The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-08-09
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
From Upton to Charlton, Lucas Co.,
and Back Again.
CHAPTER II.

town lying OH the Des Moines river and
on the Des Moines Valley Railroad 1t
is partly in Mahaska and partly In Wap-
pello counties. They are doing a good
business here now, but it is the opinion
of business men that it is at its height,
and that its rival and neighbor, Oska-
loosa, will as it does now indeed far OUT
strip it. Left here for Ottumwa, where
I arrived about IL a. M. Ottumwa is
situated at the Appanoose Falls of the
Des Moines river-twelve miles east of
Eddyville. It is at the junction of the
Burlington & Missouri River II. II. and
the Des Moines Valley r. II. High and
abrupt bluffs run back from the river for
quite distance, which make it any but
| q desirable spot for building. There is a
very large business done here--there
being several Wholesale houses. 1 was
told by a citizen there that one druggist
alone sold 100000 worth of goods per
annum. They do large jobbing trade
here with the western and southern
counties of this State and the northern
counties of Missouri. They claim about
| 5000 inhabitants, and was told by re-
liable gentleman that POO houses were
under contract for erection this season.
The buildings are of a substantial char
acter-there being here some of the
finest business stands" l have seen
outside Of Chicago. Our fellow-towns-
man DIR. Cowan resides here, has built
himself q large and commodious resi-
dence and has an excellent and paying
''run of CUSTOM He is making money
lives in ease and good style, and placed
me under many obligations for his
many favors. They do good liquor
business here. They have about forty
beer saloons and two or three "liquor
stores" AS natural result they have
a great deal of fighting and rowdyism.
"unwashed" H. G. Dean. He is large,
portly, good-natured looking fellow, and
had just returned from a political cam
paign in Missouri. He did look quite
dirty" and shabby, though was told
by mutual friend that he had bathed
that morning. could not detect any
thing offensive to the olfactories about
him and was told that, that morning
he was taking very serious excep-
tons to the way the papers slam
1dered him as being dirty, filthy. in his
habits &C., referring to the fact, that
he had bathed himself that morning.
and q kind of oily perspiration was oOZ-
ing out over his face and had saturated a
linen coat he wore SO as to make the
back look streaked and soiled with the
dust. l think the heat and dust suffi-
cient apology for his lack of entire clean
illness. l think. further, that the Burl-
fngton HuDk-Eye owes him an apology
dior stating that the Philadelphia Con-
! vention should be held in Uig,u0na
and ,UeU pentitated, because Mr.. Dean
would be there.
I When the Il. & NJ. r. Railroad is COM
pleted to Abba and Charlton, Ottumwa
4 will loose greatly in it's trade. Some Of
I the most prominent merchants here are
)making arrangements to go farther west.
They are making strenuous efforts to
have the Northern Missouri Railroad
strike that point, on the road already
running east, and have fair prospect
of success.
From Ottumwa I went to Mt. Pleas
ant, the county seat Of Henry county.
1t is very prettily located town of 5000
inhabitants. There is nothing like the
business done here however that they
have in Ottumwa. l think it however
one of the most desirable places to live
very much of Carlisle, Pa. The society
is of the best character and the educa-
tional advantages are unsurpassed. The
Iowa Wesleyan University, the Mt.
Pleasant Female Seminary, the North
Western Business College, the Henry
Go. Musical Institute, Mr.. Howe's Board
ing School for young gentlemen, besides
common schools of a very superior grade,
are all well patronized and make it the
Athneum of Southern Iowa. Their
common school building is very supe-,
rior structure, resembling in size and
architecture the ward school buildings
sequently the abode of many of the
most refined and intellectual of our
State. They have only two beer saloons
here, was told, and they are doing out
sickly existence as we'll as a deadly
beverage. Temperance and religion,
refinement and success seem inseparably
Joined, while intemperance, crime, ig-
norance and shame go hand in hand.
| One of the greatest objects of interest
at Mt. Pleasant is the Insane Asylum.
1t is magnificent structure of white
granite, costing half million Of dollars.
l visited it OH Saturday July l4th) and
through the kindness of DR.. Rauney
and his assistants, was shown all about
the building and grounds. Everything
was scrupulously clean; the air was
pure and healthy, and the personal APP
pearance of the patients indicated great
! care and faithfulness on the part of the
attendants. There were then 338 patients
in the Asylum, about three-foulths OF
whom were incurablc. Quite number
would be sent home soon-some cured,
some incurable. New patients are ar
irving weekly. DIR. Rauney regretted
very much the delay in sending patients
that was practiced SO much, stating that
where there was no actual functional
disease Of the brain, 80 cases out Of 100
could be cured in a reasonable length of
time If brought there within the first
! week two Of Tho attack iHhiS A QvInnl
is one of the best west of the Allegheny
mountains, and is one the State of Iowa
may well be proud of. The large class
of unfortunates who seek admission
there can no where else be SO successful
ly treated and SO well cared for. They
have religious service in the chapel
every Sunday-the Presbyterian, Con-
gregational and Methodist Ministers Of
floating alternately. They have Also
what they style a "Sodable," every
| Thursday night, to which all the In
4 I,r-l,n s,~