The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-03-07

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Mt. PLEASANT, Iowa, !
Feb. 13, 1872.
! DEAR News We are exper
fencing the pleasures to-day of Q
s'blow'' on the prairies of Iowa
To appreciate properly what the
winds can do, one should be in thi:
, country awhile and have it "beat
into him."
Z have lived on the lake shore in
winter, and thought 1 had felt the
wind blow; but must acknowledge
that the winds to-day can give the
winds of the lake several hundred
yards the start and then beat them.
Why, my dear sir, it goes through
ones clothing like water through a
seive. It's a fine wind, and very
piercing; one would think that
every particular breath of air had a
search warrant for you!
"The wind bloweth where it list
eth"-particularly an IotoG wind.
1t strikes you at every street corner
lit blows at you as you pass the
alleys-it "sets you back" and
drives you forward-careens you to
starboard and anon to Ieeward, and
all the time with such force and
suddenness of blows, that one iu-
voluntarily casts a glance every now
and then to see If his neither limbs
remain encased in boots and trows-
erloons.
Isnoticed the bodies o. many
fruit trees about here encased with
straw. I suppose it is intended to
keep the winds from blowing the
bark of. The few poor dogs that !
saw shivering on the streets ap-
peared to have all their bark blown
iaway. 1 wrapped a large blanket
about my head when out of doors,
and by this means saved my ears
from utter destruction.
! Should L unfortunately be DOOM
ed to live in this State, my pathetic
cry might always be heard above
the roar of the bowling winds, 81
want to 60 bomer"
BLOOMFIELD, Iowa, Feb. IA, 1872
This is a town of some 1900 or
1000 inhabitants, situated in a
beautiful section of this country.
Here is where one of the Hillsboro
boys came some 70 years ago. John
B. Glenn, brother of the the Col,
still of your city, left Hillsboro in
a stage in Dec. lS49. After tedi.
Gus trip down the Ohio from Gin
einnati and through the ice in the
Mississippi river from Cairo to st.
Louis, John B. finally made his
way to Bloomfield and opened p
drug store. Here, by strict atten.
ton to business and the practice of
that rare virtuo, "sticking to one
thing" he has accumulated a little
fortune, and now owns the controll-
ing interest in the first National
Bank of this place.
The younger members of this
family, Sam and Marsh, own and
carry on the business started by John
B. A young Highlander, Marsh Lyle
-is employed as clerk. The young
men appear to be getting on finely,
and 1 suppose all three will some
time soon set up for Bankers also.
| Robt. N. Glenn, another brother,
has a drug store in Centefville, some
80 miles from here, and two sons Of
Mr.. Jas. Mitchell, Of your place,
have adrug store in MOulton, some
16 miles distant.
| 1 expect, by the next time 1 come
this way, to be able TO reeordian In
rease in the number of drug stores.
Ia this section Of country, whose
origin may be traced to the HDrug
store that Jack built"-here, some
"Twenty years ago." s..-yg
! Iowa is a great State, but the
winds are bit too strong and sharp
for T. RAVELING.
Pos. Throughout the North
west the winter thus far has been
very severe. Commencing last
November, theFecha been, no letsap
to its severity, and folks are all in.
clined. to pray for the return soi
Spring. zs 81 70 So T. R.
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