Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1878 — Alluvial Deposit. [ARTICLE]

Alluvial Deposit.

When the lowa Central train passed at Eddyville, day before yesterday, a man whose hands and face were the color of his clothes, and whose clothes were the color of the car door, looked out of the car window, and, in the voice of one making an important announcement, said, “ I was raised in thia place I” The passengers were, of course, deeply impressed, and everybody looked at Eddyville with a new interest, but one curious passenger eyed the dirty man very intently, and repeated in tones of disbelief, “Raised?” “Yes, sir,” said the grimy man, “raised.” The unbelieving passenger mused a moment, ftn d then his brow cleared. “Oh, yes,” said he, “I see; alluvial deposit.”— Burlington Hawk-Eye.