Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-07-06

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B. F. Taylor, in his glimpses at th'
Chicago Sanitary Fair, published il
the Journal, speaks glowingly of lows
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There is q beautiful area of some
fifty thousand square miles west o
the Mississippi, that once belonged te
Louisiana. Seventy.seven years ago
there was not a white man within its
borders. A splendid wilderness, its
tprsiries uudula4ed away, dotted with
great island groves. and spangled will
jessamines, wild roses and violets. Tht
deer, the elk and the turkey were
free commoners," and its rivers rar
on unfretted with single wheel. And
this area was named for one Of those
idle streams, and they called it Iowa,
meaning the Drowsy" And Iowa
was handed about the mighty sister
hood, much as an admirable infant
about a household. Louisiana passed
it to Michigan, and she took care of it
three years then Wisconsin took it,
but in year it began to run alone"
and became a territory. At length,
about the last days in December, 1846,
an audible knock was heard from there.
away at the Federal door ; Iowa stood
upon the threshold, was admitted, and
became sovereign State. Well, this
region, miserably .misnamed "The
Drowsy," had three millions of acres
of grain waving within it six years
ago. and six hundred and fifty thou
sand souls keeping magnificent step
to the march Of empire. ... ,..
But that step has changed since
then. and there, in the forefront, Iowa
has kept time to the music of the I'm.
ion. ....... ... ........ ....... .. ...
She had forty-three thousand men,
women and children, all told, in 1910,
and seventy-one soldiers in the army.
She has sent seventy thousand boys
in blue to fight the battles of the Re-
public four batteries have spoken for
her nine regiments of cavalry have
heard the bugles and Numbered to the
charge forty-eight regiments of in
fantry have closed up the solid front,
and fifteen thousand fallen. And what
heroes they were, and how splendid
the record they have made for Iowa,
liberty and God! How rich in the
meaning they have lent the legend of
their coat Of arms" Our LIBERTIES
WE PRIzE-OuR RIGHTS WE WILL MAIN
TAIN !"
And Iowa followed her sons to The
battle her fathers sought the woun-
ded where they lay upon the field. be-
fore the dropping shots had fairly ceas-
ed her mothers prayed aud labored
her daughters went forth to camp and
hospital on mercy's mission her
blood and treasure were poured forth
like water. When the Government
called for men. Iowa's were ready to
march.
And Iowa has followed her sons to
the Fair /; she remembered them in the
strife, she does not forget them in the
suffering. Near the centre of the
eastern wing is double pavilion can.
opied with starry flags and graced
with arches. one draped in red, the
other all in blue. A hawk upon his
perch between them betokens the
Hawkcycs' home. and pair Of antlers,
once tossed by some Iowa stag Of ten,
spread there for broad escutcheon.. A
curious pagoda-like cabinet catches
the eye-thc visible story of an Iowa
soldier. killing creeping time in Lib
by. Fragments of wood, pocket
knife, poor prisoner, and 10, little
temple! A picture on the wall is the
work of another boy in the hospital.
Yonder is one of the most exquisite
groups of wax-work fruit, that Pomo-
ma might almost claim for her own
true work-the fashioning Of the Ia.
dies of Lyons. and the gift of its
Young Mems Association to the Fair.
There is natural chair, taken down
from some Iowa tree where God had
hung it. The Iowans accept the
omen, and call it the seat Of empire"
Around are strewn the embroidery,
the baskets, the scarfs, and all the
graceful work Of Iowa's loyal daugh-
ters. A committee of thirteen, where
of the Rev. L. S. Norris is Chairman,
the Secretary of State, G.. p. Abel,
Esq, and the following ladies, men,
hers: Mrs. Ely, Marsh. Plumbc. Nc
Clelland, Wickersham, Downing, May,
Duncan, Bloomer, Mills. Simmons, Ha-
ger and Lathrop. a-9
And thus aud there our Western
sister is " at home I" in Chicago. She
has contributed almost twenty thou
sand dollars to the Fair, and remittan.
ces for almost thousand more have
been received since the delegation
pitched its camp in the eastern wing.
Between March. 1864, and March
again, the State has given more than
fifty thousand dollars in cash. and dis
tanced q whole group Of Western
States in the blessed rivalry.
And Iowa has thrown fold of her
neighborly tent over far Nebraska,
that has sent its contribution of six
thousand dollars. Here are the bead
work and the wampum, the bows and
arrows and necklaces, aud other lndi-
an bravery-gifts Of tho Pawnees-
the red mans offering upon the altar.
Iowa is not alone in the splendid rec.
ord, but she stands in the front rank,
and for the soldiers everywhere. and
for the honor Of the broad land, we
give hor thanks and greeting.
We learn that widow lady living
near West Liberty was poisoned dur