. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature ... . uriosity and interest. Leaving Davenport, our traveller passed throughMoscow and reached Iowa City October fifth. Theweather was now becoming very cold, and he found itnecessary to dismount occasionally and walk somewarmth into his limbs. Registering at the St. James Hotel, Iowa City, Cap-tain Glazier lectured in the evening to a very fullhouse, a profusion of cheers greeting him on his arrivalupon the platform, whither he was escorted by GeorgeB. Edmunds, Esq. Continuing his journey through Tiffin and
. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature ... . uriosity and interest. Leaving Davenport, our traveller passed throughMoscow and reached Iowa City October fifth. Theweather was now becoming very cold, and he found itnecessary to dismount occasionally and walk somewarmth into his limbs. Registering at the St. James Hotel, Iowa City, Cap-tain Glazier lectured in the evening to a very fullhouse, a profusion of cheers greeting him on his arrivalupon the platform, whither he was escorted by GeorgeB. Edmunds, Esq. Continuing his journey through Tiffin and Brook-lyn to Kellogg, all in the State of Iowa, he witnessed,he says, some of the finest landscapes and grandestfarms he had yet encountered during his journey. Herode into Colfax, October twelfth, and Des Moines onthe following day. I have not seen a brighter or more stirring city inmy line of march than Des Moines, writes CaptainGlazier in his Journal. He wandered over the city incompany with two or three of the leading citizens, ad-miring its numerous fine buildings and the evidences.
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