Demoine courier., 1855-06-28
What q Pennsylvania thinks Of our
State.


J. NJ. COOPER, editor Of the TaAes
SPiri., published a, Chambersburg, Pa,
has recently made a sisi, TO our State,
mud in wiling for his paper gives his
Impressions Of il, in part, as foliows.-
We extract such parts of his letter as
We think i'll mos, interest our readers:
He says:
have been back asfarasthe De. Moines
river al Ouumws. about 80 miles west
81 Burlington: = fis section Of Iowa is
vsite lh,ckly settled. Houses are abou,
az plenty as n, home in old Franklin.
bet then there 10 some difference in the
siss. A large brick or.s,one building 10
. rarity. except in the Isrges, Towns
Davenport has a:Fow: ms latge brick
hui'dingsyB Burlington has more than Da.
venport, and Keokuk perhaps as many as
Burlington. The
Railroad i, graded the greater part OF
the way hom the. Mississippi a, Bnrling
ton TO the Des Moines al Ouumwa and
operations which had been temporarily
s~uspended) are about to be resumed, /
navs no dos6t the road will 60 clear
shrough 10 the Missouri river at Council
Bluffs in less than Ave years, for Chicago
has put her shoulder to the wheel. and
che 10 n Of the tastes. places in all this
fast country Of ours.
There Is . good deal Of land for sale
ia the section Of which have been
spesking. Most of il is offered a, reas.
onabie rates. though occasionally n
conss ncross n fellow who imagines
that his farm 10 the exact. centre Of the
universe and 10 therefore worth twice or
three times az much a. his neighbor's.-
Let q fellow once get The idea in his haad
,ha, The Railroad company intends ioca,-
ing q flag station on his land, and visions
Of city lots, at the Lord knows how much
per foot ironi by q toad's hop back, will
fit across his brain. But these are ex
sep,ions. The msjori,y who offer to
sell ask 40 more than fair prices. Lands
,ary in price. according 10 location. i'm.
provenens. \ other circu instances,
from el0 TO Gao per acre the latter be-
ing the fancy or fiag-s,aton price.
The more more ] see of Iowa the bet
ter like her. She Is to my mind, the
best OF oil the Western States. She has
lille or no waste land, in this respect diff
iering from the most Of her western sis-
,ers, whose swamp lands are q great in
.cunsbrance. The surface Of Iowa Is
elevated and rolling. Even the IA, prsi.
RE is high and dry. and can be worked
in . few days after a soaking rain -
Corn, Oats, and Spring Wheat ield a.
bsndanly. ard Potatoes turn Out hume
rous crops. Horses. mules, Cattle and
sheep are raised 10 great numbers. and
amply repay the attention bestowed upon
them.
The emigration to this State is enor.
nous. Last year il was thought one
hundred thousand souls were added to
the population. This year, il 10 agreed
on all hands. the addition will be far
greaterl Every road 10 alive with "mov
ers" Every hotel. every house Of en-
,ertainmen, and many a house where
s,rangers are o usually admitted 10 full.
A. his rate. vacant land will be very
scarce in five years, and tho man who has
the good fortune to own a few thousand
acres at tina, time may call himself 10
comfortable circumstances. II Uncle
Sam would sell on a long credit, | would
buy a ,rac, aboa, the size Of one bought
recently in Illinois by Senator DouGLAs.
(lO.0e0 eeres) and make my everlasting
fortune" on i, in five years; but the mis-
srly old dog won't let an acre 60 nd he
gets the hard cash for il. That rule cuts
me out