The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-30
George Washington or JEFF. Davis. They
can make their own record and must abide
their choice hsfore the country the void
snd posteritY.
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rest from the cares and perplexities d
business, and arming oursef with ths
necessary document to set US "all right
with railroad conductors, and other arti-
cles necessary to make trip both pleas
ant and profitable, we left the city last
Tuesday morning with no definite idea
where We would "put up" fos sAe night
We arrived n the ssining town Of Eddy.
viile stcn. time,'' as the railroad men call
It, aud after calling on . few friends,
"booked'' for Oskaloosa by stage.
Notwithstanding the muddy condition
Of the roads, we arrived in Oskaloosa in
due time aud enrolled ourself at the Mxdi.
son House, under the care Of Maj. Down
ing, who fully understands how to skeep
hotel.Y We called on our very clescr
and sociable co-laborer Of the quill Dr..
Beardsley, editor eof the Herald, and
found him "wading through" pile Of
exchanges. OF course all minor matters
were set aside in order to entertain us in
his best style, whefeupon he offered us bis
best split-bottomed chair and invited us
to be seated: By the way. We almost
envy our friend, tho Doctor, his position
as the conductor Of weekly paper, fOr
he can take time TO be sociable, without
having half-a-dozen hungry type-setters
At hi, elbow waiting for acopy," Tn
Herald is an old and valuable Wheel
horse in the Republican cause, and under
past and present management has never
been foand in the background. Succesa
to the Herald.
In relation to the location and business
of Oskaloosa, we think it is ahead Of any
inland city of the West. We noticed
particularly that the retail branch oi
trade was very good. The arrangement
of the town is just in accordance with
our notions of the way that it out to be-
a public square surrounded with business
houses, and straight and very level streets
lined with handsome residences on each
side, after you have passed beyond the
business houses, all of which cannot, OF
course, be immediately on the public
square.
In order to give the reader . better
and more comprehensive idea of the re-
gion Ground about Oskaloosa, we make
the following extract from the last mum.
ber Of the Herald on the location and
prospects of the county Of Mahaska:
L. The location Of this county il good.
1t is SO situated as to enjoy the advanta-
ges of both an Eastern and Southern
market.
IL. The land, though sufficiently undu.
lating for beauty and convenience, il
| mostly prairie. But the prairiss are
small, comparatively. and every farmer
can have his swood-lot' of timber, as We
term it here, within reasonable and cou.
venient distance. The coil is black and
loamy, and of unsurpassed fertility. In
quality, for corn, grass. etc., il is equal tc
the best bottom land along the larger
streams 10 Ohio and other Middle OF
Eastern States, while it exceeds il in
depth and durability This land is ad
nirably adapted to growing corn, whes'
and other cereals, while for grazing, pas
ture and hay. it has no superior any
where.
Ill. The county is amply supplied
| with building stone OF the best quality
lstonecoal in inrxhaustible abundance, un
failing water of the best kinds, and every
thing of similar character which is calcu
lated to enrich, beautify, make health,
and desirable every locality.
/ ". The roads, gene ally speaking, ar'
good, the streams are bridged, school
houses and churches are convenient il
every neighborhood, and the people n
| intelligent, public spirited, wide-avak
and progressive.
4 v. Among the permanent and pecu
liss advantages we mention our school
and college aud the location here of th
Friends Yearly Meeting. The Quakers
Of whom there are many thousands seal
tered west of the Mississippi, have n
other Yearly Meeting vest Of Indiana
The advantages 10 the county from thi
location will be constantly increasipl
Already it has brought here many anon
the best Of our citizens and caasst hil |
establish in this Immediate vicinity man
neighboshoods of wealth and promineusl
, As 90 illustration Of what an institntio
Of this kind will do for place Ne ma
Irefsr % Richmond, Indiana, and = 9TH
]. localities whers they have been similarl
4 favored. ~
III ~ The editor Of the 6tatesman il
sists that Didk Johnson 1as6't l4Stkl
! married 10 the mother Of his children
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