The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-08-23
For the ADVERTISER.
FROM CHEROKEE.
Crops. Prospects and Politics


Friend Lon9i,y.-As the harvest is
nearly over, the grain being about all
cut and considerable in stack, l will
now give you description of the crops
as find them in this county at pres
ent. Rye but little sown, barley the
same; rye and barley being a medi-
um crop as To quantity and quality.
Wheat fair average as 10 average.
and the yield being from blank to n
heavy crop of straw and grain. Some
farmers not realizing bushel, when
Others in the immediate neighborhood
were reaping AN abundant crop. Oats
is of heavy crop and good quality.
Corn, If the weather should be favor
able, will be an average crop this sea-
son If not counteracted by the hop
pers. The farmers are somewhat j,,-
bilant over their prospect Of corn
crop, thinking the 'hopper-time about
past. although they have been passing
over In countless numbers daily, but
as long as they kept from 100 feet to
one mile above terra frp,a the farmers
do not fret. Where they all go is
mystery to me, not lighting anywhere
even for season and often indifferent
as to their course, flying north. south,
east and west according 10 the course
of the wind. There have been no
'hoppers here this season with the ex-
ception of those that h0tchcd out in
the spring, and those some which
| makes me think the end is nigh.
Since my last Uncle Sam has been
more punctual in attending to the
pressing wants Of his subjects out
here, at least the ADVERTISER finds
me every Saturday.
discover in your locals that the
| Conservative has taken exceptions to
my mild hint To you for not letting
him have little rest Why he should
object to my laboring in his behalf
do not understand, unless he is
40 far gone in politics that he utterly
| refuses to receive ass istance from any
one that calls himself Republican.
hope if he has anything to say about
me hereafter he will be kind enough
to send me one ofhis papers, and will,
when return to Upton, give him "a
''nickle" for every one he may thus
send me.
| | see in your last issue politics Is be-
ginning TO loom UP "A little. | discov-
| er names Of good men suggested for
the different offices 10 he filled at the
coming election. First in order comes
candidate for Representative. Can
"Old Cedar do better than 10 send
back Col. II. q. Scott, who so eff
| tiiciently attended to his duties he last
session. None will deny his noble
qualities as a legislator, or as one that
has the interest of his county ut heart;
and as a gentleman at home you will
find him prompt in duty, always
ready to further the cause of the Re-
publican party. As to the absorbing
question of Temperance, none arc
more true than he, having from child
hood been a practical advocate of to-
tai abstinence. None l think are bet
ter qualified for the position of Treas
urer than Q. Il. Helmer; ,nominate
and eject him by all means. l pre-
snme Mr.. Carroll will be before the
convention for denomination. He Is
an efficient man for the place, but the
convention may want new man, he
having served two terms already.
l hope Mr.. Maynard will be contin-
ued another term. Miss Frink should
not be forgotten, she being the most
efficient County superintendent Ce-
dar county has had for years; and last
but not least comes the Surveyor,
whose office is the most important in
the county. No names being mention
ed presume Mr.. Yates, the present in
cumhen,, will be the corpiAa man.
MIG. MILLER.
Marcus, Iowa, August 18th, 1877