The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-07-09
nave, eoy acknowledgement and dishonesty,
lnfilcted' upon them this loss! No.
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From our. Arkansas Corresnondo,,t
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IRON - % our y Arkansas Correspondent,
, EVANSVILLE VA. ARK. June 8, 1910.
b Mr. Editor That may redeem INV nv
promise, and give you some idea Of The
i /" times and seasons 'sin these where
fabouts and thereby crafty and amuse
some of my quondam friends Of the Hawk
Eye tribe, am again .ensconced behind
/ my desk, with afgrey goose quill. III hand,
and though swearied with the tolls of a
long summer days tack, in the recitation
and lecture rooms, and though the faith
full clock has announced the arrival Of ten
at night, l. must beg leave to hold com.
munion, in this way. for amoment or two,
with you, before resign myself to the
couch of slumber. ~ tstsfia q
/ Since | wrote to you. before, all things,
with few RECEPTIONS, have continued to,
move move on, even as from the beginning, in
this land of terrapins and turpentine. So
far as health is concerned, we have moth
ing else in this mountain region, and in
fact ! know, Of no country in the bounds
of my acquaintance, in which one may
depend on enjoying that invaluable bles-l
sing, with more certainty than in this. /
have known it for nearly nine years, and
hence am prepared to say something on
the ne, subject upon my own experience.
Here we have as beautiful, rich, rolling
prairiess IA; as you; only they are generally
much l: smaller, our water is as pure as any
that ever came gurgling from the choicestI
fountain in Switzerland, and in climate,
we have decided advantage over you.
The winters here. are mild. In fact you
would pass, the entire winter in this eli,
mate, and feel little or no Inconvenience
at any time, arising from the cold. About
the last of October we begin to have light
frosts occasionally and these gradually
increase, witt, frequent spells of warm
and pleasant weather, until the lst of,
January and then as gradually decrease
until about the middle of February when
sweet spring comes like an angel of mer.
cy, and clothes the earth. with her verdant'
mantle. During the past winter, there fell
some three SHOWS, none of which was
more than an inch and half iii depth, and
none of them lay, on the ground more than
three days. Not one day merited the
epithet Of cold day, compared with your
ordinary weather in Iowa, from Novem-
Der to April. 80. ~, s1, =, H. Z 800.
| have passed as many. as five sum-
mers here, and one, as you know, in
Iowa. and found the heat more oppres-
sive in Mount Pleasant, of your, Terri
tory, for several weeks, in the summer
of 1888, than ! ever experienced here. IT.
IS true our summers are longer, and we
have mere warm weather than you, but I
think none sUara1er!
This county Washington has Been
settled about Is years, and is by, far the
most populous in the State. itshas an
established reputation for being salubrii-
Gus, fertile and pleasant, and until very
recently, when the unfortunate occur-I
renee mentioned in my preceding letters,
transpired, its reputation for good morals,
and religious society was equal TO that Of
any county in Ohio or Kentucky. We
have large and respectable societies Of
Presbyterians, principally of the Cumber-l
land order; of Baptists, Methodist, both
Episcopal and Protestant, and not a few
who are called Complexities. j know as
many as ten regular ministers OF, the. Cum-
berland Presbyterian Church, all resident
in this county; besides Eve Of the Me-
thodist Episcopal, and eight Of the Metho-
dist Protestant churches. Upon the
whole, moral and religious society here
is as good as in any place in the Western
Country of its age. go
This county borders on the Cherokee
Nation, and know that many at a dis
tance, think the Indians will be trouble
some to us at no very remote period, and
this consideration has prevented many a
good citizenfrom settling here. Il am con-
fdent there is no danger. My own little
home is within half mile Of the line,
and see many Of them every day; and I
l have as many as seventeen in our insti-
tuition, and SO far as Cherokees are con-
cerned, I feel as safe as If I were dwell
lingin some chamber attached to thecapi-
toll at Washing ton city. E'iis2a7a lf
q Our spring, since March, has been un-
usually backward. So much rain and
hail, accompanied in several instances
with distressing tornadoes, ! never knew.
These however, for two weeks past, have
not interfered with the interests of the
farmers, and they are busily engaged in
their fields, with bright hopes Of joyful
glad hearts. eri .saeaI
Politics run high. Every one is eager
ly bent on bearing a. conspicuous part in
making President in November. This
State has hitherto sailed on the murky
sea Of modern Democracy, and she has
never once failed to cast anchor in the
harbor, of Undertook. But, ] must be-
lieve, if one may draw any differences
from the signs of the times, that she will
most likely, launch abroad upon another
sea, and display her flag in November,
not far distant from North Bend! dr.
Of politics | say but little and do less.
/ have steady employment in circle far