The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-06-12

A couple days sgo we drove from Dsv
export . Le Claire. By the river road. Just
rain enough had fallen 10 lay the dust. 10
wash the lace Of the Isntscapc. end strew
the grass Nth sparkling gems Of dcwy dia-
m, nd drops The sun shone softly - IL i,
had only the one objec, Of meIi,~ing oG the
chill Ola gentle breeze. csihng forth the
sonRs Of birds. aai touching up with tini
end shadow as only sunsh,ua can reveal
trees, grass, AID bsossom-, = freshly glit
iering from The bath oi the passing shower.
Posls may s,ng OF ether chimes and scenes
In foreign lsnds. but all the poets born H.
the worId never in the depicted beauties o.
cline or scene sang TO His glory so s~ee, a
cong VI praise - the glowing reality Of sueh
. morning 10 the lows land Blu, poets and
poetry aside. we do not know where more
delightful drive csn be found than that 10
lie Clsre-except on IN, same road back
again! The road u comparatively level.
and passes over prairie slope aud through
groves Of great trees-grca, laf this coun.
ny-and by beautiful farm. and homestcads.
aad across crystal streams. The scener,
- lovely ., every point, whether ON the
rver's margin, % where 40 clitterinp
reflection rum Is waters ate visible
And then such farming lanls lands rich
- they are Misunderstanding down in
gentle slope from the tops Of high blufFs a
mile hack from the riyer.io the waters edge.
Voc look down upon them a, certain points.
- upon . gssder plat. aid each bed IL a
farm or Geld. Some u the rrs.dr nc.s are
very Handsome. the occupae,s exhibiting
not only re6ned tastes in Their houses, bu,
In the planning and keeping o the surround
ing grounds. Many have Ii althy lookin.
oschsrds. and Aower gardens v i.,Ic ia iron,
OF we 6ne residence we noticed q spsfkiiu.
fountain playing in the sunshine. But I.
make reality more real, ~e would surges
that on this drive q little labor 10 needed
There are several places " hich mus. b
very bsd, almost impsssabIe. u times Of un.
usually muddy roads. The duck Creek
bridge hes been down for long time. CON.
pell,ng those who travel the road 10 make
. very dissarcrable. II NO, Il times danger.
oss esl u, 10 cross the creek The bridge
sLould be repaired or new enc substitutes
without further delay. and tie road put ia
complete order.
lie Claire appear. grow ias very iast. AM
II 10 already . place OF consi ief able inpor.
lance. A0ong the new bu ld.ngs going W.
ore several very 6as brick ds.lilnRs wh,ch
vould - - ornament 10 even much larger
places than our osn. On TIE bud. bach
Of The town there are now . number o res
idsaess. and more are being added 10 the
sUobss. AlsAg the river bank are several
esiss mills. and saw mill OF large capsei
.ies. with another going up La,hs IN,
shingles % veil - lumber are made .. III.
sac nil. asd Ne machinery 10 very CON,
pl.te. There are substantial Ways ON me
river bssk for hauling up and repairing
steamers. The Ksts Csssei WAS resting on
sssm end being repaired when we were
there. We dropped in 10 see the Expres.
Boys. who seemed % be - 1, their elbows
- work They esstainiy print . neat p.pe,
eed oss which should receive hearty cup.
pert iroa - so~a and surrossdinx coun.
~. Thsy also issue an edition for Por,
eyues. sosrishing town Of the other side
sfiAs rivss. We we're glad 10 recognize IN
- lasss I'D aosrishIss ,os , Of Le clai,e
e~Asssss sfshs iact tAs. hi spir. Of .,o.
esess sssspias over the We. era land. ~.
- pssssd \ ~. bet 10 bearing i. .loa, i.
- Mighty Ans u prosperity. The vr,,. ,
sfths 80 ssvss q L Claire b., once h..
sse-abess ssvss ysass -. u was then
. 49, q pssbsbk lss han dosss ho..,,
tnssa1kag allL Noa - sss aasssss i.
Dspslsasa ssahess semeshiag Lie too
thso1so6t Wsils - wtsA Il . esssisss .ee
e pssapssiay, ~ iasssA y .dsep IL" coca.
asasllv - - = ess Sssd wishes .se
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