Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-09-20

broken : Ten years hence Bloomington will
rank among the .hriftiesi Of western c's'es'
and The wild lands now owned By fpecs'stoFs
will bess the marks Of industry, and hundreds
Of houses will 30 reared . wissesses to 'es'i-
~ tina, the specular, the curse y our country.
had lost his grasp. Would that we had the
power TO tax tho lands Of non.residents to the
extent Of our conscience spectators wouid
soon grow tired Of paying taxes AID hiring
,sen.s 10 watch over their landa.
The beautiful farm Of Mr.. Doran, part Of
which is sown ia clover. for pasturing sheep.
cost a sum sufficient, to bar the settler from
two square miles Of land! l. is the intention
of Mr.. D. to turn his attention altogether TO
tho rearing Of sheep. large lot Of which he
intends purchasing SO soon as he can prepare
his farm for that purpose. Need we draw
comparison between the course Of Mr..
Doran and the SPECTATOR. to show who are
curses and who are blessings 10 country =
The reader will save us that trouble; yet
there are those who welcome the Spectator
among US, Invite them TO tea, fattering them
with divers attentions, who may be heard to
sxc]aim "D-n the I,ish-would to God
we could keep them out of this county,
HuzzA FOR JOHNSON CouNTY.-As special
election held in Johnson county. on Saturday
last, for County Recorder, Ito fill vacancy
occasioned BY the resignation Of Jesse Berry,
who was prompted to that step by the asser'
tions Of the wings tina, he was not the choice
Of the people Of tina, county, Mr.. Berry, the
Democrats candidate was reelected by ma
jority Of IS or 80 votes over his former opPo-
nen,. As Johnson is disputed county. at
ways claimed by the wings. they may now
give it up. or seek out new excuse fos their
late defeat. Be that as it may, three cheers
for the Democracy Of Johnson.
VsRMoEr.-The Wings have. al last. q
crumb Of comfort, in the election in this State.
SO far as heard from, they have succeeded by
increased majori,ies. Well. who cares! NJ
one ever expected her to 60 otherwise than
for Abol.lon-whiggery.
IA vote Of the passengers on board the
steamer ST. Croix, from ST. Louis to Gaiena,
was taken short distance above Quincy,
which resulted as follows: For Polk. A..
for Clay. 40. Democrats are beginning TO
travel. twas 10 have been expected, az De-
mocracy is every where going ahead.
GROWTH or Faulr IN IowA.-We last week
made mention Of some fine peaches grown in
this place, bu. we find their dimensions 10 fal!
shor. Of some others. Being invited By tile
Rev. Mr.. Slocker few evenings since, to call
and pauake Of some peaches grown in his
garden, we Of course accepted, and enjoyed a
hearty repast Of a no small quantity Of as
fine peaches as We ever eat. Naturally Of a
rowing disposition, we took stroll into the
garden, where we beheld some of the finest
grow.hs Of fruits and vegetables we ever
looked upon. Prompted by curiosity. we ask
ed the weigh, and measurement Of few arti-
cles, which upon examination was found as
below. From tree heavily laden with pea
ches. FIVE were placked. the average weight,
and measurement was--9 l-2 inches in cir
conference. Weight 6 l.2 ounces. They
were Of the cling stone species, and grew up
on tree grown in four years from The stone.
We also examined the stem Of pie plan. IA
inches long, averaging l.2 in circumference.
In his garden we also beheld some Lima beans
growing which appeared " be of nnnanaf
size. Upon examination FIVE were found 10
weigh an ounce. We do not pretend TO say
tina, these grow,hs can no where be beaten.
but mention them merely 10 show oor eastern
friends, where there is no little rivalry in pro-
duets, what the natural soil Of Iowa can do as
common thing.
We have also been presented by Benjamin
Nye. Esq. with small 10. Of very fine peach.
es grown in his garden. He has taken some
pains with his fruit, and will soon have fine
orchard.
0. The mighty sub. Of the Hawkeye is
very fond Of singing the oraises Of Bufling.
ton, putting the improvements Of nonresident,
spectators, &c. Such means Of bringing a
town into notice is not needed here-,he rat
Ting of the hammer on the house top. in the
blacksmith shop, the ,rowel on the wall, the
~ l.nr
together with other little notes IL fill up the
time, is all the music which Bloomington
needs to attract the admiration of her visitors.