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3cuu liio iittj LiuLij tuere to ago. There tho agent p«t me in barge of the conductor of a train on ae C. D. railroad. I had no diffi-ulty in reaching Dubqune where the jnductor brought me to one of the est hotels and paid my bill. He told 36 conductor who was coming west n the Illinois Central to bring me as lr as Farlev, which, it I remembtr jrrectly, is about sixty miles this ide of Dubuque. The Illinois Cental conductor paid ray hotel expenses nd my fare cm the old Concord, coach o Fort Dodge. 1 soon found myself n a very wild country compared to ’hiladelpbia, but when I reached Fort lodge I discovered that I had not yet rrived at the end of my journey, he people of coat place told me that fr. and Mrs. Hickey lived fifty or ixty miles up the lies Moines river, leiron Mulroney was at that time car-ying the mail from Fort Dodge to the rish settlement in this locality. He Iso made one trip a week to Spirit jake. I got a chance to ride with ►Its. Martin and her sister, who wore loing to Spirit Lake to settle some jusiness for the estate of her husband, vbo was killed by tho Indians a short ime before. There were two teams ind wagons in our party. The wagon n the lead broke down and left Mrs. dartin, her sister, and two children ind myself to come on. It was snow-ng at the time and we could not see he road. We got lost and were very nucb alarmed when James Hickey md some of bis neighbors came out vith lanterns and found us along the iver. They took us into camp, rbat night there was a party at the lonie of Jack Mulroney. When we ;ot there wo found them all having a jood time. There was a warm fire md many of the people there were lancing. There was plenty of fine victuals cn the . table. Of course I need not say that I was a hungry boy md enjoyed a good meal,“The next morning Mr. Hickeyt .vho was my brother-in-law, drove in ront of the house with a yoke of xen, the first I had ever seen. We Sot into the wagon and started foi aome.“During tho summer Mr. Hickey md Andy Hood surveyed five townships on tho west side of the river. 1 was the kid who drove the oxen. ] aauled stakes for the surveyors. After this work was done I did not remain very long in this locality. 1 ivanted to go hack home again so nstcr gave me five twenty dollar gold pieces and I started back for Phi la 3 el phi a. John F. D unco robe was or bis way to Fort Dodge from Spirit hake. He took mo with him. From Ft. Dodge I started for Dts Moines. 1 was placed in charge of another lawyer. From Des Moines I took the steamer, [owa Falls, the last steam boat tbal ft'ent down the Dcs Moines river. II cvas bound for Keokuk. From thal place I went to New Orleans.
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Wed, Apr 23, 1913
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