Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-09-14
DU BUQUE VISITOR

ed1eCf the country enabled him toi
yive he mucl, information 1 was desi-i
r 3 81 possessing After proceeding
ontsSri two hours OF more WeaPprosch-
ed near the aounds. and began to
gcok about for the City Of Belmont
one Of the newspaper towns, the praise
Of yh;cn had been very extensively
surg by those interested, and which
,vss On the list Of sspirants to be not or
~ The County Seat of Iowa, but also
tie Metropolis Of tie Territory. After
Ios siug long tine IL vain, for what
oos aecustoned tosee cities. 5000
villages, would take To be cne6f TIE
cher Of them, / enanirad al ny con-
paaioa where the City Of Belmont was,
as thought BY the appearance o. sfss
eotn.,Y, we oaght To De sonaewhsrs n !
It's nesgA5orhood. re arr now PISS sss-a'
il. through the principal stree Of the
e!ty. saia ne, and are rot sss= fsasl
faadrel yards liro---7 b : Greet Square
Y5u So tast frame Il assass szs1 ...sss
e.sla- rail- dag Taats Bsi111z s1B
.ssss cs-.ai-els y Ezs1stEksa ST.. o. Ire
- isz5s ID go zlss -=ss--.T azF Each
abused. goaason. Waiks-, Wsas.e-,
and III o-Ba~ good authorizes define
: city 10 BE- asrgs colasc.lca q aoEs-s.
sr5 ifsfaao5sazts: toEa corporate
mere is bit e1e frame and ssasf , ee.iaT-
This can't be the place. O Faa
5oogat : building iot here ngsssfs and
paid hundred dollars fo- it We shall
have plenty Of assses hera altar q
while, and Inhabitants 100. TIE pro-
grietor gives evsry encouragement 10
People 10 come and settle here. TIE
oti3eF day he offered al acquaintance
Of uine two building lots and fsn-
bred dollars IN cash if he would settle
here and start ms business Did ne ac-
cepf the offer: He rather declined i,
because hs said Il svould be making TOP
great sserifce, and would require too
much self-denial TO liveiaere IN the pre-
sent state Of things. / thought that his
friend nust possess . great deal of sa-
gacitv, and began to hum the old Scot
.ish ballad
s3z1oa e,s2e..i.is,
Ma 10 ioal ;sia i-iys7s,
Ans a = piscss siseys,
Fos 5sil5i1e sc a roTn,
nsFs thsfsss asis5e1 io-ss n.e,, no. mans meat,
s..s cas-to 81: cc-n'
81 DO not see any preparations for
building chimney in .heframe. '"They
don't intend 10 hare any, but are going
70 warm their rooms with stoves, and
carry the pipes out through the roofs,
or windows, or some where else. You
perceive sir, that wood is very scarce
| Ia these parts, and six months OF cold
I winter in an open, high prairie is no
/ Joke 10 this climate Stoves will save
.ias least half the wood" ~ think
/ replied !, sit would be well for the pro.
prietor 10 adopt the plan OF Pat, whe
came 10 the conclusion bya sim pc cal
eulation, that If one stove would say.
+! half the wood, two stoves would say;
Il the whole. Now, if the proprieto
would jus. insert in his advertisement
. thatthe scarcity Of wood about Belmon
wa5 10 obstacle II think he has no
provided for tllat) because by introdu
eng stoves, he had prevented the neces
Is;ty ofusing fuel, if he could make tn
people believe that 1t would answer hi
purpose well. / begin to perceive tha
. !impossibilities are no obstacles to tn
IeHterprising town-makers Of this en-
IigStsned age, and the proprietor Q
: Belmont must possess a superior gen
Iius. His brethren Of the same trade
after this, must blush, aand hide thei
diminished heads while others hav
, only made towns, be has made city
While they have been obliged, for lacl
Iofsaficient sagac;ty to place their town
Gu navigable waters, he has taken the spo
that saitedhis own judgment, thereby
instead Of fashioning his projects to sui
the nature o. the country, he has com
PEELED the country to conform 70 Il.
measure Of his own sapience; while o
: ..tiiars have only been abieto make conn
-Ety towns, he has made metropolis
by his sovereign will and pleasure. 10
ldependent Of FIRE, water, wood, an,
STEAMBOATS,, to which an unaccountabl
number of rail roads, like rays Of ligI
conv.rging TO a focus. shall concentre
II he on!y takes my advice about In
stoves, like Petit Andre, he will Ger
tainly ssbe told Of in chronicle"-
aHush!" said my fellow traveller, ayo,
I knawI am interested in this city to til,
4 amount Of a hundred dollars, and as
|. am an old-fashioned man who devout
4 Iu helieves in irnnosxihiIitiaa