The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-09-16
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AHids on The Mississippi. :.
II BY All accident which is not worth rela
: ing the writer of this was fortunate enoug
to find his way to Dubuque, on Wedne,
day last, ola the steamer Key Oily and til
Mississippi River. The Key" came dow
from St. Paul with ESQ first class passeu
gers; discharged" half of them at Pr. d
Chen and pursued the even tenor Of he
way 10 the largest city in Iowa. Captain
WoRpEN, the plain, substantial sailor an,
gentleman, commands her. LEM" ELDREl
is the clerk, Mr.. Cooley the second clerk
and all the officers and employees. so ia
as We could see, are after the same patterr
as the popular gentlemen we have named
| There isa qnietness, an absence Of "or
dering,"a kindness in the intercourse O
those who put her through the water, thai
renders the Key City particularly attrac
tive. Home itself, dear asst may be ia
song or in reality, cannot sarpass, in com.
fort, the tables, the ber.hs or the social
pleasures Of this splendid Steamer. On
the way down, there were four couples who
were just married-''Len," Of course, fur
nishei all the conveniences possible for
such interesting parties and the fun was
was decidedly lively. That immense key
the "open Sesame to the bridal chambers
is show Of itself-it Is lig enough to open
st. Peters Church at Rome !---On board
were Bass, Davis, Morgan Of Winona, Che
of the "petrified moss raid,) Shepherd of
the III. Central, iJEssE, of the Cigar &C.,
department, Ed. Stow and good many
other men who are we'll known to our
readers. We touckcd at Clayton, took on
a lot Of flour from the Mil of Brown & Co.,
shipped some freight at Guttcnburg and
added to our list of passengers by the
reception of l.. HE1SE, Esq, our candidate
for Representative; passed lively time
Of "sledgc' and ''euchre," and landed at
Dubuque about P. M;
Bass and the writer made Cor town.
Saw Doc. Irish at the JULIEN, SMILED with
him, heard him say. he was o. K, met
Russ atthe Key City hotel, beard CHARLEY
JONES, the old clerk, was in the army as
Sutler-RUss owns the Julian and Key
City hotels both now, but you wouldn't
know it Fl om his outside show he always
wears more common sense than clothes
that "four dollar suit we spoke of years
ago is not changed a bit. Russ knows how
",o keep hotel" br he dresses as plain as
an CID maid. Welt Re passed upthc street,
saw Hugely. smyt9, Democrat without
guile or radicalism, met John DdaHA drop
ped into the Herald Office and posed
pledsant time with. Hutchim>,l Gen Jones,
Richards, Burns Of she UnS1 trt, Col.
Bates of some others ccart, Mr.. Ham, Mr..
Mulkern and others didn't get bit, though
we werein an Office 9Ssre s'copperheads'
are reported tyfery "a womea ofEboth
sexes, to be atuiidantss 4rnveled. up to the
Times sanctum, made the acquaintance Of
Mr.. Stewart and ". Ballou of the Editorial
Corps, liked thensboti, socially and didn't
stay long enoughto get into row politi-
cally. Called on our highly esteemed
friand. Hem KNIrFkE, Of the Densokrat, and
learnedttha his circulation IS up towards
1900 and still increaeing, took q parting
smile with CONNER, d the Key.-City Re-
freshment rooms, audkroSkeJ, our.passage
to the wharf where. tie pride sor-the
upper River Mossaa. suggested sleep
IS nrst ri order and beng ia1gled We slept.
At l2a A. NJ. got Vi, Ok an interest in
shutting sort Of hi5& with Doc. Pierce,
of Galena, for paftner and came out
withouta scratch. Doc, plays homcopathy
in medicines by. allopastsE genes retir-
ed. at 3,.heardthe 'blow" for McGregor at
4-"did'nt see it,.'shiF ped to Prairie du
Chen, forgot which side Of the river the
boat was on and in few hours afterwards
made the interesting fort of LANSING!
The Key City, be-hknown made the trip
from Dubuque to Prairie du Chen GO
miles) in seoen hours This includes the
delay of stopping some time for freight
deliveries and receipts at Waupatun, Gut
tenburg, Cassyille, Clayton and McGregor.
If you want to ride to Dubuque or any
other place the key" will carry you all
will be a father to you,
Glen" will be your brother and JESSE will
will stay with you tillaSa saplay GU. r.
Our Lansing call will bsSnale the subject
of another paragraph or two.