Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-20
II. WILLIAMS
RETURNS HOME
BOLTON MINER TALKS INTEREST
INeLY OF JAMESTOWN AND
OTHER NOTED PLACES.

r. Williams, the Bolton correspon-
dent to the Courier returned to-
day from a three weeks visit in the
east among relatives and friends. Mr..
Williams while gone spent two weeks
at the jamestown fair, taking in the
Sights. He visited the Philadelphia
centennial in 1876, the worlds fair at
ST. Louis in 1904, and says for his
torical feature the Jamestown exposi-
ton heads them all. While at James
town he visited old Point Comfort.
Newport News, Hampton Roads, saw
the identical spot where the famous
battle between the Merrimac and the
Monitor was fought during the civil
war, now at Hampton Roads. He was
shown through one Of the oldest
churches In America with record Of
three hundred years Of continued wor-
ship 1t is called st. Johns church.
At New Port News he went over the
largest dry docks in the world where
U. S. vessels are prepared for war. The
government has also one Of the larg-
est ports here. AT Old Point Comfort
are anchored in the waters. He was
shown all over these two death dealing
vessels from bottom to top. Those IN
charge are very courteous and take
great delight in showing strangers the
different features Of the vessels. While
at Richmond, Mr.. Williams attended
services In the ST. Johns church. which
is the place where Patrick Henry made
his famous speech, Give us liberty or
give us death" 1t certainly brings
pleasant thoughts to ones mind to at
tend services there On the jamestown
exposition grounds the United States
building Is Q wonder.
At p. M each day the United
States soldiers, both cavalry and ar
tillery and sailors parade past
in their full dress, headed by their
different bands. In looking over the
various nations represented there in
Of manhood and dress all nations
must doff their hat to Uncle Sam. The
English and French are gawdy and
they appear very conceited. 1t
Is wonderful to the eye to go through
the various colonies of the
different nationalities of this earth and
| see their modes and customs of living.
This feature alone would convince the
most skeptical that America leads all
nations of the earth in enlightenment
and morality On the war path
| the colony of Laplanders our attention
was attracted to a native woman sit
tine in front Of her tent with a little
girl standing by her side nursing at
her breast. Above them read the fam
Gus sign, Meals at all hours" and the
indications showed it. On the war
|lpath the streets Of Cairo present a
very ancient sight. 1t is on this
ground lady makes death defying
leap daily in an automobile coming
down an incline plain with an angle of
As degrees and at the foot strikes an
| incline of the same number Of degrees
here she makes double somersault
| automobile just as she started from
the top. This feature is enough tc
| make ones blood run cold. On the
| path there is reproduction of the
| famous battle Of the Monitor and Mer-
| rinac as fought during the civil wal
on water. 1t is worth going miles tc
see this alone. Also the battle Of
Gettysburg. These features are par
their uniform which makes 1t look
real. Outside of these historical fea-
lures there is not much to attract
ones attention on the war path.
The government has a fish hatchery
on the ground that attracts more peo-
pie than any one feature on the
the minnow of the creek and up to the
largest of the f1nny tribe, with a man
in charge to answer all questions, also
| to show you how they are fed and
come up to the surface for their food
| This trip is worth life time to every
one to take. AS to the expense this
| is largely exaggerated because one can
live as cheap there as he can In OF
tumwa In many instances you can
| ride ten miles on street cars for ten
cents and ride fifteen miles on the ves-
sells to different points for twenty-f five
cents.