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Good- Bye.
We have never uttered, and surely never written the word with a keener appreciation of its deep import than at the present time. We became attached to the Times and its patrons, whose "pastor" we have been for over two years. We leave it in a full blaze of popularity. judging from its constantly increasing patron- age. Our criticisms of political and religious shams created for us enemies and multiplied our friends. Of the latter we claim a hearty grasp/wlien again we meet, and from the for- mer we accept whatever position in the scale of friendship that may be accorded us. Under the management of the new editors, Messrs. B. P. Birdsall and W. W. Jones, the Times will be second to no paper in central Iowa, and we hereby congratulate our citizens that it has fallen into the hands of men of such fitness and marked ability. As an editor in Alden, wc say farewell with all the feeling the word implies.
A. McCLARA.
The salutatory of the new proprietors was frank and to the point, and reads as follows:
To the Public.
In assuming editorial control and charge of the Times, the proprietors are entering for the first time upon the sea of journalism. Many doubts arise in our minds whether or not we can safely guide the ship through the storms and over the shoals of public opinion. We shall aim to represent Alden, and do all in our power to inerease her material prosperity and social hap- piness. Lying as she does on the banks of the beautiful Iowa, with water privileges unsur- passed in the State, we see no reason why our town should not increase to a respectable city. We hope to keep the people awake to the live questions of the day. If we have a personal enemy we shall not hunt him up to regale him before our many subscribers.
In politics, the Times will be strictly inde- pendent, claiming the privilege of attacking any principle we deem unsound in any party .
Of the business men of Alden, and its people generally, we ask patronage and support, finan- cially and morally, and frankly say to you, when we do not deserve the latter, withdraw the former.
Let us all put our shoulders to the wheel and push together for the welfare of Alden.
B. P. BIRDSALL. W. W. JONES.
The Times has received the moral and financial support of the citizens of Alden, and is deserving of success.
W. W. Jones, present postmaster of Alden and one of the proprietors of the Times, was born in Moira, Franklin county, N. Y., June 8, 1845. He is the youngest son of Thomas and Electa (Gray) Jones. In 1846 his parents moved to Brooklyn, Ohio, remaining one year; thence to Kirt- land, Ohio, and soon after to Mentor. Un- til the age of 17 years, he attended the public schools of Mentor. At that age he enlisted in Company C, 88th Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, as a private, serving as a company clerk and afterward as regimental clerk, and afterward detailed to Division General's headquarters, where he remained until the close of the war, and was honor- ably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 3, 1865. He then returned to Mentor, and in 1867 graduated at Cleveland College. In 1859 his father died, and while absent in the army, in 1863, he lost his mother. In 1869 he came West to Mason City, Iowa, and soon after entered the Hancock Signal office, at Garner, Iowa, and there learned the "Art preservative of all arts," and afterward removed to Mason City, where he engaged as compositor on the Mason City Express for two years. In 1873 he returned to Cleveland, and Jan- uary 2, 1874, he was married at Paines-
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ville, Ohio, to Miss Jennie S. Bloom, a native of Cummensville, Pa. In 1875 he located at Alden, and in 1877 was ap- pointed assistant postmaster, which he held until he received his commission as postmaster, July 23, 1881. In politics he is a Republican, and has held the office of town assessor, township clerk and town recorder. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is recorder of the Alden lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were blessed with one child, Florine, who died at three years of age.
ACKLEY PAPERS.
More difficulty has been experienced in obtaining the history of the newspaper Press of Ackley than of any other locality, for the reason no files are in existence.
The first paper started was the Ackley Guide, in 1869. The business men of the town raised a bonus of a few hundred dol- lars for the purpose of procuring material for an office, which was given to a man named Yarram. After printing a few months within the corporate limits of Ack- ley, the office was moved just over the line, in Franklin county, with the hope of secur- ing a portion of the county patronage. Failing to realize their hopes, the office was removed back to the village and disposed of to Mr. Lambert. The gentleman who started the Guide was a sharp, shrewd man, who made a business of starting newspa- pers-for a bonus. When Mr. Lambert purchased the office he changed the name of the paper to the Ackley Mirror, pre- ferring to "reflect" the proceedings of the people, rather than "guide" them. The Mirror was not a success financially or otherwise, and did not satisfy the people.
Mr. Lambert sold the-office to Mr. Hacker, in 1871, and moved to Missouri. Mr. Hacker ran it for about two years, meeting with fair success. He then sold out to C. G. Bundy, and returned to Wisconsin, from which State he came, and became Private Secretary to Governor Taylor, the Grange Governor of that State. The Mirror continued under the management of Mr. Bundy one year, and then passed into the hands of J. R. Ribbett. Mr. Bundy was a good newspaper man, and got up a live paper. Mr. Ribbett changed the name to the Ackley Independent. He was a fair newspaper man, with an army experience. He sold, after a short time, to F. M. Bar- nard, who again changed the name of the paper, calling it the Ackley Enterprise. The Enterprise has had a varied experi- ence, sometimes being prosperous and then on the verge of bankruptcy. On the whole, it has never been a paying enterprise; probably from mismanagement of the pro- prietors. It is now owned by Garrison & Savage, who came into possession of it in August, 1882. The paper is a six column quarto, presenting a very neat appearance, and is a live local paper. The salutatory of the editors was right to the point. It reads as follows:
The Ackley Enterprise has been raised from the dead, and this week it will appear to all its old friends and patrons under a new manage- ment. The undersigned have come to Ackley to make permanent homes, selecting this place be- cause we have great faith in this live, active, growing town and its future. We expect to work hard, deal honestly, be friendly with everybody and to publish a paper that every family shall welcome as a friend. We come here without prejudice of any kind against anybody.' We hope, first, to make a good living, that we may
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have the heart and strength to work. Our next aim is to help build up this town and all its enterprises and institutions. We are here to stay and grow up with the rest of you. We hope to take by the hand every business man, citizen, farmer and laborer, of whatever creed or nation- ality, and shake to a mutual trust and confidence. We have no other axe to grind except to succeed in the above undertaking. And now, good citi- zens of Ackley and surrounding country, believ- ing that we have here as fine and productive a land as lays out doors, and as whole - souled a population as lives anywhere, let us mutually work to make our town and country a place which shall be sought for by good citizens. And we want you to put faith and trust in us, and you shall not be deceived. The Ackley Enter- prise is from now henceforth a permanent insti- tution for Ackley. Our latch string is out, pull it and come in.
GARRISON & SAVAGE.
ELDORA TRIBUNE.
In July, 1870, James N. Miller com- menced the publication of the Eldora Tribune, under very favorable auspices. The paper was an eight-column folio, well printed, and having a fair advertising patronage. After continuing it a few months, Mr. Miller sold out to Isaac L. Hart, who had been for some time in edi- torial charge. In July, 1871, Mr. Hart sold out to Mr. Wallace, who ran it about
one year longer, when its publication ceased. The press was sold to parties in Oskaloosa, and the type and other material to parties in Cedar Rapids.
STEAMBOAT ROCK NEWS.
In July, 1871, Isaac L. Hart, who for a few months previous had been running the Eldora Tribune, commenced the publica- tion of the Steamboat Rock News. The paper was quite prosperous for more than a year, when local troubles, arising out of the erection of the new school house at that place, caused many to withdraw their patronage from the paper. Its publication was then suspended, and the office removed to LaPorte City, Iowa.
IOWA FALLS REGISTER.
This is a six-column quarto, the publica- tion of which. was commenced in June, 1882, by Hand & Kenyon, and continued by that firm three months. A suspension of the paper then occurred for two weeks, when Mr. Hand sold his interests to Asa Countryman, and its publication was re- sumed by Countryman & Kenyon. The Register is a very readable local paper, with evidence of being able to hold its own in the newspaper field .
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CHAPTER XVII.
OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.
One of the most enjoyable affairs is the reunion of the pioneers of any given locality. For the purpose of providing for stated reunions, associations of old settlers are formed in almost every county throughout the length and breadth of the land; especially is this true in all the States west of the Allegheny mountains- States that have been settled during the present century. These associations have done and are doing much for the preserva- tion of historical events, and as such are surely commendable. The lessons of the past teach us the duties pertaining to the future. The fires of patriotism, the love of country or of home, is strengthened by a narration of such important events as tend to stir the blood or quicken to life those divine affections in man. Many a youth has chosen the life of a soldier from reading the accounts of the great battles and glorious deeds of an Alexander, a Hannibal, a Napoleon, a Wellington, or our own brave and noble Washington. The lists of statesmen have been aug- mented by the example of a Pitt, a Web- ster, a Clay, or Calhoun . Patriotism and love of country have been awakened by reading the sublime utterances of Patrick Henry, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. The love of home, love of parents and
kindred have been strengthened by oft- told tales of aged fathers or mothers, especially of that pioneer father or mother who toiled early and late, hard and long, in order to give their descendants the priceless boon of a home of plenty and of peace, of refinement and love for God and humanity.
The pioneers, in gathering together in these annual reunions, seem to live over again the early days. Their eyes sparkle and they grow young as the fading remi- niscences of other days are recalled. As well stated by a speaker-himself a pio- neer-at a meeting in a neighboring county:
"You come together with varied emo- tions .. Some of you, almost at the foot of life's hill, look back and upward at the path you have trod, while others, who have just reached life's summit, gaze down into the valley of tears with many a hope and fear. You, gray-headed fathers, have done your work; you have done it well; and now, as the sunset of life is closing around you, you are given the rare boon of enjoyment, the fruits of your own labor. You can see the land won by your own right arm from its wilderness state, and from a savage ยท foe, pass to your children, and your children's children- literally 'a land flowing with milk and
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honey;' a land over which hovers the white-robed angels of religion and peace; a land fairer and brighter and more glorious than any other land beneath the blue arch of Heaven. You have done your work well, and when the time of rest shall come, you will sink to the dreamless re- pose with the calm consciousness of duty done.
"In this hour let memory assert her strongest sway; tear aside the thin veil that shrouds in gloom the misty past; call up before you the long-forgotten scenes of years ago; live over once again the toils, the struggles, the hopes and fears of other days. Let this day be a day sacred to the memory of the olden time. In that olden time there are, no doubt, scenes of sadness . as well as of joy. Perhaps you remember standing by the bedside of a loved and cherished, but, dying wife-one who, in the days of her youth and beanty, when you proposed to her to seek a home in a new, wild land, took your hand in hers and spoke to you in words like this: 'Whither thou goest, I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; when thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part me and thee.' Or, perhaps, some brave boy, stricken down in the pride of his strength; or some gentle daughter, fading away in her glori- ous beauty; or some little prattling babe, folding its weary eyes in the 'dreamless sleep,' If so-if there are memories like these, and the unbidden tear wells up to the eye, let it come, and to-day one and all shed a tear or two to the memory of the 'loved and lost.' "
In 1874 a meeting was held of the old settlers of Hardin county, at the court house, in Eldora, on Wednesday, Febru- ary 10, when the following articles of association were adopted:
WHEREAS, The early settlers of Hardin county, with a view of meeting together once a year, renewing old acquaintances, aud having generally a good time, agree to organize them- selves into an association for such purposes only.
ARTICLE 1. This association shall be called the Old Settlers' Association of Hardin County.
ART. 2. The officers of this association shall consist of a President, who shall be chosen from among the oldest settlers in the county, and fif- teen Vice-Presidents, one of whom shall be selected from each civil township in the county; a Secretary and Treasurer, and such other sub- ordinate officers as the association may deem necessary .
ART. 3. All the above named officers shall be elected at the first meeting-on the 4th day of March, A. D. 1874, and at each annual meeting thereafter of the association, and shall hold their offices one year, or until their successors are elected.
ART: 4. The President shall preside at all the meetings of the association, and some one of the Vice-Presidents shall preside in the absence of the President, and the several Vice- Presidents shall generally superintend the inter- est of the association in their respective town- ships. The Secretary shall keep and record cor- rectly the minutes and all the proceedings of each meeting of the association, and do other business usually pertaining to such an office. The Treasurer shall receive and take care of all funds belonging to the association, and pay out on the order of the President, countersigned by the Secretary.
ART. 5. There shall be at least one meeting held each year, on the first Tuesday of October, in the county, at such time and place as may be designated by the officers of the association,
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who shall constitute a Board of Trustees of the association for that purpose, and such other and further meetings as they may deem necessary.
ART. 6. All persons of both sexes who re sided in this county prior to July 4, 1859, shall be eligible to full membership of this associa- tion. And hereafter a residence of fifteen years in Hardin county entitles any one to mem- bership.
ART. 7. Any person eligible to membership of this association may become such by signing these articles of association, and paying 25 cents annually to the Treasurer; provided, females and minors shall be entitled to membership free.
ART. 8. There shall be a record kept by the Secretary, in which shall be recorded these arti- cles of association, the proceedings of each meeting of the association, and the name of each member, his place of nativity, when born, when he came to Hardin county, his postoffice address, and a blank left opposite each name for remarks.
ART. 9. This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by a two-thirds vote.of the members present.
At the meeting held March 4, 1874, the following named officers were duly elected for the ensuing year:
President-T. N. Hauser, Union.
Secretary-J. M. Scott, Eldora.
Treasurer-S. R. Edgington, Eldora.
Vice-Presidents- ,
A. Leeser, Etna.
James S. Smith, Hardin.
Duane Young, Alden.
L. T. Beard, Buckeye.
S. Axtell, Ellis.
B. F. Bear, Jackson.
S. F. Lathrop, Clay.
S. G. Winchester, Eldora.
John Downend, Pleasant.
A. Mitterer, Tipton.
Isaac S. Moore, Sherman.
P. Shintaffer, Grant.
E. Andrews, Providence.
J. Q. Irvin, Uuion.
The following named signed the Con- stitution:
Name.
arrival. Year of
Nativity.
E. W. Eastman.
Celia F Eastman. 1857 Iowa.
Landie C. Eastman 1857
J Q. Rathbone
1853 Illinois.
M. A. Rathbone. 1855
S. B. Cunningham Ohio.
Mary P. Cunningham 1855
S. R Edgington. . 1853
S. F. Lathrop. 1856 New York.
J. Q. Irwin. .
Indiana.
Mrs. J Q. Irwin. 1855
S. G. Winchester.
1855 New York.
M. E. Winchester.
1854| Pennsylvania.
A. M Mulford. 1855 New York.
Mrs. H. B. Mulford
1855 Virginia.
James Bachman. .. 1856 Pennsylvania.
Emma C. Bachman
1856 New York.
O. C. Rathbone
1853 Illinois.
G. Arnold.
1854 Indiana.
B. F. Reed.
1854 Hew Hampshire.
W. A. Greer
1852 Ohio.
L F. Wisner
1855 New York.
B. F, Bear.
1855
John Kels
1854 Ohio.
George McMillen
1859 New York.
Jonathan Edgington.
1853 Ohio.
T. L. Ford .. 1855
D. Freeman Ellsworth 1854 Pennsylvania.
M. J. Crosser
1855 Indiana.
J. M. Scott.
1855 New York.
J. S. Ross
1857 Canada.
For some cause the meetings were not kept up, and all interest apparently died out, but in the summer of 1882 this inter- est was revived. Glowing accounts of meetings of old settlers all over the West were published in the daily and weekly newspapers, and it was determined once more to see what Hardin county pioneers would do. A meeting was called, to be held at the court house in Eldora, July 22, to perfect a permanent organization.
On assembling, the meeting was called to order by J. M. Boyd, who stated the
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object of the meeting, and, on his motion, Samuel Smith, was chosen Chairman, and Stephen Whited, Secretary.
On motion of S. G. Winchester, a com- mittee of three was selected to draft a con- stitution. Such committee consisted of J. M. Boyd, of Eldora; T. N. Hauser, of Union, and Jonathan Edgington, of El- dora.
On motion of S. G. Winchester, the Ex- ecutive Board was instructed to call a spe- cial meeting of the association, and make arrangements for an old settlers' pic-nic, to be held about the 1st of September.
The committee on constitution reported, and, after amendment, the following con- stitution was adopted:
Constitution. .
ARTICLE 1. All residents of Hardin county who have resided therein seventeen years, and who are now residents of said county, by giving their names, place of birth, age, and residence, become members of this Association. Gentle- men to pay 25 cents. Ladies admitted free.
ART. 2. The officers of the Association shall be a President, a Vice-President for each town- ship, a Secretary and Treasurer-whose duties shall be such as usually pertain to those offices -who shall be elected by ballot, by a majority of the members present at each annual meeting, and shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified.
ART. 3. The above named officers shall con- stitute an Executive Board, who shall have power to call special meetings of the Association, to fill vacancies in the offices, when any occur, and shall have power to transact any business in the name of the Association which they may deem necessary during recess.
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ART. 4. The Secretary shall keep a fair record of the proceedings of the Association and Execu- tive Board, in a book provided for the purpose,
and therein to enter the full names of each mem- ber, place and date of birth, age, date of resi- dence in Hardin county and Iowa, present place of residence, and occupation; he shall give pub- lic notice of all meetings of the Association.
ART. 5. The Treasurer shall hold all moneys of the Association, and shall pay the same only on the order of the Executive Board, attested by the Secretary; and shall annually report the same to the Association.
ART. 6. The Vice-President in each town- ship shall be a committee to present the claims of the Association to the old settler citizens, and obtain their names and forward for record of membership to the Secretary, and to aid in look- ing up and writing up any incidents of history, in connection with the early settlement of the county.
ART. 7. Any five members of the Executive Board shall constitute a quorum to do business after notice duly given of a call-meeting.
ART. 8. The meetings of the Association shall be held annually, on the second week in July, but the Executive Board shall have power to call special meetings at such times and places as they may determine.
ART. 9. This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting of the Association, or at an adjourned meeting, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.
On motion the meeting proceeded to elect officers for the current year, in ac- cordance with the provisions of the con- stitution, with the following result:
President-Samuel Smith, of Eldora.
Secretary-J. M. Boyd, of Eldora.
Treasurer-Mrs. Mahala Winchester, of El- dora.
Vice-Presidents-Ichabod Lathrop, of Etna; James S. Smith, of Hardin; Martin V. Pritch- ard, of Alden; Lazarus T. Beard, of Buckeye; T. I. McChesney, of Ellis; I. H. Bowers, of Jackson; S. A. Williamson, of Clay; Ellis Parker, of Eldora; Frederick Boody, of Pleasant; W.
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W. Boylan, of Tipton; Frederick Finn, of Sher- man; J. A. Hubbard, of Concord; A. J. Hise- rote, of Grant; W. F. Andrews, of Providence; T. N. Hauser, of Union.
Names Signed to the Constitution.
The following is a list of the persons who have signed the Constitution, and the year given is the date in which they settled in Hardin county:
Samuel Smith, Eldora, 1850.
T. N. Hauser, Union, 1850.
Isaac S. Moore.
S. A. Williamson, Clay, 1851.
Levi Dobbins, 1851.
Samuel Doud, 1851.
John Marling, Pleasant, 1852. John Duke.
F. B. Stact, Eldora, 1852.
Ichabod Lathrop, Etna, 1853.
S. R. Edgington, Eldora, 1853. Jonathan Edgington, Eldora, 1853. C. B. Clark. Hiram Hoyt, Clay, 1854.
J. J. Edgington, Eldora, 1854.
Rebecca Edgington.
Mrs. S. G. Winchester.
J. D. Fiddler, 1854.
I. H. Bowers. .
Frederick Boody, Pleasant, 1854. Ellis Parker.
A. G. Mitterer, Tipton, 1855.
T. G. Williams, Eldora, 1855.
Wm. F. Andrews, New Providence, 1855.
W. M. Brown, Providence, 1855.
Thomas Nott. Lucebe Nott.
George C. Myers, Pleasant, 1855. Simeon Furman.
M. Frisbie. Arletta Frisbie. Mrs. Mary E. Doty.
Peter H. Doty, Pleasant, 1855.
H. L. Huff.
E. B. Huff.
S. G. Winchester, 1855.
Solomon Clover, Etna, 1855. W. M. Myers, 1855. James Woodside.
Mrs. S. A. Simpson.
R. N. Lane, 1854.
W. J. Moir, Eldora, 1856.
W. H. Pool, Eldora, 1856.
Joseph Edgington.
Alonson F. Wood, Union, 1856.
John Lytle, Pleasant, 1856.
Oliver J. Moir.
George Boody, Pleasant, 1856.
Richard F. Ripley, Eldora.
William W. Boylan, Tipton, 1857.
Susana C. Boylan, Tipton, 1857.
Stephen Whited, Eldora, 1857
Helen M. Whited. Eldora, 1857.
Samuel B. Hubbard, Pleasant, 1857.
Myron Underwood, Eldora, 1859.
Eli G. Merrill, Eldora, 1861.
Delia A. Merrill.
John E. King. Amanda H. Eastman.
P. H. Rhodes.
L. W. Southard, Eldora, 1851.
J. M. Boyd, Eldora, 1857.
Ezra Nuckolls, Eldora, 1865.
Thadeus L. Ford. 1855.
Alice Whited, Eldora, 1857.
George McElroy.
Sarah J. Boyd, Eldora, 1858.
FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC.
The first annual picnic of the Old Set- tlers' Society of Hardin County, was held at the fair grounds near Eldora, the first day of September, 1882. There were from 1,500 to 2,000 people on the grounds during the day, and " all went as merry as a marriage bell." There were representa- tives from almost every township in the county, and the pioneers enjoyed them- selves as only pioneers can, who have suf- fered the hardships incident to the settle- ment of a new country, and who have
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lived to see a transformation that can scarcely be realized. Among those pres- ent were, Samuel Smith, Thomas N. Hauser and Jacob Miller, the only surviving heads of families that were-living here in 1850.
The public exercises consisted of an ad- dress of welcome by the President of the Society, Samuel Smith, a short and pointed
address by Governor Eastman, toasts and responses by J. L Rathbone, S. R. Edging- ton, Dr. Underwood, Jesse Rogers, H. L. Huff, S. G. Winchester, and L. S. McCoy; and a short address by W. J. Moir. All were attentively listened to, and received with cheers of approval. The remarks were interspersed with music by the El- dora band, and Eldora Glee Club.
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