The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-11-14
Nc Oregon, lossa,- Fr:aay.Nop. ii, 1856.
BRADFORD.


ed at the head of this article in highly
favorable manner. & = J
A large number of our acquaintance
from North Indiana emigrated to that.
section,and settled in the vicinity of Brad
ford and st. Charles We received, while
yet in Indiana, some glowing descriptions
Of that part Of Iowa, and just now, it would
please us very much to have them repeat
ed by the same hands, with all the addi-
tiohal interest that two or three years inn
proyement will justify. That country is
Familiarity known in St. Joseph and La
Porte counties Indiana and as our circu-.
laton there is respectable, it would not be
a bad idea to set up your country and its
prosperous villages in the Times. We
are anxious to show the people the East
that this Northern Iowa is one of the
counties 1--WE read off, and we can do it
in no better way than by obtaining statis-'
tics from the actual settlers. .. 80, -.
Western description has a more charm
ing interest to the residents of the! East
than we generally imagine. Their friends
are here, and they are anxious to hear Of
their condition There is a freshness too,
In western news, pregnant as it is with
the rough-and-tumble, active, border in
cidents Characteristic Of all early settle
ments. Weread tie history ofthe Amer
lean, colonies with more anxiety, and re-
member it much more wildly, than we
do the quiet and sober account Of our
country during the administration Of Mr.
Monroe. But this fact needs no illustra-
ton and We leave it. I54 Saa5
BRADToRD is situated in Town "a Range
IA West, on Cedar River. 1t is on the
line of The Nc Gregor and Missouri Riv-
er Rail Read, and doubtless willbecome
a very important station. It's population
is about 500 and the material Of whichit
is made is sure guarantee of the. rapid
advancement of the town in all the ele-'
ments of greatness. 1t would not do now
to say that Bradford, st. Charles, West
Union, Clermont, DEBORAH, Frankville,
Usage, and many other western villages
will in few years, be large interior cities,
some ofthem numbering to s thousand
inhabitants-we say il would not do now
to write it, because skeptics might doubt
the fact and ridicule the prophet; but; if
g the country is the mother of the city, all
we have to do is to point to our immense
range Of territory, fertile AZ the Egyptian
Delta, and ask the doubter how much
maternal capacity it will require to give
birth to dozen cities r. The denizens of
our sedate, finished, Sunday looking cas-
tern towns, know very little Of the speed
with which things move in this Iowa and
Minnesota world. $500 7,i. beha!i.l I'd.
Bronson's Hotel at Bradford must be
the Home of the traveller in every sense.
We hearlit commended on all hands as
among the first Public Houses in thu,
State. 1t isdwen kept, and what adds
materially to the comfort Of the stranger,
it is presided over by q Landlord who is
faultless in his vocationi Maaysgood far
mers and business men are lost to society
by becoming managers Of Hotels. 4 From
their total want Of tavern-keeping, tact
their houses become a disgrace to the.
road. Bronson is not one Of these. He
has taken all the degrees in hiscprofession
and travellers pronounce him au tait. ~
: E. a. Haskell Esq i, and Pooler y Bros.
Messrs. Nichols 4 Co., and J. J., A., Bird,
are furnishing the inhabitants of Brad.
ford and vicinity with great many goods
and it is presumable that, they are doing
a profitable business The mercantile
trade can, not well be otherwise than good
in this region; not on account Of the
heavy profits made, because when freight
and trahsp ortation bills are paid, there is
not an extravagant margin left. for nett
profits but the sslss@Aco large, the pay is
prompt and the returns can be made more
frequently than in the older states !; these
are the secrets Of success, ss.a.li,9 ~
issWooDBnIDeE is aihourishing town, also
on the Cedar; two miles below Bradford.
Tits named from E. D. Woodbridge Esq.
its Proprietor. Samples mills saw
and Grist M I'LL said to be very vala.
able, notonlyto the owners. but to the sur
rounding country. We have not learned
their cost Or capacity; but if report be
true, the water power at Woodbridge is
to that Of any town nfthe, Cedar.
Thatadyantage, added to the fine body Of
timber in its vicinity with prairie cohven-
lent and a Rail Road coming, ws'ill4make it
possibly the Rochester Of that region, z
!; u Greedy 4 Co., have 2 large stock Of
goods aethis point and are doubtless -four