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tocttL \ ? r * "\V* J i?'.'riw>*'.,, * !L- * • ThtmdAy, Hpvember 12,1936 LOVE AND tssHUNGER: • By LEONARD A. BARRETT MP The two poles of being according to AnatoJe France, are love and hunger. Man, the human being, "must humanize arf?i harmonize his span of life which stretches from "pole to pole." Love does not always see its compensation. Neither does food supply more than physical huftger. There is no human trait more d o m i n a n t s t h a n the desire for love; but only-as love lifts a human" being to the,.height of sacrificial devotion, does it become a powerful and purified requisite of character. Love is the greatest thing in the world because it is capable of lifting a human soul upward and on. A person may find satisfaction in establishing a harmonious relationi ship between the universe and himself, between animals and himself, ,.,but his highest relationship is met only in person to person: personality sharing personality. He who in human relationship has learned to love has learned to live. Love that is content to sit and sun itself with its constant demands or careless denials may one day awake from its lethargy to find itself alone, or else it may discover that it has lost its human inspiration and has become impotent. Love that reaches • out for "angels in paradise" sometimes finds in its embrace "drab figures of the earth." There is or should be a beyondness in love that establishes its; spirituality and guards its virtue. Today's experiences , are tomorrow's memories. Unless human beings love today in . terms of the higher spiritual values, tomorrow's memories may be but red flames of emotion that can never become white lights of beauty and human benediction. There is always pain in passion when love is without reason. There is always peace in passion when love in spiritual essence lives in the human heart. - All through the ages, human beings have known that love creates its own language, finds its own words, sings its own songs, discovers its own symbols. Why does a mother count her life of naught when the life of her child is at stake? It is because she is a good mother and knows that greater love hath no one than this: that a human being lay down his life for his own. Why does a father give the strength of his years providing for those dependent upon him? It is because he is a good father and knows that love demands responsibilities as well as responses. Why do true friendships inspire us? It is because true friends know that the good influence of friendship is ' more to be desired than gold, yea, than much fine gold. Sir Walter Scott about to die, said to Lockhart only this: "Be a good man, my • dear." That is what love says to us over and over again. Love that : begets its earthly children hungers for its child divine: even goodness. "Be a good man, my dear." The physical ever cries alond for bread and will net, cannot be satis* fted. Brown bread in the window, bitter bread in the hand, no bread in the heart when love, in being •nlj human, Consumes that part which is divine. Two poles there are of being: love and hanger. Man, the hnman being, most hnmanise and harmonize his span of life whUh stretches from "pale to pole." O Wwttra Newspaper Union. My Neighbor MMiMl HISTORICAL SKETCH OF Plenty of something is always raised to insure an adequate supply for the home demand. Our town is divided into School Districts and (food Schools established, where all children in the town have rights to free instruction in a Common School education. Brick house where father and mother spent half a century, and I, my happy boyhood days. Continuing to the end of the street seeing your magnifi-( posing parties cent school building on the site of Covey's brick yard. / Have intended writing and thanking the New McHenry for the wonderful hospitality shown the visitors at the. Centennial. Had anticipated a grand entertainment but my fondest . . . . . . , „ W e h a v e s i x c h u r c h e s i n t o w n , __ iirxr irt?v.nv tants for the village and 2,500 for the two Catholic, two Methodist, one""-- THE TOWN OF McHENRl whole town of McHenry. In the early j tist, one Universalist and one Con (Compiled by the Hon. George Gage) j history , of this town wheat was the J jjregationalist. The .Catholic church at «, „ i ' s principal production for export, and Johnsburgh is one of the finest edifices j hopes were far short of the reality. We commence our history of the for grazing the country was a failure. jn ^e State. At this vil-j Hospitality shown by the second and town of McHenry in the year 1834, At the present time grazing and pork la(?e are four storeg( two saloons> two when what are now known as Mc- raising is the farmer's chief reliance. biacksmith and wagon shops and a Our soil has undergone a change since marbie fact0ry. At Ringwood there the first cultivation here from being is one store a tin ghop blacksmith Henry and Lake counties formed the North part of Cook County. At this time the land was unsurveyed and in possession of a wandering tribe, known at Potawatamie Indians. They "were an ignorant but quiet, inoffensive people, who subsisted chiefly by hunting and fishing, and whose only domestic animals were the dog and Indian pony. The Indian title to these lands was extinguished by treaty in 1835. That territory which is now embraced in townships 43, 44, 45 and 46, North of the base line, and all East of the 3d principal meridian from range 4 to Lake Michigan was detached from Cook County by Act of the Legislature in the winter of 1836-7, and thereafter known as McHenry County. The county seat of McHenry County was located in the Village of McHenry in May 1837. The first meeting of the County Commissioners Court of McHenry County was held at McHenry June 5th, 1837, to organize the County. The first order on record was the approval of the Clerk's bond. The second order, the appointment of Andrew S. Wells, Treasurer. The third, dividing the County into precincts or magistrate's districts. The first precinct contained all the territory in McHenry County which lies west, and two miles East of Fox River, being nearly the same now contained in McHenry County, named Fox precinct. The first election held in this precinct was at the house of Christy G. Wheeler, in the Village of McHenry, July'3d, 1837. C. G. Wheeler, Wm. L. Way and John V. McLean were judges of election; H. N. Owen and B. B. Brown, Clerks. Wm. L. Way and Wm, H. Buck were the justices elected. . The first settlement by the white population in this town was made in the year 1836. H. W. McLean built the very best for wheat to now being very poor, whereas for grass it was a failure while now most kind of grasses, such as timothy, clover and blue grass, flourish. The farmer feeds large numbers of hogs, sheep, cattle and horses, which, together with butter, cheese and wool, are his principal source of revenue. shop, cheese factory, hotel, shoe shop, two churches and a high school. The village of McHenry has now one very'extensive lumber yard, two very fine flouring mills, a planing mill, four blacksmith shops, a carriage and two wagon factories, three shoe shops, three saddle and harness shops, two .. ... merchant tailor stores, four dry goods Henry W. McLean Was the chief an(j generaj merchandise stores, three hfrdware stores, two grocery stores, two jewelry stores, two furniture stores, four agricultural warehouses, four storehouses, one pickle factory and canning works, one bakery, two drug stores, two meat markets, one worker who secured' the location of the county seat at McHenry. Rufus R. Soule built the Court House on the Public Square which was subsequently moved and Used as a hotel attached to and in connection with the house where Wm. McColum now lives, and prjnt;jng officer three hotels, two livery known asjhe Mansion ho^e, and sUb,es Qne phoUwraph ^ll2ry> four again moved to Lot 12, ^ halls for public gatherings, one Ma- House • M the McHenry | sonjc hall, occupied by Chapter aod | Blue Lodge, three steamboats, on? the jjatecannqt behad that gave the The bridge across Fox River was .brewery, one cooper shop, seven salfirst built and crossed at Elm Street, oons> one news room, two brick yards, the first street South of the Riverside, one gunsmith shop, four physicians, House. This bridge became worn and three lawyers and mechanics the numdecayed and too dangerous to cross, ber unknown. teams occasionally breaking through, The village of McHenry was incorptherefore in 1852 a new bridge was | orated in 1873. First town Board Of built at Pearl Street, where it has|Trustees eiected Hon. Richard Bishop Hon. F. K. Granger, H. C. Smith, Jas. B. Perry, Esq., John King, Joseph Benfield, Michael Kelter, Clerk; Henry Wightman, Marshal. Telegraphic communication between McHenry and the rest of the world established and first message sent over the line October 31st, 1873, Hon. F. K. Granger sending to Hall, Patterson & Co., of Chicago a communication and receiving an answer from them on that date. A very correct idea of the business of this town may be gathered from freight and express receipts. The express matter passing through the Mcbeen maintained ever since. The first main road from the South into McHenry connected with the town on Main Street. The road from this point was laid due South across what was then an impassable quagmire to Boone creek a distance of about 40 rods, and made passable for teams by filling the space with logs laid side by side being what was then called a corduroy lead, and a kind of road quite common across^the sloughs in this country at that time. A bridge was built across the creek at this point and the survey of the road to Woodstock was afterwards made, commencing third generations was sure appreciated. The historical exhibit was wonderful where I spent a good1 many hours --saw my father's advertisement in the Plaindealer of October 30, 1878. The thrill and joy of a lifetime meeting old friends whom I had not seen since leaving there sixty years ago. It's been suggested July 31st become an annual Old Timers' Day for McHenry when young and old can see one another as we may not all be here for the next Centennial. We should have organized when we were all there with ah annual'picnic and home-coming in mind. It's also been suggested the city provide a suitable place where owners of historical articles and documents can be given and know they will remain. Am sure many visitors Would be attracted to McHenry by such a free exhibit. Have several articles would be, glad to give. Sorry from the South end of this bridge. Henry office for the months next prethe first log cabin, twelve by sixteen• -phe present crossing of this creek ceding July 1st, 1876, yielded a net feet, for a residence in October, 1836,' and here H. W. McLean, John V. McLean and Wm. L. Way lived and were j in this count j wish to call the only ^settlers in what_ i^nowjhe! attention to a black oak tree standing village of McHenry, up to the spring of 1837. But within the town of Mc was located in 1851. | profit to the company of $1,225.60 and To give some idea of the growth of, the railroad receipts on incoming freight from Chicago .to McHenry were for May of this year $1,329.18, concluded to let it grow. It is now a tree about three feet in diameter at the butt, having increased in diameter Says To flatten cookies, use the broad side of a knife which has been dipped in cold water. • • • When potting cactus plants do not use too small pots. The spines are apt to catch and plants become uprooted. • • • When frying doughnuts turn them but once and it takes about two minutes for them to cook. For a variety in shape, cut dough into thin strips and tie in knots. • • • If dirt becomes ground into a waxed floor moisten a cloth with turpentine and rub the turpentine •wfell into the floor until the wax is removed, then wash the floor anew and polish it. • When making aftv'egif frosting &Jd half an eggshell of water with a pinch of salt and cream of tartar when the whites begin to froth and you will considerably increase the quantity of frosting. ® AMOCiated NewspaiJ.-rs.--WNU Servic*. privations of the settlers of this town can never be written to give an adequate idea of what they had to encounter. Situated 50 miles from the nearest depot , for supplies, with almost impassable sloughs and streams intervening, most families being at times driven to the alternative of hunting, fishing, or starvation, there being no sheep or hogs and few horses or cattle and no grain in the country. As we look back upon those scenes from our comfortable homes today, surrounded with all the luxuries that a tropical climate or any other climate or portion of the earth can supply, it appears more like an illusive dream than what it really is, an important fact recorded indelibly in the records of eternity. Most of the first settlers have been POTPOURRI .> Early Radio Work James Clark Maxwell of England predicted in 1863, on the basis of mathematical deductions, the existence of long electromagnetic, or radio waves. A German scientist, Heinrich Hertz, in 1887 actually produced such impulses and then Marconi of Italy began his experiments in 1895 which culminated in successful wireless transmission. The next development was broadcasting as we know U today. • C Western Newspaper Union. near the Southeast corner of E. M. HTT enry m IW6 »e fi-n d. .t.h a,t ChancOyw;e^n 's ^resid ence l^ot, jus t outside the ft[| of im Beckwrth, John Boon, Geo. Boon, Jacob ^ Mc0mber h th |u ol »•>««. lum and Abiael Walker, had located claims and commenced improvements. In 1837, were added to this list John Sutton, Manley Turner, Jacob Story, Jas. A. Salisbury, Jas. Button, Abijah S. Barnum, John McOmber and family, consisting of wife and six children, Benj. B. Brown, Joe Wheeler, Christy G. Wheeler, Peter Robinault, H. N. Owen, Benj. F. Bosworth, Freeman Haryey, Alden Harvey, Michael Sutton, Enos Bernarde, A. H. Hanley, Smith Herrick, John McQueen, Col. Starr, and possibly some other persons not remembered. The first settlers of this county were composed of two classes. The one was that class that float along on the tide of emigration for purpose of plunder, and the other who came here to secure homes and an honorable living. The former soon floated away while the latter remained and their names appear in this record. They were mostly from Eastern States and came to this country either by steamboat around the Lakes, or by team overland through Chicago, and thence by following the Indian trail to the banks of Fox River at this place. Timber was so scarce through this section of country at first that it was feared that it would be insufficient to supply the wants of all the settlers who had taken claims on these lands in 1837, but experience has demonstrated the fact that by stopping the annual scourge--the prairie fires-- timber has sprung up and furnished ample supply for the country. Fox river was crossed at McHenry in 1836 either by fording or with Indian canoes. In this year a ferryboat was built on the river above here near Burlington, and purchased by the citizens of this town in 1837, floated down the river to this place and here used for ferrying teams across the river until 1842, when the first bridge was completed across the river. This bridge was carried away by the fresh et in the Spring of 1849 and was rebuilt in the month of May by the voluntary labor of the inhabitants living near the place at that time. The first mill built was a saw mill built by H. N. Owen and Jas. A. Salisbury, in 1837, to which in after years was added a carding and cloth-dressing machine. It was located at the South end of the dam which now crosses the creek at this place. The land in this town was surveyed in 1840 and brought into market in 1842. The county seat was removed from McHenry to Woodstock Sept. 23d, 1844. In August, 1854, the Fox River Railroad was completed to this place and the first railroad train arrived over said road from Chicago in that month of that year. Frpm this time in 1854 to the present writing McHenry has had a slow, healthy growth. Our present population we estimate at about 800 inhabiand for June, $1,387.78. youngsters so much annual amusement and father so much grief. Many nights he would sit on the porch all night and when daylight came, much to lps surprise, the gate would be gorte. Mwt not fail to mention the Pageant. It did not seem then, or even now, that the past could be brought to the present as this was done--truly wonderful. Ed Owen and I called on a number of our boyhood friends and all seemed as pleased to see us as we did them. When back again am going to arrange to stay , longer and Cash in the 'many •"rain checks" had to take for dinner invitations while there. It was my pleasure to see the first up-to-date dairy farm. Many housekeepers I have known could get pointers on cleanliness there. This dairy farm included part of the Hank McLean homestead at McCollum's Lake and is owned by my cousin,' Mrs. Bohr. Some progress since Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the lantern. One of your many beauty spots was Owens' Millpond and now the most unsightly place in the community. The new highway crossing would have addpeople, either on pensions, govern- If you have Real Estate to sell or ment jobs or relief could not believe if you wish to buy property, we will the vituperation of orators of the op-1 appreciate a phone call or a visit to Furthermore, it placed the Roosevelt | WALSH, administration on the defensive (under dog position) and the promises of the Republicans were of a nature so vague as to. fail to merit consideration from the masses. The lying propaganda of the World War was still keenly remembered and pdlitical efforts of a like nature aroused antagonism of 'the voters. The Rev Coughlin and the Union Party made but a meager showing because of a presidential candidate without personality in mien or in oratory. Bishop Gallagher, the direct church superior of the Rev. Coughlin, had announced that he would cast his vote for President Roosevejt. - In retrospect, the writer canngt believe that the President of these United .States plans to deliberately wreck our constitutional fornfi of government. Those of us who cannot help row the Ship should ball and those who cannot bail should cheer. ~ We are on our way, so let everyone cheerfully do their part. The desire to see how events will shape them* selves should give us all the keenest power to live. We have a great anticipation of coming events. The people have endorsed the administration so .let's watch the play, the greatest in oar history. As ever, FRANK BENNETT. SPUING GROVE i our office. PHONE 48. EARL R. ll-tf 4V - ^ • \ MONEY TO LOAN I have clients who have money to lend on first mortgages on real estate and others who want to borrow money on real estate. If interested either way, I will beglpd to talk it over with you. ^ Joseph R. Sikes Waukegan National Bank Bid*. 4 S. Genesee St, Waukegan. I1L TEL* MAJESTIC 103 1100.00 REWARD for the name of any man living i? dead that has iold more McHoacy County Real Estate than has Dan Quinlan--that's all j he does., Farms for Sale and Rant in Northern Illinois aitd Southern Wisconsin. Largo ooea and small ones. I sell farms. DA* QUIHUUf ' J Woodstock, 111. . l4«r distance private phones 60 The McHenry Plaindealer, the only newspaper in McHenry, published by J. VanSlyke, Editor and Proprietor, is second to no paper in Northern Illinois, either in mechanical execution or editorial ability. It has now been running nearly a year and is issued nearly one inch annually. When we »weekly to nearly one thousand subr consider that we have millions of trees! scribers. now growing within a few miles of.1 I here, of this and other kinds, we need town have no fear of a near approach of a I it necessary in the short space timber famine, if they all average a and time allowed, to be as concise as growth equal to this. I possible. Many matters and person- The history of the early trials and al interests I would gladly have nohighway as well, and the old swim ming hole at the mill is gone where I recall working for hours in Nature's bathing suit untying knots in my clothes put there while we were in the water by mischievous boys of which I remember well McHenry had a few. Miss Celia Gilbert (her maid- B. 0. HUNT OrjfUl Uk«, iii-it Wort Hillside fcoad now conclude my history of the en n»m^> mentioned one to me while of McHenry with these remarks. the Centennial, asking if there had . .. . . been any improvement. I told ner ticed, but for reasons assigned I have been compelled to pass them by. My oblject has been to comply as nearly as possible with the requisition of the Governor of the State of Illinois and the President of the United States, and furnish a concise history of our town to be placed on file as our centennial report for July 4th, 1876, and be perpetuated among the archives of the State and Nation. All of which is respectfully submitted. . GEORGE GAGE. *tEASANT RECOLLECTIONS November 4, 1936. Old Timers' Club, McHenry, Illinois. Dear Old Friends: Mnet Have Been Seared The highest recorded leap far a it credited to Heatherbloom, by Herbert Willets, who oleered 8 feet 1 inch in Matnaro» N. Y., in 1902. _ „ , , ,, , _ Words as yet havenV been made to called away to death, but I find still express the thrill I experienced aphving many to whom, we are indebted proaching McHenry from the south for much of the prosperity and im-, over the new road that landed me at provement of this country. Promin- the old Parker House corner where I ent among these are Ev M. Owen, H. W. McLean, Chancey Beckwith, Samuel HI Walker, Wm. McCollum, John McOmber, Joel Wheeler, Michael Sutton, A. H. Hanley, and many who settled here subsequent to 1837. Jas. A. Salisbury was killed in his saw mill April 5th, 1838. Smith Herrick was killed in 1837, by accidental discharge of a gun in his own hands. McHenry has suffered comparatively little from the elements, fire, wind, or water. The first fire of any magnitude was the burning of Enoch Baldwin's Hotel, situated on the site where the Riverside House now stand and known as the Fremont House. This House was burned in 1853. The next was the burning of the School House in West McHenry, on the night of March 15th, 1861. The last and most destructive of all was the burning of Hon. Richard Bishop's Carriage Factory, together with Blacksmith Shop, Wagons, Carriages. and a large amount of Farming Tools and material for manufacturing into such, on the night of July 19th, 1873. The Town of McHenry today can hardly be surpassed by any town in the State for all prerequisites which go to make a people free and inde pendent. Our people are comparative ly free from debt, have good comfort able buildings, such as for comfort will compare favorably with the best improved farms in Eastern Spates, and a failure of all kinds of crops in any improvement I did not know that this was ever possible. She must had some other boy (?) in mind; however, with the passing of the many years one might be mistaken. The pleasant recollections of my visit to the New McHenry aa I found it, is one of the brightest spots of my life and will be with me to the end. With love and best wishes to all, I am Yours very truly, FRED J. SCHNORR. SOW, BAIL OR CHEER • ^ W. McHenry, Illinois. Nov. 8, 1986. The Presidential election and Rocse* "landslide" is now history. Suppose we calmly view the psychological aspect of this event. The Democratic leaders broadcasted prosperity, well under way, through their policies. They pointed out that the helping hand of the government had been extended to the needy millions and that if re-elected would continue to do so. * The master politician led the peostopped long enough to get my bear- pie from psychological despair to ings, then due east passing the old ^psychological hope. Twenty million Miss Marcella Engels left for Woodstock On Wednesday where she has accepted a position. Mrs. H. J. Freund, McHenry, spent several days last week at the home of her son, Charles Freund and family and visited relatives in this vicinity. Mrs. Frank Sanders spent the pb*t week at the William Covell home in Richmond where she is caring for Mrs. Covell, who has been quite ill. Mr. and Mrs. Al Schmeltzer attended the funeral of Mr. Schmeltzer's grandmother at Sycamore, 111., on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Halderman and daughter have moved to Burlington, Wis., where he has received employment. Edward Shotliff has accepted a position in Rockford and will make his home with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Madden. Mr. and Mrs. George Wagner and son^ Chicago, and Mm. Oliva Hiller and children, Johnsburg, visited in the Mike Freund home on Saturday Mrs. Edith Cleveland, Round Lake, was a visitor in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Al Schmeltzer on Saturday. Chester Stevens was guest of honor at a party observing his birthday anniversary at the Town Hall Saturday night. Guests were present from various localities and dancing was enjoyed during the evening. The hall was beautifully decorated to suit the occasion and two birthday cakes were a part of the lovely lunch served. The guests departed wishing Mr. Stevens many more happy birthdays. Edward Heinley of Elkhora, Wis., is convalescing from an appendicitis operation at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner. Miss Florence Huff of Richmond is employed at the Wm. Kattner home. Among those employed out of town who spent the weekend with home folks were Clarence Karls, Nick and John Wagner, Agnes Lay and Lorraine Nett, Chicago; Dorothy Behrens, Richmond. Arrangements are being made for a feather party to be held in St. Pster's Hall on Monday night, November 23. Mrs. Paul Gerasch, son, Leo, and daughter, Mary Jane, and Mrs. Chas. Michaels, son, Richard, were callers in town Tuesday afternoon. -- -- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grube and sou, Walter, of Chicago and Mrs. Arthur Wagner of Slocum's Lake spent Saturday with their father, John Mertes. n*m AUTO FAIN An Old'Time Residence Home of Harrison C. Smith, Mam I by Nellie Bacon. rgians I ladies at the gate one season has never been known here. Street, West McHenry, now occupied!Clemens and Mattie Owen are the tw» INSURANCE . EARL R. WALSft Presenting Reliable Oompanitt WW* yo« seed insurance of any Phene 43 or 61-M Pries Bldg. - McHenry 4S J. K1V0X ^ ATTO AT LAW . Pries Bldg. OFFICE HOURS ,\ * "foeadaya and Fridays Other Days by Appointment McHenry Down Motor Express The Pioneer Line Operates daily between MoHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabash 7818 Telephone No. 80S * Stoffel 4 Eethansperger for all prat arty h the beat eei WEST MeHENRY - ILLINOIS S. H. Freud & Sea OONTEAOTOE» AMD BUILDERS Vine 1S7-R McHenry Opr experience is al Your flerriee in building Your Wants A. P. Freund Excavating Contractor Tracking, Hydraulic and Orans Servioe Road Bnilding TeL 204-M McHenry, HL Charlie's Repair Shop Just Bast of Old Bridge Over Fox River (Rear Schaefer's Tavern) RADIATORS REPAIRED BODIES and FENDERS Straightened Sign Painting Track Lettering Acetylene Welding CHARLES SIETESSL KENT A COMPANY AU Kinds of INSURANCE Placed with the siost reliable Coatpaaiee Oesae in ant talk it over "*heae McHenry S • ECOMOMy 'l;- ;• % , .A I t * •: < GUTTER A KIP L SUCH . ESCtRAVAGrAM GB ! WHY, NOf I'M MAKIUCc OKIE SUCS OP &REAP FDR | BOTH !