Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-27
CHAuTAuoUA, N. Y. Aug. Is, 1885.
Some Items From Short Journey.

Sohe ticihs FROM SHORT Journey.
TO THE MISUNDERSTANDING spent Il
few weeks looking over nothern Iowa
and southern Minnesota, thought |
might pen some facts that would inter-
est your readers.
The excessive rains have done much
injury in all sections through which |
travelled In the northeastern part of
Iowa, crops are about the same as in
Grant county. with the hay crop badly
injured and some injury to the oat and
wheat crop by the many rains.
At Charles City, Ia, met L. Black,
brother of N. r. Black of your city.
formerly of Platteville, and had a pleas
art chat. | also met James Cullen.
from near Darlington, who kindly treat
ed me to ride over the important part
of the city, and can but say the ride
was pleasant, and in no other city have
l seen so much pride shown in the care
OF the homes and surroundings. In
S~"'S P'tt 70 VI tuc Vit1 tic sttbtlS were
kept clipped with lawn mowers. You
know some cities do not take such care
of the streets; but the writer thought
it added much to the beautiful appear
ance of Charles City. The oat crop
about Charles City is an average crop.
Did not see much wheat. Same is
true for several counties in northern
Iowa
| arrived at Clear Lake Saturday in
time to look over the city and surround
ings in part. At. the Webster House
soon learned all could feel at home. 1t
Is on an eminence but little distance
from the park. We had pleasant view
of the park and lake. Sunday school
assembly occupied the park and the
exercises were usually of interest to all
lovers of Sunday school work
As journeyed westward, saw vast
prairies inviting settlers and could al
most hear the cry, $50 West; young
man" How it happens that so much
wet land is found on those high prairies
found no one able to make clear 10
to me. but it is a fact all the same that
the wet land and some ponds of water
are on she highest land as far as the
eye can see. Algon found to be city
of some Importance. The country
around it is a little rolling with some
streams of water. As | journey west
ward | see immense quantities of hay
and learn it to be the chief product of
many portions of northwestern Iowa.
10 such an extent is hay shipped that
many side tracks are built expressly to
accommodate shippers, and the hun
dreds of carloads shipped furnishes en-
ployment for thousands and brings ioy
to many homes.
At Pattersonvile met several per-
sons from Grant county, among them
A. E. Miller from Fennimore; also j.
A. Aupperle, well known to many of
your readers, who very kindly showed
me many of the beauties Of Patterson
vile and the prairies around it, almost
convincing me that it was equal to if
not little better than any section
through which had passed.
Flax is the great crop in southwestern
Minnesota and is an average yield.
Farther east crops are aoout the same
as in northern Iowa. The corn pros
pect is very tiattering in all sections
through which | travelled. and unless
an early frost should otherwise decree,
there will be moro than an average
yield. Have visited many creameries
and find the results beneficial to the
farmer and usually profitable to all.
Nj. S. L.