Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-02-27
Judge Sanborn Writes from Arkansas.

ED. REPUBLICAN-Agre ea BILE to my
promise will write you a letter giving
you and the people of Audubon "A short
description OF Arkansas as | see it.
First, the general surface of the coun-
try is not such as would strike the aver
age Ilawkeye favorably, but on the
other hand his impression would be
unfavOrable it being mountains and
valleys and the valleys generally narrow.
rhe mountains consist of rock hills OF
some 800 or 400 feet elevation above thu
valleys. The tops spread out in tabl,
and called here fiat timber lands. Tn,
soil of the same is composed of rock
gravel and black loan, except in place.
which is yellow clay and the side hill
are covered with small flint rock or l.
composed of rock bluffs; where the fin
rock is it is underlaid with black CRAWL.
loan and that with the stony table Ian,
S the finest fruit land in the state; i.
also capable CT producing the finest an,
best of timothy clover, Alfalfa or blu.
grass: the clay land is also good TO
fruit or GRASS but not equal to the othe
The valleys are all more or less graveli
but exceedingly fertile, prOducin
equally as well as the best OF the low
land, particularly adapted to small frn
and tobacco. \ man can at this pom,
buy good valley farm very cheap ]
think.
AS TO the penple they are human be,
kind, sociable people. ] think perhaps
little ClaniSh; the southern peoplt
rather prefer a southron. How natural
we Of the north. ! expect if we had the
gift of sight that Bobby Burns wished
for we would see ourselves in the same
plight.
Political and religious liberty Is en-
jOyed to the fullest extent here. Since
| have been here it has been my priv
lege to attend republican meeting
held in public school house: there was
Il goOdly number out and the political
issues was as freely and do intelligently
discussed as in Iowa. Sunday attend
ed a church meeting the object being
to take some steps toward building a
church. \ Presbyterian preacher was
there and promised some aid II his So
ciety could be allowed to control the
house; the general sentiment was, let
us lay by our personal preference and
udNC u EHbiSL, al any idtC SOuliulIttt
of live was appointed and ] saw one of
them after soliciting about an hour, he
had some $40 on his paper every one
putting down a little; You must remem-
Der we have no wealthy men here but
all are in manner poor.
The free school system is not up to
the standard it ought to be and the peo-
pie know it and want it brought up; we
have ABOUT months per year now.
The roads and ! WAS going TO say
bridges, but as there are none the want
of them is a disgrace to this or any
other country, but there is a cry for an
improvement. The water is every
thing that it can be to be perfect.
The climate Judging from what l
have seen of it is as nice as man could
wish. We have had no cold here this
winter; heavy frOsts is all; wild flowers
have been in bloom all winter, grass is
as green as in Iowa in May, and on the
whole l must say like Arkansaw and
this place in particular. We are nicely
located one and half miles from the
Missouri line Oh fine stream of as
pure water as there is Oh earth. We
have the finest Sulphur and Iron springs
in the world and an almost certain
prospect of RAILROAD at an early date.
Personally my health since recovering
from the grip is excellent; my lameness
is much better than in Iowa and my
arm from the hurt OF New Years eve
is not mending as fast as would like,
have no use of it above the elbow as
yet but can see slight improvement.
Would like to shake with every body
aud hope to in ArkanSaw at no very
distant day. | am yours,
\. l., SANDORN.