Leroy Correspondence ~ Buffum ~ July 20, 1882
Garden Grove Express
Garden Grove, Iowa
July 20, 1882
LeRoy.
Correspondence of the Express.
The hum of the mowing machine can be heard in all directions, and the grass is heavy. The weather is not the best for curing hay.
The "lightning rod dispenser" has again visited our town and vicinity, and now many of our houses and most of our barns are set off and protected by two or three points, a weather vane, a rooster or a pony.
Engineers are correcting the plat of Le Roy, laying out a piece of ground into lots, which had been formerly put into depot grounds. This adds about twenty-five business lots near the depot on the west side of the crossing and
several desirable dwelling lots.
Corn is selling now at eighty cents per bushel and not very much for sale at this price. Oats are worth forty-five cents, and rather more plenty than corn. The new crop bids fair to be a heavy one.
J. L. CARY has a singing class here. It met at 3 p.m. Sunday for the first time. We learn there was good attendance.
The school house has been treated to a new coat of paint on the outside.
Miss Ellen BUFFUM is threatened with fever. She is staying with her uncle A. G. BUFFUM. Dr. DOOLITTLE is attending.
Our worthy agent, Mr. PORTER, has now eight regular boarders, and accommodates travelers in a way which they like. He sets a good table.
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