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1.75
.56
1.10
1.60 1.30
.30
31.75
1901
1.36
.63
3.38
1.24
1.56
3.56
.59 7.80
3.31
4.82
1.39
1.80
2.46
41.77
1904
1.15
.95
1.44
2.05
2.99
.90
3.70
3.08
1.50|
2.50|
0.10
1.80|
22.16
1905
0.75
2.00
2.71
2.81
5.57
3.80|
2.24
3.75
2.64
4.28
2.83
1.38|
34.76
OLIN
1906.
3.45
1.84
2.04
1.23
5.01
2.02
1.22
7.46
2.58
1.35
1.54
1907.
4.62
.56
1.98
2.37
2.89
5.23
6.90
8.74
5.71
1.02
.. 1.26
1.07
... 42.85
1908.
.55
3.95
2.60
3.00
7.04|
8.40
2.83
3.17
1.16
1.59
1909
1.52
6.96/
2.75
5.20
2.24
1.97
.84
1.27
20.66
1902.
.68 .20
1.50
2.25
4.65
6.30
4.03
8.40
4.54
4.57
2.20
0.90
.32
39.86
1892.
1.44
1.18
1.11
2.70
9.58
8.87
4.39
2.44
1.46
2.59
1.10
1.53
2.47
18.57
1897.
2.35
1.07
2.56
5.86
1.75
3.00
3.50
1.17
2.11
3.59
3.25
1.42
35
30.00
1899
.47 73
.97
.37
3.81
6.19 2.75
1.26
2.48 6.49
2.97 .97
3.29
.93
1.96
38.09
1893.
1.18
1.321
2.44
3.58
2.57
5.82
1.92
1.23
1.85
2.02
2.77
2.26
34.69
1889.
1.72
.15
3.32
4.56 4.48
12.19
1.79
4.05
6.82
.71
44.05
1891
1.25
2.55
2.00
.50
2.82
1.27
2.43
1896.
.42
3.90
1.86
3.74
2.82
3.99
3.78
6.80 3.95
3.19
1.59
4.34
37.77
1873
2.52
2.68
2.97
4.07
4.45
4.32
5.34
2.37
2.95
1.31
.63
2.95
29.56
1878
1.35
2.94
2.79
5.96
5.02
2.16
3.07 6.94
3.63
.93 .89
7.21
2.90
.94
50.03
1882
.62|
1.25
2.32
4.97
5.45
5.29
3.85
5.67 2.00
2.23 10.15 3.10
2.83
5.58
1.67
2.16
35.56
1883.
.87
2.65
.88
1.55
1884.
.61
1.15
.07
1.90
5.55
6.05
8.31 5.25
6.41
2.75
4.12
.43
1.38
.93
32.87
1875.
1.61
1.58
.70
2.72
3.08
.48 .51
1.20
2.83
2.75
3.92
6.32
1.47 6.30
3.82
.66
1.14
35.69
1880.
2.30
1.79
1.75
.79 .98 .86
2.16
2.21 2.55 1.43
2.09
27.38
1.25 .30
1869
1.71
1.13
2.05
1.58
30.78
2.50
7.05 1.32
2.29
5.29
2.63
28.16
27.82
1900.
1.76
2.49
3.23
5.81
9.78
1903.
.92
1.72
1.28
4.24
3.47
5.00
1.12
1.04
4.28
..
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2.71 .91
.99
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EARLIEST AND LATEST FROST OF THE SEASON, AND DAYS WITHOUT FROST. MONTICELLO.
YEARS.
Date of Last Frost.
Date of First Frost.
No. of Days
Without
Frost.
YEARS.
Date of Last Frost.
Date of First Frost
No. of Days
Frost.
1850
June 11
Sept.
29
109
1881.
No Rec.
Sept.
12
1851.
May
7
Sept.
16
131
1882.
May
29
Sept.
23
117
1852.
June
5
Sept.
16
102
1883.
May
31
Sept.
5
97
1853.
April 20
Sept.
10
142
1884.
May
30
October
9
132
1854.
May
22
Sept.
20
120
1885
May
19
Sept.
5
109
1855.
June
13
Sept.
27
105
1886.
June
3
August
31
89
1856.
May
30
Sept.
20
112
1887.
*24
August
24
61
1857.
May
21
Sept.
23
124
1888.
June
2
Sept.
1
91
1858.
May
21
August 28
99
1889
May
30
Aug.
*20
82
1859.
June
4
Sept.
2
89
1890
May
20
Sept.
13
115
1860.
May
15
Sept.
12
119
1891
May
27
August
28
92
1861.
May
16
Sept.
28
134
1892
May
27
Sept.
6
101
1862.
June
19
Sept.
25
97
1894
May
31
Sept.
11
185
1864.
June
13
Sept.
19
97
1895.
May
27
Sept.
30
183
1865
May
11
Sept.
30
141
1896
April 22
Sept.
20
195
1866.
May
17
Sept.
21
126
1897
April 80
Sept.
20
210
1868
May
21
Sept.
13
114
1899
April 19
Sept.
13
1869
June
6
Sept.
26
111
1900.
May
6
Sept.
17
214
1870
April 29
October 13
166
1901
May 25
Sept.
3
192
1871
May
10
Sept.
21
133
1902
April 24
Sept.
12
+
1872.
May
2
Sept.
27
147
1874.
May
18
Sept.
30
134
116
OLIN.
1906.
May
10
October
1
209
1878.
June 10
Sept.
11
92
1907.
May
28
Sept.
22
202
1879
May
6
Sept.
9
125
1908.
May
2
Sept.
28
?
1880.
April 15
Sept.
8
146
1909.
May
3
Sept.
26
...
· Light frost.
t November missing.
* April. September. October, November missing.
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1
Sept.
17
193
1873.
May
13
Sept.
8
117
1904.
May
31
1905
April 30
October 11
1875.
May
17
Sept.
11
27
97
1877
June
10
Sept.
18
99
1893
May
28
August
30
181
1863.
June
8
August
25
77
1867
May
26
Sept.
10
106
1898.
May 13
October
5
209
188
1903
June 12
1876.
June
21
Sept.
.
..
..
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MONTHLY AND ANNUAL QUANTITIES OF SNOW IN INCHES. MONTICELLO.
YEARS.
Date of First Snow
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
Last Snow
of Snow.
1854.
12
4.00
90
8.00
4.50|
2.00
....
26
19.40
1855
1855.
22
3.00
4.50
.10
2.20
.65
..
6.25
1.00
8
57.50
1857
1857.
8
1.00
.16
10.50
3.50
2.00
13
17.16
1858
1858
9
....
10.00
12.00
4.00
13.00
6.50
..
20
45.50
1859
1859.
10 2
....
1.00
6.00
5.00
2.00
.16
....
26
56.25
1861
1861.
29
.16
2.00
4.50
28.50
5.75
15.75
3.25
8
59.91
1862
1862
2
4.50
3.25
6.50
3.50
....
24
21.75
1863
1863.
22
2.50
6.00
20.00
.75
10.00
7.50
...
12
46.75
1864
1864.
20
1.00
3.00
12.25
2.90
10.97
6.77
5.70
21
42.59
1865
1865.
28
4.00
2.50
4.62
9.00
14.52
4.98
28
39.62
1866
1866.
27
.05
.30
8.50
13.40
12.50 16.25
. . .
26
51.00
1867
1867.
11
...
3.61
9.50
19.14
15.58
5.40
1.00
54.23
1869
1869
8
..
16.09
10.65
13.62
.25
15.11
..
.87
. .
81
1872
1872.
14
6.62
8.27
15.09
5.15
5.55
11.25
9
51.93
1873
1873.
29
1.40
6.35
6.75
10.25
11.55
.25
3.50
27
40.05
1874
1874.
19
.34
8.00
14.96
15.80
6.50
3.00
1
49.05
1875
1875.
26
.16
.25
6.30
2.00
.32
19.50
1.00
2
29.53
1876
1876.
8
....
7.25
8.08
17.25
.50 26.60
2.00
29
41.68
1877
1877.
1
11.62
.25
2.10
2.35
. .
21
29.20
1879
1879.
·
1.0
4.4
6.5
6.2
.0 .0
17.7
1881
1881.
.
....
1.0
3.7
16.8 4.8
5.2
0.5
23.3
1883
1883.
.
....
9.7 9.2
6.1 5.4
8.7 7.2
3.0
36.1
1885
1886.
....
3.5
18.8
10.8
16.0
.0
58.2
1888
1888.
2.5
.0
10.1
4.3
2.0
0.2
25.6
1889
1889.
0.3
9.7
1.1
0.1
.0
11.2
1890
1890.
....
2.0
2.3
4.1
1.8
T
33.2
1893
1894.
0.9
0.6
5.4
6.7
4.0
0.1
17.7
1895
1895.
3.0
7.0
9.5
2.9
1.0
26.6
1896
1896.
.... T
1.0
3.3
3.0
1.4
6.0
21.0
1897
1897.
0.5
15.5
6.1
3.3
.0
33.9
1898
1898.
12.0
18.0
11.4
5.0
1899
YEARS.
Date of First Snow
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
Date of Last Snow
Years
1899.
Nov.
1
0.5
6.5
4.0
8.0
11.0
2.5
.0
Apr. 11
1900
1900.
Nov.
7
0
3.0
3.0
10.5
11.5
13.5
.0
...
Mar.
30
1901
1901.
Nov.
3
3.0
1.0
9.0
1.0
T
...
Mar. 31
1902
1902.
Nov.
1
...
14.0
2.0
7.0
5.0 10.0
...
Apr. 14
1903
1903.
Dec.
. .
...
. .
10.0
7.2
.0
..
Mar.
19
1905
1905.
Nov. 29
0
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1905.
Oct.
11
T
8.2 11.8
5.8 7.0 15.0
6.8 2.0
T 5.0
1.2
Apr. May
8
1907
1907.
Nov. 10
0
2.5 3.0
6.8 2.2 4.0
6.0
T
T
T
Apr. May
29
1908
1908.
0
..
1.0
1
1909
.
....
1.0
11.2
1.8
1.5
1.0
57.3
1882
1882.
. .
....
.0 .0
10.0
2.0
41.4
1884
1884.
....
. ...
.. 0 2.2
5.9
11.5
45.8
1887
1891.
32.0
1892
1892. 1893.
....
6.8
9.1
6.4 9.0
4.2
3.1
4.0
36.3
1894
....
10.5
5.5
4.0
5.0 3.7
10.1 20.5
.0
26.6
1891
8.4
10.6
14.8 4.2 14.7
5.0 8.1 2.2 |19.9
.0 .0
22.3
1886
1887.
6.5
T
0.5
7.0
6.50
6.25
24
16.32
1878
1878.
28
.50
22.5
1880
1880.
11 31
1.05
4.00
13.25
.95
.87
20.88
16
55.72
1870
1870.
.75
5.00
11.50
12
18.12 40.45
1860
1860
4.00
18.75
18.25
13.50
1.75
6.88
.75
1 1
17.89
1868
1868.
17
....
7.50
13.00
14.00
15.25
1856.
4
...
21
13.05
1856
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1906
1906
Nov. 11
0
. .
...
Mar. 15
1904
1904.
. .
18.2
3.2 6.3 8.5
...
1.0
1885.
7.5
6.8 9.1
9.55
4.40
4.4 2.2
20.0
..
25
14.16
6.81
3.45
1871
1871.
25
. .
0.1 5.0
....
....
8.5
Date of Total Fall;
YEARS
....
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HISTORY OF JONES COUNTY
CIVIL WAR HISTORY.
The war record herein given is the same as was contained in the Jones County History of 1879, with such additions as the editor has been able to find .- Editor.
If there is any one thing more than another of which the people of the north- ern states have reason to be proud, it is of the record they made during the dark and bloody days of the war of the rebellion. When the war was forced upon the country, the people were quietly pursuing the even tenor of their ways, doing whatever their hands found to do-making farms or cultivating those already made, erecting homes, founding cities and towns, building shops and manufac- tories-in short, the country was alive with industry and hopes for the future. The people were just recovering from the depressions and losses incident to the financial panic of 1857. The future looked bright and promising, and the indus- trious and patriotic sons and daughters of the free states were buoyant with hope -looking forward to the perfecting of new plans for the securement of comfort and competence in the declining years of life; they little heeded the mutterings and threatenings of treason's children in the slave states of the south. True sons and descendants of the heroes of the "times that tried men's soul"-the struggle for American independence-they never dreamed that there was even one so base as to dare attempt the destruction of the Union of their fathers-a government baptized with the best blood the world ever knew. While immediately surrounded with peace and tranquility, they paid but little attention to the rumored plots and plans of those who lived and grew rich from the sweat and toil, blood and flesh of others ; aye, even trafficked in the offspring of their own loins. Nevertheless, the war came, with all its attendant horrors.
April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter, at Charleston, South Carolina, Maj. Anderson, U. S. A., commandant, was fired upon by rebel arms. Although basest treason. this first act in the bloody reality that followed, was looked upon as the mere bra- vado of a few hot-heads, the act of a few fire-eaters whose sectional bias and freedom hatred was crazed by excessive indulgence in intoxicating potions. When, a day later, the news was borne along the telegraphic wires that Maj. An- derson had been forced to surrender to what had at first been regarded as a drunken mob, the patriotic people of the north were startled from the dreams of the future, from undertakings half completed, and made to realize that behind that mob there was a dark, deep and well-organized purpose to destroy the gov- ernment, rend the Union in twain, and out of its ruins erect a slave oligarchy, wherein no one would dare question their right to hold in bondage the sons and daughters of men whose skins were black, or who, perchance, through practices of lustful natures, were half or quarter removed from the color that God, for His own purposes, had given them. But "they reckoned without their host." Their dreams of the future, their plans for the establishment of an independent confed- eracy, were doomed from their inception to sad and bitter disappointment.
Immediately upon the surrender of Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln-America's martyr president-who, but a few short weeks before, had taken the oath of office as the nation's chief executive, issued a proclamation calling for seventy-five thousand volunteers for three months. The last word of that proclamation had scarcely been taken from the electric wires before the call was filled. Men and
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money were counted out by the thousands. The people who loved their whole government could not give enough. Patriotism thrilled and vibrated and pul- sated through every heart. The farm, the workshop, the office, the pulpit, the bar, the bench, the college, the schoolhouse-every calling offered its best men, their lives and their fortunes in defense of the government's honor and unity. Party lines were for the time ignored. Bitter words, spoken in moments of po- litical heat, were forgotten and forgiven, and, joining hands in a common cause, they repeated the oath of America's soldier-statesman, "By the Great Eternal the Union must and shall be preserved !"
Seventy-five thousand men were not enough to subdue the rebellion. Nor were ten times that number. The war went on, and call followed call, until it began to look as if there would not be men enough in all the free states to crush out and subdue the monstrous war traitors had inaugurated. But to every call for either men or money, there was a willing and ready response. And it is a boast of the people that, had the supply of men fallen short, there were women brave enough, daring enough, patriotic enough, to have offered themselves as sacrifices on their country's altar. Such were the impulses, motives and actions of the pa- triotic men of the north, among whom the loyal sons of Jones county, Iowa, made a conspicuous and praiseworthy record.
The compiler has sought to secure a continuous record of all the patriotic meetings of the people of the county in the order in which they took place, but as many meetings were held of which no record was kept, except in the faithful breasts of loyal men and liberty-loving women, the war history must be more or less fragmentary, and, in a great measure, not as satisfactory as he had hoped to have made it. He had searched all the files of newspapers published in the county at the time, and the result of his research is given below. He feels gratified to state that enough has been secured to testify most emphatically to the unbounded heroism and lofty patriotism of the loyal citizens of Jones county during the days of the nation's darkest forebodings. No county in the state sent out braver men, and no state in the Union can boast of a more glorious record.
UNION MEETING.
Pursuant to notice, the citizens of Jones county, irrespective of party, assem- bled in mass convention at the courthouse, in Anamosa, on Saturday, the 19th day of January, 1861, at II o'clock A. M.
On motion of Dr. N. G. Sales, Messrs. Davis McCarn and E. V. Miller were appointed temporary chairmen, and Matt Parrott and J. L. Sheean, secretaries.
On motion of W. G. Hammond, Esq., the chair was empowered to appoint a committee of five on permanent organization, and appointed as such committee Messers. W. G. Hammond, N. G. Sales, George W. Field, C. Chapman and C. T. Lamson.
E. Cutler, Esq., moved that the convention adjourn for one week-the late storm having prevented an attendance from the other parts of the county. Lost.
On motion of O. Burke, Esq., the chair appointed O. Burke, J. J. Dickinson, S. T. Pierce, E. Cutler and J. Mann as a committee on resolutions. The committee assembled at the time designated.
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The committee on permanent organization reported as follows: president, G. W. Field; vice-presidents, Messrs. J. Mann, W. H. Holmes and F. L. Mckean; secretaries, Messrs. John S. Stacey and J. L. Sheean-which report was received and adopted.
The committee on resolutions, not being ready to report, the convention was addressed by N. G. Sales, W. G. Hammond and others. The committee on reso- lutions appeared, and, through S. T. Pierce, Esq., reported the following preamble and resolutions :
WHEREAS, The people of Jones county, in mass convention assembled, without distinction of party, believing that the present unhappy condition of our country demands the immediate and serious attention of every good citizen and patriot; and, further, believing that it is idle and impolitic to discuss the cause of present calamities, but most expedient to search for a remedy which will cure our present difficulties and secure to us permanent and national tranquility, and to that end and for that purpose we will divest ourselves of party feelings and sectional pre- judices, in order to best promote and secure present and future harmony and union ; therefore,
Resolved, That we are unwilling now to abandon or in the least endanger the Union of the states, which has existed so long with such unprecedented results, both as to our individual and national happiness and prosperity.
Resolved, That the federal government is one of limited power derived solely from the Constitution, and the grants of power made therein ought to be strictly construed by all departments and agents of the government.
Resolved, That we are in favor of the equality of the states in the distribution of all benefits and burdens of our government, and a prompt, energetic and im- partial administration of all constitutional laws; and upon this principle we stand, hoping and demanding of our senators and representatives in congress that they will make every effort in their power to effect an equal, liberal and equitable adjustment of present national difficulties.
Resolved, That we love and cherish the government under which we live. and hold in high esteem and regard our brothers of the southern states, and regret that there are mutual subjects of complaint and difference existing between the northern and southern sections of our confederacy, and believe that our differences can be better settled in the Union than out of it, and that such difficulties and dif- ferences can be arranged and settled if a mutual spirit of forbearance and good will is exercised by both our northern and southern brethren, and that it is a right and a duty we owe to each other to make just concessions to restore peace and harmony between the different sections of the country.
Resolved, That, in the words of James Buchanan, "resistance to lawful au- thority, under our form of government, cannot fail, in the end, to prove disastrous to its authors ;" that we therefore appeal to our southern brethren to cease such resistance and to submit the questions in dispute between us to the constitutional authorities of our common country.
Resolved, That, in the noble stand taken by Maj. Anderson in defense of the flag of our Union and the property it should protect calls for the admiration and respect of every lover of his country.
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On motion of N. G. Sales, the report of the committee was received and the committee discharged. Moved that the resolutions be voted on separately. Lost.
On motion of W. H. Holmes, the resolutions were adopted. N. G. Sales moved that the proceedings of the convention, with the resolutions adopted, be published in the Anamosa Eureka and the Marion Democrat. Carried. S. T. Pierce moved that a copy of the proceedings and resolutions of this convention be forwarded to each of our senators and representatives in congress. Carried.
On motion, the convention adjourned sine die. John S. Stacy and J. L. Sheean, secretaries.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' RESOLUTIONS OF LOYALTY, JUNE. 6, 1861.
The supervisors of Jones county closed their labors Thursday, June 6, 1861, by passing the following :
WHEREAS, The great American nation has, under the kind guidance of Al- mighty God and a patriotic and liberty-loving people, safely passed through eighty-four anniversaries without the hand of a domestic traitor having been raised to overthrow the noble fabric of constitutional liberty raised by the patri- ots of the Revolution ;
AND WHEREAS, In the present year of grace, 1861, and on the eve of the eighty- fifth anniversay of our national independence, we see, for the first time, numerous and thoroughly organized traitors raising their fratricidal hands with a view to force the dismemberment and overthrow of the best government on the earth, we deem it expedient to call upon the whole people of Jones county to come to- gether on the approaching 4th day of July, and, with united hearts and hands manifest their devotion to the nation, its unity, and the principles of the Declara- tion of Independence ; therefore
Resolved, That the board appoint a committee of citizens from each township, request them to make all necessary arrangements for the celebration of the eighty- fifth anniversary of American independence.
Resolved, That we recommend that the citizens of the whole county assemble at the grove half a mile south of the center of the county, in the northeast corner of Jackson township, and bring with them such provisions and lumber as will be sufficient to provide tables and refreshments for all.
Resolved, That the committee be requested to provide a band of music, powder and speakers for the occasion.
Resolved, That the following individuals in the various townships are hereby appointed a committee to make all necessary arrangements; and they are re- quested to meet on the ground where said celebration is proposed to be held, on the 20th day of June, at 10 o'clock A. M., and there take such action as to them may seem proper: Names of committee-Cass, E. B. Alderman; Castle Grove, Thomas J. Peak; Clay, John Russell ; Fairview, N. G. Sales, C. C. Buell; Green- field, Elias V. Miller ; Hale, Don A. Carpenter; Jackson, Daniel N. Monroe; Madison, John Niles ; Monticello, W. H. Walworth; Oxford, Milo C. Lathrop; Richland, Isaac Willard; Rome, Charles H. Lull; Scotch Grove, A. J. Allen; Washington, Thomas McNally; Wayne, Noah Bigley; Wyoming, James A. Bronson.
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Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the county treasury for the purpose of providing music and powder.
Thus it is seen that the board of supervisors of Jones county, in 1861, were decidedly loyal and eminently patriotic.
PATRIOTIC MEETING IN ROME.
A union meeting was held in the grove near the village of Rome, on the 24th of May, 1861. The citizens of the town and vicinity turned out en masse. The meeting came to order by electing Ezra Carpenter, Esq., chairman.
A patriotic and soul-stirring address was delivered by the Rev. O. E. Aldrich, which was received with frequent demonstrations of applause by the people. Af- ter the address, three cheers were given for the Union, with a vim that spoke love for our county and death to traitors. A company of home guards at this time was nearly full. E. C. Rigby was the secretary at the above meeting.
THE COUNTY FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
A grand county celebration of the 4th of July, took place in pursuance of the resolutions and suggestions of the board of supervisors, made at their June meet- ing in 1861. The celebration was on Thursday, the 4th of July, 1861.
The perilous condition of the country brought men of all parties together to observe the anniversary of our national birth, and to repeat anew their vows to freedom. Early in the morning, teams, singly and in companies, began to throng from all parts of the county toward the point which had been designated by the board of supervisors, near the center of the county. At 10 o'clock, a. m., the scene was the strangest of the kind ever encountered in the west. The road ran along a high ridge, and on both sides of it and on each of the wide and gently sloping spurs, shooting out every few rods, were horses, wagons, buggies, car- riages, men, women, children and babies by the thousands; and, in every direc- tion, the American flag floated in the light and refreshing breeze, which, with the shade of the sufficiently abundant oaks, tempered the heat of a warm summer day. Such an assembly in a city is common enough, but this was an assembly in the wilderness. Not a house, not a sign that man had touched nature here was visible, save in the few brief days' labor of the committee of preparation. It was a fitting place wherein to assemble on such a day and for such a purpose, when the nation was in its life and death struggle for existence.
The committee of arrangements had done as well as could be hoped for in the short time allowed them, and better than could have been expected. On the rather steep slope of a spur, north of the road, a staging had been erected facing up the slope, and, in front of this, seats sufficient to accommodate, perhaps, one thousand persons. Back of the stage, and at the bottom of the ravine, a well had been dug some ten or more feet deep. and, at the bottom, a barrel fixed. It was a comical sort of a well, but it served the purpose, in a measure, for some hours.
On another ridge and back of the wall, stood the six-pounder, manned by the Wyoming Artillery Company, in gray shirts, under Capt. Walker. The other
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military companies were the Canton Company, Capt. Hanna; they wore red mili- tary coats, were armed with rifles and were fine looking; the Rough and Readys' of Rome, Capt. L. A. Roberts, with blue military coats, white pants and glazed caps, sixty-five men, also fine looking; Carpenter's Company, Rome, Capt. Car- penter, eighty men, with gray coats, likewise made a fine appearance; the Green- field Company, mounting eighty men, John Secrist, commander; these were in frock coats and wore white plumes; they, too, showed well, and still more in drill and fitness for the most desperate fighting ; the Scotch Grove Guards, from Scotch Grove, Capt. Magee, formed a large company ; these wore no uniforms, but their appearance indicated they were the right men for fighting. There were six com- panies of young men, all formed and drilled, in the space of three months. It appears that all these entered the army in due time and did good service.
The proceedings at the stand were patriotic and entertaining. During the reading of the Declaration of Independence, the general attention was close, and the responsibilities of the hour seemed to impress all minds. The singing, with the marshal waving the star-spangled banner to the words, was very effective. The address was by a Mr. Utley-a good Union speech, and was very generally approved. Music by the various military bands was abundant and lively. The picnic that followed was much enjoyed by all who partook of dainties provided for the occasion. The military went through with some of their exercises and then the proceedings of the afternoon began, which consisted of speeches from different persons, when, owing to a want of an abundant supply of water, the vast assembly was dispersed at a much earlier hour than it otherwise would have been.
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