Sauk County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1861 (part 12 of 13)

The unity of government, which con- j fought and triumphed together: the institutes you one people, is also now dear | dependence and liberty you possess. Io yon. it is justly so: for it is a main | are the work of joint councils and joint pillar in the edifice of your real in- efforts - of common daugers, sufferings, dependence: the support of your tran- 1 and successes.

(polity at home: your peace abroad: of But these considerations, however your safety, of your prosperity, of that | powerfully they address themselves to very liberty which you >o highly prize, j your sensibility, are greatly outweighed But as it is easy to foresee that from by those which apply more immediately different causes and from different I to your interest. Here every portiou of quarters, much pains will lie taken, lour country: finds the most commanding Many artifices employed, to* weaken in I motives for carefully guarding and your minds the conviction of this truth: I preserving the union of the whole, as this is the point '£\ your political I The North, in an unrestrained interfortress against whiclf the batteries of j course with thc-South. protected by internal and external enemies will be j the equal laws of a common governinost constantly and actively, (though I ment. finds in the productions of the often covertly and insidious \y\ directed, it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value "f your nation il union, to your collective and individual happiness: that you latter, great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The South, in the same intercourse, benefiting by the agency partly into its own channels, the seamen of the North, it finds its particular navigation invigorated -and while it contributes, in different ways. to nourish and increase the general mass of the national navigation, it looks forward to the protection of a maritime strength, to which itself is unequally adapted. The East, in like intercourse with the West, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications, land and water, will more and more find vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The West, derives from the Hast, supplies requisite to its growth and comfort: and. what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation. Any other tenure l>y which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign jK>wer. must be intrinsically precarious. While then every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts, greater strength, greater resource, proportionably greater security from external danger, a less freuftent interruption of their peace by fotrign nations: and what is of inestimable value, they must derive from union an exemption from those broils and wars between themselves, which so frequently afflict neighboring countries, not tied together by the same government, which their own rivalships alone would be sutlicient to produce: but which opposite foreign alliances, attachments, ami intrigues'.

would stimulate and embitter. Hence. likewise, they will avoid the necessit\ of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty. and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. In this sense it is, that your union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty, and that the love of tinone ought to endear to you the preservation of the other.

These considerations speak a persuasive language to every reflecting and virtuous mind, and exhibit the (-ontinuauce of the union as a primary I object of patriotic desire. Is there a I doubt whether a common government | can embrace so large a sphere. Let ! experience solve it. To listen to mere I speculation in such a case were criini- 1 nal. We are authorized to hope that a I proper organization of the whole, with | the auxiliary agency of governments | for the respective subdivisions, will afford a happy issue to the experiment. It is well worth a fair and full experiment. With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of ] our country, while experience shall I not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who. in I any quarter, may endeavor to weaken I its bands.

ourselves too much against the I gat ion and mature deliberation: comjt-alousies and heart burnings which ; pletely free in its principles: in the dis- they tend to render alien to each other, i with energy, and containing within ittlio-ie who ought to be bound together I self a provision for its own amendments.

the formation of two treaties, that with I government, pre-supposes the duty of Great Britain and that with Spain. J every individual to obey the established which secure to them everything they j government.

desire, in respect to our foreign! All obstructions to the execution of relations, towards confirming their I the laws, all combinations and associaprosperity. Will it not be their wis- tions. under whatever plausible charac-

I'vent throughout the United States. ;i decisive proof how unfounded were the suspicions propagated among them of a policy in the general government, and in the Atlantic States, unfriendly to their interests in regard to the Mississippi. They have been witnesses to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and right of the people to establish a doni to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the union by which they were procured 'i Will they not henceworth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are. who would s<-ver them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens 'i

To tin- efficacy ami permanency of your union, a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, bet ween the parts can be ter. with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberations and actions of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction: to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small, but artful and enterprising minority of the e« Milam adequate substitute: they must in- 1 munity: and according to the alternate evitably experience the infractions and triumphs of different parties, to make interruptions which aU^alliances in all I the public administration the mirror of times have experienced. Sensible of j the ill-concerted and incongruous prothis momentous truth you have im proved upon your lirst essay, by tin adoption of a constitution of government better calculated than your former, for an intimate union, and for the '-tlicacious management of your common eoticerns. This government, the off- cunning', ambitious and unprincipled men, will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, ami to usurp for themselves the reins of government; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.

Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown. In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of governments, as of other human institutions: that experience is the surest standard, by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country: that facility in changes upon the credit of mere hyi>othesis. and opinion, exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion: and remember especially. that for' the efficient management . of your common interests, in a country so extensive as ours, a government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of liberty, is indispensable. Libcu^y itself will find in such a governn»nt. with powers properly distributed ami adjusted, its surest guardian. It is. indeed, little else than a name, whore the government is too feeble to withstand tin' enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil

I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with I particular references to the founding | of them on geographical diseriminaj tions. Let me now take a more earn- I prehensive view, and warn you in the j most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party srenei- I ally.

This spirit, unfortunately, is insepar- | able from our nature, having its root ! in the strongest passions of the human i mind. It exists under different shapes I in all governments, more or less stilled, i controlled, or repressed: but in those of I the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness. and is truly their worst enemy

The alternate, domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dis- | sention. which in different ayes an I | countries has perpetrated the most I horrid enormities, is itself a frightful I despotism, liut this leads at length to j a more formal and permanent clespot- | ism. The disorders and miseries which I result, gradually incline the minds of j men to seek security and repose in tie | absolute power of an individual: and i sooner or later the chief of some prt- ! vailing faction, more able or more j fortunate than his competitors, turni this disposition to the purposes of his I own elevation, on the ruins of public | liberty.

Without looking forward to an extremity of- this kind, 'which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out nf sight ) the common and continual Mischiefs of the spirit of party, are sufficient to make it the interest and ! duty of a wise people to discharge ami restrain it.

[administration. It agitates the commiiiiLty with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animositv of tme part against another: foments occasional riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself, through the channels of party passions. Thus the |Kjlicy and the will of one country, are subjected to the policy and will of another.

There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This within certain limits is probably true: and in governments of monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of th it spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by Force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A tire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent it bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.

It is imiMU-tant. likewise, that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres: avoiding, in the exercise of the po\v/-s of one department, to encroach upoir another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in One, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it. which predominate in the human heart is sufficieut t« satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the yuardian of the public weal ayainst invasions of the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern: some of them in our country, and under our own eyes. To preserve them must be as necessary as to institute them. If. in the opinion of the people, the distribution or | modification of the constitutional I powers be in any particular wrong, let I it be corrected by an amendment in the ! way which the constitution designates. j But let there be no change by usurpa- I tion; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the | customary weapon by which free gov- ! ernments are destroyed. The precedent j must always <rreatly overbalance in permanent evil, any partial ortransient benefit which use can at any time yield. Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labour to subvert these srreat I pillars of human happiness - these ' firmest props of the duties of men and I citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, oujrht to respect | and to cherish them. A volume could | not trace all their connections with ! private and public felicity. Let it j simply be asked, where is the security ! for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of [justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. I Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference Upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric.

Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.

As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. < >ne method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible. avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace: but remembering also, that timely disbursements to prepare j

Observe good faith and justice towards all nations: cultivate peace aiwl harmony with all: religion and moralitv enjoin this conduct: and can it be thai good policy does not equally enjoin it '.- It will be worthy of a free, enlightened. and. at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mainkind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time an! things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? (an it be. thai Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue'.-' The experiment, at least, ifor danger, frequently prevent much j recommended by every sentiment greater disbursements to repel it: which ennobles human nature. Alas! avoiding likewise the accumulation of is il rendered impossible by its vices/ debt, not only by shunning occasions of j In the execution of such a plan, uothexpense, hut by vigorous exertions in ing is more essential than thai time of peace, to discharge the debts J permanent inveterate antipathies public opinion should co-operate. To [ habitual hatred, or an habitual fondfacilitate to them the performance of ness is in some degree a slave it is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation agaiusl another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold "i envenomed, and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill-will and re- -entinent. sometimes impels to war the -.-overnment. contrary to the besteakmlations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion, what reason would reject: at other times, it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty of nations. h-M been the victim.

So. likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another, produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter, without adequate inducements or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation, of privileges denied to others, which are apt doubly to injure the nation making1 the concessions, by unneeee>sarily parting with what ought to have been retained: and by exciting jealousy, ill-will, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld: and it j-'ives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citi/ens. who devote themselves to the favorite nations . facility to betray, or sacrifice the interests of their own country, withoujfodium. sometimes even with popularity gilding with the appearance of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, tin- base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption.- or infatuation.

are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public councils? Such an attachment of a small or weak, towards a great and powerful nation, dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me. fellowcitizens i the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake: since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that jealousy, to be useful, must be impartial: else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it. Hxcessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil, and even second the arts of influence on the other. Ileal patriots, who may resist the intrigues of tinfavorite, are liable to become suspected and odious: while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests. The great rule of conduct for us. in regard to foreign nations, is. in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.

which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Eieuce she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns, [fence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate- ourselves by artificial ties, in tin- ordinary vicissitudes of her politics. or tic ordinary combinations and collisions of I even our commercial policy .should h,, ,, her friendships or enmities. an equal and impartial hand: neith, ,

Our detached -and distant situation, seeking nor granting exclusive favor, invites and enables us to pursue a { or preferences; consulting the natural different course. If we remain one j course of things: diffusing and div.ipeople. under an efficient government, ! sifying by gentle means, the stream-* »f the period is not far off. when we may I commerce, but forcing nothing, estabdefy material-injury from external an- lining? with powers so disposed, in noyance: when we may take such anl order to give trade a, stable course, <-> attitude as will cause the neutrality we define the rights of our merchants, ami may at any time resolve upon, to he i to enable the government to support scrupulously respected: when belliger- them, conventional rules of intercourse cut nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation:: when we may choose peace or war. as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.

the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary, and liable to be from tithe to time abandoned or varied, as experienn and circumstances shall dictate, constantly keeping in view, that it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested peculiar a situation- Why quit om. ^vors from another: that it must pay own to stand upon foreign gr«a»d ? Wltb tt l»rtion of its independence for Why. bv interweaving our destiny with ! w'hllteVHI' {t mu-v *<**** nn<l*T th;U that of anv part of Europe, entangle I <*.Qaraoter; that, by such acceptance, it our peace and prosperity in the toils of I may 1,,a,M' lts,4f in the «>ndition of having given equivalents for nominal favors, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving mote. There can be no greater error than to

It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far. i mean, as we are now at liberty to do it: for let! me not be understood as capable of patronising infidelity to existing en- 1 gagements. I hold the maxim no less j applicable to public than to private I affairs, that honestv is alwavs the best I frieI,d' [ d:m* not hotM> th,'>" wiU Inakl policv. I repeat it. therefore let those j the stmn- and hlstin- imprewiwl I engagements l>e observed in Bheir | wul(1 wi"h that they will control . Ingenuine sense. But. in mv opinion, it | Usu:d <,",',vut <>f th«' passions, or preis unnecessary, and would be unwise to ! *'ent ->«»' nation from running thi www which has hitherto marked the destinj of nations. But if I may even Hatter myself, that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good: that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit: to wartragainst the mischiefs of foreign intrigue: to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism: this hope will lie a full "recompense Cor the expect or calculate noon real favorfrom nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

observing that conduct, will best be referred to your own reflections and experience. With me. a predominant motive has been to endeavor to gain time to our country to settle and mature delineated, the public records ami other ; its yet recent institutions, and to proevidences Off my conduct must witness I gress. without interruption, to thai to vou and to the world. To mvself, the degree of strength and consistency.

Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration. \ am unconscious of intentional error: 1 am nevertheless. too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed manv errors. Whatever thev may be.

In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe, my proclamation of the 22nd of April. 171)3. is the index of my plan. Sanctioned by your approving voice, and by that of your representatives in both houses of congress, the spirit of

After deliberate examination, with , n^\}w ^ope that mv country will never the aid of the best lights I could obtain, j ^.^ u> view them with indnh^ucv: Fwas well satisfied that our country I um, ^ aftt>p fopty.fivt. veill.s of mv under all the circumstances of the ca>e. | Hfe(it,(h.(.au.d tQ ks wpvice, with ;lll had a right to take, and was bound in upriffht the faulte of incompetent duty and interest to take aneutralposi- - ;lbilities will ,H. ,.,msiirnwi to oblivion, turn. Having taken it. I determined. | as myself must ^m ^ to the nuiusLons as far as should depend upon me. to

The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. I will only observe, that according to my understanding of the matter, that right so far from being denied by any of the helligcrent powers, lias been virtually admitted bv al

Helving on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it. which is mj natural to a man who views it in tinnative soil of himself and hi> progenitors for several generations: I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat, in which 1 promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoy- may be inferred. £ without anything more, from the obi Brat ion which justice and humanity impose on "every nation. in eases in which it i- free to act, to maintain inviolate the relations of peace and amity toward- other nations. The inducements of interest For

The above portraits are Hjrureil onl excepting 11. H. Stroinr. The rut is pajre ^12. Souvenir hMitiou of Haraboo arranged for the Republic in tliis form

Republic. They also appear in cabinet , and a> tiny Uave been our «wie-hj sizes in the history of the townof I >:ira- ' business men they certainly beloni; in boo and a trenaloyieal tracing' of e.iehJO. S. A. W. H. <\

There is a hotjp; of »fenalo*jy of the Hums"- ^reai-irreat-jrrandfather was on** family but friends here in the West 'of them. Kimm's fattier. Joseph, was have not seen it: yet they believe their born in NVw Hampshire, Feb. 2<». ITT". ancestry I o in- purely Kn^lidi. Daniel, and Hannah, his mother, at Randolph, the oiliest of the three brothers, who I Vermont, July 'Ml ITWU. They enliven led iii Wisi-onsin and now lives at -rated to the West in lsl"». making Lyons, says that lie learned from his their home in Marengo. 111., w here I lie} pareuts that there were three brothers lived until deal Declaimed them, l-'.uo- - and lived with his parents on a farm, j parts, Knos taking the north. He added He was one of fourteen children. At ' a 40 to it. After a few years John Wilthe aye of he decided to look for a j son. a Quaker, and his family moved on magnets that brought him here in 1*44. ; Nov. l!». 18-18. and the old folks bought Here tine proves of pine without an j a farm a mile farther west. In 18.1T owner but Uncle Sam. a long and 1 ink j they sold their home to Joe Ashley iTo-easy personage. Anybody could ! where Newton Morley now lives. They steal from him. Knos went back home ; went to her parent's and lived a year, and purchased a pinery outfit. He was \ then entered intop irtnership w ith (Jeo. i ikeii siciv but sent his team on by Al- W. BloOm in purchasing a steam saw fred Josding and iiad it worked in the mill at North Freedom. After almul >a pinery. In the spring his health per- year the partnership was dissolved. mitted him to come on and he worked , Kimhall taking an W) acre farm of in the pinery a year. Two of his broth- Bloom that laid adjacent to the mill for I'W, Daniel ami Warren, came later. I his share in the mill. Here he lived Daniel now lives at Lyons and is eighty- and made improvements until April T. two years old. Warren lives near i 1 884, when lie died, leaving a wife and Wonewoe. one child. Ilalph: they lost two -other

Knos and (Jra»t(e were as near fault- ! teams was the rule. A Ulild. intelligent less as any married couple ever were I couple . [n VW&* she sold her farm and and their home always a pleasant one. i moved do Morrison. Tenn. Ralph here At O. S. meetings their long table full grew to manhood and Dee. 2."> marrieil of plates and eatables and barn full of I Loevic Bonner -a yenuiue Southerner.

Dr. Mills, one of Baraboo's pioneers I and most highly respected citizens, was i horn in Watertown. X. Y. . Dee. lit. j 1821: was educated at Castleton. Vt.. i Willoughby University in Ohio, and the j College of Physicians and Surgeon^ New York. He located in I lock county, j Wis., in 184ti. and came to Barahoo in j IS4S*. and the following year he located j permanently here. The doctor has re- | sided on the lots where his pleasant I home is uow located for almost a half] century. In \<>~> he established the j drug store on the corner of Oak audi Third streets, and conducted that busi- j ness for twenty-five years: in ISC!) lie j started a irug store at Yankton. Dak., j audi.. M. Purdy took charge of the! business as a member of the tirm. This is the oldest drug store in either of the united in marriage with Mrs. Frances Dakotas. He was married at I'eloit. . Heyer. of Hvansville. Ind. She has one Nov. 28, lsis. to Cordelia H CJoddard. j daughter Frances Heyer. Dr. Mills re- She was born Feb. 2~>. IH26. at York, tired from active business a few years Livingstone county. X. Y.. and died in i since, and is now enjoying a well-earned 1X'.I2. < )f the live children born of this i rest. He is a member of the A.. F. & union, one daughter. Nettie ('.. now I A. M. and highly regained in this coin- Mrs. D. F. Sticknev. of Barahoo. is still munitv.

Thomas Blaehl.s emigrated from Lon- rtu' don in 1833 to New England He came i Dr. Miller Blachly. the subject of this over in the Hopewell underCapt, Babb. sketch, was the seventh in descent from He is reputed to be of Welsh origin. I Thotuas Blachly. His grandfather. The colonial records in New Haven. I Miller Blachly. married Eleanor Conn., furnish us with a good m any \ Boyd at Headstone. X- .).. and hid a Facts regarding his history and business number of children, lie was a soldier transactions. He was active in starting of the He volution. Their place «>f resia .settlement in northern Xcw .Jersey, dence Was so near Trenton that they lu'the old colonial records the name is j could distinctly hear the roar of the spelled |5-|-a-t-e-h-!-e-y. [M-a-t-c-h-l-.\ artillery when that battle of the llev»- and li-l-.i- .--h-l-y. The New Jersey lution. v. as fought. Hi- 'ii rami mot her

*at all day under a tret- in the yard 1 children vvt-iv Eben. Miller. I'inhc. listening to the boom of the cannon ! Eleanor, Annie, IJell and Sarah, which might make her a widow and her j Dr. Miller Blachly. the second child, children fatherless. j was born near Niles, Ohio. Aug. 13.

His father. Miller Blachly, moved to j 1804: married Mary Sattertield in 1833. Ohio and married Phebe Bell. Fiisj He practiced meduMne in Niles. Ohio.

-Meight y«u-s: moved to Dane Co.. Wis.. \ from 1X44 to Dearly the close of bis Iif< . in 1850: moved to Okee. Columbia Co., j In Baraboo he taught the ''Old Folks' in ixr>3: engaged in lumber business ' Bible Class"' for nearly twenty-nvithere, but did not enjoy it for it was not his calling' and there were so many professional calls that his business would have failed if it had not been for his partner. William Mathers, of New fraught with many stirring events. It Lisbon. Ohio, his wife's brother-in-law. ] was never too cold or too stormy to pre- In 1857 he moved to Baraboo. Sauk Co.. ! vent his visiting his patients. At onto give his children better school oppor- time with old Jim, the gray horse Intimities. He built up a large practice brought from Ohio and drove for fourand continued to live there until he re- teen years, he started to cross the Wintired to his farm south of Baraboo on I cousin river at Merrimac on the ice. the Skillet. His eyesight failing he When part way over he noticed thai moved to North Freedom in 1883, where ! the channel on the northern side was he lived till 1894. His wife died in i open. A very sick man was expecting 1891. He lived with his son. J. X. I him. What should he do? Just at Blachly. for one year then with his I that time a large cake of ice came floatdaughter, Mrs. S. A. McCoy, for two j ing down and wedging itself in the curyears. His last years were spent in j rent formed a bridge over which he darkness, but the joy of Christ's light j might pass: at a word from the doctor illumed his pathway and no words of I old Jim carefully placed one foot on repining or fault finding ever passed i the ice and then the other, gave a his lips, but songs of praise and script- ' spring and landed safely on the floating ure texts were often heard from them. : cake, than traveled across the perilous

Dr. Blachly was a man of sterling j bridge onto the solid ice at. the other honesty and determined purpose, a i side. The doctor saw his patient. Imi strictly temperate man and active in all i had to return by Prairie du Sac, as the good works. A Whig in early times, a | river was full of floating ice in the strong Abolitionist in middle life ' morning.

and Prohibitionist at his death.; The doctor was an enthusiastic old show the trend of his character, settler and attended the annual gather- When he lived in Xiles. Ohio. I ings as long as his strength admitted, it was one of the stations of the ' It was a great pleasure to him anil his l nderground 11. II. and many a poor wife to attend the meetings at North black fugitive, on his way to Canada, j Freedom and to take by the hand tinreceived help from the doctor and his ; many friends they met there year after wife. When Fremont ran for president | year, but now the record is (dosed and and Uncle Tom's Cabin was i:i the j we think "the good, true man hath three hands of the people, then was planted i friends- himself. his Cod and tinin his family a love for Republican Angel Death."

William Fallek

twenty-five years: was a traveling salesman twelve years previous to accepting the office of register of deeds in '9(5, to which office he was re-elected in 'SS. He was married Aug. 31, lSTti. to Miss

Ensign Guy W. Faller. a Baraboo boy who helped to drive the "hoodoo" out of the good ship. Texas, and Cervera's fleet off the seas, is the son of the oldest settlers of the town of Freedom. William Faller. our present register of deeds. in time of peril placed his life and his sons in the scale against slavery, both white and black. That of kings, nobles, dukes, lords and titles. The ancestral father shook the dust of his feet and turned his back upon "fatherland" and planted them upon a free soil, and his descendants are showing their fealty to the i-ause of freedom. W. H. C.

William Faller, register of deeds of -Sauk county, is a native of Pittsburg, l'a., and came to this county with his parents in l>v>4. who settled in the town of Freedom. In February, 'til he en- j listed in ( 'o. L. 3d Wis. Caw. and served | until Aug. 'ti.'i. acting as courier on the ! frontier for eij^ht months during the latter part of the war. Mr. Faller has! '"»-!) u resident of Mara boo for the past -

Ensign Guy W. Fallkk

1SH4. graduating --with credit'" on April , to tin' battle-ship Oft-yon which sajl, 4, 1898. Ensign Faller was immediately i from New York on the same date, wie, assigned to the battle-ship Texas and the Iowa and other vessels composing served as assistant engineer through the | the fleet on a three years' cruise. Kb-

Monroe Bentley Moxuok Bextley

Corners, Wayne county. X\ Y.. to Li Grange county. Indiana. When 14 years of age he was sent to the Lt Grange Collegiate Institute at Ontario. Indiana, and graduated from there at 18 years of age. He taught school [->- the next 12 years after coming to Wisconsin in 1855. In 1865 he came to Bai - aboo. He has always been a teetotalar and has taken a very active part in temperance work in Wisconsin. After arriving in Baraboo he read law in thioffice of C. C. Remington. He was admitted to the bar in 1878. and has practiced in this city since. He was chairman of the town board two years and justice of the peace ten years. Mr. Bentley is an ardent republican, and one of the enthusiastic supporters of the "principles of that party. He was married in 18"S to Susan A. Booth, of Poynette. who died Aug. 27. 18f>9, leaving four children. Frank R.. Charles V.. Alice It., now Mrs. J. E. Graf, of Cresco. Iowa: Carrie, now Mrs. C. H. Lamberton. of Baraboo. Mr. Bentley was again married in JJST1 to Jennie .Tenks. of Baraboo. They have onson. Ernest, an operator on the Northwestern.

A Communication From Henry Rich

now of Hotel De Calais, asking him for! Mr. W. H. < antield, Baraboo. Wis. information of travel, etc. He kindly Dear Friend: - I received your letter replied in the following letter, which' of the 11th inst. some days ago. we OT«- he did not expert would be a newspaper | pleased to know you keep so well am! matter. As it contains! matter of i hearty: it is given to few to enjoy such general interest I do not think he will ; a ripe age and we wish you many yearbe offended if it is given to the public, of continued health. We have all bee" infill lis ago to-day and have en joyed the world and its attractions very much. Id reply to your question as to the cost .if a trip to Switzerland, etc., if you lay nut your route and the place you desire to visit you can get the exact cost from Thomas pook & Son, Chicago. By rail anil boat on this side we have found 2nd class very good indeed- -good enough. Indeed. 3rd class by rail is not bad and wry much less in price. 1 would suggest you take steamer to Naples direct, then you could visit Pompeii, only half hour from Naples: rail to Kome five hours: rail to Florence live hours: rail to Venice 'eight hours: Venice to Milan five and one-half hours: Milan to Luzerne. Switzerland. six hours: Luzerne to Paris eleven hours. I sup- Hose if you only wanted to visit, say Luzerne. Switzerland, you could go there from Paris and back to Paris, second class for round trip *2"i and from Luzerne you can get a ticket good for fifteen days for ** and travel all over Switzerland on it. or as much as you have time to in fifteen days, and for a small advance you can get your ticket good for thirty days or more and travel in Switzerland to your heart's content. on good railways. It v.ili cost you for Ixtard outside of Paris *l."><> to $g a day or even less if you wish: it has averaged us about *2a day each. As before stated,, you should lay out your route and then you can get exact cost of ticket from t'oolc 4*fc Son, Chicago Iniek to Chicago. Second cla*s on ocean steamers is very Lr«xwl indeed, only the furnishings are not a<- nice of course as first class, but srtxxl enough for you or I. Many '"expectable people patronize second '-lass. Board m Paris will ctjst you froui*2 to *«» a day during exposition: *ve have arranged during exposition at "-'-. at present we pay *2 a day. room and three meals. Entrance to Exposition 2o rents only. If you eoam direct to Paris and tmlv want to visit Switzerland you best buy a ticket here, tn Switzerland and return. *40 would take you there and back and all over Switzerland besides. Wm. Faller is agent for Ham burg- American Line and I believe you might get rates to Paris from him. The normal rate by Atlantic Freeport Line. Agency in Chicago First class. New York to Loudon is $2."): probably it will be higher this year. London to Paris *7. The fare from Naples to Venice via Rome "and I Florence $l»i. second class: Venice to ! Paris about *2<). second class. I hone | you will give yourself the pleasure of a i trip. Baedeker's guide books would be invaluable to you and not very exper.- I sive. Italy and Switzerland about *2..">n I each, or you may take mine. It would ; take more time than we have to spare I to give you a slight account even of our | travels, of course we visited Italy. : Switzerland. Germany. Austria, lieij guim. Holland and London and have ; yet many countries to visit before we sail for home Aug. 27. via Spain. \ Northern Africa. Scotland. Ireland and i England, if we all keep well. We , learn that she. who was May Wood. ' of Baraboo. daughter of M. Wood, arj rive's in London to-day. She with her ; husband have arranged to meet us here j in a few days. It has rained nearly every day during December and January here. Paris has :;.noo.nno ami ; London (i.n n.i);i:i inhabitants. We : like London much the best and spent j ten weeks there and intend to go again. i We are greatly in sympathy with I England in her present- trouble. Any I injury to her is injury to America. We feel that the English people are first j class people, as we used to fee', rather hard against them. I suppose it was <>u theeourse she took in our civil war. | but you may be sure she is our hot j friend among the nations. Ail the j continental nations keep immense 1 -aandimj- armies: thev are so close together and so jealous they are liable to { no distant day. The lirst time it Look* get into a light any time. Rome would | like a big undertaking, but really it be a perfect delight to you in fact there I not; it is just a daily pleasure from th« is no place but has its attractions and start, the only wonder is that nion all are dissimilar. It is very easy to get people do not avail themselves of .1

The Baraboo Republic

The Liaraboo Republic, editors, pro- I era and pleasant men to meet. "faing prietors. help and office are here live the Republic. "--W. H. ( '. represented. Mr. and Mrs. Powers are"' The Baraboo Republic, the oldest as their biographical sketch slum's. newspaper in Sauk county, was estale We all know them. They have i«afcen ! iisho^l in 1*V> by Col. D. . K. and Silas l heir brown hit id with the old settlers. ' Xoyes. The N^>yos brothers conducted The Republic Min.-,- is now as finely the Republic tor a year.or so, and sinee equipped as any lo.-il olliee in the state, that time the paper lias been under tic Th.-> i!(« line work an 1 have all they cm management of men who advocated tin- (I... The yuunger members of the firm i sterling republican principles euuneibave shown themselves as hmiest deal- j ated bv its founders. Prom the Hrsi week of the Republic's existence it has steadily grown in the esteein and eonfideneeof its thousands of readers and patrons. The material of the office has been increased and renewed from time to time to meet the demands of the constantly growing business. To-day the Republic is in its own building. Its presses are driven by water pressure ' furnished by the Marabou Water Works, and the office is supplied with the latest type faces, etc. The proprietors ami editors. Powers and Hoo 1 Brothers, enjoy the satisfaction of having fchv will continue in the future sis in the j past- not ashamed of its polities or j lacking cqursige to defend its position I upon public affairs. Hoping that this I souvenir which we issue in celebrating tin- forty-fourt li anniversary of the Republic will be satisfactorily received by our hosts of warm friends and well wishers, we extend our thanks to the enterprising citizens of Raraboo who so materially assisted in the work. We shall always be pleased to heartily UTeet all who may favor us with a business or soeial call. - Republic souvenir edition.

' wounded at the taking of the Height | of Petersburg. Va.. the last, hard-tou-h: I battle in which he took part being th. j eipture of Fort Fisher. N. C. He wa- | discharged from the U. S. service at I Raleigh. N. <'.. Aug. 2.1. I885,and a few weeks later from the service of tinstate of N. H. at Concord. He camto Wisconsin in November. IN<>.">. ami arrived at Baraboo Feb. 22. LSfili. ami engaged at his trade in the Republic | office, in which he has spent the greater part of the time <ince. For two year-.

w.ts boru in I 'aledonia. ( 'olumbiu county. May 12, 1852, her parents beiny i George and Harriet DunnCapener, the former a native of England, and the | latter of Pennsylvania, her mother belonging to the Cameron family. Mrs. Powers was educated in the public schools of Baraboo and at the Collegiate Institute. In May, 1867. she entered the Republic office, then owned by Wm. Hill, and learned the art of a compositor, continuing in the work until her marriage. Since then she has spent the greater part of her time in the Republic office, filling at various times the positions (»f assistant editor, proofreader, book-keeper, etc. In the year 1884 she held the office of President of the Woman's Club of Baraboo, one of the first clubs of women organized in Wisconsin. She was secretary of the Woman's Republican Club in 1890 and has held offices in various other societies.

Mr. and Mrs. Powers have one daughter. Blanche, who was born at Durand. Wis.. Jan. 4, 1870, and was married March 31, 1892, to A. V. Taylor, an attorney of Salt Lake City, where she now resides.

A PKAN'K OF CHESTER A. AUTHfU. Later president of U. S. A. In the little town of York. Livingston county. Xew York, lived three families that were closely allied to each other by religious ties. Dr. Long, Deacon Goddard and Elder Arthur were close communion Baptists. Dr. Mills of our sketch married Cordelia K, Goddard. Wm. H. < 'anfield married < ordelia A. Long. The children of these families were playmates and school mates. <'het was a wild boy. While his father was preaching an abolition sermon the boys had contrived to suspend a biy negro doll by the neck and conceal it until the lecture progressed. When the elder was portraying in vivid language the cruelty of Negro slavery the image was let loose from its hiding place and was dangling over the elder's head. A burst of laughter broke forth from the audience that surprised the elder. His language was calculated to briny tears instead of laughter. A peal of laughter from the boys outside was what puzzled the elder more. The audience could not be restrained from laughter and when the elder was a|>- prised of the joke he smiled and said, the Lord had illustrated the devil's work, and went on with hi< discourse.

This group are children of our early pioneers. J. S. lloesler's home is in Sauk City and Prairie du Sac. L. W. Stone who is under-sheriff at the present time, lives at his home in tow n Sumpter. H. H. Hulbert's home is in Delton and Baraboo. W. T. Kelsey's former home was at Prairie du Sac but at present is in Baraboo and he is our present county judge. N. G. Blakeslee's home is at Ironton. K. D. Evans died December. 1899. His home was at Baraboo. V. Buehler's home is at Honey Creek on his fine old farm, K. F. Dithmar. our present clerk of tincourt, formerly from Reedsburg, is serving his third term. At present he makes his home in Baraboo. Thi> group have been, and a part of them now are the people's servants. I'n«hiold country laws and customs the\ would be the rulers and the people the subjects servants slaves.

Joseph Holbiiook Whitxev

In canvassing Mr. Whitney and wife for old settlers' matter he made a request that there should he associated with his nam*' No TITXJSOFANY KINO. This savors of Ameriean republican democracy of early days. Hen- we were considered equals in opportunity. Titles helomr to monarchies and kingdoms, where the people are commoners, subjects, slaves to their governors. This is reversed in America. Our governors are our servants. W'e set an example to tin- world that hasclrawu to us the oppressed of kingdoms who have '.Town into distinguished nun and women. Away with titles !-- \\~. H. < '.

M iss.. and was ii :lmitteJ to practice in ' cousin eouferenvie in VW*. Afn all the courts of the state in Do ce niber. \ twelve years of intense activity th 1880. He enlisted for three months I burden of the work proved too giv.ii iu May. 1861. in Co. A. 4th Mass.. i arid' 'he retired from the work of th«- M. V. M.. being the first m :in to enlist ! ministry in I88tj Mr. Whitney had much from his home. Ashburnham. Mass. Lie- ! to do with building up the organization enlisted in Co. C 21st Mass. Inf. Vols., j known as the Grand Army of the [Jtin July. IftSl. for three years, serving as j public, in Wisconsin, being assistant sergeant, sergeant-major and 2nd lieu- j adjutant general of the department tenant. In 1883 he resigned on account ! three terms. During this time h<- of ill health. In the spring of 1864 he > wrote many poems for various occasion.-, again enlisted as private iu the 4th j He wrote his war ballads for his comm y

Kesioexcf. Of .1. H. Whitnky

Mass. Hvy. Art., and «;i< appointed | rades To him the war for the [Jniuu sergeant-major of th-- regiment, serv- was a sacred memory, and the prineipi. - tutr until the close of the war. In .fan- for which lie fought a part of his vert nary. ISH4. he married Mrs. Mary L. being. His poems were written largely \Vhitne\. widow of hi> only brother, ! I'rom experience. not primarily for pnl*

Ibeihuttle of Chant illy. Va.. September with the mo>t iutense devotion to th« 1. H;^ She died in March. 1877. Hag. perpetuating the memory of bravi -Mr. Whitney came to Wisconsin in and uuselnsh deeds, and a religioii- 1888 and to Sauk county in I8m». He spirit pervades them all. Some pflh«- studied for the ministry at the Huston earlier ballads were erude and h:iv< University ami entered the Wen Wis- I be. n revised, "unl manv cast a-M- - ried to William H. (nllespie. lne\j His promise falfilling, .-.uue West, settling in Dellona in lSt;4. j He comes with this heavenly peace. After a little more than a year her hus- Fri(Ill the Hnrest :iround us.

The writer h;^L/.lu' pleasure of seeing as well as being the oldest English an old bible whilt if ^EJ^aie of E. C-J. } version owned by any private individ- Marriott a few days :^c ^Xt Wis printed I ual in America. There is a treasured in London. England, by llobert Parker | copy of thesame in the British Museum, in the year 1i>.",1. The hook is a work j London.

of art as well as being an old work: it I The progenitor of the Kelley family is known among hihliognostes as the was. from the north of Ireland and of wieked bible from the fact that in] Scotch Irish descent. Edward, father printing the ten commandment* the i of Elizabeth, was nn old settler of Baraprinter left out the word not in the '- boo. as early as I*4!i. He died July 2s. eighth commandment, making it read. IKSo. Bella, daughter of K. <i. Mar- '-Thou Shalt ( 'oiimiit Adultery.'* The riott. was 'married June 2, 1'SttT. to John printer, when the error was discovered. Weshy Palmer, a druggist at Black «;is arrested and ordered to collect River Falls. Hu'gli Kelley. so well every copy of the bible sold. He col- known to Baraboo citizens, is a sou of h-cted all but a few that could not be Edward. W. H. ( '.

traced to the purchasers. They were Edward ( h Marriott, formerly prevail publicly burned in London and the hlent of the common council, was printer sentenced to a lomr term i>f im- horn in England in Witt: came prisomnent. and as f'ai' as i- known it to the Tinted States and to

Barabou in INliSI, and went to work at ' alderman of the Second ward: hits I. . his trade, that of shoemaker, and fol- I a member of the library hoard tun lowed that until l*7<i. wbenhe engaged i years and is a prominent worker in p.. in the shoe business which he has since ! Masonic. Odd Fellows. Knights <.: conducted. He carries a tine line of

Mus. K. G. Marriott

Pythias and Woo linen fraternities. lie was married in IJ*7<> to Miss F.lizabt th Kelley. and to them three children ings, his wide fl^u£/jfcfeince and* the have been born. Belle. William and superior quality or 1pm goods. Mr. { Deane. Their residence is at J.-] Third Marriott is serving his third term as i street.

Frank liomine Benlley is the subject ever since liis admission been an active of this sketch. He was born in t he vil- practitioner and eminently successful, lage now city ut Bamboo, August s. He is a self-made man: is independent lxtii). and has made this place his home, and of strong convictions. He is n«« except when he was attending school j serving his second term as public proband while he 'was at Seattle for three ecutor. and as such, has by his careful, years. He is a fluent and earnest vigorous and economical conduct given speaker. While- vet youtu; in years he ! universal satisfartion to the people nl

I his district. In politics he is an ardent republican and for years has taken the platform in the interests of his party. ! His easy and fluent speech combined ! with his practical and logical style of | expression carries conviction and «*ives | him success as a public speaker. Perhaps no other young man in the county is so well and favorably known as young Bentley. He was married November 10. !*!>:>. to Kmma H. Emerson, daughter of Joseph .V. Emerson. La ( 'rosse. She is a native of this state, having been born at Watertown. She is a member of the M. E, church of our city and is an active worker in it. }l^-r husband also belongs to the same organization. They have one daughter, Jessie, aged four years.

William M. Allen

William M. Allen is one of the most popular and deservedly successful business men of Haraboo, and his store at 417 Oak street is tin- headquarters of the railroad Uovs for everything they need in the lii n~ " 4ythyig and furnishing yoods. SincMg. ^t^c^kiCj in business lulu '!»-'{. Mr. Allen hasfc, able reputation for the goods he handles and i his square dealing, ha; influential patronage heavy and carefully i ready-made clothing for nu-n. youths and boys, furnishing goods, hats, caps, ''tc.. and you can find at his store all the very latest styles as soon as they come '"it. Mr. Allen was born in Baraboo. stud at the aye of seventeen went to railroading, which he followed until "->. He is a member ot the Knights of 1'vthias. is popular with everyone and has hosts of warm friends.

William Allen Sr. died at his home in the Third Ward Thursday forenoon after a brief illness. While at work in 'he Northwestern roundhouse about three weeks agju he bruised his ankle K'id the injury terminated in blood

Kichard Baker (Jyigtrn was horn at Millhurn. Lake county. Illinois. August Jo, 1*4*. Hi* received a common school education and graduated from the Illinois School of Trade in January, l*<i7. For two years he conducted a grocery husinessin Wankegan. Illinois. He kept books for J. F. Powell & Co.. pump manufacturers and for Win. Ladd & Son. lumber dealers, also of Wankegan. Illinois, and in the spring position of rashier of the Barulton Savings hank in February of the same year, which position he held until January 1. 1S'.)J. July 2i», isiij. Mr. Griggs was appointed assignee of th.- Baraboo Savings hank, which position he held until January il*». ls<»4. when the hank was re-organized and paid to its creditors loo cents on the dollar i>l their claims. Upon the organization of the Barahoo Mutual Fire Insurance company October 22. ls<i."». Mr. Griggs of 1873 again engaged in the grocery business at the northeast corner of South Dearhorn and l><th streets, Chicago. He came to Barahoo in May. 1*74. and June 5th of the same year entered into a co-partnership with H. P. Jones, as Jones & Griggs, to conduct a clothing and furnishing goods business, which p irl Heitship was dissolved by mutual con-rut June 1. lss:;. Mr. Griggs continued the clothing business at llo Thir.l street until the preseut, taking as a partner his brother John S.. in May. lJ**H, foe havinu accept* 1 the a third party prohibitionist and has been chairman of the county committer since 1H8L. He was formerly a republii can and was treasurer' of theGartield «\ I Arthur club in 188C1L fie never held but one public oflice - was clerk of the village of Barahoo in IH8U.

North Anson. Somerest county. Maine, j 11. l*7<>. was married to K. 15. Griggs April 1<», 18.">i>. Her parents were j and his lived in Baraboo continuously natives of the state of Maine and came i si net-. Outside of her home duties west and settled in Baraboo. Sauk | Mrs. Griggs has taken considerable .-minty. Wisconsin, in October, 18(i,">. interest in the work of the Woman's Mrs. Griggs received her education in Christian Temperance Union and the schools of Baraboo and on October woman's club work in general.

W. M. Little

April !>. l!Ml(t. was my eighty-first hirtliday. My neighbors, in goodly numbers, paid uie an evening social visit in the shape of a surprise party. I'hey hid learned that I was averse to receiving presents, as is nowadays '"Ustonlary. They did. however, tender a much appreciated present their kindly presence and viands to cheer the ( inward soul. Their kindness was (worth to me more than wreaths of

May !). 182H. and came with an older sister to this country \\ hen a little girl. They were married January 8. IS.'iO. In lS'4they moved to Fulton. Hock Co.. Wis., where on February 13. 1856. W. M. Little, subject of this sketch, was born. The family afterward lived at Evansville. Wis. On July 30, 1877, they came to Baraboo. Sauk county. Wis.. Here father and son. Win. and W. M.. formed a co-partnership in merchant tailoring. The father died .July, 11. 189-t, and the son continues the business. He was married September 1. 1880, to Miss Jessie May Irish, eldest child of Hew .1. E. Irish, former pastor of the First M. E. church, of Baraboo. She was born September 17. 1-86(5, at Sextonville. Richland. Co... Wis. They have three children. Lucy A.. Jessie May and J. W. Lloyd. The emigrant. Win. L.. was a jolly, whole-soul companionable man such as we love to meet, a thorough prohibitionist and a member of the M. E. church of Baraboo. The son seems to hi' following in the "foot prints of his predecessors. " There is no nation t t.at expresses a more hearty welcome than the Irish.

to undertaker's for costly tinsels ami a gorgeous cortege that the poor1 are burdened with on the top of expensive sickness, which takes bread from the family, and then comes death. The sjiirit has gone to the God that gave it. Then the undertaker and livery stable man take what they ought not to have. Dead ! Oh for wreaths of roses to eir eulate among the living. W. H. < '.

Stan Lev

There is a book of genealogy of this family that is traced back to lion in Stafford county. ( Vntral. England. The name meaning Stony .Meadow. 1 have a reprint of a few lines from page 19. that we may see how the English language was written in those days.

"Att a Court, holden att XeweTowne. March 3. 1634. Whereas John Stanley dyed intestate, in the way to Newe England. & lefte three children vndisposed of. the youngest whereof is since disceased. haveing also lefte an estate of exvjl, in goods & chattels, &a, it is therefore ordered, with the consent of Thomas Stanley, brother to the said John, disceased, that hee shall haue forthwith the some of lviijl of the sd estate putt into his hands, in consideration whereof, the said Thomas Stanley shall educate & bring vpp John Stanley, sonne of John Stanley, disceased. finding him meate. drinke. & app'ell, till hee shall aeeomplishe the age of xxi yeares. & att the end of said tearme shall yiue vnto the said John Stanley the some of (fifty pounds.

John Stanley

John Stanley started with his family I for New England lH34-lt>3t>, but died on the passage leaving three sons who became the American ancestry of this name.

Whitinu D. Stanley

Whiting I). Stanley is numbered IT") in the l'. S. A. and was born in Cheshier. Conn.. January 24. 17i>.">. He married in Canandaigua, X. Y.. February 11. I»is; ;t daughter of younger members of hi- family [mini- I grated to Wisconsin, purchasing five hundred acres of land mostly from the i govern inent. adjoining one hundred j mile grove in Dane county. Madison. I heing their market town. The older !

William Stanley

William Stanley, the subject of this sketch, was borninCanandaigua. X. Y.. February 18. 1831, and came to Wisconsin in 1847, living with his parents until he attained his majority. He then went on to a farm of his own. In is.".; he came to Baraboo, Sauk county. Wisconsin, then a small village and entered into partnership with his brother Lemuel in the drug business. Five years thereafter he returned to a farm in Vienna. January l.">, 1*.")!), and married Louisa Hunt burton, daughter of Herbert X. Huntine1- ton. Shortly after the marriage he entered into partnership with his fatherin-law in the mercantile business ami the firm was known as Huntington a Stanley. At the death of Mr. Huntington in 1S7.">. K. .M. Hoag came in ipartner. lie having been an assistant a'

Mks. Wm. Stanley

Ihkj. Besides these three living children there were four that died before, they had attained the age of three years. William Stanley always found time to look after public affairs ami had many offices of trust placed upon his shoulders. He has left a pleasant memory bt hind him. The slanley Mercantile House has run for f"rty-seven years anil all the way through it has been a financial success. Why? They have been honorable in Heal. They have always kept first class goods and with an unabated perseverance they have accomplished much. They are now in a large brick block with a double store packed to the I uttermost with choice goods. H. H. STANLEY. H. H. Stanley, wife. Ethel Hoadley. I They have no children.

W. D. Stanley Herbert N. Huntington

England for America in 1640 with a wife and three children. He died on the passage. He was of the Puritan.-, and left England because of religious prosecution. Louisa A. Huntington is numbered as 2<iJ!> and the daughter of Herbert IT. Huntington. She was born September 10, is:;<>, in Scriba. N. V. She was married to William Stanley January 1">. 1859. The progenitors of the Huntington's and also the Stanley's died in crossing the ocean. A widow and three children of each were landed on New England shore, from which have grown these generations numbering at least J..">00 each up to the present date. Each left England because of religious prosecution and became Puritans of New England in America, and have incidently wedlocked as in the persons of this sketch and shared the clouds ami sunshine from penury to riches, and frequently during the three hundred years nearly have put their lives into the scales to sustain a government "of the people, fur the people and by the people." Eschewing titles of rank and teaching that "ALL men are born free and equal with certain inalienable rights." We should love our New England ancestry and excuse their mistakes.

Charles Wild

CHARLES WILD. A house dealing in a large ;md comprehensive line of goods is that owned and controlled by Charles Wild, furniture dealer and practical undertaker. at 120-122 Third street. Mr. Wild was born in Baraboo on March 21. 1S.*>5». and received his education in the public schools. His father. Louis Wild, established this business in 18.V>. and. twenty years later, on reaching his majority.

shades, curtains, and in the undertaking department. coffins. caskets, shrouds and funeral pharaphernalia of of all kinds. Mr. Wild is a practical embalmer. and takes full direction of funerals, furnishing hearses, carriages, etc. A half century of square dealing has established a reputation that none can assail, and from its inception this house has enjoyed a large and influential patronage. Mr. Wild is one of the

Charles Wild became associated with most progressive and wide awake busihts father in the business, under the Hess men in this section, and to his firm name of L. Wild & Son. In IHHth ; popularity and enterprise is largely *ni*' L. Wihl retired from the business and ' the enviable success which he has since that time Charles "Wild has con- j achieved. Mr. K. L Thurwachter lias ducted the business alone. His store. \ personal supervision of the large stock one of the largest in this section, con- ! of sewing machines, pianos, organs and tains an immense ami carefully selected musical merchandise. Mr. Wild has stock of line furniture of every d<- ' ever taken an active part in public seription. upholstery and parlor goods. ; affairs and was mayor of the city in draperies. carpets. rugs. window | and "H3: during his "administration the

,-ity hall was built and the Ash street nul Island Woolen Mill bridges put in: .tiid also the paving of Oak street. which was the first street paving to be done in Baraboo. Mr. Wild was married in Baraboo iu 1884 to Miss Rose P. Duusmoor. of Oswego. N. Y. They have one daughter, Kietha Straleen. Their home is at 1121 Ash street.

Mr. Charles Wild is a man scrupulously artistic, lie. in company with Kdward Marsh, laid out a summer resort on Mirror Lake, named "Loch Mirror Park." It is plotted with much taste and with the scenery is a natural picture that a photograph or words cannot do justice. The eye must see it, and the mind have time to drink in its charms. It is here where Charles. >vife ami daughter spend much of the heated season in their rural summer cottage that is nestled in the vale among the eanyoned rocks. It is here where a man's mind, if it so runs, can hold sweet communion with his God.

Mi's. Briscoe, one of the early settlers of Sauk county, passed away at the home of her son. William K. Briscoe, in the town of Baraboo. Tuesday. April 10th. at H o'clock p. in., from physical exhausth n caused by old age.

Priseilla Smith Briscoe, was born at Cheshire. England. July 7. LSlti, and was married to Henry Briscoe about sixty years ago. They came to America in September, 1*4:;. and settled in Xew Philadelphia. Ohio, where they lived thirteen years, when they came t<> this county, where they had relatives living, accompanied by their family of seven children, and settled upon wild forest land in the town of Freedom. Mere the family lived several years. Mr. Briscoe found the '"hewing" of a farm out of the wilderness up-hill work, 'specially when he was compelled by circumstances to be away from home working at the trade of shoemaking. Xone of the family of children lieing old enough to render much assistance in the farm work and Mr. Briscoe not having had any training for this kind of manual labor, gave up the effort and moved to Baraboo in the spring of !8ol>, where they lived until death claimed them. Mr. Briscoe died April Hi. 1884. Much can be said in praise of the womanly virtues of Mrs. Briscoe, who was familiarly and lovingly called by those who knew her. --Grandma." She was it true wife and mother. During the vigor of her womanhood she was an industrious worker and her whole thoughts and efforts were directed to the moral and physical welfare and comfort of her family: she was ever considerate to strangers, and as a neighbor no one could be more kind and obliging. She was a devout Christian and member of the Episcopal church of t hi> city, being dearly beloved by every member of the church, who will miss her motherly presence on this Good Friday, a d:ij on which she was ever present at the services. A woman who lived the life of the just has passed to her reward. In her old age she was tenderly eared for by her children at the home of "Win. Briscoe.

She leaves afamily of eight children: Mrs. Mary Ann Harp. Samuel Briscoe. Mrs. Harriet Johnson. Henry. William E.. and Joseph S. of Baraboo. James S. of Idaho Springs. Col., and Charles A. of Harwood, North Dakota. All were present at the last sad rites except James Briscoe, who lives in Idaho Springs.

Geo. Xewson, who passed from earth to spirit life. April 10th. was born in Mill Bank. Staffordshire. England, August -"». ls10. He came to America in 1>*4!>. and to Baraboo soon after. He married Mrs. Margaret J. Emery, a native of Edinburg, Scotland, in 1 S.*J2 - a physician greatly esteemed and loved by patients and friends. Their union was blessed with eight children, of whom only Mrs. Priseilla Buckley and Mrs. Margaret Jane Hitchcock survive them. There are eijjht grand children and eight great-grand children.

His life and character, illustrating a noble manhood, deserve more than a passing notice. He was by .trade a stonemason and in his work combined conscientiousness with skill. In business transactions lie was always trustworthy and in family relations loving, devoted and true. He was for a time a temper-] anee lecturer and was awarded a gold medal by the Society at Stoke upon Trent. His teaching he fully exemplified in hi- own life, using neither intoxicant-- nor tobacco. He was a vegetarian, and to his hygienic j habits, mainly, his long and healthful i life mav be attributed. He was elected i a member of the town board in 1*7(.» ami 1880. He was urbane, of even temperament and kindly spirit. Meeting him on his walks during recent years, whin greeted, his face brightened with light and sweetness, betokening soul fr. from bitterness and a conscience without guile. In early life he attended Friends' Meetings but since its organization here he has been connected with the Free Congregational Society.

He has been a free and independent thinker in religious matters since the time when it required more strength a character than it now does to he known I as such. About thirty years ago lie j did the stone mason work of the ! church, thus literally laying its foundations'and contributed his work toward the expenses of building. For a nuin- J her of years he contributed the janitor work as his share of current expensesmuch more at a fair valuation of time than any regular subscription. Until his hearing was too much impaired he was a very regular attendant on church services.

Lest an intimate friendship of about thirty-five yeaps might bethought to bias judgment, an interesting incident shall be related: The Rev. Mr. Horner, when pastor of the First M. E. Church here. was on one occasion preaching in a neighboring town when he portrayed in his life-like style the character of a man he had selected as a model outside his church. Listening intently was a commercial traveler from Roekford. 111. At the closeofthe sermon he went to Mr. Horner and said, "J know that man: he is Ceo. Xewson. of Baraboo." and the speaker assured him that In* was right.

If the world was mace up of such men as Mr. Xewson it would scarcely need any restraining officers. Mrs. X. in her -lay was Baraboo's hygienic physician and had a fair practice. She seemed a counterpart of her husband.

( harles Hirsehinger. our well known ; age married Miss ( atharine Lorn. He nurseryman, was horn February 2(1. j is now in the fruit nursery business. IMS", at Capatine. Ohio. His parents Work - work - and s.ive - save was the came from Strassburg. Germany. From rule of his house. His father died Capatine they moved to the Baraboo March, 1853. He bought out the heirs valley and located on section 8. 11 11. I of the homestead when he was twenty- T. ti. in that beautiful belt of heavy tim- one years of age. I love to think of her that skirts the south side of the I th at grand old mother who found a kind Mara boo river. The oil folks and four home with Charles. She was blind for children with the Ameriean axe felled several of her last years. She was born "die grosse baunie" and cleaned the in 17'.>7 and lived to the aye of eightyground of all rubbish excepting stumps three years and one week. She died <>f trees. Much then of fine timber now February 28, 1X80. Charles always en- *«> valuable went into the air as smoke, joyed the ronlideiire of his townsmen. The ground then yielded its fruits to He was supervisor of his town 21 years. support humanity. Tiny hungere 1 not. and for IT years chairman of the board. nor ran into debt for anything: every tie has filled the office of justice of the day -was a slow but health, prosperity, peace for thirty years, and in Is'.*:! was The forest was made to bloom and bios- elected a member of the legislature and som as the rose. Time goes on apace re-elected in 181K1. His farm is now :ind the children marry. The subject n ntod for three years and his home and [ know her to be a kind-hearted she has raised .some. 7 1. bear. \V. II. person and nan anticipate how A. J. c. and seems to be full of deep and Phillips placed her in his mind on the j motherly interest in their welfare. hitrh standard of womanhood. That Kindness is in i^wvy feature of her fare was right, lint thai "she was an ex- and when she says he sure and come ception to all the rest" is wrong. That again, you fee! she means it. and when language knocks out my mother, wife you see her putting up presents fur and daughter and other women like the ehihlren of the poor, and making prescind of the sea cast without number, visions for the minister and his family. Men's business is to make homes, build you realize that she is living Enrol hers. cmals. railroads, etc.: raise ;m.l handle Mrs. C. H. was our neighbor for man.' - , ,«- . . ...i , vearsand 1 know the compliment is not annuals. Women to have children ana -

See family fjenealojjicxil tracing on ! his father, who died Amrust III. ls4<;. wjre HI of my history (if the town of and he and his brother entered the le'enlield. Sunk county. Wisconsin. ; land it being in section thirty -three, t. (i. t'owles was Inirn in (ieneva. Asta- I township twelve* range seven. Thej Hita county. Ohio. Detdber 1'». IK2<». | bought the claim of Mceazer Thacker. h- came to I Jural km i .Inly 7. 1^4.'!. wit h : a Turk, a one-half-scetion. having five acres of wheat on it. It. G.'s father was elected county judge, the first in Sank county. R. G. has lived on it up to the present time, "u years. In May 17. lWti. his wife. Lucretia A. ( 'rawford Cowles died: she had been a sickly woman for several years. It. G. performed much of the indoor labor. In faet he was and is an excellent cook and housekeeper.

( 'aroline D. Thorne was born in Alexander. Jefferson county. New York. July '2-. 1*2H: she moved to Illinois in IS4T and was married to Samuel Linnel. h widower with six children in Sept. 2". 1848. She moved to Dellona. Sauk county, in 1*4!>. residing there for eighteen years and then moved to Willborn. < 'olumbia county. Wisconsin. in lS(i(). where she lived until the fall of isii'.t. and on November ~2~>. l*!.«i was

Samuel Lixnell

SAMUEL LIXNELL. Samuel Linnel] was born near Port- I land. Maine. June «>. 1806; died at hi* ! home in Kilhourn. Wisconsin. Nov. 1.1. ! lSiti). aged eighty-three years and live I months. While a hoy Mr. Liniu-ll J went to N. W.. where he lived until about thirty-eight years of aye: he then started with his wife and six children overland in a covered sleigh driving through Canada to the western p.trt of Michigan. After living on a farn'i ! there for two years he continued his journey westward in a wagon throng!) Chicago to Roekford, Illinois, where he lived four years. In l8o(i he came to Dellona. Sauk county, Wisconsin, settling on an uncultivated farm, having made his way from N. W. with his team. He moved to Kilhourn in \W> and lived there until his death in 18! !'.

Opportunity

Heeently 1 looked into D. H. Montgomery's School History to get an item that [ desired to recall from niemorie's store house. The style of the author was so interesting that in a few days I had it read through in spare moments. North America seems to have been designed for a free republic. It seems as though there was something mysterious that sie/ed upon the people that touched this land that provoked a spirit of self government. Spanish explorers found in South America a people with a government that the most civilized nations might be proud to imitate, if individual rights and liberty are to he considered -Peru. The I ndian tribes, of North America, were imbued with high principles (»f honor and human rights that cannot he enslaved. Spanish civilization was hut plunder and murder for self aggrandizement.

North America, for over SHU years after its discovery until our Revolutionary war. was lighting ground for tei-ii- ! tory for kingdoms of Europe to lay i claims to as though they were the very one the world was made for to (ill their : coffers out of colonial acquirements. Spain. Germauv, Holland. France ami ! England planted colonies anl when by 1 conflicts they were established and became prosperous. They then sought for the reward of gain by levying burdensome and grievous taxes at which i the colonists demurred anl fought hi ; petitions and otherwise until the great I English rebellion and Revolution of tin* ! combined colonies by seven years i»f , war which made North America the | home of the '"tree and the brave."' It | was not these English patriots alone i" the great Revolutionary seven year ' war that achieved s() great a victory for individual lights. Most of the colonies of different nations here bad suffered by burdensome taxation and ' home oppression. Colonial possesssioiis | of nations is for t-he purpose of gain and that must conn- out of the rolouists. Hut the home government often, ami is in Xha end. the loser and justly so. Oppression breeds expensive discontent and wars: besides the expense of fortifying their colonies against other nations. The wars in North America since its discovery to the present time, foreign and intestine, have been about fifty in 300 years. Those of England during the reign of Queen Victoria, the English government, have had about the same number, as I learn from a newspaper article. It is a wild prophesy to make. If the world stands many years longer England will become a third class power. I feel proud to be a citizen of the l\ S. A. because of its five speech, free religious consciences, free schools, the public free domain land) to home born and foreign citizens, and a constitution that is so full of christian principles. We learn from the Bible that 0Jod"s chosen people of Israel had been so wisely fed and taught for the long period or J.ouo years, from Him the sum of all wisdom. became tired of righteousness and thought to better themselves by having a King. They were warned of Ood by Samuel the seer of their mistake in the most impressive and solemn manner. but notwithstanding they chose a King anil from the day of King Saul to tinday of Queen Victoria the professed church of righteousness in the name of (lod and Christ his been directly engaged in. or linked with one continual j-cotic of bloodshed, of their brother. Hod of the liible. --Thou Shalt Nor Kill"' - a positive command. Christ says, --return good for evil.'' "if thine enemy hunger give him something to e.tt etc.. etc Advisatory. At tvhost door lays the butchery of innocent boys' whose bodies lying side by side would make a bridge around the earth, from the days of King Saul to Queen of my beloved, so called christian friends Why does any one want a King 'i Who eats up labor tor war and aggrandizement, murdering boys for their whims 'i Why do men love titles? Why do men try to cheat a brother man when in reality it pays better to help each other ? With all the shady side of humanity in America, what a country for opportunity. America should be nicknamed "Opportunity." One of our presidents of this land of the ''Free" was raised in a log house*, went to the war of our I {evolution at an early age and was taken prisoner by the English. An officer ordered him to black his boots. He refused. The officer struck him with his sword making a large wound in his head. The scar he carried to his death. One has been a canal driver: one a rail splitter. and some more rose from the most humble walk's of life to the presidency of our beloved country. In our Old Settlers' album is printed Washington's Farewell Address - "Common Sense." by Thomas Payne. "Declaration of Independence."' by Thomas Jefferson. These documents should be studied and deeply impressed Upon every American at least.

-.(school edition, read: These facts prove the truth of the motto chosen for this book. America is another word for opportunity. I They show that America means opportunity. "In closing this brief history can we do better than to ask each one of himself what use do I intend to make of this opportunity'.' The whole future of the republic for -rood or ill. for growth or decay, for

Frank to the depot, t lie commencement | in Dr. Ri|glish's family :it Barabuo fun of her journey to Father Land, near years and John K. Wright's family tun Hamburg. Germany. This journey ' years at Washington. D. C. She imjh< there ami back with all expenses will \ to America with a cousin and goes lur, cost her about *2<><i. she has Worked [alone -brave girl. W. H. < .

Chaklks Coleman

of Sauk county. Wisconsin, resident at I Baraboo. adjutant ofG. A. II. post No. j !». iisoo . was born December :i. 1*44. at j Spring Prairie. Walworth county. Wis. ; His parents, Horace and Juliet (Merrickj ( 'oleman. were natives of the state j of New York and came to Wisconsin in l^.'Jti. twelve years before the < 'oinmon- j wealth took on the dignity of statehood j and in 184S they moved to Delaware i county. New York, whence they returned to Wisconsin in 1*">4 and located | in Sauk county.

Mr. Coleman received a good education and was still a resident under his father's roof when he decided to enter the army, although he was not quite eighteen years old. He enlisted Sept. j 20. lS(il. iii Company K, 12th Wisconsin infantry, his regiment lieing organized at Camp Randall. Madison, and leaving the state .Ian. 11. 18152. under orders to report at Weston. Mo., whither the command went under circumstances which convinced them that the way of] i he volunteer soldier was anything but j pleasant. They went thence to Leaven- > worth City and expected to join an I expedition under (General Lane, going! to Fort Scott, for that purpose, marching the whole distance and when the ; project was abandoned marched to Lawrence and thence to Fort Riley, ex* ' peeting to >ro to New Mexico. All the ' marching proved vain as the expedit ion ! was abandoned ttiid they inarched hack to Leavenworth and received orders to jfo'to Tennessee to take part in the activities near Corinth, hut when they j landed at Columbus. Kv.. affairs had | changed and the 12th Wisconsin engaged in repairs on the route thither, in scouting and other military duty until ordered to gQ to Humboldt. Teun.. where four months were passed in guarding the location while Grant was forming his plans for the capture til Vieksburg and in November they started towards Holly Springs, expecting to tight, but Van Dorn retreated and Mr. Coleman was in th« various inoveinents with the command during the late fall and until Van Dorn succeeded in scaring Colonel Murphy out of Holly Springs. He was afterward* in railroad duty and in January was in a long march in Mississippi and Tennessee and in February was engaged i'» guarding the Memphis Jfc Charleston railroad. He was fn the Hirht at Cold- water, went hack tit Memphis ami t hence in May the regiment went to Vicksburg and was on duty in the siege under constant tire until the surrender i if the city. Mr. Coleman was in the light at Jackson and went afterwards to Natchez and Vieksburg where he re- - -nlisted and after veteran furlough the regiment re-organized at C'ario and joined the army of the Tennessee preparatory to the siege of Atlanta and Mr. Coleman was in the fight at Keuesaw Mountain. Nickajaek (.'reek and nther movement at Kenesaw, was in I he command of General McPherson. and encountered the risk* of war during an entire year. Mr. Coleman was in the action at Hald Hill, in the tight ufJuly 22nd and in the charge six days later, being constantly under tire until the movement of Sherman in the destruction of the railroads, when he was in the action at Jonesboro. and airain at Lovejoy's. Fie was in the marching afterwards and in one of Sherman's columns, went to Savannah, being actively engaged every day in the operations of that campaign which hroke in two the backbone of the confederacy. He was in all the service [Jerfbrmcd by his regiment on the I'oeotaligo river, on the Salkehatchie i and at Orangeburg, ('heraw and Fa\- I etteville. witnessing the battle of Hen- - tonville and afterwards marching to ' (ioldsboi'o. llaleigh. Richmond and ] Washington and. after tihe Oraud lit- I view, went to Louisville. Kv.. to lie 1 mustered out .July lfi. 1S(>.">. Duringthc i last year of his military service he I acted as an Orderly at the headquar- ; ters of General ( ). O. Howard.

After returning to Wisconsin* he engaged in farming and in HTS obtained from the government a commission as Pension Examiner in which office he has since served. He acted ten years as town clerk of Excelsior and has served the same length of time as justice of the peace. In 1888 he was elected clerk of the court, his efficient and faithful work in many official positions recommending him to the place. He is a genial and popular citizen and One who has won a permanent place in the confidence of the community. He was married in Kxcelsior. Wis., in ls7<i to Martha Eaton, a native of the staff of New York, and their children are named Graeia and Lillie, Mr. Cole- | man is a member of the order of <>dd J Fellows subordinate lodge and encampment, and he belongs to the 1 Ancient Order of United Workmen.

K F. Dithmar was bora January 31. j still lives: he is !)<> years of age and re- \*~'.\. at Ueedsburg, Sauk county. Wis- sides in Marburg, an ancient and intereonsin. His parents came from ( Jer- | esting city in ( iermauy. many. His father. U. E. Dithmar. I His mother came to America with after completing his education came I her parents soon after the Rebellion. t<> America in I *»>.">. For a short timet and located on a farm near Ueedsburg. lie was interested in mining and later j Her father. Fred Dargel. died at "peiietl ;i drug store in Chicago which j Keedshurg in the suuuuer of |K!50. and lie conducted until the great tire of her mother lived but a few years later. 1^71. He then moved to Keedshurg j E. 1'". Dithmar. the !*ubject of this when- he uas engaged In the same sketch, received his early training in liusiuess'lip to the rime of hi> death, j the public schools at Ueedsburg. he He died August 4. ls7.5. hi- widow '- also attended the Lutheran parochial and two -ons. .1. T. Dithmar and E. F. J school at intervals until he was thirteen Dithiiiiir surviving him. His father. ! \ ears of age. lie graduated Eroin > ii<- high m'Ikh.1 in l«JMI. ami in the fall of tin* same year he entered the university of Wisconsin. He attended the university four consecutive years and graduated with the class of "1J4. His steady school training has prepared him to better meet the duties and responsibilities th:it may fall to liim during hiscareer. and judgiug from his record his resolves seem to be upward. His home influences were of tlie best.

anil this with his mental training lit^ him for the highest duties of citizenship. At the age of sixteen he was appointed a messenger in the WiscOu- ! sin legislature. In 1*514. when but l'| | \ ear.- of age, he was elected clerk nf I the circuit court of Sauk county on tin j republican ticket, and was complemented by receiving the largest vote of any candidate on the ballot, and ivi ceived the same distinction when i( - selected in ISUfi and ISiis. His spue moments were improved by readi. v.' law. In April. 18M». he passed the I state bar examination at Milwaukee. j being one of six that succeeded out of fifty-six applicants. Since his admission he has done considerable legal j work outside of his regular duties a> I clerk of court. He intends to remain i in Sauk county and practice his pro- | fession. In company with his brother. .1. T. Dithmar. district attorney of Juneau county, he visited his grandfather, {'-. Th. Dithmar in Germany last summer. < 1895) t. He visited many interesting places in. Germany. France, and Kuglan 1. He takes an earnest interest in the O. S. A. of Sauk county. At our last reunion at Bar a boo lie made the address of welcome. We h t I no money in the treasury to print it but it has beeu tiled with other manuscripts in {Kt^sessiou of the secretary.

Thompson M. Warren was horn May I book trade. In this he remained live In. 1X12. at Buck field. Oxford county, year**. Thence to Herkimer county. Maine. His father's name was Andrew N. Y.: thence to Dixon.- III.: thence to Warren: his mother's name. Dolly j Mineral Point, Wis., reuniting with Allien Warren: she was of the Miller i his brothers. Marcus and Andrew, in lineage and patriots of the Devolution- j general merchandising; They did here ary war. Thompson M. Warren was - a large and paying business, hi 1M-. educated at the Clinton institute, X, I he came to Sauk City. Wis. In the V. s his father being of humble cireum- I spring of Dbi he bought a farm in litis* sfan.-es he left home at the age of bury. Dane county: his sister. Mr-, seventeen years with only one dollar | Winchell. was his housekeeper. H«' and fifty cents in his pocket and going j I -ought an sol. I lauiFand loaned money.