Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-29
LOCAL MATTERS.

/. 4 Inc, returned from trip 10 the
No, .a,n,v line via. Railroad, speak.
y Pa. ..,nc terms Of the ncighborhood Of
in Sci! !! Crave and Farnam ~ an agricultu.
's ~. ~ ,,;a, The praires, he says, are high
y Isr,u ~ u;,a with fine streams OF running
I'd. .oil that cannot be surpassed
ID St. 'no 'I .,,.;ned tint over fou,
! Iowa tilly' =. n,si,is had been broken
DEurr. vicinity the present season. He
p"uls an exampleof the manner in which
A'eat md fortunes are made in the West
!, others may initiate il, We tanscribe
T~os. he benefit Of our readers.
"a vsa ,,aass od friend and fellow citizen, David
,,b who resides Ut Farnam. pur-
oraeofp ,,,c, of wild land there last year,
hin June and July, and this spring
d, 'ea u fna !, in wheat. He has now 40 the
90 Of that land, one year from its pur-
auefox,. .od reclamation from its wild state,
W Bs'aasa me- large wheat stacks, containing
y ,i hs ~ ooe hundred to one hundred and fifty
Z, q fss Is each. Mr.. Smith paid $500 per
!, one tract Of land and $lI,25 for
sne et ~ Or His wheat crop is estimated at
y.six bushels per acre, and when de-
Ra,m.dl Il =, Burrows e. Prettyman's ware
in Farnnm will pay the entire cost Of
urt, y,,. nd, fencing and labor, leaving Mr..
'ss, ~ as the proceeds of one years indus
beautiful farm can be desired.
tern farmers, who are spending the
reUtr. =, tona.;n,, r.ru, a,J :,
sioa,ta ag among the stones Of the sterile soil
.Sd y sa. England, may feel disposed to doubt
boye statement but If they will
fres 10 own the plow and the hoe for brief
s,ulp. nj and ysi, us, they can not only ascsr-
S...l.as truth, but will learn Of numerous in.
Is where men have paid for their farms
i Ia. trst The produce Of single season.
''@ u I'VE made the inquiry last week. why
there was such a fine pasture ali
Oh, ~" The country, butter should be so dear
temporary replies as follows, but we
" seds hope he is Mistaken
u tass, lhy is il! because the women aud
don't know how to make IT, For
Gnt. IS Is wears past the girls butter making
e. saa a,i5n ha. been sadly neglected. They
IL Loo, blsy the piano, but cannot churn; can
but cannot skim The milk; can talk
- le French but don't know how TO work
lFsrE, he buttermik. The women who made
~ ah utter twenty years ago are passing
9 !, a ana there are none 10 take their
slala. r. That's why butter is high"
NJ l"s Nav HAT Srons.-We direct at.
u w boo 10 the advertisement of Messrs
Aston g. Co, who have recently
Ia. bid out an extensive assortment Of
Gaps, &c, in our city. At present
sioc. muy be found in the basement
sp,., b. buil!ing now occupied as the oct
',lol e. s. soon as vacated they intend
pynr their stock to the room nov used
he psf on g. Mr.. Aston is very
.ac u unoda,ing and obliging young man
those who wish anything in his line
10, fail to be suited BY calling upon him.
'-''@' b. a PRACTICAL halter and connected with
asa y, eastern m ,uutactuFing house, he pro-
b to DO considerable in the jobbing busi-
. 1aa The article in Mondays paper refer.
,sl4f, to preparation. for trip to Walco't
,.S si1s iuseaded for Saturdays issue. Defer
lie. ito pa blicaton until Monday, made il
ear as though there had been two ex-
sions 10 that town.
Yesterday was beautiful day and
% ply atoned for the chlliness OF its pred
lssor.
Three steam whistles on as many
.sr huiac,ores near us, now time the hours
lfn ;, \, labor. tina, none within hearing need
Afs ct loss TO know when the hours Of Sc
uus twelve. one and six arrive.
BRO On last Sunday DR.. LeistenheiT. q
sish Rabbi and very profound lingust
llN s baptized in the Mississippi river end
hed with the Christian church in this
,,sA bee.
n hs1
,HA We direct att eissoa to the St. Louis
bowl =. ,,y.
sertisemenis Of Eessrs. Hay den g. Will
N and Mr.. David Peeroe, which will he
vN und in our ca.aasas TO- ey.