The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-10-29
Letter from the west.


rAttrRAND. Keokuk County, Iowa, Oct.
i2,h, 90.
EBtroRs TiFFrN TRmuSE;-This is the
great American Election day. The Heav-
ems are shroudsd in black-everylhing
looks gloomy. hope II does not look so
In Ohio. We are having strong hopes,
that Ohio will send clean anli-slavery
delegation to Congress this time. We
are trying to do so, here. We do not
have fair sight in this state. Iowa has
a population Of at least six hundred thou
sand and has but two representatives in
Congress. lookout for Iowa after 1860.
| called At the election IN this place this
morning, and found things IN usual Re-
publican style--without any printed tick
ets--and the Democracy wellsuppled and
pokiRg them into the Ballot Dor
The boys went to writing tickets aud
tried to supply the demand. At tel O..
clock the printed tickets arrived and the
seldom falling, tardy party, was ready for
business. How the thing will come out,
| am unable to tell will try to give you
an account Of the stewardship Of the Re
publicanand Democratic Parties. in Iowa,
in my next.
We have had eight days Of rainy wealth
or. II has not been raining hard, but has
kept up agoRdsyful drizsling. The roads
are just as muddy as any one could wish
them to be. The mud is ofa sticky char
acter--itlooks like the regular black mucl
we would all call it so, ifitdid not sticl
so iutolerably Some Of your readers hay,
no doubt tried tho streets Of Republ,
when they were just as muddy as Il wa
thought, they could get; if so, they cal
form an opinion Of Iowa roads, in mud
dy time.
Last week the cold weather "closed 10
Upon US, and vegetation suddenly closec
business for 1853, We don't have whit
frosts" as you do in Ohio to commenc,
with, but our first cold Is a ''black frost.
supported by freeze, which covers ou
lale ponds with ice. Such was the visi
we received last week. Well, we werl
about ready for it'll say ws--I meah tn
crops-the people here never get read,
for cold weather, The plasteriug is al
most invariably put off till cold weathe
sets in, and then the cracks must be shut
or the inmates freeze. One coat is usual
lY slapped on in great hasta--sometime
the mortar is frozen before It is put on
sometimesafter. 1t commonly sticks an
til It thaws out. You may rest assureC
that another coat is needed, long before
is put on, The excuse for negecting
finish houses ia the proper season. is waI
Of time. There is, no doubt, much trut
in the assertion. Those who come her
Ar1 generally Of limited means and hay
all they can do to make a living for Il
first few-years.
There is good deal ldoing in the Noril
srn Sugar Cane business.
The mills are rapidly grinding the car
aud the sap is being boiled into molasse
There are several kinds of mills employe,
There is q cast mill got up il Washington
Iowa, that either is The same pattern
Watson and Halls Sugar mill, or reseu
bIes Il so closely that have not been ab
to discern the difference. think the mI
jority Of the mills have wooden crusher
They all take man to feed them, by ri,
ing thema few stalks Of the cane at tim
Il looks ike slow business, but the juiC
runs freely. The leaves are stripped fro
the stalk. before Il Is taken to the null
bu. where tie wind has had fair ohano
It Is a small job to "do the blading, -
The mills are generally furnished with
furnace and kettles for boiling the sirol
similar to the Ohio method Of making po
Ssh. The owner Of the mill receives Il
stalks Of sugar cane, at his mill from II
producer and manufactures il into mola
ses on the halves, II is said, that fro
five to eight gallons Of juice. make Of
gallon Of m9lasses. think. that Tow
will be fully supplied With swesi this yea
A strong effort win be made to eonye
the molasses into sugar Some have a
ready succeeded in making an ihIeri
quality. Il is said. that the sorghum pr
duceS best ''ifit suot cut up, until
gets freeze" The mail is ready to sta
so / must close.
G. @, N.