Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-12-13
s. L. Borah's Travels
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/ returned home fronPthe West las
evening after an ABSENCE dating iron
Sept. "a. My first Visit was with l..
X. Carnahan's at Long Island, Kas
sas, where bad a splendid time.
From there ! went to Stockton, Cal
stopping first witA John C. Adkin:
and his family, then with my aunt
Elijah Hearison's widow, whom |
found quite aged and hardly able to
walk the floor, but her mind is still
bright and she is able to have a good
visit with relatives and friends. At
her house | visited with Mrs. Dave
Runels and family, also Vim. Hearl-
son and family. Then / went to my
aunt ;. Mrs. Polly Hearlson. She is
the widow of Edmund Hearlson, who
passed away some thirty-seven years
ago. ! next visited my uncle, John
b. Hearlson, six miles out of Stockton
on the Waterloo road. Found him in
rather poor health, though he said
not worse than usual. | had a fine
time there. / then called on Aunt
Jane UT, Henry's Utt's widow, Uncle
Nathan Hearlson at Modesto and Mrs.
Annie Silmon at Morsed Mrs. sill
mon was a Stuart before her mar
riage. She has taught school at
Morsed for some sixteen years and
now has been advanced to the princi-
palship. She has a step-d daughter
whom she educated in music, who is
making 100 a month giving lessons
on the piano and violin. Mrs. Simon
is my niece. l then visited her broth
ers, James and Edmund Stuart, at
Stockton. They are furnishing school
supplies and doing a big business.
From there 1 went to Tracy, where
have cousin, Harrison Whitaker,
living. Three years ago he had to
have his leg amputated. The disease
came from burn sustained when but
a small child, causing a cancer in his
thigh and necessitatIng amputation
two inches from the hip joint. 1t is
all healed up now. | visited James
Silmon's family, also Lyman Man
chester and sister, Mrs. Halford. who
were citizens of Grant county in 1913.
They lived in Morsed. After calling
on Geo Langridge and many other
friends and relatives in Stockton,
went TO San Francisco. My cousin,
Mary Anger, showed me over the city,
! also visited cousin, bert Hearlson.
in the city and others in Oakland.
Then | went to Sacramento, where
my niece, Nettie Gaines, lives From
there proceeded to Placerville to call
on Mrs. Florence Welsh, who was
daughter of VIM. Y Decker of Little
Grant. stayed a night and half of
day, and they would scarcely let me
90. This Is the place where ! mined
torty-seven years ago.
Starting East we stopped at Salt
Lake City, then went to Gypsons, west
Of the Rockies, to look up my cousins
Jacob f. and ALI. Borah. After re-
there a few days, went TO
Colorado Springs to visit my cousin,
Ed Borah of Kentucky. Had nice
time with him and then took in Den
yer. From there | went to Fort Col
Inns to see my sister, Mrs. A X Bliss,
but unfortunately failed to see her rs
they had moved away but short
time previous, according to what the
postmaster told us. Then we struck
out for Grinnell to visit with my
brother Edmund and his son Dell,
finding them in better health than we
expected to. Then we went to look
up Edmunl's daughter, Mrs. Nettie
Moore, at Waukena, and as every
where else, were most delightfully."-
Her husband, we are
sorry to state was away to he doctored
on account of poor health. From
there we departed for home, where
we arrived in good health and great,
pleased with our journey and the
splendid manner we had been enter
tanned everywhere we had been.
5. l.. BoRAH.