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George C. Burmeister diary, 1861
1861-01-12 -- 1861-01-14
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Sat. 12. Mr. Ady gave a grand dinner to some of his intimate friends, some of the wealthy merchants of Muscatine were present, and we had an excellent time in talking on diverse subjects of common interest. The dinner was as good a one as I ever attended. Everyone seemed to enjoy it gloriously, and it went off as happily as a marriage bell. Weather fine. Sunday 13. Started to Oak Dale Chapel in company with Mr. Ady's and Mr. Scherf's families, heard a very good sermon preached by Mr. Twig. After which I visited [Camehl's?] family. I found them pretty well. This family forcibly illustrates the crime of marrying relatives, the man and woman being cousins, and each one of their children has some physical defect. Staid with them until evening preaching, which I attended, and then had an opportunity of riding home. Mon. 14. Had a very good school today. News keeps pouring in continually about the secession movement in the South, the chivalric spirit of the South is roused to its highest pitch and it seems to be determined to dissolve the union "peaceably if they can, forcibly if they must." We have a brother of Jonathan Ady he is his senior by some years, he is called "uncle Joe", he is a very eccentric old fellow, and full of talk and anecdotes.
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Sat. 12. Mr. Ady gave a grand dinner to some of his intimate friends, some of the wealthy merchants of Muscatine were present, and we had an excellent time in talking on diverse subjects of common interest. The dinner was as good a one as I ever attended. Everyone seemed to enjoy it gloriously, and it went off as happily as a marriage bell. Weather fine. Sunday 13. Started to Oak Dale Chapel in company with Mr. Ady's and Mr. Scherf's families, heard a very good sermon preached by Mr. Twig. After which I visited [Camehl's?] family. I found them pretty well. This family forcibly illustrates the crime of marrying relatives, the man and woman being cousins, and each one of their children has some physical defect. Staid with them until evening preaching, which I attended, and then had an opportunity of riding home. Mon. 14. Had a very good school today. News keeps pouring in continually about the secession movement in the South, the chivalric spirit of the South is roused to its highest pitch and it seems to be determined to dissolve the union "peaceably if they can, forcibly if they must." We have a brother of Jonathan Ady he is his senior by some years, he is called "uncle Joe", he is a very eccentric old fellow, and full of talk and anecdotes.
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