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hundred and twenty miles farther west, the building 

 with its extensive o:rounds was granted by the Legisla- 

 ture to the State University. 



I also noted several large places of business here, 

 including dry goods, groceries and hardware. There 

 are several lumber yards, flouring mills, plow factories, 

 iron foundries, for manufacturing machinery; also 

 due proportion to the population. 



The newspapers ])ublished here are, according to all 

 accounts, ablv conducted and well sustained. The 

 surrounding country is well adapted to all the wants of 

 the ao^riculturist and is thicklv settled. 



In the evening I delivered my promised lecture to a 

 very full house — Hon. G. B. Edmunds introducing 

 me to the audience. The walls were covered with , 

 flags and a profusion of flowers greeted me on my ar- 

 rival on the platform. 



®ue Q^"^'^^'^^ ^^^ iTiftictl) Sag. 



Tiffin House, 



Tiffin, Iowa, 



October Eighth. 



Mounted Paul in front of the Saint James to con- 

 tinue my journey and felt the need .of an overcoat. 

 Drew rein at Tiffin, a few miles from Iowa Citv. Of 

 Tiffin little more can be said than that it has a rustic 

 j)opulation of about fifty souls. The accommodations at 

 the Tiffin House I must leave to conjecture, as any de- 

 scription would fall short of the reality. The only 

 guests were a Methodist parson, two farmers on an 



