The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-23
OTHER CITIES VISITED.

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OTHER CITIES VISITED.
"Tuesday morning, July "a, l
left for Rockford, Ills, where l
spent few days very pleasantly.
From there l went to Chicago and
spent 2 days, stopping at the famous
fremont. | visited the Coliseum;
it is great place; it will show up
all right and will be opened by a
grand musical carnival. The Ma
tionAl &. A. r. encampment will use
ii.
"Next went to Avilla, Ind,
where | met such men as Mr.. Wal
ter, Emanuel Baum, Isaac Sham
bach and Mr.. Dolan, proprietor Of
the Dolan House where l stopped.
Mr.. Dolon was formerly of Muncy.
visited my aunt, Amelia Kline,
and children whom | had not seen
for 32 years. This was quite a
treat.
"From there | went to Tiflin, o.,
where l spent day. stayed with
my nephew, Morris r. Mensch,
Asst Cashier of the Commercial
Bank. From there | journcycd to
Akron from where took Il trip to
Cleveland. spent Sunday, Aug.
9th, at Akron where was enter
tanned by Theodore Walterand wife.
Akron is hourishing town and has
some lovely residences, also numer-
Gus industries among them Good
rich Rubber Works and Tile Works
and oat meal factories. l passed
through the old historic place where
John Brown built the great stone
fences, now owned by Perkins
family.
"Monday morning, August 9th,
| left for Pittsburg where | spent a
few hours very pleasantly with j.
II. Lang and Thomas Mercer. l
took the $50 train for Altoona and
stopped at the Logan House. Tues
day morning called on Aaron II.
Heltrich, Supt. of Gable Il Co.'S
large department store. who arc do
ing a large and successful business.
AT 1l:O5 l left for home arriving in
Middleburg at 4:22 p. NJ, August
9TH, quite anxious to see our thriv-
ing village again.
"How were you impressed with the
crops in the states you visited? ask
ed the reporter. "The corn crop," said
Mr.. Schoch, Gin Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska, part of ILLINOIS and Mis-.
souri, is simply immense, but outside
Of that it is no better than in Penn.
sylvania. As to the wheat crop
Kansas leads and is closely followed
by Nebraska and Southern Illinois
"By the way, if you will pardon
me, l forgot to tell you one of the
most interesting things of my trip
added Mr.. Schoch. "No apologies
are necessary, we want everything
that will please the most enlightened
people in Snyder County,-the
readers of the POST" said the re-
porter.
"On my return to the place Of
disaster, three days after the wreck,
the train stopped to permit its pas
sengers to view the sights. Here
1 saw that from 70 to 100 Indians
had gathered to clerk" the meat OF
the slaughtered cattle. By "jerking'''
meat means, they cut 1t up in good
sized chunks and hang it on poles to
dry. 1t was thought they would
stay week.
| "Another interesting sight was al
IHighmore. Being unable to sleep
1 arose quite early and walked tc
1.-The outskirts of the town where they
lhad erected several large wind
|pumps which were used as centre
for watering cattle, horses, etc. from
the prairies. Herds of cattle mum
bering from 400 to 500 head were
brought in to be watered and taken
awav; then the cowboys with their
horses and ponies came. When they
received their fill, they galloped
away amid clouds of dust and soor
were lost in space and flying dust
This was "a rare treat for me-"
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