The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-03-28
Letter from H. A. Rogers.

| hey tHlouSh IoN', Will HotiiHIS Dul wa
ter-pail for desk and the cold ground fol
a chair but as it is an old say ing that prom
Uses should be fulfilled, will cndeavor tc
keep the one made you, although journey
through your State has become stale sub
ject to write about.
We left McGregor, the place for beer and
fun, as the song has it, on the 2lst ult., and
dined at Cooney lIollow-IIibbard's party
sitting upon one log and ours upon anoth
er. must say it came very natural to take
a piece of bread and ham in one hand and
a boiled egg in the other, and call it dinner
we were all in good spirits andate heartily
After dinner we drove as far as our old
friend McDermott's, whose lady God bless
her y told us to make ourselves at home in
everything we required about the 'primises, "
and we were soon comfortable, assure you.
About seven, McDermott's jovial, good-na.
turcd Irish face was seen pecping into our
tent, and with jovial "How are we boys"
and hearty shake of the hand, he sat down
to have chat of old times. About eight
we were treated to magnificent shower
which lasted until the next night, causing
us to remain there until Thursday morning.
Yet you will remember there is no great
loss without some small gain; and this
short shower which caused us to lay up
one day, made the labor for our cooks quite
easy-as our tent was pitched upon side
hill, beautiful brooks ran directly through,
rendering it quite unnecessary to 60 to the
well after water for any culinary purpose
About nine our Bucephalus was taken vio-
lently ill, but was soon declared GONZALES.
cent by his physician, DR.. Stone, of Nc
Gregor, who, with all his other good quail
ties, possesses that of being a superior far
rier.
l must say, Col, that there is no place
like McD.'s for camping and having good
time; his capital Irish stories and songs
will afford amusement for any length of
time, and without them don't know what
we would have done during that long rainy
day to crown his other good deeds he in
sisted upon the writer's going into the
house and sleeping.
We left him Thursday morning and drove
to Buffalo Grove, and stopped over night
Friday morning about eleven we reached
Independence, and took in Mobley, as per
agreement; camped at Bear Creek, notori-
GUS for the amount of Sardincs and Cherry
Bounce DESTROYED there by J. II. X, of your
town, last March. We camped next night
within few miles of Toledo, and next day
he to Rushville, town six miles from
nnell and Col, let me advise all Nc
0fegor people to come by way of Vinton
and Toledo, instead of going to Costa; the
roads are much better and nearer, and corn
is from fifteen to twenty cents per bushcl
We crossed 10th .Skunhs the next day, and
camped twenty miles from DesMoincs.
The next morning with my pony was at
the Capital in time to dine with our Sena-
tor from McGregor. beg to apologize to
Senator Hammer for appearing at his board
ing house in a Pixies Pcakers guisc-I had
no intention of boarding with him week,
or l would have dressed up-but riding up
to-the gaze tuD@~kAort call, was met
by Senator who informed me that Ham.
mer was at dinner, and after conducting me
to his room insisted on my going down to
dinner; modesty being one of my failngs,
declined taintly; he led the way to the
placing me directly opposite
the Senator from MEG, who nearly over
turned the table in his cagcrncss to shake
me by the hand. After dinner We adjourn
ed to Hammers room and convcrsed until
it was time for the Senate to open, when l
as | thought, politely informed the Senator
that l would take my pony over to the hotel
and after seeing him properly cared for,
would meet him in the Senate Chamber. He
Immediately accompanied me down, but
where was my pony he could not be found
and /, after few minutes search, was in
formed by waiter that Senator Hammer
had sent him away saying that was to
remain aeiM him a week, and the pony must
be we'll taken care Of. Well, what could
do? The idea of an old Pixies Peakcr law
ing over week for pleasure, was not to be
thought Of l resigned myself to hekcep-
ing Of Hammer and Poet, resolving that
would make an excuse in the morning
which would satisfy both our Senator and
Representative that it was impossible for
me to stop longer. Poet is capital bed
fellow, and ought to be appreciated (no
doubt his wife does), but could not stay,
and Lesher said it was shame to detain
me, consequently departed in the morn
ing and stopped at Parker's Hotel, few
miles from Adel, where found our party
camped with the Brooks boys, of Ossian
Rodman, who had joined company with
them at Newton, was also with them. We
camped the next night at Morrisburgh, the
next at Morrison's, and the next day drove
to ranistan-memorablc with our party on
account of j. II. KS making love to the
'star of Iowa." who, l beg you to say to
him, is well and blooming, notwithstanding
his neglect. We arrived at Council Bluffs
! upon the morning of the 9th, and stayed
one day, when we came to this place.
was very much disappointed in not re-
ceiving any papers or letters from McGreg-
or, although l received six copies of the
| Chicago Times; trust will be more for
tunate at Denver City. Wchave had beau
| tiful weather and better roads than when