Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
THE IOWA VOTER.
Beautiful Iowa.

Iowa IL rich In encnantlHe scsHeIs,
Her gorgeous landscapes, radiant
with green and gold, are as delight
full as any known on earth. She can
boast OF no rock bound shore where
bilIoyv and we've declare the mighty
power OF the deep; nor do noun
tains, grand with pine-clad peaks
and snow.capped SUBMITS, rise any
where within her fair domains; but
her pride and glory are her genial
skies, and fieldssrniling with the yell
low riches Of the yeer-her robes
damasked with fowery bloom and
garlanded with the soft green OF the
sunny summertime. No loveiier
realm IL known to poesy or song; no
more entrancing heritage has the
Great Giver Of all good ever bestow-
cd upon mankind.
1t IL indeed a pleasure TO thread
the highways CT this charming prai-
RE country at this seasou Of the year,
and note the snug farn-houses, the
ample barns, the fruitful orchards,
the vast stretches Of nodding corn,
the endless acres OF shining wheat,
and the unnumbered fields OF
barley, oats and rye which greet the
vision On every side. The hand OF
industry has made tire wilderness to
to blossom as the rose, end transform
ID the green solitudes, where once
the buffalo and the savage roamed,
into panorama OF almost supernat-
ural beauty.
We were never more wildly
impressed with the productivcncsa
~ Iowa soil than while on recent
trip over the country TO Oshaloosa.
The fariis along the highways were
literally covered with the growing
crops. Where the reaper had been
at wors the thickly standing shocks
attested the rank and luxurious
growtli Of the well matGred grain.
We afe informed that this heavy
growth IL general characteristic
this season OF the wheat producing
districts Of the West.
The unprecedented yield Of the
earlier cereals will be supplemented
by an immense crop Of corn. In
he eastern portion Of Warren and
Inc western portion OF Marion county
i,e fierce storm which swept the
country on the 4th did some damage
10 tho corn felde, but the return
from them will nevertheless be
large. Further east the effects Of the
tempest were not observable.
Knoxville, through which we
passed, we found charming, snug
and Furnishing place. 1t was our
first visit to its precincts, and we
need scarcely add that its neat resi-
fences, tidy aud substantial business
buildings, Its mills and manufac-
turing establishments, and withal
the air of thrift and prosperity every
where manifested, impressed us
riost avcrebly, and prompted the
spnclusion that q more delightful
town cannot be found in Southern
Iowa. While In the city we called
..t Mr.. Barker, the estirnsble and
talented editor OF the Voter, and ey-
c.elingly regret that our very limit
"a ti'ue prevented us from visiting
cur widc.awake cotemporary OF the
I)cg!ocrat.
Oskaloosa, cmbowered in the syl-
ian groves which everywhere shad-
w her broad avenues, grows more
attractive ~ her years multiply.
Ter fine business buildings give her q
metropolitan air; while such adIuncts
gas, fire steamers, and 90 on, i'm
. that her citizens are determined
~ appointments shall be fret class
whatever other towns may decide
gpon regarding matters Of the sort.
liprpitable, courteous, intelligent,
beral to munificence, public spirit
Il and energetic, the people Of this
,iiren III lows cities deserve the en-
liable reputation they enjoy abroad,
aud the contentment and happiness
touchsafed them by kind fortune ut
'ione. Rising amid the tropical
,xufiance Of her wealth Of trees,
,pir sister city IL as beautiful rs a
aide dressed for the altar.--L.diQno-
n Leader.