The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-22
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EpIroE h tom which you can form sor
county p,f; ,;uss in Iowa. You will see fro
Bail dea Of ". r.. ve have 70 get our oreadstu
/. 4 BE pap. cam illinois. We have some noor ma
eos1! hs., which grew summer os.oIe aas'.
w vi b.s been kept ovelLv r. .on,d 40 :,
LIZ v, people would not use = h..,er .hsn none.
nssa1 et!er. bat o"1 hov il was in Iowa up to la
Oss0 cannot 20. that time till the present,
Eipg; but i1o~ h.rd enough. Few farmer
&C. Sow il hss oesa .el except hay and some porl
nSs - ave any'n'nk 20 any money; and they hav
- I'd very ies .h;oe they eat. Those living on tn
bu! s'd ..issd' we might say, no'nang ehcel
~ a'os .a those living on tne soMuk .:t I.nu
sae& - corn. which did not ges AZ IN, moe, !
8 - a course is not gooo ~. !,
e,,s hem are t;ns for sale, the farmers caano
81 Having nos""fn nen who own large farms, arr
0Sse y their A1ss ,hsr taxes, and great many
~ Gd up " ~ a. the last two years. Shoult
u v ao' ps'u ~, This wear, many Of them nevel
- er0p' 4, our delinquent sale tor taxes nc
v ~. iii bid, and there is NO sale.
We. ,Va thought in Preble county tha; !aAes arc
mem a:S q y, Highland they are. Du. - o0s Ths
.0e! enI! eoaas Heury are badly in the suds With
~. y. p payers - This county voted 100000 in
- II silroad n. ! Missouri River Railroad, and
!. C. le Bufnag'ea Vsokuk l. Muscatine Railroad,
vSA lU,vs ~ -. -. nor working on near our town.
a'eu m.as.n, .s: took $4,000 in these Roads. Now
6, o. ~ ,on think Of that, for county OF not
,n o,s than sixteen thousand mnaoitants! Anis
bss.w. ksnty and town pays per cea. On 'ns soove
pck. lie not this too hafo Oh 'ue peop'0 'nese
nd timess -. .e
Ta- there i none selling, though nearly all
ssu This much l can cay: land ad-
= .us on, as town. which was sold for 500 per
:. can now be bought for $40.
I'M il q very healty county, believe-at
\ L. il has been so since came here The wa
/. rood. We are well satisfied with our sit
" kon-are enjoying good health, ana Zee, de-
nped 10 do ali We can for the good OF Henry
Z lty and ourselves.
ebaye had very pretty winter-mild and
IN kapt Not much snow or rain. 1t general
A6s tssss hard a, nights, but the days are very
seevessd g Yours respectfully,
~ n shove letter We clip from the Eaton CO.,
,oMmoa Asar. The picture Mr. Cleveland draws OF
Oudition of the farmers Of Henry county is
er hus~ .by correct in the MAN, though, perhaps,
isfsa ~ e. exaggerated. At the commencement OF
rising ss uc credits were very considerably short
ind Of min, md limited None but the most prompt
u,su.. reliable could since that time get credit for
rst canAa goods aud none buy groceries for any
!, he v,a be- bu, cash. Merchants and business men
:. erally made energetic efforts to collect, and
ither credit be it said, our people Of ali
- ses erered themselves diligently TO pay |
0nuptAsi b debts relrenchng in every possible way
skin. Eg every thing which they had to sell, and |
E the vsn ,n,.;rc ovo, Tho monav 70 nov store
. 1 shnv felnC
cure sak g rather dat, suffered severely by the rain
;. ~ .r. hs season. The wheat and oat crops we're
entire failure, with here and there the excep.
we quaat Of field Of winter wheat, which produced
Nv. M. hHee capable Of being ground into -four
.dical D. did better as is shown by the large mum.
have eve o hogs slaughtered, which, selling at high
rs1, n,,s brought large amount of money into
lse. State, and relieved all classes very sensibly.
povens State this part Of it especially, suffers
!, eae,.ss ~ from vet than Ohio The roll
lands Of Ohio, with silicious soil and gra
s res.oF subsOi require very considerable amount
III M lnidisy in the atmosphere as well as the
- TO Js and late rains to produce crops. Dry sea-
operate disastrously there, parching their
and burning up all growing crops On
iaer hand our soil under blazing sun and
luou' dry weather, brings forth its usual
,ar.roc Rance As an illustration look at the sum
1854. The corn, grass and root crops
eo suffered severely for want of rain III
!, - IN !esr and prices were exorbitant In Iowa
nous ssi RIO more rain fell, the crops were much
your b. abundant, and in the face Of very large
,orr sos, graton, crowdng all our thoroughfares,
.ses Slsf remained considerably lower than in
As the seasons OF drouth are much more
h,n'iau] eroas than those Of continuous rain 1--WE
and skfff have bad but two) We conclude that Iowa
better State for the practical agrculturist,
! Iuns ~. one year with another, than Ohio
cause. Cleveland complains that Henry County
pound tie town Of Mt. Pleasant have issued their
bearing per cent interest to secure the
With aac'ioA OF tHo railroads, to the amount of
wy, ana that taxes are therefore high.
,EDY. Uue. II is unfortunate for those who
property Ii Henry County, and the result
swiy 9sa BY his remark that lands heretofore I
O. sl0O per acre are now worth but $40.
L4O0s sSsa they warm up On this subject and
TSl Aee sums to railroads, to double the value
Age. 'ti Aads, as spectators tell them find out
enc = prrrs Hpsyng time comes round that they
! ess.a 'O'ea mortgage upon their property by
,cslvs '4h considerably deprecated in value.
wi yia Z @ig' will find their level aud property I
. psa ps uo~h 10 its true value. The existence of
Nm r.. Io''sase upon the farming lands Of the
.nS NJ a. -'e' IN Iowa which have gone deeply in
seM y secure rEilroad facilities, should not de-
il wed immigrants from the old States from buying ,
50 ~ wy uSaea they can buy these lands at such
pres' se q wi enable them 10 pay the tax. 1t
ooss y Present. owners who will be compelled to
9 " nH to the loss
usN another evil connected with farming
- ~ state Our farmers cultivate two much
a ea general thing, and as matter OF =
" 90 not do it in thorough manner, la
% Hns high and help scarce
ssS ''ssase they we're in debt, because they had
ss@ us' crop small corn crop, no oats, and q
2 !. n root crops-because they have strug- f
s1 pay their debts and keep good n
3 @ @ Ss'l', the farmers Of Iowa enter upon the a
a@ Jason poorer in many respects than
sH we're before, but by no means a. poo. r
sH ahe's would make out. Although
sg NJ aem have had to buy their -four =
80 a'a0's and all of them live frugally, they !
] = e much BY good deal az they did !,
ip s0 Give them but passable season =
g lpe,i.rS."u u ha'ves.-and pro6ting by the
sOabA Aitv ,,s ~s' Year and the lesson Of fru- :
~ Mn ~0a sense fought by the panic,
! sadf1 pu i, f'O.ace enough to clear themselves
md merchants books, pay their taxes, and :
,Iss I ssss !. - e0mparssvely independent They =
iAss h. -, sou with as good climate % any ).
assp .,.s ''u They are mostly young and mid !" =
J.. men, full Of energy and enterprise, 2 2
CO. \, needed but the disasters Of the panic
ks a.. 'ss 0i last year to bring into requi- :,
h. "sent powers and stinulsts them
VI kve.. e0p"ens Of their own and the re-