The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-09-22

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u.assscsd lspsAksp gose ieGnl - radical
friend Frank Sempls. Esq, gallAitly cons
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With him. Up the Valley road 70 Bsnsoas-
port. There the. cars refused to Sd our vsy
farther, but Hon. member Of the nkxt Gems
eral Assembly, Seth Craig and Major Fred.
Hencock, like ths good friends and live Re>
publicans they are, fitted ~ up s4ng con-
veyaace. Ten miles to Big Mound. The
Mound is The highest ground in al the terri.
tory round about From the one side the
water, the clouds pour out upon y, stream
away to mingie with tie waters Of the ans
euphonious and un-classic Skunk. From the
other it finds Iodgment in the Des Nome.
The Mound is part Of . field nov, and u
owned BY our radical friends Mr.. Lew. Tay-
Tor and Mr.. Coilindaffer. There was with u
query Is to whether the Mound had any
o.oaical character. Whether id its origin
il had any connection with or bore any ves-
tiges Of an aboriginal people. Our friend
with us, who had travelled over it repeatedly
when it was part OF m unfenced pr4lrie, said
mo- 1t came Of the conformation Of the
country and the abrasion Of the elements.
From ,hs Mound stretches away country
fair as the Garden OF the Lord. Cedar
township is the iairsst portion OF Lee county.
From the premises Of oar friend Eaton you
can look across miles Of what was formerly q
vide prairie, bounded upon one side liy the LEI
MONIES, and upon the other BY the Skunk
, rivers now it is a succession OF meadow,
and cultivated fields, whose regulrr and beau
tiful swelis and depressions mark the coun
try as best and most desirable VI farming
land, Is it another illustration of the theory
of our American political economss-Carey
that the best agricultural lands are the las
occupied by people for culture? But early
corners to Lee county settled in the brush ane
took to grubbing out farms, leaving yea
after year the magnificent prairie Iof Ceda
township and unoecupied thinking
| that it could not be anything other than al
unfenced prairie always. lhe best farm
! OF that part of The county are Oh
that prairie now. Our radical and GOO
| friend u. H. Eaton, before referred TO, ha
three quarter sections of iaud IN splendi
4 cultivation The offers premium TO any Oh
| who shall find "a cookie burr Oh his prem
ises), He has fine orchard Of Twelve hun
dred apple trees, one hundred and fifty cher
ry trees, one hundred pear trees aud othe
fruits in proportion. lie is just cdmpletin
u handsome dwelling house that viii cost hin
about five thousand dollars. Mt. j. II
0trOlheTS mas u hue !hTu Oh UfU heTfS ia cul
,iyalion, upon which he keeps oydr fittee
hundred sheep Our friends Cove and Ts5
lor hive excellent farms and know the theor
and practice Of profitable cultivation OF them
But If we attempted to notice oil the FIN
firms of that locality these notes " buld spi
oft 10 an luconsclunabie length.
Despite the rain good crowd met in Coz
fndafiers Hall aud for two hours Mr. Sem
pie kept their interested attention tIy clea
aud forcble speech. Mr.. 5. Nj. Clark spok
briefly following him. The ublieans {
Big Mound are as active as their brethre
anywhere, but the efforts to wake up GU
party everywhere, TO the Importance OF thi
contest, should be redoub!ed.