Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-24
STRAWBERRY POINT, IOWA.
EDITOR SouTu KENTUCKtAN 4:

EDITOR SoUTu KENTUCKIAN:
For several weeks have been eager
TO write you short letter, but my
time has been so employed until the
last few days that writing was an i'm
possibility. Now as l am having Il
few hours of leisure each day, | will
venture to write you.
On the 10th of last July | started
from Kentucky to Iowa, was only
twenty four hours on the road, land
ing at Strawberry Point on the next
day. Thus have eight months passed
rapidly since babe farewell to Ken.
tucky perhaps never to rctcrn again
All of my time has been spent i'll
and around this place since my com
ing. We are yet in the midst Of win
ter, with the snow three feet deep and
as write it is falling rapidly. Al
most every day this month it has
showed. Since the 10Th of December
the ground has not been visible on
account OF of snow, consequently we
have had three solid months of good
slcighing. Since that time we have
not seen Il vehicle on wheels except
cars and many have suggested that
they be put on runners. Let the wind
begin to blow and continue for two or
three hours and we have a blockade
for few days and this is the case al
present. 1t takes the continued eff.
forts of all the snow shovclcrs they
can employ TO throw out what snow
will blow into the cuts in Il few hours
time. All along the railroad may be
seen almost mountains of snow. Thus
while you have had such an abun-
dance of rain that has caused so much
damage along the banks of the lar
ger streams we have been taking sol
id comfort by big wood fire witt
the thermometer all the way from ze
ro down TO 40 degrees below, While
we have had extremely cold weather
here it does not seem to me / have
suffered from cold as much as in your
warmer climate. The air is dry and
/ pure, while with you it is damp and
consequently more penetrating. Eve
ry day almost | am asked how | like
an Iowa winter. My answer is thai
| have really enjoyed it and shall mo-
become disgustcd unless it continues
till the 4th of July. But within {
month am sure the snow will all bC
gone.lt disappears very rapidly whcl
it starts and perhaps may flood thC
country and we may possibly yet have
to 90 through what Kentucky, India
ma and Ohio have just passed through
But | must give you some dcscrip
ton of this place and the general re
sources of the country. Strawberr!
Point, or Endfeld is town ofS00 in
habitants, is located on the Daven
port division of the G. NJ. & III. p. r
r. one hundred and ten miles Nortl
West of Davenport and fifty mile
North West OF Dubuque. Near tn
43 degree Of parallel north latitude, bt
ing about s degrees further nortl
than you. 1t is thriving town con
sisting of four hardware stores, thre
drug stores, seven general stores, on
bank, seven saloons, Cat present. tw
millinery establishments, two jewel
ry stores, two boot and shoe shops
two harness shops and two hotels
Two newspapers are published here
one Of each political party. The tow
gives Republican majority throug
Clayton county is Democratic. Th
State gives a.Rcpublican majority G
$4,000 or thereabouts, and consequent
ly elected a Republican Governor las
year. The prohibition bill passed til
Legislature by vote of5l to Al. Thi
bill prohibits the manufacture an
sale in the State of all intoXicatin
liquors. Heretofore the so much talke,
of prohibition in this State only pre-
! hibited the manufacture and sale {
, whisky, thereby cxempting win
| and beer from State taxation. TIL
:. was cxcmpt.to secure the German in
! migration into the state; what will |
, the result of this recent act of Ii
Legislature can hardly be predictC