Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-07-28

ltis great State and it has Hagnif>
cent future. We despai: Of our ability 20
convey any adequate conception Of i,s beau
~, fertility or variety Of resources because
we had heard the came reported thousand
what VIC witnessed. Figurutiveiy and
with milk and honey. From half hours
4 4 not see an acre 3. uutil!able soil There
was an unenIiny panorama Of rolling prai.
RE, lmrid strra,ns fringcd with belt Of
,r es, groves, immense feds Of grain and
corn comfortable Iarnheases, new and en-
,erpr;sing towns and villages. In the wcs-
rera par, of the State nature has supplied
the deficiency Of timber with unlimited
coal fields Iowa has gran career ahead.
She possesses in her soil mine of wealth
far surprising in extent the pl Gers and
quartz fields Of California, the silver loies
Of Nevada or the diamond mines Of Brazil
She will in time rank in point cf wealth
will. the tirst States n the Uriun.
We went there % become ACC tainted with
sh3se who are soon, We trust, to become our
near.s: aud mos, intimate neighhors. Who
that knows aaght tire history OF his coun-
iiy ueSuS 10 ne tVs1 oi iES HSFOtC Oetis VI
the sons ot Iowa. In he smoke aud fame
Of hat,le-lowa and Wisconsin kept step to
the music OF the Union, their hearts beat
in unison and sisle by side they filled the
same glorious grave. 0thers nigh: waver
but lows lsvs- f..,srea come might Doubt
but Iowa sto:i srus AS the gran;ls hills,
traitors there we're ia the forth but they
found no welcome hor,s il Io~a. Their
hearty cheers filed our souls with joy when
despair and gloom had settled dow. upon
the nation--froul cut the Northwest poured
the legioAs that carried to victory the ea>
giles Of the Ecputlic. Aad while the men
Of Iowa thus carved out for themselves an
in.psrishab!e g'cry TIE fair women Of that
uoh!e common " weai,h were not behind hand
in devotion. In camp, in hospital and on
the battlefield they Administered hope and
corafort--,hsy were the living exenlplars Of
better aud pus.r lite-they closed the
eyes and lifted the souls Of the dying. God
b!css the State Of Iowa. Gree1 Boy Gesstte.
The Rapiist Cle-.vr,es Who met in Bss
ton 70 protest against the impie,y OF not
sending Dickens &c neil seem 10 have had
delightful time. The Rev. Rr. Mason ct>
jec,eL to the phrase 6nal re.ribusion" Of
.ic unbe,ievers. because ha did not think il
VAS true, ana the Rev. and celebrated Sr.
Fultcn replied that DR.. Mason would ye,
find that il was true-which We consider
verv neat and pretty ex:inguisher. Then
Mr.. Fulton, who has been kicking the cead
lion Justify for about three weeks, varied
his performance by repeating scandalous
stories about living ladies, and boasted tha,
he made it lis business to preach hell in
Boston. which We are quite eady 10 believe.
Finally it occurred to tho brethren tha; il
God wanted 20 damn Dickens he could do
i, without their help, aid that the IN 0,
the departed would probshl, net be changed
by any influence their convention could
hiring 10 bcar-even though they should
pass resolution unanimously; 60 the
meeting adjourned. Il VAS ! lsmen,ahle
affair NIL through, but We regret nothing
about i; 40 much as that Dickens had not
an opportunity 10 describe il.
It is no. best to parody Scripture. Il is
least in Dad taste. Bat this specimen Of
an,ipapal wit It Rome giycs good view Of
the keenness Of the Italian mind:
sQur Father who art in tho Vnt:ess: ln>
fnllihlc be thy name: thy temporal sover-
eighty come, thy will DO dou, in Europe
and America as in Ireland. Give ns this
day our ,i,hes aud titles, and forgive "
eur ,rcsspasses as W. give plena-y indnl
seace to these who pay peni:cr,!s unite us i.
aud lea us not into Eeu.nenical Councils,
but deliver us from thinking; for thine is
tie crozio', the key, and the tiara. Rome
without end. Amen
TINS VALuS or NEwsrArsss.-.a eorres>
ponient Of the Got: City. writing from
Montrosc, thus describes tue advantages Of
= good newspap r:
"To suct, persons 40 can estimate the val.
NC Of good newspaper, az n medium thro'
which they are enabled to store their minds
| With volumes Of prac,ica', useful knowl.
edge, the benign influences Of which may
be compared 10 ten thou and silver stream
le.s, which cut their hieroglypaics deep in
tho adamant as ,hey course The mountain
| sides; whose sweet murmurirgs gently ole
away in tho dim distance. as drop after
drop, they waste away on Tie broad bosom
| Of the lawlands scattering h-osa GAS. their
life giving propor.io: to sYr.,'s dependant
millions
The writer ofthe above got 90 elssea With
his subject that he forgot 10 6nish the sen
lteucs. But 10 intendel 70 say that good
re~sfape. is Iuiiy th.ng.