"Good start for a young fellow; and let me give you a word of advice.

Settle in Monterey County, as close to Monterey Centre as you can get.

People that drive through, hunting for the earthly paradise, are making a great mistake; for this is the garden spot of the garden of the world.

This is practically, and will without a shadow of doubt be permanently the county-seat of the best county in Iowa, and that means the best in the known world.

We are just the right distance from the river to make this the location of the best town in the state, and probably eventually the state capital.