The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-09-04
REMITTANCES
2. W. MEYERs-EditoriaI Writer.
WAY BACK IN ILLINOIS.

"Are you the gemman what wants
to get off at Ma-shall,' inquired the
ace of spades, as he stuck his head
between the curtains of our berth
about a. m. the other morning.
Eyes" was the sleepy response.
swell, Use sorry, boss, but Mash
all was the las STOP
That is how it happened that our
first stop was in the pretty city OF
Robinson, rather than in Marshall.
Robinson is fine town. After break
fast we looked up the postmaster and
the editor, with both of whom we could
proye sort of relationship-or fel-
lowship, rather, and the postmaster
took us for a ride in his auto-strange
postmasters they have in Illinois.
A morning train took us back to
Marshall and we have been busy ever
since trying to convince ourselves
that Marshall not Denison, is our
home, that the strangers we meet are
our friends and neighbors to be, and
that some day we will be Will or
Billie to them just the same as in OLD
Crawford Somehow it does not seem
quite convincing after all.
Marshall is a mighty pretty town,
beautiful shade trees, fine churches
and schools and court house, but the
city hall and fire station is night
mare. We would rather spent six
months in the penitentiary than one
night in their calaboose. There is to
be a horse show and old settlers pic
mic the last of September, and on Fri
day night we went to committee
meeting. There were but few
there, the chairman was absent and
they adjourned without doing any
thing, 1t looked rather bad but some
way it made us feel more at home
than anything that had happened, as
we thought of the many committee
meetings and club meetings and mass
meetings we had attended at Denl-
son where the N. D. (nothing doing)
sign had been hung up.
We have already spoken OF the fine
churches and the paved streets, but
one merchant told us confidentlally
that while they were mighty nice, the
town had hardly gotten over the ex-
pense of building them. l guess they
had the same effect on Marshall that
the building of the big hotel had on
Denison, rather killed public spirited
ness for a while.
But Marshall has the churches and
the paving Just as Denison has the
hotel, and can point with pride-and
does.
We miss the hills, but the trees and
foliage are prettier. Fine forest trees,
oaks, elms, hard naples, in place of
our soft NAPLES and our cOttOnWoods.
Have not seen cottonwood since
coming here.
The town was quite excited by the
rumor that the new editor of The Her
aid was progressive and had come
to run a "Bull Moose" paper. We
told them that we were such a black
republican that an indigo shawl would
look like a red and white striped
blazer alongside. This pleased some,
and distressed others, but it could
not be helped.
Marshall has no stores as large as
the big concerns of Denison, but it
has more of them. The town is built
about the court house square, which
is very pretty with fine lawn and
forest trees. Some of the residence
streets are very beautiful with well
kept lawns and luxurious homes.
There is a good opera house and there
are two excellent hotels. The Herald
office is just off the court house
square; it is well equipped, has a good
list and is doing paying business
The former editor, Mr.. Charles Scott
is we'll liked and his sale was as big
a sensation in Marshall as our resig
nation was in Denison.
The people here are largely Amer
ican-at least they have been here
so long that they are distinctly
American in type. We have met but
a few Germans though we are tOlC