The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-06-04
The following letter was written to
the Ashtabula (Ohio) Sentinel, by a
gentleman who recently visited Mobiles
county,:


the Ashtabula (Ohio) Sentinel, by a
gentleman who recently visited Mobiles
county:
RUsnMoRE. MOBILES COUNTY,
MINNESOTA. May %, 1855
EDITOR SENTINEL: Having i spare
moment take lime to note some Incl
dents of trip to the far west. together
with some information that it is hoped
may be of interest to old friends and
citizens of our county. Leaving home
in southern Ashtabula county May Is,
I made a rapid trip to Akron, western
Iowa, reaching that point after tire.
some journey of three days, via Chica-
60, Dubuque and Canton, Dakota. Al
though not u stranger in the West l
saw 10 familiar face until arrived 1T
Wurthington, Mimi, via Sio X City,
Iowa.
n touching incident OCCURRED r!.~n
Tie cars passed Nui'iwattI. Mich. >t',,;
midnight. ;pnH aIO;slng from I, sil-h!
nap. | .Uliutd Il gentleman come o.,
board the cars with two little children
and his arms tuii of bundles. The gen
ti-lnan lett the cars and SURPRISED
would return. Soon the cars started
and Il few gathered around the chill
dren, seeing them alone. One was
little boy Of abOut eleven years, the
other Il little Girl Of five years Up"'
their cIothing WAS pinned their names
and .iestinati iun-One bound for GrOrge-
,"wn and the otl,-r tor Marshall. Tex
~ II" y w+r' Ill IL waits. ""' "f ,!''
s.u,- t.l,'iiA. VIZ" had bee r'''''i T."
i, I, state ~.'4','t Al tuii ~;li'''. 'y
| rad I, little ,.,",ry hlni i""d, aud Il itt-
u, ai.i,ts>' Il 10 conductors over var
,,uS roads il. the o"uthw+st. They ~
c+,v. ii great attention flOln Sytupati' i'et'
lc passengers. and the bright little boy
was paying the bst attention t" the
warts of the little girl who seemed to
| need tender care. The kind hearted
every day. Children are forwarded
whom we have to care for il our arms.
| '!'hey lose the money furnished them
and we have to pay hack hire from one
depot tu another" THIS conductor. 4
mndpl gentleman, saiA he hAi b.-+n IL
the employ of the Michigan Southern
r"at, for thirty nine years. At (n'cag"
the children lrf, us by n ditteren! road
for tl,t il nnme ~ distant Texas. This
! may ht read lightly hut 70 those WHO
! are absent fruu, t,!ti! little o1es hn
| cnnulent is necessary. Our rHutt out
frnm Chicago is through the bea'lii' Ill
prairie country :.hnut ElG'n To S;ihul;,,
to Dubuque auu MrGrrgo', Iowa, On
the Mississippi. On the cn'a were d
Il party OF Quakers on their way +" at
teid 4 Conference The lady paSstn-
gers laughed nutrigh, I" see Il" men
step up and kiss each ti+r. They Il
nally got out their lynn books and
commenced to slug, s" loud AS t" annoy
passengers, but they soon toned down
and their music WAS quite plea ,ant a"d
impressive. At 4 small STATEN they
lett to- jnin their broad hrim friends
who were gathering from all directions
imaeined what music the evening
w.mh bring.
Until reaching central Iowa I no
tjcp.l bnt li,tl.. IT the country. From
there west y ard the country WAS new
the soil showing great fertility, will
live towns along thu railrn ds. tn
cattle IN the guards were in poor fles|
generally. Upon reaching Dakot'
mere timber appears timber as It
called, but it looks more like brush
; Passing southwark from Canton. Da
kota, through the beautiful and fertil