Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-05

looked like desecration to me, for It
changed the looks OF the old familiar
places. Just think of It: Clark Will
liams' nursery right there IN town now,
and the other places mentioned also
Elegant. capacious residences being
and have been built all over that coun-
| try that / have tramped over many
! times shooting and trapping. Not
withdrawing the heat Of the day and
the unfathomless; dust of the roads wa
enjoyed that ride with my old friend
Sam. Es
Sunday, Sept. 10, 1911. was the forty
third anniversary Of the wedding Of
myself and wife. Ten years Of our we'd
ded life, from 1868 TO 1873, were spent
in Ottumwa, during which four chill
dren We're born to Us. two boys and
two girls-the first being our eldest
daughter Oral, now married and has
three children, living in Santa Monica,
California. with her husband II. G. Gill
man. Last Saturday afternoon our next
oldest gill, Eleanore returned from an
We were pleased to meet with and
converse with an old and valued neigh
Dor. Mrs. Nader (now the widow OF
Abe Nader who was present at the
time Of or first born, and who queried
me with recollections of the whimsical
antics cut up at the critical time, her
eyes sparkling with glee as she recall
On the street. as we were making
our way to the Courier office I met
and shook hands with my old comrade
Fred Jackson. Say, I guess you folks
thought / was real mean thing be-
cause didn't even ask to be shown
through the Courier establishment.
Well perhaps. was, but you know
that it was an effort to get time to take
a real long breath; then again. hon
estly didn't want to look upon your
modern peraphernaiia-it would have
made me heart-sick, but would like to
meet with the linotypists and proof
reader who have to tussle with these
productions and thank them for their
unusual patience and skillful work.
At home again, the trip to Ottumwa
appears Kaleidoscope. AS one friend
remarked it was on a fast schedule. In
deed it was Friends bobbing up here
and there. every minute OF the days
and evenings carried about the city
and environments in. luxurious autos
and carriages, the doors Of every ono
thrown wide open reckoning cheerful
welcome. No one asked if we were rich
or poor, the poor and rich welcomed
US with such lavish anect1on and res
gard that most truly 1t was the red
letter day Of our life. Our regret Is
that my duties here called us away too
soon. end vet the old adage Short Wis
its make fast friends" we feel Is ap-
rlicahle in this case. It was physically
Impossible for MS to get around to see
oil that We wanted to- see. The NORM
inr that we left, Sunday a lady sur
,prised us with cordial visit that was
Very pleasing. Driving up to the walk
her husband on his way to see some
,,atiert that had been hurt and was
then IN tho hospital. we We're greeted
nv Dr. nnei Mrs. Williams. Mrs. VIII
TENS, Was, it so? She didn't resemble
the little freckle faced Nettie Warden
IF nv rscnllectiors-the daughter OF
nv old boss. Dick Warden, the little
girl who wien she was but knee high +
to a ducS'' i carried about. At the de- !.
ret we parted with many friends who J
came to see us off. among them being
faithful old Charley Gwen who was my 4
fatt,er's servant in the army.
TIE FIXING visit we were compelleds.
to make Il, my aged step mother, 96 i
vears old where we met a niece and Z
-crhev- we had never before seen.s
Mrs Fay and Van Caldwell. was
rntifvin~ only in the fact that we saw
are raridly conversed with them.
Friends. all Of YOU. kindly accept the
thanks and hest wishes OF
Billy Caldwell and wife.