Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
A Distinguished IOWan.

When the writer was in Charles
City recently, he called on his old
friend Hon. A. B. +. Hildreth and
found him in excellent health, cheer
full, full of joke and jest and seeming
ly as vigorous as he was twenty years
ago. His eyes sparkle with the fire of
middle age although he is crowding
four score and ten, and when he
laughs over some by-gone event you
see before you a man who has lived
an almost perfect life, doing good in
a quiet way as he journeys along, al
ways temperate, always kind, but
ready to denounce wrong on the in
slant: as modest and tender hearted
as a women, but a fighter where
fighting is necessary, with a memory
clear and strong that carries him back
to the days when the nation was
young. He lives in an elegant but
modest home alongside the Hildreth
Hotel and opera house constructed
by him at an expense Of something
over one hundred thousand dollars.
This magnificent monument was
built more for the benefit OF the
town than for any financial gain for
himself. He could have used his
money in many other ways and real
lied twice as much out of his invest
ment, but he preferred to do some
thing for tile town he has called home
for fifty years. This notice Of an
old and esteemed friend whom we
have known we'll since 1866, would be
incomplete without paying deserved
compliment to Mrs. Hildreth, one
of the most charming women it is our
pleasure to know. She is finely edu-
Gated, and entertains charmingly, and
enjoys all the good things in life with
as much real pleasure as her dist1n-
guished husband. She is considerably
younger than Mr.. Hildreth, but
years count but little in that home.
Mr.. Hildreth enjoys fun and jest as
we'll as he ever did and thus this dis
tinguished couple pass along down
the golden pathway of life, hand in
hand as it were, happy in the enjoy
ment of the love and esteem of all
who know them.
An Eldora, Iowa, special to the St.
Paul Dispatch says:
The friend of governors, senators,
Judges, lawyers, cabinet members and
cousin of Benjamin Butler and Ma
- n RI ~ Il III N IIS11
reth, Of Charles City, in this state,
the oldest newspaper editor in Iowa,
II not in all the country. He was
born in 1916, commenced his career al
the e. of 20 in New York city, and
at % was the editor of a daily paper
a literary weekly and a monthly mag
azine at Lowell, Mass. His advice
has been sought by politicians from
the whole of the state Of Iowa, anG
he today is one Of the Old-time editor.
whose mind is clear as a bell and wht
is in possession OF all his faculties.
Mr.. Hildreth was born in Yer
mont, and locating at Lowell, Mass.
enjoyed the acquaintance of the ris
ing literary geniuses Of the early part
of this century and had as contribpt
ors to his papers and periodicals man!
of the young men and women who's
names today as s~tOry-tellers and writ
ers are familiar to all readers of tn,
classics.
Mr.. Hildreth came to Iowa in lS5.
and, settling at the then little yillag,
of Charles City, established his papel
and has lived there ever since and
now is enjoying the blessings which
his thrift and economy and hard worl
have brought to him. No man in tn,
state had a larger circle of friends O
exerted more influence as a newspape
editor than Mr.. Hildreth, and all ar,
rejoicing today that he still lives am
enjoys the blessings which are his b.
right. /.