The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-09-11

cst;ng snl lovely have met with during
this tour. Picture to Yourself benu,ilu'
stfeam whose Iimpid waters steal mcander
ling through fertile valley, cxubcrani
with tho richest variety Of verdure indigen
ous TO the cline here, on the one hand,
iong dense line of timber, describing the
course Of the stream; aud on tho other,
correspondingly long chain Of gently slo
ping hills, between whose ribs murnurs
many cool riynlc, gliding joyously through
thick copses Of young trees and underwood.
10 descend upon and irrigate on open p|ain
below. This plain, which is slightly in
clIned, and most admirably adapted 10 az.
;icu'turaI purposes, varies from one halfto
ihree-quarters Of mile in width, and con-
inues unbroken for the distance Of about
twelve miles, save occasionally, perhaps,
|by a grove, or here and there stream
ahosc margin is most usually skirtcd with
heavy growth Of timber, consisting chief
Iiy OF oak, ash, elm, walnut, and maple.
stter this the country gradually becomes
more broken, until al length, as tho trav
eler draws near Canton, he finds himself
IN the midst Of an almost n,ermiulbe for
~, comprising some Of the finest oak tim
Der ever saw. The river bottom her.
becomes quite narrow. ho, is dense!y tim.
Jered with every variety oftrecs usual
ioanI IN The bottom lands Of .he great west
Here are found extensive bodies of III
sugar m1ple, whitI, atl5fd an abundance III
he wherewithal To swee:en the farmers
palate, il not bis solitude.
Gaui2lI ioani 10 be q'iic lively lit'le
p'ace--remarkably SO for town situated
40 Gr in the interior. For manufacturing
facilities, suppose i, is hardly surpassed
| i equallcd, b. any town in the State. i
is situated partly in Jones, and partly IL
Jackson county-in The very heart of ont
lihc finest and most extensive linbcrea
cegions that Iowa can bpas,. Concerning
rs maluiacturia. Gc,4..ie-. 'h~ n.i.'..,e"
Herald thus speaks:
"No iuland town in Northern Iowa pcs
,esses the advantages which Canton doe.
| IS manufacturing town; and it bids iail
10 be, al no distant day.one Of the Lowcils
4 lown. The immense water power O!
he Maquohcta, which ru<hes along ia IL
| mad career a, Canton, will be all tanet
down aud mndc Submissive 10 the use cf
nan. Al present considerable portion
IT its force is used 10 drive the saws and
burrs oflhe mills already erected; bat there
IS no reason why linen, cotton, and woo'en
factories should sot be reared upon SO IA.
sorable locality.
mo one who has ever seen the situation
# Canton, and known anything Of the fa,
| cili,ies, necessary for manufacturing pnr
,ioses. hu, has felt f4yorahly impressed viii!
,hc advantages which Canton atlords, IL
tho strength Of its waterpower, and posi-
ZION f5r its convenient use"
The Michigan Argus, speaking in Tho
same connection. upon The authority OF ont
Of its correspondents, says:
''Canton is si,usted upon the Maquoketa
river, and contains within the village .
saw mill, gri.,-mill, aud a woolcn factory.
The fall Of the wnter power is stwculy feet.
ath an cxhaustless supply Of water"
Besides lis superior manufacturing iacil
tiles, rich and extensive dcpostes of iron
ore hive been discovered in tho vicinity Of
Canton. was shown several splendid
specimens of this ore by Mr.. J. J. Tomlin
son, owner Of the Canton Mills, a number
of which have been examined by compe-
tent judges, an1 were said 10 contain GO
per ccnt Of iron, yellow ochre, also, fresh
from the earth, and Of a superior qualit,
may be here obtained by the ton.
Canton already contains about 200 in
habtants, and as an evidence of its gener,
al health, | need only state that, having
occasion to visit the cemetery connected
with the villnge, | found that three grapes
made up its entire population. They have
no doctors there! They have one taverL
stand in The place, KEEP, by J. j. Tom'insou.
where strangers may stop with the assn
rance that they viii be kindly entertained.
This stand is offered for sale by lis present
proprietor on very liberal terms. Any in
lividual wishing TO purchase can obtain
such farther information in respcc, TO il a
he may desire bv inlairing Of tho author
81 this communication.
Bat grow tedious. The reason Of my
aavIng been thus minute in giving parlic
l'ars respecting this place, is that was
detained a, this poin, for day or two by
The sickness Of ms horse, ana had ample
opportunity for making such observations.
and obtaining such Information as deem
| I'd Of interest 10 the general reader; ana
The same cause operating to make the re