Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-20
Looker-On In Iona

Toledo, Oct. 2o.--In previous letter
the writer hazarded a guess that the
drum corps at the late reunions at
iowa Falls had sometime "smeIied
powder" What follows from Iowa
Falls showed it was a good guess:
Referring to your Times Republic
can letter under date OF Oct. 10, 1911.
u was interested in your reference 10
the drum corps at the old soldiers re-
union al Iowa Falls. You said some
90 us thought they had not always
marched the streets in piping times OF
peace"
For your information, I VIII say.
.hat ell Of said drum corps are veteran
soldiers. One OF them served In the
First Vermont cavalry and saw much
OF the sterner side OF real war in the
army OF the Potomac. The other three
members saw and felt the hard knocks
OF battle in the two terrible battle days
o. Shiloh. and one Of them Still car
ries e chunk Of rebel lead in his head,
as a constant reminder OF those ter
-ible days
Very truly yours.
j. L. HARRINGTON.
Many fruit raisers were present. In
teresting papers had been read and
discussed Soft, climate, spraying and
marketing had all been talked over and
the usual differences OF opinion had
been brought out. Then came the
event OF the evening. James Watrons
Of Chicago member OF the big COM
mission nrm that handles more car
loa1s Of apples than anybody on earth.
was to give an exhibition OF his ability
10 tell the name OF any variety by
merely tasting. He was securely blind
folded and promptly named 'winesay,"
"Jeniton," Wolf River" "Spitzenberg
and a dozen more. Then some one Dip
ped big cork In cider and handed him
a slice. Instantly he replied Ben
Davis" What a wonderful man.
RummaEe Gales in many Iowa towns
are frequently held. This is not to dis
courage such sales. but an Iowa tailor
tells a story that causes some think
Ing. He claims to know Of tailor II
Minnea polls that after he was dead.
IRE authorities found out the cause o.
his death was lep-osy. Furthermore
that ne had been afflicted with the dis
ease for tire past ten years and had
worked st his trade all Of the time.
Anh using this story as text and
knowing what we all do about Other
persons that have CONTAGIOUS diseases
f. and certainly wear clothes before and
after they are stricken down. Of course
nothing ;s here intended to aecry rum
maze -eles-but perhaps II IL well 10
think a little.
| The travelling man was At the 'phore
| talking to q storekeeper in . small
| nearby town. Yes. we have them
New York state are worth 1873 per
bushel Some Mich!var stock at a.
Yes, Ralaw.ins are good keepers. All
r,7ht, three barrels enough?" and in
front o. ire hotel porch wss a farmer
selling TIRE landlord some r,l apples at
% cents PEI bu-hei or s1e5 per barrel
Ana the iowa fruit raiser this game
fs-rer told the writer he had ffty
bushels Of wlnafs'ls good sound ap-
pies that would rot there, as at 50
cents per hushel this year ne could not
sell his cron At home ana knew Of no
market to ship 70. 1. e.. At q certain
sale and profit. Now there Is Some
thing radically wrong when New York
state apples can be shipped out to
jiova and sold at $4.25 per barrel IN oc-
tober and on the same date an Iowa
farmer can only get 50 cents per bush
i el for sound apples that will keep at
least two months longer. we are ac-
icrsfomef to see the Iowa farmer buy
water melons in town. The writer has