The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-02
UNION, IOWA.
lava is a Beautiful State. The Land
is Slightly Rolling aud Very Pro.
ductive. Great Sheep Market.
IT IS A VERY INDUSTRIOUS STATE.

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home this week IN the form of a
copy of the Fulton County News,
sent me by friend at Locust
Grove. | remember little Fulton
county and her good people with
much pleasure, having lived there
for twenty four years Of my life;
then came to Iowa, which place |
like very much.
Iowa is beautiful state. The
land is slightly rolling and very
productive. The farmers raise
large crops and feed lots of stock.
They take great interest in stock
raising. The farms consist of
from 100 acres TO 800 acres, and
on that amount Of land they feed
from 80 to 200 head of cattle for
the market; besides hundreds Of
hogs. They aim tc iced all of
their crop. There are a great
many sheep shipped in here from
New Mexico and Colorado to be
fed for the market, and they are
turned right into 80 or 60 acres
of corn and they will gather the
crop clean, leaving nothing at all
to go to waste. We housekeepers
do hate to see three or four thous-
and sheep coming our way, for
the roads are usually very dusty
IN the fall, and you are apt to hear
your next door neighbor hollo,
"There comes a drove of sheep, "
and every woman runs to close
all doors and windows until all
the sheep are past and the dust
gets settled down again.
We he IN a snug little town of
about 700 population, near the
Iowa river. We have a cosy little
home just outside of the corpora
ton of Union, but inside the
school district. We have three
churches here, the Christian, the
NJ. E.. and the Congregational.
The Congregational minister s
Pennsylvania, and very fine
man. 'eope who have lived here
for forty years say that there new
er has been time when Union
has had three such able ministers
as now. We have two general
stores, one exclusive grocery
store, two drug stores, one furni-
ture store, one hardwar store,
two millinery stores, Oae harness
shop, two blacksmith shops, two
large carriage shops, one eleya-
tor, one lumbe yard, one cream
cry, one tank factory, two restau-
rants, two hotels, one bank, aud a
most excellent school of thirteen
grades. My daughter will grad
ua,e from the com mon school
branches in June, and will enter
the High school the first of Sep.
tember. There she will take up
the higher branches There is
no reason why every child should
not have a gNod education here.
The school is the pride of the
town, and | must say that this is
one OF many things in which the
west is far ahead of the east.
When think of the days when l
went to school at Locust Grove in
the little old wood schoolhouse
on the hill; how | wish | had had
the advantages that my daughter
has, not ouly of school and music,
nut OF the many other things,
which would make my letter toe
long should l undertake to emu,
merate them
The weather has been very nice
bere, althoughthe springhas been
a little late. The farmers are IN
the fields and everyone Is busy
There is no need of anvone heino
ldle IN this country. for there is
l"ts of work to do. 1t is more
dilhcult to get help in the house
lor the girls are educated fol
some special work, and it is righ'
they should be. | believe I'll,
time is not far off when the won
en- vill FL more prominent pos,
lions. Our county (Hardir) la,
a lady County superintendent
aud she is a good one too.
Union Is situated on tile low,
Central railroad, ten miles soutI
of Eldora, which is the Count,
oSUt Df 4ocl,. ~,