St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-15
Letter From Iowa.

"a subscriber in Iowa writes the folio wing
letter to the editor, which we nave taken the
liberty to publish
The CALIFORNIAN is beautiful and
model paper, but there is less and less OF
interest to us each succeeding year, as
many, yes, the most Of those we knew in
earlier years have passed on to the lie
beyond, my old-time friends, the late la
mented William l.. Pearl and W. II. Her
rick being among the number. Time has
wrought such changes that it makes the
heart sad to recall them but life and
death are strangely and mysteriously in
terininglet in this human existence.
know OF no paper that presents
brighter, more CHEEKY refined and beau
tifu appearance than the CALEDoNlAN'
1t has been welcome guest in our home
and in some branch of the family since 1t
was established. 1t is fit and appro'
pirate representative Of its beautiful
picturesque and cultured home, st
Johnsbury, the regal and Incompatible
gem OF the Passumpsie valley, and OF
Caledonia county, our dear old home
How the memories of other days cluster
about that sacred sanctuary OF our life's
earlier and best years When our hearts
and lives were young and every prospect
pleased and hope and JOY caused us to
welcome with open hearts and arms the
oncoming years.
Iowa, our present home, has just cele-
brated her semi-centennial Of admission
as one of the great consultations OF
states that composes our union. 1t is as
YOU doubtless know one of the great
states, whose agricultural resources are
boundlcss and whose climate is in that
happy medium where we are not subject
to extremes 1t has been very pleasant
and mild all the fall and winter up to the
present date. We are now having a
touch OF real winter. The mercury show
ing two degrees above zero this morning
with very little snow, enough to whiten
the ground. Our seasons are long and
open. Crops of all kinds abundant but
prices very low.
The citizenship Of Iowa is extremely
cosmopolitan being made up OF people
from every state, nation, tribe and race
under the sun, but they find no difficulty
in assmilating their moral, religious and |
political forces and adapting themselves
to present conditions and environments.
AS to education Iowa takes high rank,
the last census showing a smaller per
cent of illiteracy than any other state.
The religious sentiment is strong and all
pervadlng, SO on the whole we have a
commonwealth that takes high rank in
all the essential conditions that are
requisite to give us religious, political
and material prosperity, It's soil and
surface is adapted to the use Of the latest
and most improved machinery.
The eastern states greatly fear cyclones
but this is a case where distance lends
terror as well as enchantment to the
view. The possibilities or probabilities
OF material or personal injury from cy-
clones are very remote Here we think
but little about it. We have scourge,
however, that the eastern states do not
suffer from. refer to hog cholera or dis.
temper. 1t is estimated that the losses
this year will aggregate 10 millions of
dollars and this in Iowa alone. Hogs
are raised here in large herds, by fftes
and hundreds, and when herd is once
attacked but few if any escape. No
effective remedy has as yet been discov-
cred. Many things have been tried but
all have failed wholly or in part Alarge
fortune awaits some one who can giveus
a sure remedy