Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-01-26
Letter From Missouri.
WINDSOR. Mo. Jan. 81. Is

WINDSOR. No. Jan. 2i, 1899.
DEAR REGISTER Since my last letter
to you have seen quite large scope
Of Missouri country. Have been 10 the
beautiful town of Odessa in Lafayette
county and visited the home OF Mr..
James 7. Harris. now nearly 81 years OF
age. He left jefferson county IN 1874.
and is a remarkable man for his age.
Mr.. Frank Garrett. former Nirgiuian.
also lives there. Mr.. Cliff Stewart ana
wife entertained me very nicely while
there. and made my visit one Of pleas
ure. Also had the pleasure Of meeting
Rev Mr. Mitchell pastor of the Southern
PRESBYTERIAN Church, a very pleasant
gentleman and an earnest preacher OF
much force He holds his hearers spell
bound. | had very pleasant call al his
charming home The various denomi-
nations all have neat and comfortable
churches here and il is surrounded
by productive land HigginSville. near
by. Is busy mining town. Here Is To-
lated the Soldiers Home for eN-Confed-
crates. q beautiful place. Several hun
dred are cared for here. En- route from
Odessa 10 this place | was guest al the
huspilable home Of Mr.. Frank Haulen-
beck and family in Sedalia Mr.. II. Is
versatile gentleman. running over with
sparkling wit. Hei>a noted newspaper
correspondent. his contributions 10 the
press having appeared in a number Of
The leading newspapers OF this section.
While there | met my friends. Mr.. George
krauSS and his venerable mother. Mrs.
kruuss Is NirgiuIau and has many rel
atjyes in Jefferson county. She left
there i'm 1919 and was deeply interested
IN hearing from her native State. She
was formerly Miss Ann Harris.
am now enjoying visit al the pleas
ant home of Mr.. ana Mrs. W. II Moore
and their charming family, near Wind
SON. i'm Henry county. aud like all the
other places have been at IN Missouri
the welcome al this home i unb1uhded
IN Ills generosity. for whenever Virginia
and Missouri hospitality Is formed II
lust captiyates the visitor and makes
him cxclaim Truly, my lot has fallen
IN pleasant places. There are two
"charmiug' daughters in this family
and two sons, VINO are chips oi tine old
ock'-youug men that any commu-
nitv might well be- proud of. Surely
the mantle Of the father and mother
falls gently on these devoted children
Mrs Moore was 70 Miss Harris, OF Jeuer-
son county.
ThI, Is "a tue farming section. known
as prairie land. aud The eye can see for
miles. over acres of rich ANA productive
land. Corn. oats. wheat and flax are
raised here. In summer this mustsurely
be- orauIiu. country. Nl"dNoh Is
Iyplca. Missouri town "I lhIr' 'u"">a"t
or more. aud noted Tor It's DraniE ana
hospitality OF her people. mere are
numbered tine stores lu1l compare favor
ably with thJ>rul larger towns. Among
them we were shown The large furniture
store of Mr.. John Melvin, who Is couN-
in of Capt. Melvin. of Dulirid~. Mr.. NJ.
is doing "a fine business aud knows how
10 make one feel al home. The fine dry
goods house of Livingston was complete
and presided over by courteous clerks.
The hardware store of Arnold, and the
confectionery of RIdroui. were all well
stocked. In fact one cannot select
more desirable place To I'VE lhah IN
this lovely town. 1t has fine graded
school where one is prepared 10 enter
the UuiycrSityof the State. The faculty
exert every effort for the advancement
of their Students There are over 100
pupils at this school, the building is
handsome and imposing. and sis IN the
midst of beautiful grounds, an ornament .
and honor 90 tine town. Seven churches. .
AN neat aud comfortable places of wor- .
ship, represent the different denomIna- /
lions On sunday attended service at /
the Christian Church. heard fine ser I
D..