Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-02-16
Correspondence
WAvERLY. Bremen Co., Iowa, |
February 2, 1869.

/ Dear Editor of the NelcsdeaLer =
.'There's country famed in story,
As you've oftcntmes been told;
IT'S land of mighty rivers
Running over sands of gold;
The abode of peace and plenty;
And with quietness It's blest;
But this country that's so famous,
Lies away off in the West.
sit is not land of notions,
Nor land of pumpkin-pies;
Though renowned for great potatoes;
And for corn Of wondrous size;
Where the turkies run all roasted
With a fork stuck in their breast,
Crying 'Eat!'-But oh! this country
Lies away off in the West
H. L. FrisJie
Although l am stranger to you, you
are not to me, nor is your paper. Not BIZ
any means. There is no friend that enters
our western home who is more cordially
received by each member of the family,
than your pleasant paper. Nothing that
reminds us so faithfully week by week of
the events transpiring in your quiet little
valley.
Yes, indeed know you all, and l
am not wholly unacquainted with your
Nashua correspondent, who few weeks
ago, gave so glowing a description of the
country this side Of the Mississippi river
You must know that Nashua is not as far
from Waverly as it might be, and there
fore after reading the letter published
few weeks since, cannot refrain from giving
a little vent to my spleen in regard to
this West.
Do | like here ? Please bear with me
while | give you few facts in regard to
this country, from which l will leave you
to draw your own conclusion.
First, | ask you to step with me to the
window of my cosy little ''recitation-room"
from which, the school building being
high, you have fine view of the country.
Look with me upon those rolling prairies,
dotted here and there with beautiful farms,
every acre Of which is susceptible of ,he
highest state Of cultivation. For this
country is not dead level, as many may
suppose. As to the climate of this State,
i was not here the first of November,
and therefore cannot say as to the exact
thickness of the ice frozen at that time.
But let me state what the weather has
been during the month Of January. There
were but four stormy days, l think, dur
ing that month. These, |, who had been
accustomed to weeks of stormy weather
should have forgotten. had | not been re-
minded by the fine slcighing we have had
during the month, which can proceed only
ftom storms in any country. Such bright
days warn, and esnshiny and ra""y 81
succession, have never before enjoyed in
Vermont New Hampshire, or Massachu-
sets. And, having thus given you a faint
idea of this beautiful country, and delight
full climate, let me describe in a, few words
this busy little city, lying on both banks
Of the Cedar river, and also, its inhabi-
tants. These, even your Nashua CORES
pondent must admit, are not rery bad,
when she considers the fact, that more
than six-eights of the population came
from the New England and Middle States.
As to the .foreigners' we have only first
class Dutch, and | heard merchant here
say but a few days ago, that he would trust
them sooner than he would IA Yankee.
| went up on Bremen Avenue the other
day, which is the principal business street
in Waverly. IA
I looked with astonishmeSt upon the
scene before me, trying in vain to ascer-
tain whether there was circus, MENACE
RE, or Fourth of July celebration.
For never had | beheld as many teams
collected in any part of Lamoile county
except on such n,onlentoaS occasions. Upon
inquiry learned that it was only an eve
ry day occurrence. Simply teams of the
farmers who come to the city to do their
trading. The street was lined on both
side with nice looking teams, standing so
near each other that you could easily step
from the back of one horse to that of the
other.
We have in this little city fifteen dry
goods stores, eighteen groceries, four boot
manufactures, six wheel-wright
shops, eight blacksmith shops, five neat
two Aouring-mills, one wooden
factory, three grain elevators, six agricul-
tural stores, one iron founpry, three furni-
ture shops, one steam saw-mill, two whole
sale and retail clething stores, three coop
cr shops, three photograph galleries, two
printing-ofhces, four apothecary shops, one
book store, two jewelry stores, where you
can purchase anything from a silver tea
set to pewter spoon. We have five ho-
tells, four good two-story school buildings,