The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-06-28

For few minutes past the Hon. VIM. G..
Donnan, of Independence, the member of
Congress from the northwestern district Of
Iowa, was our fellow passenger. He is
young man of splendid physique and noble
intellect, worthy of the great State he so
ably represents. We expect to see him
returned to the next Congress, and to hear
good accounts of him among the rising
statesmen of the west. lie tells us that
Iowa is sound to the core "for Grant" =
A gentleman near us says that there arc
several Virginians. who are settled on prairie
farms in his vicinity. They are making
good citizens, and like their new homes.
This mixing of population is good and
wholesome. 1t is the cure for that exclu-
siveness which makes progress impossible.
Southern men have gone west, and there
are thousands Of western men who have
come out hero poor and made a compe-
tence, who, from age and sickness, require
mldcr climate, and who would find in
Virginia delightful and healthful homes.
Our climate would cure thousands who are
now in decline from lung and throat
diseases. Our own inyalids would find
health in the bracing air of Iowa and Min
nesota, and make money too, by the
CHANGE. .aa H... . .s.. .s... .H#
As we pass further west, the swells of
the prairie are less prominent. We come
to the Cedar river with its romantic falls
over cliffs of limestone. We turn north
and cross the State line into Minnesota, and
stop for the night at the county scat of
Mower county, the beautiful village of
Austin, here we are received by MIR. Fow-
Ter, native Vrginian and true and kind
ly gentleman, who makes the guests of the
Davidson House feel at home at once. We
are glad enough to rest. Here for the first
time, we find ourselves in the track of &C.
tive emigration. There is cheap land not
far away, and thousands are crowding
thither. They come from all quarters.
Here is aprofessor of Greek from Hartford,
there is retired merchant from New York,
Germans, Norwegians, Irish, Scotch, and
English are all represented at our hotel. q.
e They seek homes on the public domain,
or if well to do, they buy out some profess
stondl pioneer, who for consideration will
SCH and ego West" Three railroads
centre here, and village of three thou
sand people has grown up within the last
few years. The Cedar river flows through
the town, and along it lies ono of the finest
bodies of timber in Minnesota. The prai-
ries stretch on either sides, rich and magni-
ficent in grand undulations. They are less
broken than near the river. .-5 ~. b..
Y'sis is one of the richest counties of Nine
sofa. It is exU~llantly adapted TO wheat
and corn but is prominent Tor gvoss and fine
cattle. Five cheese factories are already IN
successful operation. Clean prairie land,
that will produce thirty to forty bushels of
wheat can be bought at five to ten dollars
per acre in this county. In the late sum-
mer this is the paradise of bird hunters.
The fine hotels and delightful summer cli-
mate render Austin SPLENDID resort for
those who W ant to go North, and take solid
comfort, rather than TO endure a crowded
watering place. We do not advise any
body to leave Virginia unless they must,
but if they will go, we commend Mower
county, Minnesota, as just the place to
find whatever good things can be enjoyed in
this latitude. * J.Ea.aeEi ..rr...IsatsapGr