Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-25

beautiful lady. Allow me, ifi eohclu
sion, 10 extend 10 you "a cordial Wei
come aud express the hope thar yoni
trip may prove pleasant aud Deneh'
ciai 10 you all.
EEGPONsE.
Mai. T ] Anderson, Of Knoxville,
responded. He wa, IN his happiesi
mood and did justice to the require
ments OF the OCCASION. lie express
ed the gratitude OF the excurrlonisis
for the welcome given them. spoke
Of the isolated position that Kaoh.
willie had 80 long occupied. Its light
had been under bu-beI. Now ouf
people felt nearly rs happy ~ th'
children Of Israel after they had
crossed tile Red Sea-. We could
not in this instance sound the loud
timbfeI, but We could sound the
the cyiibaI aud beat the big drum.
Possibly lhey did not feel quite 81
happy AZ did the children ~ Israel /,
but siill their JOY WAS very great
+" Knoxville " said the speaker, "has
always taken lively interest In the
welfare of burlington. II IL on the
greatest river, the greatest artery Of
commerce on the continent, but we
always knew there was just one
thing that would prevent II from
becoming great city. IL had no
connection with Knoxville. Laugh
ter and applause But that has been
accomplished and now you can 20 on.
Renewed laughter. We CAME
down here to-day, and when We
saw the hearty preparations made to
receive US, We were almost sorry
that We hadn't built two railroads..
And when we came here and fea5ted
and drank Of The best Of the land !,
We almost wished we had 0nl y
built ball rond. (Laughter.) Ma
rion county has the greatest coal
mines in the State. We produce IN
the county probably more hogs and
more cattle and more corn than
almost any county In the State.
Our viens Of coal are never lees than
four feet thick. Professor White
said Of them
Hon. Jno. III. Gear Hes Bur
liBgtOn man"
Mr.. Anderson" Yes and there
fore knew what he WAS talking
about. Laughter.) He said If the
coal in Marion aud Mahaska couD-
ties could be taken out and sold for
one cent bushel, II would pay of
the nalionai debt. Now you can
come anil dig 10 out, and pay of
your debt And We will board your
hands while you're digging IL out
for II reasonable compensation.
(Reuewed laughter.) Tie feelings
Oi the Burlington and Knoxville men
on this occasion are very different.
You simply SEQ An opportunity of
your trade and making
more money. And We feel ~
though We had just got out Of the
woo,is. We feel like the old fellow
did that fell In the we'll. should't
tell the story, but your worthy May.
or told one, and can do no better
than To initiate. This man was dig
ging n well one day, when IL caved
In Oh him, and theinlling dirt buried
him up tO the waist. lie was fast,
and when he looked up and saw
another land slide Just ready 10
start for hin, he gave up for lost and
began 10 tell the frightened men at
the top Of the we'll what Inst words 10
convey To his family; and to tell his
wife 10 train the children up piously,
and have them revere their Fathers
memory and he repented Of all his
sins and made u host Of good promi.
ses. But The other cave didn't hap
pen and they got rope down Ia the
the old fellow and dragged
him out. While he stood
looking into the hole that had 80
nearly been his grave, some Of them
asked him, "well how do you feel
about II Bow?'
The old man looked long and
ihoughifully down into the well,
then he drew a great sigh OF relief M
he turned away and said. Boys,
by I'm OUT" Laughter And
~ we of Knoxville feel to-day, that
after nil our waiting aud diSappoiut-
nents, we're Om.p
THE ToAsTs.
The Chairman read series of
toasis, which were responded 10 by
gentlemen upon call. We should he
glad to give responses In full, but for
lack of space must forbear. The first
tmst was
THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED
STATES. .
Dol. j. G. Stone, Of Burlington re-
sponded.
Band played Hall Columbia"
The next toast was
THE PRESS.
DIR. Charles Beardsley, of the Hank,
Eye, responded In nm address worthy
Of place mere, but we must pass 1t
for the present.
After Yankee Doodle" by the
Bald followed the toast
Iowa the young Giant Of the West;
her name Is spoken In every civil
lied land.
When the Chairman called upon
Hon. John Ii. Gear to respond, the
name was greeted with prolonged
His response was brief
hut very interesting.
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