The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
LETTER FfOM BANKER PAR.
SONS.

x1ltsnnaeT-NO Place taEe Home.
EDITOR ADVANCE: Having promis-
ed you an account of my late trip to the
East, will write do wn such items as
may interest the readers of your paper.
boarded the eastern bound train on
the Iowa division of the &: NJ. Il St. P.
R.R. at Sheldon, at O'Clock A. n. on
the 8th inst, for Chicago where I arriv-
ed early Oh the morning Of the 9th.
The route from Sheldon is a good
one through Northern Iowa, passing
through Spencer, Emmetsburg, and
Clear Lake and crossing the Mississippi
river at Prairie du Chen, where Pull
man sleepers are attached ard passen-
gers can go to sleep and wake up the
next morning in Chicago.
The fair is $2.75 less from Sheldon
by either road than from Worthington.
and anyone wishing to 60 to Chicago
via st. Paul can save money by sending
to Sheldon for ticket.
At E,nmettsburg, noticed the new
grades Of the B. G. r. & N. and the Z.
NJ. & st. p. railroads pointing towards
Spirit Lake and Worthington. From
Emmettsburg to A,gona saw the new
grades of four new North and South
roads and was told that three of them
were going to Spirit Lake.
left Chicago on the 9th at 9 A. NJ.
for Albion, n. Y, via Great Western
and ari ived there at 6 O'Clock the next
morning. Noticed that all through
Michigan and in western N. Y, tie
great fruit regions, that the apple crop
be one buslel this year where last year
there were ten.
We crossed the great Suspension
Bridge at Niagara Falls, at day break
on the tenth and had a fine view of the
falls.
At Albion, was met by my friend
and partner, DIR. Plummer, and togeth-
er we called upon Banker Coann who
insisted that l should be his guest for
the day. lie is an old resident of Abb.
tlt man, and am indebted to him tor
showing no around Albion and for
many favors.
Orleans County in which Albion ia
siuated is one Of the finest counties in
western n. Y. and abounds in fine or
cl,ards of apple and peach trees. The
finest orchards ever saw were in Or
lean County. Many of the farmers
raise Beans extensively. saw hun
dreds of acres Of beans and was told
they were i very profitable crop.
We next called upon Hon. E. X. Hart,
Member Ut Congress from that District
in 1877, Cashier and two-thlrds owner
of the Orleans %. National Bank. very
wealthy, but i very plain, sOciable gen.
tleman. Accepting his pressing inyi-
tation, DR.. Plumer and myself took
seats in his carriage behind lis dashing
r',adsters on our way to Oak Orchard
"a Port on Lake Ontario) where his
spendid pleasure steamer ''Loraine"
tI.amed after his daughter) lay waiting
1T the wharf. We were soon aboard
and steaming up the coast Oward Olcot,
a port III Niagara County, % miles from
Oak Orchard, where we arrived ut noon.
The different Posts of the Grand Ar
my were holding an encampment in
the grove at Olcot. Seeing our steam
er coming into Port they sllr,nised that
Mr.. Hart WAS aboard. Marching down
to the landing in full uniform and with
fixed bay0nets they demanded an un-
conditional surrender. The moment
we stepped on shore we were arrested
and placed between files of soldiers and
| marched into camp where the officer of
the day detailed Il guard to take charge
of us and instructed them to see that we
were seated 1T the best table in camp
and provided with the best rations in
| the c"nllnissary departm+ Mt.
'rle. u,,.,rtlS did fbair 6ntv xro}1 on6
Mr.. Hart and myself partook of the dim
ner with il relish, but could see that
| DR.. plumer felt dissatisfied about some.
thing. 1t afterwards transpired that
he felt sighted because Mr.. Hart and
myself were being offered all the liquor
we could hold and he had nothing but
tea aud coffee. The boys mistOOk him
for a preacher and instead of Offering
him liquor were introducing him to all
the good looking women in camp. All
| the way home the DR.. looked sullen and
WIS wondering what made people make
such mistakes.
! The next day was shown about the
city by Mr.. Hart. We Wis ted his large
! farm machinery manufactOry. They
manufacture the best moving machine
| eyer s1w. II s all introduce them in.
to this county next season.)
1t was with reluctance that I turned
my back on Albion and boarded the
train for Geneva. where was very hos
pitAbly entertained by r. G.. Chase and
lady. They have one of the finest and
best furnished residences in the East.
! Being i rough, unmannered western
man, it WAS with reluctance that l con-
| sented to make their home my home
while in Geneva. I WAS still more re-
luctant to leave, for found both Mr..
and MIS-. Chase the most sociable and
pleasant people eyer met. had not
been there day until felt perfectly at
! home. The same is true of DR.. Plumer
and wife and daughter in Albion, and
r. 7. Coann and lady. They ali did
their level best to make me feel at home.
! and they have been Il source OF great
profit to their owners and the meals of
making Geneva what it is.
visited many of my patrons in Gen.
eva, 'uined with my friend Geo. Dayton
and his wife. who by.the-way are very
pleasant people, visited the fine ''IIol-
stein' Herd and nurseries Of Il. &. Max
well Il Bros, and went out to the farm
Of II. Fl. LOomis which descended to
him from his father. one of the first
white settlers OF Ontario County. Mr..
Io"mis showed me the great elm tree
on his farm under which saw the
great stone followed out like Il mortar
where the red men cracked their corn
il hundred years ago.
From Geneva went to New York
and from thence back home via Erie.
\. Il &. ". and T.. +. & &. railroads to
Chicago. AL through Northern 1ndi-
ANA and Ohio and in western n. Y. and
Pa. the people are suffering from drouth.
Crops Of all kinds looked withered and
dried up and wished they had half of
our rains.
After seeing the country all the way
from Worthington to N. Y, both north
and soutl, Of the great lakes, 1 came to
the conclusion that for crops this year
we ar" abont rs well off in south west
ern Minnesota as they are anYwheres.
flour farmers would only pick up
courage and farm it here half as good