Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-07-08
Western Iowa.

EDITORS DEMOCRAT: Two weeks
ago | left Mineral Point with the in
tention Of spending week or TWO in
Western Iowa. On my WAY out |
stopped two days at Storm Lake with
Mr. Robert Storey Il wellk-nown Wis
cOnSin man who owns a valuable stock
farm near that place. His advice TO
young men is Come west" From
Storm Lake | went TO Lemars On
getting eff the train there saw crowds
of people and immense buildings. The
place appeared to be all hustle and
activity. While | was staring heaven
ward trying to make out the letters
of sign, unable to decide whether
they were German, Norwegian or
Holland Dutch, Mr.. John Ii uxtable of
Mineral Point came along smiling and
helped Inc out of the difficulty. But
| must not undertake to give the
names Of ali from Mineral Point who
are at Lemars, ! viii only say that
there is Il full delegation-that your
city is we'll represented there.
Good farming land within four or
six miles of I-emars is held at about
$3.50 an acre ana twelve or fourteen
miles away 5000 an acre.
Mr.. Stephen Chenhall Il well known
Wisconsin farmer OWLS very large
and valuable farm III Sioux county,
twelve miles northwest Of Lemars.
He has raised three crops there since
leaving his farm in Lafayette county,
and he has now more grain, hogs.
horses and cattle than he he knows
what to do with lie has HAD four or
FIVE hands husklng corn the past
month. The trouble with them there
is they raise 50 much in one year it
takes them two years to take care of
it. He is getting rich fast. We spent
two days with him and were treated
IL the most hospitable manner.
The English appear TO be taking
possession OF northwestern Iowa.
The Close Bros. let the contract for
building thirty farm houses and barns
to builder ut LemarS Il short time
ago, and they have men and teams
breaking prairie al through Plymouth,
Sioux and Lyon counties. Their
headquarters are at LemarS. There
they have their banks, offices, hotels,
and their saloons with such names us
Windsor Castle, House Of Commons,
House Of Lords &c. For further par
ticulars about the House Of Lords
inquire OF one OF the eXcuSiouistS
from Mineral Point. He can post you
on the inside workings of the estab-
lslment, But the English 10 not
make up the whole town. The Holland
ers are there in strong force, and
Germany too is well representative
GermaA element taking the lead in
the county. And rs no town is com
plete without an lrishman The old sod,
too, has delegation Ill Lemars. y
short conversation with one OF the
latter convinced me of the fact that
it would not be safe for johnny Bull or
any other bull To tread on the tail Of
his coat. Although we'll aware Of tile
fact that my departure would make
the number of lrishmen in the town
one less | frightened my hold on my
grip sack and Started To take the train
going east On my return | visited
Newell, one Of the p'easantest towns
on the road. found there Mr.. Tom.
Mankey running Il carpenter and
wagon shop, and doing well Ut six
O'Clock in the evening took the train
at Sulphur Springs station and ar
rived at the depot i'll Mineral Point at
half past ten the next morning very
much benefited by the trip. G.