Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-08-25
Editors Observations
MT. PLEASANT

Editors Observations
MT. PLEASANT
This town and her progressive peo-
pie we have SO often written about that
this Observation win be brief. We
found Clay R, Reed still farming. but
living on his property in town and work
ing in the town atJdd times He has q
very Industrious wife. John Greenup
owns several acres in the city limits.
He also farms and is a successful farm
er. Geo. w. Coalson owns . nice home
ofseveral acres in the North part of
town. He is brother to our late Will
lam Of Des Moines. Mrs. Reecer owns
a valuable lot, well covered with all
kinds of fruit. E. H. Reecer is hust-
ler; they own a nice home. John w.
Harrison is coming young man, very
industrious. He owns nice property.
J. w. Burnaugh is still driving his
wagon. He lives with his mother. Mr..
w, Burnaugh is still working as fore
man at the same place the Butter and
Egg and Poultry Go. They own nice
home. His wife will represent the
Iowa State Bystander here. Mrs. Har-
riett Smith, who runs the Burton House
and confectionery store is doing well.
James r. Weeks is successful farmer
who is now retired, and lives in nice
home in town. He is an old soldier,
and has lived in Henry county for more,
than forty-five years. Sam'l McCrack-
en- is still working at the same place,
doing nicely. Mrs. Iona Burnaugh is
living in the old Mason homestead and
Misses Mason's are living there. They
have lots of fruit on their old home
place Rev. Coats pastor Of the A. NJ.
E. church is very sick and his friends
are much alarmed.
Into Abba here we found most Of the
people doing well. G. w. Hollingworth
is still living on his farm in out limits
Of the city. Mrs. Mary F. Ward IS lit
tie corner lot is full of fruit again this
year. Mr.. B. T. Lewis is doing well.
E. E. Butler is still setting type on the
Abba paper. A. j. Esters is still work
ing at the inter-urban street car sta
tion. Mr.. John Thomas has returned
home from the East. He says he likes
the East well but the West better.
Joseph Jamerson, the head chef at the
New Monroe is still there doing well.
He owns some property. He is a race
man. His assistant chef is Grant
Buckner, a bright young man who will
make his mark high some day is our
prediction. He said that inasmuch as
the Bystander trusted him for one year
he would now pay his subscription IL.
advance. IF more of our subscribers
who owe us realize the immense amount
Of credit that we do and would pay
even what they owe itswould enable us
to give them more news.
Thos. johnson is a successful farmer
living near town. Also is w. T. Jones.
Rev. r. B. Maniey is pastor Of the
A. M. E. church. He is doing good
work here. They have remodeled their
church which makes very nice ap-
.pearance. They had a special program
the evening we were here and we
CLEAN these facts sfrom Mr.. Henry
Jones, one Of the pioneer citizens ana
one of the organizers of this church
which was first organized in October,
1876 with eight charter members Of
which all have passed away except Mrs.
Monroe Davis, Henry Jones and wife,
Mrs. j. Thomas. They now own val
liable church property with a member
ship Of about go.
On leaving Des Moines, my adopted
home, for the old home down upon the
farm 4 miles west Of Decatur in De-
catur county, to wander few days
with my wife and children amid the
scenes Of childhood and early memory
as dear and sacred to me as the natal
spot of Bill Nye. The old log cabin
where I was born has disappeared
about 35 year ago, but the land marks
and some of the old trees and four
cedar and pine trees still reminds me
Of my boyhood days with the old Grand
river and the old bridge that is on our
land one.half mile from the house.
Here we enjoyed nice visit with faith.
er who purchased the first 40 acres
from the U. s. government and the
government, suppose, got their claim
from the American Indian, hence this
piece Of land. has only changed hands
twice in 200 years Of the worlds his
tory.
TO tell you readers Of the two or
three hundred chickens, Of the old or
chard laden with apples, grapes, peaches
and plums and walnuts would take too
much space but I must say that in our
county only eight miles south Of US is
the home Of the great Mormon church
presided over by the Smith branch and
Joseph and his brother Hiram lived here,
the son Of the founder in Lamont. It
was in Garden Grove where the Nor
mons stopped for 3 years on their pill
grimage overland across the then
American desert from Navaoo, III, to
Salt Lake, Utah in the early forties.
The State public road from Illinois
to Nebraska passes by our place and
now they are making it into the Inter
state Automobile route. Father is the
only colored farmer in a radius Of ten
miles. Another farmer, well to do, lives
in Clark county, Mr.. Wilson, who owns
q good farm and has just purchased
himself a $500 automobile, perhaps
the only farmer to our knowledge who
owns one in Iowa.
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