The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-02-03
WHOLE NO. 38l.
Corrsspondence of the N. 1. Timos.
CIERMoNT. Iowa. Jan. lS. 1864


could not live without the other half, viii
swing my pen little while, although il
may try the patience of some of your
thousands of readers. Well, to start with
Clermont yet lives, and with her Brick
Walls and fighting population, we count
ourselves enough for any raid of the But
ternuts of Dixie or the Redskins Of the
North. to which we are liable, in horn
The past.year has been one of great prosper.
The Lords Of the soil with few exceptions
have been largely remunerated for their
labors, and this winter finds them general
ally out Of debt, their pockets full Of
Greenbacks, and as they promenade the
streets their manner smacks decidedly ol
the style entitled don't care darn wheth
er school keeps or not" Thus much for
generalties, now for local matters.
The old bridge across the Turkey River
at this point still stands, monument ol
the folly of throwing good money after bad
Last season the County built stone piers
for a new bridge which are an honor to the
county as well as to the contractors who
erected them (Messrs. Meighan of your
city and Ryan of Clermont) For strength,
durability and..symmetrical appearance they
are not surpassed by any structure of the
kind in the Northwest. 1t is expected that
the superstructure of wood will be built
this season, which, if it shall equal the
stone work, will give US Bridge that will
last generation orlonger
The Brick City FIGURING Mills next claim
our attention, in praise Of which, and their
enterprizing owner and operator, VIM.
LarraLee, ESQ.,, the thousands of your city
as well as OF Chicago and New York can
testify, having proved the pudding by eat.
ins the -four, than which no better is pre-
duced from Iowa Amber. OF our mercan-
tile houses l will speak first Of Messrs.
Palmer, Calvin & LOOMS, Dealers in Gen.
eral Variety. Energetic and perseverng
! the firm are possessed of all the needful
qualifications to make them successful. No
man, woman, or child, who has ever made
the acquaintance of j. p. but will alwavs
remember it as pleasing reminisence. In
the same block are Goodrich & Armstrong,
successors to d. G. Goodrich, in the Agri.
cultural Tool trade. d. G. has been in
town but two years but every man in North
thern Iowa knows him. He has opened a
big trade in his lite, and there is bright
future for the new firm, sure. Next comes
VIM. Backett & Son, pioneer merchants,
who Tor uprishtness and fair dealing have
few equals. Forward" is their motto.
By the way, James is some at printing
his dispatches often creating great sensa-
tons. He is the very hub Of socability.
NJ. W. Slough, of Clothing and Boot and
Shoe notoriety is host and all the old set
tiers know it. Tut, tut, there is no use of
talking!
Edwin Stedman, in the Family Grocery
| trade is retaining all his old customers and
! making hosts of new ones. Hosford &
Baker, dealers in General Assortment, are
hard to beat, as all who know them can tes.
tify. John is hrick and Dave is trump.
James Mallory and Peter Cummings, also
dealers in General Variety, are vieing with
their competitors in trade and also deserve
the confidence and trade which they to so
large an extent enjoy. In short, the Gus.
toners Of all the firms in Clermont always
60 away with smiling faces and ligh. hearts
wishing that their purses and the days
were LITTLE longer.
Our hotels are three in number. IRA
vERs Of the Clermont House, CARTER of
Ca rter's Hotel, and FoLLETr of the Travel
er's Home, are all good fellows, and the
weary Traveller who chances to stop with
either will not regret that he had not cho-
sen another.
We have numerous Blacksmith and Wag-
on shops, and just here, while speaking of
G!acksiniths, let me say that it will pay
any man well to come all the way from
your city to ours to call on O. G. at Bral-
nard and Rogers Blacksmith shop, and
spend an hour with him at his forge, and
my word for it he's lively fellow that comes
even second best at blowing at the forge.
Our Harness shops are an honor to their
proprietors and the county. Gruver has
hosts Of friends and customers, and Week
pays the heaviest revenue tax of any Har-
ness Maker in the county. We excel also
in Boots and Shoes. Nagle, Shires &
Wells can compete with any men in the
State in caring for the solts Of men, wo-
men and children. You must only know
Uncle Ben to appreciate him aud be happy.
Our physicians are men Of acknowledged
talent in the State, and between Drs. Lew
and Hnkly it is hard to choose. Ifyou
employ either Of them i: is very probable
that when you come TO take their medi-
cine you will wish you had employed the
other.
We also abound in tailors. Hyde & Err.
ickson are great on fits. Speaking Of
| Hyde here let me say that in nine cases out
Of ten, the luckless man who happens to
meet him will wish he had free ticket to q
concert or menagerie. He will at least have
fea in his ear, and chance to enjoy q
joke at his own expense.
But am spinning my yarn quite too
long, and at some other time will tell you
of our schools and churches and of some
manufactures of which have not spoken
| will also discuss Railroad matters, which,
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