Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14
Letter from A. S. Coon.

Snow Shoe Cottage, Henderson Bay.
August 2Sth, 1904.
NJ. E. Blair,
Manchester, Iowa,
My Dear Sir:-Yours of the
Goth inst. came duly to hand. Thanks
for same. Your letter a rived at
Rural Hill Monday evening and we
came here Tuesday afternoon in
camping with Mr.. and Mrs. Bull.
Mrs. Bulls a cousin of Mrs. Chat
she has correspondent with for over
forty year. When we got here Tues
day evening we found in the cottage
Mrs. Isham, another cousin, and
husband which made party of
six and we have been boating and
fishing at our pleasure ever since,
We expect to return to Rural
Hill this evening. Henderson Bay
is a beautiful body of water and
about five miles long and some three
wide, with cottages located at inter-
walls on either bank. 1t is quite a
resort and among the notables we
have seen since coming here is
Elk Secretary Foster and the present
Chinese Minister who are here for an
outing.
I suppose you would like to know
how l succeeded with the finny tribe.
1 will say that Friday afternoon
succeeded in landing in the boat a
four pound pickerel and we had it
for breakfast yesterday morning.
1t was boiled and then had cream
dressing over it and I-declare it was
the finest dish Of fish | ever ate. l
was afraid l would over do but at
this writing l am all o. X.
We had avery heavy storm Thurs
day afternoon about four o'clock and
the way the old lake did tumble was
a caution and cul Mostly to tender
foot like us from the western prairie.
We like to ride on the water when
it is calm but prefer the land when
the wind blows. We have been dis
appointed in the lay of the country
here. We had formed an idea that
it was awfully billy here; in that we
have been very much mistaken. In
coming from Buffalo to Syracuse we
came entirely by day light. We did
not see as many hills or any more
than riding the same distance in
Iowa. They tell us they can show
us hills if we want to see some, but
we have not seen them yet They
were in their midst of harvest when
we came and owing to the unpleas-
ant weather, they made slow pro-
gress. Oats seem to be fine crop
if they can save it. We are invited
to trip down the st. Lawrence to
the Thousand Islands some time the
coming week or the first of next and
l think we will accept. Geo. z.
Bulls farm of over two hundred
acres is a beautiful farm, no more
rolling than is necessary for good
drainage, and has been handed down
from father to son, together with
some furniture amongst which is an
old clock that has been ticking the
seconds and minutes and striking
the hours in Mr.. Bulls family one
hundred and five years and still is
ticking away the time Of another
generation and how many more only
time can tell. Now, Mr.. Blair,
speaking of this ancient clock calls
to my memory most wildly an in
cident which occurred four miles
northeast Of Manchester on the sew
enth of last January when our
friends gave us that beautiful clock
and the remarks of Rev. NJ. T. Bush
nell on that occasion are ever fresh
in our memories and Mrs. Coon
again joins me in extending our
thanks for the true friendship which
was accorded us on that occasion.
| Hoping this will find you and
/ your family we'll, we remain,
i Yours,
A. S. COON.