The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-12-01

HORIZON .iryus has been to see us and we pub
fish his im ressions, personal, geographical and
whimsical. His remarks about the Editor of
this pa, er are of rather soapy nature, but then
much allowance must be made for PoMERoY.
On reading his wicked description of our beau
tiful town, we were on the point of starting for
Horizon to take him down, but after reflection
we decided to let him have his way without in :
tcrluption. Brick made many friends while
here and we hope lie may live to call on us
again before he is elected to Congress and
grows too proud to associate with the jewellers
in this narrow valley. f. |E5F.E - f..
From the Horizon (wis.) Argus.
McGregor. Iowa,
Week before last, one pleasant evening when
it was storming like blazes, we crossed the Miss
issippi from Prairie du Chen to McGregor,
Iowa, and after diligcnt search Of three min
utes, found RICHARDSON, of the North Iowa
Iimos, in the first billiard saloon we entered.
We were glad to see the Col. as he prints the
only Iowa paper that we read. and is one of
your social. genial, warm hearted, wide awake,
quick to see-the.nub sort Of editors. that we
always delight ia fal in with, and prints a verb
table ioe newspaper. Eleventeen cheers and
a 'tiger' for the Editor of the Times.
McGregor is certainly the sharpest, smartest,
wide-awakest, most activiest business place We
have found in all our travels yet. 1t is not as
large as Prairie du Chen by half, bat does three
times the business, and has more life in the last
half inch Of its tail, which is a mile from the
river. up in the ravine, than its over-the-river-
sister has in all her dimensions. As business
point, McGregor is hard to beat. On the west
bank of the Mississippi, the only outlet for a
large tract of fine country, it stands there with.
out fear of a rival. For miles up and down
the river, there is no place where village could
sit down long enough to breathe even, much
of the M. d NJ. r. R., gives it another adv an.
tagc. The only objection we have to it, is, that
| it is almost impossible 10 find place to build
house there. unless you bore into the noun
tain, while garden spot appears to be alto.
gether out Of the question.
1t is situated in a gorge of the mountain, and
extends back about mile, we believe, in
winding Sort off way, with one street, twisting,
turning, wriggling away to get back from the
river, reminding one Of the efforts drunken
man would make TO get at pocket in the hind
you cant begin to think how long and narrow
the city is! just like gopher hole. A cor.
rulen' man can not turn around without going
out "n the river in a skiff. The horses are all
poor, for tthey were fat. they would rub against
the houses IN each side of the street The In.
dies cannot wear hoops no more than pig can
fly. The tide of travel is all one way in the
forenoon and the other way in the afternoon,
The people going back to turn table. before
they can find room to turn around A man
once undertook to wear an Overcoat through
town, but 1t was no 60. Bat It's so norrotc
| Why they cant even drink lager beer there
from glass. as they have not room to bend the
elbow. They buy it 10y the inch from lead
tube, and but one man can drink Mt a time -
Price, two cents an inch! If the herd of swine
we read Of in scripture, had ran down into Tx
sea, through the main street of McGreger. the,
would not all have been to the water by thi:
time. The people are all good hearted, vide
awake sort OF folks, but the town is 40 narrow
We tried to find some broad cloth there, doub
lie width, but the merchant assured ,,s that there
was none in town, as they had not room to dis
play, or cut, that sty lie Of goods. All the folk
sleep in one horse bedsteads, which n axes h
necessary for new married people to 20 out o.
town for two or three weeks soon as the nuptia
knot is tied. Witness the case of FULLBR, o
the Times Very Narro,c. is McGregor Tn,
COWS have to stand crossways Of the streets. o
lie down, to allow their calves a chance I,
'draw from nature" Tremenitsly narrow, i
McGrcgOr. "Linked sweetness long draw,
out The only way man can whip his arm
together to warm his fingers, is to lay down
cr"sswise the street A man cannot walk out
with his wife and be polite, no way he can Fl,
it. But for all that McGregor is good bust
ness point and has some tip top fellows within
her borders. A good hotel, the american, will
GEO. l.. S, OFT and JoKs f. WRIGHT pro, re
tors, landlords lessees. or something else, is JUS
! as good House as we ever wish to stop at, an,
just as good House as MN can find in ,
years travel On the whole, McGregor, Iowa
is right "pcrt' town. but it's so narrow