The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-14
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EalENn MrAn,e-Mith sincere ~.
grots u, parting from the many kind
friends nj the Depot In Cre.eo, Oh
tho 18th ultn and only wlahoa for
their agreeable company on our trip
To tho sunny south" To make she
Journey ono Of extreme pleasure.
My Wife and boarded the train, aud
at tho word from Conductor Cad.
we'll az "all aboard" were soon rock.
cd along on our Journey IN tho ut.
tempt 10 escape Tho second and per.
haps repeated yephyrs Of Manitoba,
40 generously dispensed hynature's
pharmacist for north lowans tn take
whether they will or no, obviously
appreciated by aomc however,
Dubuque was reached In duo time,
took n bus for the Lorimcr, pre-.
raratury 10 doing" the city In twa
days, Had tho pleasure ot meeting
on Monday eve, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Lawrence OF DEBORAH: alao en- route
Tor Jennings on u tour Of ahscrva.
ton, with ono eya open To business
prospects for himself and othors.
Aboard tho train on Tuesday morn.
were pleased To meet acme old ~.
quaintances among whom were Mrs.
aud Mr., Atkins of DEBORAH. Sam.
Kennedy of Granger, Mr., Patterson
and House ~ Ricevllle. and others
who were taking the benefit of OK.
cursion rates To tho land that flows
with condensed milk and INV Or.
leans molasscs--for tho benefit of
health and finances, where long
winters and exorhitant taxes don't
eat up a poor mans substance tand
the people there arr all comparative.
~ poorl. as In Iowa, On leaving Du.
haaae the cold was quite severe, the
frozen moisture on tho var windows
shut out tho landscape from our
View. so we had In, lit,se To do but
visit with our friends on board,
Through the ktndne>s ef MrJahnstoa
the gen,lemahly agent of Mr. Merry,
va obtained u stap.over check ut
Centralia. whore my wife and | took
a room ut tho hotel and hal u very
restful night, Took the 1;3oexpress
train In tho morning and reached
Now Orleans hut three hours Aehiad
tho excursion train On Thursday, u,
IL a, m, A heavy tall II snow had
proceeded us between Ceatralia and
and Cairo, covering the ground II
the depth III eight inches and deco.
rating the north sile az fences,
shrabbery ami trees, giving us as |,
were a good send on II ,he land u,
magnolia trees and ilowers, aud no,
deserving as entirely until aacAsaa
Tenn. was IL achea, and spring tiMe
dawnea upon us, Jack frost, w all
know him. was more hold aud ven.
tnrsome, had heen on an excursion
OF his own without reference In tine
table OF Mr., Vennol. IA far down h.
the Crescent City, Th~ arpearane,
of the grass, aud garden sass" being
ample proof, Reached New Orleans
on Thursday aud found furnished
rooms in prefereaco ~ at,emrtins
the Nccalean effort of mas,icating
eight dollars worth af vletuals per
day al the st, Charles, TN Friday
II rainea and II rained no Arri
shower either, | assure YOU TN
Saturday visited the Barracks, Car,
raltons on SUNDAY went IL church
by proxy Mrs Price aud Lawreae.
visited West End and the Cemetery
followed u funeral procession an,
saw tho eefiin placed IN a gray,
ahaat three feet deep and two wide
dug In the soft mud, Excuse us from
u faneral in New usleaas, On Mon,
day boarded TIL train ef the Morgan
road and reached aeaainsss, WHERE
W. are now ras,sea,iag and ealoyins
good health, Our good friends Mr.
AMI Mrs, fraak Mobile. have take,
Us In and made as happy,
| Mere anon.
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