Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-02-01


Fri. Feb. 1st.) Go over and help. An
Address will be given, aud a League
formed.
NOT MUCH BLOOD Split!
A writer from Waterloo in the Chi
cago Journal of Jan. Goth, who is
"Quod," land especially the 'od.) has
devoted his column to y needlessly pet
ulant assault upon CEDAR FALLS. The
animus of the piece 10 unwittingly re-
vealed in this sentence Of it:-"The peo-
pie are very jealous of their local pros
perity." Jealous-that is it. This
jealousy of our prosperity makes our
neighbors say many foolish things. II
seems that CAPTAIN WHITING, the
correspondent of the Chicago journal,
visited CEDAR FALLS just before Christ
mas, to deliver some lectures and he
was SO delighted with the place, that he
wrote an account of it in glowing terms
to that able journal. OF course, being
q stranger, he made few slight mis-
takes of numbers and locations, in his
full enumeration of particulars con-
corning this city; such, for instance, as
putting the erection of our noble school
edifice one year too late, and speaking
inadvertently of our Iowa Central Rail-
road rs running to Cedar Rapids " in
stead Of Toledo" These trifiing slips
of Capt. Whiting, the Waterloo
"Quod,n magnifies into a mighty in
dictment against CEDAR FALLS. And
over an evident mis-print of "Court
House" for Council Hail." this
doughty knight wakes valiant, break
ing his lance with wonderful prowess
over this typographical error; just as
though this Metropolis of Iowa"
could have the fool-hardiness to claim
seriously the possession of that classic
counting edifice, which adorns the
prairie somewhere east of Waterloo!
And then, how valorous this Water
loo chieftain becomes, at the mere men-
ton Of the Iowa Central, and the Cap
tain's iapsus pennoe in writing Cedar
Rapids (instcad of Toledo rs one of
its points! This is tho happy text,
wherefrom to preach an elaborate hon-
lily on the stupendous railroad claims of
Waterloo, to the utter humiliation of
Cedar Falls, and all its railroad hopes.
Their sympathies are with ST. Louis"
says this learned "Quod" concerning
us; and with this whitening rebuke
the Iowa Central is supposed to be an
initiated! especially in the direction of
the Chicago Journal; 1T being forgotten
how warmly that same Chicago paper
has been commencing and urging for
ward this very Iowa Central enterprise
of our city.
Waterloo's projected Cedar Valley R.
Il. "dees not go to Cedar Falls, and
there is no prospect of its ever going
there;h so says this veracous author.
And by this dictum, we are doubtless
to be frightened out of our propriety.
Just as though CEDAR Valley railroad
can avoid CEDAR Falls (5f CEDAR
Rapids,l on its way! You might as
well think of sunlight avoiding the
atmosphere in its approach to the earth.
No wonder that, as this writer says,
the STATE neytstcr Ut Des pIolnes per
sists, that the Cedar Rapids and Saint
Paul II. r. is "going to run to Cedar
Falls"
This samo "Quod" is mighty
troubled, at the mention of 1900 child
rem and youth in our city, and thinks
this il meant to indicate a population
Of eight or ten thousand! Well, this
Is somewhat more than we claim for
our community like most others, has
not more than twice rs many people
over rs there are under Is years; this
learned pundit to the contrary not
withstanding. Truth is, our neighbor
seems wonderfully envious of our low
ing care over those 500 orphans i'm our
Soldiers Home that add so largely
to the number Of our children and
youth, las well as to our good NAME
making the total fully 1900, rs given.
The statement, that you could not
" find conscientious citizen in the
town, that would be willing to make
affidavit to their being built over one
hundred and fifty buildings during the
past year, lis simply untrue, as wit
ness our recently given list. As to
our having "only three church ediiices
that may with propricty be called
church edifices, the fact is, we have
las stated by Captain Whitingl sic good
neat church buildings, three of them
larger and with steeples, while two
other fine church edifices are already
started, there being nine church con-
gregations meeting in our city.
The redoutable hero before US wax es
valiant against our towns.
man, Peter Melendy, aud calls him
> Peter, the Snowman" always blow
ing his horn" Now, that which is
alleged. against Mr.. Melendy, is GER
'ainly thing greatly to his credit. He
8, indeed, always taking pains to ex-
libit the solid ad, antages possessed by !
ais own city, and is ever trying to build
Up the interests of this community |
where his lot is cast. For this public
spirited and patriotic course, Tie has the
banks of all worthy men; and Water
90, as well as every other town, is anS.
Gus to have aud to honor Just suclr
men. We, in our humble way as jour-
laiist, are trying to initiate this same
'oble spirit of our worthy fellow-citi.
ei', and to do our best for the prosper
ty OF our chosen city; and without
laving seen or consulted him, we think
ve can safely say, that such allegations
$ are here made, he accepts as the
highest eulogy that could be pronounce
d upon him.
In truth, "Quod" becomes the best
ndOrser and recon1mondor of (yrpAp