The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-04-04
Our Trip.

OO MOnOAy, ICLn uIt., NJ IL o CAOck
a. M, we babe alden to- our friends,
and started for the village Of Chica|
20, via Burlington. As we had moth.
ing else to asnuse we counted the
fence posts between our, stock.yards
and Burlington, on the northeast
side the road-justi 1O0,768, making
allowance for some we missed while
gazing at n scene of, destruction Just
above sMiddfetown:s A man while
driving load Of hay along the hill
above. his house, upset it just in the
niche of time, which upset his house
and rol!edi down the hill; hogs run
ming, snorting, tumbling; chickens
perched on the fence, feathers rnff1cd
up, looking astonished and laughing.
We msnaged y crowd EgS,9n int rte th n
favorite western road-u B. 4 O.,
and at 7 o'clock, Tuesday morning,
woke up on the lake, moving slowly
through d pitiless storm Of snow and
wind, thu lake rolling majestically,
Ibillow on billow, and the sea birds
sporting in the spray or Swimming
along the dark horizon which lower
ed close in shore. On stopping 10
the great Union Depot, we we're as
sailed by a battalion Of newsboys
shouting and shakingthe fresh morn
lug news under our probocis, while
as manya oot-blacks" squirmed at
our heels and chung to our underpin.
Iings. But it was no use; We clutch
ed our pocket book the tighter and
sang short dirty, 'sno, no"
The first thing, after getting break
fast, was to look around he city
This WAS satisfactorily accomplished
in this wise Wentto corner State
and Lake, taking car for tho cele-
brated Union stock yards. We very
fortunately metJ ohm Start, Esq, well
known to stock men al over the
country. who furnished horses and
J accompanied, conducting aud teach.
/ ing az ihe mOdus opera ndi ofranning
the vast mart. The yards are stu.
ated about five miles from the Court
I house, northward, taking street-car on
State street, running 70 Beth, where
ID dummy is attached running to the
] yards. There are three hundred
acres in the whole, some $50 under
fence. partitioned into divisions, yardt
and pens, the whole laid with three
inch plank which are kept clean and
neat, the pens for sheep and hogs be
ling covered. Three vast tanks ars
Isitua.ed III the centcr of the grounds
1 (which supply water through pipes *
every pen. Three sides arc fill0C
| with unloading schntes. one for eacl
railroad. The g. B. \ @. road run
morcstock in than either Of the 9th
eir, ana the greater proportion goe
from Iowa. A large hotel Is situatet
al the yards, for the accommodation
.IOf drovers, buyers, or visitors; be
llsides An opposition house closesby.-
The stock yards bank is situated 3
the entrance. Here are large recep
ton rooms, in one of which are ,
number Of desks Of the consigneee
j zach having . salesman. In anothe
room is the bank, where, no doubt
more money changos hands in on
Iday than on Wall street in two. il
another room is = saloon, and anoth
Ter q systematic restaurant. On th
II second fioori 10 che telegraph and 9th
] Ter Offices. The yards are controlle'
-Iby 4 stock company, with capita
Of one million and ! halt. The yard
J are so admirably systematissd thu
titis only necessary 70 let your cor
! signec knew that your stock 10 Gom
|inc and III will be taken care Of IN
disposed in Mort order, for an rn
9 Of buyers are constantly on hand.-
Very small lots were iRsAwhen NJ
!, were there.
~ OPERA. &
!. Riatori was the rage. We wei
: infected, and went to see. Paid 81
and had to stand up. Elizabeth ".
!. the programme for Ristori, and opel
glasses and style for the audisnse.
lShe came out anaid + storm Of q
: plause, and as we saw it was fhshio
= able, w paid another 81 90 Tor Il
!. rent of ) pair Of spectacles, hasir
!. 10 pawn our. overcoat for its retur
!. The role was beautiful, being 8 ma
: ni6cent Landscape which they roll,
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