, 1875-09-27
EASS COUNTY, IONA.

LANE0N.

To tho Editor Of Tke Chfaco Tribune
ATLANTIC, CaBs County. Ia, Sept. 9l.-lt may
10 worthy Of record in your broad pages that
tue faructs Of this zcg.on aro mt entiroly
lsaheartened b.; thair lossss. Tary stand
in their 1elttH recently harvested, with
ms akimbo, md look upon their growing
sheaseB or decayirg stacks with that stoicaf gaze
wllel, detcs tho elements, md apDoiut tho no1t
Grange -noatng. like TINT ii tic witches, j" in
thunder, lightning, or in hail." Tho farmers
son bringa his load OF No. 8 wheat To towu, and
buyH his dlnner at tho Lest totol. ns in days Of
old.
Tie average farmer ia not equal to any ordi-
mary emergency. i delay ol rain, OF loo mitch
Of It, throws l.itn OFT Of balance md out OF
luruor. In scasanH Of ordinary prosperity, he
tells ron twice week that all Is lust. His face
is cnfstans!y tho picture of despair. but in
lsno VI real tilStross. lo is naster oi tls sltua
ton aud II himself. No inaM ID the wnslt il
oftrner frightened at nothlug; no one IL brayes
than l1e wllen ttlo ship il wrecked.
The ilooas hnyc taken away from na Ereat
amount of property besides tho ctoEa, Every
township Ilaa scores of iitie bridges. cts tl,an 10
feet in length, spanning ditohcs mud Email
streams. 1llnyc have bect, carried away III great
1ln,nhera and TIM notion ,a gaining ground tint
oil ticse short bridges a.s1rt le"ceforth rast ON
trivon lies. Tia larger bridges. ncruss
tho moro tormidablo streams, Aaye
generally escapcd any, injury. Inoy
reHssd upou piles u:tl in tho Only cases TINT
llnys chrne to my know1eu5e whcro they have
heen swspt away, tho disaster WA oHiug tn
gross neglect. 5esurat very good structures
Nero liulu III thar pIcnH by t0nOua at tue top oT
the piles entering nurtjsea IN stills Of tho brid:o
| Thu waht Of a pin through thcBo lemons has
eort tho palillr thousanas Of dollars. The
tEtd.a hucaInu raft A5 Epon ns tho ElBl1g water
WAS liEl, enough to tl0at It Off.
Wo l,ayo but little to exhibit at our County
! Fairs, except tho products Of other yeArH. lilo
| Annual Exposition Ut tho Cass County Agricul.
| der, tba weather WAS worry proritsouB. There
| Is eyldonco OF tho Usual advancement i.t
fine grates Of n!l kinds Ut live stock.
| 1ha shows itself III the gradual exchange 1t
othor kinds Of Hnlrlo for EcrkslliieA; aud Nor
lnatl horsos aro filling tho ratks heretofore oe.
cunied by everything else. No hars also malo
reai progress in the neatncsA Ut olst 1eat cat:lo.
distance to bling thesr Short. llufns aml other
iiue-btooas; now, '7o eau nako q scry rcspcct-
hhlo parade without any borrowed togEery.
! Tho only objectionable fduturo ct tho Fair
| nas tho gambling. Worry many iuterostatl in tho
succoss OF our Society arc disGusted. Why shall
| tho otfcers OF any Hucll association bo allowed
To Ilaco before cur eyes scouos which MI DECENT
men would contonn iii for visiting elsewhere
Tue t1aulps. whu Wets nlBklnk our nights
hdoouH q short time ago, hAyo enjoyed u fsw
days xcas, aud 70 hayo We. Possibly tie urgaut,
tjlen, tho Lint. Wo havo not had a
roal sensation these many days. Il the
rascA!s can bo nalo to atop their doprolationa
by threatening thom with tho tupo, tloao Of III
| will certainly DO ~ mucl. roio!crd al ANY ollc
elso but could not Vigilance Conmittoes be
organized 10 assist the loyal authostles, rAthos
| than defy thom7