Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-12
LOCAL MATTERS.


.,,o which had twenty-sevcn rows; ou
,,;end ]. Eldridge has since handed US one
.h;,h numbers twenty-eight rows. Wheth
:, there be any thing peculiar in Iowa sol
besides its richness, We know not; but It ].
.s,,,io ,ha, cereals and vegetables not only
Weld very great increase, but that the lat
-, are also Of extraordinary size. We
we're conversing the other day with friend
..ho fo,me,ly resided in Ohio, but who fol
II. mas, year has been gardening near Mus.
.,,;oe and he told US that though the land
.h;c,, he cultivated Us a garden in Ohio
49,. :. rich as it could be made, and was
,oostantly kept in good order, yet he never
raised vegetables on il equal to those which
h. has gathered since he came to Iowa.
Ne has sent number Of specimens Of diff
fe,eu, kinds Of vegetables to Agricultural
Fairs in the Buckeye State, where they
have served as the best kind Of advertise
men,s. But the part Of the story most in
,eresting to our informant is, that the ground
which he has in Iowa is cultivated at much
.s. ex,ense and with half the hard work
|,h., he II ed to bestow on his Ohio garden
and further, the advance in the price Of the
land he bought, and the profit he made by
gardening in one season, have considerably
more than equalled the original purchase
money.
These instances are common in different
parls Of the State, and are quite numerous
our own county, but we refer to the
present one for the purpose Of repeating
ksha, we have before said, that we know OF
DO business which would pay hnndsomer
prof, than an extensive and well conducted
garden in the vicinity Of Davenport. II
nv of our readers have an idea of enga
ping in such business, or have friend al
he Z IS, who is gardener, and would like
y do better BY coming here, we think that
he most sanguine anticipations of either
wouId be realized.
business calling US into the store Of
Dr.. II. II. Smith on Saturday, We used the
Opportunity TO examine his extensive stock
carpe'ing He has very many styles and
Qualities and thu persons must be unusually
|astidions who cannot find something in his
nge assortment that will suit them. Mr.
s. informs Us that his business is continual
y charging and that on Friday he sold more
pods than he has in any one day since he
las been in the State.
Noticing the sanitary regulations still
published in the papers of eastern and other
tles, reminds Us of the remarkable degree
health which Davenport has enjoyed
ofuring the whole of the past summer. Not
only have we entirely escaped vi station
rom any form ofepIemic, but our city has
fxperenced remarkably ssnnli amount of
icknesS Of any kind. 1t is the remlrk of
Rangers when they first visit Davenp. 1T,
hat its location, the water found here, the
neral fac, Of the surrounding country,
md all It's natural features indicate that It
must be healthy town: and If such stran-
rrs make 1t their place of permanent resi-.
Tence, they find that their first impressions
we're ehrely correct. The fact of healthy
'''ua'ion is by no means The leas. consider
ton with those who are selecting future
me, especially if they have families, aud
we can confidently assure all such, that they
gan Ind no healthier spot than Davenport in
Pill Prairie-land
I've have scarcely get the hang of our
ne rooms yet when we do the presumption
Is that we will grind out editorial SO abund-
anty tina, the present compass OF our sheet
"tll not CO n,ain us.