The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
REV. A. j. VAN WAGNER
Furnishes the 4Bazoo's" Read
ers Another Interesting
Letter.
He Tells of His Visit to Illinois
and New York Up to the
Present Time.
He is just q Little Homeeick and
Will Soon Return, Prepared
for Work.
SOMERSET. \. ", August z. 1881.

SDMkksEI. HuSuSs - s"cs-
EDITOR BAzOo: More than two weeks
have passed away since we were whirled
awav from SedaIia ON the evening train.
That very night il turned cool and pleas
ant, l am informed. | am glad our de-
parture did some good. The next day We
reached Kewanee. ILL., This is the home
of Mrs. Y. vs. parents, and q most thriv-
ing and beautiful village. Five churches.
elegant homes charming streets, well-kept
wards. beautiful cemeteries, clean ALLEYS.
no unpleasant odorS. il Is a difficult place
To surpass i'm the west Here We had 4 few
DAYS oi delightful interconrS. with pa
rents and old friends. Here
MY FATHER WAS PASTOR
Tor iour wears and here some of the pleas
antcsr DAYS ri my life were spent
From kewanee We journcyed la Lake
Forest. suburban village on the shore al
Lake Michigan. iwentv-eigLt miles from
Chicago There we were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. III. &. Durand. Mrs. u. is a sis
ter Of Mrs X. Il. Bnrhans- 10 ~
dalians a. Miss Alice Burisall long
teacher in the public schools OF Sedalia
Mr.. Durand is a man Of great wealth and
lives i'm splendid style His grounds arr
magnificent and comprise some fifteen
or twenty acres We Were royalty
treated by our host and hostess. and
! the next dav al | o'clock, i'm the PRES
-nc. Of Il large and elegant company, We
made Miss Alice Burdsall Mrs. II. +. Bur-
hans. After splendid dinner, the
BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM
and Mrs. Van Wagner and myself left !"r
. a a. 81. tn, Mi,
New York, the following day. Stopping nj
the fremont, the next fore noon WAS
spent in visiting the hook stores, aud SEE
ing wha, little We could Of the city. Ii
has grown, and become more beautiful
since our student days there. 1t is a won-
deriul CITY Many intelligent foreigners
are even more impressed by j, than by
New York
Taking a sleeper via the Michigan
Central and Canada Southern at $40 p. M.
tbs next morning We were in Buffalo, and
dined at o'clock with our parents in
Somerset. The ride from the falls" To
Limestone, all the way on the
BANKS OF THE NIAGARA RIVER.
is simply grand. Ii is question which
will affect one mOst-a look al the falls, ar
a ride along the banks of this foaming
stream. No one visiting Niagara Falls
should miss the trip to Lewiston.
Somerset is 4 pleasant village in the
famous county Of Niagara, about thirty
miles from Niagara Falls This part of
New York state is frequently called "The
garden OF the world" and certainly j, is 4
magnificent country. Nearly everything
grows here, and the crops this wear
oats. wheat, rye, potatoes, corn
are very tine. The farmers
have only one thing they can
possibly think of TO grumble about. viz
The fruit crop will be lighter than usual.
Unless
THOUSANDS Of BUSHELS OF PEACHES AND
APPLES
rot OH the ground here they call the frui,
crop failure. Drying houses are now BE-
ing built through this section, which will
prevent the loss Of fruit in the future
We found our parents and sisters we'll.
and delighted TO see us. Our father Rev.
J. NJ VanWagner, for four years the
widely known pastor Of the Congregational
church at Sedalia, is pastor Of one OF the
churches here The church building Is !,
new and beautiful one, handsomely furn-
ished. and has nice parlOr, chapel and
Kitchen The parsonage is also nearly |
new, and it is acommodiOus and handsome
home, with large, shady and pleasant
grounds. II there were a little more OF
the stir and enthusiasm of the west here.
and ii he were nearer his children,
FATHER WOULD BE VERY HAPPY
Here, thus situated As he is, he sometime
has the western fever" little. and il 1
may get the better of him some day. lie /
WAS pastor of this same church a number !
of wears ago. and | here spent my boy ,
hood DAYS. This whole village and town /
ship are very familiar tn me-. and /
| am continually reminded of DAYS that !
are gone.
One mile from the village is Lake Ontario. ;
and nearly every day We drive Ia its pleas
ant banks and enjoy the cool, bracing air.
And 81 we are resting and recruiting for
another wears hard work i'm Scdalia. We
are both improved, and soon will feel
ANXIOUS FOR THE YEARS CAMPAIGN.
The journey here. the mingling with men.
he leisure allowing study. thought, the
contact with nature. the privilege of sur
reying our work from a distance, all vii!
,eiter tit uS Ia freshly and enthusiastically i
md more efficiently take upOnr grea, work.
What i grander. to one who loves and
with his fellow men. than Ia
abor for their happiness and uphuildiny
bur nearly TWO wears residence i'm Scdalia
,a> greatly endeared us to her people. We
lave been noblv treated, and are glad L"
eturn and take up our work. =
Yours. truly. II
ALLEN j. VAN WAGNER