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The monthly pay roll on the Northwestern has been as high as $60,000 a month, and last year for three months it had an extra pay roll of $800 a day. The normal pay roll monthly on the Northwestern is about $42,000 and on the "Q" about $20,000, making the monthly pay roll on the two roads about $62,000 or about $744,000, or close to threc-quarters of a million dollars annually. It will therefore be seen that after all is written about the various and varied factories and their pay roll, the greatest factors in the two cities are the railroads. They employ more men and have annually a larger pay roll than any other institution.
THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL.
As this strong road skirts only the western edge of the county, striking the Mississippi at Savanna, as it comes from the lakes, and crossing the North- western at Fulton, then following the river to Rock Island, it is not a heavy factor in the commercial interests of Whiteside. It gives Albany communica- tion with the world, but there are only two trains a day, one from the north at ten, the other from the south at four. The small station at Fulton is in the eastern end of the city at the intersection of the Northwestern, but the trains of the latter stop only at their own station further west.
MONTMORENCY.
And as-I read, I hear the crowing cock, I hear the note Of lark and linnet, and from every page, Rise odors of plowed field or flowery mead .- Longfellow.
This is one of our purely inland townships, no river, no railroad, but one wide stretch of farms and cottages. How did it get its name? Ustick, for instance, is after an early settler, Erie from the lake, Mt. Pleasant for its situation, but Montmorency is French, and the first cmigrants were Yankees. It certainly has one merit, it is musical, which cannot be said of Oshkosh.
The main road from Rock Falls southward is known as the Golder road from Alonzo Golder, who opened a large farm in 1856, and became a repre-
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sentative citizen, but in later years retiring to Sterling. Here was the second school building called the Banes schoolhouse, a central place for meetings of various kinds and religious services. In the third schoolhouse in the Mc- Whorter district, Capt. W. C. Robinson, afterwards in the war, taught in the winter of 1860.
Two early roads. One a trail from Dixon to Green river, northeast to southwest. The other was the stage route from Dixon to Rock Island. A familiar landmark was the "Lone Tree," a honey locust, blown down in Camanche tornado of 1860. The first regular rail, laid out in 1854, runs east and west through the town.
On this Golder road is a small white frame structure with the inscrip- tion above the door, M. W. A. Camp 1912, 1896. North of this you come to
THE CEMETERY.
Beneath these rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a molding heap, · Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Most of the tombs bear dates since 1866. Among the older names are Cornelius Bachellor, 1829-1899. George Murray, 1815-1881. Elizabeth Mur- ray, 1820-1892. Elizabeth Foster, 1798-1877. Alonzo Golder, 1807-1895. George W. Curtis, 1822-1902. (This name recalls the celebrated editor of Harper's Weekly.) Hullinger, 1820-1897. Then there are Doty, Fitch, Blanchard, Stevens, Ward, Frank, Sawyer. Of the soldiers we noticed G. B. Reynolds, 1841-1887. Francis Brown, 1872. P. C. Woods, 1880, aged 59. Elijah L. Halsted, 1885, aged 42. Faded flags were drooping over the graves, but some of them had no details of companies, regiments, or battles. This is a satisfaction to the visitor, and is a memorial due the brave boys sleeping beneath.
Within a generation the country has made a remarkable improvement. The primitive buildings have given way to modern dwellings with large barns, hay sheds, and all the smaller structures necessary to convenience and com- fort. Some of our prosperous farms today look like a small village. Dwell- ings generally white, barns red, which is a durable color, warm in winter, and showy in appearance. Soil a black loam with here and there a mixture of sand, which makes heavy travel on the roads. This has been remedied in many places by gravel and embankment. Ditching has been of vast benefit to many sections of the township.
The common roads through Montmorency and Hume cross the feeder of the Hennepin canal by means of high steel bridges, approached by long embankments. They are visible afar, and make graceful landmarks.
Corn is king. On both sides of the roads a sea of yellow stalks. Hogs and cattle in the meadows, poultry in the barnyards.
A PERSONAL NARRATIVE.
The writer had an interview with Luman Kakeman, one of the last of Montmorency's pioneers. He came from the banks of the Hudson in 1854,
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buying land south of Asa Scott in 1859, the only pioneer then in the town- ship. The only Indian trail up and down the valley was traveled in the time of California gold excitement, and some days one hundred teams passed along. On the road between Sterling and Prophetstown, George Richmond is the last of the men of 1859. Where the busy town of Roek Falls now is, he eould have bought the land at $15 per acre. Near that Lone Tree there was once a graveyard, called the Lone Tree Cemetery, but the friends of the dead moved away, and the bodies were never removed. The land in Hume south of his place was unoceupied for many years.
The most active secret order in the township is the Mystics. At the annual meeting in December, 1907, the following officers were elected :
Prefix-Samuel May.
Seeretary-Frank Ashling.
Banker-William Ashling.
Marshal-Mrs. John Sehaff.
Warder-Theodore Frank.
Sentinel-Matthias Grennan.
Supervisor for three years-Cyrus Dellenteen.
One of the diversions occasionally is a poverty ball. In order to gain admittance it will be necessary for all guests to be attired in rags and tags. Good clothes will not be tolerated.
To indicate the interest taken in the subject of transportation in these rural districts, this item clipped from a eounty paper is suggestive:
Twenty-two farmers in the town of Montmorency have been hauling crushed rock for grading and making hard roads in their town. It is expen- sive as the material has to be hauled several miles, but the campaign for good roads is worth pushing.
LETTER FROM A LADY.
Dear Sir: In reply to your request to furnish you with a few facts that exist in Montmoreney, I will say that we have six public schools. The buildings are frame buildings, and are in good condition. We employ six teachers at an · average of forty-five dollars per month. Each school has a library and such days as Arbor Day, Flag Day, Decoration Day, and Lincoln and Washington days are observed. From these schools are many of the prominent teachers of the county. We have at the present time a student at Urbana who is head- ing the Junior Class in Botany and Medical Science. There are two Sunday sehools and a Home Department Class of twenty members. There is preach- ing at the Banes Sunday school of the Methodist Denomination. There is a Woodman Hall, and Camp No. 19 hold regular meetings. The Mystie Work- ers lodge, No. 104 also meet at this hall. This township has twenty-three steel bridges which span its drainage ditches, which have been the means of greatly advancing the value of the land in this township.
There is a number of W. C. T. U. workers here, and a number of young people who have taken part in medal contests.
Hoping some of these facts will be a benefit to you, I am,
Yours Respectfully,
MIRS. ELIZA FRANK.
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FAMILIAR FACES OF PIONEERS.
A face with gladness overspread, Soft smiles by human kindness bred !- Wordsworth.
As the writer's residence in Whiteside dates from 1856, he often met many of the carly settlers on the street. Alonza Golder after coming to Ster- ling was dignified as Judge. Hc was a thick-set man, good-humored countc- nance, and plain in his manners. Hc formed partnership with his son in the lumber and coal trade. His daughter was married to Moses Dillon, long in the elevator business, now in New York. The Judge was a member of the Congregational church, and an estimable citizen in all the relations of life.
Another was Nathan Williams, who, when the writer first knew him, was engaged in a dry goods store, but after three years left Sterling, and devoted his energies to a large farm of 640 acres in Montmorency. In 1871 he was elected to the legislature as representative, serving two years. Faithful to his constituents. To him the writer is indebted for a complete sct of the Geo- logical Survey of Illinois, under direction of A. H. Worthen. A third was C. C. Buell, the best educated of all the circle, valedictorian at Madison Uni- versity, New York. An illustrious record as professor, quartermaster in the Civil war, principal of Second Ward school in Sterling, influential as farmer and dairyman. Mr. Buell was a good writer, ready speaker, and well equipped for the intellectual or commercial affairs of the community.
Asa Scott, who made that peculiar boat trip from Ohio to Como in 1839, where he remained until 1847, when he purchased a farm in this township, had sixteen children, putting him in the class with Susanna Wesley, mother of the famous Methodist founder. Asa's carly experience was full of all sorts of hardship. Tyler McWhorter's name was familiar to the citizens of the county, as he was supervisor and member of the legislature. He came in 1854 from Indiana. His widow resides in Sterling. A. A. Church is best known as a raiser of improved stock. IIerman Sterling removed to Sterling, and then to California. Henry M. Barnum is now in Sterling. In fact, nearly all of Montmorency's older people are gonc. Another generation have taken up their work.
WHITESIDE SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
People and realms of every tongue, Dwell on his love with sweetest song, And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name .- Watts.
No cause has more loyal, efficient, untiring .workers than the men and women in the Sunday school movement. A pure and disinterested service, so refreshing in this age of graft and selfishness. The children are the hope of the country, and they should be brought up in the ways of righteousness. When time-servers are forgotten, they that turn many to holiness, shall shine as the stars forever and ever.
The first County S. S. convention was held in Morrison, Dec. 11-12, 1876.
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Rev. D. E. Wells was chosen moderator, and Payson Trask, secretary. State _ Secretary, E. Payson Porter gave an address, Saving of the World. Fourteen townships of twenty-two were represented. D. J. Jenne, Sterling, president ; Payson Trask, Fulton, secretary, H. C. Donaldson, Morrison, statistical secretary, were chosen for the ensuing year. The next convention met in Farwell Hall, Sterling, May 7, 1877. The report showed 52 schools, and 5,430 scholars. The next year the meeting was in the Presbyterian church, Fulton, May, 1878. April 29, 1879, saw the convention in the Presbyterian church at Morrison. Rev. E. Brown was one of the speak- ers. The next time in the Congregational church, Sterling, May 4, 1880. The report gave 75 schools and 6,404 scholars. Fulton M. E. church had the following session, Dec. 13, 1881. At the next convention in Morrison Baptist church, Dec. 7, 1882, there werc 64 schools reported with a membership of 5,160. Jenne, Trask, and Donaldson, after a faithful service of seven years retired, and C. W. Sholes, Morrison, president; Joseph B. Kearns, Garden Plain, sec .; and G. P. Perry, Sterling, treasurer, succeeded. At the convention in M. E. church, Sterling, Oct. 31, 1883, W. B. Jacobs gave an address on The Truc Object of Our Work, and How to Accomplish It. Forty dollars was appropriated for the state fund. Next in Morrison, Presbyterian church, Nov. 11, 1884. Erie had the next meeting, in M. E. church, Nov. 2, 1885, and the officers elected were: Pres., Dr. Donaldson; I. M. Phillips, v. pres .; G. P. Perry, treas; rec. sec., B. T. St. John. Oct. 21, 1886, saw the convention in Fulton, Oct. 25, 1887, in Cong. church, Rock Falls, Dec. 22, 1888, in Morrison, Nov. 21, 1889, in Fulton, Nov. 20, 1890, in Sterling, Nov. 19, 1891, in Mor- rison, Nov. 1, 1892, in Fulton, Sept. 20, 1893 in Prophetstown, Nov. 13, 1894, in Rock Falls, Oct. 1, 1895, Erie, Nov. 21, 1896, Morrison, Nov. 9, 1897, Sterling, Nov. 9, 1898, Prophetstown, Nov. 7, 1899, Rock Falls, Nov. 20, 1900, Morrison. Rev. Henry Moser, Mary Foster Bryner, and W. B. Jacobs were present. The silver anniversary was observed, 1876-1900, to commemorate the first convention, which was held also in Morrison. Among those present then were W. F. Eastman, Overholser, Tuttle, Payne, Mrs. Hamilton, R. Aldritt, L. E. Mathews, Mrs. Woodruff. At the meeting in Fulton, 1901, Nov. 12, I. M. Phillips was pres. and S. A. Maxwell, secretary. The convention met in Sterling, Nov. 11, 1902, in Oct. 29, 1903, at Erie, Nov. 3, 1904, Presbyterian church, Albany, Nov. 2, 1905, in M. E. church, Tampico, Sept. 20, 1906, in M. E. church, Rock Falls, Sept. 26, 1907, at Morrison.
COUNTY OFFICERS FOR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT.
President, George W. Welch, Sterling. Vice-President, C. E. Ackerman, Morrison. Recording Secretary, George A. Potter, Erie. Statistical Secretary, Theodore Trouth, Sterling. Treasurer, I. D. Woodford, Morrison.
Normal Superintendent, George P. Perry, Sterling. Primary Superintendent, Miss Fanny Riggs, Morrison. Temperance Secretary, Rev. J. Burch, Fulton.
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Home Dept. Secretary (Northern District), Mrs. Lizzie Detweiler, Ster- ling.
Home Dept. Secretary (Southern District), Mrs. Eliza Frank, Rock Falls. DISTRICT SECRETARIES.
District No. 1-Hugh Miller, Sterling; Jordan, Sterling, Coloma, Genesee and Hopkins.
District No. 2-Frank Milligan, Tampico; Montmorency, Halınaman, Hume and Tampico.
District No. 3-M. I. Fadden, Lyndon ; Clyde, Mt. Pleasant and Lyndon.
District No. 4-W. W. Watson, Morrison, Ustick, Union Grove and Fenton.
District No. 5-Dr. L. Barber, Fulton; Fulton, Garden Plain, Newton and Albany.
District No. 6-Frank Cleaveland, Prophetstown; Erie, Prophetstown and Portland.
As will be noticed, the conventions have been changed in place every year so that an interest may be aroused in every section of the county. The plan ' has proved successful, and in every town the convention is the enthusiastic event of the week. Good singing, addresses by prominent educators, discus- sions that appeal to teachers and people. Today Whiteside has every town- ship organized, and is the banner and star county in the state for S. S. work.
LARGEST SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN COUNTY.
Fourth St. M. E., Sterling. 482
St. John's Lutheran, Sterling 412
Dutch Reformed, Fulton 323
Congregational, Sterling 308
In the county the total:
Sunday School Enrollment 8171
Home Department 570
Cradle Roll 507
Grand Total 9248
There are 936 officers and teachers, and the amount contributed for state work is $165.
Theodore Trouth, Sterling, statistical secretary, who has furnished much of the material for this sketch, and is himself a pioneer in the movement, has given the writer a long list of the worthy men and women who freely gave their time and talents to the cause. Among the wheelhorses are James P. Overholser, I. M. Phillips, George P. Perry, G. W. Olmstead, H. K. Hostetter, J. K. Chester, N. G. Van Sant, Hugh Miller. For twenty years Perry has con- ducted every winter a training class in Sterling, in which are presented the best methods of teacher training.
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TAMPICO.
I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou callest its children a happy band; Mother, oh, where is that radiant shore? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more? Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise,
And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ?- Mrs. Hemans.
Tampico sounds like Mexico, and calls up suggestions of dates and palms, but it is not so far south, althoughi on the southernmost tier of our townships. If you leave Sterling in the morning at seven on the Burlington, change at Denrock, and take the train on the Mendota branch, you will reach Tampico at nine. As you alight at the station, the first object that catches the cye is the soldiers' monument on a small triangular plaza in Spanish. It is made of granite, seventeen feet to the head of the infantry soldier on the summit. On each of the four sides, these stirring names, Pea Ridge, Resaca, Atlanta, Gettysburg. Below, El Caney, Guayama, of the Spanish-American War. Also, the inscription, This stone is a reminder of the cost and value of the Union of the States, 1861-1865. Erccted by the G. A. R., W. R. C., and loyal citi- zens. It cost about $700. A handsome ornament, and in a place where it appeals to the traveler to pause and think.
Every place has its great name that shades all others. In Chicago it was Marshall Field, in Philadelphia it is John Wanamaker. In Tampico it is John W. Glassburn. Theodore Parker once asked a stranger visiting in Boston if he had seen George Ticknor, the Spanish historian. "No," replied the man. "Well," said Parker, "you might as well visit hell, and not see the devil, as come to Boston, and miss Ticknor." Mr. Glassburn is called the father of Tampico, and is today its prominent citizen. He came to Whiteside in 1856, and laid out his farm in 1861 where the town now stands. He paid $7.50 per acre for the land. He is a man of solid frame, and a hopeful expression that promises many more years of activity.
On the Main street which runs north and south, and Market street, east and west, there are forty business houses, stores, restaurants, shops. On a cor- ner is the Tampico Bank, established in 1882. J. W. Glassburn is president, A. T. Glassburn vice-pres., and A. C. Glassburn and T. A. Curnow, assistant. cashiers. Chicago, New York and foreign exchange bought and sold. The Pitney House is kept by O. D. Pitney, an old timer, who came in 1866 when there were more frogs and wild ducks than good citizens in Tampico. He came originally from Ashtabula, Ohio, and has reminiscences of Joshua R. Gid- dings, James A. Garfield, and the worthies of that heroic district. He is "mine- host" of the novels, who sits down in the common room, and chats with his- guests.
Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, '-
And news much older than their ale went round.
Simpson's lumber yard is the largest of that business, one of twenty or thirty branches in different cities, and near is Legg's poultry house, shipping.
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chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, chiefly to Boston market. A good point for fowls, Tampico in this respect ranking second in the list, Polo standing first, and Sterling third for the supply of barnyard roasts.
Tampico Tornado is the name of the forceful journal that faithfully car- ries forward the various interests of the community. George Isherwood, a practical printer, an aggressive and intelligent young man, is editor and pro- prietor. For the benefit of foreign advertisers, he has a standing bulletin at the head of a column that sets forth the claims of the town at a glance: 1
TAMPICO, ILLINOIS.
Tampico is located in southern Whiteside County, on the Burlington Ry., 24 miles southeast of Morrison, the county seat, in one of the best farming sec- tions of Illinois. It has a population of 1,500 and is a model little city of neat, comfortable homes and is a very desirable residence place. The citizens are progressive and alive to the signs of the times. Its religious interests are well cared for by the Methodist, Catholic, Christian and Baptist churches, while the public schools are excellent, well conducted and largely attended. It is lighted by electricity and is one of the best grain and live stock markets in this lati- tude. Tampico has a bank, two elevators, two lumber yards, cement works, feed mill, two poultry and egg houses, newspaper, and two hotels. All other lines of business are represented by wide-awake business men and it is a fine trading point.
The Tornado was established in 1876 by C. F. Gifford, who published it until seven years ago, when it was sold to A. D. Hill, who in turn transferred to Mr. Isherwood. One of the oldest weeklies in the county.
· THE CHURCHES.
The Baptist was organized about 30 years ago, and has a membership of one hundred and a Sunday school of 120. Numerous societies, The Young People, Ladies' Aid, Cradle Roll, and two stirring associations, the Baracas and Philatheas, who planned a program to solemnize the leave-taking of Rev. Mr. Wright and family, whose ministrations during eight years closing in 1908 were productive of so much pleasure and profit. The public reception at the church called out a large audience of parishioners and friends. F. B. Thomas presented the retiring pastor and wife a box of silverware, which was accepted by Mr. Wright in a feeling speech, alluding to the cordial relations about to be severed.
The Christian church has had a rapid growth as it was organized only in October, 1900. There is a membership of 96, a Sunday school of one hun- dred, a Young People's Union of 43, with Ladies' Aid and other societies. Rev. Guy L. Zerby is pastor, and occasionally fills engagements in evangelistic work.
The Methodist is doubtless the largest church in the place, with 250 members, a Sunday school of 150, two Ladies' Aid, Epworth League, Junior League, Men's Club. Rev. James Potter, pastor, has had charges at Walnut and Albany. He pursued his studies at the Northwestern University. At
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one time, Tampico was on the Spring Hill and Yorktown circuit, but in 1871, the members decided to be independent, and in 1872 erected a building. This was destroyed by the tornado of June, 1874, and in 1875 the present building was completed, at a cost of $2,500.
St. Mary's Catholic church is the most costly and imposing in Tampico, perhaps in the county. Only completed in October, 1907. It is constructed of a beautiful brick, with a lofty spire containing two bells, the interior richly finished in hard wood, stained glass windows and paintings in the highest style of art, heated by hot water. The parish was organized in 1875, and at first in connection with Sheffield had the ministrations of the same priest. But for nearly thirty years Tampico has supported its own rector. McGuire was first resident priest, followed by Weber, Sullivan, and others. The present pastor, Rev. L. X. Du Four, in his fourth year, is popular with all classes, Catholic and Protestant. A saintly name. X stands for Xavier, the devoted apostle to the Indies. Du Four was ordained at Philadelphia in 1882, and has been professor and preacher. The membership of St. Mary's consists of one hundred families. The parsonage is a neat frame, south of the church. A short distance to the north is the cemetery. In the center on a high wooden cross hangs the body of the Savior.
Was it for crimes that I have done, He groaned upon the tree ? Amazing pity! grace unknown! And love beyond degree.
As may be expected, the names on the tombstones speak of the Emerald Isle : Sheehan, Murphy, Leahy, McGuire, Tierman, Conroy, Power, Curran. Any relative of Tyrone Power, the Irish comedian, lost in the steamship Presi- dent 1840? Any relative of John Philpot Curran, the noted Irish orator? Let us keep track of our great kindred. Here is the monument of Mary A. Ford, 1816-1896. "May her soul rest in peace. Amen." On the same is the name of Peter Ford, her husband, laid by her side in 1907, the oldest man who ever lived in the county, an account of whose life will be found in Deer Grove. The memorials are chiefly granite, and display good taste.
ST. MARY'S LARGEST CLASS.
On Sunday morning in January, 1908, a class of over ninety children were confirmed by Archbishop Quigley of Chicago, the confirmation occurring at the 8 o'clock mass. The services were extremely solemn and impressive and were witnessed by a very large congregation, there being many who were unable to gain admission to the church. A throne was erected at the right of the sanctuary for the bishop. The altar was prettily. decorated with flowers and plants and presented a very pretty appearance.
The class was the largest in the history of the Tampico parish. The girls were adorned in pretty gowns of white and the boys wore bouquets of flowers in their coat lapels. Father L. X. DuFour, who has charge of the parish, is o be congratulated on securing the large class and the very successful service.
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THE SCHOOL.
Like our other towns, Tampico takes pride in the education of her chil- dren. In the two-story building there are eleven grades under the direction of the following efficient corps of teachers: Miss Edna Allen, first primary ; Miss Grace Booth, second primary ; Mrs. Jennie Maxwell, intermediate; Mr. L. W. Denison, grammar; Mr. T. J. Haney, high school. Mr. Denison, one of the most successful and efficient teachers in Whiteside, is now filling his thir- teenth year in the school. He is a capable supervisor of grade work, and a useful citizen everywhere. The principal, T. J. Haney, is a Hoosier, and after teaching country schools for seven years, studied two years at Eureka college, and after graduating at State Normal at Carbondale, took post-graduate work at Indiana State Normal and University of Illinois. After eight years as principal in various towns, he assumed his present position in 1903. In 1900 he passed the state examination, and holds a life certificate. The members of the school board are Frank Davis, president, O. D. Olson, clerk, and Bert Meredith. There is a three years' high school course adopted upon the recom- mendation of the state university. In the first year, English, arithmetic and algebra, physiology and Latin. In the second year, English, algebra, English history and Latin. In the third, English, geometry, physics, civics, and American history. English, as will be noted, runs through the whole course." This is sensible, as readiness to speak and write correctly is of the first import- ance.
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