The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-12-24
No.18s
Wostern OOrrospOndonos



Epuops TifrN TRpuNr;-I LEFT springlale
according to announcement ia my last. l made
direct ior Iowa City, distance Of fifteen miles
had The open pc siric for uino miles, and had TO
encounter q STRONG south west breeze. This
prairie is very uneven aud when Travelled over
1t four ycars ago, there was not hotiso fot miles
NOW nearly every eighty acre lot along the
road, has house Upon u, with . quiet Olfaker
family. happily residing in IT, / struck the tim
Der about ak miles from the city The timber is
Of a poor qualty--it Is scrubhy, aud thinly scat
tered over the ground Tho leading spetips ale
Rod Oak, highland Bur Oak Linn, Slippery Elm
and Hickory, (Rroomstick size The under
growth consists Of plum, blackberry, thoru crab
apple &c.
The ground was nearly tbawed out when I
reached the oity--the strccts were iu a miserable
eonditon--almost impassahle. The Iowa ri gct
is In a good boating stage but no boats running
Steamboats, have come 70 HE place frequently.
but not within the yo years, past The rivcris
tull spanncd hy two Tout BRDors 40 be who
crosses must phy. ltisa nUgNiNo SHAME, that
a city that docs as much business ms Iowa Citv
viii suffer the thousands Of pcrsons who como 10
! 10 10 trade, TO be compelled TO pay BmDuE tax.
before they can cotuc iuto 10.
! / len nc city and iourncyod towards Richmond
a town eigtecn miles south, but unfortunately 3
| got ON tho wrong road, (Which is NO uuoommon
Occurrence) aud was sO0n three miles out OF my
J
| right way and would have reached l. without
difficulty, had | not been stouoHEp down once,
and compelled 10 70 through a mans farm
/ had ~ let down but two fuces--thc fields In
Iowa are generally large All right again,
travelled through a variety Of Prairie Barren and
Timber laud. The streams crossed, ARE Old Mans
Creek. English river, (which is one Of the best
timbcrcd streams in the state aud Camp Greek
(rhc head quarters Of the Musquakov ludmni
was for long time upon thisercckl Richmond
lis small town, situated hi Tie UIaughln Grove
II is olton called the village Of cHuRcurs.
My way from Richmond lead 10 Washington
tten milcs,) The traveller here passes over th,
lPuppltTnRn PRAtHiE; very fiat, and often we,
lprairic. A number OF Seneca county people, ar
located hero. l can not tell why they pitched
their t5nts ON this level prairie unless It was 10
couscqucnce Of the attachment they formed ~
the Swalcs In your county,
The rain fcll In torrouts on the 26th and 21tl
ult When ] reathed Washington, was "wcl
lducked." ] there met with many Of the faithful
Teachers Of Washington County-they had me
10 hold a Teachers Association. | have attend
ed Teachers Associations in YOUR CITY, OK fLEAs
Ant DAYS. that were MORE sLrNLY ATTENDED.
do not say this 10 tho condemnation Of the "Scn
eca Tribe" but to the praise Of Hawkeyes.
| left Washington FOR this place, aud before
reached Crooked Greek, found the water innini
Into my buggy. But Just as ] fcnbhcd the hank
found dry spot" The bridge was still aboy
the water. but on the opposite side for q ha
milo, ~ rescmbled n lake IN some particulars an
n large river in others,
/ confess, that II looked frightful TO 60 int
and the hearts Of othcrs duailed A young MIA
with his team stood watching tile rise Of tie vi
ltcr aud the drit wood as IL swept by But
dared not enter. lie was anxious TO have NE u
IL; and wanted HM TO. 10 Is singular, that u
should sometimes be willing to have others {
thinga, that we nre afraid TO do oursolvosl II WI
so in this case. We parleyed sometime, but,
finally concluded our controversy by sayin
that he "did not care about crossing anyhow, AZ
did not know that he should, il the water WI
low So saying, ho got int his wagon and 81
he was going back 10 town; now came the "rl
Il or wAR, "--my motto has always been; "ro kn,
YOU are right, and then 60 ahead" | could Z
bear the thought Of going back, aud 40 unhitc
ed Rock" from tho buggy. ] felt If Il COULD
wadcl, Hr could do it. Clio is seventeen liar
high, and when iat, is said 10 weigh ninet
hundred pounds)
.,. got upon him, and in we went-I rode h
ht' through aa best l could. 10 find the road a
he thcu took another route back. Tho current v
lg very strong, and the water cold but he ma
An, out TO stem IT, Il lacked about six inches Of RI
NO ming over his back. When got 10 the buggy
IRE found tic young man still on hand. ] told b
- u,nt | thought Rock could mike it with mo
the buggy and was going 70 have him trf IL.
hitthcd him upi took of tie lines, aid lash
4. on the trunk, and then gut on HIM dgain, al
I'd dashed into the raging waters, and thought "w
~ man has done, mnn may do"-and so Il was
NJ we got safely through. l looked back once
twice, but could see no signs Of a buggy--b
when we came out, il came out with Us. / W
told by those on the shore, wien came out, In
II was great wonder made it--that there a
4, many high stumps IN the bottom came throul
nd land that the stage, in high water, sQmetim
IT, strikes one Of them aud stays there tall The W
Ny ter falls, and the passengers have 10 get out
ml best they can. have dwelt, TO give you lit
he Of how we sometimes travel in Iowa
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