Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-04

IIul luuIuGy1 u HLOpSI " give YOU q lew
gIeanings from my memory, gathered during my
tEavelinss and stoppings, from Muskatine, Iowa,
to Fort Dodge in the same State.
On first beiioding vast prairie, there is much
! of pleasure aud ofpaln. Tbs view is fac, vel
weariSonl=, the sight charming, yet rs beauty TO
some q1ickiy fades. You can sean the vast extent
belpr= yJu. lgith scarcely scs in sight; Sec The
cabin homes 50 far removed rom that in,!iSpensa
Die attcI-, wool; nNt sha,ie Uear unless IL be at
tie night side Of the hfi!Sh at the night uNy. Or
yuuc own stIjow; g!eeH gas, bright, yellow
I. JvrerS, .c1cd s, rh=au hand, hJtie gTubJII!t. 10
s.lmD7 amt THE many htt!e lncsarsa. aceS and
c9nys Ierrss Of eueLls:n pei ilborS am "a a,ent
e-1n!r. lI'hel thpRgElsaui cold b!Iz, wsal!s a.a
storms cold houses, sum fires Dry leeds; cOnlaar-
s,iyt. TE; aud a al sly cht'l-Jul prelude 20
fsarae create, IS v=FY APT 10 FerTad= ones system
VI. had ap-,! over tile surface o Michigan aLa
Illinois, scslTr bu; not fully cpmFr=triiIn- the
vast elnanSe brfJre Tvs, railway SPre ScaIee,y n
Ilawng tinls ioF N examination Of surrounding OBJ
Lizc;s. Bat ate! reaching tie Father OF Waiers, ,
! padding slowly lToa EaCts Island 70 aiusGat1=
ana ta.inL still slower method, TIE coach, 10
I Iowa CITY, We Lad ample leisure 10 dwell ON Oh
iect~ time for intermediate reflection and iGptr OBJ
i-cis visible in the slme SPace o- our eSamI"a ions
gLeace tue ,!,iI-rrl judgment. v u ase-nded G1a,t-
ua3ly from tie rveg To the open country above
/. passing through timber land rs well Is over spots
al pTajse-aear Town s-elAg Eoo' FARMS, al'! al
Together reminded OF elder settled ciiEle Still
IN the ntiSl ct open Htft.' "iere i.e ti'.osf was
scarcely VISIBLE on either Slr' one 50 uS5' 10 STAGE
could not soon bacOuIe accustomed 10 50 great Il
change. Stnpps'' Tor supper al house half way
! 10 lo.a Ciiy-a wsySIie AN. Their proficiency
IN business, as welt rs some others whiIh we have
sluce met, being e%t!.ip.'.'s' IN showing no" TO
charge, IN oi.leT V'oTs, u lie strangers IN ana
concluding WIKI nl4~Los The guests tdNe ouI-l1elf
| pocAet books.
| Stage Staiions, IS general thing, however, a:e
! WORTHY of cDuiIu- nulliOD. We reached
iowa CITY, crossing IeaaT TVeS previously Tor
supper, ana beng HTiven 10, hnl refused lodging,
| (IJE the want 81 rannll at The fatN tiomse' we
were taken to The American GoHS+, winch alter
whFdS proved 10 DC sts Ue>' SiHPP's Hi-Ge ior rs
Tor tete we met with c!fG.r ct friends WA1S-
society was cheering. Finding no assurance al
.eupiayment here, others {" the business having .
hrn touthold III io%a Cily; from the PeiS"aS'oH
OF Dr. H. We couc!uGed Ia move thence to this (aS
per our letter lrEOSmng you.) On WedneS lay
morning, July Soih' we tooK private conVeE'nre
coming lniS way tHerrbY hoping 10 SeGote pleas
uEabie and perhaps less expensive UP. Iravei-
ing "Hif ny "a!hSht' seeing 'i"''e "' the country
and avoiding as much as possible tie stage sltuo"S'
to which private house IN Tins country is more
PieiEfAue n"th III cleanliness ana III IA'uteS;
crossing tue Iowa hVtt west 81 inc Guy 1"u HS'hs
into the plans, groves were here and There passed
whose beauty was very much married. by the thick
growth OF underwood, which IN almost every place
prevented an lngrsss; we dined al stand on the
road side, having passed through no towns or
villageS-dInner nothing extra--and fully Sulting
the description previously given Of the route by
Mrs. Jacob Smith heretofore mentioned.
Starting again, we found il necessary to stop for
the night at HulPS tavern in MaEengo, having
Travelled but thlFty-two miles, partly through
prare the latter just passed being less sandy than
the lOTmer hall days travel. The town oil MaTengo
is the county seat OF Iowa county, 4 small place
OF not over three or four hundred inhabitants, and
one which does not manifest much of growing
spirit, as it is now nine or ten years old. The
Low river running immediately north Of the town
gives water power, butt has never been made nuvi-
gable to this place. nor higher than Iowa City at any
season. This year, however, all the rivers in this
State have been extremely low and even the ca pi-
Eol of this growing StatehhaS been prevented from
ecboing the steam whistle. The Inn 10 which we
first drove was being repaired and III an Inservice-
able condition, hence the necessity OF driving to
an incomrnodious looking building directly onpo-
site and seskms lodgings at a mace which wopsd
Otherwise have been avoided. The house was
Kent bv n Mr.. Hull. and called the "EIulI House.
| ". monuy.,l. however. 10 make ourselves agr-,.-
allie, and s,yaiIov.,I ali we couIJ. ,rns,,n, Inr