Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-25

the band stand and got some refra16s
ments and enjoyed quite Few otha
enjoyments and then went home WsA1
our aunt and rEoaA
The next day was Friday and my
cousin BASIL sister Hazel and went
to our aunts and grandma's on Mem
street where my sister Hazel and ra-
NAMED until Monday May 81 and my
cousin went to the Y. M. c.. A. and ers
joyed a fine time and went home wsta
Junior boy for the rest o. the d&y
then he went home with my COUSIN
for supper. The next day was Saturday
and my aunt. grandma, sister Hazel
and I spent the day together and that
night my aunt, Hazel and myself went
down town and 1t rained while We
were down town so we didn't stay UNI
til only $3.50 ana went home.
The next day was Sunday and va
visited together all forenoon and In
che afternoon a friend Of ours cams
over and we spent the afternoon to-
gether. And that night We went to
church at the M. E. church for league
and for church. At league there was q
na1ssionary that had just arrived from
China and India. She gave us q nice
had nice collection Of little trinkets
that the Indians and Chinese had
made. One Of the little tr1nkets was q
bride and groom of India made OF
something like plaster paris. Tho
missionary lady said that the bride
and groom were dressed very queer IN
India and she said that they Went
home after they were married, with q
red string, tied together. She said that
the little papooses, which IL the narse
the Indians have for the Indian
babies, just wear little bracelet
around their wrist or arm when they
were real small and that was the only
thing they wore at ALL And she had q
small orange colored waist that ,ne
bapooses wore when they were older.
1t was trimmed in tinseled braid. And
it was real cute, think. She had q
holly water cup. It was something ike
nickelsilver, that Is, 1t looked some
thing like it was made OF n1ckelsilVer'
though they might have meant 1t Tor
locket. and the ball-like object was
about six inches in diameter and wnen
stranger was in an Indian crowd,
that was good friend Of the Indians
they would take one Of these tinseled
necklaces and throw 1t around their
stranger friends neck and when Ems
stranger would be among any Indians
they couldn't do. anything gooo
enough for their stranger friend. she
also had many different kinds. ana
bright colors as: red, green, purple.
yellow, golden and silver colors Of mud
beads The Indians make these be:ds
of mud and then they color them
mostly of the above mentioned colors
and person could never guess what
the beads were made of unless they
were told and they are pretty too.
Well as have told you few things
about how 1 spent Sunday evening {
will tell you how l spent the next DAY
which was Monday, Memorial day we
visited together In the morning ana We
had an early dinner and saw the Mem
orial day parade and came back to nv
aunt's on Main street and stayed un-
til about 6 %. M, and then my aunt,
sister Hazel and I went to my aunts
that lives on Fourth street ana my
sister Hazel and I stayed there an
NV aunt left for her home on Main y,
day and my cousin Basil and Hazel
and myself went down. town abort
1890 a.. m. and did some shopping
and the town clock hands pointed 70
H1:3O as we started home to dinner,
and we got back at my aunts on
Fourth street when 1t was II O'Clock.
And that evening my cousin, sister ana
yery nice and we got home about
o'clock. The next day vas Wednesday,
nv birthday, June LIST. was "A years
old. NV cousin went to school that day.
And nv sister and l visited with my
aunt and other cousin and other Things
we did I won't mention for 1t Would
make my letter too long. lie received
the following things for my plrtn .,Iat
and l received some other things thaI
will not mention: A white pearl 7b7lt
buckle and white belt, a little, glass
pen, an air plant which I received from
Josephine Norton, Junior friend. 1t -
real Pretty. 1 will not forget Josephine
on her birthday. l thank her very
much for 1t. And I received IA postals
for nv birthday, three from Junior
who were Lille Myers, Elva HUFFMAN,
and Maude Squire. I wish to thank
the Juniors for the pretty cards they
sent me and the pretty present tnat
Josephine Norton sent me. Will an
swer the cards as soon as / can. SONS
other presents that: received were, q
new dress, candy Of different kinds
s.lso had several street car rides but
I don't like to ride on street car vety
we'll The next day was Thursday. We
went to the carnival that evening anil
we went in the animal show and 1t was
real good We saw little goats, dogs.
eiephonts, lions. tigers, clowns ana
other things acting in the ring. but
the tiger and lions were IN cages In
trained by a real pretty young ledy.
She called the largest one Sine She
acted with three lions. The one sh.
called Slime she opens his mouth ana
! puts he- face and part Of her head in
liz and then she threw the lion on the
ground and lay down OH him for
couch and his head for a sofa pillow.
And she put them up to table and
fed them with meat Of so1re iknd. And
in another cage a man fought )ihn
! and tiger with chair and he wo1
the fight with the beast, out he had 4
hard and tiresome fight just the same
The admission for the animal show
was twenty five cents.
The next day was Friday and it rain
ed so we did not go any place but we
visited together. The next day was
Saturday June 4th and my mamma.
papa, sister Ella and brother Arnold
came and we went home with them
that evening. I forgot to say thai
Tuesday May 31st my cousin Basil,
sister Hazel and sa"- Az ETnl.sss .nrA
|rido On ;. enc wheel Dicyc'e s',d rioc
and do funny tricks on two wheel
bicycle. I think he did pretty well :for
a man without any arms. ne;,.. W
q man with one or two arms tnat
could ride a bicycle and do as ma:sy