Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-09-01
,r the Republican.
OFF 10 New England.
August ~, 1870.

| readers Of the REPUBLlCAN, any pleas
urc, or add to the interest Of your
paper, lam quite willing to continue
the correspondence. notice our
county has given their delegation to
Loughridgc for Congress. l am sor-
nv that it was not thought best to
allow Mr.. L. a rest, after his arduous
duties of the past four years, and
harness our friend Clark for the com.
ing term, for two reasons: first, be-
cause think two terms should be
the limit for any one man; and, sec
ond, I think a man fresh from the
people, would more nearly represent
their wishes at this particular time,
than one who has so long been sur
rounded by that influence, said by
wise men to he detrimental to our
best men. After knowing my views,
l doubt not, the members of your
Convention will deeply regret the
course they have taken. Since |
learned that the four per cent. rail
road tax had carried. have been
trying to calculate how l should pay
my tax; up 20 the present time l have
not been forced to remain mentally
idle.
The nominations made for. equity
officers seemed to me excellent ones ;
friend Blinn has given such univer-
sal satisfaction that no one else in his
place could, for a moment, have been
thought of. Justice to SO brave and
capable defender Of his country as
John, could, in no way, have done its
perfect work without giving him the
position of Recorder, and our county
business could not certainly, have
been delegated to better and safer
men than Messrs. Clark, Poyncer,
and Jaqua, not even by substituting
Mr.. Hall for either Of the nominees.
| think my last letter closed with
my adventures Of the 10th inst, and
there was nothing fishy about it cx-
ccpt the depth Of the water in which
we caught our cod. l should have
said about serenity feet instead OF tsro
or three hundred. The 18th and 18th,
l remained at my boarding place,
very quiet. On the 18th, I went to
Chelsea Beach with friend; the day
asdelightful. On Sunday the l4tll,
attended church in Melrose. On the
18th, l witnessed match game OF
Bail between a club at Stonehan,. and
the Fairmont club, said to be the
best club, next to the Harvards) in
the State. 1t was very fine game,
lasting about one hour and a quarter
and resulting in score Of nine
| for tho Stnnnham club to twonty-
three for the Fairmont boys. On the
18th, We had another fishing cxcur-
sion, very similar to the one before
dc scriLel, only, lr possible, still more
ENJOYABLE. We had the same Yacht
and Skipper, and fishcd about fourteen
miles from shore, till one o'clock p.
NJ, then ran into Nahant and attend
eel a picnic, held by the ladies' of
that place. After staying there an
hour or so, and viewing the many
pleasant sights to be seen, and eat
ing another hearty meal, (which was,
l believe, No. seven for that day, }
we started out to sea again for sail;
the wind having increased to stiff
breeze while we were on shore. The
Yacht we had was thirty eight feet
long and oftwelvc tons capacity; the
day just cool enough to be invigorat-
ing and the sea so strong that when
a wave struck us, the spray would fly
all over the bow Of the boat. / must
say that nothing have experienced
in my past life ever filled me SO en-
tirely full as that ride. l have not
felt the slightest sickness, nor the
least emotion of fcar, but, ofall grand,
indiscribablc sensations Of gratifica-
ton, and satisfied desire, this beat
them all. There were twelve Of US,
all on deck enjoying our ride, and,
when the skipper got ready to tack
for shore, he did it SO quick that
barrels of water came sweeping over
the boat and left us, in an instant,
blowing salt water from our mouths
and wiping it from our faces, looking
like drowned rats. This was the
orowminy glory OF the ride, without
which it would have been incomplete
The 10Th and goth I spent in and
about Boston, but cannot, in this let
ter, begin to do justice to the sights
without occupying too much space
Saturday morning, we went to Fan
euil Hall Market, where were abou
two tho u sand teams in the stree
with crcry article Of diet that coult
be imagined; the sight SO carly in thu
morning Give o'clock was very in
tcresting to me. Then We went Il
the Cnarlestown navy yard, ant
| looked first at the famous Dry Dock