The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-09


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snd before - reached 1ert Bed - 1Askness 80
upou us--aad Il wAA aasknsss thst s1ssd = ssst-
90 alter wandering Tor hours = hnd efossisGs o. 2
wsyts gst sssaRd ths sloughs vhicn .nsercep.se ~
our uSSsesess- and IL seemed thst night - II me
whole prairie vas > sIosgh-us lay down 70 swsse
daylight, ltras 20 gold that Ne erent good
portion Of the aight foot -rasiag up and down ~
Sprairis, and 10 the norning ss found ssrsslvee
withn two miles Of the Fost, snd not sos6h
between NJ and tho dosr II Old Billy Ahlefs
Hotsl."
when crorssd that prairie in the stage last
September, over . good road, we'll bridssd, farm
housss hsrs and there the whole distance, orcak-
ing in progress where moro houses sss going up
in the easiy spring, . railway grade estwesn FORT
Dodge asa Mssstes Cry. Nth ~ ass s'ss,es.ed
rio. cane 10 mind with aosbis freshnssa. Thsn
when looked over the inprovsnssts sf Webster
Ctty. uAtsh Aase - oa3s a1nea 6peEp 49, -
~ 80 l1aser = kas Rssdas SAs 1se( .sSsss
NJ Csdl& @ tsv1 withseE ! hsase \ esd - q
looked 4 ths fssns up and down The Booss vsi
lev, thsufht 70 nysslf, - slow - - soDseins
think things move. this 70 faster than they g
things away dowp Esst. Here il the Webster
City Of 1868 they are building depot and ar-
ranging Tor the cars which will soon gladden. the
people who hava awsted their csming. Nor
WebsEsg City 10 not vishost 6Ae Tsaidsosss. sslia
business hoasss, brick block Of no mean dimsa-
stems, nne school house, churches, and three
good mills. II was pretty rough times through
tho yesrs 1857 8 and q and II seemed mighty cold
on the prairisr during those long winters, still
the fellows Who had the backbone 10 stfek.
are generally paid. The Wilson's, by
WHOSE foresight this future Of Webstrr City vas
forcSsen, who laid out the town, and who, when
Won some dewn Ia indomitshle go-s-head = tive
mess. ere withoat riyais. still pound e~sy - Of
yofe. They build housss, barns, work on dopots,
break prairie, tuiid fences, haul ties lumber,
90 swees By The Rterpal and Rsb~er City. Asd
then thers are an the other fellow among the
old ssttisrs--if sps~s persisted wonld name
tbsn-stin n work building up, bsanehiae ont,
adding 70 The Aggregate OF wealth and psSer II
the serthwsst, snd making Webster City oss
q Tie byst ameae The rising towns n tbe 6ste. I.
Ttsli you. tbsss fellows that push The nstsrisl
enterprise, put theft shoulders to the Wheel sRd
hssp % tAs physisAt dev elspmsnt Of the sseeo0ys
~ worth seasSkine In the eonfict wags1 - sub-
due The untameA West. The Dan who plants :
@sastss sssttos y timber and rsiess 1htaa 49,
Of She II or praries, thua proving bsyosA g.
ton - sveryhedy Who haa eyes to -, thsa tin
hsseap = Risnks And that too esmpagsttsoly
easy Ana II ) few years: has done mors for H.
practical advancement Of his fellows, than Asvho
vpisss ehesh crowded With ths4iais seD9A =
tinber snisine.