Sauk County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1861 (part 8 of 13)

There are many things that combine to make the typical and happy community, among which I ma}- mention, beautiful and attractive natural surroundings, a unity of material interests and the strong bonds of social and family relationship. We have all these in their plentitu&e, and, besides tbese, powerful yet mysterious ties that bind the living ' : the departed. I know of no better illustration of this subject than what we have read of the veteran who, aged and infirm, sitting beside the fire and dreamiug, and in his dreams fights his battles over again. Then, again, the straggling army columns wearied and dusty from the lono* march pass in slow review before him. Again, he sits beside the bivouac fire and as old-time foes rise up, the soldier extends his hand in familiar greeting, He dreams on and these familiar scenes fade from his view, and strange shadow-forms are gathering around him. What is this that now stirs his inmost soui with such deep emotion? It is the re-union. The roll of honor is being called, and as old times and dear names fail upon his ear, the tender cords of memory, already alluded to, their utmost tension overbear the old soldier, ami he awakens, to Qnd it, but a dream. It was a dream, but as long ago as the earth endures, and powerful sentiments arise to sway the hearts of men, none will be more lasting than those springing from the efforts to conuect the earthly with the heavenl}- and, the unknown. And we, too, have the same powerful factor to cement and connect, iu fraternal bonds, this association. At each recurring anniversary our secretary will have read our sacred roll of the dead, and as each year rolls by new names will be added, until the sorrowful pages shall outnumber those remaining. Thus will it go on until the last page, and the hist line is reached and then, unless some friendly human hand shall rise up, then there will bo none such to write down the name of the last old settler, but the recording angel will glad. !y seize the pen ami performing the kindly act, and folding up the book -will hand it to the Great Judge. Let us trust that, as he reviews at the fast day the names recorded therein, he will not pass judgment accord- ,

Friends: - I hare a right to make an apology as well as the rest. I cannot stand up here and try to say something to you, when I have nothing to say. The President asked me to talk to you only a few minutes, and, consequent!}', 1 have nothing prepared to say to you. This shower we had this morning reminded me of our 6hanties, when we first came into this country. My ! Host they. used to leak. The best of them did rot afford more shelter than this platform. The dryest place was the dryest corner with an umbrella over you.

Mr. President and Old Settlers: - I am astonished to think that 1 should bo called upon to speak to you to-day. My business is to work j and, therefore, you must not be disappointed if 1 do not say much. I entered the village of Baraboo 33 years ago. I had been up to Mineral Point to ontcr my land, and just getting back, when I mot a man over here at the foot of the bluff looking for his horses. He told mo that 1 might rida one of his horses into Baraboo, if I could rido without any bridle or saddle. Then it puzzled me how I was going to make a bridle. I thought it over, and the next morning I got up real early and went out in the woods and got a hickory stick and peeled nearly all the bark off, then I took ono picco lor a bit, and made the bark into reins. Then 1 went back and asked the landlord if I could havo a little hay, and ho wanted to know what I wanted of straw, and I told him I wanted to mako a saddle, and I did make a saddlo ; and in this way I made my triumphal entry into Baraboo.

3fr. President and Friends: - This is the first timo I havo ever had the pleasure of attending an annual meeting of tho old' settlers of Sauk county, I hardly knew whether to come here or not, as 1 was unfamiliar with the programme - did not know what modern password or voucher might bo in uso here; but having a distinct recollection of the old sottler's grip, I took the chances of making my way through on that alone, and Mr. President, 1 suppose, at these meetings I it is not regarded as egotistical, but expected that each one will relate somethiog pertaining to his own experience ; first impressions and trials, mental and physical, as a pioneer, and of his especial locality. I j will commenco at tho beginning. -The first thing that especially at- I tracted my attention after landing in Milwaukee as being different j from anj'thing I had witnessed in tho Eastern states, was tho anxiety i everywhere manifested by ihoso wbo had preceded us, to induce now- j comers to settle in their locality. This was especially true of thoso who aspired to be the founders of a new town or village. "We were collared by several of thoso aspirants soon after landing from the boat. ; Tho amount of argument, facts and figures thateach would uso in favor of his own locality seemed almost exhaustless. This, to my mind, accounted for tho wonderful and miraculous stories of tho beauties and advantages of who West that found their way back to tho East from thoso who had preceded us. It was an exemplification of tho adage, "misery loves company." Loganvillo, our present homo, was no exception to this general rule. I do not wish to speak disrespectfully of the founder of that village, but ho collared us, and explainod that it was but little over two hundred miles from Chicago - still less from Milwaukee } tho Mississippi on the west furnished ample facilities lor steamboat navigation j it was on a direct lino between tho lead minos of tho South'(then an important interest in tho State); and tho best pino forests in tho north, to say nothing of the copper mines ot Lake Superior. It was next to impossible to go Irom one important poini to another in tho State without striking Loganvillo on tho route. Al lines crossed each other there like the diagonals and bisecting lines of a parallelogram or great hollow square. It was conceded that Madison, Portage and some other places might become competing points ; but they were too remote to seriously affect our retail trade. If ever a shadow came upon his face it would be when some one would ask how far it was from Shclden's Mill or Sheldonville, as it was sometimes called, which latter village was at that timo another small saw-

\ had passed many while on our way here. We were liko the rest of 3'ou, seeking a homo we could call our own. Our pioneer experience in most respects was not unlike that of all pioneers in a new country. About tho only real hardships we had to ovcrcomo was the fact that tho sun did not rise in tho right place. There were no such sun-rises and sunsets here sis tho old home knew. In the old homo'in western Now York, on the eastern shore of Lake Erie, tho sun rose in tho cast and set in the west as our spelling-book sajd it did, and nearly on a lino with the spectator ; and as the setting sun dipped its disk in tho waters of the far distant west, the reflections and refractions upon tho rolling waves or rippling waters exhibited all the beauty and grandeur oi a sunset at sea. It would then, by some legerdemain of tho controlling power, appear in the east relit (or tho services of another day ; but hero everything was out of gear. The sun rose in tho south and set in the north. My wife, however, claimed I was mistaken in this - that my theory would locate our old homo at the North pole; \ but lor several ycar3 she was exceedingly frank in admitting that tho points of the compass were ihc only thing that had not. been completely tipped topsy-turvy by our coming West; but we were here liko tho mule at tho loot of the hill, and being too proud to show the whitej leather in writing home, we invariably spoke, if not in glowing terms, of our new heme, at least in approving terms ; but to us our own letters often sounded like the effusions of the school-boy while attempting to write upon tho beauties of nature, as he dilated upon the howling of

J3ut, Mr. President, wo have learned to love tho West, "Western ways and Western people. We are satisfied with Sauk county. She is not only rich in that which pertains to material wealth, but she is rich in picturesque and variegated scenery. Sbe has within her borders sconory that, were it in Switzerland, would be visited and dilated upon by trav- j elers and pleasure-seekers from every part of tho civilized globe. Wo love the old pioneer spirit. Tho old pioneer spirit was to strike for the open sea, while tbat of modern times is to gather in shoals near the shore; or, to speak more accurately, tho old pioneer spirit was to strike for open, unoccupied fields and buifd for themselves. That of modern times seems to be to gather along our railroad lines, crackloo, and grind tho hand-organ for tho pennies.

Mr. President, Old Settlers, and Ladies and Gentlemen: - I was not notified by 3'our worthy president that I would bo expected to speak to 3'ou to-day until a few hours ago.

1 havo been in this State for forty-two years, but this is my first attendanco at ono of theso meetings. Dickons says: "Tho oldest tima is the best time, and to-day is the best time." I agree with him that

\ to-day is the oldest time and tho best time ; and let us on joy it the best that we can. I came to this State in 1S40, and at that time there was

; not a foot, of rail west of Buffalo, and only ono in Now York, and that went through Datavia. The first pieco of railroad that I saw in this

\ Stato wa;> a pieco of the Xorthwcstern, away this side of Chicago. In those days, all messages had to bo sent, by a messenger on horseback. After ono horso was tired out ho was left and a fresh ono taken. At tho limo of Daniel Webster's death it took eight days for a messenger to carry the news to his brother: Now, by the aid of our quick modo of communication and transportation, wo can gather around our friends on very short notice. At the timo of my mother's last sickness all her children were allowed to gather around her sick-bed. Ono camo all tho way from Connecticut in three days to attond tho death-bed of our boloved mother. And such is tho progress in every sphere of life. When I camo into this State newspapers were a rarity, and after they wcro read by ono noighbor they wcro sent to tho next; and so ono paper did service for a great many households, but now tho man that has any less than half a dozen on his table is styled out of fashion. Many persons hero to-day can well remember how their pocket-books were drawn upon for money to pay tho postago on letters from dear ones at homo. It was not customary in tboso days, as it is now, to pay the postago in advance. Then it cost twenty-fivo cents to carry a lottor, but now three cents - and near in tho future, two cents will carry a letter to any i "^art of tho United States. It does ono good to look at tho past and compare it with the present ; then wo know how to appreciate tho conveniences we havo now. In all tho latost progress wo sco only tho blessings that corno to us at tho prosont. Wo should not envy tho inventor ; for by his ingenuity and skill he earns his daily sustonanco. To be sure, tho railroad corporations draw heavily upon us, but what would we do without them. Tho present generation would be helpless without them. Our crops would decrease to almost nothing in value, as compared with tho price at tho present time. We should bo grateful for tho good they have dono. I can romember ono instance in which a farmer hired a neighbor to haul his grain to Kenosha, and paid him eightoen cents for hauling. "When tho neighbor came back the farmer found that his wheat would only bring fifteen cents in the market, that is per bushel, and tho farmer owed his neighbor three cents more per bushel for hauling than his wheat came to in tho market. Anothor instance runs through my mind, in which a farmer took somo "pink-oy" wheat to market (not tho pink eyo wo nave now), and could not get but a shilling a bushel for it, and so he backed his wagon up to tho harbor and throw his wheat into tho water ; then the authorities arrestod him, Tho farmer lost his wheat, and had to pay tho fine besides.

I am using more than my allotted time. 1 am now getting to that age where probably I shall never change my residence, and I hope that I may bo allowed to moot with you man}- moro times in tho future. If 1 should meet with you again, I will try and bo bettor prepared to do my duty, and to do justice to tho Old Settlers.

To the Old Settlers of Sauk County : - To those not quite as old ; to thoso still younger, than those who camo hero, somotimo aftor they did ; to those who went away and were glad to get back ; to thooo who have just arrived, and to thoso on tho way; to thoso who contemplate coming here in tho near future ; to thoso who want to come but cannot got here j to thoso who are living in heathen lands, who have no idea of over coming hero, and have not cnorgy enough to make tho attempt; and to all of those who arc with us in body and spirit in this beautiful grove to-da}-, I am going to mako a few remarks. Tho iact that I cannot speak loud enough to be heard by every well-disposed citizen on the earth's surface makes me feel sad; yet I find consolation in the fact that frequently tho sensible listener likes that part of a speech tho best, of which he hears tho least. So, a delicate man with a feeble voice has no right to complain. I will speak as loud as I can, though not as long as 1 can, and should there be any good people in , our State who shall not ho able to hear my soothing voice on this interj esting occasion, it will be their misfortune, and not my fault; and they must ever bear in mind that precious truth that what we hear annoys I and disturbs us, not that which is unheard. Three years ago with very > littlo urging, I made a speech to you in the samo placo where I am in- | dined to think that I shall make a few remarks to-day. I did not expect that I should ever be called upon to speak to you again. I fondly believed at that time that I said enough to you which you hoard, to last you as long as you should live, if treasured up in good and honest hearts. I had no idea that you would get out so quick.

1 meant to have told you in tho spirit of kindness, that it is just as dangerous to overload the mind with rich mental food, difficult of digestion, as it is to crowd the stomach of a 'confirmed dyspeptic ; but I ' neglected to warn you, and tho consequences, though sad, are not as serious as might have been reasonably antieipated. It may bo I was mistaken about the character of that speech. I may havo fallen in lovo with tho author, and in my blindness lost sight of the imperfections of tho effort, or tho ideas advanced may have been so small and insignificant, and the language used to convey them so high-sounding and frothy, and tho manner of the speaker egotistical and airy, and the audience so disgusted and weary, and tho children so hungry and dreary, that tho peoplo with one accord came to the conclusion, that the speech as a fail - ure was a sublime success; and, although such a decision would humiliate - your speaker, yet his candor, which never forsakes him, compels him jlo say that it would not bo tho first time in tho history of our countv that the audience exhibited more good sense than tho weak, lame man Who attempted to instruct them; yet the three years that have passed since that speech was made baye been years of almost unexampled prosperity to the pooplo of our county ; how much oT it i3 duo to mo for that speech, it would not bo raodost for mo to say. I hope that my friends v. ill see to it that my rights are properly protected and not allow some officious intermeddler to steal my hard-earned laurels -and cany them away, for J. have none to spare, and good onos are hard to got. What has brought this vast assemblage together to-day X What do they mean ? What do they want? What do they need? What do they expect to hear from, the various speakers who are to address them to-day 1 What did they bring with them, and what do they expect to tako away ? Where did they all come from, and where -aro they going ? Xow, my dear friends, I have tho opportune, which I shall. improve of making a few suggestions, homely aud blunt, but in the spirit of fairness, and in tho interest of our common humanity, f hope tho people brought with them good, warm, honest hearts, good in tentions, good health, good appetites, all the fire and pluck of youth, the bloom of health, born of energetic action, and not the sickly pallor of .aristocratic idleness. I hope their hearts aro full of the religion of hope, tho law of love and the charity of mercy. This is no place to bring malice. Xo market here for back-biting. No conveniences to quarreling. Xo accommodations for petty thieves or politicians. XTo standing-room for snarlors or fault-finders. Xo beds for envy or intol erance. Xo louuges for swindlers. Xo altars for hypocrites, whoso loud and empty prayers annoy the people and polluto the air - nothing more. The old man, tottering under tho weight of almost a century and trem_ bling upon the banks of that river whoso well-defined shores murk with terrible accuracy tho inflexible boundaries of human life, is with us to-day; the prattle of the helpless infant sweetens the music of the birds, and the songs of our maidens mingling with the fragrance of tho flowers of tho forest are floating on tho balmy breezes of this beautiful day in June; and tho old women, not ladies - for women aro older than ladies - armed j with pluck and good sense, enough to last almost another century, are* thank heaven, with us, not only in tho spirit, but in the body, to-day. <iive us more of the bluntness of old-fashioned honesty, and less of tho sickening polish oi modern rascality. Tho old settlers had hearts as well as beads. This, I fear, is degenerating into a brain age, in which many a shriveled heart is bleeding in tho relentless jaws of avarice -, for a man all brain and no heart is a walking human peetilonco, a curse to humanity and a disgrace to the race. The old settlers understood and practiced heartfelt devotion, and -were strangers to showy and expensive prayer. It was as hard to get an Old Settler into office, in the olden time, as it is to get a modorn trickster out. Tho old settlers seemed to comprehend the great problem of life, and stood up like men and women, and bravely mot the responsibilities and perils of the hour, and did not waste their time in hunting up conveniences for shirking. They boldly marched up the rugged mountains of human progress tearing tho beautiful banner of a grander civilization, and have lived long enough to pee the once howling wilderness blossom as tho rose. Ono by one they pass beyond tho range of human vision, almost as an noticod as tho modest snow-flake which gently falls into tho mighty ocean. Tho life of the old settlor is tho history of our country. His toiiB and struggles wore tho toils and struggles for liberty and human rights ; their tears and sorrows were the groans and wail3 of the downtrodden and oppressed, and their heroic deeds shall live as long as humanity has a friend, virtue a champion, equality a defender, charity and mercy a follower, hypocrisy a despiser, deception a detcster, swindlers an oxposer, and treason a denouncer. Now, farewell, let us go to our respective homes with lighter hearts and unabated courage, and do all we can to help each other bear, with caso and comfort, the burdens of life. Say to each othor all tho pleasant things wo can think of, and forget all tho mean things we ever heard, for a good hearty laugh is tho great preserver of health, and tears and grief cloud tho mind and weaken tho body Be kind to ono another, for anger dwells in tho bosom of fools, and lor heaven's eako, let it stay there, and we will pay the rent.

Narrative Of Joseph Lester

I received a card, May 6, 1882, from Mrs. Lucy Woodward, of Mendota, Banc county, Wisconsin, second daughter of the deceased, inform" fng us of the death of her father, which occurred at hie residence, a Taylor, Jackson county, Wisconsin, April 21st; 18S2, of bilious malarial fever, after an illness of only ahout a week.

We were deeply snddoned by the news. It was only one year ago that we met him in Baraboo. He felt that Sauk county was his old home and wished to belong to its Old Settlers' Association, and said; «By and by it will receive at least a small donation from bim." I listed his name with the pioneers, with his post-office address.

Joseph Lester was a warni-hcarted, largo-soulod, intellectual, com, panionablo, honest, man, which irresistibly drow men to him as warm friends, and at least made all men respect him.

His social, liberal and intellectual characteristics were so prominent that tho accumulation of property was always made secondary. Hi3 wife and children first, his reading noxt, his friends noxt, his hand in his pocket for some good cause - tho making of money last.

The short narrative wo thought to put on paper of him, can bo no better arranged than to giyo tho substance of letters wo have received, answering questions asked": j

Mrs. Woodward writes : "1 much regret I had not socured moro j particulars ol our dear father's lifo before he died. I can answer some I of your questions.

8. - Ho was in the cabinet business with Wm. Baker, an Englishman. ' 0. - He lived there sorao years and finally bought a farm in Wilson ! Creek Valley, town of Troy, Sauk county, Wisconsin, and after build- \ ing and improving it into a pleasant homo ho traded it for lots in Spring \ Green. Hero he built a good house and engaged in the selling of furniture and manufacturing of wagons.

Tho war now broke out, and being always extremely interested ir? the affairs of his country, the idea of enlisting took possession of his mind. He joined tho «. Dmpany made up at Spring Green - tho Glh Wis. xJaltery or Light Artillery. He went as artificer and served three year3, and was honorably discharged at Madison iu September, 1S65.

He was engaged in all the battles that tho Lattery was i - Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, and ruany others that I cannot recollect. He was never wounded, and his escapes seemed miraculous. Upon his return home he found his family widely scattered. Our lother having contracted the measels, died threo months after he cnsted.

October 26, 1SG3, ho married again, and gathered his family together- 2nted a small house for a few months in Prairie du Sac, and in tho folding spring, bought a farm of Marcus Lyman, in Columbia count}', Tisconsin, and lived there two or three years. He sold this and bought ropcrty in Mazomanie, Dane county, Wisconsin. Here he kept hotel r four or five years ; disposing of this, he bought ~l~o acres of land in Ickson county, Wisconsin. Ho settled in tbo village of Taylor, in this unty. Here ho put up a largo building, comprising hotel, dry goods.

10. - His first marriage occurred July 19th, 1847, at Sauk City, to Miss Charlotte Lyman ; seven children were born: Elizabeth, April 14, 1848, near Stevens Point ; Lucy, December 4, 1S49, at West Point -, Clara, November 13, 1851, at Sauk City; Maria, October 31, 1851, at Sauk City ; Ella, July 7, 1S55, at Wilson Creek ; Francos, November 14, 1S58 ; Hannah, March, 27, 1862.

Mother died at Spring Green, February S, ISG3. His second marriage occurred Oct. 2G, 1S64, to Miss Mary Thomas. She has been a loving and devoted wife to him. His religious opinions leaned toward tho j Episcopalians, as he was brought up in their form of worship. He was , well read, ready in speech and an easy writer. He was always a source °f pride to us, children, for he was superior in mind and manners to most men ; and a more kind or indulgent father neyer lived. He was 1 of a cheerful disposition, and a benevolent heart. At Wilson Creek he taught the school during the winters. * * * *

While in the army he wrote many articles for newspapers. Father has left a record unstained by deceit or dishonesty. He was too liberal for his own benefit. He has two sisters in Nottingham, England, to mourn his loss - Miss Elizabeth Lester and Mrs. Robert Mane by. Ho had always corresponded promptly with them, and great attachment existed between them; j

The above letter is that of a loving child soon after her father's death; hence, wo might expect wTarm-beartcd language We do not think it is io the least an overdrawn picture.

Disposing of business and property there, wc came to Taylor, Jackson county, in 1874, and opened a hardwaro storo, and keeping a hotel Later, Mr. Lester's youngest daughter, Haunah, married Mr. Arthur Allison, of this place. Mr. Allison sold his farm and went into partnership with 3Ir. Lester in a general storo of dry goods, hardware and : groceries. Wc also kept the hotel. We had no children, Ho was | chairman of the town board one year, and has been Justice of the Peace / ever since he came to this place. He was a man of upright and honorr.blo dealing and opinions. He was a Republican when ho went into the army, and when Grant came up for President tho second time ho left the party and ever after voted tho Democratic ticket. Ho never be- \ longed to any church, but was a good christian man, who made many friends, and the longer they knew him the more they thought of him. Ho was attacked with rheumatism, April 13 ; malarial fever set in, and ho liyed but eight days. His left lung troubled him ever since he was in the army, and it entirely gave away before his death. Ho was buried on the 23d. A largo concourse of sorrowing friends assembled to pay their last respects to one univcreally honored and beloved."

Friends and Old Settlers: - 1 wish to say just a few words to tho young folks. All of us have seen and heard "Uncle Billy" Johnson today, and I would advise you, one and all, to follow his example. H tho world had more Uncle Billy's it would be so much tho better.

Mr. President and Old Settler.;: - I v,'hh to say a few words to tho boys. I think all classes should be remornbered. Uncle Billy spoke to the ladies and I will speak to tho boys. I would adviso the young men to take tho host-looking girl that they can find for a wife, and Etart out

It was motioned that this society purchase five or ten acres of land in Freedom for a permanent place. of meetings of this Association, and that the President appoint a committee to report at the next meeting oc this subject. \

Financial Repoet Of Treasures And Secretary

F William S. Gmbb paid the orator of the day lasi yeav $10 ou( of his own pecket, I i no comprehend that fact until after our financial matters were printed. 1 takeplease to amend the omis.'siou. Mr. Grubb and his wife have always taken a warm interest the .Society.

Enos Kimball Camp Fire

We are now all gathered here together, as old settlers, and I find we old settlers like to tell stories, the same as always. We will get 10 work to tell you some stories, and give you the Very best we have got. We have got lots of stories. We will call upon our worthy secretary. Mr. Can! old. 1 don't care what it is - something about olden times - but then he can tell something-.

it seems a little bad that I should be the ice breaker. I am willing to answer. It is a story of my wife. Sue was not a jester but generally what she ( id say was to the point and in the right place. Years ago 1 made a great hobby of having an abundance of fresh air. I was so airy that it sometimes provoked her. Upon a time we were camping out with an "A" tent and there came up a terrific thunder shower, it broke trees and made things reel generally. Our tent v. as about to blow down. I sprang to one end and era

John Hanger said: My story is about '"running the river." When we first came to the county L went up to run the Wisconsin river. There was a man that wanted some man to work there at Big Bull Falls so I looked at the place and said I would go, so he took me down where the ice was. When [ got there he handed me an ax. so 1 worked away for a long time cutting around a piece of ice. At once it gi way and I fell into the water and came near being drawn under by the swift current. At last I reached up and managed to get hold of ice on the falls and alter various contortions I got my chin onto where my hands were hallowed for help, but none came. Howto get my chilled body up was a question. But aft..-r a while I mans by twisting and turning to balance over,' crying for help ail the while, and got out. In the scrape I lost my ax. At length the man came

Mr. Groat said: "I am glad to meet with you on an occasion like this. My experience costs something of early pioneer life of Sauk county. .My mind runs back to when T came into this county in the prime of life and looking forward with great anticipations of

Mrs. Moulton said: I will tell yi little of my early pioneer experience. i came to this country with my husband and two children. After we gor here we had no house to live in so we lived in a wagon for a while. I remember how v.

making a fortune. I came into this country poor, and thank the good Lord ! cameoverthe bxiiffs from Sauk. Lverj I made a good living. In the time of few minutes our wagon would go IMS when I hist set mvfoot on the soil ! to the hub in the mud. T had to . of Sauk county. I went to what is | the team while my husband drove the Mack's prairie, now called Merrimac. cattle. After we were here awhile my Whom did I tied at the other shore? | husband and myself went to work to Thev ha& no railroad then; not a foot build us a house. He was hust of railroad. You had to cross the river ' penter and I was second. on a ferry boat. I met old Mr: WaUer stakes and put on a few 1'. Flanders. -He wanted to know if I ' where our bed was to help ke< p ofl the wante. land, i told him [ had I ram. Next day he went faye i where I was going to locate. 1 told feet, our fir him [ didn't know. That place put tn < ^ Den w'e cai in mind of the place where i am now found we had none, so my husband had .. . ,.-.. .... ,; [ronton, So to go back to Dubuque after it, it had

Mr. Volney Moore said: I will say tliis that my parents came to Wisconsin in 1837, my father came and then the children came. We weat to Milwaukee and had to go out into the woods twelve miles with an ox team. My father came part way to meet us. T will cut my story short, t thank the good Lord for being here to-night. I lived in Wisconsin ail v.^y life but about two years, and I am glad I am here to-night, it may perhaps be the last time because we are all getting old. at least some of us, and I thank you all for this privilege of meeting with you

June 20

June 20 was a big day for the old settlers of Sauk county." At 10:30 A. M. the president, Chas. Hirsehingcr, called the meeting to order, and after a few remarks made by him. the North Freed( .n band favored, them with a selection. Then the exercises proceeded with musie from the North Freedom quartette, followed by a prayer from Rev. Groat, of Ironton. and music by tii- North Freedom band. Mr. John Smith then rendered a soio, after whieh the secretary's report was read, as follows:

Secretary'S Remarks

It has been my privilege to keep the secretary's book. The membersof the old settlers' association are passing away - i ii rst 1 e 'swell Johnson, who lived on Sauk ! prairie. You all know what a sad end hemet with. I also have the death of many other old settlers - George Dun- j lap, who died in California. His obitnary showed that he had many warm1 ft Lends LnCalifornia. The next 1 have is j E. P. Si'eucer. You all remember! Spencer; he was one of our earliest set- I tiers; I made a trip east last year and i aeighboe. It. G. C3»! penter, Joel i . Lwife&i as* Decs mbi r in i hop s next year, if 1 live, i - I ' :'"'-' : ' you'all a full rep i these proceedings. Old lady Peck, first white worn;. n in the Baraboo va ley. is very feeble, so she cannot leav. her bed.

The day plea-ant: the eongregal large; speaking excellent. The feeli of fraternity was never stronger; t! exchange of greetings was hearty The propriety of a dancing floor upon the ground has always been discuss* ii and we have no remarks to make upon that. But those two gambling concerns that were licensed were criticisi > by many - a step beyond whatRinglinjr'; circus would allow upon'their grounds The aged should be looked up to as patterns of morality. We trust that it will not again occur.

Old Members' Annual Fees New Names Of Membership

The next on the program was the treasurer's report: I simply have to .-ay that I have received nothing and paid out nothing, so my balance is nothing.

Next was the election of officers, as follows: Chas. Hirschino-er, president: W. FJ. Cann'eld, secretary: John Hall, treasurer, for the coming year.

Mr. Gunnison, of North Freedom, was the next to speak an address of welcome: "Mr. president, pioneers of Sauk county, ladies and gentlemen: This is the 23rd anniversary of the Old Settlers' association of Sauk county, and it is with great pleasure that I stand here before you, and may you all enjoy this meeting, and may the jrood Lord bless you. The farms and farm houses are quite different now than they were in the early day. The blessing to you old settlers and welcome from the people of the village of North Freedom, and the town of North Freedom, will come to this beautiful grove. The Baraboo river Still runs along its winding way in the county of Sauk. We have- good churches and good schools. I will not take up any more time, thanking you all." This is but a brief synopsis of the address

Mi-. Frank R. Bentley, of Baraboo made a few pleasing remarks about the coming generation, after which dinner was served on the grounds by ladies of the Methodist church.

Afternoon Session

At 1:30 the president called the meeting to order and the North freedom hand rendered music. The Reedsburg female quart* tte was called upon to sing, after which Mr. Wyse, of Reedoburg, addressed the peop

"Ladies and gentlemen: f am here today, but there are two things why I cannot make a very long speech: one is, I was out to the circus lasl night - went topi the childrei is. 1 got too full of good darner down here. I did not know a< I could get here, but 1 am here just the same. I came to Sauk county in 1850; it has mj home, i i two but- Sank county. When I first ea here we didn't see our fine fields, nice houses or railroads. I came here, with my mother, father and brother. For the first three months we lived in a grove something like this; then we went to work to build us a house. I was very busy helping: but one day I was building, helping, and I saw three big rattlesnakes, aud I was glad to get away ami not help any more. I don't suppose there are many rattlesnakes in this county now. You may go to your state fair and see whole Sauk county. I can remember when it would take three or four days to get a sack of Hour home from town, and now you can go from our state to another in one day, You will find on record that men from Sauk county were the first to leave their homes when called to go and fight. xMen from Baraboo and Sauk were the first men who stepped forward and fought the battles. ,So from beginning to the end of N. S. you will find Saul; county represented. You old settler'.^, keep up your old meetings, your old gatherings. I know how it is when I meet my old comrades: there is no hand shake so pleasing as the shake; of an old comrade-. Today I had p ised to he in Michigan where ray old comrades were holding their reunion, but I had promised to be here, so I am here, but my thoughts are with my old comrades." This is only a synopsis of Mr. W's. hue address.

Music by the Reedsburg male quar- - was followed by an address made by Rev. Sehoviile. of Reedshurg. "Mr. president, old settlers, young people and children, to you greeting: As i look into your faces it makes me think of the Irishman that went to the hotel to get his dinner. They passed around the bill of fare arid lie could not so when the waiter came to get his order he put his finger on the first one. so when 1 is order came it was soup. After he had finished that he pu finger on the next, and when that came it was soup, and by the time he l'"! through with his dinner he was fi lo soup. So that is the case with a I am so full of good soup, 1 am ,i i hat to say, hut 1 did no; coi ie to talk on politics, hut 1 do not know what else to talk about. We are all here today to enj<y this occasion: hut for' a few its, ; i haps, it would not l> i out of p ice to talk a little on poli I ics. I >u! tiiis lai d is an L'Men to the f< lands. They are like Adam - they want a partner, so they come ovei this country to enjoy their life. We ought not to allow the foreigners over here; we ought to send them back, if by no other way, by force of arms. All the old scums they can find over there the people will send over to our country. They come ov^v here and take the lead and our Amerjcan people can stand back and let them go ahead. I don't think it is right, and 1 wish I had the Prince of Wales here this minute. We don't want any parochial schools and we won't have any if we can prevent them. In the year 1848 I came with my parents to this pleasant state'. 1 am unable just at present to give the exact elate when I first settled - it Was near Green Bay. I thank you for your kind attention.'' This is but a short synopsis.

Then Jack Warburton. of Milwauk gave a short and interesting speech: ''Ladies and gentlemen: I have listened to the speech of our brother, Rev. Schoville, and J want to say on behalf of our Englishmen that I have lived in the city of Milwaukee for a number of years and in the state of Wisconsin for twenty-six yea'-?. When I came to America I had been on a drunk, and that is how J happen to be here, and the Prince of Wales didn't send me either. I did not like the remark our brother made abort the scums all coming over here; that is not so. i came over and 1 am not one of that kind. I like America ami 1 am going to stay. Will God bless the man that will stand up for his country. 1 will not take up any more of your time." This is but a brief spnopsis.

Charitable criticism is sometimes profitable. The real native Americans are the N. A. Indians. It i- now occupied by civilized arid christianized foreigners I ? ). Chey established a republican democratic form of govern- j

. - on the broad and true prim that all men were created equal and \ id all mankind to breathe our free j - I ma! < ome in our broad ( our.- try, Whal a godsend to the ol 1 world | it has been to therir over crowdi -' Ship load after ship load - -"slum and. scums" have been pouring into this country for two or three bin - dred years and yet they come. vilie so slangs them as ''slums and scums." I was pained almost beyond endurance to listen to such vulgar untruthful language comingout of the mouth of any man. My brother a slum--too vulgar a word to li.id a place in Webstr's dictionary. "Drive backsuch ship loads." "if need be by foi ce of arms'' says our devine, into their over crowded area to eke out a starvation existence. Shame be to a man that tries to teach the old settlers of Sauk county such kind of Christianity. Do you find such teachings in the Bible 'i God bless them, let them come. If you at the point of the bayonet wish to drive anyone back let it" be the sickly, squeamish, overbearing, society loving, wealthy persons, that want ten acres to swing their coat tails on when the "scum" is made happy on one acre. Brains lie with the "scums" every time. A ship load of European mendicants is a hundred times more valuable to America than ten ship leads of s iciety, moneyed, superfine aristocracy. -Of this class America is cursed to-day. The "scums" at once settles down upon his acre and is frugal, hard working and happy, and in a short time has two acres. He likes his religion and at once has his school room and his preacher teaches Christianity as he sees it. To say that he is opposed to secular education is another great big falsehood.

Evening Meeting Of The Old Settlers' Association June 11, 18S4

The evening was pleasant and balmy. There was a large, gathering. The great log heap was fired and the grove radiated with light seemed to warm up the hearts of the audience so that the stiffness and bashfnlness that has marked some like occasions peemed to he torgotten nud we at once got into the spirit of telling stories and new country inci dents.

President Hmlbut called on Father Cheek, a four score pioneer, to open the sesstou by singing the "Battle Hymu of the Republic." He then made a few remarks.

W. H. Cantield told the circumstances of the tirst time he camped out, ami Mr. Jndevine, of Freedom, a bear story - how he got a "drive" on the- boys, instead of the boys on him. Mr Gibson, of Westfield, told a bear story also.

S. J. Seymour, of Dellona, related an untrue bear stoiy because it turned out to be a black hog, but in the fright he got he fell and broke his eomp ass (he was returning from a surveying trip) up very badly, besides wounding his face quite severely; going into a house with his face and vest co\ered with blood frightened the womau into hysterics. She was quieted by Ids telling her what kind of bears they were that made him so bloody. One was a black hog and the other the bare ground.

Prof. Jus. D. Butler entertained us for a half hour with thrilling incidents. He delivered the 1th of July address to the Baraboobians 25 years ago, he said. tie wave a verv interesting description of the National Park on the Yellowstone river - -a bear story verynearthe guyser "OKI Faithful."

F. J. Groat, of Iron tun, told a bear story; R. G. Carpenter, of Freedom, a fish story - pets eight barrels; John Hanger, a deer story - a very large buck. After he shot him down he jump.d up and chased him several times about a tree and finally ran off. This was ouly the first point of iut**r«sr. There were many other pnuts of extreme interest in the. story, and John Hanger was hy cunmon consent voted the best story teller on the grounds.

I did not suppose that after delivering address. But what c institutes the Old the address of welcome twice, I should Settlers' Association of Sauk county? be called upon to do it the third time; Those who have resided here twenty but it falls to my lot to welcome the years - u'», that is wrong - those who people to the same old grove we have have resided here twenty years should met in for several years As we look come up and join the association, which around it seems as though everything can easily Oe done by sending in your was in our favor; a bright day, a beauti- name and giving 50 cents. They have ful grove aud quite a gathering of pep- Kot l"e *uto another bad place besides pie t h it are here to celebrate with us: t,Jis; they want me to get the 50 cents, some, to be sure, louder than myself, and you are going to be just as welcome which troubles me a littK but perhaps to come tip here aud shake hands aud

The old settlers have orao here to As for the people of North Freedom I greet each other and shake hands. We will say that in their preparation of the m^et here old veterans and old pioneers, roads for the occasion and their care We love to see their faces; it does us that the grove sliould be nice and g "id, and these meetings have had the cleah, we can see as soon os we get here effect of cementing our hearts closer to- that they wished the old settlers to come. get her than the old settlers of Sank Music by the fife and drum corps, j county have ever stood before. I see followed by the Secretary's report, today better feelings than there ever Mr. C^h field then read a brief memoir have been before, which have been of Hie Barry family, together with an inbrought about by these meetings. We vitation to the golden wedding of Don

Music by the fife, and drum corps, opened at least his little finger for our followed by the introduction of Prof, edification; but lie was bent od settiu"- Butler, of Madisou. off his knowledge by an exposure of my

[Note. - Our reporter, Miss Ida Ram ignorance, so he has mmaged to thrust iugton, was so located in the A. m. ses- me iuto his place. So here I staud that siou tbat she lost words aud sometimes you may contrast me, who knows nothsentences, hence Prof. ButL-r's a. u iug, with him who knows everything of address is not quite verbatim." In the Sauk county matters. In days of the P. M. she made no complaint of not rebellion and of drafts you despised him heariug.] w. h. c. who put forward a substitute:

His guilt is clear; to-dav iinhiod him, than ouce, aud expect to be there again To-n>or<wv who'll know where to find him? before the snow flies. I met there the Who'll trace him.through law's trackless maze?

0 er hill and dale, through mud and lain, minded of his poem, Wo ist der Dents And sacrificing hay and grain. cher Fatulind You've hastened lo behold this hour

A spectae'e "unseen before, I blame your secretary for bringing Lose not yow day, let tiot'yon sun me here, for bringing forward some one descend, till he see justice done; ° Nor let us unit this village green who knows comparatively nothing of Till we our hanging scrape have seen. Sank county matters. It is like con- Then rose tbe sho^s both thick and fast,

1*1* stand the rascal's substitute, | American velvet plant. In San Fran- Jack Keteh shall bind me like a brute Iciso in conversation with a Chinese And haug me high on gallows tree. . T

I love friend Canfield or I would never il medicine, and is far safer than the hare appeared today as his substitute. Skater number of medications you pat I am reminded of the story of Napoleon, down your throats. I merely allude to who, being with his army crossing a.tliese things to .illustrate how thingsdes. dangerous stream, stationed himself in pised, wheu yon look at them through tiie centre and gave orders to his sol enlightened eyes, in the light of diers to swim iu radii from his horse, history and learning become invalaable. Some of them struck laud directly and l .Wl11 come down to m »re recent the whole party were saved. We con- things. We will talk of the marvelous sider Canfield to stand at the hub, send- march during the last hundred years ing us out its explorers in every direc- from the Atlantic coast ever westward, lion' and s irne of US must find land- westward. I'm will hud iu regard to all L-t him figure as Napoleon did and we V,JUI' investigations that the first conwill be content to be the spokes, and elusion is, that it is something which may yet be the Colurabnsrs of some should have been done a little while Ameiicis that the old Columbus never »g"- The best man to ask about it. has discovered. (Showing a copper hoe found ju>t passed iuto another world. l>y Ceo. W. Bio nn, dug up in his garden Sauk Co. has ab >ut three fifths of the at North Freedom.) Here is something population of Dane, but that county suggestive of what time is able to turn is seven years older. I am glad to see to account. We have various specimens, your progress and hope you will always some from Sauk Co. This is more mod- keep on becoming better and better, em, this is a casting; but there are vast 1 made a little inquiry in regard to your numbers that are not castings, A go id paupers. In my youog days I used to in my of you have found them and your wish to secure an asylum for my old age, wives have throwu them out at house- and from what I have learned of your cleaning time or sold them to tin ped- paupers institution, think it might suit - Hers. They should be preserved iu our me. SI. 20 they say is the weekly cost

5- tfiF board, andyon dp not seem to have I a good, school as a fre^ library. Let man v paupers. Yon have 30,000 peoule the libraries b« maintained as the in Sauk county and but 40 paupers, and schools are, by taxation, teu of this number are either idiots or Sauk courtly, how does it ntjiiid? As iusane, so you liave only about one pan 1 read the eeii-us 14th in population in per in every thousand inhabitants; i)B° the state, and your record f-u- productbird of these are of foreign birtli and tions, hs shown hy the aarrieubnral retwo thirds native American*, p >vts, is in ewn better ratio, Y>u have a good superintendent and to keep him Last year I was absent, owing to the inm office. Foster the school.*, foster the clemency of the weather, and the year churches and the village libraries. There previous, sickness, or rather an indispois nothing so suitable as an auxiliary to sition, prevented my attendance, as I gone before, and as I went around there were but ^SO persons in the connamong those graves and read the names ty. I was the first regular physician in the memory of the past, the memory of eyes of many- perhaps too main- J caublood, the memory of struggle, the mem- not say. (Laughter.) I thank the Proory of those who have purchased the fessor for his suggestion about eating mouth, and how many Rachels are would be for the health of fhe comunimourning to day because they are not. : IU\Y- From the depths of my heart I Let me say, whatever we do, ]( r us rev- I welcome you, and as the years roll '\v

Now let me say that there will he sev- u'«se young per-ous, that little girl that eral speakers here aud this is hut a mere J ste standing there, will take onr placlap trap speech. You will have theses. Let me say that I congratulate our witty orator, who always gets in a nice, friend Cau field upou gettiug up this inbeautiful laugh, one so associated with terest and perpetuating it with so much mirth that you cm scarcely h>ar his enterprise and fidelity, name mentioned without a broad grin; For the future, whatever calamities but aside from this laughter and frivol may befall us, be thankful that as long ity it is good to be sober and thought- as we are in the line of duty, as long as fill, and I was ghul to beat from the L'ro- we stand for the right, as long as we have ders pjay roll and the lightning crush but United State* that there are at least 500 we can say from a full he art, "It is well.'' counties that foster these associations.

Dr. Blachley being called, responded ' I think fchHt the mystical fountain briefly and said he thought it well tor of youth exists not in the everglades of one doctor to follow another, tie spoke') Florida bnt in some nook in tb.9 hills chiefly of the temperance work and its about us. and 1 tbitik that the old setresults in the town of North Freedom, tiers must have quaffed its waters, for I

Sfo iTonb* after listening; to tins morn- < Johnson, who has gnue west out iu Midline's address home talent will shine with tana or Dakota looking land, and I -ee diminished luster; but 1 take it that the Hanger hanging around her.? afraid Unold settlers have no jealousy in their ele Billy will come back with a bigger composition aud are ready to pick uplyarnthau he can tell. Ho told me he taleut and appropriate it, and I think I had contracted to beat old Creeley, who it will he proper to consider these elo- ; lived 142 years.

Mr. President, if I have read mytbolo- twice the grit of the men, but we never gy aright the displeasure of the gods is hear anything about it because the men manifested by the elements, by the j wrote the history. lam going to write thunder, tie- lightning and the tempest, a history of the pioneer wouihi. tf so, the bright suns-hine and the balmy (From the crowd) Dou't forget mothair evince their approbation on this, our er Garrison. twelfth anniversary. No, I w.m't f >rget her or any of the

Through tiie kindness of the people pioneer women, of North Freedom we are enabled to I said that in looking over this oxsemmeet ouce more in this beautiful wood blage I saw the the of youthful vigor beside the soft flowing Biraboo. The burmug brighter and brighter. Every - mellow soil still bears the imprint of the thing around us bet .kens life, nor footsteps of those who were with us death; even the trees are clothed not in yesterday but have since passed away, the garments of expiring autumn but

We have met in the old wav, as a of blooming summer; but the b!a>ts of great family gathering, witli nothing to winter will come to sweep tins verdure dim the happiness everywhere around to destruction, aud the time will come us, except perhaps the thought of those when the records in the hands of our who have passed ta the mysterious life secretary will signify that, those enshores, let us hope to a preferment be- rolled therein have cast olT the rooes of side which earthly blessings however mortality. But when this organization plenteous, bear no comparison. shall be dissolved, let us hop- that v.e maimed, having shown their courage and 1754 to 1703, was a struggle for suprt-mdevotion to country by being ready to any and the main result was to put the die for it. I French out. It was not the object of

fathers. Those 18 wives that came beyond that line, the idea of the Euwith them were a convincing proof to glish government being that colonies the Indians that the settlers would b^ ' beyond the Alleghatiies would nut be lished nine oc avo volumes of these col- Noyis. We had a Fourth of July oralections, and ;t has issued five octavo ti >u. They bad an anvil or two which at Devil's Lake. The next 'lay we went to investigate. I showed it to two down the Baraboo Bluffs to Sank and Catholic Bishops of Madison but they weut up to see Peter Kale and had a could uot explain the matter. When in talk with him abont Sis place, Milwaukee I showed it to Hess. He said

It has been rny happiness, and I have it was an Archbishop's cross, and said been in Africa, Enrope and Asia, to rind that he would correspond c mceroiug it. myself at home, and I always mean to He learned from the Archbishop of rind myself at home, a'id I never bad Santa Fe that he had a similar cross in that feeling more keenly thau after go- his possession, and that the priests had ing to the farthest of the Sandwich Is- given them to their c inverts. I hold lauds, Hawaii, to visit the greatest act- that that cross is a proof of Spanish ive volcano m the world. I was lost, possession.

The horse did not Reem to -know where We find in the State of Wisconsin fragto go. Presently I heard the ho >fs of a ments of pottery. I have never seen in horse m the distance. A man drew this state bat one perfect article. Judge near. I called out to him. "G >od day. Remington had that at Baraboo. He sir," and he answered me good day. promised it to me some time ago for the "Ha. you speak English to>." - "you Historical Society, but I never have are a Yankee." "Well," s aid I, been able as yet to get it. It is peculiar- "I am from #ise*Ofisiu." "I was ly interesting in being aoique; owing to never there. I an from Vermont- ll'e frosfca heiv " this section, these .My name is Richardson, Charles specimens are generally found broken. Edward. from Rutl.il an 1 .Mar- *" Missouri specimens of this pottery bleheail "Did .von h n- a sister? Did ar<i I'"*" c >i»mon. II 1S most desirable she use I to visit in Vermont at an uncle to have specimens of all these tiling in Daniel's?" "Yes " "Why. she was a tlu' Hist irical S iciety. lam only « sweet h.-art of mine when I was thirteen volunre-r talker on this subject, but I years old." "It is cme touch of nature have had * love fo* bh« *oiug W& <"> that makes the whole world kin. de.iv or to pr unote it In tUd upighboi

We do not know as much as we should hood of New London a little dep ><itory about the French. It is "211 years ago of seven copper tools of seveu different since Father Marquette passed through varieties, one of the kind I showed you, Wisconsin. When they returned they have recently bsen discovered. I have came un the Illinois river and so by Ciii- talked to you, and suae will perhaps cago, and ever after that the aim of the think that I should have lift 1 ft written French was to possess the Mississippi manuscript; but if I had you would not Valley. We have been too regardless of have been able to stand it. Further, I ttie memory of the French. I am per- am reminded of a minister who asked h suaded that sumo mementoes of them little boy abont one of his sermons, and I have been found and suffers I to perish, th^ fad replied that the minister con hi

I wonder, it any m m among you ever not remember the sermon himself, since found a et'QSa like this with two liars, he hail seen him read it, and iuquir- This cross to of silver. It was found m ed it the minister could not remember 1850 near Boscobel and was seuf to me . it one hour how he should be expected

I join with my friend Grubb in saying that this i<» a good climate, and I wish to all the members of this association the old ape of the grape; it must, wrinkle but may it. only sweeten into the raisin.

Mr. Cheek being again called on for n song said : "I am reminded of the old adage, "A bird that can sing and won't sing should be made to sing." Prof. Butler said he was a substitute for Mr. CanbVld. and I feel that I am substi tnted for the musieial talent of Roedsburg. North Freedom and Baraboo.'' He responded accordingly with the Star Spangled Banner.

Mr. Burrows being called, ans-vered, that Prof. BuMer having been Mr. Cau field's Rnhstitnt*" hi tne morning, was his in the afternoon. Mr. Burrows being r^peatedlv -/ailed, came to the stand and jiditre^sed the audience.

your gray hairs are sure signs and index es that we ere long must cross the river to the other side of Jordan, but while you live here you have reason to be glad that you reside in so good and so pleasant a place as Sauk Co. Once I made the remark that I would rather live iu Sauk Co. than have the best thousaud acre prairie farm iu Minn, or Dakota, and since then I have traveled over Wisconsin, up the Northern Pacific to the extreme Pacific Coast, and can repeat here that I would rather have a home in one of the pockets of Honey Creek than the best 10,000 acres of laud that lies between St. Paul and the Rocky Mts.

I wish to say another thing, that I am glad to see so many of the old soldiers here to-day. I am glad to see so many representatives of Company A. and the (3th Regiment. I am glad to see old Coi. Noyes who beetme disabled at Antietam. I have beeu mixing up in politics and was iu Chicago last week trying to make a president, and an old soldier invited me to go with bun aud see the great panoramic picture of Gettysburg, and I want to say right here that it is one of the most wonderful pictures I ever saw. Where the battle raged hottest, where

, musket shot fell thick as hail, there right in the midst of the battle stood the famous iron brigade to which Co. A. belonged, and there was the favorite sou of Wisconsin, the hero, the warrior,

' Geu. Fairchild, who .laid down his arm right there upon that field as a memento to his country of the love he bore it. And now let me in conclusion, express a hope that Lealth, peace and happiness may be your fortune, and that agaiu I may have the pleasure of meeting you iu this beautiful grove.

Mr. Wheeler was eftHed and responded ! Vermont went into the sweetheart business at au early age; but it is hardly fair just because we have a better county, finer birds, and brighter women, that thpy should come down here and try to make themsplv&s members, I believe in the spirit of adoption, but I say let us take them on probation. He went on and praised up our poor bouse. Wh know

It has been the custom in this section of country, a custom that I don't really enjoy, but perhaps you may appreciate, that at all these public gatherings, after they have listened to all the best speak- ^td in the country, after they have gone into the capital city of the state to se- men who "ever go to the poor house uucure one of the most learned men in this less they are obliged to. There is inmeconn'ry, after they have called upon thing in the poor house that brings them Senator Burrows, a gentleman also re- iu contact with a society that indicates siding in the city of Madison, after they a lack - something in the poor bouse have called upon all the best speakers, that brings them in contact with men just for the purpose of closing the, scene, not very well supplied with money; the same as they introduce a monkey at something that indicates a lack of the the close of the caravan, I have to b- pluck the average citizen has possession imIWI upon for the express- purpose of of -for it is pluck that makes a man live talking bke a f"ol to interest the "iidi years after he has breathed his last. I for the purpose of saving some don't want our poor house should be thing silly.'if making up some interesting ; made so attractive that citizens should face.-! to take th-ir minds off from some come in from other counties for the pur thing more substantial. I hope there pof-e of making homes. \»i!l a time erne in the future, when Our t'rieud. Dr. Cowles, says that he there may l>e some stray man who started went up to the grave yard not long ago out with *ome conveniences for thought, in a pensive mood. I say this more in who would cad upon me with the iuteili i anger than in sorrow. When a physiaretf! idea th=*t perhaps possibly under cian says he visits the grave yard withsuoh au inspiration I might say some- ' iu three miles of where he has practiced thing from which a little corninou sense and reads on the tombstones the names eon id be extracted. I do not think it of his patients, I tell you there is someiiardlv fair after yon have been listening thing about it to make a man feel worto good speeches - after my friend B-ir- ried. The other doctor said it was proprows ha* talked pathetically about his er for one doctor to follow auother; but gray hair and yonr g.ay hair - J kno-.v it is not always necessary - the first doche did it, on purpose to call attention to tor generally finishes the, work; but iiis beautiful hair, where you couldn't where it is necessary another usually rind a gmy thread with a search warrant, comes in aud finishes up the sceue.

*nte for Mr. CantirKl, Bays he had a alHicted with a disease called rheumasweetheart at 13 years of age. Our frieud tisim. It is au intellectual disease, which

I don't know that I have anything in ! Wmtsfield, Vt. Wiien he became of age particular to say further unless it is in he hived out for one year to Col. S. regard to my friend Grubb. He gets up Skinuer, a farmer. When his time of here ou the staud and indicates that he service here was up, he went to Fraukdid not come prepared to speak, when T. linville, McHeury Co., 111. In about know that he has been preparing for one month after his brother Dauiel folnve years, and he says he doesn't wish losved. The rest of the family crnie in to be called houorabie - a mau who has the Spring of 1S3G. Ju the Spring of been in the legislature where none but i s I j he came via Mineral Poiut, orossgianti can get in, aud none but giants iI)g the Wiseonsiu river at Harasztha, cau keep out. In regard to the ladies, n,,w Cli]\ti,\ Sauk City. Wiieu he got to you know there has beeu considerable the Wisconsin river at evening, he was writteu about the kind of rights thty obliged to wait until morning before ,-ant to make them all right, and Mr. he CoU\d get ferried over. Goiug back Grubb is going to write a history of the :l Daft mile to a house for lodging, be ladies. When thai history comas out had for a. bed fellow an Indian: for bow every man will wish tie was a l.dy. bed clothes a deer skin; for bed, th, rie says further that he hopes our ranks hearth or ti or before an open fireplace, will continue full. I tell yon auy old He was so cold that he had to replenish settler who ha- been here for 3.3 years the tire several times during the night. has no biwiuess to die. It uses a mau Bat the uight pis-ied, and the next day up: it injures bis appearauce; lie is no he arrived at the rapids on the Baraboo longer of any u-e to himself or auy profit river. He was pleased with the country to bis family. I>o as old Methuselah el hi : here, and iu asborttime selectedu squatby the way, did you ever reflect on what ter's ) claim, on what became sections 2L, a glorious time Methuselah had attend- 22 and 2G, ou what is now known as ing centennials. Tben when there shall Webster's Prairie. He made arrange Lot he a living man or woman in Spain, meats with Mr. Valentia B. Hill to ge when the rest oi the world has passed into the Baral><>n Pinery the next winfei away, the old settlers of Sauk county to cut logs and put them into the rivei will conic up heft to North Freedom to.mn down to Riwep Draper's mill, annually t«>i at least 110 centuries and :,t t\w rapids, for sawing, Hethemwent then will make some arrangements about biic.k to Illinois and bought teams for future meetings. pinery business. He now was taken Miss Ida Keminqiun. Sicn. U«nn»rter. .,,.,. . , i . with a bilious intermittent fever and very sick. After this illue^s hi* lungs were always weak. He hired Alfred Joslin to take his team and fixtures to Baraboo. In March, 1845, he came ou and took possession of his claim, he taking the uorth part. For several years hia time was divided between the farm and the logging busiuess. In the spring of 1857 John Wilsou (a Quaker family) rented Hill & Kimball's farm; Nov. 21, 1858, Enos married Grace, the tenth child and sixth daughter of Mr. Wilsou. The consequence was that the old people had to evacuate for the new couple. In the spring of 18G8 he sold this beautiful farm for $5,500 (three forties), lie intended to move to Michigan but circumstances prevented, and m the winter of 1868--9 lived witn Alexander Craw ford, at Lyons. The Crawf -ids and Kimballs became very witrai friends. The next spring be went into partnership with Geo. \V. Bloom m erecting and operatiug a steam saw mill on the old Dad Kingsley place (so called), now in the village plat of North Freedom. He purchased this Kiugsley place and often remarked, "here I intend to stay as long as I '.ive." He erected substantial buildings upon it - house, barn and spring house - where he lived fourteen years, keeping everything in the best of order aod extending his improvements. April 1st he was attacked with a severe chill; on the 7th he died; on the 8th was buried. There were a great many people at the funeral. There were four sisters and three brothers here. Mrs. V. B. Hill was with him through a part of his illness. She heard of his illness and came a long distance to see him ami help take care of him. .Mrs. Hill is G!> years old, with a good sound mind and i performed the last rites, and placed in the North Freedom cemetery he who was a true man in the highest and strictest sense of the term. Many words of eulogy might be used, but they seem

We had the pleasure of entertaining Mrs. Yaleutia B. Hill one night soon after Mr. Enos Kimball's funeral. We seemed to live over the years of 181- 1- it

-15 lb iV:c. Her son was the first white child boru in the Baraboo valley; in her house was preached tije tirst sermon; she was the first Christian convert. Her house was a home fur bachelors. Enos Kimball, K. T. Tiukham, Silas J. Liscomb, Osgoud Joslyn and Melcager

Osgood Joslyn married a sister of Enos Kimball. He spent an hour iu 1113- house soou after Mr. Kimball's funeral. His tongue not tied as to old times, he said: "I uever was in a place in my life where 1 enjoyed myself better thau here iu 1814 and "45; It seemed more homelike thau where I have lived for more thau 30 years. Everyone seemed to Into help another. Such warm-hearted j people I uever before or since have met."

Southerl&nd (Iowa) Courier. On the 17th day of June, lSLH, Mr. D. C. Barry, a young mau of 2'J, and Mtss j Eliza Spoor, a lass of 17 summers, were they removed to Wisconsin. About I try was almost entirely m its primrtve thirteen or fourteen years ago they took ! stat-e. It was pioneer life from the b< np their residence in O'Brien entity, i giDnmg, and the surroundings were «v« 4!

Last Tuesday about one hundred aud throughout his life, marked the characrifty of their friends in this vicinity fer of James S. Alban. gathered at their home in Grant township to celebrate with them the fiftieth At tiie age of eight years ha rem «v*d

.lid justice to the bountiful repast pre- the mere rudiments of an English ednpared for the occasion. Congratnla- cation were all that the boy was able to sense and sound judgment enabled hit:. We have at last succeeded in getting | fQ u{.]izp -0 whatever position he wa, tne mem.tr t our father and mother ready for yon Will send you a picture called Upon to fill. At the age ot twenty >if >ur fxth. r so. ui. Will'have t.i have three he was married to Miss Ama'id . "ne copied. We have no picture of our Harris, daughter of Stephen Harris, of Lowsjoa Raymond. Staik county aQ{J with her> 1Q tbe ye _ mouths, watching the negotiations then pending between the United Sta'es and the Winuebag » tribe of Indian*, until the extinguishment of the Indian title and the transfer to the government of that now rich and populous section of which Sauk county farms a part. At the first uctice of the consummation of the treaty, the unwearied and hopeful pilgrims agaiu moved forward and took up a squatter's claim on the other side of the river, where fcr a short time they were monarch? id ail they surveyed. Here they remained several' voir;-', cultivating the aoil and living the quiet, peaceful lifw that comes from agricultural pursuits.

After the death of his wife, which oc- 1 ourred October 5th, 1843, Mr. Alban removed to Plover, io Portage county and j commenced the practice of law. He soon attained success and prominence .11 his profession, and was among the ablest and most trusted members of the bar in his judicial circuit. He was called to many positions of honor ami trust, all of which lie tilled with signal ability and with the hearty approval of his OBStititfints. When the Rebellion , broke out be neeiwd a commission as Col. of the iSth Wis. Fnfantry; and uu the Gtli of April. 1862, at the battle of j Shi lob, he pave his life for the country | he had s<> truly loved and faithfully served. The en! re life of Col. Alban was essentially that of a pioneer. He was a man of strong wiii, perfect integrity, irm convictions and the eon rage to maintain them. His hospitality was unbou id- '-d. He wrfs generous to a fault, and all these qualities c a/bined with his native powers of nut; I, e mniandi d respect and gave him success and made him a man of mark wherever he pitched his t ujt His wife was in all respects a fitting helpmate for him. Born and reared under like influences with those which surrounded her husband, she developed all the characteristics which make the true woman, wife and mother. In early life she became a christiau, and exhibited Miroughont her life the beauty of true christian character. A few years after their removal to Sauk county she passed away, sincerely mourned by all who knew her. Her children all survive her and cherish the sweetest memories of the mother who was so tender and true and who belouged to that class of whom it may be truly said, "many daughters have done virtuously, but thou exceedest them all."

Officers Elected

President, S. J. Seymour, of Dellona; Treasurer, Chas. Hirschinger, and W. H. Canfield was elected Secretary for life, provided he would serve. It was decided to hold the. next meeting at North Freedom. Meeting adjourned.

The Seventeenth Annual Meeting Of The

Instead ot making a picturesque group around the usual "canip lire," its members gathered under the roof of the new pavilion and related their bear stories and incidents of pioneer life by electric light and "Electric" music.

These meetings are j u i t e informal and arc usual ly greatly enjoyed by the veterans. Possibly the surroundings of city life were not conducive to liberty oi speech, as there did doc seem ti> be quite the freedom in story telling as in former years.

When the county seat was located at Prairie du Sac in 18-14, Judge firwin presiding, thejury, of v hich Mr. Willard was a member, was trying a case ot a man charged with robbing a dead man. In the midst of the session some one cried from the outside, that there were three bears crossiog the Wisconsin river. A general stampede ensued, and the court room was immediately vacated bv judge, jury, people ami prisoner, all leaving without the formality of adjournment.

The wilderness was our abode Some forty years ago, .And for our meat we used to eat We shot the buck and doe. For tish we used the hook and line And pounded corn to make it riae; On Johnny cuke our ladies dined In this new country.

With axes good we chopped our wood. For well we all k?, sw how; W'e cleared >ur farms for rye and wheat, ' or Strangers and ourselves to eat; From the maple tree ire drew our sweei In this new country.

To wear upou oar feet, And checkered shirts we thought no harm (Joed company to keep; And if we wished to lake i. ride On winter's day or winter's night, The oxeu drew our ladies' sleigh lu this new country.

The savage oft times made us fear That there was danger nigh; The shaggy bear was often there, The pig was in the sty. The rattle-snake our children feared, Ofttimes the fearful mother cried, "Some beast of prey will take my child," In this new country.

We lived in social harmony* We drank the purling stream; The doctor, priest or lawyer there Was scarcely to be seen ; (tar health, it needed no repair, Mo j 'ous man forgot, his prayer, And who could fee a lawyer where "Tis a new country ?

Present Times, Ok Old Country

If a man is up, lift him higher; liis soul's for sale, and who's the buyer? But if he's down, rive him a thrust; Trample the pauper into the dust; Presumptious porerty is quite appalling; Knock him down and kick him for falling; For it's dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes, And empty pocket, is the worst of crimes.

The president spoke of having last winter met Col, Sumner of San Francisco, formerly of Baraboo. The colonel is in his ninetieth year, and remarkably well »nd active for a man of his age.

The secretary's report was then made, in which he showed the primary object of the association to be "Friendship and Sociability among its members," also the necessity of financial encouragement to aid in publications. Programs, he said, had been sent to all old settlers whose address's hud been obtained. Letters had been received from several. One from Mrs. James Taylor, now of Madison, who expected to be present. Also one Iron) E. P. Spencer of Geneva, 0. M'. Spencer came to Baraboo when a young man and was register of deeds of this county. He married his wife here and left B. in 1857 (?) and has hud little communication with his old Irieuds since. He was much esteemed for his genial social qualities, and many old settlers lie acknowledged the receipt of two old newspaper?, one from Mrs Emma A. Potter, "The Sauk Co. Standard," published at Baraboo by Waggoner and Clark it, 1851. Mr. Waggoner has recently died in Switzerland. This measured one hundred feet in total paper contain* among other things | height and sixteen teet six inches in girth of interest the speech of Kossuth at hi i at the butt end. It wis not less tbao reception in New York. Anions; items of ] two hundred and seventy-live years nkf. local interest the addition of 75 uew j Among the curiosities a piece of bait buildings for that year, 1851. A fine . o{ the Seqinia glaciate* was exhibited, new union school house built at the ex- | though not a u'ative of Sauk county. pense of nearly $2500. The daily at- 1 jt represented one of the big trees of

Calaveras (Jo., Cal., and must have eelelendance of scholars at this school wa 170. Beside this there were two select schools - one taught by Miss Train, now Mrs. Maria Remington - the other by the Misses Clark. Baraboo was then only four or five years old but wa.-- already talking of a plank road to the Wisconsin river pnd a road west to Prairie La Crosse on the Mississippi and east to Milwaukee and had visions of its waterpower being fully improved. The names are Jl familiar names to us old settlers. In behalf of (he O. 3. A. the secretary returned thanks to Mrs. Potter for this interesting document, and also to Mrs. Herbert Huntington for a copy of the ,rl"lster Co. Gazette," published at Kingston, Ulster Co., X . Y., Jan. 1, 1800. This paper is also a valuable and interesting acquisition to our collection.

Dr. Kezerta made a few remarks in his own happy style. He was glad to see and meet old settlers - glad to see their faces. Some thought the old times were hard times. He thought they were good times. Then we were satisfied with less. Now everything is for money and business - not much time for amusements. Many are passing away. Uncle Billy Johnson will probably never meet with us again. I see the young are well rep- . resented. Let us older pnss set them The heavy leaded lines indicate the lue best oi examples in righteousness notice of the death of "Washington the and houor \ye have schools aud Great, the Father of his Country, and the chUrches. No need to steal corn for the Friend of Man," who was "consigned to preachers. Let us live godly and rightthe tomb with solemn honors and funer- oous j|ves

The albums containing the photographs j remarks, which were replied to by Dr. K. of the old settlers were in constant de- i Music. rnand and a source of interest to all. j Adjourned to li P. M.

ral new oneswere contributed, among The crowd, which had been inert them thosp of E. P. Spencer, A. F. siuce the uioruiug, had by thi^ lime -v Abbott, and a family group representing Burned a regulur fourth o' July appear - tour generations ol the Kzra Wyman I ance and now partook themselves to the family. J importaut business of dinner, some in

The secretary spoke of the felling of I hospitable homes or hotels, and m the grand white oak tree on the tawu of j from their well-tilled lunch ba J. W. Wood on Skillett Creek. It j Friend with friend exchanged { an'] the hearty hand-shake lold oi friendships warru and unchanging. The sky ill clouded, but the fear of rain had passed, and old and young sauntered about the beautiful park and gave themselves to the enjoyment of the hour.

At the tap of the drum the crowd drew near the pavilion, and alter music the president announced that owin^' tu rain in the early morning the program hud been changed. He said they would listen to music by the band.

Judge Barker was then called for to make the Address of Welcome. He did not respond, and the motion was made that a committee r.f one be api ointed tu rind Judge Barker.

In absence of Judge Barker Chas. llirscuinser volunteered a few remarks. lie welcomed the old settler.' and the new onef in tu t i u g words and was in no such danger a.; the man lie heard of at Sparta whe ran out ot words. He spoke of the early days when there was a strife in Baraboo - which side of the river should draw the most people - liquor for the thirsty on one side - food for the hungry i.n the other - driuk drew them this side. In 1844 Baraboo blocked up a little school house, and hare they educated their children. The walls were pretty rough. You remember bow the desks used to be all around the sides, and the hard wood benches in front of them. So the teachers walked around in the middle of the floor and looked at the children's backs. The village was laid out and first called Adams, in 1847, afterwards Baraboo. It took the people s line time to get u>ed to the name Bara- ' But I must b< brief. The colonel bout tlw war - bow the soldiers i tight and died - how they conquered. * W were touched by his talk. I am Dot going tu be mi serious. In 1845 an organization was in BaralMKi called a Tern leH ng. We concluded iirinl: was out i he tliitiL' Un Baraboo. The

1 temperance women with more pluck i than the men marched forth and dc- | manded that the liquor should be ; ered to them, and through strategy and j force actually - pilled it upon the gfeouttd. I (Great pity !) One oid bachelor, when I those ;earless wuiuen presented themj selves at his place of business, bade them licon:e in," and they captured his entire stuck ot liquors, a barrel of hard cider, : aad turned it nn the ground. They got I rid of ail except oue corner. The sheriff j interfered, and some of the women had i tree rides to Sauk. In those days there j were few voters. Now Baraboo has | ovc five thousand inhabitants. Look ; at its fine business blocks; its good court 1 house instead of a little frame one; its stone jail; it is at irood one, I have been ; there. Look a' its banks, its waterpower, electric liu'hts, its gas, manufac turvd all over towu.

The president then announced that Judge Barker had arrived, but he would introduce iustead Mr. A. F. Abbott who ha>l something to say to them.

Mr. Abbott said that it used to be customary at old time gatherings tu either tell a story ot sina a song. He had his choice and wuiild sing a soo'j;. The some was well received by his audi ence aud Mr. A. was heartily applauded. The following is the son:; :

From the creeks and the rivers, then swarming with fi-h. Their tables were furnished with raaov a dish. [u the winter they hinted the bear and the cane. Nor carry a gold watch, attached to a chain . No eve glass he needed, a sweet lass to view. For his love was respectfu., and honest, and and siav , Were helpful and hopeful, id every dark day ; Thej cheered and encouraged, iu every distress. And to them we're indebted, for all our

'.- i, He was roused from his dream by au infantile veil, Snving, close to his ear, "Grandpa, it is late, And the supper is ready, aud mother can't wait." * * * * * *

What a change in surroundings, we recneui-v here, Since the op: Settler's meeting we witne- edj last year. The grove a I North Freedom, with its tall < aks SO gree Ii. Was more grand ;ind more free, than the City. I wecll.

In Hi. early settlement of the Baraboo valley a Scotchman settled here whogave vent n> his enthusiasm tor this wild Indian country in some poetic lays. A Yankee, who was a neighbor and less enthusiastic, replies in u few rough and unpoetic strains.

better tor the sake of our children. Sauk county is one of the richest counties in the state. Its great variety ul occupation and resources adds much Lo your lite and happpioess. Our sons go oft to Iowa and they ought to stay here. Let us cultivate a wider sympathy man with man, woman with woman, family with family. Let us briug up our children in the way they should go, and peace and Good water, good timber and some stone [prosperity will settle down ou the face of

The officers of the association tender to the citizens of Baraboo their thinks lor the interest iaauifested in this annual gathering of Old Settlers, for the us-e of the park and also for their liberal subscription,*. The Electric band will also accept oar sincere thanks for the music they so geuerousiy gave u? on this occafci m. The meeting then adjourned.

Moneys Received Sew Members

Note. The citizens of Baraboo per Donovan very generously subscribed for the necessary expenses of the meeting, paying all biils including printing and advertising.

Money Paid Oct

Address delivered by Presi lent D. K. Mill creek in Iowa Bounty, ! met Mr. > . Noyea at the seventeenth meeting oi the | IIin- ;l Verraonter, who had settled on Sauk Old Settlers' Association of Sauk county, i '/" bisiayitaiion I rode home ,,,,-> v t 10 1 0/1 iqqo hini on a loud of flour, rhat was my hrst held at Baraboo, June 19 and 20, 1889. j VJsit in gauk couulv. VVe crossed the Wis-

Ladies and Gentlemen, Follow Citizens j consin river at Upper Sauk ou a tiat scow and my very -lear friends, the Old Settlers j boa: poled across, and -with some difficult}', of this our Sauk County: [for the ice was running, and it was quite