Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1869-01-01
INDEPENDENCE, IOWA. FRIDAY,

The huts aud novels which constituted habi.
tations for settlers 10 oarly times, are giving
way to more substantial residences; and as
communities increase IN population, and i'm.
prove in the style aud number of buildings
for all purposes, and improve still further in
the cultivation Of artificial groves and forests,
and continue TO make the fact more and
more palpabe every day TIA. the dominions
OF Anglo-Ssxoa lift and enterprise has
been thoroughly iuAugurated, the climate Is
becoming less and less harsh, and it now
possesses much Of the subducd character
and many Of those graces and amenities
Which belong to coustries hundreds of miles
nearer the equator. And then il should not
be forgotten that the winters Of Iowa have
none OF those pollu;ions, AMI none OF those
adhesive desecrations, which come from the
prevalence OF mud IN the streets, mud in the
highways, and mud everywhere. Every
Buckeye knows something ofthat admixture
or intermix,ure Of enormities which springs
from alternate freezing and thswing, and
which dishonors the earth through the day.
time with bespattering mortar into which
your boots will sink until extrictaion is al
m. st hopeless. This argIlansous slope,
which is 80 repulsiys and 90 much Of an un.
sba,ed nuisance 10 all persons in he latitude
Of Cincinnati apd Ph.k6aeYpbis, has no
counterpart in lowe. In The State Just
named, winter is not fully euthroned, a. .
general lule, until the latter part Of Decsm-
ber; and from that time until the voice Of
the turtle dove is heard in the land. and un.
til the "sloos, which are percepiible in q
thousand depressions Of the surface, begin
to warn the adventurous traveller to keep
away from their treacherous depths, there is
no mnd wherewitA 10 dspol your garnsn,s
and your vehicles, and to give all creation
an appearance Of inexpressibe fl,hiness.
These smaller water>courses, and the great
rivers Of the border, and bridged with ice
and there is no demolition of such ice struc.
lures, and no insecurity for the loaded teams
which pass over them, during the entire
winter.
No pen can adequate justice to the sums
mers Of our State. Tie prairies are carpet.
ed with beauty all their own. We call it
distinctive beauty, for there is nothing like
it anywhere else on the globe. The rich,
black soil, full Of vitality, sen Is up its lux-
uriant vegetation, and the wildness even oe
uncultivated nature, is relieved By waving
grass and flowers Of every hue. There is
O~ihssnesS ~ suc dus VI sOEk VI etntI6ai
mildness, which is grateful to every sense,
and which inspires you With an earnest #,
fection for your adopted home. Like your
self the birds are also in love with the glory
Of nature and as they Fit from bough to
Dough in the grove. or whell in grateful cir
cles above an expanse of undula,ing prai-
rie. their songs are full of life, music, and
joy. But whatever may be said of the beau
ty Of Iowa summers, the autunns Of our
State are truly unsurpassed. The ,empera.
ture at this period Of the year is just what
il ought to be, neither too cold nor too hot
On one hand you are not chilled by polar
winds, and on the other hand your blood is
not in6amed by tropical heat The lus,er
Of the sun is not subdued, and the serenity
which you see everywhere, as the year is
passing into its grave, invites you to love the
earth, while it turns your thoughts to an
other sphere, where flowers never decay and
where Immortality endures.
All the year round our climate Is eminently
healthy. The atmosphere is dry, pure, and
renoyating, having none Of that humidity
which, in many other States, brings the
hectic flush to the cheek o. disease, and pop>
ulates graveyards with the remains Of con.
sumptives. There is salubsity in the air
Of our State, which is felt and acknowledged
By all persons who feel it, presence abou,
them, and inhale It's viviiyiny efficacy. We
have never known case Of pulmonary con-
sumption in the State, which was not the
result of hereditary predispositiou, OF was
not imported from Eastern localities. Fl,
nally, to all persons who now vegetste in
those populous pastures of humanity which
are scsined 10 the East, and Who are solici>
tous to find the enjoyments Of superior homes
somewhere else, we woald say that, so far
as climate, and healthiness, and coil, and
a thousand other elements Of great value
are concerned Iowa is not surpassed in
this hemisphere, or in the other.