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This church was completed in December, 18,78, and is a neat and comfort- able building. It is built after the Cowbic style and is finished in most excellent taste. The rich stained-glass window ... were contributed by William C. Board- man as a memorial to his deceased wife. The building is heated by furnaces and lighted by gas furnished by the Colman process.
The dedication services were hell Sunday, December 15, 1878, the sermon being preached by Rev. Dr. William Salter, of Burlington, who had been the first Pastor of the Church in 1813, as mentioned above. The dedicatory prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Robbins, of Muscatine.
The present membership of the Church is nearly 150. The Trustees are G. T. Bradley, M. Dalzell, C. M Dinbir, D. A. Fletcher, Joseph McCloy, Austin Munger ; F. D. Lyman, Treasurer ; A. F. Shaw, Clerk.
A prosperous Sabbath school is in progress under the superintendency of D. A. Fletcher.
A missionary society labors in connection with the Church, accomplishing a good work for those in lands less favored.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church .- Methodism in early times, in Iowa, seems usually to have been the pioneer church, perhaps because in its elementary form it admitted of less formal organization than some other
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societies, and because its ministers were itinerants and could, therefore, more easily labor in frontier fields than those who were expected to settle and remain preaching to a single charge.
The Methodist Church in Maquoketa had its beginning in a service held by Rev. William Simpson, in a log cabin near the southeast corner of Main and Platt streets, in the month of February, 1839.
The first class consisted of the following members: Thomas Wright, Leader ; Mrs. Rachel Wright, Amasa Nims, Adaline Nims, Mrs. Clark.
The first person received as a probationary member of the class was Mr. John Clark.
The lot on Olive street on which the first church building was erected was donated to the society by Mr. John E. Goodenow. Under the pastorate of Rev. S. Hanes, a frame church was built and dedicated in 1850. In this church was held, August 27, 1856, the first session of the Upper Iowa Confer- ence, Bishop E. S. Janes, President.
The following is a list of the Pastors since the organization of the Church, with the year of their service : 1839, Rev. William Simpson ; 1840-41, Rev. B. H. Cartwright ; 1842, Rev. Pope ; 1843, Rev. John Walker; 1844, Revs. Dennis and Larkins; 1845, Revs. Philo and Dennis ; 1846, Revs. Greenup and Howard ; 1847, Revs. Howard and Maxwell ; 1848, Rev. J. W. Brier; 1849, Rev. William Hulbert ; 1850, Rev. S. Hanes ; 1851, Rev. Smith ; 1852, Rev. G. Larkins; 1853, Rev. McDonald; 1854, Rev. Harvey Taylor; 1855, Rev. Watts ; 1856, Rev. J. G. Dimmitt; 1857, Rev. G. W. Brindell; 1858, Rev. Landon Taylor; 1859-60, Rev. A. B. Kendig; 1861-62, Rev. S. Pan- cost ; 1863, Rev. G. W. Brindell ; 1864, Rev. S. Linsey ; 1865, Rev. E. K. Young ; 1866, Rev. W. F. Paxton ; 1867-68, Rev. William Lease; 1869-70, Rev. R. Swearingen ; 1871, Rev. J. C. Cromack ; 1872-73, Rev. R. W. Mill- ner; 1874, Rev. W. B. Frazelle ; 1875-76-77, Rev. G. R. Manning ; 1878, Rev. J. B. Albrook ; 1879, Rev. J. C. Magee.
During the year 1875, the society having disposed of the old church and lot on the corner of Pleasant and Olive streets, they built a new edifice on the corner of Maple and Second streets, at a cost of $8,000. This building was dedicated by Bishop E. G. Andrews, assisted by Presiding Elder Skinner, on December 12, 1875.
The church is now held by the society free from incumbrance, and the society is in a flourishing condition. The membership numbers about two hundred and fifty. The annual revenue of the Church, for all purposes, is not far from $1,350.
A successful Sabbath school of 200 members is superintended by Mr. O. W. Joiner.
A Ladies' Aid Society renders efficient service in adding both to the rev - enues of the Church and to its means of social culture and enjoyment.
The present Stewards (1879) are A. D. Lawrence, T. E. Blanchard, W. B. Sutherland, N. A. Hamley, W. J. Carter, S. T. Holmes, S. S. Wright, E. S. Belknap, O. W. Joiner.
The Trustees are G. Truax, I. C. Weed, A. W. Blakeslec, N. A. Hamley, T. E. Blanchard, H. Hamley, W. B. Sutherland, Daniel Stephens and O. W. Joiner.
It is a coincidence somewhat remarkable that Bishop Janes, who is men- tioned above as the President of the first meeting of the Upper Iowa Confer- ence, in Maquoketa, died on the same day on which the same Conference held its twentieth anniversary, in the same place in which it was organized.
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Baptist Church .- The meeting which resulted in the organization of this society was that of a little band whose sympathies were with this division of the Church, and which met in Maquoketa at the house of Daniel Rhodes, in 1848. Rev. C. E. Brown acted as Moderator of the meeting. The following resolu- tions were adopted :
Resolved, That the interests of the cause of Christ, and our own growth in grace and useful- ness, require that we should organize ourselves into a Baptist Church.
Resolved, That we do so by presenting our letters, and by adopting and subscribing our names to the Declaration of Faith published in the Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.
The members who were present at this meeting, and who were therefore the founders of the Maquoketa Baptist Church, were C. E. Brown, David Sears, E. Wilcox, I. W. Clark, Henry Munson, Jason Pangborn, William Benson, William Y. Earle, Daniel Rhodes, Eunice Pangborn, Ann Clark, Eunice Decker, Sophia Blake, Betsey Ann Jackson, Frances L. Brown and Eliza Mallard-sixtcen in all. The meetings of the Church were held, for a time, in the South Schoolhouse. Elder C. E. Brown, who was present at the organiza- sion, became the first Pastor of the Church, and continued with it until May 4, 1851. At this time, the society raised only $150 per year for minister's salary.
The Church was incorporated in 1851, with R. Williams, William Y. Earle and C. Teeple the first Board of Trustees.
D. Rhodes and R. Williams composed the first Board of Deacons, elected in the following year.
Elder Scott occupied the pulpit from 1851 to 1853. Then it was supplied by Elder Holmes until 1858.
Efforts began to be made, in 1852, to build a house of worship. This was done, and December 10, 1853, a modest structure, 25x32 feet, was dedicated by Elder Bates, who was present for that occasion.
About this time, a rather novel way of making up deficiencies in the minis- ter's salary was adopted. It being ascertained the amount of the arrears, a committee was appointed, whose duty it was to apportion the debt among the male members, according to their ability to pay. This levying of a tax accord- ing to the Township Assessor's books would probably not be very popular in the present day. Perhaps it was not in 1850. At any rate, it was resorted to several times in the history of this Church.
May 19, 1859, the church building was burned to the ground. For a num- ber of years, meetings were held in the brick schoolhouse, and subsequently the church belonging to the Presbyterian body was rentel and eventually pur- chased by the Baptist society about 1859. It is since repaired and improved, and is now (1879) their place of worship.
Elders J. Cummings, E. D. Phillips, Sampson, Clark and Fields, in turn served the Church during the decade between 1860 and 1870.
Rev. William Tilley took charge of the pulpit in 1870, and continued three years. He was succeeded by Rev. N. F. Hoyt, who continued until 1877. Then came Rev. T. J. Keith, who resigned his charge in June, 1879.
The Sabbath school in connection with the Church is superintended by Joseph Ade.
The Roman Catholic Church .- This Church has a very limited membership in Maquoketa, althoughi strong throughout the county. The members of this Church have had to go long distances to attend services, or not go at all. This was the condition of things until 1873, when Rev. J. B. Gaffney, a priest living in the northern part of the county, exerted his influence in behalf of a
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church building to be erected here. He was very successful among the citizens of Maquoketa in raising money for that purpose; the citizens, irrespective of religious belief, subscribing liberally, and, as the result, a pretty little brick church was built in 1873, upon Olive street, costing in the neighborhood of $5,000. It is 70x30 feet in size. The congregation have no regular priest in charge, but the Rev. J. J. O'Farrell, of Charlotte, Clinton County, comes here upon the second Sunday in each month and officiates.
The German Reformed Church was built in September, 1877, and is a neat little church about 40x20 feet in size, built of brick and covered with cement in imitation of stone. It has a parsonage at its side, built in the same style. There is a congregation of between thirty and forty regular worshipers. Ser- vices are held every Sunday, Mr. Paul Eddinger officiating in the absence of a regular Pastor. The Rev. J. J. Miller was the first Pastor of the Church and ministered to the flock from the building of the church till the fall of 1878. He was followed by the Rev. Mr. Kolb, who remained with the Church for sev- eral months. It is expected that a regular minister will be in charge again within a short time.
The Lutheran Evangelical Church is a society composed entirely of Ger- mans, who hold their services in the old Methodist Church on Eliza street. There is a membership of about thirty. The society was formed some twelve years ago, and was ministered to by the Rev. Mr. Schueller, until 1873, but since then there has been no organized church, till within a year or so, when a few determined upon resuming church services, and as a result the Rev. Mr. Rembold, of Andrew, comes here every two weeks and holds services for them.
The Church of Latter-Day Saints .- A religious body holding peculiar tenets, is an object of curiosity to people in general, and their institutions are . often misunderstood. This remark holds good in the idea that the generality of people have of the Church of Latter. Day Saints. The name conveys to most minds Brigham Young and his polygamous followers. But here, among the order-loving, law-abiding Christian people of Maquoketa is a society bearing the name of this Church, and the members are as order-loving, law-abiding and as good citizens as any here ; but they have no connection with that blot of iniquity at Salt Lake. They are in fact Smithites, and believe in the faith as given them by that teacher, and spurn the later teachings of Young and his follow- ers. At about the time of the death of Joseph Smith, when Brigham Young usurped the leadership of the followers of Smith, many neither believing in his authority or his teachings, separated from the body which followed Young, and, in 1850, organized themselves into a Church of Latter-Day Saints, at Amboy, Lee Co., Ill. Many members scattered over the Northwestern States, and several families located in and about Maquoketa. In the year 1860, Horace Bartlett, an Elder of the Church, organized a society at Butternut Grove, a few miles from here, and there and at Canton have held services from time to time. They have a church building here, formerly the Methodist Church, where they hold services now and then. At the first organization here, Edward Larkey was chosen President, and held the office for fourteen years. The present officers are: Edward Kelsaw, President ; Edward Kelsaw, Edward Larkey and M. Mandley, Elders ; Edward Lowe and James Johnson, Teachers. They have a following of about thirty, at this place, composed of intelligent, well-educated people, who hold in the doctrines of their Church with as much pertinacity as do the Methodists or Baptists to theirs.
The Episcopal Church is represented here by a society composed of resi- dents belonging to that communion. They are organized into an association,
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with Mrs. Dr. G. Truax, as President; Mrs. Cherry, Secretary, and Miss Nettie Sanborn, Treasurer. They have collected about $400 toward building a church, and when sufficiently strong will begin the undertaking. They have services occasionally, the Rev. James Trimble, of St. John's Church, Clinton, officiating for them.
CITY OFFICERS.
As a matter of reference, we give herewith the town and city officers of Maquoketa since its organization, in 1854. The following named were elected as city officers for the year 1854, election day occurring upon the 15th day of March-Mayor, J. E. Goodenow ; Recorder, George D. Lyon ; Aldermen, J. Viall, P. Mitchell, Z. Livermore, A. Hall and N. H. Potter.
1855, March 27-Mayor, I. K. Millard ; Recorder, J. W. Jenkins; Alder- men. Alfred Fellows, James P. Edie, J. R. Barnes, Asahel Hall and J. B. Allen.
1856, March 25-Mayor, Alfred Fellows; Recorder, Eugene A. Cowles ; Aldermen, Thomas Lyman, Alonzo Spaulding, O. D. Cowles, E. S. Piper and Benjamin Spencer.
1857, March 17-Mayor, Z. Livermore ; Recorder, J. C. Brakey ; Alder- men, W. C. Swigart, J. Clark, Jas. Smith, J. D. Dearborn and A. Spaulding.
On the adoption of the city charter, following the special act of the Leg- islature incorporating the city of Maquoketa, another election was held (May 4), with the following result :
Mayor, I. K. Millard; Recorder, J. C. Brakey ; Marshal, A. Dalrymple ; Assessor, William Y. Earle; Aldermen, O. D. Cowles, R. B. Clancy, T. Lyman, R. S. Hadley, B. Spencer, D. H. Case, Jonas Clark and Jason Pang- born.
1858-Mayor, Jonas Clark ; Recorder, A. Fellows; Assessor, J. C. Hall ; Marshal, D. W. O'Brien ; Road Supervisor, J. E. Goodenow ; Aldermen, O. D. Cowles, T. Lyman, D. II. Case and H. Farr.
1859-Mayor, S. S. Germond; Recorder, E. J. Holmes ; Assessor, J. C. Hall ; Marshal, D. W. O'Brien ; Aldermen, Z. Livermore, J. H. Allen, P. A. Wolff and D. A. Fletcher.
1860-Mayor, S. S. Germond ; Recorder, E. J. Holmes ; Marshal, D.'W. O'Brien ; Road Supervisor, J. E. Goodenow ; Aldermen, P. Mitchell, L. Cat- lin, R. Perham and William W. Eaton.
1861-Mayor, S. S. Germond ; Recorder, E. J. Holmes; Marshal, J. B. Newton ; Assessor, Z. Livermore ; Road Supervisor, J. P. Eaton ; Aldermen, Lyman Ballard, C. P. Gordon, P. A. Wolff and T. Miller.
1862-Mayor, D. S. Haight; Recorder, E. J. Holmes; Assessor, D. S. Haight; Marshal, J. B. Newton ; Road Supervisor, J. P. Eaton ; Aldermen, Thomas E. Cannell, D. F. House, R. Perham, Charles E. Shattuck and William Blake.
1863 -- Mayor, D. S Haight ; Recorder, J. R. Griffin ; Marshal, Bray Willey ; Assessor, D. S. Haight; Road Supervisor, J. E. Goodenow ; Alder- men, L. Catlin, C. P. Gordon and D. A. Fletcher.
1864-Mayor, Thomas E. Cannell ; Assessor, D. S. Haight ; Marshal, A. M. Morey ; Aldermen, William Blake, William Sears, C. E. Northrop, J. R. Barnes, Henry Sanborn, H. Shellenberger.
1865-Mayor, Thomas E. Cannell ; Recorder, D. A. Fletcher ; Marshal, J. B. Newton; Road Supervisor, Z. Livermore; Aldermen, D. C. Clary, E. R. Woley, C. E. Shattuck, David Wright, H. Shellenberger.
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1866-Mayor, J. J. Woods ; Recorder, D. A. Fletcher ; Assessor, D. S. Haight ; Marshal, P. A. Truax; Road Surpervisor, J. P. Eaton ; Aldermen, James H. Waugh, J. H. Allen, A. E. Tubbs, W. F. McCarron.
1867-Mayor, J. H. Allen ; Treasurer, O. V. Schrader; City Clerk, Will- iam Shrigley ; City Attorney, D. A. Fletcher; Road Supervisor, J. E. Mun- ger ; Marshal, P. A.Truax ; Assessor, D. S. Haight; Aldermen, John Orcutt, M. Murphy, J. E. Goodenow, R. B. Chase, Frank Trout, Dexter Field.
1868-Mayor, J. H. Allen ; Treasurer, M. Murphy ; Clerk, Ed. Darling ; Marshal, P. A. Truax ; Assessor, D. S. Haight ; Supervisor, J. E. Munger ; Aldermen, Asa Delano, H. B. French, T. E. Cannell, S. Williams.
1869-Mayor, J. H. Allen ; Marshal, A. M. Morey ; Treasurer, M. Mur- phey ; Supervisor, J. E. Munger ; City Attorney, S. D. Lyman ; Assessor, D. S. Haight ; Aldermen, A. Wilcox, F. Trout, D. F. House, Harry Farr. 1870-Mayor, J. H. Allen ; Marshal, A. M. Morey ; Treasurer, William Stephens ; Assessor, J. W. Gilfillen ; Aldermen, E. B. Royce, H. B. French, Dexter Field, Austin Monger.
1871-Mayor, B. A. Spencer ; Treasurer, O. Goodenow; Solicitor, F. Amos; Assessor, J. H. Gilfillen ; Marshal, G. B. Heustis ; Aldermen, A. Delano, F. Trout, C. M. Sanborn, A. J. McPeak.
1872-Mayor, Mott Watson ; Treasurer, D. H. Anderson ; Assessor, D. S. Haight ; Aldermen, Stephen Webster, Warren Clark, A. G. Henderson, C. G. Covill, H. Farr and William Mole.
1873-Mayor, T. E. Cannell ; Solicitor, S. D. Lyman ; Treasurer. D. H. Anderson ; Assessor, D. S. Haight ; Aldermen, Pierce Mitchell, John Dostal, A. G. Henderson, William Mole and J. P. Eaton.
1874-Mayor, J. E. Goodenow; Treasurer, D. M. Hubbell ; Assessor, D. S. Haight; Aldermen, J. T. Sargent, T. Trout, C. M. Sanborn and Harry Farr.
1875-Mayor, D. M. Hubbell ; Treasurer, Matt Dalzell; Solicitor, C. M. Dunbar ; Assessor, D. S. Haight ; Aldermen, W. T. Sutton, John Dostal, Thomas Hench and J. P. Eaton.
1876-Mayor, W. M. Stephens ; Treasurer, I. C. Weed ; Assessor, D. S. Haight ; Aldermen, D. S. Haight, P. H. Griffin, P. A. Wolff and E. B. Royce.
1877-Mayor, W. M. Stephens; Treasurer, Thomas Trout; Assessor, D. S. Haight ; Solicitor, F. M. Fort ; Aldermen, I. C. Weed, John Dostal, B. B. Frase and Alexander Organ.
1878-Mayor, S. L. Baker : Treasurer, L. H. Dunham ; Assessor, D. S. Haight; Aldermen, Thomas Hench, M. E. Morse; W. L. Shirgley, King Steear and H. Taubman.
1879-Mayor, Pierce Mitchell; Treasurer, Thomas Trout; Solicitor, A. J. House; Aldermen, Warren S. Clark, John Dostal, C. M. Sanborn and D. H. Collamer.
ANDREW.
As has been already mentioned elsewhere, Andrew is the point chosen by three Commissioners, appointed under the Territorial government, and by them designated as the county seat. This commission located the prospective town on the southeast quarter of Section 22, Township 85, Range 3 east, and gave it the name Andrew, being the given or Christian name of the General and statesman from which the county derived its title.
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Andrew is situated on a gentle eminence, which makes it somewhat conspic- nous, in making the approach from different directions. There is nothing about its locality which would recommend it as a site for a town, save its cen- tral position in the county. The surrounding land is moderately well adapted for farming, and is thickly interspersed with timber, a large portion of which is undergrowth, and not valuable save as fire-wood. The soil is quite sandy ; the country is rough and roads rather difficult to travel, with this redeeming quality -that they are rarely muddy. Good stone quarries in the vicinity furnish superior building-stone, and the principal buildings of the town are of that material.
Andrew has no railroad nor stream near by, nor is there any railroad in early prospect. This difficulty in communicating with other parts of the county has been the fatal blow to the citizens' early hopes, and lost for the town the county seat. A daily stage-line, carrying United States mail and passengers, connects .Maquoketa with Bellevue, by way of Andrew. Three times per week a stage carries mail from Andrew to Dubuque, stopping at Cottonville, Lamotte, and other intermediate points.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
The quarter-section chosen as the site of Andrew was claimed by one John Hendley in 1837, and, in 1838, was by him sold to Ithel Corbett. It was the law, in the organization of counties, that each county might enter a quarter- section of land as a county seat ; yet this did not dispose of the settler's claim, which, of course, was a matter in equity. However, Corbett sold his claim upon this land for a nominal sum, which was duly entered by the county.
First, the town was surveyed, the surveyors beginning by laying out a pub- lic square not far from the center, and then platting other blocks surrounding that. After the plat was complete, a number of the lots were put up at auction by the County Commissioners, and by them sold to the highest bidder. The remainder of the town was sold to the firm of Brigg & Francis.
The first house upon the plat of Andrew was the one built in 1837 by John Hendley, and stood almost opposite what is yet called the Stone Court House.
The first Court House was a log structure built by the citizens of Andrew and vicinity. It was in size about 30x40 feet, and was located on the present post office site, a short distance north of the Public Square. This was used as a Court House until the county seat was removed to Bellevue in 1848, and has since been torn down to be converted into a stable.
The first jail in Andrew was made of hewn logs in floor, walls and ceiling. Above the ceiling was an attic and in the middle of the attic floor a trap-door. When prisoners were to be imprisoned they were taken into the attic, required to descend through the trap-door by a ladder into the jail and the ladder then removed by the keeper. No other entrance was made to this jail, which answered the purposes of the county until 1847. Its site was near where Daudel's wagon-shop now stands.
The first frame house upon the town plat was built by John Francis, after the county seat had been located in Andrew, and rented as a grocery-not a green-grocery, but a grocery where liquors were on tap by the half-pint or ten- gallon keg. Nothing short of a half-pint of " old rye" was considered a drink in those days.
The first stores were by Samuel Jennings and Messrs. Briggs & Fenn. These last two merchants have since been Governor of Iowa and United States Representative, respectively.
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The first post office was located in Andrew a few months after it was made the county seat, being on the mail route then owned by Ansel Briggs, between Davenport and Dubuque. Thomas Marshall was the first Postmaster.
The first resident physician was Dr. M. H. Clark.
The first church organization was that of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and theirs was the first church building erected, built in 1849.
The first school in Andrew was kept by S. S. Fenn, in the court-room, in the winter of 1841-42. This was a subscription school, at which all the sur- rounding youths might be instructed at the sum of $2.25 per quarter of thirteen weeks. The first public school was taught by one Mrs. Garretson, in a frame school building erected by the citizens on the ground where William Pollock's residence now stands.
The first hotel was built here about 1842, by Ithel Corbett, and by him subsequently rented to P. B. Bradley. The present Franklin House was built in 1845, by Messrs. Trout & Simmons. It was first rented by Alf Clark, and subsequently by Mrs. Carpenter.
Of the settlers who resided in and about Andrew at the time it was located, we are informed there are but two remaining in the county now living, viz., Nathaniel Butterworth and Widow Courtney.
TOWN ORGANIZATION.
The first records we have of a town organization occur in December, 1863, at which time J. H. Smith was elected first Mayor. The minutes of the Com- mon Council do not reveal much business as transacted for a number of years, save the enacting of ordinances and the regulating of sidewalks.
In 1864-65, the presence of smallpox in the vicinity of Andrew was the occasion of considerable excitement, and we find the Council threatening with a fine of $75 and thirty days' imprisonment any one exposed to the disease who should appear in public : also all public gatherings, concerts, etc., except churches, were forbidden until the danger from contagion was past. Again, in 1869, smallpox appeared in the town itself, and precautionary measures were then taken even to fencing the streets to prevent its spread. It did not become epidemic in either case.
An amusing resolution appears.on this minute-book in 1864, which illus- trates the faith of this first Town Council in moral suasion as a remedy for intemperance. A motion was made and carried that Sheriff Watkins and Henry Todd " be appointed a committee to see Dr. Johnson and talk to him about getting intoxicated."
In October, 1865, a resolution was passed providing that all meat-markets within the town limits should pay $10 per year license into the town treasury.
Owing to some technicality or flaw in the passage of ordinances, it was nec- essary, in 1876, for the Council to pass all ordinances anew.
At the expense of the town, was placed near the corner of the public square a public well. This well is four inches bore, and is 102 feet deep, being 65. feet through the solid limestone rock. The pump is operated by a wind-mill, and furnishes a never-failing supply of water for general use. Originally, in and around Andrew, a good supply of water could be reached at forty or fifty feet, on top of the rock; but of late years, it has become necessary to drill some feet into the rock, and one well in the vicinity was carried to the depth of 240 feet before striking a supply of water. These deep wells are usually operated by force-pumps with cylinder at the bottom of the well.
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