Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
A Letter From Belgrade.
THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS.


In a former letter it was stated that Messrs.
| Bryan and Loomis had gone north on an
equestrian expedition. They have returned,
and their experience is worth reporting.
The left home on the last day Of February,
very early, and excepting their being COM
PEELED to wade a sea of mud, they had little
trouble the first day. Their tribulations De-
gan when they reached fork in the road
where the sign board had been knocked
| down and broke into smitbereens. Ofcourse
they took the wrong road, and, after great
deal of difficulty, obtained lodging with
gentlemen called Newcome in Franklion
| county, near the line. Thepce forward their
experience grew worse and worse. The
population being Dutch Roman Catholics,
wearing wooden shoes, and whose manners
| would make any man convert to Darwin
ism, the progress was rough. The route
was destitute of drinking water, and about
every farm notices were stuck up: "No
hunting" "Keep Quill" 'Look out for
the dog!!!" The last notice was usually en-
| forced by brigade of bulldogs. The pill
grims crossed the Me.amec on a bridge
eighty feet above the water, and so ram
shackle that both dared not venture on it at
once.
The second night out they lodged with a
Mr.. Armstrong, an old Confederate soldier.
He and Mr.. Bryan had, clear through, been
in the same battles on different sides. Mr..
Armstrong is thorough gentleman, and Is
the collector of Franklin county.
On the third day they reached the Cedar
Grove Stock Co, near Washington, in Frank
lin county. OF this Company Garden L.
Busch is manager, and has splendid estab-
lishment. He deals in brood mares and
French draft horses.
Having received an illustrated catalogue,
Mr.. Bryan had selected his animal before he
left home, and nnding every thing fully up
to the representation, he purchased filly
promptly. Their treatment by Mr.. Bush
and all his employees was all that could be
desired. On their return journey they lodg-
ed on the first night with Mr.. Spalding.
Here they found highly intelligent and
refined family, and their entertainment was
princely.
On the second night they lodged with Mr..
Thomas Suttle, who gave them cordial
welcome and treated them very kindly. On
the afternoon o; the third day they reached
home, two weary pilgrims. 1t is due to the
community through which they passed to
say that The drought and chinch- bug had
destroyed their crops, but the pilgrims found
a great difference in people.
Now for results. First, the animal pur-
chased: She is three quarter blood, dark
dun, ten months old, and is fifty-seven inches
high. Length of head seventeen inches,
width between the eyes eight inches. Girth
on chest sixty-four inches. Breadth of
breast sixteen inches. Measure from point
of shoulder to the withers, thence to the
coupling, and thence to the extremity of the
thigh, six feet eight inches. The girth of
forearm is sixteen inches. The animal
weighs about six hundred! pounds, being at
ten months old about equal to common
well-grown two year old. The eyes are
full, dark brown, very clear and, as fearless,
gentle and loving as the eyes of pure
woman.
As it regards the pilgrims. They return
much broader men than when they went
away. They have also had very high APP
probation of Belgrade township, Washing
ton county, Mo.
The certainty is that Mr.. Bryan has not
made his last visit to the Cedar Grove Farm.
There is a healthful stimulus being given to
stock farmIng,here, which promises good re-
suits. There will be Improvements made in
stabling and handling stock. Others in this
section will also visit Cedar Grove Farm.
Let them take mule and a camping outfit.
Mr.. Bennett Bryan has just taken very
beautiful casket, for Mr.. Chastine Hicks,
who lived north of Caledonia had no per-
sonal acquaintance with Mr.. Hicks. but he
has well established reputation among his
ueichl,ors as a first-class citizen aud ster-
ling Republican. THOMAS CALLAHAN.
March 8, 1888.