General Hancock's Missouri Farm

As is generally known, General W. S. Hancock mak'es áñnual visita totbis city on nis way to liis farm whtch lies a mile east of tile town of Windsor, iu Henry County. nlneteen miles from Sedalia. The General retumed frona a visit to the íiirin recenuy, aun a iDaten reporter leaiLed ficm.him the ïollowing particulars as to the m. in wliich lie carne to poasess the land, as well íis a description oL il: ín 1850, the General was then a captain, and tlie surgeon of liis regiment, a Dr. Abernathy, was seizod with a specnlative fever and began to buy up the land warrants Ususd to the soldiers of the Mexican war of 1840. ÁM the General had already received a warrant for his own personal service, he was very easily mciuceu to miy rour oraer warranta of 160 acres each, the loeaüon of which he intruated to the surgeon, wh camo to Missouri to lay them aloug witli his om. Arriving hero the Doctor soM ono oi: the warruris, which happened to be that given to tve General for personal service. Tbe other four the Doctor located on the land referred to. The General intended to givo this land to lus daugtiter, but süe died and he has ever since refused to sell it. A short time ago he purchased a email tract adjoining, giving him in a solid body 660 acre3, All of the tract is high, rolling prarie with the exception of about seventy-flve acres, wliich lies ou a little creek called Elm, and upon which there is a siig'ut grovlh of tiruber. The entire tract is enclosed with a barbed wire f ence, and there are numerous cios3 f enees. Five huudred and llfty acres are set in blue grass, and the remainder of the tract, exceptiüg the timber land, is what farmers term plough land. Theio are two ordinary tenant houses on tlie tract, but the General, on his recent visit, gave orders to have a very rospectable frame house erected on a beautif ui site. The General says the greatest enjoyment he experiences i 3 hi3 vi3its to this farm.- Sedalia (Mo.) Dinpatch.