The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-09-12
A NONAGENARIAN
Washington Morse, Who Has
Reached the Age of Ninety
Two
Ill is VISITING HERE
Father of w. A. and C. A. Morse
Travels About Country Alone
and Writes About 1t

Washington Morse, 80 years of age
and resident of Peterborough,
Canada, is on visit to his sons w.
A. and c. A. Morse OF this city. Mr..
Morse travels about alone and is
exceptionally spry for a man of his
years He has kept a diary OF his
travels through the country and re-
cent number of the Peterborough
Examiner contains letters from him.
From this paper The Herald makes
some extracts as follows:
Battle Creek, Mich, July IL
After parting with you at the G. I. r.
station | was soon in Toronto.
Hating there an hour or more l
boarded a limited express which
brought me to this city five or six
hours earlier than / had planned. 1t
was 2:I0 a. III. when | stepped from
the train out into heavy rainstorm.
The station being some distance from
the city no conveyance was in sight;
however, / took 'shank's horses
walking three blocks to the nearest
hotel where a good bed was secured
till full daylight would start the street
cars. Refreshed by sleep and the
toilet, the street cars quickly landed
me AT the Battle Creek sauitarium
where | soon found my son at his
Office reading my post card from
Peterborough telling him the hour
when : would arrive here
On July II Mr. Morse attended SER
vice in the tabernacle and at the close
a delegation from the congregation
asked him to address the meeting the
following Sunday. Referring to his
experiences on the latter date, Mr..
morse writes:
'The entire week has been one OF
trepidation and trembling, as l
thought of my advanced years and
necessarily impaired faculties; but
when arriving at the church it seemed
to me that an angel took me up,
cross and all, bearing me along for
one hundred and thirty minutes.
Heb. Y: 35-39 was my text recited from
memory. The large auditorium,
with seating capacity OF 5000, was
filled with candid listeners. The
time which had been dreaded was, to
me, most glorious; all was light and
freedom, though many eyes we're at
times wet with tears. The Lord
enabled me to bring things new and
old from the rich treasure house Of
His Holy Woru. At the close hun
dreds rushed forward to shake hands;
sometimes they had hold of both
hands. Many congratulations were
uttered. have been lovingly and
most beautifully received and treated
on every hand and much more respect
and honor have been showered upon
me than l deserve. Tomorrow morn
ing my son will accompany me to
Chicago"
Mr.. Morse wrote from Chicago July
% and from Mankato, Mimi, July
20. In Chicago he had fine time
calling on old acquaintance: He
left Chicago in shower and reached
Madison, Wis, in the afternoon. Be-
tween there and Winona the train on
which Mr.. Morse travelled was the
first to pass over section where there
had been number of bad washouts
resulting from a cloudburst. He
reached Mankato at midnight and
was met by his grandson Claude
Morrison, who took him in a hack to
his home. Sunday he attended SER
vice and met old friends.
"On Thursday" he writes, 81 was
again pressed into service. Had you
been present you would have known
that higher power than mine aided