Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-02

which think very good is to close the
stores Friday afternoon and have
what they call CLERKS half day" aud
don't see but what they do just as
much business as they would if they
kept open all week. They close their
stores at six O'Clock p IN; that is all
the dry goods, clothing and all other
stores but the candy and drug stores.
One thing we see here that we don't
in the states, and that Is, one sees the
colors of England aud the United
States side by side, and while all the
people here are patriotic, they
seem to have very strong feeling for
the United States
Yesterday afternoon we called on
Mr. Flint, the member of Parchment
from this district, aud finer or better
read gentleman have never met. He
seems to be veritable walking en-
cyclOpedia lie told me the reason
that Nova Scotia is so American
lied is because they read our literature,
all our late books and all our papers;
New York and Boston papers are read
altogether. He says, at heart, all are
as English as could one be in London,
but that the influence of our books and
papers give them more or less Ameri-
can ideas. He told me of the work
ings of the House at Ottawa and
guess there is little, If any, difference
between that and our legislature at
Washington. But, of course, when one
recalls the fact that all this part of the
country was settled by New Egland-
ers, people from Boston, Salem and
other places close around Boston, one
can see why they have the feelings of
friendliness to us. They seem to have
all the good qualities ofthe Bostonians
without the bad ones.
Yesterday went to church and al
though it was fine sermon l really
didn't enjoy hearing the flag dragged
around in the pulpit. II seems to me
that if man wants to cry war. blood
and all this, one should shoulder gun
aud do battle, aud it doesn't strike
me as being just the thing to do, to
cry war and the red flag from the
church, but it may have been from the
fact that am so Americsnized that |
didn't like to hear of the wonders te-
ing accomplished by any other flag
than ours, but here they seem to like
it, every man, woman and child you
meet has some kind of an English flag
on them, and they seem to have more
love and respect for it than We do for
our good old flag.
Wednesday evening we are invited
TO go out for sail and think We
shall enjoy it because the shore is: so
beautiful and inst this time of the
year it is at its "heigth"
Friday evening, Mr. Karl Feininger,
violinist, from New York, and Mr.
Carl Sobeski, of Boston, and myself
give concert in Port Maitland, and
Port Maitland is composed of New
York "swelIs. expect we will have.
q pretty good house.
Mr. Sobeski is one of the finest tenors
in the country, and Mr. Feininger is
one of New York's greatest violinlsts,
so you see it is pretty fast company l
am in.
Tomorrow, Mr. Sobeski sings and l
play at private musical to be given
by Mrs Mckenzie, one of Yarmoutl's
leaders of society, and it is to be quite
an affair Mr. DeLienski, the pianist
from Buffalo, is also billed to play, SO
you see it will be quite swell time
tomorrow evening.
Well, as this letter must be mailed
before five O'Clock, will just say IN
closing that Yarmouth is one of the
finest places ! have ever seen and the
Yarmouthians are one of the grandest
and best class of people have ever
met. Goodbye,
FRANK.