Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-09-15
the Cedar Falls Ga,ette.
Letter from GAINESVILLE.

Lctscf from CfafkSytile.
"A .--,rv CLlyKsvILLE, Sept. u, 1865
.l& Editors Gazette :-The wheat and o.
fharvest being completed, thrcshing hi
begun and wo learn that the- yield
lloatsk haavy, hnt that some pieces
wheat are light, and the berry muc
ishrunken, caused By blight, and tn:
OH the whole the yield viii be som,
what below good average CROP
Corn has been making good time du
ing the last few weeks while the me-
! curry has been Mt 99o and upwards, an
| The prospect now is fair for an averag
crop.
l. Or cane, Or sorghum, an abundanc
has been grown here, and nearly ever
piece looks well and is now fully ripe
Several mills commenced grinding thi
week. One man has placed his, ma
chine on trucks, and proposes to timer
ate among the farmers grinding am
boiling ut their doors.
Not as much tobacco has been grow
this season rs last. Some pieces how
ever are very fine. 1t is mostly ell
and hung. A few pieces of broom-corl
promise bountifully. Offruits we hav,
an abundance, both wild and cultiyat
ed. Apples are plenty at three dollar.
per bushel. The fall term of the Insti
tute commenced last week with som,
30 students as we learn. Mrs. Smith
has also begun again after having va.
cation of two weeks. The districi
school has q summer term of foul
months. ines tafs3te8 ata4 ar5g
a few weeks ago we intimated that
your readers might be informed of some
things that they of the Inst. board had
not done, and which, 1t was their duty
to do, It has been suggested that they
took q hint, from that, and Immediate
~ set about making a fence around the
grounds and it now only lacks a few
boards of completion. AS it ia howev-
er, plain, substantial fence now en-
closes the block, and is indeed q pub
lie Improvement, as well as q con-
venience in keeping all four-legged
animals away from the school. AID
now that go much has been done, and
hoping that more will soon be done !;
wo propose to further defer giving any
more facts which might have been con-
h ua@e as.3fs ..sr
) Capt. Roselle returned to town last
week, locking as nice and prim as If
he had just come out of handbook, in
stead OF from three years service in the
army. The Capt. is a fine looking man,
and we hear that lie was good officer,
and popular with his men, Us well as
being popular in another direction
~hich we are not at liberty to mention.
Mr. Shadbolt who was drafted from
his town and left about year ago has
also returned. He was with Sherman
n his triumphant march from Atlanta,
Ill through, and relates some passages
n 1t Of great interest. But he doesn't
Express himself at all an xious to go oyer
he ground again. l.'" @a
Oar T. NJ. and magistrate, a. J.
Fompkins has been placed in nominal
ion for County Judge. Another Of our
ownsmen, Mr.. Grey, is nominated for
County Supt. of Schools, in place of our
venerable friend Rev. Merrill.
From Gov. Andrews Of Mass, anil ether
surses, we learn that the eastern States |
re over stocked with widows and maid
us, who are leading anxious and aim
ess lives y there, but who desire to come
vest that they may be useful, and full
Ill certain command given to our first
'arents and found in one of the early
hapters of Genesis. But your CORES
'ondent has learned that the western
Widows are very indignant at this state
( things, and will hold indignation
MEETINGS all through the west, and i'll
ecessary will hold one general conven-
ion Of all widows and others who feel
hat their rights and privileges are IN
anger Of being assaulted, OF eyertnrown,
y the grand anticipated influx of east
rn widows. .
If any meeting. of this kind are held
n Ciarksville, your readers shall be
uly informed of the fact. !
Isut that the question is being agitated
lready, may be allowed to state, that
candid lady, recently told your cores
ondcnt that she herself knew of one
ingte tosca in the state of n. Y. where
young lsaan of gesd ledks and charac-
or. might go and take hischoice out OF
t lcdst MY good looking girls and some
item Wealf'y too i! Ea,asals-nfjsie.l
Now ism sucla state of things horri-
lie to contemplate, much less to behold!
Busall we could do about it, was to
!eave a long drawn sigh, that We We're
'ot young again, having all tho other
qualifications named BY our female
riend. 49, 80
But such il life.h sr
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