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The little villages have not only their own population, but also the farmers who have driven in in their wagons with their wives and children from a dozen miles back  just such farmers as came to see you and the cavalry on your march through Iowa last summer. It is my first trip on the Mississippi, and I am greatly interested in it. How wonderful in its rapidity of movement has been the history of our country, compared with the history of the old world. THE LITTLE VILLAGES HAVE NOT ONLY THEIR OWN POPULATION BUT ALSO THE FARMERS WHO HAVE DRIVEN IN THEIR WAGONS WITH THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN FROM A DOZEN MILES BACK JUST SUCH FARMERS AS CAME TO SEE YOU IN THE CAVALRY ON YOUR MARCH THROUGH IOWA LAST SUMMER IT IS MY FIRST TRIP ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND I AM GREATLY INTERESTED IN IT HOW WONDERFUL INSRPIDITY OF MOVEMENT HAS BEEN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY COMPARED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE OLD WORLD
ntity of manufactures supplied by each river town, etc. CHANGES OF THREE CENTURIES On Board U. S. S. _Mississippi_, October 1, 1907. DEAR KERMIT: After speaking at Keokuk this morning we got aboard this brand new stern-wheel steamer of the regular Mississippi type and started down-stream. I went up on the texas and of course felt an almost irresistible desire to ask the pilot about Mark Twain. It is a broad, shallow, muddy river, at places the channel being barely wide enough for the boat to go through, though to my inexperienced eyes the whole river looks like a channel. The bottom lands, Illinois on one side and Missouri on the other, are sometimes over-grown with forests and sometimes great rich cornfields, with here and there a house, here and there villages, and now and then a little town. At every such place all the people of the neighborhood have gathered to greet me. The water-front of the towns would be filled with a dense packed mass of men, women, and children, waving flags. OOT OF WATER THE QUANTITY OF MANUFACTURE SUPPLIED BY EACH RIVER TOWN ET CETERA CHANGES OF THREE CENTURIES ON BOARD U S MISSISSIPPI OCTOBER ONE NINETEEN O SEVEN DEAR KERMIT AFTER SPEAKING AT KEYCOCK THIS MORNING WE GOT ABOARD THIS BRAND NEW STERN WHEEL STEAMER OF THE REGULAR MISSISSIPPI TYPE AND STARTED DOWN STREAM I WENT UP ON TO TEXAS AND OF COURSE FELT AN IRRESISTIBLE DESIRE TO ASK THE PILOT ABOUT MARK TWAIN IT IS A BROAD SHALLOW MUDDY RIVER AT PLACES THE CHANNEL BEING BARELY WIDE ENOUGH FOR THE BOAT TO GO THROUGH THOUGH TO MY INEXPERIENCED EYES THE WHOLE RIVER LOOKS LIKE A CHANNEL THE BOTTOM LANDS ILLINOIS ON ONE SIDE AND MISSOURI ON THE OTHER ARE SOMETIMES OVERGROWN WITH FORESTS AND SOMETIMES GREAT RICH CORNFIELDS WITH HERE AND THERE A HOUSE HERE AND THERE VILLAGES AND NOW AND THEN A LITTLE TOWN IN EVERY SUCH PLACE ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE GATHERED TO GREET ME THE WATER FRONT OF THE TOWNS WOULD BE FILLED WITH A DENSE PACKED MASS OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WAVING FLAGS
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