Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-28

Gen. John B. Gordon's Great
Lecture.
Saturday evening, according to sp-
pointment, General j. b. Gordon, of
Georgia. appeared in this city
and delivered his great lecture on
the Last days of the Confederacy" to
large and appreciative audience.
Gen. Gordon is now, with one excer-
ton, the sole survivor who held high
rank in either army.
The lecture was to have commenced
at 7:30, p. m, but by some mishap he
missed his train and did not reach here
until 8:45, coming IN on freight train
and with his noted energy, he hasten.
ed direct to the opera house without
attention to his toilet or even washing
the dust from his face. After q ride
of over one hundred miles on freight
it was little strange that he did not
take little time to "slick up" little,
but he came boldly to the platform,
and without any circnmlocntion or
apology after being introduced by
Harry Boies in few appropriate
words, proceeded to the work before
him.
His address was worthy the man;
his leading participation IN the great
conflict of arms between the sections
qualified him to speak "as one of au-
thority," and his deliniation of the ma
ny hard fought battles, in which he
acted a conspicuous part, was made so
vivid that 1T almost seemed that we
were in the midst of the battle. His
entire lecture was replete with broad
patriotism, spiced with anecdote and
humor, thrilling adventure and tragic
struggles, of victory and defeats. of
starvation ind suffering; with per-
sonal description of many of the great
leaders on either side, with the stir
ring events of the war from the first
gun fired at Fl Sumpter to the tragic
close at Appomattox when Grant and
Lee stood face to face, and arranged
to close the contest that settled the fate
of the Southern Confpd4racy forever.
His eulogy of Gen. Grant was q no.
bic tribute to the northern leader of
the Union army which was received
with hearty cheers by the audience but
his browning effort was his tribute t..
American wOmanhoOd both North and
South, to their courage, heroism under
trial and adversely and their labor of
love to the sick, wounded and dying
His description of the fall of Gen
Barlow, of New York, of his own re-
ported death, their meeting again in
Washington after lapse of l6 year
when each thought the other dead
His many Imaginable anecdotes of ar
my life, with the suffering and priva-
ton incident thereto, was wildly por-
trsyed; his tribute to the men in the
ranks, their hernism and daring under
fire. and their friendship for each other
and his expression of Rladness now for
the preservation of the Union, and his
eloquent description of the clc.irg
scenes of the war thrilled every heart
and made each nearer feel proud of
their citizenship of this great and glo
rious Republic.
That his lecture will result in good
we have have no doubt, but it must be
heard to be fully appreciated.
General Gordon rose by his ability
from a Csptaincy to the command of
one wing of Gen. Lees army; after the
war represented his State in the U. s.
Senate, and in every position in life
proved himself man woFthy the name
of American Citizen true to his convic-
tions of right, apd now tFpe to the flag
of his country. His lecture will do
good by broadening and widening true
Amercanism, sleyating human charac
ter, cementing the bonds of the Union
and extending national fraternity.
To give the lecture on paper is i'm
possible-it must be heard as it comes
from the tongue of Gen. Gordon to be
appreciated, suffice it to say that the
wider the range of its delivery the
grander will be the estimate of Amer.
lean citizenship and the stronger the
bonds of the Union.
Logon Observer: The interior of the
treasurer's Office at the court house has
been changed considerably the past
week by remodeling the old desk and
putting in new ones along the east and
south walls. This makes q big improve
ment in the way of working room, af-
fording ample space to keep the large
books books which they use spread out before
An exchange says: ION the sub.
ject of trusts there is the corset trust.
That has undoubtedly come to stay"