The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-22
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RIDE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.


Eora and tie Harkeyes Description
Of Western Ioua-hsr prospects, erops,I
politics, &c.
Ma. EDITOR Five hundred miles onl
horse. back, may be Suggestive TO many, of
tired legs, bones half disloca,ed, and m
awful joIIipg generally but such an idea is
about as illusory, as that the moon is made
Of green cheese. Three days of sea- saving
. aad you are good for ride across the con-
tiusn,, or, IL tn. oceans were bridgsd, for a
iaun, around the globe. When yon start
out, take it easy the first day-don't hurt
Yourself or horse the second-maks pretty
good time the third, and then-ride!
Well, trip across the grent State Of
Iowa, Il. this season of the year, is glorious.
Roads dry and hard rs a floor. Weather,
through the day, jus. warm enough TO be
pleasant, and in the night, just cool enough
to insure a sound sleep any where you hap
zen to get ..ssowed away" if j. is in the
Iof, Of q one story "hawkeyc cabin, just
large enough to hold queen Nab in,'' with
seven by. nine portfolios t. vcn,la,e it
and then. you can ride right across the
.loush- on tro,, instead Of having your
horse jun ping for water knee deep in mud;
and when stream happens to be Unabridged,
/ you can 60 through it without dimming the
/ shine on your boots, instead of taking
| bath when you don't want to, and shlye ing
I like s'drowned rat,' on the other eide,
five miles from any house. Render, il You
want to cross the country on horse. back, 60
IN September.
Outacro Mile, Montgomery and Adams,
and tho large wide corn fields, covered with
sn almost unexampled crop, show that the
/ las, traces Of drouth are left behind in
+ fact, YOU see an improvement even in the
western edge Of Montg emery, and from that
the crop grows heavier a. you pass eastward
| to Uoion, aud clear across the State from
/ there, it is excellent. Thousands Of cattle
/ and hogs are being driven from Missouri
into Southern Iowa to be fnttcd, and the
money which will flow back from eastern
markets among our farmers, for beef and
pork, will help many % them out Of tight
places.
| need DO. tell my readers anything about
Glcnwood, MS IL i so near at home, but il
you choose we will glance at the County
seats along cast, through that tier of coun-
ties, +, Bloomfield, and westward again, to
Sidney. Frankfort, Of Montgomery, is a
very small village, with its future prospects,
lon. ways of. Quincy, II Adams, is drop
ped down in the brush, and will be some
thing hy and by, at least so d. J. Waters,
Young lawyer, thinks, for he has taken
wife, md drove down his stakes there
lie il energetic and wide awake, and is
bound to WHO. and think his fellow citizens
arc lucky 10 securing his residence among
them, for in duc course OF time they viii
probably not suffer from drouth any more.
Alton, Of Union. i. sweet little place, with
hotel and paper, the Alton Eagle. Gee
ola, of Clarke, is quite town, claiming
700 Inhabitants, and going ahead. CharI-
/ ton, Of Lucas, claims eight or nine hundred
people. aud Is the home Of JcaS EDWARDS,
Speaker Of the Iowa House OF Representa-
sives. This county has a Court House on
the stocks, which will cost s33 900 and
. great dea! Of grumhIins. wouldn't give
+ the Sidney Court House for two OF it
From Charlton, took slant across TO
bloomfield. stepping over night at lconium,
/ in Appauoose county. The land!ady OF the
hotpl here, who seemed to own the ",ater
/ match" said she would have ora hundred
Bushels Of sweet potatoes; we had some OF
them fer breakfast, which we're very foe.-
Arriving in Bloomfield, Tuesday, Sept. ! 4,
| found an immense Republican Mass Meet
Ing ja.s breaking mp. It ua, addressed by
Senator Bingham. Of Michigan. Grea. en-
shusissm prevailed. and cid Democratic
Davis will ron ~pa vote for Lincoln and
Curtis 'ha, Will frightcn the Cole an Doug
las men. In the evening, the Bloomfield
and keossuqua Wide Awakes had pro.
eessien-s hrillian, affair. Several Of
the citizens of Bloomfield made speeches on
the Square, 10 very large assembly. A
worthless fellow, not having the fear OF
Republicans before bis eyes. stationed him-
self in the edge of the crowd, and commenced
. taFerins Eggs a; the speakers, enc Of them
struck 40 old lady in the face, when several
men made break fer the miscreaa,, who
sheashs TO save his bacon BY fight, but
anding that they were oatrunning him, be
stopped, ani appeared to be an uneoncsrn-
Cd spectator; but this dodge woulda', work,
for ene Of the parsaer. pulled aside The Gap
Of bis coat, aud there he had 4 eigsr.box
yearly fall Of eggs; 10 vain be told them he
~as taking them aams to use, and hi. speedy
answer va, hlow, followed BY mere Of the
same sort. A 500 Of the uouan Who vas
struck. said IL be could sss hold Of him be
sea!a hill him he GOT 81, however, with
much lighter Punishment than he deserved,
and sss notified mex. morning to -amoss
the raaeae, which be Immediately did and
when came wsss | sau him al Leon, seven.
ty-avs uiles fron Bloomfield.
Wn. Martin, Who KEEPS ~ Martin House
~ nsaenss'd. u sort Of aasmaly ameas
ses'sra iaod'ords. lie owns the house he
keeps, which Is large shres, sssry brick.
be has good deal q property bssides u