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CHURCHES.
The M. E. Church was incorporated in February, 1863, by Moses J. Locksley. J. A. Lusk, William Short, Job Allen, F. Van Patten and C. B. Harding. For a number of years, they worshiped in the schoolhouse, being too poor to erect a church ; but, in February, 1867, they purchased a brick building from Mr. Locksley, at a cost of $700, and fitted it up for s church. It is a building 22x40, and will seat 200 persons.
The first Trustees were Randolph Brown, William Short, J. P. Towne, Joseph Locksley and F. Van Patten. The present incumbents of that office are J. P. Towne, John Walters, W. H. Pomeroy, David H. McChesney and Dr. Lord.
Following is a list of the ministers from the date of the organization to the present time: 1862-64-Revs. J. H. Jennie and Henry Sewell ; 1864-66-Rev. W. W. Case; 1866-69- Rev. George W. Wells; 1869-71-Rev. Samuel Lugg; 1872-73-Rev. J. H. Brooks; 1874- 75-Rev. W. W. Warner ; 1875-Rev. L. H. Baker; 1875-76-Rev. H. S. Chamberlain; 1876-78-Rev. W. Darwin Ames; 1878-79-Rev. A. T. White. The living is worth $800 per year.
The German Lutheran Church was organized in 1872, with a membership of seventeen, which has since increased to twenty-nine. Their place of worship is Croft's Hall, a building rented from Mr. James Croft.
The first minister was the Rev. G. B. Dupork, who stayed six months, and was succeeded by the Rev. John Koerner, who drives over from Whitewater. The living is worth $225 per annum. The society will soon commence the erection of a church edifice.
Primitive Methodist Church .- The first religious services held in the village of Edgerton were those gotten up by this sect in 1853, in the railroad depot, before it was inclosed, the attend- ance then being but about twelve members. Ever since that date, they have met in the school- house, but now meet in Croft's Hall, where the services are attended by the remaining six mem- bers, viz., James Croft, Matthew Croft, J. C. Croft and three others. The following is a list of the Pastors from the date of their organization to the present time : Rev. - Hewitt, Rev. Thomas Jervis, Rev. - Teal, Rev. Mr. Dawson, Rev. Thomas Shutt, Rev. Joseph Parker, Rev. George Wells, Rev. Mr. Bullenwick, Rev. Mr. Cliff, Rev. Mr. Fox and the Rev. C. Hendra.
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MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
It will doubtless be a matter of surprise to a great many non-residents of Edgerton, to learn of the extent to which the raising, purchasing and exporting of tobacco is carried on in this place. Its fame as a tobacco-raising locality has long since reached to States and cities in the East, whose inhabitants, especially those engaged in the business of manufacturing tobacco, were not slow to turn their knowledge to good account, by the establishment of agencies at the village.
The " weed " which, from time immemorial, has proved a source of comfort and joy to the sons of men, was first grown in Edgerton by Messrs. Ed. Hall and Robert Johnson, in 1853, but, unaccustomed as they were to the growth of the plant, they failed to save the crop, and the mystery of growing and saving tobacco successfully was left unsolved until a few years later, when it was again essayed, this time with success, by Mr. Ralph Pomeroy, who was an old Ohio grower.
Up to 1858, crops were planted and saved, but they were very light, owing to the non-ex- istence of a market. That year gave the budding industry a bad "set-back," the principal agent in the work being heavy frosts, which nipped the young plants in the bud, and turned the hearts of the owners thereof to gall and wormwood.
The idea of growing tobacco having received a shock, no more crops worthy of the name were put down until 1860, when some 500 cases (400 pounds to the case) were garnered, which brought, in the Milwaukee and Chicago markets, from four cents to six cents per pound. This was encouraging, and soon the tobacco-buyer was as much an institution in Edgerton as the cotton-buyer was in the Southern States. From that time to 1866, the amount of tobacco gar- nered gradually increased, until it reached the then large amount of 2,000 cases.
The fame of the place had by this time reached to the cities of New York, Cincinnati, Hartford and other places, and representatives of the leading houses were sent out to view its magnitude and the prospects of the longevity of the interest, with a view to establishing agencies. Apparently they were satisfied, for Messrs. Shohn & Ritzenstein, of New York, immediately commissioned Mr. William T. Pomeroy to purchase for them. Very soon after that, Mr. W. P. Bentley received instructions from Messrs. Joseph Meyer & Sons, of New York, to act for them, and he was followed by Mr. C. H. Wheeler, who had authority from Messrs. Becker Brothers, of Baltimore, Md., and Rothschild, Schrader & Eliel, of Chicago, to purchase all the tobacco he could get. Following him, came Mr. W. W. Child, who bought for Messrs. Wintermeyer & McGowan, of Hartford, Conn., and after him, Mr. Thomas Hutson was directed by Schroder & Bond, of New York, to represent them in the " leafy field." The firm which he represents built the first tobacco warehouse in the village, in 1869, with a storing capacity of 2,500 cases.
The presence in 1870 of such a large number of agents, all buyers for first-class houses, instigated the farmers to put forth greater efforts in the tobacco-growing line than they had ever before attained, and, as a result, in the next year they gathered and sold 30,000 cases, or an aggre- gate of 12,000,000 pounds, for which they received six cents per pound, or the enormous sum of $720,000. Prices had been higher ; for instance, in 1869 they had reached twelve and one- half cents per pound; but then there was only a small crop, not more than 20,000 cases. In the year following, from fifteen to twenty cents per pound was paid for a crop of 3,500 cases ; but in that year, as in 1869, the crop was small, and that of Connecticut, the largest tobacco- raising State, very poor. Another cause which militated very much against the reception by the growers of high prices in 1871, was the large quantity and poor quality raised. They outgeneraled themselves, but since then, have had no especial cause for complaint.
The tobacco grown in the neighborhood is what is known to the trade as cigar leaf, and in that class dealers and growers now say that Wisconsin takes fourth rate as a tobacco-growing State, while they confidently state that as soon as this year's crop is gathered, she will step into and hold the second place.
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Some idea may be gained of the magnitude of the business, when it is stated that of the nine houses represented, one alone pays out $120,000 per annum for tobacco alone, while the remainder do a business of from $80,000 to $100,000 per annum each.
There is one outrage which is daily practiced upon the agents by the astute owners of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R., and that is the charging by them of one-quarter cent upon every pound of tobacco shipped to Milwaukee or Chicago, while the rates from Milwaukee to New York, or Chicago to New York, vary from 15 to 40 cents per hundred. But they have to accept their fate, as there is no other way by which they can get their crops carried to the first cities for shipment.
The following figures taken from the shipping-books of the railroad, speak for themselves:
DATE.
Number of Cases.
Number pounds, 400 to a case.
Price, per D.
Total.
1869
2,000
800,000
12ặc
$136,000
1870
3,500
1,400,000
* 15@20c
245,000
1871
80,000
12,000,000
6c
720,000
1872
24.000
9 600,000
* 5@7c
576,000
1873
20,000
8,000,000
* 5@7c
480,000
1874
15,000
6,000,000
* 4@6c
300,000
1875 +
13,000
5,200,000
* 2@5c
182,000
1876
16,000
6,400,000
* 5@8c
416,000
1877
18,000
7,200,000
* 6@90
540,000
1878
16,000
6,400,000
* 6@9c
480,000
Grand Total
157,500
63,000,000
$4,175,000
The general outlook for the crop of 1879, is considered remarkably good, and many bold to the opinion that the planters will exceed the amount grown in 1871.
SOCIETIES.
Guiding Star Lodge, T. of H. § T., No. 109, was organized on March 2, 1877, with fif- teen members, who elected the following officers : W. C. T., H. H. Judd; P. W. C. T., C. F. Mabbitt; W. O. T., Byron Long; W. W., J. R. Hoffman ; W. D. A., E. C. Hopkins; W. R., H. R. Gwalter ; W. F. R., O. D. Rowe ; W. T., C. L. Brown; W. C., James Croft; W. G., William McChesney ; W. S., Louis Brown ; R. S. W. O. T., John Bowen ; L. S. W. O. T., J. N. Root. Trustees, F. Towsley, John Bowen, James Croft.
The Lodge has a large membership, and is, in all respects, a very flourishing institution. The following is a list of the present officers: W. C. T., Harry Clatworthy ; W. V. T., Charles Dunn ; W. R., C. F. Mabbitt; F. R. John Walters ; W. T., James Croft; W. W., E. A. Bow- man ; W. G., A. Berry ; W. S .. H. Price ; P. W. T., H. H. Judd.
The hall, containing about $150 worth of property, is known as Croft Hall.
I. O. G. T., Edgerton Union Lodge, No. 145, was organized on February 5, 1874, with about thirty members, and the following officers : W. C. T., Dr. B. Burdick ; W. F. T., Mrs. Lavenia Green ; F. S., William P. Bentley ; T., Miss Esther Saunders; R. S., E. H. Boyd.
The Lodge has now a membership of seventy, and is reported to be in a flourishing condi- tion. The following are the present officers : W. C. T., Byron Long; W. V. T., F. A. Sherman; W. R. S., J. B. Estee; W. F. S., T. Markham; F. W. T., Dema Son ; W. C., -. White; W. M., C. T. Burdick ; W. I. G., M. Saxby ; W. O. G., J. C. Banks; L. D., W. P. Bentley. P. of H., Fulton Grange, No. 195, was organized in 1875, with about fifty members, the first officers being M. D. J. Powell, O. Elmer Langworthy, S. John Patton, T. Lucius Page. The society is one of the most flourishing in the county, being the owners of a large general store known as "The Grange," which is managed by Mr. Z. H. Bowen in the capacity of
* Indicates that the number of cases was divided by 2, and half charged at each figure as price per lb. For example, in computing 1571 12,000 cases were charged at 5c per lb. and 12,000 at 7c per lb. t A frosty year.
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agent. The members have at different times put money into it until now, when they invested about $3,000, an amount sufficient to keep a good stock on hand.
The Grange has now a membership of forty. Their officers are M. Henry Brace, O. Elmer Langworthy, Secretary John R. Powell, Treasurer James Hopkins.
F. § A. M., Fulton Lodge, No. 69 .- On August 8, 1855; a dispensation was granted to the following gentlemen composing the officers to establish a Lodge at Indian Ford, now known as Fulton Center, viz .: W. M., Isaac Miles ; S. W., E. Hopkins ; J. W., Robert Stone ; T., E. Miles ; Sec., R. T. Lawton. On July 2, 1856, a charter was granted to the following gen- tlemen, as officers : W. M., Erastus Hopkins ; S. W., Robert Stone ; J. W., Albert Warner ; T., E. L. Hopkins ; Sec., Isaac Howe. On December 16, 1867, the members decided to remove their headquarters to Edgerton and their thirty members thereupon located and set up their insignia in the hall of the Methodist Church where they are at present. Their membership is now fifty-five, and their present officers are : W. M., W. W. Child ; S. W., M. Kizer; J. W., C. W. Burdick ; T .. -; Sec., H. C. Son.
I. O. O. F .- This Lodge was organized on September 27, 1867, with the following charter members, viz., Charles B. Peck, John M. Kiser, H. C. Son, S. L. Lord, George W. Price and H. B. Daily. The first officers were : N. G., G. W. Price; V. G., C. B. Peck, R. S., S. L. . Lord; T., H. C. Son. The present officers are: N. G., C. R. Bentley ; V. G., G. F. McGiffin ; R. S., H. H. Judd; P. S., C. H. Dickinson ; T., William P. Bentley. The present member- ship is fifty-six.
THE CEMETERY.
On March 10, 1857, a meeting was held for the purpose of forming a Cemetery Association at Edgerton, the necessity for such an organization having arisen through the action of Mr. John Fassett, who had presented the inhabitants of the village with three acres of land for burial purposes. After some preliminary business had been disposed of, the voters present balloted for the election of nine trustees or directors which resulted in the choice falling upon the follow- ing gentlemen, viz .: John Hutson, John Fassett and Elias Downing for three years ; P. F. Davis, J. O. Slocum and R. Robinson for two years ; Guy Stoughton, Stiles Hakes and William C. Banks for one year. The officers were : President, John Fassett; Secretary, J. O. Slocum ; Treasurer, P. F. Davis ; Sexton, Jerome Fassett. The cemetery, under the name of the donor, was then laid off into lots. The first person to occupy one being the Rev. Mr. Thorington, a Presbyterian minister who was killed while boarding a train of cars at the depot, soon after the opening of the ground. The size of the ground proved fully up to the requirements of the village until 1868, when it was found necessary to enlarge it by the addition of two acres. As it is now it contains five acres of ground on the beautifying of which no pains have been spared. It is about three-quarters of a mile from the village on a slight hill, and, as it is well drained, trees and shrubs of every name and nature flourish here. There are also many handsome monuments in it. The present officers of the organization are G. D. Sherman, S. D. Norton, H. W. Still- man, P. C. Burdick, C. H. Dickerson, E. Palmer. R. Robinson, William C. Banks and Elias Downing ; Secretary and Treasurer, J. R. Lusk.
THE POST OFFICE.
The first office in Edgerton village was established in 1854, William B. Hall being in command as Postmaster. The gentlemen filling that office subsequent to that date were, Messrs. Charles Clark, Schuler Fassett, Byron Coon, L. M. Kellogg and E. A. Burdick (the present incumbent). The gross receipts of the office at the present time are about $1,500 per annum.
EDGERTON CORNET BAND.
This institution was organized on April 1 of the present year, with ten pieces, as follows : Leader, L. K. Jessup, E flat ; Thomas Westlake, E flat ; Charles Mabbett, B flat ; M. Burdick,
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2nd B flat ; Jacob Bady, solo alto ; Will Hudson, alto : John Smith, baritone ; Johnny Hain. tuba ; Edward Davis, snare drum ; Royal Malpress, bass drum.
Though they have only been in existence as a band about four months, the members have been the recipients of numerous compliments upon their efficiency, which is beyond question very great.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
On the opposite side of the road, but at the same distance from the village, stands the Roman Catholic Cemetery. It was laid out in June, 1869. The land comprising it (two acres in extent) having been purchased for Mr. Townsend at a price of $50 per acre. It is laid off into lots 11x30, the occupant of the first being a man named Burns. The first Trustees were Joseph Pollard, Thomas Burns and John McGrath. The present officers are, Mallichia Conway, Thomas Burns and Thomas Quigley, Trustees ; Edward Rooney, Clerk. The ground J
is also well planted with shade trees, and filled with very handsome monuments.
OLD MILTON.
By the non-observant visitor, the fact that the village of Milton possesses a population about 1,000 persons will hardly be conceded, for the reason that it is so overshadowed with shad Le trees of every name and nature, that, at first sight, it appears to partake more of the nature of a village in the woods than a thriving little town.
ITS ORIGIN.
The year 1837 saw the " star of empire." in the person of Mr. Peter McEwen, taking its way westward. He arrived on the site of what is now the village, and, with the words charac. teristic of the hardy pioneer, " That's good enough for me !" he determined to settle, the land that he most desired (what is now the Park), having a furrow plowed around it indicating that it had already been claimed, he at once set out for Janesville, where he found the owners, with whom he at once consummated a sale. . This comprised the half of what was subsequently, and is now known as Section 27.
About August, 1838, he was followed by Mr. Joseph Goodrich and Mr. James Peirce, and later by his brothers William and James McEwan, who also brought on their mother and four sisters. In that year, also, came Mr. N. G. Storrs, and he and Mr. McEwen together presented Mr. Goodrich with a total of 240 acres, which included the site of the Park, railroad depot, and the house in which his son, Mr. Ezra Goodrich, at present resides.
THE FIRST HOUSE.
As Mr. Peter McEwan was the first white man to locate in the village, it is but natural that he should have been the first to erect a habitation. It was constructed of logs, was twenty feet long, and broad in proportion, and, while decidedly rough, was presumably very welcome as a shelter. This style of architecture lasted until the year following, when Mr. Joseph Goodrich erected a frame building, which was at once the pride and quasi-envy of all his compat- riots.
THE FIRST POST OFFICE.
In 1838, there being then a fairly large population, a meeting was held at the house of Mr. Peter McEwan for the purpose of drawing up a petition to the Government, in the form of an application for the establishment of a post office. At that time, the place was called Prairie du Lac-a name so closely resembling that of another post office, Prairie du Sac, that the Govern- ment refused to grant the prayer of the petitioners, the reason assigned being that it would cause confusion in the delivery of letters, but stated that if the petitioners would change the name of the place, their request would be acceded to. Accordingly, the next year, the meeting reconvened at the house of Mr. Joseph Goodrich, and, upon a motion made by Mr. Daniel Butts. who had a high opinion of the gentleman, the place was christened Milton-really after a place in Pennsylvania. although it was thought and believed Mr. Butts suggested the name
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because he had a high opinion of the poet. The post office was then established, Mr. Joseph Goodrich being appointed Postmaster.
THE FIRST STORE.
As population increased, the necessity for the establishment of a trading-store became apparent, and, to meet that want, Mr. Joseph Goodrich established a small store in 1839, where the majority of the goods used by the inhabitants were purchased.
THE FIRST TAVERN.
In the same year, Mr. Goodrich opened a tavern, under the sign of the Milton House, on the site now occupied by the present hostelry of that name. It was constructed of wood, which was afterward glorified by the addition of a coat of red paint, and there, in the mute language of the old-time hostelries, he dispensed " comfort for man and beast."
THE FIRST MARRIAGE.
Of the great events in the short, but not altogether unpleasant, life of humanity, perhaps those looked forward to with the greatest interest, especially in a new settlement, are the mar- riages and births, and, therefore, it is not surprising that, as in Milton, all subsequent events should be reckoned by the date of the first marriage. The first persons to be adjudged guilty of matrimony in the new settlement were Miss Margaret McEwen and Mr. James Murray, who were aided and abetted in their course during the year 1839, by the Rev. Daniel Smith.
THE FIRST BIRTH.
To Mr. David Sprague, who first saw the light in 1838, must be ascribed the honor of being the first white child born in Milton village. At least, it is generally conceded that the honor is his.
THE FIRST DEATH.
This melancholy event, the first death, occurred in the fall of 1839, the victim of the old man with the scythe being Mrs. Hezekiah Waterman, who, far away from home and old associations, was laid away to rest in the acre and half of ground which then comprised the cemetery of Milton.
MILTON CEMETERY.
The first inclosure for cemetery purposes consisted of one acre and a half, which was donated and laid out, in 1839, by Mr. Joseph Goodrich. Up to 1870, that small lot served all the purposes of a mausoleum, but, in that year, it was found necessary to enlarge it by the addition of two acres, which were purchased by the Trustees from Mr. David Sole. Aside from the tender care lavished upon it by the hands of the inhabitants of Milton, many, if not all, of whom have friends interred there, the place is well adapted by nature for the purposes to which it has been put. Located on a gentle slope on a portion of Mr. Goodrich's farm facing to the east and surrounded on every side by smiling fields of grain and carefully planted with ever- greens, there is little except the monuments of glistening marble to remind the casual visitor that he stands in the midst of death. All is calm, and one can wander there for hours without feeling a symptom of the morbid dread usually experienced on entering inclosures of a similar character.
It is filled with very handsome monuments, prominent among which stands a large mono- lith erected to the memory of Mr. Joseph Goodrich. There are others there, simple in design, simple in inscription, but their mute faces, uplifted toward the skies, tell a tale of heroism and devotion to country, beside which towering fronts of marble and gilded inscriptions, expressive of the general worth of the departed, are as naught. Those stones mark the last resting of soldiers who died in defense of the institutions under whose rule they had been reared. Among them are Amos G. Burdick, Company H, Second Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, afterward attached to the Fourth Washington Battery, who was wounded at the battle of Antietam and died at the age of twenty-five years, after passing through seventeen battles. Marvin B.
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Stannard died at Fort Donelson, Tenn., March 29, 1863, aged seventeen years, and David K. Potter, of the Third Cavalry, who died at the age of forty-seven years. The present Trustees are Dr. O. Allen, D. C. Burdick, William McEwen, G. C. Plumb and Paul M. Green.
MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
The Union Flouring-Mill, which partially represents this portion of the "anatomy " of Mil- ton, was erected in the summer of 1877, at a cost of $7,000, by Mr. W. H. Lane, who still con- trols it. It is a thirty-horse power, three-run mill, and has a general capacity of 400 bushels per day. The trade is merely local, and the business done that known as custom. Mr. Lane gives employment to four men.
The Milton Cheese Factory is still in its infancy, having been started on June 24, 1878, by Messrs. Crumb & Phillips, in a building erected by the Milton Dairymen's Association at & cost of $500. The present capacity of the factory is three cheeses per day.
A branch establishment of the Burdick Punch Manufactory is also located at Milton under the superintendency of Mr. D. C. Burdick. None of the punches are manufactured there, how- ever, the shop being used simply for the purpose of putting them together, a work at which Mr. Burdick and one other man are constantly employed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE.
An improvement of this nature was first noticeable in 1844, when the old academy was built. Prior to that time all buildings had been constructed of wood, but this one flashed upon the astonished beholders in all the glory of gravel and mortar, a mixture which gave it the appearance, when seen afar off, of a handsome stone building. That was followed in 1850 by the erection of a brick house (the first in the village), the builder of which was Mr. William Stillman.
THE PARK.
Among other adornments which within the past years have been added to the natural beau- ties of Old Milton, must be reckoned the public park. This superb piece of ground, containing twenty acres, is located in the very center of the village, and was the munificent gift of Mr. Joseph Goodrich, by whom it was laid out. It is handsomely planted with shade trees, which in the summer give out an invigorating breeze to those of the weary inhabitants who seek their shelter.
In addition to being an institution of which all the people of Milton feel proud, it has some- thing of an historical interest inasmuch as it is said that at one time the trails of Black Hawk's "young men " and Maj. Atkinson's " Long Knives " were distinctly visible across it.
MILTON CORNET BAND.
In the fall of 1873, this institution, without which no picnic, dance or frolic in Milton would be a success, was organized with eleven pieces. They purchased second-hand instruments and went to work, and are now considered one of the best bands in that section. At present. they number sixteen pieces, the names of the players of which are as follows : Evan Davis, Leader ; W. H. Plumb, R. H. Saunders, G. W. Post, R. Barless, Charles Post, Clark Post, W. R. Collins, H. H. Pember, W. P. Clarke, C. F. Saunders, D. F. Brown, O. E. Larkin, L. J. Plumb, W. B. Anderson and J. C. Fane. The instruments they possess are now worth $250.
A BIT OF UNWRITTEN HISTORY.
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