St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-17


the 18th of July and arrived at Rib
ford at p. NJ, a distance of 90 miA
The county is settled by Norwegi$,
mostly; il consists of beautiful roll j.
prairie intcrsperscd with fine groes
Of timber where it has been briu
the crops of corn and wheat look Be
ly. In the afternoon it raincd couid
crably SO / frequently stopped for bel
ter this afforded me a good oppStu
nifty to enquire the price Of lands Ncl
| found to be from $40 to $50 pcrnr re
| stopped at a New England iare hrs
over night, they were all hDmc- lick
and very anxious to sell and go 1ack
to old Connecticut.
CHAP. IT--July l4th.-1lert Ri d ord
this morning at s A. NJ. The Gage
came up with me soon after and j join
ed the party that was already INF and
rode to Preston, the county seat b Fill.
more county. Thence l trudgxl on
foot to Forrcstvillc, a pleasant little
village on Root river, near it's read.
The country passed over is ncay OF
the same character as that of b,stcr-
day. 1put mp at the villagc9 Hotel
and went TO bed; in the night was
awOkc by terrible scratchin which
| supposed to be rats in the I'll, but
soon found | was ovcrrun viii bed
bugs. ] did not hollcr that Il irc was
hen in the bed but came very bear it.
CHAP. I'LL left Forrestvhc this
morning at day break. Thcros re the
prcttiest farms around this Village
that ever saw; the price il about
$50 per acre. | walked to Spring
Valley before noon, a distapcc Of ~
miles. There found a yong fellow
that | had become acquainted with in
Winncbago, by the name of Willard
Hull ; he is from n. y, and has been
to school at Cla---- he is acquainted
with Rich Ellis and -. stopped
with him till almost night then went
on to Frankfort whre | stayed all
night. The country passed over to-day
has less timber, a great part of it is
open prairie, very beautiful and rolling.
CHAP. W. left Frankfort this morn
ing at 6 A. NJ. for Aistin, a distance
of % miles after walking about an
hour | came ont npol an open prairie,
Is miles without louise, so | put in
with all my might got across at ii 4.
NJ, having walked % miles. in five
hours. After takiag dinner at a little
log house came T. Austin, a smart
bit of a town aboa 100 miles from the
river. | stayed lire till after supper
then went on abou ) miles and stop
ped at a Frcnchnan's shanty over
night, slept on thehoor and ate bread
and water for breakfast, for which
p"id IS cents. IN land passed over
was not quite all taxi" but is almost
worthless.
CHAP. v-July l7th.-This morning |
started for Albert Lea where | arrived
at noon distance of 20 miles. | stay,
ed in the village till morning when
left for Blue Earth.
So ends the journal.
] have no doubt but the horses were
stolen in Minnesota they were tired as
if they had been used rather hard
One Of them has left colt at home
that had not been wcancd They arc
both mares, one a light sorrel, about
4 years old; the other dark sorrcl,
some 5 years old. If this meets the
eye of the owner he will be required
To bring with him good evidence that
they are his, as we do not wish them
to get into the hands of any but the
proper owner or owners.
No doubt Mr.. Editor You will think
this rather a long communication to
publish, at least l thought it long
one to write, but | trust its publica-
ton will serve to warn the public in
general TO beware of horse thieves,
and merchants and clerks to keep their
money out of reach of loafcrs.
Yours Respectfully
WV. Tucker.