The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 80

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 774

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GROWTH OF WATERTOWN.

Early in the winter of 1837 (about February) Charles F. H. Goodhue and George J. Good- hue came up the Rock River from Beloit, and purchased the claims of Timothy Johnson and others, on the other side of the stream. In March, 1837, James Rogan and two or three other families arrived. In May, the Goodhues imported millwrights, mechanics, etc .; built a double saw-mill and put a dam across Rock River-the first ever built on that stream, either in Wiscon- sin or Illinois. The mill was ready for sawing and began to turn out lumber in December

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following. At that time, the inhabitants numbered about seventy persons. The roads were very bad and frequently impassable. In the month of July, 1837, a company of fifteen men went out east toward Milwaukee, and spent two weeks in the woods in constructing bridges and cause- ways, so that teams could pass with wagons. In 1841, James Rogan erected another saw-mill on the west side of the river. In the fall of 1842, the property on the east side of the river was purchased by Cole, Bailey & Co., who, during the following year, erected what was long known as the old yellow grist-mill. A part of the city was then laid out in blocks and lots, Milo Jones, of Fort Atkinson, being the surveyor. After that the village took a fresh start, and the surrounding country began to settle up with farmers.

In the spring of 1853, the date of Watertown's incorporation as a city, the place contained 4,000 inhabitants. There were six dry-goods, eleven groceries, two drugs and three hardware stores ; fifteen taverns (and saloons), two bakeries, three meat markets, two livery stables, one tobacconist's factory, seven blacksmith, six wagon, two joiner, two jewelry, four tin, six cabinet, one chair, one machine and five shoe shops ; one fork and hoe, one plow, one door and sash and one saleratus factory ; three flouring and four saw mills ; one fanning-mill and two harness- maker's shops, two bookstores, two barber-shops, one gunsmith, one tannery, one furnace, one pottery, one oil-mill, one carding machine, one rake and cradle factory, one woolen and yarn factory, two printing offices, six schoolhouses, two select schools and one bank. The census of 1855 shows the population of Watertown to have been 8,512, an increase of 7,000 in ten years. In point of population it was the second city in the State.

In 1856, the city of Watertown, among the institutions, contained twelve schools, nine churches, twenty-eight dry-goods, twenty-four grocery, nine hardware, four drug, six clothing, six boot and shoe and three fancy stores ; ten hotels and two banks, five livery stables, five meat markets, four millinery establishments, four bookstores, four printing offices, one foundry, nine saw-mills, three flouring-mills, one woolen factory, ten carriage-shops, twenty-nine blacksmith- shops, nine cooper-shops, three bakers, seven lumber-yards, seven brickyards and fifteen ware- houses. The growth of the city since that time has been of the most permanent character. Schools and churches have increased in number and importance. Manufacturing establishments have been enlarged to meet the demands of the populous territory which invariably and neces- sarily surrounds a prosperous city. Three railway lines form a junction within the limits of Watertown, affording a convenient outlet for the abundance of breadstuffs and other necessaries of life, the fruits of fertile fields and industrious hands.

PIONEERS.

The following list of those who had settled in Watertown up to December, 1837, is appended : Timothy Johnson (dead) and family, William H. Acker, dead; Ezra Abell, where- abouts unknown ; Peter V. Brown, Watertown ; Joel Boughton, dead; Edmund S. Bailey, Minnesota; Philander Baldwin, dead; Lawrence Beaulieu, dead ; Victor Beaulieu, Concord, Jeffer- Jefferson County ; Louis Beaudrie, unknown ; Thomas Bass, dead ; Luther A. Cole and John W. Cole, Watertown ; John A. Chadwick, Watertown; Cyrus Cummings, Vermont; Ambrose Com- stock, dead ; Dr. Colbough, Canada ; William M. Dennis, Watertown ; Peter De Coursey, Minne- sota ; Ezra Dolliver, dead ; Patrick Durfey, dead ; George J. Goodhue, Iowa ; John B. Geaundern, dead ; William T. Goodhue, dead ; Charles F. H. Goodhue, dead; John C. Gilman, dead ; Reeve Griswold, Watertown; Manonah Griffin, dead; Stephen Gray, Manitowoc ; Darius Healey, dead ; Amasa Hyland, dead; Isaac Hammerson, Eau Claire ; Dudley Little, Chicago ; Richard Miller, dead ; William Maitland, dead ; Benjamin F. Morey, dead; Silas W. New- comb, Ohio ; Stephen Peck, dead; Louis Paupaux, unknown ; James Rogan, Watertown ; Peter Rogan, California ; Patrick Rogan, Watertown; Volney Raymond, South ; John Rich- ards, dead; Charles Seaton, dead; William Stanton, dead; Mr. Sumpter, South ; Benjamin Severns, dead ; Samuel B. Vinton, Waterloo, Iowa; Nelson Waterman, Camp Douglas, Wis .; Clark Waterman, dead ; Jacob Wedeman, dead, and Vivalda Wood, Ohio.

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SCHOOLS.

The first entry in the school records of Watertown reads as follows :

At the annual meeting of the legal voters of School District No. 1, held at A. Hoffman's shop, in Watertown. on the first Monday of October, A. D. 1844, Timothy Johnson was appointed Moderator. The District Clerk being absent, Jacob J. Enos was appointed Clerk pro tem. The following named persons were then chosen officers for the ensuing year : John C. Gilman, Michael Murphy and Haven M. Morrison, Trustees ; John Gibb, Collector ; Jacob J. Enos, Clerk. On motion of P. Rogan, it was resolved that the year be divided into two terms, called the winter and summer terms, and that two-thirds of the public moneys be applied to the winter term and one-third to the sum- mer term. On motion, the meeting adjourned sine die. JACOB J. ENOS, Clerk.

At a similar meeting held April 28, 1845, it was resolved that " the Trustees hire a male teacher for five months, and, if they deem it expedient, that they employ an assistant female teacher." And thus the foundation of the magnificent school system, now the boast of the citi- zens of Watertown, was laid.

()ne frame and three large brick buildings are now in use for the accommodation of those attending school under the union system. Union School No. 1 contains all the grades, from the first high school to the lowest primary grade. No. 2 commences with the first grammar grade, and No. 3 (in Dodge County) with the first intermediate grade. The First Ward School contains two primary grades. The edifice of Union School No. 1 is in the Second Ward, and was erected in 1863; No. 2 is in the Fourth Ward, and was built in 1867 ; No. 3, Sixth Ward, was completed in 1871, and that in the First, known as the First Ward School, in 1878. The cash value of the school property of Watertown is placed at $31,000. The number of children in the city August 31, 1878, over four and under twenty years of age, was 3,672; number in attendance at the public schools, same date, 1,247 ; percentage of attendance on the enrollment, 83; number of teachers employed at that date, 20; average salaries paid male teachers $866.663 per annum ; female teachers, $350 per annum.

The present Board of Education consists of one Commissioner from each ward, as follows : First. Ward, Eugene Wiggenhorn; Second Ward, E. C. Gaebler; Third Ward, A. Solliday; Fourth Ward, E. Sweeney; Fifth Ward, H. Wilber; Sixth Ward, C. Reubhausen; Seventh Ward, J. M. McGolrick. E. Sweeney is President of the Board, and Charles F. Ninman, City Superintendent of Schools and Clerk of the Board. At the last meeting of the Board, the following teachers were appointed: Union School, No. 1-Principal, Prof. W. E. Stroetzel ; High School Department, Miss Pauline Voss and John Moran; Grammar, Miss Margaret Corbett and Miss Rose Bernhard; Intermediate, Miss Electra Wilder, Miss Mary Lembcke, Miss Maggie McMahon, Miss Ella Cohoe and Miss Ida Kopp. Union School, No. 2-Prin- cipal and Teacher of Grammar, J. M. Turner; Miss Minnie Voss, Assistant; Intermediate, Miss Cora Bradbury, Miss Emma McMahon, Miss Emma Schochert, Miss Lizzie Davis and Miss Sarah McMahon. Union School, No. 3-Principal and Teacher of Intermediate Depart- ment, W. D. Parker; Primary, Miss Attila Stallmann and Miss Celia Bouton. First Ward Primary School-Principal, Miss Anna Norris; Assistant, Miss Lizzie Price.

One of the principal educational institutions of Watertown is the Northwestern University. organized in 1864, by the Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin. A large brick structure was erected on the east side of the river, within the limits of the city of Watertown, at a cost of $24,000, and was opened for the admission of students on the 1st of September, 1865, with Dr. Moldehnke as Principal, and Prof. Adam Martin as Assistant. There are seven professors now employed, namely : Prof. Ernst, Teacher of Moral and Mental Philosophy; Prof. William A. Notz, Greek; Prof. Andrew W. Easterday, Mathematics; Prof. Andrew Peller, Assistant in various departments, and, at present, occupying the Latin Chair; Prof. Oscar W. Easterday, Assistant in Natural Sciences; Prof. Thomas Snyder, Teacher of English. The school term begins the first Wednesday in September, and ends the last Tuesday in June.

Another is the College of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, opened for the reception of students in September, 1872, under the administration of the Rev. W. Corby, C. S. C. The Rev. Father Colovin is the present President of the institution.

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The Lutheran, Moravian and Catholic congregations in Watertown each support a well- disciplined parochial school.

RELIGIOUS.

There are fifteen church societies in Watertown. The first religious organization is believed to have been accomplished by the Catholics in 1841. The large and prosperous parish which now worships in the stately edifice known as St. Bernard's Church is the result; value, $100,000.

The Methodists were the next to organize a society, 1844. The church property of this society is valued at $7,000, free of incumbrance ; S. P. Murch, Pastor.

Then we have the First Congregational Church, organized July 13, 1845, by the Rev. Stephen Peet ; Rev. W. A. Hendrickson, Pastor ; church property valued at $2,000.

St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church, organized in 1847, by the Rev. Melancthon Hoyt; cost of church property, $6,000; without a Rector at present.

St. Henry's (Catholic) Church, organized in 1847, by the Rev. Father Gardner; present Pastor, Rev. George Strickner; value of church property, between $9,000 and $10,000.

German Protestant (Evangelical) Church, organized in 1848, by a Milwaukee minister, in the old Buena Vista House; Rev. Edward Knaak; church valued at $4,000.

German M. E. Church, organized in 1849, by the Rev. A. Kellner ; F. Gottschalk is the present Pastor ; property valued at $5,500.

Moravian Church, organized in May, 1853, by the Rev. John George Kaltenbrunn ; present Pastor, Rev. Jacob Hoyler ; property worth $3,000.

German (Evangelical) Lutheran Church, by the Rev. Christian Sans, in 1854; the Rev. John H. Brockmann is now officiating ; valuation of property, $9,000.

German Baptist Church, organized in 1854, by the Rev. Mr. Grimm ; present Pastor, Rev. John Miller.

German Adventists, organized in 1874, by the Rev. Th. Schmidt; Peter Schneider is the present Pastor ; church property valued at $1,400.

German Lutheran (St. John's) Church, organized in 1855, by the Rev. Louis Geyer ; present Pastor, Rev. C. Strassen ; value of property, $15,000.

Calvinistic Methodists, organized in 1855, by the Rev. William Roberts; William M. Jones is the present Pastor.

Evangelical Reform Church, organized July 14, 1861, by the Rev. P. Joeves ; present incumbent, Rev. H. H. Meyer ; value of property, $1,370.

Immanuel Lutheran Church, organized by the Rev. R. Vogel, in 1876; Rev. H. Hoenig is now in charge; the property is worth $2,000.

The Watertown Bible Society was organized in Watertown in January, 1848, by Heber Smith, Rev. Melancthon Hoyt, George W. Breckenridge, William Dutcher and others, as an auxiliary of the Jefferson County Bible Society. The present officers of the Society are C. B. Skinner, President ; Charles Roth, Vice President ; Conrad Dippel, Secretary and Treasurer.

MANUFACTORIES, ETC.

Since the building of the first saw-mill by the Goodhues in 1837, there has been a per- petual hum of wheels and shafts in the city of Watertown. Among the institutions that have from time to time helped to swell the prosperity of the place, may be mentioned :

The Empire Brick and Flouring Mills (originally known as the Old Yellow Mill), built by Luther A. Cole and Edmund S. Bailey in 1842, and the Emerald Mill, built by Fay & Cramer in 1848. Both of these institutions are now owned by F. Miller & Co.

The Rough and Ready Mill, built by L. A. Cole and John Richards in 1842; now owned by Konig & Benkendorf.

The Eclipse Mill, erected by L. E. Boomer in 1847, and now owned by B. & D. B. Nute. The Watertown Woolen Mill, built by Simeon Ford in 1844, now the property of D. P. Pierce.

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Bennett's Thrashing Machine Factory, established in 1855, by F. E. Shandrew ; now owned by J. B. Bennett.

The Steam Bakery and Confectionery, founded in 1865, by M. G. & G. S. Woodard ; now Woodard & Stone.

The Pipe-Organ Manufactory, established in 1873, by E. C. Gaebler, the present proprietor. The Soap Factory, by Meyer & Pfundheller in 1855, now carried on by Philip Schmidt.

Fuermann's Empire Brewery, which has been in existence since 1848, and the City Brewery, built in 1854, by Joseph Bursinger.

The Rock River Distillery, established in 1845, by Tigler & Greve, and now owned by J. J. Toussaint.

Eaton's Soda Factory, by Eaton & Green, in 1868; now the property of S. M. Eaton. Wagon factories have been exceedingly numerous. Green & Reed are believed to have made the first wagons in the place, about 1841. Those who have engaged in the business since then are Richard Jones, F. Misegades, Charles Krueger, John Koeler, Gotfried Krump, August Krump, G. Sprenger, S. T. & J. H. Bolles, Weisert & Bolles, Bolles & Prochazka, James Killian, J. D. Casey and Edward Davis.

In the cooperage line, Nathan Beckwith was the pioneer. Since his time, George E. Nixon, O. B. Sanford, Chris. May and Fred Miller (F. Miller &. Co.), D. Kehr, Charles Ahrenberg, Andrea Ammen, Andrew & John Zickert, Bertram & Wegner, B. & H. Nute, S. Bumgartner, L. Giese, L. Prochazka and W. Whidoft have manufactured barrels of all descriptions.

George Washington Griffith established the first tannery about 1850. In 1856, Jacob Cech and Martin Hopf engaged in the same business, and, ten years later, A. Wegeman and A. Gardwohl did likewise. It is said that 1880 will be a great year for tanners.

Wiggenhorn Brothers, A. F. Miller, Louis Kehr, Charles Becker and Schlueter Brothers manufacture an aggregate of 2,000,000 cigars per annum. Of this number, the first-mentioned firm make about 1,500,000.

A planing-mill was established in Watertown in 1861, by R. E. & G. B. Lewis. The firm is now Lewis & Parks. Chris Meyer and Philip Heinrichs also carry on similar insti- tutions.

S. M. Eaton built the first ice-house, in 1870, and now has two buildings with a capacity of 15,000 tons. A Chicago firm is also engaged in the same business.

Watertown has been lighted by gas for a quarter of a century. A. L. Pritchard, Daniel Jones, Patrick Rogan, W. M. Dennis and William Chappell were the individuals comprising the first gas company. The present managers of the institution are Gustavus Werlich, Theo- dore Prentiss, Jonas H. Sleeper and W. H. Clark.

L. J. Higby built the first grain elevator about 1855. It stood at the east end of the Milwaukee & St. Paul bridge. George Peebles engaged in the business in 1856; John Betz in 1870. Jonas Sleeper, L. B. Tifft and E. C. Wickert are the principal wheat-buyers at the present time. Pretzlaff & Betz recently completed an elevator near the North-Western depot.

HOTELS, BANKS, FIRE DEPARTMENT.

During the years of 1845-6-7, a mania seems to have broken out in Watertown for build- ing hotels. But what is stranger still, it was not an unprofitable business. The first in the list was the Lindon House, built by Patrick Rogan, in the fall and winter of 1845-46; then the Planters' House, by A. F. Cady and Gov. Farwell, in 1846, destroyed by fire in 1867; the Exchange, built in 1846 by a Mr. Savage, now owned by J. B. Van Alstine; the Schweitzer House, built by a man named Bruesch, in 1846; the Commercial House, opened as a hotel by Thomas Norris, in 1847, now the property of Manegold Brothers ; the Buena Vista House, by Henry Boegel, in 1847, now carried on by A. Bertling; the American House, by Michael Owens, in 1849, Christopher Smith, proprietor ; the Washington House, in 1855, by Herman Schroeter, now conducted by Fred Kronitz; the Wisconsin House, by L. Krueger, the present

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proprietor, in 1874; the Junction House, in 1863, by John Mather, N. W. Pierce, proprietor. Among other hotels which have passed away may be mentioned the William Tell House, the Western Star Hotel, Star Hotel, Boston House and Kossuth House.

The first regular banking institution was established in 1853 by Charles G. Hager, Daniel Jones and H. B. Gallup. In 1854, the Bank of Watertown came into existence, A. L. Pritch- ard, President ; W. H. Clark, ,Cashier. In 1858, the Bank of Wisconsin, with William M. Den- nis as President, and P. M. Brown as Cashier; re-organized in 1865, as the Wisconsin National Bank, the present officers being Daniel Jones, President; P. V. Brown, Cashier.

The Fire Department of Watertown was incorporated March 6, 1869, with Leonard Jaehr- ling as President; Joseph Miller, Vice President ; Gustavus Werlich, Secretary; William H. Rohr, Treasurer ; and John Muth, Collector. The present officers are Eugene Wiggenhorn, President ; August Fuerman, Vice President ; W. Schulte, Chief Engineer; William Stone, Assistant Chief; Chris Becker, Secretary ; and Carl Goeldner, Treasurer. Under the imme- diate control of the Department are Pioneer Engine Company, No. 1, organized in 1857 and re-organized in 1868; Badger State Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, organized April 17, 1869 ; Pioneer Engine Company, No. 2, organized May 24, 1876; Sack Company, No. 1, organized in 1878; and Coal Cart Company, No. 1, organized in 1878.

POST OFFICE, SOCIETIES, ETC.

A post office was established in Watertown in 1837, with William M. Dennis as Postmas- ter. Since the time of Mr. Dennis, the following individuals have held the office: P. V. Brown, Patrick Rogan, Benjamin F. Fay, John F. Kimball, J. J. Enos, Myron B. Williams, James Potter, Peter Rogan, Jacob Jussen, Gen. Bertram and Justus T. Moak.

Secret and other societies are very numerous. The names of the different Lodges, etc., and the dates of organization are as follows: Watertown Lodge, No. 49, F. & A. M., June 14, 1854 ; Watertown Chapter, No. 11, R. A. M., February 10, 1853; Watertown Lodge, No. 31, I. O. O. F., September 1, 1848; Watertown Lodge, No. 54, April 10, 1854; Rachel Lodge, (Rebecca) 1869; Watertown Encampment, I. O. O. F., 1875; Guttenberg Lodge, No. 13, S. of H .; Watertown Turnverein, August 21, 1860; Lincoln Lodge, No. 20, K. of P., November 24, 1875; Rock River Lodge, No. 404, Order of Harugari, January 7, 1877; Unity Council, No. 230, Royal Arcanum, January 4, 1879 ; Rock River Lodge, No. 330, Knights of Honor, July 24, 1876; Temple of Honor, March, 1877; St. Bernard's Temperance and Benevolent Society, March 24, 1867 ; St. Henry's Benevolent Society, July 15, 1867 ; Fenian Brotherhood, June, 1866 (defunct) ; Concordia Musical and Singing Society, an outgrowth of various similar organizations, July, 1862; Watertown Cornet Band, 1870.

GOVERNMENT.

Watertown was under county government until the spring of 1842, when, in April of that year, the first election was held for town officers. On the 7th of March, 1849, an act of vil- lage incorporation was passed by the Legislature, and on the 22d of the same month the charter was adopted at an election held for that purpose, by a vote of 119 against 12. The village was divided into two wards. The first village officers were : President, Alcott Cheeney ; Treasurer, Edward Johnson ; Trustees-J. J. Kier, Aaron Schultz, Asher H. Nichols, Daniel Jones, Pat- rick Rogan and M. J. Gallagher. Watertown was incorporated as a city January 24, 1853, and at an election held April 5, of the same year, Theodore Prentiss was chosen Mayor, John Kelley, Treasurer ; Joseph D. Pease, Clerk ; J. A. Chadwick, Assessor ; Lucius Brugger, Mar- shal ; Daniel Hall, Superintendent of Schools; and William T. Butler, Municipal Judge. Fred Kusel is the present Mayor, and A. Schumacher, Treasurer.

THE NEWSPAPERS.

J. A Hadley was the Nestor of the press in Watertown. On the 23d of June, 1847, he issued. the first number of the Watertown Chronicle, which he edited and published until Sep- tember, 1853. The Chronicle survived until the fall of 1857.

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The Watertown Democrat was founded in October, 1854, by D. W. Ballou, Jr. It is now the property of Thomas E. Jones.

The Watertown Weltburger, published by D. Blumenfeld, is the outgrowth of the Anzeiger, the Weltburger and Anzeiger and the Volkszeitung. It was established upon the ruins of these several newspaper ventures, on the 1st day of January, 1859.

The Watertown Republican, published by Julius H. Keyes, was founded June 15, 1860, by J. W. Lawton. Its editor spells nation with a big N, in contrast with the small initial letter used for that word by the editor of the Democrat.

Among other journals published from time to time in Watertown, may be mentioned the Rock River Pilot, the Democratic State Register, Watertown City Times, the Representative, the Independent, the Transcript and Horger's Times.

The most recent journalistic venture is the Daily Evening Gazette, a twelve-column quarto, published by George P. Mather, price one cent. It was born on the tenth day of the present year.

CHAPTER XI.

VILLAGES.

JUNEAU, THE COUNTY SEAT: TOWN AND VILLAGE GOVERNMENT-THE POST OFFICE A- HIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS-THE CHURCHES-SOCIETIES-HOTELS-MANUFACTORIES. HUSTISFR ARLY SET- TLEMENT - SCHOOLS -CHURCHES - MANUFACTORIES - PROFESSIONAL MEN --- FILS - MER_ CHANTS-MISCELLANEOUS. OAK GROVE: GIVING IT A NAME-POST OF a GROWTH- SCHOOLS-RELIGIONS-TEMPERANCE.

THE COUNTY SEAT.

Besides being the county seat of Dodge, Juneau is a neat and pleasantly situalittle village of about five hundred inhabitants. It was located in the fall of 1845, by Martin Bachy ho settled in the town of Fairfield (now Oak Grove) in the spring of 1844, and built + log house about twenty rods west of the present corporate limits of Juneau. The village was laid out by Mr. Rich, William M. Dennis, of Watertown, and others, who became interested .on the place about the time it was decided to locate the county seat at or near the geographical center of the county, and the original plat bears the name of Victory, in commemoration of the vict iry achieved in the county seat contest.

In the fall of 1847, S. H. Coleman, a native of New Jersey, settled in Victory. He brought with him a small stock of goods, and opened the first store in the place, in a little frame house built by Joel Rich in 1846. Soon after the arrival of Mr. Coleman, Nelson Willie built the first frame dwelling-house. It is still standing, in the rear of the Juneau House stables, but, owing to its dilapidated condition, long since became uninhabitable.

In 1848, the village was re-platted and re-christened, being called Dodge Center, on account of its geographical location, but, there being another village in the State similarly named, thus creating confusion among Postmasters in sending the mails, the Legislature was petitioned for authority to again change the name; this was granted, and the place was called Juneau, in honor of Solomon Juneau, the founder of Milwaukee.

TOWN GOVERNMENT.

Prior to April, 1865, Juneau was under town government, and within the jurisdiction of the town of Fairfield, (now Oak Grove). The first election for town officers was held at the house of Lewis D. Phelps, a log structure built by Martin Rich, within what are now the village limits, on the 7th of April, 1846. About twenty rods west of the polling-place was the log cabin built by Mr. Rich, which served the purpose of a general rendezvous for anxious candi- dates and their " personal and political friends." Liberal dispensations of " beer ar eggs " were made by the aforesaid aspirants, and when, late in the afternoon, the result of the election was known, the successful candidates carried the Judges, Inspectors and Clerk of Election on their shoulders from the polling-place to the log cabin where the peculiar beverage was manu- factured, and where the first election in the town of Fairfield ended amid scenes of jollity and good will. The result of the election is given below, as it appears in the records of the town :

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The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, containing a history of Dodge County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc, Part 80

Author: Western Historical Co Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Co. Number of Pages: 774

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 774