 
last- named. We stopped on this beautiful 
prairie. The grans had just commenced 
growing. We entered 1G0 acres Government 
land each, Not being able to stay I was com¬ 
pelled to take my family with me, and work 
on the different railroads being built, travel- 
SKETCHES IN NEW MEXICO.-I 
THE MEXICAN CARRETTA. 
Tue Oarretta is constructed entirely of 
wood. The wheels are made by taking a 
section of the cottonwood tree which, by-tlie- 
by, is the only timber that attains tho requi¬ 
site size in the country. The maker com¬ 
mences by chopping away the sides, leaving 
a large block in the center for the hub. The 
wheel, when completed, consists of three 
pieces of wood, the two outside circular seg¬ 
ments attached to the great slab or center 
with wood pins. The hub is usually left as 
long as the diameter of the tree will permit. 
The reason assigned for this is, that the long¬ 
er the hub tho steadier the cart- will run. 
When these vehicles arc in use, if not well 
greased, a pig under a gate would discourse 
sweet music in comparison. 
The axlotree and tougue are of the same tim¬ 
ber as the wheels, very thick and clumsy, 
mortised and tenoned together; the body 
the end of a day’s journey they are turned 
loose to pick up their own living, very few 
of the farmers cutting hay ; in fact there is 
scarcely a need, there being no rains or dew 
after the grass lina matured, it really be¬ 
comes cured, standing hay, and contains 
nearly all of its original sweetness. Both 
cattle and sheep thrive anil fatten upon it. 
A. J. Russell. 
We have other interesting sketches of life 
in New Mexico from Mr. Russell. 
