Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-10

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osissr swe!icn. nsnisfs. mafUurrr z, rushrscn
in it. wraih, bearing TO The ocean tbs :inge
of msas . productive sesi.- sr' frrsrnif an
hour on stone ~ the brink. The Father OF
WsGers nawsd i.sfsre me, while insshe DIS
lance rosa theromautic bluffs OF Iowa, crown
cd with the OAK aai the waving maize fields.
As the mighty Hood rolled By in silence, the
lingu age Of its power went TO my SOUL.
Who can behold II without thinking ri that
river Of Llf be ,ring irrrsasiibly on It's bo-
som the frali b;lrk IF each mortal? owy
cfelet fuliaws c.rcie, aid dies aw Y faintiy
IN ths,s distancs.. Eacb little aam or leaf
runs lis shUrs course and sinks To rise no
more forever. How Ike humanffe f.. Ar "
days, OF evil o. Vt good. ard our tphemeral
bark sinks into obitvion, leaving scarcely y
trace on Lies broad river to mark Tn. spot
where an immortal being has run its destiny.
Or who can thus day iream without thinking
of that o:her river the dark cold Jordan in
the Valley 1T the Shadow If Death, down to
whose brink We shall approach in the even-
tide OF life, and sit in sorrow and in mourn
ing, while the eve green hills OF that Other
land loom n sight, ard while clad fnessen-
gers from the Other shore beckon US 10 the
Spirit Ian
4 short half hour spent thus, and Ipassed
over into our sister Stale beyond the river;
and proceed to give you few items Of my
tour.
Iowa is n new State. A few years ago he
red lnaian roamcd ever its beautiful prairies
| and woodlands, and by its clear streams
lie chased the deer and the buffalo. and gath
cred tle br liant wild flowers. He fought
his red enemy, and beheld the golden sun
sets. With heart full of gratitude he whis-
pered 10 the Great Spirit, sI-o-wab, | have
found the beautiful lan!!' j
Buta change came. The pilgrims of civ
ilization app AIRED. bearing on their banners
the great watch word, March! March The
wild game ran away from the roar of their
axes, plows, and reapers. The poor Indian
marched af er them toward his fate in yonder
Pacific. HIS trail has become the path OF
the iron locomotive, aud from he ashes OF
his wigwams have sprung up every where
fourshng towns. a.
Iowa is a prairie State. The part over
which have Travelled resembles northern H.
LIMBS; with this difference, the surface OF
the ground is more rolling, and for the mos
part better waterea. Clear brooks, thai
sparkle and dance away towards tie larger
sire ,m*, run between the ridges of prairie
Along these sw IT running and cry stal 'ittlt
rivers there generally grows zone Of TIM
BERN some places heavy and good, in 9TH
crs nothing but dwarf black jacks. Owing,
however, to the oc an-lke extent of the prai.
rics, timber is scarce, and the great want Of
tho country. But this is partly remedied by
planting hedges and locust groves. These
grow up in few years into fences, or fu~nisl
lasting and substantial posts for those who
build than of pine boa DIS. In many places
the squat. RS have settled down on the pr;.i.
ri"s. built The log hut or sh,n'y, and gonrtc
| farming without any fenc', save the broat
uncultivated acres stretching away to NEE
the horizon on every 3 d. Mary gool
field Of CO and yard Of stacks have u,
seen standing. TO settle down, to pillow then
fields, and ttnc" them at th,ir i,isure, is the
| way they b g,n 10 carve out their fortune.
and ml their homes. And great crops d,
they olrain-wi,h corn pihaps x cp;
| equal to thos" of our productive Illinois.
| Iowa is most nnbie ami masnfcen: s ate
When cnterrris and ciyiliz ton snail pro.
! nounce the s'Oten oesam." AL ov ner rici
| surface, She will indeed be gard n of til,
| West. A W little houses dnttlng at grea,
distances the landscap; a few it'd. on
hors" towns a. long int rivals, each with il,
er's eye in the less oder paris OF the Sta,
| As YOU ride over the most int rminn Ill.
praisis, stretching away us far AS the eve
can re lch, a thousand pleasing emotions ru>l
| to the mind. The wild chickens lluttrr in tn.
dust before you, rise and sail away in beau.
tiful curves, making at times the long grass
resound with their gong-1ike music. The
brilliant wild flow RS OF the prairie, in thei,
n I,l l. ~.
air .lth p rum and gla iden the eye with
their array of beiu'y and glory Huge
! bordering stones of many tons ight ,e
s'rewn ov, the surface OF the ground, as if
Titans ha.t torn IN stone mountains TO pei,
each uth'r in furious warfare. Rl!g stfttcn
cs away beyond ridge, as # the blioNs of
some furious oc an had Indeed been fix, d,
and turned into land. Ii re and there, lIk
thing of beau y, At Cover garden broke III,
monotony Of the seem. y flower gard n i'll
the prairie Ii is indeed rlcHsan, sigh =
Each Gre per, it may te over the cabin win
dow, or flower, or shrub speaks Of rchncmen,
and female lovelness. And il you make an
excuse to stop at such a place TO inquire the
way, or to obtain a d aught of water; my
word for it you will be rewarded by seeing u
shy and pretty daughter OF the prairie>.
AHuS uilNe HiouS1-uuucF anu tTOuuu NE
the vast prairie; above me Gods blue thr one
Of sky. Aud when the weather drives me
within doors, sit by stove in the corner of
the log tavern and by the music of the rain
write letters to my friends. ...- 3 :,
{ This is the poetry and romance of these
wand"rngs. But there is a reality. Climb
ins hills, and fording sloughs and creeks and
rivers, sleeping it may be on the prairie
4,
with the WEAKNESS and toll Of traycl--these
make up that reality.
In another may give you few items con-
corning I'll people, their wise and humane
laws, and some description of particular
places US.
TlPTos, September ID, 1855.
What is the difference between butcher and
gay young lady! The former kills 10 dress,
While the !atttr dresses to kill ~