Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-11

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worth
Thy DAG never tsaiIsd h the dust
Aye, greeting, glad greeting. lows hath ssnt
From the depths Of her Joy cad her love-
Nay God grsst success, property, psaes,
All good, tn " inset thss above.
Mr.. Revels, colored Senator from
Mississippi, being called, made a. very
pleasant speech, and was cheered
loudly. Mr.. Stiles Of Ottumwa then
spoke, followed by Col. Jennison, the
notorious Kansas and Missouri raid
er, in a speech thoroughly in harmo-
ny with the character Of the man.
The remainder OF the evening was
spent (by some) in dancing in the
large dining hall Of the Planters
House.
Rev. f. w. Brady Of the Indianola
Journal, preached on Sunday, to a
very large congregation in the First
Methodist Church.
The days sensations at Leaven-
worth were, In the order Of their i'm
portance, perhaps: LIST, a two-headed
woman-or two women-with one
body, two heads, and capacity for two
pairs Of panta-gaiters; Ex-senator
Revels; Sd, the Iowa Press-gang.
A special train on the Kansas Pa
cific Railway carried nearly all Of the
party up the Kaw Valley via Law
renee to Topeka, the Capital of the
State. We have seen no prettier
country, finer crops or fatter cattle
anywhere than we saw all along this
valley. The train, going and coming,
merely halted at Lawrence, and we
had small opportunity for seeing the
town which, above all others in
"I,ieeding Kansas" has bled most
terribly. It's now beautiful, thriv-
ing place.
At Topeka we found the city and
its hotels and carriages free to US.
Gov. Harvey received the Hawkeycs
very cordially ct the Capitol. The
sight Of such solid brick and stone
cities, with their churches, schools,
legislative halls, railroads, mills,
large wholesale business houses, and
their men and aconaen with large
hearts and open hands, pouring out
their Inequalities in princely style
all this In Kansas !--came near con-
quering our loyalty to our cherished
Hawkeye State. II we could be any
thing else than a Hawkeye, we'd
wish to be a Jayhawker.
Arriving at Leavenworth on the
return, we crossed the river on the
steam ferry.boat and at night-fall
were making good time up the Mis-
souri, river bottom on special train
over the Kansas City, st. 10. 4 Coun-
Gil Bluffs Railway.
At o'clock the city Of st. Joseph
took In the Sunday travellers and did
for them In royal fashion. $50 tired
mortals, seated all at once in the
gorgeous dining hall Of the Pacific
House, with a white-aproned dusky
ut every elbow, partook Of feast,
surprising, II possible, anything be-
fore met on the trip. Speeches, nu-
sic, a poem for the occasion by Mrs.
Fletcher, and appropriate resoiu-
lions crowned the ovation; and with
reluctance, at the midnight hour, the
party declined a cordial invitation to
remain, and soon ratified away to-
ward Council Bluffs.
At the outcome about Z O'Clock
Monday morning, we shook Hands
with Council Bluffs, and were made
welcome at the Pacific House. The
forenoon was agreeably passed In
seeing the City, now really grown to
city proportions. The sight from the
bluffs, overlooking broad expanse
of territory in Iowa and Nebraska,
including the proud young cities Of
Council Bluffs and Omaha, was glo-
rious one. Some Of the objects OF
especial attention were the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum near two miles below
the city, the halfdozen Academies
and Public School buildings, the
magnificent new four-story hotel
not yet opened, and Gen. Dodge's
residence.
Resolutions expressing the thanks
OF the party for the kindness and hos
pitality everywhere received, and for
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