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VOLUME XXVI. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1900. NUMBER 14 mi LIVED HERE MANY YEARS FROM VERMOHT 11 ̂ QE- > CEMBER, 1837. ftnry 'Walked From Chlftato to Elfin up the Pox -River to McHenry-- Still Lives Here. Among the venerable pioneers of Mc­ Henry county, there is xio man now liv­ ing, who is justly entitled to more re­ spect than Jacob Story. Throughout his long life he has been a man of sturdy integrity and of rare independence of character, staunch and fearless in what he believes to be a just cause. He was one of the pioneers who passed the win­ ter of 1887-8 in Brown's log cabin tavern Mid was a familiar figure among the pioneers. Mr. Story's residence in the county dates back sixty-three years, or to within three years of its first settle­ ment by a white family--that of Samuel Gillian, on Nov. 18, 1884, in Algonquin township. The Story family is of sterling English descent and from an old Puritan family of Vermont. From this same stock some of the most famous men of our county have sprung. Among them Justice Story and Wilbur F.Story, the founder of the Chicago Times. There is a tradition in the family that three brothers of the name came f rum England in early times and settled in Vermont. One of these was the ancestor of Jacob Story, our subject. Jacob Story, grand father of our subject, was born in south­ ern. Vt. After marriage he moved to northern Vermont, and settled in the Green Mountains in Fairfax county. This country, in those days, was a wil­ derness and covered with heavy timber. Its forests abounded with bear, wolves, catamount and other wild leasts and game common to' that primitive region in which, at that early period, about the close of the Revolutionary war, a few venturesome and hardy settlers had built their log cabins. There Mr. Story cleared up a fine farm from the primeval wilderness and brought up his family in the simplicity of the New England life of that day. He was a great bear hunter and had a famous bear-dog whose feats in hunting bear have been handed down even to this generation. Mr. Story had trained the dog to chase and attac < the bear who would turn at bay and fight its tormentor but before the fierce ani­ mal could injure the dog, Mr. Story would despatch him with a ball from his ever trusty rifle. The dog had such confidence in his master's ability to save him in time, that he became too venture­ some and at one time was caught and killed by bruin before Mr. Story could kill him. John Story, father*of our sub ject, was born in southern Vermont, and went when a child with his parents to the Green Mountains where he was brought up in the wilderness. Like his father he cleared his farm from the woods and became a substantial farmer. He finally moved to New York state where he died at the truly venerable age of ninety-one years. Jacob Story, the respected pioneer ol McHenry, was born in Fairfax county, N. Y., December 25, 1814. He received his education in the district school of Vermont and early learned to work upon the farm. When he was about twenty years of age, in the spring of 1887, he went to Massachusetts, and worked on a farm ne*r Boston for about six months, and came thence the same year to Illinois. The journey was made by rail and steamer to New York and up the Hudson river to Albany, thence by canal to Buffalo and by steam­ er to Detroit. Here, with two other young men, he walked across the state of Michigan to lake Michigan and took the last steamer of the season to Chicago where he arrived during the first days of December, 1837. Chicago was then a small place, the only street Worth men-, tioning being Sou: h Wn'-jr street. He [ remained in Chicago but a short time, then walked to the Fox riv^r which V"* [ struck a short distance south of Elgin He walked up the tiver stopping at I nearly every log cabin he saw and look­ ing over the country. He made a short 8top at Dundee and then walked on to McHenry where he arrived December 10, 11837. There were a few log houses in [McHenry and he stopped at Brown's log cabin tavern. This waf the winter the tavern was kept by Gideon Colby and Mr. Story yet remembers many of pioneers who stopped at the tavern that winter and the scenes and incidents of I pioneer life. He soon began farm work land made a claim two miles south of McHenry and also secured forty acres of I timber across the river. This land be I bought at the land sale. He partly im- I proved this land and bought eight} I acres one mile south on which he settled. [There was a good log house on his farm (with a shingle roof and ten acres had jbeen fenced and plowed. He married |NOV. 22, 1844, in McHenry, Mary Ann [Colby, born Nov. 15, 1828. He finished [improving his form and lived there un Itil the death of his wife, May 28, 1847 V;'.. • ^.'."'4'-1' • •* -"vy • and his children lived with his wife's father, Ira Colby, for eight years. In the fall of 1858 Mr. Story en­ gaged in the mercantile business in Mc­ Henry in the front part of the building now occupied by his daughter, Miss Jnlia A Story, as a drug store and which was built by Robert Mathews. Mr. Story after a time, merged his business into the hardware line in which he prospered and continued for many years. Mr. Story has speculated to some extent in Western lands and is a man of substan­ tial property/ He is a man of marked characteristics, a man of clean mental faculties aqd one of the best known pioneers of McHenry, who has always maintained a high moral charac- acter and been a great friend of temper­ ance and the cause of humanity. In po­ litical opinions he was first an old line Whig, afterwards an Abraham Lincoln Republican and has since that time been independent. .• T Merit Win||» '• , TOTHEEiotor, A few days ago I saw it announced in The Plaindealer that Prof. Baron, of Beloit, had "visited our high school in order to examine its condition for the purpose of placing us on the accredited list at Beloit * * * . This is proof that we are making a healthy growth in the right direction." I desire to say that I am very much surprised at such an announcement as this. What does it amount to? Only MI advertisement for Beloit College! Will anyone be simple enough to im­ agine that this indicates growth in the right direction while we have a great imperial university in this equally im­ perial state of Illinois which has not yet been called upon to recognize our high school ? What credit is it to us or our school to be accredited by an institution desirous of receiving our pupils and not be recognized by the only institution of learning in the state whose recognition is desirable? Does not policy and amity demand, if any recognition is desirable that that which is patriotic, customary, advan­ tageous, profitable and creditable, shall be the one sought? What advantage, what indication of healthy growth, is it to ns or our school, to have it recognized by a college of a neighboring state and go unrecognized by the university of our own state? The important step is free to us: The inspection of high schools is paid for by the University and all that is necessary is to send in a report of the work being done and a description of the courses followed and if this is deemed satisfac­ tory, the School Visitor calls, inspects, reports to the Faculty of the University and upon approval, the school is added to the list of accredited schools "for all work sufficiently well done," and this ad­ mits, free of tuition, any of our gradu­ ates, to the freshman class. . Following this class comes the sopho­ more, then the junior and lastly the senior, and yet the article quoted from above says: "Hereafter pupils graduat­ ing from McHenry high school will be received into the senior class at Beloit." What if they are and after graduating from said college one would wish to at­ tend the university of his own state he would simply find himself just where his "transfer credits" would land him. I fail to see the indications of "healthy growth" but instead, a condition of harmful inactivity. I have not the slightest reason for thinking that our school shrinks from such an examination on the part of the crown of our public school system but do believe the step taken, at this time, ill-advised and prt - judical to the best interests of our school and town. F. M. GOODMAN. A Slid Accident. Little Walter Krause, the seven-year- old son of John Krause, was the victim of a very painful accident last Monday evening. He was playing with a sling­ shot beside the kitchen stove and in some manner, not exactly known, the crook febounded and struck him in the eye. Hopes are entertained that the sight of the eye may not be destroyed but grave fears are entertained other­ wise. New Eagland Dinner. The ladies of the Willing Workers society will give one of their popular New England dinners Friday evening of next .week, in the city hall. These ladies have an enviable reputation for serving luscious goodies and the dinner served on this occasion will surpass all others. A short literary, and musical program will be given and a gobd social time enjoyed by all present. Notice. The Northern Illinois Normal school, Dixon, 111., is offering free tuition in any department, except music, to a limited number of band men, to play iri the 'Dixon College Military band. For par- tkilftnff address the president. 1 ? J. B. DiLLiE, President, •* Dixon, m. pearly two Hours He Addresses a • ii- • *e and Enthusiastic Audience Intelligent People. MANY DEMOCRATS IN II ASSEMBLY He Quotes Facts and Figures Convincing the Most Radical--The Issues of the Day are ably Handled. The Republican rally held in Stoffel's hall last Tuesday evening was a rousing success. The large hall was filled to overflowing with an enthusiastic audi­ ence that gave the closest attention to the Hon. A.J. Hopkins, while he dis­ cussed in a brilliant and masterful way, the political issues of the day. Hon. F. K. Granger, in a few brief and well chosen remarks, called the meeting to order and introduced H. C. Mead, as chairman. \ The McHenry Military blind was pres­ ent and furnished some excellent music on the street and in the hall, both before and after the address. A quartette com­ prising C. D. Schoonmaker, W. W. Church, J. D. Lodtz and E.J. Hazel ren­ dered a number of selections. Congressman Hopkins is a ready speak* er with a fund of logic at his command, and kept the vast audience in sympathy with him throughout his entire speech, which lasted almost two hours. In speaking of trusts, Mr. Hopkins said in part: "During the democratic administra­ tion, when the democrats were in abso­ lute control they did not pass or offer to pass any anti-trust legislation. The first act after the Republicans were restored to power was to introduce the Sherman bill,an act to amend the constitution and give congress power to act jointly with the state in relation to matters of trusts and combines, But was defeated bv all the democrats but five voting against it. The bill later was passed by both honses, was approved by President Harrison and became a law. "At the last session of congress, when a constitutional amendment giving con­ gress the absolute power to prohibit trusts, combinations or monopolies, was introduced into the senate every Democrat excepting five voted against it, thus preventing its receiving the two-thirds majority required to pass it. "The prosperity of a nation is deter­ mined by the condition of its wage earners. If the laborer in any country is receiving good wages with steady em­ ployment, that country cannot be any­ thing but prosperous. That the United States has been prosperous during the past thiee years is shown by the growth of its labor organizations. That terrible period for wage-earners of the country which began in 1893, and which has left behind its record of horror, hunger and misery with its public soup-houses and halls and churches open for shelter, practically ended with the dawn of the year 1897. The workingman of today who does his own thinking has had proof that it is to his best interest to stand by the platform and principals of the Republican party. He will not vote these good times away for any bubble of promises. "The Kansas City platform declares that the paramount issue of this cam­ paign is imperialism. This so-called is­ sue is fiction pure and simple. The Democratic convention did not dare ar­ ray itself against expansion, so trumped up the cry of imperialism to frighten people. We have had repeated expan­ sions. When Thomas Jefferson, the first Democratic president, acquired Louisiana he exercised American au­ thority precisely as President McKinley has exercised it over Porto Rico and the Phillipines except as the insurrection in the latter has required special attention. The same course was repeated when Florida was acquired and has been in every subsequent acquisition. Not only have we extended the flag over new people, bit in many cases we have, for reasons we deemed sufficient, kept them in a dependent position for more than half a century. New Mexico came to us from the Mexican war and is still a territory. From the beginning of gov­ ernments we have had Indian tribes within our domain. We have recogniz­ ed that they were not capable of the same measure of self-government as our own people, and we have kept them in separate and dependent position, if it be imperialism to hold the people of ac­ quired territory i»« a different relation toward the government from that held by our own people, until they are pre­ pared to assume the same relation, then every single expansion of our domain has been marked by imperialism. We have never asked the consent of the new people over whom our territory has spread. We have proceeded in every case to govern them as we deemed best for their interest and our own. As soon as they have become fit for self-govern­ ment we have given it to them. There is no such thing as imperialism under the American flag. "The free and unlimited coinage of silver is again the real issue and it' is impossible for Mr. Bryan to hide it be­ hind the mask of imperialism. No thoughtful man can doubt that all of the dangers of 1896 again threaten our financial system in 1900. You may well fear free silver, but the cry of imperial ism is a bogy-man calculated to frighten old women and children." THE FARMERS' IN8TITUTE. December 6, 7 and 8 the Time and Liberty - V . ville the Place. The «secutive committee of the Lake County Farmer's institute met at the town hall in Liberty ville, Saturday afternoon, to fix upon a time and place of holding the next institute. The members of the executive committee present were President Ralph Chitten­ den, Treasurer H. B. Pierce, Secretary J. J. Burke and J. E. Holcomb, all the members being present except Warren Holland. Director H. D. Hughes, who had just returned from the state fair at Springfield, was also present. Messrs. Jost, Grabbe and some others met with the committee and agreed on their part to do all in their power to make the coming institute a success in every way, pledging the citizens of Libertyville to do their part. After discussing the matter the committee decided to fix upon Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 6, 7 and 8, as the time, and Libertyville the place for holding the in­ stitute this year, believing it to be the best interest of the institute that it be held in various places in the county each year. The following committees were appointed to look after the work of the institute and the pleasure and comfort of those who attend: Committee on Music--Miss M. Alice Davis and Frank Kern. Literary Program--Benj. H. Miller and Blanche Vuille. Reception Committee--Frank H. Just, Henry Cater and Fred Grabbe. Committee on Entertainment--J. W. Miller, O. E. Churchill and C. J. Keirl. Committee on Domestic Science--Mrs. F. P. Dymond and Miss E. A Bush, Libertyville; Mrs. A. J. Raymond, Volo; Mrs. John McClure, Gurnee; Mrs. Will­ iam Wigham, Aptakisic; Mrs. A. L. Hendee, Waukegan, Mrs. E. B. Sher­ man, Grayslake; Mrs. Drucilla Ferris, Antioch; Mrs. Richard Smith, Prairie View. Committee on Finance --W. E. Miller and E. W. Parkhurst. The secretary was instructed to corres­ pond with Ex Governor Hoard and Prof. Henry, of Wisconsin, and a number of prominent speaker on agricultural topics throughout Illinois and engage their service for the institute if possible. On motion the committee adjourned to meet at the office of the secretary on Monday, October 15, to mako final arrangements for the institute. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A Large Attendance Reported Month of September. the The following is the monthly report of the McHenry public schools for Septem­ ber which shows a large average attend­ ance for the first'school month. Attendance Average High School. v.. .24. 22 Firth Room... • ..16. .v;... 14 Fourth Room.v. ,.80. 29 Third R.ooui.. v*.^. .*.89. ;... 36 Second Room,....... *37. .. .85 First Room... . .... ..22.r,... .20 TASD1NE$S/ ; High School..»...v^...... 1 Fifth Room........... .. .V*.......0 Fourth Room.tv...? 0 Third Room...' 2 Second Ri>om../^wi^;iv^^y:i»'"........5 First Room 8 The following pupils have been neither absent nor tardy during the past month and have made satisfactory grades in scholarship. HIGH SCHOOL. Archie Auringer Thomas Bolger Lynn Cristv Emery Kimball Nina M. Colby Dora Stoffel Mabel Granger Lucie Stevens Mildred Steven® Mamie Knox Belle Gallaher, ^ F. fi. ANGEVINE, Prin. ^ FIFTH HOOX1. Fr»«e«f®uiw (lassie Eld redge Florence Howe Agnes Meyers Bessie Smith Anna Clea ry Chester Goodman Kittie lleuacr Lillie McGee Willie Thomas AGNES A. PERRY, Teacher. FOURTH ROOM. Frank E. Block Iva Curtiss Michael F.ngeln George Freuud Mamie Granger Florence Granger Zue Gallaher Willie Heimer MARY Peter Justen Katie Justen Mary Knox Irene McOmber Hattie Lnmphere Lena Stoffel Caroline Spurling Maggie Ward L. COBB, Teacher. THIRD ROOM. Paul Auringer Eddie Conway Willie Gallaher Victor Meyers Alford Ponse R»y Page Mathias Rothermel Howard Wattles Lucile Byrd Lulu Byrd Pearl Claxton Ellen Cleary Lida Going Maude Granger Nellie Newman Dena Nickels Alice Olson f Julia Stoffel Alma Tesch Myrtle Wattles Bertha Wolff DORA BESLEY, Teacher. SECQJP) ROOM. Freida Berner"; ? Elsa Block Ruby Claxton . " Fanny Granger Marguerite Granger Helen Kopsell Emma Krause Effie Nickels Frances Stoffel Earl Brown Hngh Gallaher Mattie Laures John Long J2dwin Owen Marie Long Elizabeth Phalen Agnes Tesqjh Albert Freund Lyle Hazel Walter Lee Gerald Newman Roy Page EDITH WRIGHT, Teacher. FIRST ROOM. Johnnie Conway Johnnie Kopsell Ray Long Edward Nickels Maggie Buss Anna Knox Martha Stoffel KATE F. HOWE, Teacher. Weekly School Notes. Mary Going is back to school after an illness. Lee Cleary is a new pupil in the fourth room. The entertainment to be given for the fourth room will take place Friday, Oct 5, in the city hall. Frank and Walter Yeske, Frank Ross- man and Fred Feltz have recently been enrolled in the third room. Walter Krause, a first room pupil, while playing with a sling-shot Monday afternoon seriously injured his eye. Agnes Stevens is back to her school duties after a brief sickness. Annie Yeske and Eddie Rossman are new pupils in the second room. Ellen Morgan is a new pupil in the second year high school. 8. 8. Convention. The thirty-fourth annual convention of the McHenry County Sunday School association will be held at the M. E. church, Nunda, Tuesday and Wednes­ day, Oct. 9 and 10, the general topic of the convention being "Finding and Feeding." Three sessions will be held Tuesday and two Wednesday. The Tuesday meetings will take place at 10 a. m., 1:30 arid 7 p. m. Wednesday's exercises will open with a sunrise pray­ er meeting at 0 a. m., the afternoon ses­ sion beginning at 1:15. Mrs. Mary Bry- ner, of Chicago, will be present during the entire convention and devote special attention to the primary department and work. Among the papers to be pre­ sented is one by Mrs. Belle Saylor, of Ringwood, her subject Seing "Better Methods--The Loyal Army Plan." En­ tertainment will be provided for persons on the program and five delegates from each school in the county. Prof. Conn, principal of the Richmond schools, is vice president of the associations. A Serious Accident. F. A. Abbott, of Ostend, was the vic­ tim of a corn-cutter accident recently. In some unaccountable manner he got his left hand in the machine and it was severed at the wrist. Mr. Abbott has many friends in McHenry who will be deeply pained to know of his great mis­ fortune. . v . • GENERAL COUNTY NEWS. llffQRMATION GATHERED fROM „ _ VARIOUS SOURCES. ' . - Some of the Happenings Indoor Conatjr In Condensed Form for Busy People-- Exchange Gleanings. The Algonquin and Nunda township farmer's institute will be held at Nunda, JViday, October 12. ^ j The McHenry County Republican dl last week says: "Twenty-two dollars per month was offered for farm hands during the winter months here Monday and no takers." | On Wednesday last Maxwell Wilcox J was severely kicked in the face by a horse. He is around all right now and it is hoped no permanent disfiguration will result from the terrible jolt he re- ; . ceived.--Marengo News. A great many of the dairymen west of towu have signed six-month contracts 1 with the Borden Condensed Milk Co., at Genoa Junction, receiving an average of $1,884 per hundred pounds of milk for the six months. As a consequence the milk receipts at the creameries has fallen off, the factory at Stone's Corners being the greatest sufferer.--Richmond Ga- zette. , | For the first time 1n many years Jas. j H. Binnie did not show up in Harvard last week to attend the Elkhorn fair. Mr. Binnie lives at Dundee, his large farm being located near that village, and owing to the scarcity of help this season he has had to hustle early and late like the rest of us poor mortals. Sorry, Jim. We missed you.--Harvard Independent. A team belonging to Geo. Ames. of Terra Cotta, attached to a heavy wagon, became frightened at a train, broke down the hitching poets in front of Jas. Leonard s, where they were tied, and ran north on Main street, knocking down D. M. May field's barber pole and finally coming to an abrupt halt on either side of an electric light pole, which they crashed into and broke off. No serious damage to wagon and none to the horses. --Nunda Herald. An uncle and nephew have made a peculiar bet on McKinley and Bryan. The uncle livee in this city and the nephew in Hartland. The conditions of the bet are as follows: If McKinley is elected the nephew is to give the uncle a wheelbarrow ride from the nephew's home in Hartland to Harvard, a distance of seven miles, with a ride around the city. If Bryan is elected the uncle will have to do likewise by the nephew. Wait for the finish.--Harvard Herald. Hjalmar Lundgren has recently n- ceived $10,000 from his inheritance in Sweden, and he has wisely decided to invest part of it in farm lands here­ abouts. He has bought of Jerry Wi- nans the Calvin Hill farm northwest of town, 103 acres, for which he paid $55 per acre, $5,665. He has also bought the Dwan farm on the county line, 80 acres, for $50 an acre, $4,000, a total of $9,665. These are good farms and will pay a better interest on the investment than money loaned out, even if he could succeed in loaning the money, which is a difficult thing to do even at 5 per cent, besides the money will not burn up or blwr away.--Marengo Republican, ; Harvest Dinner. ; . ^ H. Ericsson will give a grand Harvest dinner at Mineral Springs hotel, Pista* kee Bay, next Sunday, Oct. 7. He will serve young chickens, turkey, ducks and fish accompanied by a variety of vege­ tables. Price of dinner, 50 cents per plate. A special C. M. & St P. train will leave the Union depot, Chicago, at 3:10 p. m. Saturday and returning laaye the Fox Lake station at 7:30 p. m. Sun­ day evening. A special feature Satur­ day evening will be a huge bon fire in which meats, sweet potatoes and corn will be roasted and serv*i to the guests on the beach, free of charge. A cordial invitation is extended to alt . : Will Dance Oct. 19. A grand hall will be given in StoffW'* hall Friday evening Oct. 19. Reed's popular orchestra assisted by musicians from Chicago and Cal Curtiss, of Wood­ stock, will furnish the music. Mr. Stof­ fel is arranging for one of the most de­ lightful dances ever given and all m at­ tendance are assured a pleasant evening. Modern Woodman The Modern Woodmen, of Valley Camp, McHenry, will give a grand ball in Riverside Hall, Thursday evening, October 11. Harden's celebrated harp orchestra, of Clinton, Wis., will be pres­ ent and furnish the music. Dance tS£$r ets$1.00. Algonquin Republican Sunpend*. W. Scott Newcomer, publisher of tto McHenry County Republican, of Algon­ quin, has ceased publishing his paper. Mr. Newcomer gives as his roaoon so rapport from home merchants. , ̂̂ •> «r f < V, j '•f'hl / » * ' \ & ' t* • ivfs- J • t