The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-21
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You, dear GAfs. having been 50 iudieiou.-
y communicative friend ~ never to tell
thought or word of ours, without oar consent,
--you, bs;as TINS trustworthy shall b trusted
With the secret thought that 10 somewhat Of
pAeplexity 70 M Just 1t this psesenl. We
don'i know whether TO " do y the scenery Of
shs upper Mississippi with few dashes Of
our pen-ws beg . wooden Apologize orr
pencil whether to frame il 10 the picture
outlines of few s.ereotyped descrp,ive., Or
TO be more gsrralously communicativs-so
take you into . more expansive confidence,
show you this town, and that xildness of
shoe, this verduroue hillside ard thst gem
of wooded valley, from point TO point, ~
wego inward. Were We to do this latter re
should take you with u from Dubuque ons
mile TO Dunleith-oniy noticeable because X
10 opposite the former place, and has rapid
n .--ri~.s-s --.t--~i .----i ..-a.- ,i;R. -
the hardest and pseniiest and most unquasry-
able of hard and fin.y crystalline rock. The
sunnel is the approach to the railroad bridge.
of which latter the piers viii soon Re enishsd
We put attrem Dunleiih, that has none 9th
er Of view or beauty than fe~ unnoticeable
buildings scattered at unneighboriy distances.
snd the bluffs threatening to crowd all into
the river in The rear Of them. Nothing IT.
tsac,ive there, We watch across the river, Du-
buqpe upon its cliff sides-and the long reach
OF randy, low land thst lies above tive
vatchehess 90 out Of sight, and then there .
nafksu h.,so k-~t A,.d L. ~rl ~
conaAnt RATS, and The bluffs on other hard,
With the wafer and the "trip u io~ lying
Woodland between. Pleasing vsnesy there j.
in this to look upon, but not enough for sep.
srats And detailed description. 10 penaisssrs1
purpose Of entertaining itsef d. the time,
the river turns and bends, and suns round
e1ias, and between green islands. and seads
little de,schmsnts Of itself prospecting into
the cosest of little retreats, where heavy
tohaged uess bend their heals over Tho mar
rev channel and dip their green arms into
tbs cool water. On making penitsntial re-
solve to retrieve its crooked and dsviops,
ways il sets ont suddenly forward
ON long strstches Of undertaking stfaishi
iorwardnsss, until tired OF iss own prim.
nesss it breaks out into ito old roiIckiog. var
liable, spursivs humor and goes vhirlines sad
lespins and sparkling around some sudden
elif, o. troopins through pshes iaisadstn q
Gans Of hidsnd-Sssk. Asd he. bluas-h
is the ques rest and most versatile Of seens-
'ries thaf has governed IN fashionins these.
Not greatly varying 10 hsight--slbeis occa-
siosaliy one satisfactorily rsars itsslf IN excep-
,ionai and obtrusiss supremacy hundred
feet Or more or leaa above its fellows. COM
pauiouabis bluffs for the most part stapdinse
shon'der to shoulder, without any Souls Of
stature to shame their brethren. But else In
the moat variable shapes and forms n
ruodes Of Appearing. At ono tins rising q
regular ssccsssion, ose besidc the other, wih
base the waser-sde and oval ridgy outline
Of face = The sivar sad svslhss fousdsl sides
the fronts Of main. land il high ~ them
sslvss. Again pynmidAl. OF psraIlelograns
almost, covered sides and SUBMITS, for the
most part, with ths ffcshess and richest Of
grass; u times breaking out near the ,op into
bsrs massive s.rass or Irregular eolumns Of
sandstone and limestone Or ferrnsinous
rocks. The trees are not strikingly tall any
where in I'll the upper country. Mere or
en.r0s .he woods sss' elm and ash and oat
ana .hio~-ons ah Tor orusmenistion -only
TO make the coupiry look pretty--snd not for
use. They adjust tAsmsalves TO the bluGa
With ~iew to scenic effect cover;as sene
.an,ey rom bottom g teP snshroadisg
ine oese nereg g stnss I'D tasiee ~
sommi.s g ne s1ehaise pesaessg Af Bhs]
..eso 'nlek ssaas. South Ode wooded ard
aossa noe - rofsa ssds wooded -
soess s'oe esass; IN dssss hiss, 10 sparSs
aad single little oolonis'-.o IN var ely Do
v0eds and ciids scst soesaAsr 70 FORM tAs
nom noticeable isassses 4 RIVER 'rsvsl.