Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-26
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LOOKER-ON in IOWA.
Observation-Disclosures
For the Republican.

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For theTimes- Republican.
Latimer, Oct. 25.-They are telling
story in Iowa Falls that smacks strong
ly of Joe MilIer's joke book, Aesop's
fables or some other ancient source.
But they" vouch for the facts. which
are that certain poor man missed
checkers from the hennery. Said poor
man watched the coop by night, ana 10
and behold a thief appeared As soon
as he had helped himself to his neigh
boris pullets. the poor man gave chase,
but the thief weighted down with, two
spring chickens weighing eight anu
seven pounds respectively, found over
the fence was not out He had to crop
his feathered plumber and he also
dropped a pocketbook containing ex-
actly $500, which the poor man picked
up Since this little episode, the poor
man has advertised found pocket
book, and at the time this story was
given the Looker-on, no owner had been
found. So that 1t appears now the
chicken raiser can build a new hennery
in the spring. and not feel any great
financial burden.
If the reader happens to ride over the
Iowa Central before 1t is too late, he can
see on the river side of the track near
Steamboat Rock, bit OF natures hahd-
work out OF the ordinary. With tne
high smooth rock faced hills for BACK
ground nature has colored the trees III
front all the hues of the rainbow. Bril-
liant crimson leaves are fntermtnsieo
with yellow of all shades These cover
space mile long. and are thicKiy
growing from the plain below to the top
of the hill. And about halfway up, ma
ture has planted three big pine trees,
say an eighth of mile apart, ana on
whose dark, deep green Jack Frost mas
made no impression. In some countries
where they sell climate and scenery,
trains would be stopped for strangers 10
look uron such a scene as this for II Is
one of NATURES finest landscape effects,
but here we're too busy raising hogs
and hominy.
The other Sunday morning the writer
went to church, not in Saints rest
where the other saints probably missed
him. but in little town. In little
church, where the audience barely ex-
ceeded a hundred souls. He expected
to be bored with the sermon, but went
because its good habit to go to church.
And he wishes now he had the power
to take that preacher and transplant
him every Sunday night in different
church in a different town. This for the
purpose of giving other congregations
an idea of what preaching is and ouSnt
to be. In the first place nearer wouid
know that this preacher read dairy pa
per. His whole twenty minutes dis-
course was full Of news But whlie
he was interesting his audience Win.
statements concerning the present days
doings, he was preaching Jesus Chrise
all of the time. He was not the least pit
senatorial, hut no one went 10 steep
and the boys In the back seat with the
Looker-on were all listening. he didn't
find 1t necessary to weep and give us
pathos over something that happened
1900 years ago, but he drew his lessen
from yesterday. He talked like man.
There wasn't any droning or hallelujah
or amening or bless the Lord or hell
fire or a personal devil, or streets walled
with gold, he didn't talk higher criti-
cisn nor the exact form Of baptism nec-
essary for salvation, he just simply
talked living a better life rlghtsthere'
------, in Iowa Well. whats all this
break-out in this column for? Just sim
ply to mention that the writer rs glad he
went to church Sunday evening In -.
Iowa Falls is having q genuine sub
stantial building boom. harrington q
Taylor have built and are Just moving
into a fine brick block, cement basement
and two stories above, a double store for
their implement business, which With
the double store building adjoining
erected by Col. Ellsworth. puts $4,000
into handsome business building.
Across the street adjoining the opera
house are four more store buildings that
Col Ellsworth is having built for store
purposes. One of thesetbuildings. three
stories high, is being finished off en- the
upper story in bed rooms, and this is
supposed to be sure indication that
big modern up-to-date hotel will be
built next year on the adjoining corner
lots and the upper story of this build
ing used as part of the hotel. AS has
been remarked before In this column,
Gel Ellsworth is a good sort OF mar,
to have around a town. 1t not only
takes faith but money to put up opera
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