Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

JACK 10 iowa, anu tudt VIC may eApeSt HIS dII-
val in about two weeks. We regret that we
have not time to publish the letter this week, as
it contains matter OF interest; but came TO hand
just as we are goingt to press.
tVr We visited Eddyvi!ie, last week,
and as "firs. Impressions always pos
sess an interest for those who excite
them, our readers in that vicinity may
thank us for a staiemen, Of our ref1ec.
tons and conclusions in regard TO their
town and its belongings. The feature
which first attracts the notice of the
stranger ir'Ed .y,il!e. is the prevalence
Of small, one story, frame dwellings,
OF the Two 10 three hundred buildings
composing the town, severn igh,hs of
them, perhaps, are houses OF this class.
q par. o. them, occupied as Smi,hies.
Wagon, Plough and Carpenter shops,
and as Warehouses, ale large, roomy and
comfortable; but the dwellings are nearly
all small, snug frames, and create the i'm
preston that Eddyvilie has gone to house
keeping, and enjoys its domestic felicity
10 The full meaning and intent Of hymen.
We know of but one place which will
bear comparison with EddyviIle in tbs
numerical strength OF its one story bous-
es, and that is Moline, Illinois. There,
The existence of a water power attracted
a great many mechanics Of small! means
and large enterprise, who erected email
frame dwellings for their families, aud
embarked the greater portion OF their
substance and credit in manufacturing
plows, wagons, tanning mills, cabine,
furniture, paper, lumber, etc., ETC.. and,
as their means improve, instead OF ex.
pending them in large, beautiful dwellings
they enlarge, extend and vary their man
ufactories, and still continue 10 occupy
those dwellings which were originally
erected to serve temporarily the purpos-
es of necessity. Moline. despite its
shabby and almost pover.y-stricken ap.
pearance. is becoming ielt throughout
the country, and. in poin. Of fact, the
true interests of Illinois and Iowa would
sui1er less by the removal Of every 9th
er town between the rapids Of the Mis-.
sissippi, than by the annihilation o!
Moline. From the number of shops
employed in the service of the farmer al
Eddyville, and the lack of them IN neigh
boring towns. it requires no stretch of
the imagination to look forward to a time
when we will have, on the Demoine, o
second edition of Moline. Forbidding
at lis general exterior may be to the dan
difed drawing room critic of eastern
decorative art, Eddyville is just the
place for industrious mechanics who are
willing to locate in a thrifty village, and
by contributions Of brain and muscle, aid
IN building up a city of honest merit and
enviable fame. Lots are comparatively
cheap,and you need not fear the finger of
scorn (if sensitive upon that poin,) though
you may choose to wear out your old,
labor soi.ed clothes.
Were we to drop this article here, as
we were about doing, those Of our friends
who have never visited EddysiIle, and
whose notions of worth are governed by
dollars and cents, might think the place
one OF exceeding poverty. But this is
not the case, nor would We crsale such
an impression, 70. the world. We were
shown, in one wholesale dry good estab
lishment in Eddy vile, more goods than
we have seen in any other house in the
valley; and along the foot Of The bluff,
skiriiDg The plateau upon which the
Town is built. a great number of very
fine residences have been built, or are la
process of erection, anG in varlsus parts
of the town substantial brick business
houses are to be found. Capital is there
in sufficient abundance. but il is no. in
the hands of those who would have it
override and obscure everything else.-
It's willing 10 stand on an equal footing
with The manufacturing Interests of the
place, and should a worthy mechanic
feel too weak in the knees 10 open up
his business to The best advantage in
other towns, We would recon mend him
to look in at Eddyville, and see whether
q sympathetic pat upon the back could
not be vouched him.
" DIR. ORR requests US to say that
he is now receiving a very large stock of
Drugs, Medicines, Books. Stationary and