Nebraska advertiser., 1857-09-03
Visit TO Rr0WnYiIle.

j. R. VANNATA, Esq, Editor of the "Rock
Port Borner'' whose visit to our place we no.
ticed in our last issue, after returning home
wrote quite a lengthy, and a very genteel and
complimentary article on his 'visit to Brown
%ville,' which we regret a want Of space COM
pels US to condense. After describing his
trip from Rock Port to the river, he says:
Passing through this timber we arrived at
the ferry of Finney & Codington. Here we
left our team and took passage in a fine large
yawl Just purchased for the use of the ferry,
and in a few minutes we were landed on terra
jfrnaa on the Nebraska side at the city Of
Brownville. 1t is about three months since
we visited this place and the growth in that
short time much surprised us. Quite a num-
Der of good houses have been built and are
all occupied several new stores and shops
have gone into operation and some three new
banking houses have been opened, and all
seem to be doing an active business. We no
ticed more particularly the large store house
of McAnister, Dozier & Co.; this building
must be about 100 feet long and 20 feet
wide the interior is tastefully arranged, sep
arating stoves, tinware, castings, &c, from the
dry goods department. We next dropped IN
to the new store of Mcpherson & Co, near
the boat landing this is a fine building and
we'll filed with goods. We next callcGin at
the Advertiser Office, and inquired for Mr..
Furnas, when a very pleasant, good looking,
gentlemanly man of about % years answered
to the name, and extending the hand of an
honest printer gave us a cordial greeting. At
ter spending a short time with Mr.. Furnas, and
Informing him of our mission to his town he
very politely offered his services and accom-
panied US through the city giving us an intro
duction to the business men Of the place, all OF
whom we found to be courteous, intelligent
men, and some of them favored us with their
cards, and others gave us good encouragement
After visiting all the business houses in the
city Mr.. Furnas left us to attend to some Oh
the perplexing cares Of the printing oflce, ou'
we cannot leave without returning our thanks
to him for his kindness, and hope to be able al
some future time to reciprocate the favor. Mr.
Furnas came to that place when 1t was in it
infancy, and by means Of that powerful lever
the Press, has perhaps done more to build III
the town than all other influences combined
and vet how few there are when sitting BY
their fre-sides reading, think of the powerful
influence it Yields in building up towns anC
cities, railroads and everything else that IS cal
culated to make a greatcountry. After dinin:
at the Nebraska House, WI made preparation
to leave, being much pleased with the town
We think the towns of Brownville arr
Rockport can both grow to be places OF con
siderable importance, and will be an advantag
to each other. We need a population there t.
buy our surplus products and timber, and a
for stealing our trade by their free ferriage w
are not alarmed. All they make of us by TAX
ing our trade off the Bottom we viii got bacI
in selling them our grain ard produce. Their
is one thing to bear in mind, that Atchiso
county has the soil and the men to till it, an
our farmers are sharp enough to spend thei
money in their own county for goods, and tax
all the money they can get from the Territor
for sheir products. The Territory is bound t
pay tribute to Missouri and Iowa for man
years to come indeed until they turn the
attention more to farming and less to buildin
up paper towns.