Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
April 6, 1878.
BRICK CITY NOTES.
Clermont, April 1, 1878.
Messrs. CAPWELL & MELVIN have broke ground and have already commenced building for a cheese factory. The cows have been pledged, and things look businesslike; we haven't eat any of the cheese yet, but so much has been done as to leave no doubt but that it must be a sucess.
Prof. H.C. PETTET has left for Kansas, where he intends to start in business for himself.
Thos. SNIPTON, a pioneer of Elgin township, came to Clermont with a pair of colts and remained until about 4 o'clock p.m. and started for home. When about two miles from town his team got frightened and ran away, and throwing him out of his wagon, broke his arm below the elbow, dislocated his shoulder, and left Uncle Thomas in a dangerous condition.
Charley GRAY, of Fairbanks, Minn., is making himself at home at C.G. WEEK's for a few days. Charley seems like one of the family.
Wm. LARRABEE is at home again.
Our public school, which under Prof. E.W. APPELMAN as principle, has been a success, closed on Friday, March 29th. The same evening our School Board met and proceeded to select a principal. A number of cards were placed in a hat all being blanks but two--one with the name of E.W. APPELMAN and the other J.C. BURCH. A man chosen for the purpose drew cards until he got one with a name on it. BURCH being the lucky man, he was declared principal. Mrs. MARTIN will teach the intermediate department, Mrs. F.S. WOOD, primary, and Miss FALLEY, infant.
It is commonly believed that man undergoes a change of flesh and blood every seven years; and such being the case many a man and woman are living together as husband and wife who have no right to do so. T.H. WHITING and wife are of that number, and, thinking they couldn't do any better by a change, they concluded to have the knot tied over again and call it a "tin wedding" and on Friday, March 29th, invitations were extended to about 100 friends and neighbors [remainer illegible]
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LUANA NOTES.
April 2, 1878. Luana still lives, in proof of which find enclosed "chips" from this "neck o'woods":
Our merchants, Wm. MOTT and J.S. RENSHAW, have their respective stores well filled from cellar to garret with all seasonable goods, including clothing, crockery, candies, sugar, starch and soap. Being so near Postville, of course their prices are down to bed rock.
Our depot is well fortified by a bastion of salt barrels and a chevaux de frize of plows, cultivators, &c. The commandant, A.M. BRONSON, in addition to his multifarious duties of station agent, insurance agent, and notary, will find time to talk with you, and to sell the hard-handed granger anything in the line of agricultural implements, or salt, lime and cement.
DAILY & LUDINGTON will make you a buggy and wagon, or sell you anything in the line of planters, plows, rakes or reapers. They handle the celebrated Furst & Bradley implements and have also taken the agency for the Buckeye reapers and mowers. The boys are full of business, and deserve it.
Geo. OATHOUT "slings der paint," will tell you all about bees and sell you a hive.
Our grain buyers, CHAPMAN and RENSHAW, have "lots of sand in 'em" (farmers needn't put any in their wheat); they believe "competition is the life of trade," and consequently pay the highest market prices, with a fraction over.
The firm of BURGESS & ERNST keep the stock yards of Chicago and Milwaukee supplied with cattle and hogs, and disburse greenbacks and the dollar of our dads with open hands.
W.S. SCOTT, Esq., the father and founder of our village, is still among us; the same genial, generous gentleman as of yore.
Rev. TAYLOR, pastor of the M.E. Church, has been with us during the conference year. He is making hosts of friends, and we hope he will tarry long among us.
When here do not fail to call on O.D. HOPKINS. You will find a "little farm well tilled," and you can't get away til you have seen his family of horses, Dexter, Frank and Fancy are hard to beat.
J.M. CHAPMAN is building or will soon.