The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-11-07

a itate to commend them.-.H. Lou
Leader.
t HOME, October I'd, 1867.
: Dear advertiser when / last wrot
!. you was at Ida, stopping with judy
) Morehead, who has lived there for ele,
e en- or twelve years. He has now fin
U residence, with good outbuildings an
everything comfortable. Away out II
: these wilds one would hardly expect +
hear the sweet sounds of music-excep
: the music of the spheres, In winter
and yet the piano has found home here
and it has also found one at least VIII,
can and did make it speak in lively ane
harmonious tencs.
Mr.. Morehead Is q man of excellen,
sense and taste, and is doing much, b,
precept and example, to develop the re-
sources of this country. The finest cat.
tie have ever seen were shown me
here" l saw here two large tracts Of
timoer, ono Of s>.,, and the other of sew.
en- years growth. The fires had peen
kept off the prairie, for ten and seven
years respectively, and the result was,
that where was bleak, timberless prairie,
there is now sufficient wood on an acre
OF the largest timber to last any family a
| year, and being worth at least twenty
! five dollars per acre. l noticed in Ida
and Woodbury. counties, thousands and
tens of thousands of acres of prairie up
land that was covered with small Burr
Oak, Wild Cherry, Cottonwood and
Elm trees, all of which will be burned
off close to the ground in a few weeks.
This growth comes annually, and when
the fires are kept out there will in few
years be an inexhaustible supply of
wood for fuel. The country from here
to McDermott's is rough-would seem so
to those who admire level prairie. The
soil is fertile and heavily covered with
grass. The tops Of the "rols' or
bluffs" have thin soil, but are we'll
adapted to wheat or grasa growing. All
this country is well watered with excel
lent running, living water. There are
no sloughs.
One Of the first things farmer should
do in settling here would be to put out
break winds, for l know in the winter
storm and wind just riots on these tim
berless, uncultivated wilds. | believe,
with a little protection, apples and
grapes could be grown here to perfection.
Along the streams the crab-apple, wild |
grapes and wild plums grow in greatest
profusion, and as nearly to perfection as |
they can in wild state.
We rested ourselves and took dinner
Oh the Little Sioux River, near Correc- |
uonville. This is a fine river with one |
OF the finest valleys in the State. The
stream is heavily timbered; and I saw
the trees overhanging the river literally
blue with greatquantities of wild grapes.
1t is said that these bottoms abound in
wild turkeys and pheasants. Bears are
occasionally killed. Large timber
wolves and prairie wolves are also quite
plentiful.
This town, Correctionville, is in the
northwestern part of Woodbury. county,
twenty miles west of Ida, and forty miles
east OF Sioux City. 1t is on the line Of
the Dubuque and Sioux City railroad.
we started from here about II p. ", and
travelled eighteen miles farther west ia
improvement.
Mae. is Jolly freshman, and proved
III excellent host. Although it was after
lark considerable, he did not seem in
he least nonplussed. Some one remark
"a, I'VE have doctor in the crowd ),
Bully for him, aud I'm cripple," was
the prompt reply. l ventured to re-
mark while we were discussing the
properties of the frugal meal that he had
that he lived in rather n lone
ly place. He quickly remarked, "Och.
ana tic jabcrs' it's me that is God forsak-
en-, and here the divil can't find me-
We had had the "blues' somewhat NO.
ing iatlgued with our long journey. but
this remark, with his jolly good humor,
set us all to laughing, and we spent
pleasant evening together. We had
good nights rest, a good breakfast. and
started about A. NJ. for Sioux CITY, hav-
ing only twenty-five miles to travel
lhe face OF the country between this
and sioux City is broken, high rolling
prairie, with a fertile soil.
We arrived at Sioux City about noon
and found everything hustle and activity
there. Put up at the Northwestern
Hotel, very good house Find this n
ci'S OF about fifteen or eighteen hundred
The Floyd river runs
through the eastern part, and Perry
Creek with a good water mower,
the northern part. 1t is on the
east bank OF the Missouri river, and al
most directly west of the city of Dr.
huque. 1t will have good railroad faciIi.
'ieS. lhey are now prosecuting the
work vigorously on the st. John and
sioux City railroad, and they confident
~ expect early in the winter railro,d
communication with the Chicago and
n northwestern Railway at st, Johns