The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-01-12
"Of course but little attention has We

"Of course but little attention has yet
been paid to the farming resources of
the country, but Messrs. French and
Dickson say that the Platte Valley and
also the Valley of Cherry Greek are ex-
cellent for tilling purpcses-the soil be-
ing light. mellow and apparently quick.
To the east of Pixies Peak is a region
which they are also sure must be good
for farming.
OF game there is no lack. Antel pc,
elk, two varieties of deer, black, brown,
and grizzly bears. wolves, etc., are to
be had for the hunting, though the bears
and wolves are 50 abundant as to be
dangerous or troublesome.
'Messrs. French and Dickson intend
to return to the Valley of Cherry Greek
early next spring. Already two or
three villages have been located in the
neighborhood and at the junction of
the Creek and the South Platte. a town
has been laid out and named St. Charles.
1t is said to he fine situation, and is
certainly a central point. They express
decided preference for OK teams and
the northern route. For any outfit the
cost is much less than persons think
The best way to 60 is to form companies
Of four and buy one wagon and three
yoke of cattle. The cos of these, with
provisions for a six months residence
in the diggings (including the month
occupied in going) need not be over
from S125 to $3.50 per man. Of course
more expensive outfit may be obtain
ed, but one costing no more than
$3.50 for four men is every way COM
fortable."
A correspondent of the Boston Jour-
nal says:
"Now for the mines. We arrived at
Cherry Greek on the ed Of September,
and Immediately commenced finding
gold. We had no tools necessary to the
successful working of the mines, having
no lumber to make them. We had
picks, pans and shovels, and with these
could make from 81 to Sc per day
We had Californians of experience with
US, who pronounced the prospect excel
lent, and thought that when they had
become fairly settled in working order,
they could easily make from $l2 to
sl5 per day. From 40 to SO cents is
not an unusal yield to the painful and
from 10 to Is cents is fair average
The mines are extensive, furnishing
room for twenty thousand men easy
These is no danger Of the mines giving
out for they have been fully tested. I
did no work myself on account of a
wound on my wrist, caused by an ae-
cidental discharge of my rifle, but OBJ
tanned some specimens, which can be
seen at Federhen's, No. So Court
street.
Game is abundant, consisting Of deer,
elk, antelope, bear and buffalo, the lat
ter ranging, however, somewhat east oi
!, the ls,ines. Emigrants wishing to go te
full outftS at any poinJ III sAasissss. s>s.sss
]. A. CHURCHILL.
The St. Louis -News says Of Cherry
Creek Diggings:
| "These diggings are turning OUT
exc ellently we'll, if the latest reports
from them are worthy of credence
which we think is the case. In the
Kansas City and Leavenworth papers o1
last week are a number of letters from
emigrants who have reached the dig.
gings and are writing home an account
Of their operations. In one letter 80 to
| SO per day is stated to be the average
result of one mans labor. The earth
yields, it is said, go to 80 cents the pan
full. Another letter states that the Law
r:nce Company are making SO to SIC
per day. +. W. Rigg writes that the
| yield is about 50 to IS per day. B
| Baruhisel writes that the Georgia Com
pany. consisting of Is men, have gath
cred 81, 400 worth of dust since July
The digging has ceased for the winter
and will not be resumed till spring.
l E 1t is singular fact, says wri
ter in one Of our exchanges, that even
after death nature respects the inherent
modesty Of women, for when drowned
she a. ats on her face, and drowned
man On his back. The noblest part o
q human being is the head ; but the
mans head is liable to badness wo.
imam is never bald. The mans face i!
often made repulsive on account of I
harsh growing beard, and SO covered
with sordid hairs. as sometimes scarce
ly to be distinguished from the face o
brute beast /; in a woman, on the 9th
or hand, the face always remains pur,
and decent. For this reason womel
were, by the laws Of the twelve tables
forbidden to rub their cheeks, lest hail
should grow and obscure their blushins
modesty. But the most evident proc
Of the innate purity of the female Sci
is. that a woman, having once washes
is clean, and if she wash in secont
water will not soil it; but that man il
never clean-though he should wash il
ten successive waters, he will cloud ans
infect them all.
EDucATroN.-Thewal thought it yer.
unfair to influence child's mind by in
culcatinS opinions before it should hav
come to years Of discretion and be abl
to choose for itself. showed him m.
garden, and told him it was my botani
garden. How so . said he /: 1T is GOV
! cred with weeds 'Oh,' l replied
; that is because it has not yet come t
its age of discretion and choice. Th
3 weeds, you see, have taken the libert
. to grow. and l thought it unfair in m