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Pledged butto Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favor* Win us and no Fear Shall Awe.' VOL. U. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1885. NO. 7. ||^[eiry ^laiiiealer. Published Itv-y Wednesday by NLYKE EDITOR.AND PQBLISBKS. Office in Bishop's Block, --OPFOSTTB PB«BT FT OWW'I.- I TRRMS or SUBSCRIPTION. * Jno fear (In Advance) 1 11.50 If Not Paid within Throe Months... 2.00 Subscriptions received for (three or six •onths in the same proportion. Kates of Advertising* We announce liberal rates for advertising inttae PLAfNDEALER, and endeavor to state them so plainly that they will be readily un- • lerstood. They are as follows: 1 Inch one year - • • • . 5 00 4 Inches one year . - . . 10 eo 5 Inches one year • . - 15 00 If Column one year . • • - . 30 00 H Column one year- • . . 60 00 ; Oolumn one year . . . . . 100 00 One inch means the meatureraent of one •ch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they thoose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having Standing cards) will be entitled to insertion •f local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 cents per !ine the first week, and Scents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged it the rate of 10 cents po line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first Issue, and Scents per line for subsequent issues. Th".s, an inch advertisement will cost $1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, 92.00 for three 'weeks, and so on. *, The PLAINDRALIR will be liberal in giving editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary •' fain. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BROWN. M. D. AN AND SURGE Residence, McHenry, III. pHYSlCIAN AND SURGEON. Offlce at C. H. FEGERS, M, D- pHVSlClAN AND SURGEON. McHenry, I Ilia. Office at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. HHYSIOIAN AND SURGEON, McHenry, I 111. Office one door West of Fltssimmons . A Evanson's store, up stairs. BARBIAN BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McHenry, 111. Or-ders solicited. Shop, la Old McHenry, in Kelter Block, third door weat of Riverside House. WASHINGTON, D. C The popular palace hotel of the National Oapital. Conveniently located and accessible to all the street car lines of the city. Open all the year. Q Q STApLES, PROPRIETOR. Late of the Thousand Island House. ROBT SCHIESSLE Having purchased the old stand of J oseph W iedemann, NEAR THE DEPOT, McHENBY, ILLINOIS, Keeps open for the accommodation of the Public a SHrat-Class Saloon and Restaurant, j he will at all times keep thejbest •ands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found in the market. Also Agent For FRANZ FALK^ MILWAUKEE LAGER BEER Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended to. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. SSTCall and see^us. Robert Schlessle. Meaenm lU., Kay 15th, IBM. ARCTJS' GERMAN Manufactured by JVJIARGUS, . -DEALER IN- PURE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Woodstock, III. ¥he best Tonic in the world. Put up in Piatand Quart Bottles. F. MARCUS, Patentee. • - ' j }• DONT YOU FORGET IT! ASA W. SMITH, --OK-- Woodstock* - - lllinoiM. Backed by Millions of money, offej you INDEMNITY against damage by Fire, Lightning, Wind Storms, CYCLONES AND TORNADOES, F Drop me a postal card and I will vtsltynft; call on rac and I will write you a policy, and wuen either or any of these destructive ele­ ments devastates your property, happy will TOO be if you hold one of my policies, for I will surely visit you, and |minister onto you. will not forsake you. ABA W. SSfllH, Hm'Unmm ;K' f. BUSINESS CARDS. ASA W. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor tn Chancery.--Woodstock, III. S. F. BENNETT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Also United States Examining Surgeon. Richmond, Illinois. A. S. CHILD*, M. TTOMEOPATHlfc PHYSICIAN Alh> SUR- II GEON, West McHenry, III,' Calls promptly attended to, day or night. DR. C. R. WELLS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Wanconda, Lake Co., III. All cjills promptly attend­ ed, day or night. Office ou Main St., east of Barker's harness shopf MABI G. BARBIAN. HAIR WORKER. All kinds of Hair Work done in first class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms it residence, north­ east corner of Public Square, McHenry, III. DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST. Residence Dundee. Will be at McHenry, at Parker House, the 10th 1Kb 25th and '2<Uh of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday I make my visits on the following Monday, and the first day of such visit occurs on Friday,J will stay but one day. A. Ml. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. 55 FIFTH AVE., (Briggs House), Chi cago. 111. Special attention given tore, pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. WA Full Assortment of Goods in his line AT THE OLD STAND, JACOB BONSLETT. ^ALOON AND RESTAURANT, at the Old J stand, opposite Bishop's mill, McHenry, III. The choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found in the county. Warm or cold meals en short notice on application. PHIL BEST'S MILWAUKEE BEER by the Bottle or Case, always on hand. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSB8. J. PEKOVSKY, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer. HANDLES nore but his own make,and will compare his Brands with the best mad4 in the State. Store and Manufactory next door to the Test Office, McHenry, III. CHAS. H. TRYONX DRAINAGE ENGINEER. T.evels taken, drains located ami grades es­ tablished for tile and open drains Elevations taken of springs, ponds and water courses, and all work requiring accurate leveling. P. O. Address, Greenwood, III. DO YOU KNOW THAT Plug Tobacco, With Red Tin Tag; Rose Leaf Fine Cut chew tng; Navy Clippings, and Black, Brown aud Yellow Snuffs ure the best and the choicest quality considered. Attention Horsemen! I would call the aitentfion of the public to my Stable of Stock Horses, four 111 nu&iber: two Morgans, one 3-4 Percheron, and one Imported Horse. They are all good representatives of their breed. Also a fevr Merino Sheep 10 r sale. The public are cordially invited to call and examine stock, get prices, etc. No business done on Sunday. N, S. COLBY. 10-7-tf MCHENRY, ILL PUMP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersigned is prepared to do all lobe In the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps. Cementing Wells, or will put in New Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in this line. Can furnish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cfieap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a new Pump, give me a call. S®"Ordcrs by mail promptly attended Post Office, Johnsbtirgh, 111. L. BANTES. Johns burgh. 111., May 25th, 1835. LOMLURII'S^r t h e l e ad . PLOWSHARE D l I I / * A s k y o u ' l LB w • Dealer for it BOBSBT C. BIBHHT, -BREEDER OF- Light FOWL^ RICHMOND, ILL. RBMIUM tT SCHEHET C60UTT fAB.' My fowls are of the celebrated DUKE Or YORK strain, remarkable for their great slse and laying qualities. I can show a trio of last season's chicks weighing SI pounds. Kggs, per setting of thirteen. $1.50, delivered to purchaser in Richmond, Shipped, securely packed, $2.00. ROBERT a MMAAM'fl* K. B. BEftNETT, M. Late House Surgeon Cook County Hospital, RICHMOND, ILLINOIS, Special attention given to difficult Surgical eases. DEUT&CH GESPROCUEN. Office at Residence of Dr. 9. F. Bennett. ANDREW BRONtf HOUSE PAINTER, MoHKNRY, ILL. GRAINING, CALCIMINING, ETC. Done In the most approved Modern styles, and Guarantee Satisfaction. * 9^ C harge* Iteusonable. Oaa be found at Residence, over Lewies' Clothing store. fndwwBwrt. J. C. KARGES, House, Sign and (ferriage PAINTER, Shop at McHenry House, Near the Iron Bridget 1 am prepared to do all kin Is of Ptftttftf t»a (hort notice, and guarantee satisfaction. Sign Painting a Specially. Oall and see me If in want ol anything In the Painting line, as I am satlsfle I tnat I eaa please you, both in workmanship and price. •J. C, Karges. McHenry, Jane 1ft, IMS. HK. WIUHTMAN, Proprietor. First olnss rigs, with or without driver* furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming #! all kinds done on short notice. if TCliTION LADIMs ^ MRS. J H, SEXTON, Yor the past ten years one of the leading Dressmakers in Elgin, has moved to McHenry where she is ready to do Dressmaking in all the latest stales. Satisfac­ tion guaranteed. Cutting and Fitting a specialty. Also agent for the I. A L., Tailor system of Cutting and Fitting. Full instructions given* Rooms two doors West of the Riverside House. VOB BABGAIIS n fin Ooai and Wood CALL ON E. M. HOWIE Opposite Blshop'a Mill* •Tho has a'eompleto line of tto best stoveaw the market, as well as a large stock of Hardware, Mechauc's Tools, fIN, COPPER & SHEET IRON WARE, Aad, JlafCsct. everythiarfia HM kardwfc* «love and tin line. mm WILL NOT mm UNDERSOLD. Call at his store before baying eleewhere. lobbing and repairing promptly attended to •VUeinember, extra good oargains ean al­ ways be obtained at Howe's. McHenry, Dec. 1. IMS. SI for If Weeks. The POLICE GASfcTTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any actress m the UaltedSta es for three months on receiptor ONE XX>LLAR, Liberal discount"allowed to postmasters, agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed tree Address all orders to BICHA&D X FOX, FRAKKLIM SQUARE, New York. Smokeri Call For NICKLE TAG, OB 5.CB2TT StKAlGBT CJGAM S I L V E R T A G , Or 3 tor a Quarter Cigar. OR 10|CXN7 STRAIGHT CIGAR. Jh* Finest Goods Ever Offeri FOR SALE BY All First-Class D«ale||,; RETAILERS ATTENTION. We advertise the above brands in the lead St. Louis daillek apd your name will ap pear among the list of agencies once a week for 60 days from date of last purchase. «Vith flrst order we send • neat and (pretty signs. We have one price for these goods from which there is no deviation, namely: Xirklo Tag, fS5.00; Silver Tag, tfio.oe; Uold Tag, fTo.oo per lOOli We also earrv the most extensive line of Domestic, Key west and Imported Cigars in the country, at bottom prices. sample orders rtltelteri. Goods guaranteed, Address. „ TAYLOR HFG 0.,S(.£ooii. Ko. H. P. HULL, Manager. IBLEY.'S •TESTED' OK. LlUTC MKiuiiSW#® «lMwL«Mdtod ntU?nP«wXuloa HIRAM SIBLEY k CO. KOCNESTER, N. Y. CHICAGO, ILL ,322-326 E. Main St. 200-206 Randolph St W I I N S L O W ' S <kVineyardM Roller Skates. for the best, most durable an<i e isiest run­ ning Roller Hkates get the 'V1N l£ V Alt!)." \ 'l the principal Rinks are using the ••VINEYARD" Roller. Put up in All Clamp, Half Clamp and Strapped Complete. The demand for these skates Is so great that they are kept in stock by all principal har I* ware dealers throughout the country. Manuf-tctured by the Inventor and Patentee WINSLOW, -S-I "."Twvjfiw:- •• W HVOBOBSTBR, MASS. Plows P. HAUPERISCH, KoHeury, Ulftnoiau Wen; | Inform the farmers of McHenry and *««Yoaadlac country that be la prepared to sell tbem a FIRST-CLASS PLOW, warrant the same,at a lower price than wa*apnrofcased elsewhere In the county. J* >« clads of BLA CKJUtI THING, 11 AGON ' ABRIAGM work promptly attended to. IIEPAIRING, ••tali kinds on short notice. WGive nsa M a-ad we will please yon both in quality » ' ' rtoeef work. P. HAUPKM8CH. «oHenry, III., Oct. 7th. 1884. oftbecoofcofedve wants to 4task«fWpai«. The beet baok faraa advertiser to eoa» nit, he he expert- enood or otherwise. «e^le£ax, Indalnittimlla* while forhim who will formaUoo be roqalr»% while sommwiio' Invest one hundred thousand vertlsing, a scheme Is indicated which will meet bis every reqotrement^or OM oe MM todo--by 9lii' rupomdene*. ,# _ Bent poat-pai<ttowy ,!°< Wrtte to_GK0._^B0W«Ll^i meet bis every requirement, or tmm be mmm k CO, John Helm, •Algonquin, III., DEAI.BB IN Sardwwi, StovM, -Tiawut, Io short, we keep everything •a the above meatiooed lines, which we are oflfc iugto the buy­ ing public as cheap as any other house in this section. . . ' Oall and J0BBVO * UEiXSXVa. PBOMPTLT ATTENDED TO. JOAN HELM. Fab. 18,1885, Wl WILL PAY HiffPA DAY to a reliable party, lady pr gentleman, to receive enters for out publications. Any person applying foi thi^ position, who cannst call on us personally must send photograph (which will be re turned), and also names of 3 responsible business men as reference. Address ELDER FUBLI8HIITG CO , Sat Wabash Ave., Chicago A, i SAL00M and RESTAURANT Buck's Old Stand, McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters^ UcHenry Lager Beer, F&lk«' Uilwaokit Ban, By the Bottle or Case. W e buy none but the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. Call and see me a&d I will use you well. ANTONY ENGEL|r. v McHenry, 111., 1884t OLD SETTLERS' MEETING. A Good Day, And a Good Time. The Tenth Annual Re-Union of the Old Settlers'Association of McHenry and Lake Counties was held at Wood­ stock on Thursday last, Aug. 27th. The day was all that could have been wish* ed, cool and pleasant. At an early hour the crovrd/men, women and children, began to arrive, *ndJyg^tUe time the exercises com- mQrfced in the Park St waa estimated that about two tliou«and people were present. 1 ^ About two .o'clock the meeting was called to order by'the President, Hon. Richard Bishop, and the following pro­ gramme was carried out: Prayer--By Rev. R. K, Todd. Address of Welcome--by the Hon. Smith. Response--John Q. Ragan. Oration--Hon. Luther Laflin Mills. Music--McHenry Military Band. Short Addresses--by Hon. T. D. Mur­ phy. Judge O.' H. Gilmore, Asa \V. Smith. Gen. Letb, Charles H. Donnelly, A. B. Coon. Hon. Richard Bialiop. and7 others. Singing--Woodstock Manacholr, Music--Richmond Band. The programme was necessarily changed a little from the original pub­ lished on account of the unavoidable absence of soms who were detained from being present, and none were more regretted than that of Dr. d. F. Bennett, of Richmond, who was to have read the original poem, "The Pioneers," who was Kept from fulfilling his part *by a very sick patient. The address of Mr. Mills was a masterpiece of eloquenoe and logic, and no one present would dispute, af­ ter listening to him, all that Is claimed for iiim as being one of the most elo­ quent and talented orators In the State. No synopsis we could give would half do him justice, and we therefore give below his address In lull: Ladies and Gentlemen, Old Settlor* of Lake and McHenry Counties: •'Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bought ) In youth il sheltered me, And I'll protect it now." Survivors of a former generation, pioneers of a new civilization, makers of the founda­ tion of this Great West, today you have the highest right to celebrate, rejoice and be proud! fifty years ago--and how very short the time must seem as your vision makes a retro jpect of your lives' events--these noble fnnhs were wild with untouched forests, and prai ries that never knew the plough; where these beautiful towns of homes, the store, the school house and the clniich now glorify the land­ scape and banner with the white of peace apd ytctoiv the bloodless controversy ot toil and soil, the ItidWh had tils tent and there taught and learned barbarian warfare; the highway was a wandering trail and every ad vance of the hardy pioneer was made.with axe in hand, hewing his road farther snd far­ ther towards the West. Like old soldiers, constituting a gray-haired Grand Army, you behold your victory over the Past in the glory of vour Present and tar­ get the wounds and" scat's of hard experience in your rejoicing. You ask a young man to lake part in your jubilee and speak a senti­ ment appropriate to the vererable celebra­ tion. \outh obeys Age and gladly speaks, re- 6pollnlve to the asking. Mottling, outside the heart, compels the>courtcsy ot human nature which doffs the hat before gray hairs and bow the head before the bent form of three score years. Every honsrable survivor of the re- mote past receives this day a grateful recog­ nition from this younger" generation. The gray hair is a victorious plume, and every wrinkle a proud scar. The youth at to day may well celebrate its ancestry ami rejoice with the fathers «f the West. From them it has learned great lessons. You left New England aud other Eastern regions, perhaps titty years ago, young hus­ band and wife. Enterprise and splendid ambition harnessed your horses, filled your wagon with the scant fortune you possessed, and led the wav. They opened a road through forests, and for you bridged rivers, and God lent the evening star You reached the West marked out your farm, hewed logs aad made a cabin, lighted the Are of your home, and went to work. No day was too long--the sun went down too soon--for vour toil. Aud this work you did, year after year. Deprtv.ttiens, poverty, suttering, these you endured. In­ domitable pluck was the main characteristic of your career. Industry shone as'its con­ stant glory. Yon loved your home and recog­ nized that highest philosophy of the com­ munity which is based on the domestic fact. The day's work ever the old tire-place in win­ ter was the focus of delight, and in summer the cool sliaue of your roof-tree was ample recompense for tne day's heat. You built school-houses and churches, recognizing the fact that "knowledge is power," and religion the salvation of communities as well as indi­ viduals. You taught the preseut generation the w orih of pluck, enterprise, home-life, the school and the church. Your giory is the present dav; ysur crystalized and concrete result is the Great West you helped to make. We are opposed to sectionalism us such, and to any sectionalism which in the slight meas­ ure contradicts the National sovereignty. The Republic is greater than any State, and every State must be obedient to the Republic. Still, there is a proper and genereus rivalry of localities not obnoxieus to the sentiment ef unity, but encouraging and beneficial to the -common good. Therefore, it may not be inappropriate this day to think and briefly speak of this Great West wherein we live, and the foundations of winch were laid by your brave hands. We arc not the East; we are the West. Our !eft hand presses the side of the Alleghanies; our right confronts the -Pacific Sea; the Ohio river, Arkansas and the Indiau Territory mark the Southern line, and ihe Northern ad­ vance is limited only by foreign jurisdiction. Here are over 2,u(K),OOu square miles; more thanio/KW,(00 of people. Here are fourteen Statilsund nine Territories. Some man--no matter what his name is-re­ cently called us the "Rowdy West." Mow little he knew! Uere is the backbone of the country. See what we did in 1880, besides electing a western man for Presibdent, the magnilicent Garfield; ten of these western states gave 1,900,000,000 of bushels of grain to the nation and the world. Ail the United States together gave only 2,700,000,000; they gave 320,ooo.ooo bushels of "wheat,--the whole country 460,000,000; they- gave l,2S3,C0n ,000 of bushels of corn ; the whole country 1,750,000,- U00. Nearly one-fourth ot all the coal pro­ duced in the country came from these ten St ites of the West--10,000,S00 tons. In manu­ factures, in the year 1880, our own State ef Illinois employed 168,000 men, paid them $50,000,100 ot wages, aud manufactured pro ducts valued at 000,000. The ten prairie States produced 11,700,000.000 worth of manu­ factured property in that year. We were net the "Kowdy West" from 18B1 to 1865; the country raised 2,100,000 men to save the Republic; ten prairie States gave one million--nearly ene-lialf that number. Illinois gave a quarter of a million men, men aud boys from towns and farms, from scheol- houses and homes aud. hearts, to leave peace and learn war, to beat the plough-shire into a sword and the pruning hook icto a bayonet. There is not a hamlet in all this Great West where soldier dead are not lying; tnere are no farms where wheat fields "bearing the vic­ tory of toil and the bayonetted corn presages the .triumph of the summer, near which is uot buried some soldier boy; there is no west­ ern river whose bank is not made greener by a patriot's grave, nor blue lake whose even­ ing nmtic is not a sigh for some brave lad who wore its color aud lies dead upon ils shore. There is one glorious thi.ig about a celebra­ tion like this: the politicians can not inter­ fere with it. Your hearts possess this dav. The "Rowdy West." It is the land of the pioneer who cuts his forest path and makes his farm; of the school-house on the prairie where the poor man's children go; of the white church on the hill-side where worship wins a day from toil and tired souls And rest at the confessing altar ; of the thousand acred field where wheat and corn and rre and bar­ ley and stalwart cattle and great horses grow; of splendid towns and cities where the cliroor of the hammer and trie anvil and the increas­ ing Industry of commerce voice the universal enterprise; of homes where affection glows in the file-place a-id God's Bible is the benedic­ tion of the day; of industry, of peace, of com­ fort, of religion. •Ve stop in the city streets; we hnsh the voice of our trades; <re bid the school be still; we stand bj the plough of our honest toll and saluting the mocfciry of our character exclaim "Is this, Indeed, the "Rnwdv West?" If so, we a<topt|the title and change the meaning of the epithet and make it glorious by our lives. We have thousand-acred farms, homes on field and hill, bushels of grain by the hundred millions to give to the world,--scho>ls and churches, warehouses, stores of the merchant and factories of the mechanics. Our grandest preduct is our men In the country's leadership--the men beru or reared in this ureat West. The Mexican struggle shewed no braver soldier than Shields, the Irishman of Illinois, who received the fee- man's bmlet and covering his wound with the ribbon of his country, continued the fight; statesmanship in a desperate time was real­ ized by ne braver brain than that of E. D. Baker, who told the rebel senators at Wash­ ington, before the war had fairly begun, that if they had been Romans instead of Ameri- cans, and in the senate at Rome uttering their treason they would have been hurled from the Tarpian Rock; patriotism was outspoken when Douglass said that tho division lay be­ tween patriots and traitors when the war was threatened. We make Presidents "out West." The politicians did not make Abra­ ham Lincoln. The West made him--its pure air, th« tonic ef its woods, the toil ef its farm, the training of its school, the naturalness of its human life--these mnde this great man. And when the country needed a leader in a dangerous hour, it looked abroad and from the prairies ef Illinois chose Linciln to lead the patriot side and crowned it* highest offlce with its grandest manhood. There is, again, a Western leader left--grander than any party or politics could make a man, the Idol of the soldier*, the general without fear and without reproach--he, who alwavs led the baule and never followed it--honest and great his soldier record is white, brave as the bravest, the dark-eyed knight ot the war, the Black Kagle, John A. I.ogan. For a sad moment to day our thoughts are on the mountain heights of memoty, and in their graves of love, wherein is resting Grant, and we salute the dead so>dier of the Repub­ lic. Hail, great soul! Wherever your mor talitv may be buried--in East, or West, or North or South, these shall keep its constant guard the faithful heart ot the Nattonl We used to say that he belonged to Illinois, and afterwards the claim was made. "And when asked what State he hails from, Onr aple reply shall be He comes from Appomattox, With its famous apple-tree." But now we say that Grant belot§a to the whole land, and to its hearts and homes shall be a constant hero. Ladles and Gentlemen--Old Settlers: Youth has obeyed Ago, as best he could; around the achievements of the Past lie brings the Pres­ ent with ite tributes, and himself renews allegiance to History and makes glad recogni­ tion of your toil and triumph. Young men, here present, 'let us maintain this allegiance and guard this recognition, and make them perpetual. Tiie work of the pioneer--the grandeur of tiis enterprise, the bravery of his executiou, |the wisdom of his work, the .charity, phil­ anthropy aud patriotism of his public rela­ tions! Let us protect the memory of these; it fchail be to us a guide and guard. "Th it old familiar tree, W hose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea. And would'st thou hew it down! Woodman, forbear the stroke) Out not its earth-born ties; Oh, spare that a^ed oak, New towering to the skies I Mv heart strings round thee eliDjr, Close as thy bark, old 11 lend 1 Here snail the wild-bird sing And still thy brandies bend. Old tree! The storm still brave! And, woodman, leave the spot; While I 've a hand to aave, iky axe shall ham it not." Die remarks of the other speakers were timely and to the point, and were well received by the large and atteu- tlve au Hence. After t'ie speakers came the Social part of the Re-Uitioo, Old Settlers re* newed acquainiance* of forty years ago, and by the hearty shake of the hand and the pleasant smile that ilhi'uinated countenances on which old Time had left her mark of three score jears and ten, one could but knew that it was a real pleasure for then to meet under such favorable circumstances in tills year of grace, 1885. To the citizens of Woodstock the Association are under great obliga­ tions for the hospitality extended to ttiem, one at«d all on this occasion. To the McH jnry and Richmond Bands and the Woodstock Maenacholri and the Martial Band of T. J. Ellis, the Association wouid return thanks for the splendid music furnished for thf occasion. Also to Company G, who added much to the pleasure of the oc­ casion by their presence and assistance. Thus ended the Old Settlers* Re­ union <»f McHenry and Lake Counties for the year 1885. That each one who was with us this year may be spared to meet with its one year hence Is the wish of your humble servant. THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION. LOUISVILLE, Kr., Aug. 34. 1880. From our Regular Correspondent. The average American very sensibly refuses to Invest one dollar uuless he thinks there Is a possibility of it bene­ fiting him two. You mayN^ake two boys of equal ability and nativfe^|harp- ness, and spend #500 upon the educa­ tion of one, and he will In return be able to fill positions in lifo which will each year more than pay back the amount invested. This is an everyday illustration, where for every dollar in­ vested fifty Is gained. The difierence In people lies largely In ttie difierence in their education and fund of inform­ ation. Ki owledge is gained in various ways, and a much smaller per centage is obtained from books than Is usually attributed to* that source. Object lessons are uow considered, by the leading ed icators of the laud, the best method of fixing information indelibly upon t!>e memory. The U. S. Government recognizes the benefit of thus dispensing general and particular information, and know­ ing that hundreds of thousands of peo­ ple would visit the Southern Exposi­ tion from Aug. 15 to Oct. 24, have placed a verv large, costly aud Inter­ esting geological and ethnological exhibit In charge of Mr, E. S. Smith, who has beeu in the employ *f the government for some time, tad has worked in this department until he is thoroughly ooaversaot with It, and aids visitors by his explanations la understanding thoroughly the dlttereat models and specimens. The space OC- cccupted by the geological exhibit 14 S 132 feet long and 52 feet wide, and consists principally of surface map» | moulded in plaster, which represent# historical parts of Arizona, New Mex* ico and Colorado, although the Yellow. ^ stone Valley and National Park arCSl presented In plaster, also the Yosemltef | Valley, California. One very Interest*^! ing map Is th.»t of Leadviile and vtcln* ' ity, which is made in sections, showing the mineral or sub-strata. Another It vj that of Montezuma's Well, Arlxonia^li diameter 300 feet, depth 75 feet. A€% large plaster map of Tusayon, contain* ing the seven Moki villages, which f will mention further on, inhabited the Pueblo Indians, Is doubtless th«^ | most Interesting map in the collection^ :!! The mountains, valleys, rivers, plains r and villages are realistically brought ;j eut, and when examining the same yon seem to be, as It were, standing upon • *1' mountain looking at some Strang® ^ country inhabited h^r a strange people, Information gainedfln this way Is sel- dom forgotten, and Wutfands will go.fi away from the Southern Exposition with broader views and a kno-vledge of their ovn country not remembered. ; if taught in our schools. • "K The Pueblo Indian, the great nation-: 1 which Inhabits the Southwestern terri* ^ tories of the U. S., Is worthy of con*'/!s| slderable study, and their present f home, mode of living, etc.. Illustrate?fj the fact that a race of people can gO- -( on for untold centuries following Itivfjj the footsteps of their forefathers with* 3 out milking the slightest change in th€» "| order of things or progress by coming; -i| In contact with civilization. Thet'lf Pueblo Indians occupy the seven cltlet j | In the Province of Tusayon, Territorial of Arizonia. These cities, as shown atfi || the Southern Exposition by the U. 8*#t| Government, are reproduced in piaster* on a scale large enough to give a very good idea of their size, arrangement location and style of architecture. All these cities had their origin so manr centuries ago that scientific people can not place a date upon the flrst con* struction thereof, are built with origin ally one idea, that of defense. Wolfi^ one of the principal of the seven Moki cities, i$ located on a hig i rocky cliff, 160 feet from the base. The houses are usually four story stono dwellings, and ail -entrances from the outside are through the roof, whish is reached by ladders hung on the outside. Think of the trouble a Wolfian is put to who is en Ute lyLreaJ, to go on a hunting expedition, finds he has no matches and that there are none accessible nearer » than the basement--up he goes, four flight of ladders ou the Outside* down four on the inside, and back again over the same, making it altogether neces-i sary to climb eight stories and descend the same. Another peculiar feature of this peculiar people Is the fact that they never repair a house. When the Btra# thatched roof tumbles in or the stone wall gives way. It Is not **fixed up again as good as ne *," but the whele house is deserted--not torn down--and new material is brought, a new house, exactly like the old one, I* built right beside It, four stories high,, solid stone and cement, thatched straw roof, no outside doors, entrance only through the roof. The material used Is brought from the base of the cliffs. The water is also brought from the same rocky point or caught .In shallow wells dug on top of the cliff, but never in cisterns about the house. The men follow the chase, while the squaws cultivate the small fertile val­ leys and raise the vegetables. Dozens of families live in one house. The un­ natural part of their strange nature is•••$ that, |tow in a time of peace, when there is no possible foe to molest, they should go on without Miy Improvement In their architecture, and the house built last year patterned exactly after the one constructed five hundred year* ago. W* liope to be able, at some futures time to give you an idea of other fee* Hires of this government display now: on exhibition; but for the present oafs? space will not permit. The attendance at the Southern Ex- posi^pn during the past week has beeu the lttrge6t ever experienced during the flrst week. Over 18,000 people were upon the grounds on Thursday evening to witness the grand flreworka display. Very truly, W. D. B. The Buford wheel sulky takes the, lead, also ITapgood, Case. Skandia and Plying Dutchman Plow's at lfi. ML Owen & Son's. Farm for Sale. The farm known as the Kearns fan* Is now offered at private sal» until the 15th day of September next, and if not sold t)y that time, will be offered at Public Auction on said 15th day of September, on the premises. Terms of sale made knowh on that day. A good titlo will be guaranteed. Said farm is the E. $ of the S. W. \ and the S. E. J of the X. *V. } ot Section No. 10 in Township Xo. 43 Xorth of Reuse No. 8 East of the 3<1 principal Hierl- dion, and contains 120 acres more or less; 75 acres under the plow--30 acrst of good timber. 15 acres of paatMfe, liandv railroad stations; house and stable, aud well of good wa er; and !• located in the Mutisnaw n«ighbOfhee6 3 mines from Algonquin, 3 miles ftosft Crystal Lake Station, snd 3 mlleetroet Cary Station.--For term* and other particulars inquire of the undersigned at Crystal Lake. J. 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