Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1912 — Interesting Souvenir From His Birthplace. [ARTICLE]

Interesting Souvenir From His Birthplace.

While A. Leopold’s daughter, Mrs. Leo Wiolf, husband and children of Hamtoaond, were in Europe recently, Mrs. Wolf had a large photograph taken of the hfonse where her father was bom, in Gruenstadt, Rheinish Bavaria, Germany, Dec. 2, 1833. Mr. Leopold’is sister who still resides in. the old town, and Mrs. Wolf’s two children, Philip Mossier and Helen Woilf, were standing by the side of the house when the picture was taken. The picture showtsi some of the adjoining houses and a part of the brick paved street, all of which looks just as it did as Mr. Leopold remembers it when he left there over sixty ago. The house is probably <>ver 250 years olid, pethapsi still older as there is little change made in these quaint old towns, and buildings erected centuries ago are standing today in the same condition—natural jwear excepted—as when they were first built. -Mir. Leopold values the picture highly, and it has brought back such memories of Ms boyhood days that he is determined 1 to pay the place a visit within the next year if his health will permit.