Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-29

alter our coming, brought POUNDS anu
pounds Of groceries and fruit, aud took
us completely by surprise.
Iowa is great agricultural state, with
here and there little villages, aud few
cities. Harris is small place with fine
farms on all sides, ouly few less than
400 for population, but with a good
school, aud good stores Of all kinds.
Fifteen years ago there was praeti'
cally no village here, but now there is
a very much alive one, having a mayor
The streets are straight and strictly
square cOrnered and parallel, aud We
have fne cement sidewalks all over
town, just about like the strip in front
of the Robinson's.
The house we are living in is the best
in town. Our church has no parsonage, |
but hire house for their pastor, and
this was the only one they could hire.
just now we are living upstairs in few
rooms waiting for new house TO be
finished so the Winterfields-our down.
stairs neighbors-can move out and
leave us the whole house. 1t looks as
though their house would be ready III
two weeks more. The house is large,
two-story one, with reception hall,
parlor, library, diningroom, pantry and
kitchen downstairs, five rooms besides
closets and both rooms, up; hard wood
floors throughout downstairs, big wide
piazza across the frout-the house faces
D Southland half across the West side.
a screens for The summer, and every
I window in the house has a full length
screen fastened on with little iron but
;. tons, top and bottom. Up in the attic
& are double windows for winter use, aud
q they are to be put on in the same way
- We are not on the main street, but
- near the school, aud back of the school
. building is park laid out, and many
!. trees, mostly box elders, have been SCI
. out there. We will have plenty o.
., room, garden, barn and hen house
: and there are few apple trees, severa
A plum trees hanging full, and number
NJ of shade trees on the premises. Our
:; drinking water comes from a pump il
"a. the back yard, hut the water for thu
N bathroom is supplied by a cistern anC
no in the cellar is some sort of a COMPOUND
y, air pump for forcing the water upstairs
ne Mr.. Moody goes down aud orks up hi
muscle there aud forces up enough t
a. last several days in few minutes.
iii Automobiles are very common, s.
If being owned in the village aud uearb,
he aud their owners have given us man
he rides. One Sunday night after meetin
he MIR. Robertson asked us if we could
of ready to 60 to Spirit Lake, 20 mile
away to the East the next morning fo
breakfast We said yes, wouldn
you? So at 5l5 that Monday mornn
we went to Spirit Lake, had breakfa,
at little after six, came back to Harr
but instead OF stopping he took us rigt
through to Libby, 30 miles TO the Wes
- where We had dinner, aud came hon
.. in the afternoon having ridden
miles. There is no country like leve
f. open country for automobiling. NJ
=. aud Mrs. Robertson are people just abot
-. our age, aud she went too. Que da
last week we went TO Round Lake Il
dinner, then home again, and on ne,
Tuesday evening we have been asked
-. go to Libby again to hear William
N. Bryan speak Libby is our county sea
A which means more here than with 70
all for town organization means little he
.ra compared with the county.
ads Chautanquas are common in July al
August, and Que is being held in Lib
is now, with meetings three times a da
tie, Bryan speaking on Tuesday night al
in Bishop Mcintyre, our Bishop, on Thu
in day night, And that reminds me-.
Mrs. Herrick, the president Of the Ha
is ris Ladies Aid, used to know the Bish,
no years ago, for he learned the bricklaye
lug trade of her father. ITO resoom" -
Mr.. August there will be another Chauta
for qua at Spirit Lake and Doctor Frederi,
for Cook is to tell about the North Pole f
all the opening address, You had bett
was all come ont and go to hear him.
the Dear me This letter Is gettlr
hey pretty long, but want to tell you
II little about the living here. Son
ere groceries are about as with you, b
tile eggs are l0c, butter is 15c and sirlo
res, steak is l5c with other meats accordin
ees y. If we go to the market and buy
Dur little less than l0c worth of the ste
eks they ask Sc for it, but it will be 15c
tile it is little over. At the other stor
mad they break nickels in their prices, b.
ter. not at the market. Ice is high, 45c
'me hundred aren't using any ice.
me- This is very dry season and t
ne gardens aren't doing so we'll as usu
lose Strawberries and black raspberries a
ght blneherrias eonseherries and curral