North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-10-23
McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1867,

Semble humans much on a "bust' tho;
but they make up for itrby lying round a
bar. I'm waiting for one to quit and come
along about its business, but it hain't heard
from Ohio,i and is bound to putin all the
Sundays it can, and YOU can ehatge this
infliction to it, I,should have stayed an
other day with you only for that diabolical
remnant. of the Inquisition flanders gong.
No wondera Chinaman's "What-will-you-
take' is "Ho-Ang-Bang-Whang y Any
man who wouldn't pay, boot. for a Doc
tor and turnkey to wake him up in pref
erence to q Gong, must he deaf and ought
to be dumb. But this is desecration, and
not relative to how / swung over the Iowa
Division and what was SEEM An. old sto-
ry is sometimes. new, 50 was Iowa to me-.
Talk about the party who left their bag
gage at St. Paul for, fear of the inhabitants
of Minneapolis being Indians. They was'-
mt any more beat than the subscriber. My
mouth and eyes were just as wide open as
any in a party Of old headed, down
east farmers were who had been forty
years clearing farm to raise weevil and
hop-worms on and had come out west to
see their boys, and here they were too, on
farms ready made, as you might say, with
Gods sewing machine, with the first baby
not able to walk yet, carrying photo
graph of a fence so they'd know how to
make one when they wanted it and ask
ing if they wouldn't pay $40 and take a
thousand bushels. .t.-r an.
PAT, we're born ahead of time, and are
over 100000 the loser by it. took con-
struction train with Old Caldwell from Cres-
co to LIE Roy, a miles-all prairie-out of
sight of land and civilization except a
steer, Dexter-ously inclined. who gave out
in the first quarter, and found in this an
cient city, most three weeks old, Spraker
Derrick, Charley Case, Ed. Crosier and 9TH
er r. r. barnacles who stick to Hub. Ak
ins because he knows his business and
rice rersa, all right side up, living in the
cars. waiting for the finishing touches to
be put on l5 new stores and other build
ings. If it amt a ''flew and lit" town l
never saw one. They tried to play some
kind of game with me-had thing in
the bushes with handle on it-mostly on
the sidc-but read the papers. There's
a party coming out to lay the last rail
they can play it on them if they have got
things enough. l hope they'll get across
that prairie to Austin without the aid of
stages. My last recollection of it was try
ing to sit in four corners at once and not
carom on two satchels and Snowman
Found several Milwaukeans at Austin who
lavcd my wounds, Van Valkenburg Bros,
Billy Merrick and Barnes. Got around to
Owatonna and stopped over Sunday with
Johnny IIoyt. lie said Uncle Barker was
all right. kept a good house, and that West,
Mills, Wall and George were all at home,
and SO they were-he didn't lie bit. Ev-
erything was lovely. The European Hotel
in full bloom-but Barker had Gong
he rang it once-on my return thro'' Owat-
onna, shall never forget the detected ex-
preston of Barkers countenance he can
not find China postage stamp. He has
to get some one to steal Fland-
er's SO it will come through safe. Well, l
don't want to bore you, so l won't sign
this Gong, but yours. TANcEL.