Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-24
Letter From Missouri.

Letter From Missouri.
Editors Democrat The last time
| wrote you we were in Missouri, and
we enjoyed our visit Of couple of
weeks very much indeed, with our
friends and those that We met. I'LL
would say that they were whole
souled lot Of people. We were very
pleasantly entertained Hotel Wind
sor by cousin, and also at the old
homestead where our cousin, c.. P.
Wheeler, settled in 1856, and ever
after made it his home, while he and
his good wife lived, with the excep-
aion of six years during the war of |
the rebellion; and this visit has
brought to my mind circumstance
that happened, which we trust you
will pardon me for relating:
Mr.. Wheeler came to Boston Co.,
Missouri, when young man, with
his bride from Allen Co., Indiana,
and settled out on the mild prairie
to carve out for himself and family
a future home. Mr.. Wheeler was
like many others that came west in
an early day; he had what he
could carry in a lumber wagon and
pitched his tent Oh the wild prairie
far from any settlement and went to
Work. Being alone his progress
was slow but sure and he was max
ing a fair progress year by year,
when the war broke out. He had
always lived as one of the best citi-
zens, loyal to everything that per-
tanned to good citizenship and a true
American, but being in border
state and of quiet and peaceful
nature he did not incline to take
sides with either party; but when
General Logan came along with his
army and helped themselves to his
!, horses, cattle and couple Of thous-
and bushels of corn, not even leav-
ing him enough to feed few horses
that were left him, he then took his
family and what personal belongings
he had left and returned to Indiana
and staid until after the war was
over, when he came back and ever
after made that his home. Mr.. and
! Mrs Wheeler have been dead sever
al years, but they left to their one
daughter and seven sons, not only
a fair amount Of the worlds goods
hut n name that we MIGHT anv Of ms
I. E feel proud of.
The country around Windsor is a
fine agricultural country, just nict
: rolling and where there are streams
/, there is timber. They have two
: coal mines within short distanc,
= of town. Windsor is beautiful
little city and is different from mos
! places where we have been; there
: are no old rickety buildings, they arr
built nice and painted, and there ar,
:, new houses going up all over tow
y and good ones too. There is alst
six business houses under process o
J erection, and altogether Windsor ii
u all right.
!, We bid good bye to our friend
Tuesday morning at 5 a. m. ant
came to Atchinson, Kansas, and Mr.
C-is visiting old friends. Atchisol
= is city of about seventeen THOUSAND
situated on the hills west of tn,
Missouri river and is a nice cit,
with number of railroads, pavet
lstreets, manufacturing plants, chur
> ches of most all denominations, som
y Of the finest school buildings, an,
!, an excellent corps Of teachers, and
y very handsome Court house, built {
gray stone. There are also som
: costly residences and we like Atchi
son.
We leave here tonight at abou
1 o'clock for old Delaware county
and will have completed the longos
= time we ever spent away from HON
!, since we settled there with our pal
ents on June goth, 1857. Our tri
Il to California and return has been
very pleasant one, without any az
/ cident to mar the pleasures of tn
"trip, and we can ever look to tn
winter Of 1904 and 5 with pleasar
memories.