The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-11

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In Bic opening ADDE'S 1t the Stats Fair,
Hon. PErlA AELEsDY. President rsfened
thus to our. glorious, beauufui state,
Ny fries1s, have yoa tnousn. we ~ ~.
rapid strides Iowa iGefowinf-sna. sne y
s.cf sge' that on the 3eth OF Dssemses y
vr,,s, ssvs: alta infaDsy was vssy redim-1
HE. In Il, youth il has won lreat fenown
e. valor ii, ANA, And u 6delity to The cause
offreedon.s In IL manhood, while II retains
thesa rood qualities, il VII dodbdQPs become
noted slso for IL immense agricultural prog
ducts and it's devotion TO the cause of edsca.
tion. and III thu can eiasAte humsiity." Out
populstign. now about one miliies, growing
not only in this regard, but in pfpdAction and
vealth. and also ID those higher and better
matters pertaining to re6nement, intellectu.
.ity and religion. The schools, the church
and the arts are doing for the rising genera.
ton what energy, practical shrewdness and
hard work have done and are doing for the
present. ~
We can predict for cur great State, in the
language Of another. with oil IL elements OF
vigor and its capacities for usefulness, des-
tiny more glorious -thsu that which has ever
dislinguis shed any people beneath the sky. 1t
is already,'s great ecuntry, end 1t has
siready great people: but do vesealixe how
rapidly we are becoming greatly sontinualiyf
how speedily our communities are grow
ing; our schools increasing; our churches
multiplying; our genius developing; our
rough edges becoming smooth; our hove for
books. the fine arts. all the humanizing and
refining influences of the age. widening and
strengthening Every school house and
every church that is built. however un>
| prstsAtieus, is . pledge given BY u to day
| for the betterment OF our race to morrow
| and in ali time to come and every beau
| tiful home that is established in = commp-
ni,y, with its librarys iss paintings. ssd its
| generous, polite and God worshipping family
within, and its gardens, flower beds, walks
and attractive grounds without, Is not only
an earthly paradise which angels visit, but q
fountain. "a it were. WHICH sends pure
streams out into . parchsd and drouth sui.
fering earth, watering and refreshing it for :
ever. Looking forward but single year, .
writer says: when the successor OF Gov.
Stone reads his inaugural message before the
Twelfth General Assembly of Iowa, he will
represent the intelligence, thrift, patriotism,
LOYALTY and virtue OF million of people.
Town viii then, IN oil probability, be ira
vsrsed from the Mississippi 10 the Missouri
| by at leaet two great lines Of railroads. while
the grand connecting links which bind the
northern and southern lines of the State to>
| Qetber will be so tar advanced towards COM
| uIetion ~ 10 make Iowa the seventh railroad
State in the Union. In the development Of
| its agricultural resources, mineral wealth,
and manufacturing facilities, our State will
be in January next, so tar IN advance Of the
position it occupied four years before. that
the Iowa Of 1868, as compared with that of
1864, will be marvel OF rapid growth and
| solid progress to ourselves only less than to
those rho see the results without aiding ~
| secure them. y
| We add SOME expression also from our
English cousins. James Howard, celebra-
I ted implement manufacturer. of Bedford,
and was . careful, intelligent, practical OBJ.
server OF all matters OF interest on this side
of the water. On his return to England he
delivered before the Farmers Club, in Lon
don, an address embodyng some of the re-
| suits of his observations IN America. The
| address, as a whole, was regarded as one of
| the Ablesi concerning American affairs which
had been delivered in England for many
| years. From : synopsis Published IN the
T London Daily Star, Mr.. Howard is reported
| as having said:
The u.ost beautiful part OF America for
! farm purposes which came under his notice
was the State Of Iowa, across the Mississippi
This was one ofthe most picturesque countries
he had ever looked upon. 1t contained So
600, 0e0 acres OF land, only 5000. 600 of which
were at present under cultivation.
To persons seeking homes-and fortunes we
acres UT untouched by the spade or pillow
Theodore 1lton, writing from the prairies oil
Iowa, uses the following language in regard
To young men Of the East: I II n brave and
| brawny yourg man, who cannot get along at
| the East because he finds no open door, will
| go TO the West, put his hand 10 the pillow, aud
| look not back he will find himself, atthe end
| OF ten years. man OF property, chief eit-
| zen of his neghborhood. an esteemed mem
| her of society, and the architect of success
| full career. | know that many other writers
| have said all OF this over and over again bu,
believe he testimony needs constant repe
ntion. in the hope that it may lead the feet 0
many disappointed ,hrongers of city streets tc
make the. pilgrimage to green fields. This i.
| the path to fortune.
lfthey could only be persuaded to visit /
prairie country, where they could see its ex
tent of surface of country for greet distance
it would tend to develop the idea of size an,
give their thoughts wider range.
i A sight of the prsiries would also tend te
! quicken love Of the grand and beautiful il
4 nature, For who can look over the prairi,
in its virgin loveliness without feeling Their,
is nothing equal to 1.-THE almost unbound e
extent, the gentle nndnlations, covered Will
/ grass and flowers. the heritage stirred by TIN
breeze, making it look like the rolf of ,
mighty ocean. and the sense of smell Is re
i called by tae odor OF howep, borne on tn,
wings of the wind, sweeter than the spie,
gales of Arabia. go III. aa+.c-.
i But few short years ago the ground upo,
which we stand was the hunting ground o
the redman. What . change! These prai
ries are no longer lighted vi his fires; thes,
forests no more resound with his war.whoor
these valleys ere no more disturbed BIZ hi
ceremonies OF worship 10 Inc treat SPIRIT
In bis stesd. the Caucasian occupies the land
and has adorned it by civilization, and re
! deemed it by the religion of purity and Law
The frail canoe has disappeared before tn
palatial steamer; and the Father Of Waters
which for centuries rolled lis ceaseless it'd
in silence and gloom, has become the patien
servant Of mighty commerce.
4 The very stronrholds of nature hsvei bee,
invaded iron track Of the railroad wind
, its way through the recess of the hills an,
across the prairies-and the locomotive
shrieks it's defiance from the Atlantic to tn
Rocky Moantains-the great river is spanne,
, BY the finest structure in the Vest, ieerap]
. wires are flashing their messages from III
> golden shores of the Pacific through Won
beautiful country to the Old World
!, My friends you are favored with Lowell
spot--a heaven-favored heritage-an esrthI
, paradise-a land of milk and honey-a pleas
ing diversity of prairie and forest-where tn
, delighted eyes revel upon scenes Of verdure
fertility and plenty.
The GRAssnoPPERs.- little Williams
have beenswarmine 10 large numbers through
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