The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-06-11
TUESDAY. June Ith. lS51


ests Of our town have not altogether been
neglcesed, though they have been Of too
secondary significance. They have gen.
orally had winter school and new have a
very good summer (frce) school IN oper-
alton, With from sixty to seventy Eve
scholars in attendance. believe slmos,
every child Of proper age iu the district
il to be found 10 the school room. None,
or at least, but very few are idle. Too
few papers are taken and there is not
that relish for general reading there
should be. / don't know that one daily
newspaper comes !, town. The young
folks have = lyceum which meets / be-
lievo every Friday night, Of which debat-
ing, declaiming and reading essays form
the principal employment. This, by the
way, is very profitable woy of spending
the evenings Quite number Of our
young men in the immediate ueishbor-
hood patronizc Cornell College--Moult
'crnon--with a view Of preparing them
selve for the active duties of life. ..@
Since wrote the last I've been won.
| derng whether it wouldn't be better not
to give you the social and political rela.
lions We sustain en- n,assc, but little by
little. There are so many diftercn,
2sascs IN society aud politics--so many
new scenes and features presenting them.
selves, that one letter would by no means
cover the whole or present ut all an sdc.
quatc idea of either. I shall therefore
from time to time as l find opportunity
present whatever Of intere.: may be trans.
pinns whether socially, politically OF
otherwise. 49,.
Socially VIC differ little from o,he,
places We have here as you have in
Upton, envy aud jealousy-slander and
buck ,b't'pg-wrans'ing aud dispute -
We have here also those those who are
gwen to much to gossip--those whc
know every body's business better than
their own--who know before any BODY
else oil that is passing and crelt deal
nore--those who when a secret is retnH
ed to them yeud i. out at wholesale. We
have here, rs arc to be found elsewhere
those who delight to keep a, profound
secret all the good they may reluctant,
become cognizant Of in any one Wills
with apparent delight--though affected
sorrov and painful sense of duty "thcy
SOW broad cast whatever Ill or uisfor,un,
may even be surniscd in their nciyhbors
Alas that such characters should ),
found in any community. And why i.
1t SO! Is 1t because Of jealousy or envy!
have in writing thus no personal sui
mostly whatever to crafty. Nor do
wish to be understood as giving this y,
the general character Of the town. BY M
means. / believe the people here are a.
clever and kind, as a community, and a.
free from gossi and selishness as an,
people | have ever had the fortune to b,
thrown among. Since I've been her,
I've met Oh oil sides with the Creates
kludness, and ] would be ungrateiul, a
least, not to freely and chcerfully &c
knowledge SO. Still it requires but
brief residence hsre to prove that | hav,
not done injustice to my theme.
/ We have here two towns or rather ts,
collections of houses making pre,ention'
to townsh.p-the old town plot, tn,
homeiy name Of which is subscribed I,
these letters, and Dorxart's and Onstot
additions, called Iroquos There is con
siderable envy and Jealousy, no. to sa,
en'niiy, manifested by the parties of tn,
two additlons-each one trying all the,
cen to build up their part of the town
Thus, though; it creates bad feeling,
and produces more or less 'gougins,"
spirit OF risalry-of competition is en-
gendered that probably stimulates III,
people to exert themselves more tho,
they otherwise would and acts as a cheel
on those who would mouopolize trade
and builds up and improves the town.
They have been differing good dea
about the namc--those who are ;nnov,
tors wishing it to be changed 10 Iroouei
and the conservalists wishing i, TO retail,
the one they have. Every one must nd
NIT though that our present name is bar
barously !ong--too long for this fast az,
and western country. There's .oot
deal more IN name than many suppose
For the sake Of preserving peace aud ye
changing the name of the place, woult
propose as its name MrLToN-whieh Is
! shor: name and with the ton termin
alton accords we'll with Clinton, linton
Wilton, Lisbon, Vinton, &c. | offer !,
as matter Of course only as succes
ton.
The crop. look vel! with the exception
Of being little too thin on the ground
The corn is coming on nicely considering
the cold weather. The telegraph line is
now up for some distance ives, of town
probably as far as Lisbon Tho Railroad
Company dfe hauling stone now for the
nurnoSe Of puttiny m tLa ao,o. l;,,