The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-06
THURSDAY. MAY 6, 1869.

MAY 6
Correspondence.
EpJroR CoURIIa-
Dear Sir: 1t is so
seldom that we see anything in the
papers relating TO matters at Kirk
vile and vicinity, that l concluded
to pen down a few, lines, and I ask
Iyou to print them for tho informa-
tion of the world and the rest of
mankind.
The quiet of our town was some
what disturbed 4 few days ago, by
the appearance Of a man upon our
streets, by the nalne Of Nathan T..
Stanly, from Oskaloosa, SO full of fun
and the peculiar inspiration that is
given by imbibing too freely Of the
'soily caper," whsreupon he attemp-
ted to ride into several of the shops
and stores of his place, when,
through the politsness of ]. N. Bar
ker, assisted BY Constable A. A. Da.
Wis, he was invited to the Office of
Esquire o. Loving, where said officer
solicited q contribution to the School
fund of tho county, together with
some other incidehtal expenses that
seemed necessary, amounting in all
to-about $40, which, in his liberality
he was willing to pay, but actually
did not have the stamps. He was
about to be sent TO the Bedwell to
board awhile, when q friend assisted
him to tho amount and he was dis
charged.
Whom will the time come that the
demon monster Intemperance shall
be driven from usf Not l fear, un-
til Christianity and Philanthropy has
gained mighty. conquest IN our
land, and men are willing to worship
at some other shrine than that Of
Mammon, and employ their capital,
and the energies Of their lives, in
something else than making and sell
ing whiskey and other intoxicating
drinks, simply because there is mon
ey to be made by the trafiin. "Man's
inhumanity to man makes countless
millions mourn"
The community about Kirkville
have always been friends of the Tenn
perance cause, and have a strong and
working lodge of Good Tcmpiars or
ganized in the place.
The friends of the cause requested
the pastors of the three leading de-
nominations of the place to each
preach a sermon on the subject of
temperance, whicE they sgreed to
do. And in accordance with said
arrangement Rev. Mathes, Of the Old
School Presbyterians, preached his
discourse about three weeks ago, and
J. w. Carpenter, of the Christian
church, preached on the subject one
week ago, and D. c. Smith, of the
M. E. church, delivered his discourse
on the last Sunday.
Mr.. Detwiler, temperance lectur-
or, gave US a discourse on the even
ing of the 10th inst, to q crowded
and deeply interested audience, which
certainly will do good.
Tho farmers have improved the
time, and have mostly got their
wheat and oats sown in good order,
and are now in full blast ploughing
for corn. There is quite wide
breadth Of wheat sown, but I think
not quite so much as last year.
| The very excellent beds of coal
that lie near this place, from four to
six feet vein, has been vigorously
worked the past winter, and an in
creasing demand makes aready mar
kot for all that can be mined. josh
ia Marshall, J. P. Holloway, H.
Smith, VIM. Robinson, T. Devin, John
Sniff, Mrs. Bennett, J. II. Carver,
Walter Cook, S. C. McCullough, have
all opened banks in the neighbor-
hood.
| Quite number of farms have
changed hands in the neighborhood
recently, and the people natter them
selves that they are well located in
view of convenience to schools and
churches, good moral community,
timber, coal, mills, and SO near o.
tumwn--the hub and great railroad
center of the west.
The crowds of teams that throng
our streets, going to and returning
from the very excellent Touring mills
of A. Roop 4 Co., makes the observer
often stop and wonder where they
all como from. Upon inquiry we
learn that these mills are patronized
by nearly oil for a distance of fifteen
miles around. This company has
won the confidence and the custom
of the people, by their energy, fair
dealing, and knowing how to take
the flour from the bran, and giving
their customers each in separate
packages.
| John Kirkpatrick, tho proprietor
of tho town, and very highly es-
tecmed citizen, has sold his substan-
tial residence, and moved to one of
his farms lying two miles east of
town, which, under the skillful and
energetic management of himself and
two sons, is boing fixed up until it
begins to assume quito home-like
appearance.
Rev II q Smith pastor Of thu M