Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-06-14
DIR Colts New Residence

DIR Colts New Residence
The kindly interest which has been
displayed in the erection and compile
ton OF the beautiful new residence of
DIR Colt is in itself sufficient to put to
rout the assertion of the pessimist and
and the cynlc who declare that man
kind is incapable of generosity of
sentiment and is only filled with envy
of the successful in life.
Perhaps our town people attached a
greater interest in this new home than
is general from the connection DR. Colt
.las sustained toward our town from
Its infancy, coming here when no town
excepting in the imagination of very
lew sangulne persons, he has been
Identified for thirty-five years with
all Its movements and interests.
bringing to the struggling village.
his bride from her far eastern home.
their whole stock of wealth consisting
of nndaunted hearts, their love for,
and faith in each other and determin-
alton to win in llfes race.
Five years was the limit of their
stay here they told each other, but
when the five years had rolled around
they had attached themselves to the
people and their little home with gold
en- chains of affection which refused to
be broken.
The years passed on, each one giving
proof of the skill and the close applica-
ton of DR. Colt to his profession. First
he could only give necessaries to his
brave wife, then some comforts, until
the day came When he could surround
her with every luxury.
Then doctors friends began to Whis-
per that while his little home was
bower of prettiness and hospitality
they felt his circumstances justified
something more pretentious, some
structure which would reflect credit
upon the town, but the heart of DIR
and Mrs Colt chung lovingly to their
old home, the scene of much happiness,
the volume of which held the history
of twenty-nine years of their lives, the
place where their little ones had pratt
tied and from which they had gone to
homes of their own.
But the cord was severed on Aug. 1,
1899, when DR. Colt entered into con-
tract with the architect who was to
erect the very house which he and his
bride had seen by the eye of faith and
imagination in their early life. On
Dec. l6, 1899, the fair mistress of the
new home stood by the window and
with tears in her eyes saw the dear
little old home leave its moorings, and
the place where it had so long stood
was to know it no more. But our
hearts and affections have great capa-
city of adaptation, and very much
pleasure Doctor and his wife find in
their spacious and artistic new home.
which stands on an elevation of ten
feet above the street grade, fifty feet
back from the dust and turmoil.
The house is situated near the
center of lot 15Ox13O feet and
covering space 5Ox6O feet; the wide
tuscan columned porch which
surrounds two sides of the house gives
an added touch of elegance and
bespeaks much comfort The door of
the new home opens as Hospitality as
that of old and the guest enters large
reception hall, handsome in hard wood
linishings and carvings, and opposite
the door hangs picture of the Colt
ancestral home which was erected in
the eleventh century in Wales by a
Norman Colt, who served under
William the Conqueror.
Every detail of the inside of the
house is perfect from the daintily cur
tanned attic to the we'll furnished laun-
dry, 1T is equipped with every modern
convenience, from the speaking tube
to the electric bell at the table, which
responds to the hidden touch of the
mistress. The furnishings of every
room reflects the good taste and per-
sonality of the presiding geni, while
the grassy slopes on the outside tell of
her love for flowers and cultivated pic
ture eye. While the old woodbine
twined trees which still surround the
yard wave their welcome as of old and
provide many shady nook.
Near the schoolhonse the beautiful
home stands, as though an incentive to
every ambitious school boy showing
him what is possible for everyone who
is determined to win in ,ife's race.
The many friends of DIR and Mrs
Colt unite in hoping they may live to
enjoy their new home as many years
as they did the little home of gone by
DAYS.