The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-06-20

i Most Of tho business houses, hotels ans
privatefeeidences IRE Mt0a&ed on 1t, al
/ of which will be moro particularly no
ticed in my next standardization; bu
here let me say q word respecting tn,
City Hotel which has Justly G&ined .
State wi1lcreputation, mid is kn0wn MI
along the lfnc Of tile Chicago alit
Northwestern r.. R. as the best al,d
most pleasant public house west o
Glpieagp-r The HeaatA snlaniy sud accon,
.modatlng iardlortf, Owen ~. tainen
has became the fAvorit1s az Tia travelling
publie.sTo amy person csTtcmplAtine
arisit TO Mechsnicsyille would with.
out any hesitancy whatever, advise
Them to stop at .tsillsn,s;p there they
will lind that Injunction of Scripture
strictly obeyed, which says, 'let all
thugs be done decently and in ORDER
There arc two churches in the town,
anunibcr of dry gpods, grocery, Dlhg
and other StOlGEs; two estalDlishnae IS
Wliere farming supplements Of all kinds
are kcrt constantly OIL hand and for
sale, u largo grain elevator Il number
of warehouses Used for the purpose of
storing grain and other produce bought
aud shipped from this market. Here
the II. II. Company have coal, wood
and water station, which nccessitatl's
an influx of business, owing to the fact
that all the trains must stop here to re-
cicvc supplies. Mechanicsviile was
laid out by John Onstott and y. III.
Conlstock, October l4tll, ls5t. s.Iro.
quois, at tllat time q. separate village,
laid out by DAVID DowarL aud John On
stott. and survevpthy 1E,dwarsi f,aMers,
astes Etss EN- raDi1.
~. and the space intervening between
them has been likewise Improved,
buildings erected, and noY tle whole is
enclosed in the town Of MecAanicsville.
In justice to the present population, L
might here say tliatmitiaiya three-foitrths
of the improvements We're made within
the last five years, and the larger portion
within the l,sst three years. The pop
ulation of this place is supposed to be
one thousand living souls, all told. Tic
society is good. :, The Institutions Of
learning, or which / believe there are
two, the churches already mentioned,
the young mems literary ssocisty, and
the lodges of the various 1ordcrs,e inclu
ding Good Templars and Masons are all
calculated to exert.a good influence and
improve the morals OF the people.
The advent of an attorney III ,thip,
peaceful place has caused u little. com
motion, but which it is hoped win soon
subside. The people are not to be
blamed Oh this score: for they hav8beoli
most woetufly prosecuted by brace of
boys pretending to represent the legal
profession, about year and u half
since. When the fact is once known
that II is not part Of LAWYERS Slegiti
mate business to stir up litigation, but
on the other hand counsel as to the best
means of preventing parties from enga-
ginG in expensive law snits, and assist
only in the vindication Of that which is
right, and redress wrongs the coming Of
such IL one will be better. appreciated.
At this office it is proposed to give spc-
cial attention to conveyancing, selling
real estate, examining titles, furnishing
abstracts of the same, attend to collect
ing and the acknowledgements of all in
struments required to he made under
oath aud requiring seal.
The county adjoining Mechanicsyille
is well improved and in fact an old set
tied county. The farmers ale mostly
wealthy and live With ease and comfort;
MANY Of them owning large farms, fine
houses, and possessed with such other of
this worlds goods as are always accepta-
BILE, among which | notice sevcra! pie
ccs Of furniture suitable to the taste of
our Upton friend who loves to tax Q .'sls
O. ne, w. r.
On Friday evening hast, the Masonic
order of this place puhliciy installed the
officers elected for the ensuing year.
Accepting al, Invitation from Amos G.
Miller, w. NJ, elect, attended the ex-
erc!ses, which were opened with prayer
by the chaplain of the order; immedi-
a tcly after which the installation took
place inthe presc.icc ola large ceneoirse
Of persons, consisting Of the Masonic
fraternity and their families, together
With some others attending upon sper
cial invitation. The ceremony was
pleasant and impressive, and to those
unacluaintedssWith the theory Of Ma
son:y, these solemn vows Of the mystic
were emblematic Of some
good and moral purpose. This purpose,
Of conrse, it is not the province for those
to know who are not members OF the
After the closing Of the I'M
stallation exercises refreshments We're
dealt out by the proper per-
sons designated for that purpose.
Stra" berries, ice cream, lemonade and
cake were freely part;slxen OF; but not to
cteess, although all We're sufficiently
After refreshments, speeches
We're in order. Remarks were made ap-
to the occasion by DR.. Wether-
ell, Rev. J. NJ. Rankin ana DIR. IL. Bat
dorff. These Were followed by instru-
mental music diseoursed by tho Mcchan-
icsville string band. After tic playing
Of several pieces it was announced that
the meeting would now adjourn. There
being many persons present versed in
the science of tripping the light fantas-
tic toe,n it was proposed to have dance
this, of course, to be regarded as sep
arate entertainment and in no way a
part Of the installation exercises. No
being made to the proposition,
the band struck cotiilion and parties
mixed hands and circled in the "giddy
mazes OF the dance,n which continued
until a late hour.
At some other time / shall endeavorl
to speak more particularly of the bust
ness houses, and give the statistics rela-
tive to the amount of shipping on the
rail road Some idea can be formed of
the amount when it is known that there
are twelve" trains running into this
place daily, arriving every two hours
during the twenty four. The printing
press formerly owned by H. S. Brad
shaw, on which the Citizen was printed
has been removed to our place and was
put in motion last Friday by printing
a paper called the Mechanicsville Jour-
ma. LOU.