The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-08-22
EGREGOR. AUGUST %. =: /: 1860.


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Dthe Read.
Desiring to look at North iowa, while the
were in view, we took a bit or a race
within the last two weeks and arriv-
ONE on Thursday last. Our readers
|sted on the route as far as st. Ans
found St. Ansgar more of place
bur letter would indicate, but detail
Rpressions is out of the question and
ave this beautiful location, with the re-
that Mr.. CLAssES, the worthy Post
er, has the most splendid flower gar
nd the most cosy home we have seen
Wa. Six miles brought us to Mitchell,
Present scat Of that Co. While WRIGHT
6tcd up the merchants, and talked
eights on the NJ. & NJ. R. R." to them,
|Gee called at the Gazette Office and made the
eeable acquaintance Of Mr.. DUNLAP, the
present editor. A ride of four miles and
EOsAGE, the renowned Land Office town OF
nth Iowa, was beforeus. Usage looks slow
q the extreme and many Of the more prom.
ent citizens have removed from it. The
V|lnd-up of the Land Office and the removal
"a the county seat to Mitchell has quite eff:
ectually rubbed out Usage as place Of
IMPORTANCE. A Court House and Jail worth
900 to $4,000 (now uscless) bears
ness to the economy of the carly settlers
ere county factions and rival village in.
Itefests "rule the roast We called on
srs. Snow & HuTcnlSs, Of the lo,can.
found them as pleasant acquaintances
hough all Of us were going for the "Lit-
Giant" A Breckenridge meeting had
held, the day before, and FOUR of the
Valley unterrified were in attend
As the posters for the Call were
TX up for twenty miles around, we con.
6ded that the harvest, or some other cause,
prevented larger turnout. Down the river
twenty mles-ovcr most lovely country,
passing FLOYD on the road, and ST. CHARLES
Was before us. The Kelly House was our
pme CHARLEY keeps it while his father is
California; and our friends were numer-
is and agreeable. FAIRFIELD was over
owing with Lincolnism and MEuARA was
full of Democracy. MEnARA has flag
his own, 26 feet long, and in front of his
tocery is a pole of hickory; when JOHN
Is very patriotic he puts that flag at the
i head and hurrahs for DOUGLAS! We
lc many valued acquaintances at st.
{arles, among whom, were the fairer por-
Of the firm of WRIGHT & BIO. Both
6R ladies had been thrown from their
Is, few days before, but they had
PLY recovered, to a great extent, of all
lfies sustained.
This article, we fear, will be more than
e columns long if we stop to make re-
fks about the towns-their eligibility,
alton, &C., ETC., and we pass along
welvc miles west and ROCKFORD turns up;
j is located at the junction of Lime Creek
and Shell Rock and when built out to the
extent of the plat it will be large place.
Most of the towns of the West have too
much land plated for village purposes and
the consequence is, the houses are scattered
over territory large enough for a New
York. Some one told us that Usage had
960 acres plated, and Mitchell actually
boasts 1890 acres of town limits If these
statements are true, it will be a year or two
before the ambitious cities are finished up.
MASON CIrY came next in our line of march
westward. 1t is the county seat of Cerro
Gordo, and looks as though it lad seen bet
ter days. "Absenteeism," the curse of Ire
land, aflicts this county. In Road-tax
list, posted at the Wahkonsa House, we
counted LAS tracts of land belonging to
unknown" owners, and this in one road
district in the county. Coon, of the Cerro
Gordo Press, has removed from Mason City
Ten miles of splendid prairie, and we were
1t Clear Lake, 145 miles west of McGregor
Mr.. Dickinson keeps the only hotcl-a large
house but not yet finished. Many visitors
arrive here during the season, to fish, t.
sail, and to get away from business. A
party of ladies and gentlemen from Brad
ford, CASE and MOWER at the head, were
campcd on the shore of the lake living OF
fish and fun. We Joined them for an hour
or two but had no ''luck." The lndepend
ont is published here and BRAlNARD 4
NoYEs were hunted up, of course. They
have quite good Office and the county
printing will be nice plum for them
Clear Lake is small town, quite we'll built
the land is good, up to the very shore and
. fine grove margins the east side of thu
little sea. The main body of water looks
to be equal to ASecaiaoof land, but it is
said to be six NILS long counting from in
let to outlet. When the road from thi.
place west strikes Clear Lake It will grow
into one of the most important towns ir
North Iowa.
On Sunday morning we turned home
wards, and reached Nashua, Greenwood and
Bradford, (all these towns are in string O
two miles) at noon, Of Monday. TRorr 4
G1EEN, Of Nashua, eleceed US their debtor.
fer courtesies and bottle Of Hosteter'l
Ague Preventivs!' At Bradford, one o
sfhabsat looking towns we ever saw, we hat
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