The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-08-17
Editorial and Local.
Monroe TIP. Correspondence

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 7th, 1876.
EDS. HERALD.-Slnce our last notes
were mailed to you we have had some
beautiful weather for securing the harvest
as ever saw. l venture the assertion,
Iowa has secured more first class tame
hay (timothy and clover by at least one
third than she ever did before in one
season. The wheat crop in this section is
nearly failure, many pieces will not be
cut and many have been cut that will not
pay expenses. / notice your correspon-
dents from some localities speak OF the
corn crop as apparently a great success,
now the fact is l have not seen any such
localities in Iowa nor have l seen any one
who could thus report. We have had
but about two weeks of good corn weather
since the crop was planted, all the corn on
the low lands and much on high level
surface is ruined, here and there may be
found few acres of excellent corn but if
we get an average Of one-half as many
bushels to the acre as we had two years
ago, l shall be mistaken or we must yet
have ten weeks of as good corn weather
as could be desired.
l notice an article in the Standard
personals" says u. E. Means Esq. Of
Indianapolis, this county, gave us call
Saturday and says the Democrats up his
way, and great many Republicans are
we'll pleased with the St. Louis nomination
and that they will vote for them solid. lie
thinks the crops will grow better since the
nominations of Tilden and Hendricks.
| would beg leave to remark that all
Republicans are we'll pleased with the St
Louis nominations, because it will be so
very easy to defeat those candidates
They will find the Republicans in this
section too solid to vote for the payment OF
emancipated slaves, too solid to vote fol
the payment of the rebel debt or rebel
property destroyed in war, which would be
the result of voting for the st. Louis
nominations. We hope the "crops may
grow better since the nomination OF
| Tilden and Hendricks" and we sincerely
wish we had half as much hope for the
improvement of Democratic politics, but
it must be remembered that the Almighty
has something to do with the crops, but
not thing to do with the Democratic
party, he abandoned it in 1860.
| We notice an articlein your columns oil
July 9th, entitled "What Cheer Inun
dated" from Monroe township, July 18th
1876, and subscribed G. S. The proper
initials for Squalling Goose. She says
July 18th, last Tuesday night, What
Cheer was completely deluged. The
statement is in no wise correct. The
shower occurred three days later thar
stated, which was on Friday night July
14th. The most beautiful portion of the
town is located on the hills and bluffs
some of them hundred feet above high
water mark. From the contents of the
Goose article we gather this surprising
information. The hills and adjacent
country swelled so rapidly that within 9
few moments after its discovery it was
surging through the open windows from
house to house. In her next sentenc'
she says "Coming upon them in thei
sleep and surprising them so suddenly v
One would not naturally suppose from
her idiom that surprise is not sudden per
plexity or confusion. She says littl
opportunity was found to secure property
clothing, hogs, bedding, pumps, out
houses, groceries, lager beer and th'
terrified screams of women and children
mingled and commingled with the roar oi
the food, and were tossed hither ant
thither and swept out of sight. Tha
Goose should learn that clothing furniture
houses, ETC., are property and that the!
are legitimate objects of security. Sh'
classifes "the terrified screams of womer
and children as property and says little
opportunity was found to secure them.
Now / think that the citizens of Wha
Cheer were misrepresented and insulte,
by the Goose article. Why in the nam
of common sense did they seek an oppor
tunity to secure the terrified screams o.
woman and children. / think they woulc
rather seek to conclude them as soon a
possible. That Goose says emphaticall.
at the conclusion of the sentence tina
with the other property, clothing, hog
bedding, pumps, ETC., the terrified screams
of women and children were tossed hithel
and thlther and swept out OF sight Oh
what pity they escaped should not
be surprised if they were found with the
outhouses and hogs-bedding. In an exact
laconic sentence she imparts this very
direct information. almost every fami
ly has sustained moreor less loss, general.
more. She says What Cheer is the out
let of all the surplus water from vast
track of country. The railroad track ex
tends through the tract of land O
country. Learn to use little tea (t) il
your prospecting and making tracks
through any tract of country. She say
the food is supposed to be due to thu
recent heavy rains in that direction. L
it possible? / do hope she viii be posi-