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The Fifth Ward Building Society was incorpo . rated December, 1877. The capital stock of the society is two hundred thousand dollars divided into four thousand shares of fifty dollars each. The names of the incorporators are as follows : Rudolph Schiffman, Frederick Sturnegk, Louis E. Hauser, Bertram Scheffer, William S. Moore,
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George W. Freeman, HI, W. Grube, Richard McCarrick, Joseph Armbruster, Melchoir Wild, Andrew Schoch, Henry Gotzian, Octavius E. Terry, Cristoffer Hoff, Thomas Swansson. The first board of directors was formed by the incor- porators as named above. First officers, Rudolph Schiffman, president; Frederick Sturnegk, vice- president ; Louis E. Hauser, secretary ; Bertram Scheffer, treasurer ; William S. Moore, attorney. Present officers, Frederick Sturnegk, president ; Otto Dreher, vice-president ; Bertram Scheffer, treasurer ; Louis E. Hauser, secretary ; William S. Moore, attorney.
State Building Association, of St. Paul, was organized April 4th, 1878. Capital stock, $500,- 000, divided in 10,000 shares, of $50.00 each. The first board of directors was C. W. Griggs, A. Holterhoff, F. Willius, F. W. Finck, A. V. Tee- ple, L. Mendal, E. Corning, A. Gotzian, L. War- ner, J. P. Allen, M. W. Fitzgerald, C. W. Miller, E. L. Shackford, Walter Butler, Walter H. San- born. First officers: C. W. Griggs, president; A. Holterhoff, vice president; A. V. Teeple, sec- retary; F. W. Finck, treasurer; W. H. Sanborn, attorney. Present officers are the same as first, except treasurer; L. Fischer, Jr., in place of F. W. Finck.
The Mechanics Building society was incorpo- rated May, 1878. The names of the incorporators are as follows: I. F. A. Studdart, Jos. J. Beau- mont, Bertram Scheffer, Wm. S. Moore, Louis E. Hauser, Frederick W. Dohn, Geo. W. Robertson, Chas. B. Shanley, Henry Meyerding, Henry Jen- sen, Frederick De.Haas, William F. Von Deyn, Charles F. Pusch, John Mark, F. A. Cariveau. First officers: I. F. A. Studdart, president; Jos. J. Beaumont, vice president; Louis E. Hauser, sec- retary; Bertram Scheffer, treasurer; William S. Moore, attorney. The present officers are: I. F. A. Studdart, president; Geo. W. Robertson, vice president; Bertram Scheffer, treasurer; Louis E. Hauser, secretary; Wm. S. Moore, attorney.
Railway Loan Association, of St. Paul, incor- porated December 22d, 1879. First officers: John F. Lincoln, president, E. T. Williams, vice-pres- ident, O. E. Terry, secretary, G. Willius treas- urer, A. V. Teeple, attorney; directors, F. R. De- lano, James C. Morrison, Geo. II. Brown, D. D. Merrill, R. M. Newport, Geo. L. Becker, Ed- mund Rice, Jr., W. II. II. Johnson, John A.
Berkey, A. R. Kiefer. Present officers: E. T. Williams, president, D. D. Merrill, vice-president, E. Rice, Jr., secretary, G. Willius, treasurer, A. V. Teeple, attorney.
Building and Loan Society, of St. Paul, was in- corporated May 17th, 1880. Names of incorpor- ators are: Theodore Sander, A. Moore, Wm. Louis Kelly, Albert Scheffer, H. C. Sachse, Fred von Baumbach, Frank Schliek, David Ramaley, Theo. Brennen, Robert M. Bell, Paul Engels, Chas. Wallblom, John M. Carlson, Theo. E. Frost, Charles II. Perry. Officers: A. Moore, president, Chas. Wallblom, vice-president, Theo. Sander, secretary, Albert Scheffer, treasurer, Wm. Louis Kelly, attorney.
Real Estate and Building Society, of St. Paul, was incorporated May 17th, 1880. Directors: II. N. Hodgman, G. F. Kuhles, Robt. Seeger, James M. Lynch, R. F. Marvin, W. T. Rich, M. P. Ryan; Lucien Warner president, Theo. L. Schur- meir, vice-president, A. V. Teeple, secretary, D. E. Fogarty, treasurer, Geo. J. Flint, attorney.
The Protestant Orphan Asylum was organized May, 1865, for the care of protestant orphans and destitute children, and in the fall of the same year, property for an asylum on the corner of Western and Marshall Avenues was purchased, and the institution opened with six children as inmates, which in 1878, had grown to a family of forty-four persons. In 1872 a more commodious house was secured, then deemed sufficiently ex- tensive for the needs of many years, but the num- ber seeking the aid of the asylum was so large, that they were obliged to enlarge the building. The present is a very fine stone building, large enough for present demands, located on Stewart Avenue. The house and grounds were purchased from a gentlemen who formerly occupied it as a summer residence; there are twenty-five acres of land belonging to the place, a beautiful grove of trees back of the house, making a delightful play- ground for the children, of whom there are at present thirty, twenty boys and ten girls. There is a good school connected with the institution in which the common branches of education are taught. Religious services under the charge of the different protestant clergymen of our city are held Sunday afternoons at the asylum. The children are cared for until they are old enoughi to take care of themselves, and then good places
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are provided for them, unless they are previously adopted by some good family. It is supported partially by the city, which gives the asylum $2,- 000 per year; the balance is raised by private sub- scription, cash donations, excursions and etc. The health of the children seems to be good, they get plenty of out-door exercise, having plenty of time allowed them for play, the girls are taught se wing and general honse-keeping, the boys do various little jobs, such as working in the garden, bringing up wood, feeding the chickens and other light work which they perform cheerfully. The first officers, Mrs. Horace Thompson, president; Mrs. G. A. Hamilton, vice- president; Mrs. E. F. Drake, treasurer; Mrs. C. W. Griggs, secretary. Board of managers, Mrs. Col. Morton, Mrs. A. G. Foster, Mrs. G. P. Jackson, Mrs. Dr. Conn, Mrs. Horace Thompson, Mrs. E. F. Drake, Mrs. G. A. Hamilton, Mrs. A. H. Wilder, Mrs. S. B. McConnell, Mrs. D. R. Noyes, Miss E. M. Terry, Mrs. C. W. Griggs, Miss Emma Seibert, matron; Miss Stone, teacher; Dr. C. G. Higbee, physician. Present officers, Mrs. Horace Thompson, presi- dent; Mrs. G. A. Hamilton, vice-president; Mrs. E. F. Drake, treasurer; Mrs. C. W. Griggs, sec- retary. Board of managers, Mrs. Merriam, Mrs. G. P. Jacobs, Mrs. H. Thompson, Mrs. G. A. Hamilton, Mrs. S. B. McConnell, Mrs. Dr. Met- tech. Mrs. A. G. Foster, Mrs. Weide, Mrs. E. F. Drake, Mrs. Mershel, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. G. W. Griggs, Mrs. S. A. Smith, matron; Dr. C. G. Higbee, physician; Miss White, teacher.
The Catholic Orphan Asylum was established in September, 1859, on Bench street. In August, of 1863, it was removed to St. Joseph's hospital, and was combined with that institution until May, 1869, when the present site, on Olive street, was purchased. Both male and female were ad- mitted until April, 1878, when a branch house for boys, was opened in Minneapolis. Since its or- ganization, 611 children have been received into the asylum, and cared for until withdrawn by rela- tives, or provided with good homes. . It is sup- ported entirely by charitable contributions. It is under the charge of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and is governed by a board of directors. The mem- bers of the board are as follows: Rt. Rev. T. L. Grace, president, Rt. Rev. Jolin Ireland, first vice- president, Mark Costello, second vice-president, J. G. Donally, treasurer, T. A. Prendergast, sec-
retary, Sister Seraphine, superioress. The asy- lum is located on Grove, corner Olive streets.
Home for the Friendless Association. This association was organized May 26th, 1867, under the name of the Ladies Christian Union. The officers of the society were: Mrs. D. W. Inger- soll, president, Mrs. F. A. Noble, Mrs. G. W. Hamilton, Mrs. D. Cobb, vice-presidents; Mrs. A. J. Rulifson, corresponding secretary, Mrs. C. D. Strong, recording secretary, Mrs. William Wakefield, treasurer, with a board of managers consisting of thirty-six ladies, being three from each of the twelve churches represented. In January, 1869, a home was established on Walnut street, which existed only a few mouths. In the same year a new constitution was adopted, and the name changed to the Ladies Relief Associa- tion, of St. Paul, Minnesota. In May, 1859, the property known as the Collins place, situated on Collins Avenue, was purchased, and the home for the friendless was established in its present loca- tion, just two years from the organization of the society. The next three years were years of solid work. Five hundred and sixty-five dollars were paid on taking possession of the home, $1,191 May 1st, 1870, $1,121 May 1st, 1871, $786 May 1st, 1872, which paid in full for the property. Besides this, the current expenses of the institn- tion were promptly met. For the years 1870 to 1876, inclusive, the average has been forty- two each year. The Ladies Relief association procured a charter and became an incorporated body in April, 1870. . In 1877 the name was changed from Ladies Relief asociation to the Home of the Friendless association, of St. Paul, which was done by a special act of the legisla- ture. The affairs of the household are managed by the matron, Mrs. Smiley, who has had charge of the home since 1871. The object of the home is to provide temporary shelter for destitute women and children, and to assist those who are able to work, to find places where they can sup- port themselves. Present officers: Mrs, Pascal Smith, president; Mrs. Emily H, Miller, vice- president, Miss Kate W. Nichols, secretary, Mrs. Mary C. Flag, treasurer. Number of inmates at present, fifteen.
Board of directors of alms house and hospital, Ramsey county, organized July 22d, 1872, first meeting held consisting of C. H, Schurmeier,
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Thomas Grace and Lorenzo Hoyt ; clerk William Welch. April 10th, 1873, William Lindeke suc- ceeds Schurmeier, deceased. June 4th, 1874, H. J. Brainard succeeds L. Hoyt. May 24, 1877, B. Michel succeeds William Lindeke. June 21, 1877, William Freeman succeeds H. J. Brainard. Jan- nary 13th, 1881, Jacob Heck succeeds B. Michel. Present board, Heck, Grace and Freeman, clerk, Welch. City and county physicians-Drs. Smith and IIand from 1872; Dr. Mattocks succeeds, September, 1877. December 15th, 1880, Drs. Stewart and Wheaton succeed Dr. Mattocks. Nicholas Unton, superintendent of alms house from 1873, and Nic. Pothen succeeds him, Feb- ruary 1st, 1873. D. C. McGrath succeeds Pothen, February 1st, 1881. Mrs. Craig serves as nurse at pest house, from May 1st, 1873, and then ap- pointed matron at hospital, up to September, 1875, when Mrs. Thompson succeeds her as matron at hospital.
Year ending July 31st, 1873, number of paupers receiving permanent relief, number of families, 166, aggregate number of persons, 586 ; number of paupers receiving temporary relief, 30 families, aggregate number of persons, 124. July 31st, 1874, number of paupers receiving permanent relief, 179 families, aggregate number of persons, 696 ; number of paupers receiving temporary relief, 26 families, aggregate number of persons, 81, July 31, 1875, number of paupers receiving permanent relief, 206 families, aggregate number of persons, 800 ; number of paupers receiving temporary re- lief, 41 families, aggregate number of persons, 150. July 31, 1876, number of paupers receiving permanent relief, 221 families, aggregate number of persons, 805; number of paupers receiving temporary relief, 40 families, aggregate number of persons, 156. July 31, 1877, number of paupers receiving permanent relief, 208 families, aggre- gate number of persons, 816 ; number of paupers receiving temporary relief, 43 families, aggregate number of persons, 160. July 31, 1878, number of paupers receiving permanent relief, 238 fami- lies, aggregate number of persons, 900 ; number of paupers receiving temporary relief, 37 families, aggregate number of persons, 128. July 31, 1879, number of paupers receiving permanent relief, 241 families, aggregate number of persons, 816 ; number of paupers receiving temporary relief, 31 families, aggregate number of persons, 108. July
31, 1880, number of paupers receiving permanent relief, 251 families, aggregate number of persons, 876 ; number of paupers receiving temporary re- lief, 45, aggregate number of persons, 160.
St. Joseph's hospital, under the care of the Sis- ters of St. Joseph, claims the honor of being the first charitable institution in the state. It dates its origin from the year 1853. The ground, with the exception of a few lots, was donated in 1852, by Hon. II. M. Rice, to Rt. Rev. Joseph Cretin, bishop of St. Paul. The building was commenced in 1853, but was not ready for occupancy until September, 1854. During the summer of that year, the cholera broke out in St. Paul, and as there was no place where the ill-fated victims of this terrible disease could be properly cared for, the sisters, at the earnest solicitation of the physi- cians of the city, opened the doors of the old log church ou Bench street, where, with such scanty accommodations as the place afforded, the patients were admitted and nursed, until the hospital buil- ding was ready for their reception. The physi- cians in attendance were Drs. Brisbin, Willey, Goodrich and Marsh.
The United States Marine hospital is in con- nection with St. Joseph's hospital, under the charge of Dr. C. A. Wheaton. Their patients were among the first received. The county and city patients were also accommodated until the purchase of the Stewart. property, in 1872, for a city hospital. In 1880, a large addition was built to the hospital, greatly improving its accommoda- tions. The physicians forming the staff, are Drs. D. W. Hand, J. II. Stewart, S. D. Flagg, and C. E. Smith. Average number of patients during tlie year, fifty.
The Christian Home is located No. 11, Nash street, St. Paul. The Magdalen society having this institution in charge, was organized August 27th, 1873, and commenced their work by open- ing the home and receiving inmates November 1st, 1873, it being at that time under the official control of the following board of managers: Mrs. D. S. B. Johnson, president, Mrs. A. G. Menson, vice-president, Charles E. Parker, rec. secretary, J. B. Cook, cor. secretary, F. B. Far- well, treasurer. The object of this society is the promotion of moral purity, by affording a home to erring women who manifest a desire to return to the path of virtue, and by procuring employ-
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ment for their future support. Capacity of home, room for 16 inmates. The present board of offi- cers aud managers are as follows: Mrs. H. D. Gates, president, Mrs. Wm. Rhodes, vice-presi- dent, Mrs. Sawyer, treasurer, Mrs. S. S. Taylor, secretary, Mrs. Pettit, rec. secretary; managers, Mrs. R. W. Smith, Mrs. J. A. Seeley, Mrs. II. L. Petts, Mrs. HI. L. Moss, Mrs. R. H. Stanton, Mrs. McGraw.
L'Union Francaise, of St. Paul, was founded July 22d, 1867, by L. Demeules, Alfred Dufresne, L. A. Michaud, J. II. Lesage, Pierre Jerome, Isaie St. Pierre, F. Robert, P. Vitu, David Gue- rin. This is a French mutual benefit association, for the relief of the widows and orphans of de- ceased members; they also render assistance to their members in sickness. The association from the time of its organization up to May 2d, 1881, has distributed the sum of $4,052.38, to widows and orphans, and $2,502.15 to sick members. Officers for 1881: F. O. Olivier, president, M. Binet, vice-president, Frank Gravel, secretary, Louis Martineau, assistant secretary, Louis Demeules, treasurer, G. W. Patwell, assistant treasurer, M. Bertrand, collector, E. Bergeron, sergeant-at-arms. First officers: Louis Deme- ules, president, Louis Robert, vice-president, Alfred Dufresne, treasurer, David Guerin, sec- retary.
Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent society was organ- ized November 12th, 1871. Object of this so- ciety is to practice charity. The officers are as follows: Mrs. Julius Austrian, president; Mrs. L. Goodkind, vice-president; Mrs. L. Isaacs, scc- rotary; Mrs. S. Bergman, treasurer. Present of- ficers, Mrs. Julius Austrian; president; Mrs. S. W. Cardozo, vice-president; Mrs. B. Rose, secre- tary; Mrs. Chas. Hochsteller, treasurer.
St. Peter's society was organized in 1856, with twenty-five members; it is a charitable and be- nevoleut institution, provides for its members in sickness and distress, and defrays burial expenses of deceased members and grants relief to the widows and orphans. Its present membership is three hundred, the society is in excellent finan- cial condition, having at this time, 1881, over $4,- 000 in the treasury. First officers, George Mitsch, president; F. Metzger, secretary; N. Gross, treas- urer. For certain reasons the society did not prosper, and discontinued its meetings, but still
kept up its organization from 1857, till 1865, and June, 1865, they reorganized with seventeen members. Officers in 1865, Mathias Koch, presi- dent; Frank Schlick, secretary; II. Timme, treas- urer. Preseut officers, 1881, Jacob Summer, president; Jacob Schnitzins, secretary; Theodor Wilmann, treasurer.
The Catholic Mutual Benevolent society was organized February 12th, 1868, with twenty chiar- ter members, met at the Young Men's Catholic Literary association, and formed the society. The object of the society is for the mutual benefit of its members, and to pay the family of a deceased member the sum of $500. The first officers of the society were: President, Mark Costello; first vice-president, P. H. Kelly; second vice-presi- dent, James Cleary; secretary, James J. Egan; treasurer, Patrick Keiger; board of directors, John Dowlan, John C. Devereux, Martin Butler, James H. Gildea, Wm. Murphy; auditing com- mittee, Thomas Howard, M. J. O'Conner, Timo- thy Reardon. Present officers are: President, Mark Costello; first vice-president, P. Keigher, second vice-president, J. Cleary; secretary, E. McNamee; treasurer, J. Dowlan; board of direc- tors, J. McGuhan, T. McCardle, P. Butler, M. Burns, M. J. O'Connor: investigating committee, Edward Shields, F. Nolan and F. McGuire. The financial standing of the society and of money in permanent fund, $3,500, in widow and orphan fund $530. The present membership is eighty- five.
The Society St. Jean Baptist of St. Paul, was first organized in May, 1869, by the French Cana- dians, of this city, for the purpose mainly of cele- brating with a better understanding, the national. holiday, the 24th of June, and the following offi- cers were elected: President, Louis Demeules, vice-president, J. B. Olivier; secretary, P. A. Du- fone; chaplain, R. L. Shurer. The society was composed of about thirty-five members at first, and in 1880 it had a membership of two hundred aud fifty. Prescut officers: President, Lucien Courteau; vice-president, Herman Turcotte; sec- retary, F. X. Gravel; assistant secretary, Alp. Jasmin; treasurer, Etienne Payment; assistant treasurer, Adolph Poinir.
St. Clemens Benevolent society was incorpo- rated April 14th, 1875. Organized with twenty- five members. The object of the organization is
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to mutually assist each other in case of sickness or distress, and to bury its deceased members. The first officers were as follows: Edward HI, Schliek, president, M. Schillo, vice-president, Albert B. Iten, secretary, John B. Fandel, assist- ant secretary, Geo. J. Mitsch, treasurer, M. Fran- ciskus, messenger. Finance committee: John Fitz, Peter Loskiel, Peter Hermes. The society has been very successful, financially as well as otherwise, their membership having increased from twenty-five members, in 1875, to one hun- dred and fifty in 1881. They have only lost two members by death since its organization. The present officers are: Henry Thelen, president, Fred Bender, vice president, Peter Loskiel secre- tary, Peter J. Esch, assistant secretary, Michal Reimringer, treasurer, Charles Houck, messen- ger. Financial committee: Peter Zimmerman, Mathias Schillo, Constans Crever.
St. Paul Relief society was first organized March 16th, 1876, under the name of St. Paul society, for improving the condition of the poor. II. M, Rice, president, Alex. Ramsey, H. H. Sib- ley, Wm. R. Marshall, C. K. Davis, vice-presi- dents, Daniel R. Noyes, Jr., treasurer, E. W. Chase, relief secretary. Re-organized November 13th, 1877, as the St. Paul Relief society, by the consolidation of the society for the improvement of the poor, and the Woman's Christian associa- tion, and by the election of the following officers and managers for 1877: Henry M. Rice, president, Alex. Ramsey, Mrs. Richard HIall, Henry II. Sibley, Mrs. J. II. Murphy, R. W. Johnson, Vice- president, H. R. Bigelow, Albert Scheffer, W. L. Wilson, C. W. Hackett, Wm. Lindeke, C. W. McClung, Fred Driscoll, C. B. Newcomb, Julius Austrian, E. M. Hollowell, Ferdinand Willius, H. A. Workman, Mrs. II. M. Rice, Mrs. C. G. Iligbee, Mrs. Daniel R. Noyes, Mrs. Geo. Griggs, Mrs. C. J. Thompson. Mrs. Ferdinand Haus, Mrs. N. P. Langford, Mrs. R. Overpeck, Mrs. Geo. Farwell, Mrs. C. Seabury, Mrs. T. C. Connelly, Mrs. H. C. Burbank, managers. Daniel R. Noyes, Jr., treasurer, E. W. Chase recording and relief secretary. The object of the association is the improvement of the condition of the poor, and the prevention of fraud upon the charitable. There is a sewing society and an industrial school connected with the relief society. Officers for 1881: H. M. Rice, president, II. H. Sibley, Alex.
Ramsey, II. R. Bigelow, Mrs. J. II. Murphy, Mrs. R. Hall, vice-presidents, Daniel R. Noyes, treas- urer, E. W. Chase, secretary. Managers nearly the same as in 1877.
The Mutual Life Insurance association of the German Catholic benevolent societies of the state of Minnesota. St. Paul branch, organized June 1st, 1878, with 235 members. The object of this society is the same as other mutual benefit asso- ciations. At the death of a member the family of the deceased gets as many dollars as the socie- ty has members, or in other words, each member of the society is assesed one dollar for the benefit of the family of the deceased member. Officers in 1878: George Mitsch, president, HI. H. Strong, vice-president, Frank Schlick, secretary, II. H. Timme, treasurer, directors, George Mitsch, Frank Schlick, H. HI. Timme, Mathias Koch, Jacob Hak, Max Fink, Hobart Muller, Carl Freund, Peter Kirst, Jacob Simmer. Present officers: George Mitsch, president, Mathias Bred- imue, vice-president; Frank Schlick, secretary, Mathias Koch, treasurer. Present membership, 958.
L'Union St. Jean Baptiste, a French Canadian national and benevolent society, organized No- vember 13th, 1880, with the following officers: G. Perreault, president, Jos. Rouleau, vice-president, G. A. Scheffer, rec. secretary, A. Dansereau, cor. secretary, J. II. Gervais, treasurer, F. X. Leclair, sergeant-at-arms; board of directors, Dr. L. M. A. Roy, D. Michaud, J. B. A. Paradis. Officers elected in May, 1881: A. G. Desparois, president, L. C. Durocher, vice-president, A. Bousquet, rec. secretary, Th. Beaudet, cor. secretary, J. H. Ger- vais, treasurer, F. X. Leclair, sergeant-at-arms; board of directors, Dr. L. M. A. Roy, D. Michaud, J. B. A. Paradis.
The Old Settlers Association of Minnesota was organized and incorporated March 23d, 1857. They held their first regular meeting at the hall of the Historical society in St. Paul on Saturday, February 27th, 1858, H. H. Sibley, president; A. L. Larpenteur, secretary. The original incorpo- rators numbered one hundred and one. The ob- ject of the association is to provide a fund for the support and asistance of such old settlers of Minnesota, who may be deemed worth of sup- port, and also to collect and disseminate all use- full information in relation to the early history
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and settlement of Minnesota, and it shall be the duty of said association to record and preserve the names of its members and the date of their arrival in the territory, the state and county from which they emigrated, with such other infor- mation relating to the early history of the terri- tory of Minnesota, and its early settlers as may be of interest to the people of the territory. A very appropriate and suggestive seal was adopted by the association as a symbolization of its Alpha and Omega. It was designed by Aaron Goodrich, and the following description of its legend is an extract of his report to that body. It represents the past and
the future. The past. In the back-ground is delineated a plain, in the distance are seen the last rays of the declining sun, nearer are seen Indian hunters, their lodges, women and children, and a herd of buffalo. The future. Prominent in the fore-ground stands an aged man with silyered hair, he leans upon his staff, he is in the midst of a cemetery, the spire of a church is seen in the dis- tance; as he turns from a survey of the various monuments which mark the resting place of the departed old settlers, his eye rests upon a new made grave. It is that of his last associate, he is the last survivor, his companions have fallen asleep. A group of children in the fore-ground represents the rising generation of Minnesota which shall reap the fruits of the pioneer's toil. In a circle near the verge of the seal appears in Roman characters. "The old settlers association of Minnesota." First officers, Socrates Nelson, president; Charles H. Oakes, first vice-president; Philander Prescott, second vice-president; Aaron Goodrich, secretary; Lott Moffet, treasurer. Ex- ecutive committee, Jno. J. Owens, K. F. Master- son, Mahlon Black, W. R. Brown, J. E. McKu- sick. From the records of the association we copy the following letters which are historic.
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