New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-25
SOUTH WESTERN IOWA.


Cms.ondsnce u To N. Y Trbune.
BEDFORD, Taylor Co., Iowa, Dee. II, 1888.
The great eageness with which information
of all kinds touching any portion Of this Westsro
country is sought after by large portion of your
readers may perhaps justify me in giving brief de-
scripton of the southwestern portion Of Iowa.
Like most other parts Of the State, the surface Of
the country beautifully rolling diversified by wood
land and prairie and well watered by springs, yules
aud streams Of convenient size for mills. The wood
lard ia mostly confined to the margin Of the stTeams
Occascna agove extends out upon the upland.
The proportion Of woodland 10 that Of prairie Is rather
ALL yet with proper economy every quarter-secton
may be settled ana put in cultivation Most Of tho
timber il OF excellent quality for fencing aud build
ing purposes II consists Of the various knds OF oak,
black walnut in great abundance, lynn fbaewocdl,
maple ash &C.; and il well distributed through
the country, so that no piece OF pralne can DC
found at over two or three miles distant from timber.
The soil !. composed of deep, black vegetable
mold Of almost inexLaustible fertility. II Is very
easily worked anil TO one who has never seen II, the
nunon INT Of grain which be raised from q given
quantity Of and il almost incredible.
But the principal charm Of this country consists 10
the midness ana galubrty Of the climate. those
who have examined the meteorological tables iS Kan
sss Territory, published in TIE Kaasas Herald Of
FsTdo1a during last Winter, form toerable Idea
Of what the climate Of this country is. The co.dess
weather which have had for the last two years, the
mercury stood at 10 degrees below Zero and the warm
es 100 deg. above.
In Taylor County entirely free from those
intermittent feyers which prevail generally through
out the Wet. During the past sea-cn have noe
seen or heard Of case Of the ague within ths limit
Of the county. We also entirely free IRON pulmo-
nary diseases. Such thing az coughing or conscmp-
ton il entirely unknown here, except as We have
witns Sod it in the East. The gentle breeze which
constantly fans these prairies acts BIKE charm upon
tie cobs1mptiye patient. And fail drafts Of II are
IL onsand times potent in curing him than all the
uafstf medicines invented.
know Of no portion Of the Western country which
Offers az great Inducements to the emigrant o. the
,outL-w, stern portion Of Iowa. II has Just fairly CON-
merced settling, and land in abundance be got at
Government pnces with the exception Of timber,
which can be bought at from IS to $40 per acre. Nils
are beng built, schools and churches established,
streams brdged 80 that in few months We shah en-
Joy ell the advantages Of older settled eoantry.
One other reason why this country offers greater IN
dueem.rts TO emigrapts than many otbers u, that
railroad win soon be built frvm Fort Madison oa The
Mississippi River 10 Nebraska City on the hssoc1
kiver running through the southern tier OF eosnsiss
b road IL already under contract a. tsr a. bbcmfed
in Davis County. It u in the hands OF On ent<ssa9
Company and will soon be pushed foryerdts ssa-
pletion. Yours &c u