Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-07-02

STERLING, Ill.,, June |, 1869

warm sultry weather incident to the I
summers of the State, has come
and with it a violentattaek offspring
fever torpidiiy. don't-care-q-cuss-i
ativeness, which is bound to carry
me off-to the mountains in a short +
time TO come ; so il the next should
be dated at Salt Lake, just consider /
me good for ninety days yet. The
extremes of Gods country are too
enervating for restless individual
like me-it can blow hot and cold
here little quicker tlan | ever
saw ii in the mountains otherwise
this would be the most desirable
country to reside in in America.
This little town of five or six thous-
and inhabitants, is about one hun
dred miles west Of Chicago, on the
Northwestern Railroad, and OF. the
north bank Of the pretticst river in
all the Northwest Rock river, one
fourth Of mile wide, with rocky
bottom and shores lined with a good
variety Of timber, all in all, at this
season OF the year, it is the most
pleasing landscape in Northern H.,
and adjacent to the above stream,
that one viii find on the continent.
1t is an old and tbickly settled por-
ton of the state, and as enlightened
as any section Of the Union-Biack
Republican majorilies are the rule
ii is just The reverse Of Egypt, in the
southern part Of the state, though
that section is quite reconstructed
from what it was ten years ago.
This prairie shows OF to best advan-
tage ia June, when vegetation Of
every kind isa waving green. The
hedge fences Of Usage oran G, and
the artificial groves and trees planted
by The roadside, are distinctive
feature Of civilization in this state.
walnut, maple, box-elder, OAK, qua
kcnasp, hickory and the like, grow
rapidly. and this sort nf agriculture
| is fast changing the face Of nature in
| the prairie sections Of the Great
West. Ii isa delightful region IN
| this latitude for several months in
the year, but from now till The first
OF August. it IS specially 50. EatJu-
bitter, how it bowls in the winter
timel know It i served an APP
premiership to 1t and other things
too numerous to mention III
Nortern Illinois, and never want
TO get stuck hereabouts aaoth II
winter for love OF money" u yeal
ago this last winter, thirty-fve to
forty degrees below zero were noted
by the weather clerk. But this is
nevertheless the greatest Safe in The
Union to day, and must ever be, Il
is about all arabic and very rict
land, while every county in the Stat
I believe has coal lands Of inexhanst-
ible resource. I could give yor
a statement Of the fine stock ant
grain shipped eastward from thii
one state shat wonld make your eyes
bug ont, bnt think / had better
not. Tam passing the time befweer
going to the postofller, going iish
ing, and-othcr places. The towr
is situated over two or three miles
square in sort Of" magnificent, dis
tances EVERY residence dar&enef
with the shade Of irlIii trees or fancy
shrubbery, and the sidewalks arr
, nothing but long arbqrs Tor PRONE
mailing in 10 catch thc brcezes waited
through the ireeses. This doing
nothing as business, is bccomin!
mono!onous lis demoralizing; ! IN
! getting 50 stupid aaa lazy tAas.lI IN
suffering for a change. Bit lik'