The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-11-07

rag upon these productions of unseen
power, | could almost worship her my.
self, and deem it not idolary. The bison,
whose large herds had for ages held ten
ure Of these pastures and fattened upon
their herbage, had retired farther into
the western wilds and left possession to
the deer, who, now monarch Of the plains,
tossed his antlered head in regal pride,
led forth his graceful focks 'to sport q
long summers day upon the prairies or
to seek the sheltre of the groves from the
noontide heat. The wild goose and swan
sported in playful and sntic gambols upon
the waters, as, for few days. they stop
ped on their annual passage to the nor
thern lakes or, perchauce, the mystic sea
that shuts in the northern pole--and the
black bird piped forth his music in merry
notes, mellow and rich, from the tree tops,
and the bobolink-an enthusiast as Rob
ert Of Lincoln always was-put forth all
his skill to cheer his male, just as he used
to do when he was hid among the daisies
along the banks of the Connecticut or the
shores Of Champlain. And then, when
autumn came, and the woods put on their
party colored robes Of yellow, purple and
crimson, and the brown nuts dropped
from the trees, and the wild grapes, in
rich clusters, hung among the branches,
aud the dark haired forest maidens trod
the woods in search Of these dtinty pri-
zes, and with many a joyous shout and
merry laugh gathered them up and bore
them home in triumph. There was an
attraction, an animation, in these scenes
that could not fail to please all who chanc-
ed to witness them.
Here was a land that gave promise of
plenty, land where industry could not
fail Of gathering an abundance, 'and
where labor could exercise its full reward.
No lordly proprietors, no avaricious
churchmcn to weigh down and crush the
laborer by tythes and rents, but the whole
country was before them, free to enter
and almost free to appropriate, cultivate,
SOW and reap. A region so fair and
good, often being seen and known, could
not long remain a wild-settlers must
come, and they did come-scatteriDg at
first, tits true, but thicker and thicker,
until now every part Of the county has
received a portion. Almost every region
has supplied its quota of inhabitants.
the Yankee has come from the granite
hills of New England. Dwellers from
the land of Penn are here. They have
come from the pine barrcns of the Caro-
linas, from the rich valliyes of the Ohio
and from the broad plains of Illinois. Eu.
rope, too, has sent out her farmers, her
artizans and her laborers. They have
come from the Legendary banks of the
Rhine, from the cold mountains of Nor
way and Sweden, from the heather hills
of Scotland, from the bogs and fens of
Ireland, and from the sunny dales Of Eng
land; men of stalwart form, men of mind,
men Of thought and men of action; men
who feared not toll, who shrunk not from
danger and who could grapple with diff
culties with will and energy that never
fails of success Hither they came and
located upon our prairies, and by indus
try and perseverance have made to them
selves plantations whose broad acres have,
during the present gathering time,
groaned under such burden of cereals
as were never before witnessed upon the
plains of Iowa. And many warm heart
has leaped with gratitude, and many a
sun-burnt countenance has worn the
smile Ct joy as they contemplated the
large harycsts with which their fields
were crowned They have not only made
farms, but they have reared houses, which
though not furnished with the costly el-
egance of the millionaries of the land,
are nevertheless abodes adorned with
plenty, peace and comfort Homes they
are. American homes--such as no peo.
pie on earth can claim except Americans
the homes Of frecmen. And around
these dwellings and over these prairies
they have scattered focks and herds tha,
now present a scene eff pastoral beauty
scarcely equaled by the grazing districts
of England or Germany; and already ma
ny samples of these noble herds, whose
fair and rounded forms give ample proc
of the nutricious properties of the indi
ginous grasses of the prairles, have founc
their way to remote and eastern markets
and what il still better, have supplied th'
wants of our people here at home will
choice and hcalthful food, and have Otter
helped to spread the board of many ru
raj feast, when the barns were filled, th'
reapers' work done, and the hardy labor
ers with songs and glee "Shouted the har
vest home" The "schoolmaster, too
has been abroad" and in almost ever,
district school house has arisen, wher
hundreds of youthful minds are beinI
trained and instructed in the rudment
Of knowledge, thereby preparing ther