The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-06-02
From I. I'll. Page.
Montgomery County Correspondence.
Ar HOME. Nav Goth. 10.

4AofNJo"Uy Oo0tty correspondence.
AT HOME, May Goth, 20.
Dear Courier Before leaving Wa
polio | promised numerous friends
there that / would let them boar
from me through the COURIER (by
permission Of the editor). But be-
ing overburdened with work, 1 have
failed to make my promise good.
The COURIER still halls me with its
weekly visit, as Of old, and is ever
welcome. 1t seems almost like q
visit to tho city itself to have the
COURIER como up and tell me oil the
news once a week.
was exceedingly sorry to hear of
the death of my old and much re-
spected friends, Major Fulton and
Capt. Dana. But death is no respect
or Of persons, taking friend and foe
alike. l trust / have but tow and /
hope no enemies in old Wapello, to
DO overtaken by Deaths two.edged
sword.
| Since coming to this county l have
worked hard repairing my little farm,
ard hope in few years to have ono
of the best,it not incest little farms in
Montgomery county. l have spent
q good part Of my time setting out
fruit, forest and shade trees among
tho rest an orchard Of five hundred
apple, eighty-one cherry, one hun
dred chestnut, twenty -four pear trees,
fifty grapes, gooso.berries, currants.
blackberries, three hundred ever.
greens, one thousand sugar naples,
ono thousand soft naples, five hun
dred cottonwoods, and ornamental
stuff too tedious to mention. in.
tend to make it my business to raise
and deal in Nursery stock. Have
five thousand apple gratis out to
start on.
This is what / consider beautiful
farming country: soil rich and deep,
without any Of your hard pan, OF
spouty side hills; with springs Of
pure cold water in abundance; trees
not enough to supply every farm,
but enough to form fine running
streams for stock water. Crops were
excellent here last year, with good
prospect for this year. Grass on the
prairies makes luxuriant pasturage
now. All one needs to become rich
,, is to own plenty of the bovine race
to turn into beef what grass is spoil
ing for want of something to eat it
il This country is settling mp very
, fast. Now houses spring up as If BY
, magic and the pillow is blackeninl
the face of the country in every dl
rection. With the completion of thu
Nebraska City branch Of the b.
; NJ. r. r., from Red Oak, and tn,
: building Of tho Valley Road from
Atlantic down to Red Oak, this par
: of southwestern Iowa will be, err
. long, among the most densely popu
lated farming communities in thu
State. Efl
II 1 attended the county Republica,
f convention yesterday. The Palmc1
and Kasson-ites had quito contcs
for delegates, the former coming OH
victorious, with three cheers for thei
, delegation. ,g.s
!. Red Oak is quite lively town
and is doing an immense business fol
q town Of its size, which, however
, is Of no small proportions.
q l would advise any Wapello frient
\ to como out here, if he can sell hi
/ farm implements, furniture, ETC., TO
Q anything near what they are worth
/ and not be at the expense Of bring
i ing them here. Thcre is more farm
; machinery in Red Oak than 1 eve
!. saw in Ottunwa, and can be Dough
freight added as cheap. l bough
= harrow teeth in Ottumwa and bro
them out here, when could hav'
! got them here for q cent less on tn
, pound. Some heavy articles are
shade higher than in Ottumwa, blu
most arc the same.
II Ram is needed here very much a
present. Yours truly,
I. Fl. PAGE.