The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-10-30
COMMUNICATION.

in covered wagon was pleasant, in every
sense of the word. Having dry weather.
good roads, and good company, we ac
compljshed the Journey of SIX hundred
miles in twenty days; travelling south
and west. We parsed through Rock ford.
and followed the river for one whole
day. The rocks on the wes. and north.
west side Of the road were hinge, ranging
from one hundred and fifty, to one hun.
drcd and eighty feet high. The r.aa
winding gracefully around and now aud
thsn spring of waters showed itself A.
clear as crystal, dripping slowly from
the rocks, and found its way acroes To
the river
We passed through several Lively cities
and villages before we reachee Fulton,
by the name of Roscoe, Byron, Oregon,
and Coletre. The farmers in central AND
western Illinois, seem to raise but little
grain excepting corn; many of their
houses are made of brick, end all abou;
them looks tasty. Others are made Of
logs and seem ancIeot enough. Should
judge from the looks Of the schuei
hnures, that education is NOT the mont
thought OF. The Mississippi river we
crossed on Z ferry boat 1t was . short
ride Of four minutes, and Landed at
Lyons, Iowa, as lively place for business
as one would wish to see, ssreet.cars cUn-
t'antly running from there 10 flourish
'ng city, on the river ons half mile south
by the name Of Clinton. The central part
'of Iowa, Ia one vast rolling srairie. The
scenery is grand, almost exquisite The
farms are all very large, with fine farm
houses and barns. Saw few ,e man
sions there also. One place I noticed IN
particular near Lewis, the house wasa O.
wagon cover, with few boards on the
front to enlarge it and Fl or made OF
boards. Should think that was com
menciDg life In real earnest in new
country Should Judge from the mum
her of grain STACKS, that crops were GOOD
For fences they use wre and osag,
range. Iowa can boas. of many fin.
creeks and rivers, bordered around b,
timber. About the same variety of tim
her as is found in Wisconsin. Nuts OF
all kinds seemed to be plenty. Emmi-
grafton TO the west is great, md "vict
versa" for We met as many as nine team
"A day going east. Iowa City, Des Mnines
and Council Bluffs are finely situated, and
full of life and business. The latter one
We were 2 mewhat di appointed in, W,
thought to find the city surrounded b,
bluffs, close to the muddy Missouri, bui
there are none on the west side, for. som.
four miles Is the distance between til.
city and the river The Ia nd being level
ard each aide Of the road is covered With
wild sun flowers, until you near the river. |
there the willows grow luxurleusly.
Travelling through there, it causes on, |
o think they are passing through tn, |
Dismal swamp" We reached Om.ba |
Neb., about S P NJ, Saturday, Sep goth |
After supplying ourselves with p1ovI-
sions from tho bakery, we rode through |
somc of the principal Streets and were
greatly pleased with their fne appear
nnce That night we camped en- the |
pen prairie few miles out of the citV i
where we saw small heard Of five hun
dred and sixty cattle. The Elkhorn Is
the first rIv6r we crossed in this state, =
swift running stream, with great cotton |
wood trees on each side. The country
from there is leve and sandy. One can
not judge of distance here. For Instance,
you see the smoke from the cars and take
1t to he fact. that they ore very near,
YOU hurry to cross the track, and it will
often he tifteep or twenty minutes before
the train arrives. have rule for cal
culatng distance here. Guess at
the distance, multiply it by
four; add to it. one third of the number
thought of. an ! you have the real dis
lance. The atmosphere here is verv
clear and bracing except when the sand
accompanies the wind. Crops here in
Platte Valley are not as good as last wear;
having no rain to speak Of since April
and then the grasshoppers came and
about ruined the harvest. The sizee of
the grssshopper IS two and one half
inches long. and two inches around the
cody, or in other words near the size of
a wild canary bird Wild game ia plen-
tiful. The Pawnee Indians Reservation
JOINS Platte county on the west and IS
one hundred and thirty miles west of
Omaha. These Indians are allowed a
,ree ride on top Of @U freight trains in
his state. The weather here at prese mt
ia warm and comfortable. The election
y ere took nj ca ON Tnea6av tho Nth oil