The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-11-11

as Campbell. The convention was
big, and no one will ever know just
how many people were there. Some
thing like thirty-five thousand per-
sons actually registered, but on Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday, the big
days of the convention, thousands
came in whose number could only be
estimated, as they did not register.
| suppose it would not be far wrong to
say that there were at least fifty
thousand people in attendance. AS
to it's results, time must tell the
story. In this connection the Pitts
burg Leader, speaking editorially,
says in part, Tomorrow, and the
great conclave will be thing of the
past; in many instances one might
declare it forgotten as we'll. This
last, however, will not be the case.
The disciples have gone, but the work
they have done remains. 1t is i'm
possible that there be such a gather
ing as was the case with the disciples
without some telling effect resulting
Were there more such conventions
as this one just concluded the world
would be far happier, far brighter,
and far BETTER
Well, mother, | suppose you are
anxious to hear about our trip down
to Waynesburg, where you were
born. l wish you might have been
with us. ! am going to let Eva tell
about the ride down there, as / was
too tired to make notes, and I will
try to tell what we saw and did while
there. This is Eva's story:
Our trip from Pittsburg to
Waynesburg was through the most
beautiful country l have ever seen.
We had not yet passed out of the city
when our train neared a hill, at the
top of which we saw an object swing
ing about which looked like a huge
black aeroplane (Eva still dreams
about the airships we saw in ST.
Louis), but as our train drew nearer
we saw that it was a car coming
down the incline, which will be de-
scribed in another place. The coun-
| try seems to consist of series of
hills, each one trying to Guido the
other in beauty and brilliancy of
color. The trees and bushes and
shrubs were clothed in all the glory
of autumn scolors, and puppies, reds,
browns, golden browns, yellows,
greens, all blended together to make
one harmonious whole. 1t was
picture such as no human hand could
paint and one is made to feel the
power of God and the helplessness of
man to even initiate or copy that
which He has made. AS one travels
through the prairie countries and
sees farm after farm fenced in he
knows that the land is owned by
some one. 1t is not so with these
hills. The shrubbery grows wild and
they seem to belong only to God, and
therefore, to all His children The
beauty of it all makes one wish to
write to describe it, but words fail.
We saw hills that were rough, rocky
and rugged, with tiny streamlets
bounding from one rock to another,
forming miniature waterfalls. We
saw hills of glistening white rock
overgrown in spots with moss and
bearing trees with many colored
leaves. We saw hills that had put
on their autumn dress and a fore
ground of valley that had yet been
untouched by the frost and still wore
its summer green. Our little train
ran on narrow gauge road and the
seats were just barely wide enough
for two people. The road followed
the stream instead of crossing it, and
|
them This, of course, made the
trip longer, but also more beautiful I"
1t was a pleasant ride, and a rare
October day too, the first really good
day we had had since leaving st.
Louis On the train l got acquainted
with man who knew the Greens,
Gladdens and Vests. l had no idea
it would be SO easy to find our rela-
no
!; arranged to stay longer. From the
. way Grandma always talked l sup
posed it would be almost impossible
, to find any one at all. The day was
almost gone when we got to Waynes.
burg, but after we found a hotel We
started out to find Mrs. Barney Glad
t den. 1t was no trouble at all Wher
we found the house and she came tc
/ the door and we explained who we
were she was about as completely
f surprised and overcome as any one
t l ever saw. She did not do much bu1
J look at us for while, and she had
hard time getting it in her mind JUS
: what relation we were She asked
: us lots of questions about everyone
and after the surprise wore off she
was about as happy a woman as yol
: we were her own children returned
+ from far country. And then ole
: Mr.. GLADDEN. came in and she intro
= duced us. l wish you could hav.
seen him standing there and repeat
ing over to himself, MARY AM
Green's grandson! Do tell" The,
wanted us to stay all night, but W,
had already arranged to stay at tn
hotel. If had known we could fin,
: them so easily and quickly l thinl
: we would have arranged to stay witt
I them.
: The next morning we started on
. early to walk to Morrisville, a mil
d away, to see Hute Green. l suppos
5 mother knows that he is a cousin O
: grandpa's. We found him withou
any trouble and had quite talk wit
T him. He is badly crippled up wit
paralysis, and our visit seemed t
overcome him. He cried and erie
, as he talked to US. We were anxiou
2 to find out what he knew about GU
i relationship to General Greene n