The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-08-27
A Run to the Bluffs.

A Run to the Bluffs.
On Tuesday, of last week your
correspondent, valise in hand, made
bis way to the d. V. depot, just in
time to get on the cars, as the train
moved west for tho Capitol Not
lauch beyond the usual incidents of
n r. trip occurred: but the following
conversation might have been heard.
Atall, thin, sharpnosed individual Of
IN genius Yankee, accosted pas
uger, after boring several others,
thusly: where may you be going,
sir9' "a piece up therond, ~. ''a \ es;
are you out on special busiressg
Nothing particular" 80, | didn't
know but you are out q buying cat
tie" "No, have not. been in the cat:
tie trade for some time" {" Well i
saw You reading i book : while ago,
and supposed may 30 you were sell
ling books. ".'No, mot now, the bust
ness don't pay Oh, that is SO. We'll,
what are you engaged at now?"
1 why just now, lam engaged in
mindiDg my own business!" That
did not satisfy his curiosity, but set /.
tiled bis questioning. Wednesday
was spent in . stage-ride from. Des
Moines to Boone, or rather Montana.
It does one good to take such trip
now and then. Aperson can, appre-.
ciate,the cars all the more. The road
Hes through q splendid farming coun7
try, and the corn along the route Ia
grand. At Polk city, I'VE were favor.
ed with 2 stage dinner, At . hotel,
1.-the principal ornament of which
were very unartisticaily executed
engraveing ofSeymour 4 Blair, and
q picture over, which squad Of
daubed angels had been promiscuous-
" scattered. It would have pleased
US to see more, Or less, whichever way
you will have it, on the tavern table.
Good bye, Polk city. Montana, il
lquite growing place. It boaste
5000 people, with 2bOO morein Boons.
boro, one miles distant. Or if you
get the figures from . Boonite, you
must reverse the numbers. Montans
lis Up ID tho times. Il has q brewery
and saloons ID proportion. Some
good buildings are going up, and, til,
citizens are paying much attention.
shade trees etc. Doubtless Boonsbo
70 4 Montana will be welded alter
while. Ei asi9l
Il At 7:45 A. NJ, we took the g. & N
W. cars for the Bluffs. At the De-
Moines river live town has spruns
up, named Moingona, where they ar
, digging lots ofcoal great quantitie
ofwhich arc being shipped over tn
Missourito the Q. tP. r. r. Coal mel
Of WapOllo Co., please take notice. :
Climbing d long ravine we at lengtl
reached ting prairie levei, ana VIM ,
passing over inc broad natural mead
OWE n'gnt .letl down the curtain
II ana our VISION was connned 70 Tn
4 perspective OF the car. SO we yiclde'
70 the persuasion aa' q sleep. Stretch
arg cssr I've sea's' VITA nanaker
ealet 81 neso ana snawleo ooau 81. !.
MOVING dow glns the aisles he found =
} - ~ Fg's e by f00t' ans =
e $500 e me ,conauctor, - eauno
/. 1sasa,',,. 800 u. 'Oyn marches %
II ~ y! acs elEgs ana Stops right opposit
colloqny; - -
Conductor.-a.Tba,e5; !. . :. u.
it ~ a5S ~
i Passener.--.dec,oiry,,..a bv ~. -. {.
and handkerchief AZ .aee tbar. : ~,
I I don't like to i;stnrh th.t ,,s, :. !,
i rh .,,.,e 800.
Co. : o...;s aS s.s sa'nA - =, % DC taken
~ oId',.d. m 4Doo. pcooleran q
rahlo n, e.r ~ 'p = unenau'
| RInfs ~ - 80 "o mere ~ the
Il, u s,,t..,l,. l'1s ,.a.'loaa nay
ls,s,,a,, ~ - 1's1 10 l4o mAes ~
m;,as i 49,, 4 ~ -, spoeo OF , 1877 .S:s
~ III nat - anu y right
d;ss;, = = .u = fea' = a.lonal Route,
sneea . Tha 10. ~ comfort safety and
d;sco.,.. !: ~. u'y anxiety we could
stha - -, !. 'ne srain M men 1 was that
80, ny oasrun 'ne'r schedule
~ .h,.9B .5ta
Ems. lne n e a1aas Slope City, is quite
p place. II is situated along, and in
the Bluffs that border the@ M;ssa -. !;
bottom. iBv the wavl tba,y hott.a.s.'
the biggest sunf,ower n.tch IL 8 ], ~,
saw. Thousands ~ acros = = 49,.
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