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I regret exceedingly these things, for I had flattered my- self that I should have ninch enjoyment. I am very sorry to
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disappoint the assembly and myself, but I do not see how I can undertake it.
I telegraphed you to-day and write this as my apology. which I hope will be satisfactory.
Very Truly Yours, JOHN HOGAN.
REV. JOSEPH BOGEN, GREENVILLE, MISS.
GREENVILLE, MISS., Oct. 8th, 1886. C. F. Davis, Esq., Chairman, &c. :
DEAR SIR :- Your cordial invitation to attend the Third Annual Reunion of the Tri-State Old Settlers' Association, was duly received, and would have been answered at once but I was laid up with dengue fever that prevailed in this part of the country during September and October.
I would have liked exceedingly to attend the reunion, to meet old friends and enjoy the pleasure of their company for a day or two, for I love Keokuk as much as I do my native home. I left my native city when a boy and my roaming around through the old country prevented me from forming any associates out- side of family ties that should be sacred to me. But when I came to Keokuk to minister to the spiritual wants of some of my people, I felt for the first time, that I had met with men of superior intelligence, and I formed a strong attachment for them, and the attachment the man formed I hope will remain sacred for all time.
When I came from the fatherland I found a stopping place in Philadelphia, Pa. I say stopping place, for I felt I could not remain there if I wished to become identified with the doctrines of my adopted country. Philadelphia is really a German city, . very pleasant for the immigrant who wishes to perpetnate the peculiarities of his old home and it is thus that the language heard there is pre-eminently German or its corrupted "Pennsyl- vania Dutch." For this reason, after living two years in the metropolis of the Keystone State, I was as ignorant of our American institutions and the language of the country as is the immigrant who just landed at Castle Garden. I went west ! Going west is, to many people in the cast, like going into a
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desert. Some of my friends described this country as a wilder- ness, where the buffalo still roamed, the red skinned Indians were numerous, and the cow-boy with his bowie knife and revolver was the domineering master in the settlements.
I came to Keokuk at the close of the centennial year with a good many prejudices and cannot describe my astonishment at what I found. All along the way I noticed well cultivated farms, with blooming gardens and fruit ladened orchards, flourishing towns and villages, and I looked in vain for the buffalo, the Indian and the cow-boy. When I arrived at your city and met a hearty reception, I learned to understand for the first time what the geniality of the American people really means. I said with Lessing, "beside that river (Mississippi) there are men."
The years I spent in your community are among the most pleasant of my life. As soon as I became more familiar with the language I formed attachments among your citizens that will ever be cherished. You should be proud of your news- papers, your Library and your public schools. The public school system is the foundation of our American liberty, im- planting in the youthful mind the great truth that law, liberty and equality are the indestructable pillars upon which our republican government safely and securely rests.
During my residence I had many opportunities to visit interior parts of the three States, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, and everywhere witnessed the signs of increasing prosperity and met that cordiality and hospitality that characterizes the intelli- gent western people. Thus I became an American citizen in the broadest sense of the word, divesting myself of the narrow views of the German emigrant, becoming broader in my relig- ious views, I learnod that true liberty is a cementing, and not a dividing element in human society. The few years. I lived among you taught me more than all the years I had devoted to the study of my profession.
I hope your meeting will be pleasant and satisfactory to all and that I may witness one of the reunions of the Tri-State (ld Settlers' Association at no distant day.
Cordially and Sincerely Yours,
JOSEPH BOGEN.
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ADDITIONAL RESPONSES.
Gen. John W. Noble, St. Louis, Mo.
Charles Parsons, St. Louis, Mo. HIon. John Wentworth, Chicago, Ill. Judge A. C. Meeker, Lodi, Cal.
Amos Townsend, Salem, Iowa.
Mrs. Ellen Thornburg, Ottumwa, Iowa.
IIon. Newton Bateman, Galesburg, Ill.
Nelson Thomasson, Chicago, Ill., (85 Washt. St.) James Raley, Lancaster, Mo. L. B. Fleak, Brighton, Iowa. Hon. Thos. Mitchell, Mitchellville, Iowa.
HIon. D. W. Andrews, Centralia, Ill.
HIon. Win. B. Remey, Judge Advocate Gen'l, Washington.
IIon. HI. L. Bush, Downers Grove, Ill.
IIon. C. C. Cole, Des Moines, Iowa. L. Harbine, Forrestville, Cal. Chas. F. Griffey, New Sharon, Iowa.
Gen. G. M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Geo. II. Schafer, Ft. Madison, Iowa.
David Murphy, St. Louis, Mo., (22 N. 4th 'St.)
S. W. Coffin, Fairfield, Iowa. Dudley E. Jones, Little Rock, Ark.
Frank J. Warren, San Francisco, Cal.
Jas. C. Sprigg, Washington, D. C. Chas. Hubble, San Diego, Cal. Hon. John A. Kasson, Des Moines, Iowa. John R. Shaffer, Des Moines, Iowa. J. B. Eyerly, Newton, Iowa. HIon. Thos. J. Henderson, Princeton, III. Louis R. Bissile, San Jose, Cal. Ilon. Wm. M. Springer, Springfield, Ill. Gen. R. C. Drum, Washington, D. C. Hon. Thos. Sharpe, Cart hage, Ill.
Hon. J. H. Phillips, Des Moines, Iowa. John G. Hudson, Metz, Mo. Chas. W. Hine, Ft. Mckinney, Wyoming Territory. Geo. Stanwood, Boston, Mass. Maj. A. Mackenzie, Rock Island, III.
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Jas. E. Bruce, Yankton, Dakota.
Mrs. Annie E. Bower, (369 Chicago Ave.) Chicago.
Mrs. L. C. Fyffe, (376 Oak St.) Chicago.
John C. Pepper, Aledo, Ill.
E. B. Hamilton, Quincy, Ill.
James Eckert, Fairfield, Iowa. Dr. G. S. Bailey, Vernon, Iowa.
J. M. Bush, Pittsfield, Ill.
Mrs. R. F. Richardson, Macon, Mo.
Hon. John F. Duncomb, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
S. A. Blasland, Quincy, Ill.
Miss Naomi L. Davenport, Davenport, Iowa.
IIon. J. B. Grinnell, Grinnell, Iowa.
T. B. Perry, Albia, Iowa.
F. C. Roberts, Fort Madison, Iowa.
Mrs. Celeste Lorrain Hazard, St. Louis, Mo. (3351 Man- chester Road.
Judge J. M. Beck, Fort Madison, Iowa.
J. HI. Duffus, Fort Madison, Iowa.
J. H. Pickering, Salem, Iowa.
Alexander Cruikshank, West Point, Iowa.
James Barker, Milwaukee, Wis.
Win. F. Shelley, Kansas City, Mo. S. S. Vail, St. Louis, Mo.
Col. Barlow Granger, Des Moines, Iowa.
IIon. John Van Valkenburg, Fort Madison, Iowa.
R. W. McGuire, Milwaukee, Wis.
HIon. John Hay, Cleveland, Ohio.
Hon. Chas. Beardsley, Des Moines, Iowa.
Hon. Buren R. Sherman, Des Moines, lowa.
Lewis Todhunter, Indianola, Iowa.
WV. G. Warfield, Quincy, Ill. Lyman Cook, Burlington, Iowa.
Col. Geo. W. Crosley, Fort Madison, Iowa.
Dr. A. C. Roberts, Fort Madison, Jowa.
Chas. E. Hay, Springfield, Ill. Geo. M. Shelley, Kansas City, Mo.
Jas. S. Hurley, Wapello, Iowa.
Ilon, Robt. T. Lincoln, Chicago, III. (Honore Building).
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Hon. J. D. M. Hamilton, Fort Madison Iowa. Col. John Scott, Nevada, Iowa. Gen. F. M. Drake, Centerville, Iowa. Maj. A. H. Hamilton, Ottumwa, Iowa. HIon. S. J. Kirkwood, Iowa City, Iowa. Hon. Jerry H. Murphy, Davenport, Iowa. Hon. Jas. F. Wilson, Fairfield, Iowa. J. Henry Westcott, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Gov. Win. Larrabee, Des Moines, Iowa. Judge P. M. Casady, Des Moines, Iowa. Col. Wm. L. Diston, Quincy, Ill. Rev. A. C. Stilson, Ottumwa, Iowa. Col. P. G. Ballingall, Ottumwa, Iowa. Supt. W. F. Merrill, Burlington, Iowa. Moses J. Wentworth, Chicago, IlI.
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REMARKS.
The interest in the Annual Reunion of Old Settlers' in- creases as the years grow. The letters, addresses, &c., preserved in durable form, contain very much of personal and State his- tory which is worthy of preservation. So that these occasions have more than a merely present importance. All, withont respect to age, may register their names, for the limitations of the Constitution are so narrow, that practically provision is made for an endless succession. The young of body will be the old settlers' of the coming time, and so the association will be maintained so long as the people enjoy the annual gatherings. The youngster is making history which he may recite with pleasurable emotions to the unborn generations. It will be a brighter and better history than is being told to-day, let them be sure that the following age may be brighter and better than their own.
Keokuk stands ready to welcome all to its hospitable homes and warm hearts. It adds yearly to its already many attrac- tions. It has the true spirit of an enlightened progress. It takes no steps backward in all that combines to make a people happy, contented and prosperous. And for the Reunion of 1887 are offered large assurances of a feast of fat things that . will please every participant.
As heretofore many special invitations will be given. They are not to exclude any, but to embrace all. And to every Old Settler in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, is now tendered a cordial request to be present, or failing to attend, to contribute some. what of his or her personal experience on the frontier, by setting down in writing the trials and triumphs, the labors and rewards of the past: the sharp contrasts between the then and now.
To all who write, thanks are tendered in advance; to all who come, Keokuk assures a cordial reception, and an occasion which each may gladden, and which shall be full of the most delightful memories, -| Ens.
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REPORT
OF THE
FOURTH REUNION
OF THE
TRI - STATE
ettlers'
association
ILLINOIS, MISSOURI AND IOWA,
Tuesday, August 30th, 1887,
-IN-
KEOKUK, IOWA.
Resolution of Executive Committee :
RESOLVED, That J. H. Cole, Chairman of Committee on Printing, and Dr. J. M. Shaffer, his associate on said Committee, be instructed and authorized to have the Proceedings of the Fourth Reunion of the Association printed in book form.
KEOKUK, IOWA: PRESS OF THE GATE CITY.
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INDEX.
PAGES
CONSTITUTION OF ASSOCIATION,
9-10
CRAIG, HON. JOHN H., Address, 29-35
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1888, 66
GEAR, HON. JOHN H., Address, . 15-29
HISTORICAL, Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Reunions, 5- 8
JOHNSTONE, JUDGE EDWARD, Address, . . 1 2
LETTERS RECEIVED, 67
Belknap, Gen. Wm. W., . 65
Bogen, Rev. Joseph, . 72
Clemens, S. L , . 67
Davis, Hon. S. A., 69
Dennis, Rev. L. B., 69
Duke, S. A., 73
Haines, Hon. Elijah, 71
68
Henderson, Hon. D. B.,
Kasson, Hon. John A., 77
Keokuk, Mosses, . . 77
McCrary, Hon. Geo. W., 76
Miller, Hon. Sam'l F., 67
Ogden, Hon. J. W., 7.5
Palmer, I. D., 70
Phelps, W., 74
Saunders, Hon. Alvin, 70
Trumbull, Hon. Lyman,
MATHENY, JUDGE JAS. H., Address, . 65-45
INDEX.
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS, .
79
Burlington Hawkeye, 82
Des Moines Register, 82
Dubuque Herald, .
. 80-8 1
Keokuk Gate City,
82-83
Keokuk Democrat,
79, 80, 83, 84
Pike County Democrat, 84
OFFICERS, 1887,
OFFICERS, 1888, 66
PHILLIPS, HON. JOHN F., Address,
45-56
PROGRAM,
PROCEEDINGS FOURTH REUNION,
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REGRETS,
78
SALTER, REV. WM., Invocation, 13
HISTORICAL.
The Tri-State Old Settlers' Association of Illinois, Mis- souri and Iowa, owes its origin to the earnest desire on the part of many old citizens of Keokuk to meet their friends of earlier days and renew old friendships and acquaintances, and to form new ones. To this end the organization known as the Citizen's Association was asked to take the prelim- inary steps toward establishing, on a permanent footing, an association that would bring together, in annual reunion, the pioneers of the three States.
Accordingly, the Citizens' Association invited the citizens of Keokuk to meet together on the evening of July 3rd, 1884, at the U. S. Court Room in the Estes House, to determine the question as to whether such reunions should be held, and if so, the time, place, etc.
A large number of citizens responded, and it was resolved unanimously to organize a Tri-State Old Settlers' Association. The following executive committee was se- lected : J. M. Reid, Geo. F. Jenkins, J. O. Voorhies, D. F. Miller, Sr., J. B. Paul, S. E. Carey and J. H. Cole. Septem- ber 4th, 1884, and Rand Park, were agreed on as the time and place for holding the first reunion.
At a subsequent meeting the Executive Committee re- ported the Constitution, which was adopted, the program of exercises, and October 2nd, 1884, as the date for the first reunion, on account of the local fairs being held in sur- rounding counties in September.
SECOND REUNION.
A Committee on Invitation was appointed, who sent out about 3,500 special invitations. Responses to many of these were made in person and to some by letters, which may be found in their proper place.
September 28th and 29th, 1885, preceding the day of the Second Reunion, were cloudy and dark, with nearly constant drizzling rain ; 30th, the same rains with not a ray of sunshine. Tents had been secured for headquarters for
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Missouri, Illinois and Iowa for the officers and the press, and were erected in Rand Park, where the program was to be carried out. The weather rendered this impracticable, and the exercises were held at the Keokuk Opera House.
THIRD REUNION.
This meeting was anticipated with great desire by the hosts of pioneers and younger people who had pleasant memories of the preceding occasions. It was regarded a great delight to meet many whose labors had laid the foundations of the great prosperity attained and enjoyed by the people of the three States. The older ones to recall their privations, and the younger to rejoice in the glad time in which they find themselves, would be a pleasure, and an incentive to go forward in the march of progress.
"It was a greater success than any of its predecessors, or at least equaled them in attendance and enjoyment. Sore was the disappointment of those who arose yesterday morning and discovered the sky o'ercast with ominous clouds. For a time the rain poured down in torrents and for several hours there were intermitting showers, which seemed to foreshadow the failure of the reunion. Towards noon the clouds broke, the sun peered brightly through the vaporous rifts and there was promise of a pleasant after- noon. Notwithstanding this inclemency, the merchants on Main and other thoroughfares displayed attractive decora- tions, which enhanced the appearance of the city.
"The annual meeting and exchange of greetings and re- miniscences is of far more import to the old settlers and pioneers than to those who did not share in the hardships of early life. From the resources of a native wilderness those advance couriers of progress have evolved the living monuments of enlightenment and modern civilization. As the gray-haired patriarch gazes upon the paved streets and marble halls, his heart throbs with strange and tender emo- tions. He has witnessed a marvelous transformation. Amid the uncultivated wilds of boundless territory have sprung into existence magnificent cities as if by magic, and waving fields of grain supplant the interminable forest. In a few years the pioneers will have passed away and old settlers' meetings will live only in the dust-laden tomes of tradition.
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TRI-STATE OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.
Those who faced the dangers of frontier life and hewed a path of progress to the golden sands of the Pacific, are worthy of the highest consideration ; let there be honors for the living, prayers for the dead."-Gate City.
In anticipation of the meeting, J. W. Murphy, of the Bur- lington (Iowa) Post, wrote : "The old settlers are dying off at so rapid a rate that in a few years there will be none of- the first generation of Iowans remaining. Missouri, which is much older as a State than we are, has even fewer of the settlers within her borders. But while southern and central Missouri were settled at comparatively an early day, the memory of the 'wolf's long howl,' as it echoed across her waving prairies of green wild grass, is yet distinct in the minds of many people still living in northeastern Missouri. Even the young men in that country now living there saw much of the primitive civilization of the State, and can re- member when the government was selling the land to the settlers for a dollar and a quarter an acre. Fresher still is the memory of the wild game in that region, of the huge breaking plows pulled by ten yokes of oxen, of the little groves of red brush that dotted the prairies everywhere, where wolves and deer could lic by during the heat of sum- mer and the cold of winter, of the long drives to mill, and the trips across country in the deep snow to postoffice and grist mill. Then there are men in Missouri who came west as early as 1829. We remember an old man at Saint Francisville, named General Harrison, who anchored at the Yellow Banks that year and bartered with the Sac and Fox Indians in that neighborhood. He is still a resident of Clark county, or was a few months ago, and he ought to be present at this reunion. Some of his experiences dating back 60 years ago have value, and bear to be related in the presence of all the old settlers and new comers. We do not know that Mrs. Harriet Conway, of Alexandria, is still living, but if she is, she ought to come and tell about an experience of hers when she gave a dinner to the great chief Black Hawk and 400 of his braves just after the closing of the war up on Rock River. The table was spread in the grove near the residence of Samuel Bartlett, at Saint Fran- cisville. Mrs. Conway and Mrs. Louisa Biggs were the cooks at this interesting festival, assisted by a number of squaws, among whom was Keokuk's old wife -his new one,
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some thirty years younger, having the place of honor at the table. Then Major I. N. Lewis ought to come over from Peaksville and tell the story of the old Boundary war, and James Jordan might add zest to the occasion by coming down from Iowaville and telling of the great battle between the Omahas and the Sacs, many years ago, when the former were surprised in their camp, and were everyone slain. Their graveyard is in sight of his front door. Indeed, there are enough of these items of the early settlement of the West to fill several good sized volumes, and in the future it will be eagerly sought by the local historian and antiquarian. Now is the time to gather up and preserve all of these facts and incidents, and the old settlers associations are doing a great work in that regard, and one that will be more gener- ally appreciated and recognized later on."
FOURTH REUNION.
It may be truthfully said that this was the best of all. Assembled in Rand Park, on a most delightful day, were the representatives of all the surrounding country, and from the remotest corners of the sister States of the association. The long drouth had been broken by gentle showers, and nature smiled again on the old settler as well as the young one, who came to do them honor and listen to oratory such as seldom falls to the lot of the pioneer or the latest emi- grant. Every part of the program was carried out, and it is seldom that so long a one as this will hold a crowd together through it all, as happened on this occasion.
CONSTITUTION.
WHEREAS, Sociable and friendly relations are desirable amongst all men, but more especially with those who, as neighbors and friends, have shared the adversities and hard- ships of a pioneer's life ; therefore, in order to promote and maintain amongst the people of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa the most intimate and friendly relations, and for the purpose of keeping alive and perpetuating the record of the old settlers and pioneers of these States, and to cultivate the heretofore existing social relations, we do adopt the follow- ing Constitution :
ARTICLE I. The name and title of this organization shall be the Tri-State Old Settlers' Association.
ART. 2. All persons who were residents in either Iowa, Illinois or Missouri prior to 1860, or who shall have resided in any of these States for twenty-five years, or who have been born in either of them and remained until their major- ity, or who may be elected at any meeting an "honorary member," shall be eligible to membership and become members on signing this Constitution.
ART. 3. The affair's and business of the Association, after its first meeting, shall be managed by an Executive Com- mittee of nine members, to be chosen at said first meeting, and annually thereafter at the yearly reunions ; said com- mittee to hold their office until their successors are elected and organized as hereafter provided. Three members of said committee shall be selected from each of the three States represented in the Association. From their number the Executive Committee shall select a President, and one Vice-President from each of the three States; and from the members of the Association, select a Treasurer, a Secretary, and such other officers and committees as may be necessary to promote the objects of this Association. The officers named above shall be deemed the officers of the Associa- tion, and perform the usual duties of such officers until their successors are elected.
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ART. 4. The place for holding the reunions shall be at Keokuk, Iowa, at such dates as may be fixed by the Execu- tive Committee: Until its first reunion, its affairs and business shall be managed by an Executive Committee of seven, consisting of J. M. Reid, J. B. Paul, D. F. Miller, Sr., George F. Jenkins, S. E. Carey, J. H. Cole and J. O. Voorhies. - ART. 5. This Constitution may be amended, altered or changed in any way at any annual meeting.
Adopted at Keokuk, Iowa, July 31st, 1884.
Attest : SAM'L E. CAREY, President. J. H. COLE, Secretary.
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TRI-STATE OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.
PROGRAM.
Association called to order at Speakers' Stand, at 10:30 A. M.,
By HON. EDWARD JOHNSTONE, President.
Prayer, . By Rev. WM. SALTER, Burlington. MUSIC.
Introduction of HON. JOHN H. GEAR, of Iowa,
President of the Day.
Address of Welcome, By HON. JOHN. H. CRAIG. MUSIC. For Illinois, by HON. JAMES H. MATHENY.
Responses, For Missouri, by HON. JNO. F. PHILLIPS. For Iowa, by HON. JNO. S. RUNNELLS. MUSIC. Appointment of Committee to recommend officers for the ensuing year. MUSIC. Volunteer addresses not to exceed ten minutes, on topics appropriate to the occasion. Report of the Committee to recommend officers.
Music at order of President of the Day. Bands will be ready at Stand to answer at call. Medical College Museum open to visitors all day.
LIST OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
FOR THE YEAR 1887.
President, HON. EDWARD JOHNSTONE, Keokuk.
Secretary, DAVID J. AYRES, Keokuk.
Treasurer, SAMUEL E. CAREY, Keokuk.
Illinois-S. R. CHITTENDEN, Mendon ; JOSEPH M. BUSH, Pittsfield ; BENJAMIN WARREN, La Harpe.
Missouri-CHAS. PARSONS, St. Louis ; RUFUS L. ANDER- SON, Hannibal; HON. I. N. LEWIS, Peaksville.
Iowa-HON. HOY'T SHERMAN, Des Moines; CAPT. J. W. CAMPBELL, Fort Madison ; HON. LYMAN COOK, Burlington.
CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES.
Finance, J. F. DAUGHERTY. Music, H. H. CLARK.
Ice Water, HUGE COPELAND. Transportation, H., ELLIOTT. Decoration, HENRY HEASLIP,
Invitation, C. F. DAVIS.
Grounds, JAMES B. PAUL ..
Guests, JAMES C. DAVIS.
Reception, SAM'I. E. CARRY.
Program and Printing.
J. II. COLE.
PROCEEDINGS FOURTH REUNION,
August 30, 1887, Rand Park, 10:30 A. M.
Hon. Edward Johnstone, President of the Association, in calling the meeting to order, said :
Old Settlers, Ladies and Gentlemen : This is the Fourth Annual Reunion of the Tri-State Old 'Settlers' Association of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. It is always pleasant to meet our friends and neighbors on occasions like this. But our pleasure is somewhat marred by the reflection that many of our old settlers' friends are not present, having passed away to the Silent Land, and that our ranks are being thinned day by day. This is no time for a general or special obituary memorial, but I must refer in passing to two gentlemen closely connected with this Association, who have died since our last annual meeting.
Hon. A. G. Adams, of Burlington, at our reunion of the 13th of October last, was the President of the Day. Then in the full vigor of health he presided with great urbanity and dignity over the proceedings. This is not the occasion for culogy, but I am constrained to add, that in the death of Mr. Adams the community lost one of its most efficient business men and enterprising citizens; to his friends a gen- tleman of the kindest instincts and most generous hospital- · ity, and his family, a devoted husband and father. May the carth lie light upon his grave.
Hon. Isaac N. Lewis of Clark County, Mo., was a member of the Executive Committee of this Association for that State. He interested himself largely in everything that concerned the Association. For half a century he was a prominent feature in all public affairs in his county, and full of years and honors, surrounded by his family and friends, like a patriarch of old, he was gathered like a ripe sheaf into the hands of the Mighty Reaper. He left behind him an example worthy of the closest imitation by the Young Settlers of the present day.
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