The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-07-22

and trimmed up and altered to fit Jacob
Blivens, who stood sadly in need of doom
that would send him out Of the world with
IcLAr.--(Ed. Memoranda.
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LIME SPRINGS, July 14th 1870.
Bro. MEAD-As y@ are doubtless
aware I have never done any writing
for publication aud what follows you
are at liberty to publish or to eonsid.
er as friendly chat with yourself and
treat accordingly. I propose to give
you few notes of trip to St. Paul
and Minneapolis. After particips ting
in the celebration Of the ever glori-
Gus 4th. at this place, which bye the
bye was an entire success in every
sense Of the word I conclude i to fin
ish up by taking q run to St. Paul
and Minneapolis. In consequence ol
this resolve was routed from pleasant
dreams about 2 o'clock in the morn
ing and wended my way to the depot
and after waiting about one and a
half hours the train put in an ap-
psarance and after an introducti tion to
conductor Hathorn placed myself un-
der his care, and by the way he is
about as near tho standard of the
gentleman as they ever grow, and
thoroughly capable of taking care Of
stray bodies, in fact all the boys On
the train are about No. l. attentive
to business, polite and courteous to
travellers, ready with civil answer
to even annoying questions, and We
consider the Company fortunate in
securing the services of such men.
The train being behind time there
was some good running done to catch
him which was successful. We made
it aspeoial a business to note the grow
ing crops along the road SO far as l
could from the moving train. From
Lime Springs as far up as Lansing
and Blooming Prairie the wheat,
oats and barley are reasonably fair
and corn looks very promising; from
the last named place the small grain
svery poor. on an average onc-fourth
a good crop and many pieces will not
pay for harvesting; in fact I doE't see
how they can be gathered the straw
is so short, and by the way, Mr.. Ed
itor, I want to tell you in confidence,
that in passing over this region of
country l was strongly reminded Of
the radical party (that is its leader
ship aud management for I believe
the great heart Of the party is all
right fair to look upon, satisfying
the sense Of the beautiful and pleas
ant, in its arrangement of lakes,
groves, prairies and diversified sur
face. lacking in most important Of all
qualities depth and fertility Of soil,
so that there is no generous nourish-
ment for plant life during the frey
trial of the dry hot days that have
passed over it. So with radicalism;
it's professions, speeches, platforms
and pledges, all sound we'll. satisfy
ing the heart and conscience rs to
principle and really almost make one
believe that virtue will die with it.
But alas. alas. whcr you get below
the shallow surface, the thin soil of
profession, there is nothing but the
dry sand and gravel Of utter selfish
ness. No deep generous subsoil in
which true statcspanship and enlarg-
ed views Of the wants and necessities
Of the people can take root or find
On arrival at Ovation
na our iron horse had caught Tine,
50 that ample opportunity was given
for the much needed breakfast, which
was served by mine host Of the R. r.
House in exchange for the regular Is
cents. after partaking Of which and
lighting good cigar, We felt about
loo per cent better and enjoyed the
remainder Of the ride hugely; mostly
with Bro. Miller in his baggage car;
he was kind enough to surrender his
chair for our benefit aud we had q
good time generally, Except dust. J
OF tho towns on tho route we can't
speak advisedly having no time to
look them over, most Of them presents
evidence Of prosperity, and some ap-
pear really attractive as places of bu-
siuess or residence. We arrived at
St. Paul about noon. The refresh
mont Of q bath and . good dinner
with the boys at their boarding house
kept by Mr.. Lyons, we started out to
lock over the city and We must confess
to some disappointment. The great
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