Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-09-04


paper published in the Shellrocls sal-
ley. That little laminary is now en-
gagged In the extension OF the "Iowa
Central" up to GAINESVILLE. when
that read is completed TO the estate
linen and hitched on tire Minnesota
Central, then will there pour into
the Sherlock valley tide of emigra.
zion such as Will lay them Cedar fel.
Iers i'm the shade. Then we shall
want papers, and then your cores
pondent will probably become an
Editor and dip his pen in wormwood
and gall and thcn"woe wee be to
him by whom the .olfence cnmeth."
THAT last phrase is scripture.l
G. W., what do you suppose your
machinery at Cedar Falls would do
without the waters Of the Shellrock?
mot much Mary Ann"--Snyder!
The waters of the Shellrock are so
pure and transparent that / can pick
them out from the Cedar after they
have run together for days.
Nor are the clear waters of the
Shellrock the only rcdeeming quail
ty OF this Eden of Creation. Did you
ever 60 to GAINESVILLE, and IL not
there magnificent country? Then
on up to Marbleroek, and saint" that
q delightful land? and OH up to
Rockford, charming country. Then
on up to Rock Grove, and O! what
q glorious, beautiful, splendid, mag
nificent, Eldoradorious country ,
and then from Rock Grove to the
state linc--(lI | shall have to
break down for the want of adjcc.
tives.)
let those who think this picture
eNtravigant take trip up the Shell
rock. Go up for 60 miles. Go up on
OH one side and down OH the other.
Let them inspect the streams, the
land, the timber, the stone, the
stacks of wheat and oats, the fields of
corn, and make n note of the new
ground which promises to pay six
months after date with interest at
800 per cent. ~
The Shellrock river Is navigable
for first class bull-frogs ms far up as
Shellrock falls; and an abundance of
enormous fish are caught on the State
line" Any amount of lands can be
bought OH terms satisfactory to the
purchaser. New homes are being So
lectea and established every day.
The settlers are goncrly of the New
England origin. 1t Is amusing to
hear the Yankees say Whoa! Haw !!
Gee! TO their horses. Our steers
here can tell Yankee MS suon as they
look him square in the face.
But the Yankees build school
houses and churches, and bridges
and roads they work "wlnile the day
lasts" and longer ifthere is anything
more to do; and they have just as
much fun over the oddities of the
Othcrsics rs the 0therslcs have over
them. There is no railroad up the
valley yet, put there are most excel
lent places for several. The iowa
Central Is heading this way, and the
McGregor Western is coming on a
eauter. Then there 10 the road lead
ing from Galveston Texas, to st.
Paul; from Burlington to Mankato;
from st. Louis to Austin.
When all these Roads are compile
ted the Earth will tremble for miles
around as the ponderous trains laden
with the rich productions of our gen
erous soil shall be trundlcd to the Sea
don't see how you dare "pitch in"
" it'll so much vehemence against Lee
Clair and Moore. Don't you know
they have friends" in the city of
New York who will stand by them
as long rs there is niger left?
The republicans of Floyd county,
are now in Committee OF re Whole
The committee will rise on election
day. reirrr progress, and ask leave to
sit again for four years; which will
probably he Granted.
SHELLRoCK.
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