- -• • ^' * '-• ^ ••' •• 1 .;•• ; r'-'v 'V.;' ' " <•!•" '•« i.w rv ' * ' * . ' • ' >u ' • V A s *\ , '• • • - ' '• . ' • ' r r ^ : 1 • TH' T- , " A-«r -v. *.• . • • : VtiLUME~XXVI. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEHBER 13. I0oo. NUMBER if ANOTHER OLD SETTLER TELLS HOW AND WHEN HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY. IT.,®. Mayes 8ettl«*<l Here In 1851 *v 1"wk«l to the Tailoring Business--Is ; v Kow Living In BMIA. EDITOR OF THE PLAINDEALER: DEAR SIR:--Seeing the old settlers' sketches in your paper, I thonght I might say something that would interest your readers. However, I only date back from the year 1851. I can say McHenry vil lage at the time consisted of only a few houses and my stopping there was only an accident brought about by what I termed "sticking in the mud,"fori was on my way to Wilmot, Wis., having visited that place and returned to Chica go where I had left my wife and three months' old babe and my household goods, but when opposite the farm after wards owned by Michael Doherty, about one mile south of the village, our team gave out and would not pull another pound. It was near sundown and al though the people in that vicinity, one of whom was Mr. Doherty, took rails from the fence and lifted the load up the horses would not move it and we had to leave the load in the open all night for not a horse or oxen could be had as the oxen were all turned out to brouse and be ready for work next day, but our teamster proceeded up the road and found a backboard on which we rode to McHenry where we stopped at the Fremont hotel, located where the Riverside now stands, and kept ly Enos Baldwin and his son John. In the morning our teamster went with his rested horses to get the load. While he went for the goods I visited a merchant told my troubles in his- ear, and he said: "Buy me out. This is a good place for a married man." I asked him why: He replied "You can get a good living here but I cannot get any money and my landlord won't take anything but money." I thought I saw the difficulty. I made a bargain with him and bought him out, and for forty-eight years--up to Aug. 5th, 1899--I was one of Mc Henry 's citizens. One of my earliest acquaintances was John McLean, who was constable at that time, I met him down the south road, wheii I came to McHenry on foot on my way to Wilmot to see the place and Mr. McLean brought me on my way about two miles. The next day I was bound for Wilmot and H. E. Wightman, then, as now, the ever ready helper, learned of my destination and Cold me he was going as far as Solon Prairie and I might ride with him if I wished. At that time there was no church in Mc Henry, so we held pleaching in a little school house on the site of the Univer salist church, where we met for all church purposes, and also for all politi cal meetings and elections. There was no place to buy a piece of meat, fresh or salt, so I took my fish-rod and went to the old bridge and caught a fine mess of bass and the landlady came to our res cue by selling us two pounds of salt pork but no more. I soon made acquaintances ia my shop and had offers of wood and egg^, butter, chickens, salt pork, beef by the quarter, and one man wished to trade a sow and pigs, all exchanged for my work, and boys would come with the cloth to have me cut a pair of pants and want to pay me in wild ducks, or quails, or prairie chickens, but no money. The man that wished to have a suit of clothps made would say "You must take your pay out at the store," so I did. He made all ar rangement for the future payment of the store keeper. If a merchant took in a dime it never saw daylight in McHenry if he could help it as he Im^to save every cent to pay for his goods. The Fox River Valley Mills were built and running on Christmas day, the year of '51, and I had many offers of wheat in payment for work. I took some. One lot of eleven bushels in par ticular, I remember. It cost me 32 cents per bushel and I had it in mill for one of the first to be ground. That mill was a great success. It ran day and night,but the farmer had very hard times--wheat 32 cents a bushel, wood $1 to $2 a cord, eggs 5 cents per dqzen, butter 7 cents a pound, pork and beef, by the quarter, in the fall, $2.50 per hundred, a whole car cass of mutton $1' My taking in trade farm produce, etc., I obtained every thing I needed for my family and usually had a credit at the stores where I got dry goods, groceries, hats, cape, boots and shoes or hardware or whiskey to make pickles, of which the storekeeper kept a stock on hand and sold it for to 80 cents per gallon. Most of the settlers of that day have passed away as our cemetery will testify and but few of the present residents of the old village plot remains. Of those that I now recall are: Mrs. Wightman and daughter, Mrs. Stebbins, H. E Wightman, Mrs. Waite and Roll Wait the present post master, Mrs. Gates and son, Wilson, and O. W. Owen and wife. Many of the present residents lived near the village and have since moved inside the corporation. It must be admitted that McHenry has advanced some and at the present time is growing faster than for many years previous but noth ing can make McHenry as some fac tories could, to give employment to the growing population and I would urge the starting of infant industries, not magnificent beginnings, but let the in fant grow to maturity on its own re sources. I met a gentlemen in the New England States some few years ago. He was running an underwear factory em ploying 200 hands. He began with ten hands and kept gradually increasing. He said: "I feel proud of this. I began with only a few hundred dollars and gradually built up the trade until I can get all the capital I ask for. It is not capital I need as much as brains." McHenry is a beautiful site for a vil lage and there is no lack of capital in and around it. I am glad to-*see The Plaindealer is doing much to help get an industry of some kind to locate there. When I came to McHenry there where several men near the village that had the magnificent sum of about $4,000 and. they were called rich men at that day and were really so in comparison with the majority. I do solemnly believe McHenry has a future superior to the past and earnestly hope she wiU-make rapid strides in the future. With best wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, F. G. MAYES. Racin \ Wisconsin. "Give u« this Day, Our Daily Bread." To THE EDITOR : I fear that The Plaindealer is not keeping up with the times. All well regulated family papers should have a bill of fare to help out the busy house wife. With your permission I will furnish a menu. We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized men cannot live without cooks." Bill of fare for a small family. MENU. BBKA JOT AST- Baked potatoes with butterine. Sweet bread, Coffee, Hard cider. BAKED POTATOES-- Go out to the potato patch and dig about one peck of potatoes, (in this county Beauty of Hebron should be used) wash them carefully, put them in the oven,-- don't put them in the Icebox--frozen pota toes are unhealthy, be sure and have a Ure in the stove, as cold baked potatoes are not very palatable, bake *JH rtnnt> BUTTERINE-- Go to some Chicago, cheap grocery and call for choice Elgin butter, they will give you butterine without a blush. SWEET BREAD-- Cut the slices very thin and sprinkle them with brown sugar, if you have any if not brrrow some or use Molasses. COFFEE-- By ail means get the Lion Brand but be sure to have the grocer take out the growls as they are apt to frighten small children. HARD CIDER-- Take about six quarts of any good brand (the Nick Winkels' brand is good) put it in a shallow pan and set it out at the back door over night when the weather is just below zero. It will be hard in the morn ing if it is not gone. MRS. COOK WELL. Roosevelt at DeKalb. The biggest Republican day of the campaign in Northern Illinois outside of Chicago will be held at DeKalb on Saturday, October 6, when Governor Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, will address the people of this part of the state. It is designed to run an excur sion over all the roads leading to De Kalb and make it one of the grandest days in the history of the city. A tele gram from Col. I. L. Ell wood received here on Monday from New York an nounced that the Vice Presidential can didate had positively made this date to visit DeKalb. Arrangements have as yet been made for only two speeches in the state during the campaign by the Vice-Presidential candidate; at DeKalb Oct. 6, and in the evening of that date at Chicago. WAS ONCE A POOR BOY. LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OP A SELF-MADE MAN. -r* Wm. Desmond is Nominated: The selection of Wm. Desmond, of Hartland, as an independent Democratic candidate for the General Assembly is of pre-eminent fitness. If elected, an no doubt he will be, he will make a repre sentative of whom McHenry county will be proud. In view of recent develop ments the Democratic wire-pullers of Boone and McHenry counties look with the aid of a powerful magnifying glass about as big as grasshoppers. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT. Take LAXATIVE Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. ,E. W. Grove's sig nature is on each box. 26c. Richard Bishop Came to McHenry to IBf4 Penniless, and Died a tisk Man--Dr Brown's Tribute. Some of our pioneers are not only self- made men beginning life with nothing but their strong hands and honest hearts but some of them were men of indomi table character overcoming every ob stacle in their path from poverty to af fluence. v Hon. Richard Bishop, now deceased, was such a man. He was born at Gains- vil'e, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1824, son of Hezekiah and Charlotte Bishop. When Richard was seven years old his father was killed by a falling tree. This sad event left to the boy an inheritance of poverty and he was early obliged to devote his labor to the support of the family. -His first earnings were ten cents per day, at such labor as threshing grain with a flail longer than himself. When he became strong enough to use an ax he cut wood for twenty to twenty-five ce&t» per cord. When about twelve years of age he went to live with a physician and during the three years that he remained in his family endured trials well calculated to break the heart and constitution of any boy. Every spring he was compelled to attend to a sugar grove of sixty-five trees, cutting the wood, gathering the sap and carrying the sugar home with a yoke upon his shoulders. When fifteen years old he lived with a blacksmith for three years, his wages being thirty dol lars for the first year, thirty-five for the second and forty for the third. He worked faithfully and learned the trade rap dly, til though working at some dis advantage's he was obliged to stand on a stool to make himself tall enough to strike upon the anvil. After serving his time he followed his trade two years. He was then twenty years of age and like many young men decided to go west. In the spring of 1844 he bade a sorrowful farewell to his mother and the little cottage that sheltered him and in the silence of the night, shouldered his trunk and proceeded on foot and alone, a distance of two miles where a carriage which he had engaged awaited him. Mr. Bishop afterwards visited that home and also had the pleasure of welcoming his mother to a more preten tious home in the west, secured by his own exertions. He sailed on the boat Banker Hill and the day after his arrival in Chicago took the stage to Waukegan where his brother resided. Th^re he worked at his trade several months re ceiving $17 per month for his services. When harvest camc ho bccame a laborer in the field at $1.50 per day. After the harvest was over, in company with a man named McAllister, he started McHenry/on foot. They were not to deterred by sloughs and .lakes which lay in their way, but waded them with their clothes t^^in a bundle upon their heads. In McHenry Mr. Bishop followed black- smithing until January when he went to Waukegan and secured a job gutting wood at fifty cents per cord. The fol lowing spring he was again pursuing his trade in McHenry. The first year he earned enough to pay for eighty acres of land at $1.25 per acre, and at once made the investment. This proved a profitable venture and as fast as he was able he made other purchases buying and selling with good results. From this humble beginning in spite of reverses, fires, etc., Mr. Bishop became the owner of a large portion of the business of Mc Henry. He owned a large grist mill, a wagon manufactory, an agricultural implement store and apickel factory, besides a farm of nearly 1,000 acres. In 1§74 he engaged in the banking business in Woodstock, which he followed tv o years. He then bought a choice law library at a cost of over $1,000, acquaint ed himself thoroughly with the princi ples of law and was admitted to the bar. In 1874 he was a member of the state legislature. He served as supervisor for fifteen years. In politics he was a straight-forward democrat, believing in the principles of Jefferson and Jackson. Mr. Bishop was a mason of high rank, having taken all the degrees. The career of Mr. Bishop is an eloquent illustration of what energy and will can accomplish. The following is from the remarks of Dr. H. T."" Brown, at the old settlers meeting, Aug. 1895: "Knowing Mr. Bishop I will say without hesitation that had his lot been cast in his youth where he could have received the education, the want of which he so oiten and so much deplored, he would have taken his place among the leading men of his day First and foremost in his character was his wonderful, almost inexhaustible energy. Coming to this town in its earliest days, poor in pocket, unfriended and unknown, having for his full and only stock in trade a limited knowledge of blacksmithing, we find him in the employ of N. S. Wait, (also one of our noble and early pioneers) swinging the hammer over the anvil from earliest dawn to late at night, day after day, month after month, with grim determi nation depicted in his face, that said plainly to an onlooker 'I will hammer my way to success. I will yet build a forge of my own and be the arbiter of fortune. How well he succeeded you all know. He did build a forge of his own and through his whole life, in fact, that same tireless industry, that same deter mined energy was his guiding spirit.' " CORRECTIONS. Mr. McCollum was the first settler and entered the land now occupied by the farms of S. and J. Sherman. Mr. McCollum built two log houses on the land. HERE AND THERE. A Miscellaneous Aggregation nf informa tion Interesting to All. Edward Spanlding died at his home in Rockford last Thursday, of lockjaw, re sulting from An injury received by step ping on a rusty nail recently. The safe in the store of G. H. Burt, at Roscoe, was blown open Tuesday even ing and the contents, amounting to about $4, secured. The robber or rob bers also took away a watch, a necklace and some other jewelry, the whole amounting to a small value. Mrs. Rebecca Elliot, mother of the first white child born in Kane county; Illinois, died at her home in Aurora, 111., last Thursday, aged 85. Mr. and Mrs. Elliot, who were married in 1835, were the first white couple married in the county. They had ten children. Mr Elliot died several years ago. A distressing accident occurred on the John Fuller farm, near Hinsdale, on Thursday. A young man while assist ing in threshing slipped and fell impal ing himself on the handle or a pitchfork which penetrated his abdomen passing through his body and entering the lobe of his left lung. His injuries are prob ably fatal. Lightning struck the Hinsdale club house during the severe electric storm of last • Friday evening The bolt came first in oontact with one of the large steel ventilators over the auditorium and after shattering several rafters and knocking down a small area of plaster, followed an electric light wire oat of the building. It was a great surprise to the majority of people in the United States when it wat a inounced that Bresci, the murderer of King Hubert, was not given the death penalty, but was sentenced to im prisonment for life. The first seven years will be for solitary confinement, and the remaining years of his life to ard labor. The death penalty sentence was abolished in Italy a number of years ago. The case of mistaken identify, prob ably without a parallel, oomes to light in La Salle county. Mrs. Ressella and Mrs. Fenlir, both of LaSalle, accident ally traded babies when they were a few days old. The boys are now four years old and the resemblance of the Fenlon child to the Ressella woman caused an investigation. A birthmark which the nurse said that the Fenloir baby had was found on the Ressella child and the boys will be exchanged without recourse to law. Patrick Ryan, who has run a passen ger train between Chicago and Free port for the past 25 years, was killed while on duty Monday evening. His train was wrecked between Pecatonica and Rodott. The engine4" and entire train went off the track at a sharp curve, and Engineer Patrick Ryan was pinioned by the cab and reverse lever, where he was scalded to death by the escaping steam. Arthur Jewell, the fireman, was thrown through the cab window, and escaped with slight injuries. Conductor Frank Parlow, of Chicago, was also injured. About twenty-five passengers were on board, and half of them were slightly injured. > Daisy Barney, the 2-year-old daughter of L. D. Barney, of Maple Park, was burned to death Thursday afternoon. Her mother sent two other daughters, aged 7 and 9, to the store with a little wagon for some groceries and gasoline. They drew the baby with then in the cart. They were returning and the little girl who was riding scratched some matches on the wagon wheel, when the can of gasoline exploded en veloping the baby in flames. She started to run but fell in a short dis tance, her clothes being almost entirely burned off. The little one was taken home and after intense5 suffering she died at about 9 o'clock that night. To prevent consumption quickly cure throat and lung troubles with One Minute Cough Cure. Julia A. Story. T-r BRIEF NOTE*. •fiAs4i Regarding What Is Going oa la the World Around. The storm of the gulf coast has very seriously damaged the Louisiana rice crop. Orrie Trottler, the 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. William Trottler, of Sf Louis, was saved from drowning by a St. Bernard dog. At Sibley, Iowa, Phil Burke, of Chi cago, was killed by being run over by a freight train on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha. A heavy deposit of gold has been dis covered in Oregon county, Missouri. The ore has been assayed and shows $130 to $1 fiO to the ton of quarts. William J. Bryan concluded his tour of West Virginia at Wheeling, and started upon a late train over the Balti more and Ohio for the West. William J. Morgan, of Buffalo, comp troller ot the state of New York, and who was renominated for the office Wednesday, died at Albany. The steamer China, which has sailed for Hong-Kong, carried nearly $1,500,- 000 in gold and silver currency for the United States troops in China. At Port Townsend, Wash., the steam ship, Elihu Thompson, arrived lruui Cape Nome, bringing 200 passengers, many of whom are without means. Passengers on an Appelton car at Menasha, Wis., on the interurban road, had a narrow escape from being run down by a Wisconsin Central train. At Fargo, N. D., Frank E. Carmody was arrested, charged with blowing the safe of the Mexican Electric com- oany in Mexico City, March 21, securing $io;ooo. At Morganfield, Ky., Thomas Holt shot and killed himself over the body of his sweetheart, MissCoraWaller, who had just died from the effect of a surgical operation. At LaCrosse, Wis., Patrolman Perry Gates was shot dead by a trio of thieves whom he was about to arrest for hold ing up a man on the La Crescent road and robbing him of $9. At Des Moines, Iowa, Mattie Mash, colored, shot and fatally injured Will iam foster, also colored, at the home of her father. Miss Mash alleges Foster had failed to keep a promise to marry her. r John Salmon,city marshal ofu^ssnmp- tion, 111., who for three weeks has suf fered from an attaok of hiccoughs, which completely baffled the skill of physicians, died from the effects of the ailment. Ex-President Cleveland has declined the President's appointment as a - mem ber of the international board of arbi tration under The Hague treaty. Ex- President Harrison has aooepted an ap pointment. The list of ruined towns in Texas is continually increased, as dispatches con tinue to come from the storm swept section. Both Richmond and Letitia are now reported to have been utterly destroyed. Priscilla Higgins, the 14-year-pld daughter of George A. Biggins, of FcJrt Hamilton, swain across the Narrows to St. George, Staten island, in two hours and five minutes. The distance covered was three miles. Francis Edward Hinckley, one of the incorporators of the Chicago university and prominently identified with many important railroad and commercial en terprises, is dead at his home at West New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. James P. Menns was a night watch man at the Spring8ide home, New Haven, Conn., in charge of the insant patients. The misery of the insane in mates whom he nightly guarded wore or his mindi until he lost his reason and shot himself. Near Albion, III., • Henry Kunst and Henry Hess quarreled over the posses sion of a whip and fought. After the} ceased fighting, and were standing facing each other, Kunst drew a revolv er and sent four bullets into the body of Hess, killing him instantly. For the third time Dowieite Eldei Ephraim Bessinger arrived at Mansfield, Ohio and was received as on his othei visits. He was met at the depot by tht police and other officer? and detained in the county jail until a westbound trail> arrived, when he was again sent on his way. Pittsburg and associate interest* have taken costly and determined step*- to insure the development of an export business in iron and Bteel. A hurried order has been placed for the construc tion of a fleet of ten great freighters that will ply from Lake Erie ports, via the Welland canal and the Gulf of St Lawrence, across the Atlantic. The fceet will cost something like $8,000,000. GENERAL COUNTY NEWS. INFORMATION GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES* , . " ̂ Some of the Happenings ln{ our County In Condensed Form for Busy People-- Kxchange Gleanings. Amos Wallace, of Marengo, has made application for letters patent on a port able windmill. Died, at his home in Greenwood town ship on Tuesday morning, Sept. 4, 190(>, of cancer, Andrew Hyder, aged 62 years eoid 24 day s. John Hurley sold his fine team which took the blue ribbon at the McHenry County Fair, to Henry Sullivan. Con sideration $250. --Marengo News. %H. Bright & Son, of Dundee, have been awarded the contract to erect R. M. and Frank Patrick's sugar of milk factory and creamery at Marengo. The cost is to be about $10,000. Turnbull 4b Jones are the architects. .-•** . \ • Walter Carter, of Algonquin, met with a very painful accident on Tuesday of last week. He was driving cattle aiid in jumping across a ditch lighted on a broken bottle severing an artery in his foot. A piece of glass over an inch long was taken out and eight stitches were required to close the wound. I Mrs. A. L. Lambden was quite severe ly bitten by a dog Tuesday morning. The animal lacerated both of her hands and was only driven away after strenu ous efforts. The dog was not rabid, bnt was angry at her for trying to protect some small chickens from its attacks. Marengo Republican. Weekly School Note*. The pupils in the school now number 161. Miss Jennie Walton visited the school Tuesday. Haines Boyle is a new member of the first grade. v Mrs. Bird and Miss Barnard visited the first room on Friday last. Miss Perry is increasing the attaaot- iveness of her room 'by some new pic tures. Misses Rena Stern and Etta Brand were visitors in Several rooms Friday afternoon. Prof. Angevine has recently been granted a state certificate in the state of Minnesota. Lennie Phillips and Lilian Wheeler were absent from school one day last week on account of sickness. Two new pupils were enrolled in the high school Monday morning, Mamie Cary, of Spring Grove, and Birdie Small, of RingwoctL Farewell Reception. The reception given by the Ladies' Pistakee Euchre Club at the Pavillion Saturday evening, Sept. 8, was a decided success notwithstanding that many families had returned to the city. There were a goodly number in attend ance and all enjoyed this the last re union of the season. There were two ladies and two gentlemen prizes. Owing to the fact that there were more ladies than gentlemen in attendance a few ladies represented the gentlemen there fore the gentlemen prizes were won by Mrs. Hertz and Mr. Harrison Berlits. The ladies prizes being won by Mrs. C. A.. Richards and Mrs. John Bygren. After refreshments were served a social time was enjoyed. All seeming re luctant to leave the bright pavillion kvhere " so many pleasant gatherings tave been enjoyed during the past reason. A Delightful Surprise. Monday was the tenth anniversary of :he marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Charles c*age. About twenty-five of their riends wishing to celebrate the event jlanned a surprise which was a grand nccess and carried out to even the inin- ltest detail. The evening was spent in iocial conversation and refreshment s oon- >isting of ice cream and cake were served. A. number of useful and beautiful pres ents were left as pleasant reminders of ,his delightful occasion. 1 Thank You. The editor desires to thank the friends vho presented him with the beautiful ocker last Thursday evening. As the /ears creep slowly on he will seat limself in that commodious chair on •ach birthday anniversary and live over •gain the pleasure of that first "sur prise." Harvest Danee. A grand Harvest dance will be given ia,the Riverside hall Wednesday even ing, Sept. 19. Mr. Besley has secured .he services.pf Harden's celebrated harp »rchestra consisting of six pieces. An elaborate supper will be served. Horses and baggage cared for free of chai^jfc Dance tickets including supper $1.75. People who burn the Lamp of Reason need Rocky Mountain Tea. Greatest reason producer known. JSo. -A®*" your druggist. >.... ' _ ,
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