Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-06
Iowa Correspondence
EIpoRA, Iowa, July 2lst.
Mn. Enron


ErDoRA, Iowa, July 2lst.
Nm. Enron
Although you are not
personally acquainted with me, yet / |
I'M ge(ting on pretty nearly familiar
Terms via you; or at least with your
lxcel|snt paper Snd let,nc say, that il
IS olva,se velcoiac visitor at our house
h I'D iar l<e1l have often thought
/ x5tI1 ~ lines, but have
that pro9 Z. 50a would.care but it,
e.beq< ips from y who arc 80
We hafe had q very wet spring and
so far, butitha almost ceased
to rain out here, for about twice week
It literally pours down, none Of your
dropping or drizziing rains, but just such
an ore as you might imagine If the
whole heavens. wero ono great rescr
voua. with punctured pan underneath
p
aud then hosting the valve, and letting
il down ii shower bath fashion; may.
with perfect safety. say that within the
past twenty or thirty-fvc years of my
| have never seen so many
hard rains, in the same length of time.
The streams are all OVERLOOKING their
banks and travelling is among the inn
possibilities. g.
The crops win be almost 9 future
ept lhs corn ~ m
- - - of Sse1IaiFy'
but from reports from other parts, IT
will not be so good, q great deal has been
washed out of the ground, and in some
instances, it has been washed out by
the roots. and that is saying good deal
when VIC take into consideration that
our country is all prairie. taking it alto
gother there will be fair average crop.
Some of it is now tasscling and from
appearances the majority Of it wilt be
ripe, unless VIC have very early frost
The oat crop will be very nearly a
failure on account ofso much wet wealth
or; IL will not mature. The rust is al.
so very bad among oats this season
there is largo amount of the old croT
still on hands. There will not be more
than half crop of wheat, the rust has
struck it badly and the heads arc only
about half Tiled, ti,efe is considerable
smut, it is also very light, but that that
docs I'LL will DO large grains. We have
large amount Of the old crop still on
hands, so that there will not be much
lack for bread.
Times-as tire saying gocs--are aw
fully hard here, and money scarce, in
fact there is no money here. | have Of
ten wondered why some ofyour eastern
moneyed men don't send their mono,
out here to invent or loan, it will bring
from 20 to 40 ger cent with deed OF
real estate for security, it ccrtainl,
would pay better than to get only from
five TO six per cent, where You are.
You have some spicy correspondent
for yourpapsr, aud some | think wh'
will not receive very hearty thanks
from tho citizens of the place in whicl
they reside. Some take apparen
pleasure in letting the world know o
the increase of the rumbcr Of respon
sibilities, they may have at home, }
might not be out Of place for some 0
the rest Of us to boast littlc, rs W.
have had q splendid "gontleman cow
conc to our house and wo can look for
ward, with pleasure to nice yellow but
ter, and plenty Of rich cream for on
coifcc, but due allowances should b'
made for the "hoosicrs.
A rich joke was played hero at th'
expense of .. couple OF boosters which j
too rich to be lost IL will DO rccolleet
cd that tl's springof 1857, was yer.
cold one, and about the first of April,
would freeze pretty hard at night, an'
thaw OFT during the next day. Abou
that time there was any number o
ducks, geese, &c, in all tho pond:
slouchcs, creeks, and rivers, and thos
that loved that kind Of sport, had thei
hearts content, but TO tho joke: On
morning Mr. IIawkcyc meets Nh
IIoosicr and asked him if he had 60
any ducks" "Why no. says hoosiei
chow do you get them ?" "Oh jus
IStart ont early in tho morning and yor
will find plenty oil them with their fec
frozen fist in tho sloughs.' by golly
I'm have some Of them" That da'
Mr.. IIoosier went to his friend and toll,
him about il and they agreed, that Oh
the next morning they would start car
nv and ret load Of ducks. The mex
morning those two "hoosiers' wer
seen hunting up and down the slough
with mattoclS on shoulder, to dig out til
ducks, but poor fellows, they were dis
appointed, when told that they wer
made April tools. l am spinning m.
letter ont too long and shall close b,
saying that if you think this worthy
place in your columns, you can use il
if not, Just kindlc the fire with it. J.
pS- The Republican Convention
which met at indianapolis on Frida,
last, nominated Hon. Albert G. Porter