The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-05-03

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has no neighbers byt ,spch q come from
slave States. His location u on high
NIL sufs = boae fr1it lnffosly 8311n
tie warm Aif rises, tho cold air rolls intp
the .vsllsys.
Mr. Gay6sch was in fse TRIM She
w6se swd dresses, ono Of black silk, short
$50 opssS ~ Other q whiD mtslin, usll
starched and iroeed. fox il rustled.. Her
oolIar wss fastened With ! gold breastpin /:
on her singers wsss bright. sparkling
rings, and sparbright drops hung from
her ears. Her ego was about twenty
Eve she VA hir, and, II times, had :
sharp losk.
Aftsr dinner, We went int the parloe,
Ivhsa she played NJ : few tunes on the
piano, and played veil. During the 90.
versatioa which followed she clearly con-
veyed the ids that she vss dieatis6ed
with the country, Notwithstanding she
had % many things to make her comfort
able.
Il seams that she had been brought %
vesy near one Of the Aosrishing towns Of
Central Michigan; her father va well
Of, ard Of good standing. lehs had bssn
we'll educated, and her associates were il
tslligept, refined and fashionable. She
had been accustomed TO attend coscerts,
lectures end parties; she had carriage 1t
her command, and che led . gay, perhaps
. happy life. Hes husband really VA
handsome, he vas energetic, and used ID
business, but charmed With horticultural
pursuits !; though he had studied law he
came hither With his capital.
She said she could not bear the country
there was nothing to see bat rocks,
trees and hills-she could not read, she
was tired Of il; she had no society, and
she was the most lonesome being 10 the
world. There were no meetings and no
she wss in great error
and she was sure that her children would
GROW up 90 ignorant Of society, a. that
when they should 90 North her friends
would pity her.
She complained Of other things; one
was, that she could not ride out to Car
bondale or Du Qucin, 70 enjoy society in
those places, because her baby Was so
cross-it would not allow any one 70 take
care Of il but herself, and she had to toss
it up and down from morning till night.
or carry it about, except when il was asleep
as it happened to be then, and she wss
- and the 6rst thing in the
it would wake her up, and she
couldn't get . moments sleep after the
break Of day.
am tolerable hand to talk 70 women
to tell the truth, / heard great deal
Of this kind Of language at home, aud /
attempted 70 show her that troubles be-
fall every ose; that We cannot expect oil
things viii please rs, and that in few
years the country will be improved 90 -
70 be desirable. Instead Of listening, she
broke in by saying, all Of rs fruit-growers
are the most visionary men she ever saw :
that We are always looking for things
which never happen--in short, We have :
continual string Of complaints about bugs
and worms being thicker than ever before,
and that We have got our wives to come
with us BY telling them what great things
We were going to do.
Seeing she wss determined to be dis
contented, / went out with her husband
among the peaches. Some kinds were
gone and going. other would be hard till
October, but plenty we're in their prime,
and smong these we're the early York.
l would particularly recommend this peach
to those at loss in large orchard. It
is sweet, melting, of beautiful color In.
side and out, and, on the whole, the best
eating, leaving out the straw berry. of any
fruit or food in the world. Gay6nch was
30 generous ~ to give me two boxes Of his
peaches. though they we're bringing him
% SO each.
On arriving, Gsyfnch took me aside
and told me OF his good luck 10 getting
purchaser 1t his own price, els, 900. cash
down. He was going back TO Michigan
WHARF his wife could enjoy hsrself, and
he mentioned the kind Of business be We
going into More than this. ha ras glad
to eet Ais family ont OF soch = sSst.of
for they had warned him
two or three times TO leave-which / had
heard of-and even that morning they
found letter 1t the gass alaiingsthas &
would be worse for them il they stayed
much longer. 70 this he added 1 cir
cumstance occurring the evening before.
He and his rife shs1 left Garbosdale lao,
and were riding fast 10 thsir buggy, when
four men rode up clos behind them and
fred = pistol almost in their sars. then
turned back, yelling ike ssvages. As
for himself, he would like to stay sad
fight il out With than, but on his wife's