The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-08-04

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than she has enjoyed for years past,
that the Mistress OF the Lakes will
cease to control at will the des.:nics
of the North-W est, will cease to
mould prices TO her own aggrandize-
mont alone, and to monopolize at her
own figures the products of the trans.
Mississippi valley = a
At the conclusion of the. speeches
in Mechanics Hall, at go clock, the
guests returned to their carriages,
and We're driven back to their hotels.
This ended the programme so far
as st. Louis was concerned, and the
guests were left to their own incli.
natl, n until tho time fixed upon for
their departure from tho city. Many
Of the party went to De Bars Opera
House in the evening, while the
Others remained. quietly at their
hotels, resting and recuperating for
the 'morrow's journey. This morn.
ing We made up little party OF q
dozen and went from the Planters
to the City Library, to Jaccard's
jcwelry establishment, to various
dry-goods and millinery establish.
ments, returning to the hotel at
elevenj--the gentlemen of the party
quite loaded down with packages,
great and small, containing all sorts
oftrumpery from a dress pattern to
a chignon. What a surprising amount
Conformation We gain on these little
shopping expeditions !?
And now o word or two with ref.
erence to the North Missouri Rail
road Company, and it's officials. 1t
is well known that the excursion
resulted from the voluntary offer of
the Inequalities OF the Company, to
the Iowa press. It was unsought
for, unasked and unsolicited. Itwas
offered freely and spontaneously, -
The editors, under these circumstan.
ces, expected to be well treated, thew
anticipated Q pleasant time, and con
siderable enjoyment. Blu: they d'dn't
expect to be treated like SO MANY
individual princ,s. They did not
expect the Company, besides giving
them free ride over the entire length
of tho road from Ottumwa to St.
Louis, and from st. Louis to Council
Bluffs. to lavish thousands of dollars
upon them in providing splendid en-.
tertainments BY the way. No party
Of excursionists have ever been treat.
ed as Handsomely as we have been.
and are now being treated. Railroads
Companies generally regard such
affairs as frauds and nuisances to be
abatcd as soon as may be, with the
least possible cost. But the North
Missouri Company, and it's officers
seem not TO bavc been able to do too
much for this excursion party. The
officers have personally been in at.
tendance. President, Vice President.
Superintendent, General Ticket
Agent, and all. No expense has been
spared, not q single thing left undono
to assure the perfect comfort of the
party. They have provided for the
excurslonists, both by the way
side and on the train, not allow
ing us to spend a. dollar, not
leaving us the, slightest care,
anxiety, or responsibility. This
has all been done with perfect kind
ness, with gentlemanly delicacy and
yet with such genuine freedom and
good feeling, with such unassumed
willingness and liberality, that each
member of the party feels individu.
ally compllmented BY the attentions
all have met with. I.t y
am sorry that we have been
so universally well treated. There
ought to have been something to
growl at-somebody to abuse a little.
1t is very hard to write spicy, read.
able letter, unless one can be q little
sarcastic, a little severe sometimes,
What would Don Piatt amount to. Il
he didn't blackguard everybody at
Washington, from President to papei
What would there be of interest in
U. A. It's correspondence if he didn't
have periodical faIlings-out with the
great men, and serve mp little para.
graphs from their private lives. to Q
greedy long.eared public? It is SC
tame, SO commonplace and uninterest
ing whom circumstances arc such
you are obliged perforce to praise ev.
rybody, and find fault with nobody
Why did not somebody make an ass
OF himself on this trip to afford us an
opportunity to write him up? Like
Sam. Clemens, l do love to play a,
give and take-when it is for me te
give and others to take. But every
body whom we have met with, both
in and out of the party. has been sc
kind and cordial, SO affable and pleas
ant, so selfdenying and agreeable
that it would be libeIous to say augh,
against any ofthem. May be thos.
who have gone ahead to Kansas City
and Eeavenworth, may meet with thu
coveted opportunity. Eff.