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\Thk City of LAWBKiirt, Dxs Moinm Coum-tt, Iowa.—We have before us a letter written to a gentleman of tLis city by another who resides in Boston, Canada West, aeking information in regard to the City of Lawrence, located on the M ississippi bottom, tome ten miles jdove thin city. The writer propounds the following question*, which we aro able to answer, from an intimate knowledge of the location of tho proposed city : yuttti 'H.—Is the locality well calculated for a oity ?Antu'rr.—If you think ‘a place which is u n raihftuty non-cornea tibus, tn stcampo, a gcod location for’a city, then it is.(Jafftion.—Is the land'bigh and rolling ? Answer.—You had better enquire of the antipodes; it may roll on the other side of the globe; on this side tho waves of the Mis-lissippi, in high water, roll over it, which is the only rolling that we hare ever been able to discover in that vioinily.(,». *uoh.—Is the surrounding country well adapted for farmiug purposes ?A.wxr.—Admirably—and will yield, one season with another, a crop of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred bushels of * bull frogs to tho aore, with water snakes enough to fence it.The writer further adds : “ I am offeredlots in said oity at two dollars per foot, but being aware of tho many trioks that are resorted l by unscrupulous and dishonest men to de-frul people out of their money, I did not know but that this was one of them.By no means, quoth the Fox. Ceuld we ••ouro a town lot in tho city of Lawrence at the extremely low price of §2 per foot, we should consider that wo had one of the most in vestments possible.If our ('anadian correspondent desires any further information about the City of Lawrence, he can obtaiu the same by addressing a line to Saltation 5l*n«lt;rr, Beal EstateAgent, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Burlington Daily Iowa State Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Sun, Feb 06, 1859
Page 3
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