The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-08-11
Correspondence.

Eds. Times In my last, held up to your
view the kaleidoscope weather that we had
been blessed with for long time.
Since then. like the boys sick aunt cit has
been growing no better very fast" II has
been more capricous than the tickle Goddess
Intense heat. cold dsmps, parching drouth, a
blisteripg, sitting sun, like that in Hafed's
dream, icy chlls, cold drizzling East winds, like
Doesticks streets Of Boston, all dumped out
in bunch with nobody to single them out"
have been our constant portion. In the mid.
die Of June the members of the Legislature
shut the doors, put on overcoats and cloaks,
apd huddlsd up like twin cupids, or to be more
classic. Ike nock Of Msrino sheep in a cold
Spring rain, in order to keep warm. A week
later and the cir was like furnace-the Mer-
curry standing l02 and l04 deg. in the shade.
The recent revivals should have had the effect
of making people receive all these things with
less irreverencs than usual. But the contrary
is the fact.
Half the people are finding fault with the
Great Governor and offering him wise sugges-
tions tor fear he will spoil the crops. One
would naturally think to hear them talk that if
he would not stay his hand they would cause
q commission of lunacy to issue at once, and
all Git seems to your correspondenD wi'hou
any cause. The first crop will be fair, the hay
crop better-Oats, Wheat and Rye all look
iuely-so with Potatoes. The Corn crop looks
backward, very little looking like spindling at
present, in other respects it never looked bet.
ter. So with all Difference to those who deem
the deity very eccentric this season, we feel
bound to post to his credit the fact, that so for
as substantial results are concerned the Great
Helmsman never handled his craft more to
mans advantage. Manufacturing Of most
kinds is quiet. The shoe business has not re-
covered from the blow it received. Trade is
active through the country in all those articles
that 60 for the benefit of the inner man. In
other respects it is much lighter than for some
years, but is gradually coming up. Money
in the cities, to responsible parties, has not
been 90 easy for years, but it is far otherwise
in country towns. Few save those engaged
in collections can have just idea of its scarci.
ty among the people, and W ith the small traders.
1t is about impossible to obtain it. Men, in
these times, of moderate means find it cut of
their power to raise $40 where two years ago
they could have raised 500 with ease. If the
crops come off we'll, it will give relief. This
is an unhealthy state Of things. The heart is
gorged with blood, while the extremities are
pelishing for its warmth.
We are getting to be highly respectable
people-we had astreet f. sht here the other day
-one outlandish pedlar gave another, what
"Flush Times calls "a good sound constitu.
tional, conservative licking"
Our great constitutional nuisance the Le-
gislature. has for the time been ahatod. The
s.s-ais,r had one great merit, il was brief. It's
negative merit was, that it did but little and
left much undone. 1t has been the most blind
ly partisan, of any for the last IS years. 1t has
cut up and re-districted towns and cities, SO
as to keep the reins of power in the hands of
these dominant Jehus. 1t has retained cor
rupt defaulting officers in power. Though it
sprang from the lions of tie X. N. party it
has given prominent Office to an unnaturaliz-
cd alien in defiance of our constitution, which
they had sworn to support. It has kept in
their SEATS for the session, persons who were
never elected as Representatives from local-
ties that had no right to send. 1t has sent
home Democratic Representatives clearly
elected by their own showing-and has allow
ed others to be deprived of their seats on er
payte evidence-mere certificates of a partisan
justice that a certain person had appeared be-
fore him and made certain statements, giving
no right to cross examine such witness in any
way-and then put Republicans in their places
1t has resolved that it was terrible enormity,
that the ,chole constitution was not submitted
to the people of Kansas, and proved its sinceri.
ty by turning the wards of whole cities topsy.
turvy for partisan purposes, and refusing to
submit the scheme to the people interested. on
the ground that the people were unfit to be
trusted. 1t has shrieked for "negro equality
and shown its honesty by passing pedlar act
that will stop black man from selling pins
and thread to his neighbor under penalty of
AoAAA Wv w V~OVS 0uu 0uOt0CI Will Sus duy
man hires shop or store to sell anything for
less term than one year.
This party used as weapon to drive the De-
mocracy from power, the Temperance ques-
ton. They passed stringent "Maine Law"
which drove every town, as town, into the IL
quor trade-and now have passed another
which makes the Go vernon q supreme liquor
ID whose sworn duty it is to buy all the liquor
he thinks will supply the state on the credit of
the respective towns, Oh just such terms as he
deems proper, and which with severe penalties
compels all towns to buy of him or his lac
queys. The doctrine would seem to be, to cure
people of the desire TO drink keep them so full
hey can't There is more liquor sold here
now, and more intcmpcrance especially among
Ioung men, than Ht any time fox the last twen:
y years. Yours.
GRANITE.