The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 96

Author: Wesern historical company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 899

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MUSICAL SOCIETIES.

Prominent among these aids to civilization stands the Philharmonic Society, which was organized January 24, 1879, with twenty-three members, whose object in banding together was the cultivation of good music and pleasure. The first officers were : President, Dr. H. P. Carey: Vice President, Miss Martha Hazard ; Secretary, Edgar S. Green ; Treasurer, O. B. Olmstead; Conductor, J. B. Dow. The Society has given two public rehearsals since its formation, which have been successes in every way. They now number sixty members and are in a prosperous condition. The officers are the same as those already noted, with the exception of the President and Secretary, those offices being filled respectively by J. B. Dow and W. E. Thompson. the former holders having resigned. Rehearsals are held every Monday evening.

BANDS.

The Nonsuch (brass band), was organized in June of the current year, with the following members : Leader, Prof. Z. T. Hulett ; Edward Scott, 1st B flat ; B. Madden, 1st E flat; Her- bert Merrill, 1st tenor ; H. Sherman, 2d B flat ; Charles Ross, 1st alto : John Adams. baritone; G. Styles, solo alto; L. Rosenblatt, bass ; E. W. Kimball, snare drum ; William Maynard, 2d tenor. The band, however, is not yet complete, and is therefore only " in practice." but next year will probably join forces with the City Band.

The City Band, a very creditable institution, was re-organized on May 1 of the current year, the re-organization being owing to the fact that every fall their leader, Mr. Hulett, goes away on private business, not returning until March of the next year, during which period the members go, so to speak, into winter quarters, whence they emerge upon their leader's return. The present members are Z. T. Hulett, leader, 1st E flat; William Fitzgerald, 2d E flat ; F. C. Coller, solo B flat ; Henry Barton, 1st B flat; Will Barton. 2d B flat ; Frank Pratt, solo alto ; Augustus Peck, 2d alto ; William Fairchild, 1st tenor; F. D. Wynne, 2d tenor : George Maxwell, baritone; George Styles. tuba ; Bruce Thayer, bass-drum and cymbals ; Law- rence Cunningham, snare drum. This organization is a credit to the city by whose residents it is highly respected.

Hulett & Northrop's Orchestra is the title of an organization consisting of five members. which was formed in 1874, by Z. T. Hulett, with the following gentlemen : Z. T. Hulett. 1st violin ; D. Ross Murray, 2d violin ; Charles A. Galt, flute ; Charles F. Dyke, cornet ; Thomas Northrop, bass. It is the ne plus ultra of quadrille bands, as is evidenced by the fact that. froa

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October to March, its members travel the States of Iowa and Wisconsin, where they meet with many engagements from clubs and private parties.

BELOIT READING CLUB.

This society, having for its object the inculcation in the minds of its members of the benefits arising from home study and the subsequent discussion in open meeting of the matters read, was organized in the fall of 1878, with about sixty members. The first officers were : President, Rev. Fayette Royce; Vice President, W. H. Beach ; Secretary, Miss Lilian Brown ; Treasurer, Charles F. Rau, Jr. The Club has become very popular since its organization, and now con- Bists of ninety members.

BELOIT BIBLE SOCIETY.

The Beloit Bible Society was organized on March 22, 1841, the object, as stated by the constitution, being to encourage the circulation of the Scriptures in the vicinity "without note or comment." Subscriptions flowed in very freely, about forty-four persons signing the consti- tution at the first meeting and contributing $51, which was expended in the purchase of Bibles, by whose aid it is more than probable that many persons had their eyes opened to the goodness and mercy of the all-seeing God. At that meeting the following officers were elected : Mr. S. Kidder, President; R. B. Carson, Secretary ; T. McElhenny, Treasurer ; Horace Hobart, Depositary. Since that time the Society has prospered, as it deserves to have done, and, at the present time, has a stock of Bibles and Testaments in the hands of the Depositary, worth from $300 to $500. Every five or six years an active canvass is made of the city, and those resi- dents who do not possess a copy of the saving word of God are immediately supplied. if they so desire, and in this way the accumulation of books is disposed of. The following are the present officers : President, Rev. A. L. Chapin, D. D .; Vice President, Rev. J. McLean; Secretary, W. H. Baumes ; Treasurer and Depositary, I. E. Goodall.

GAS-WORKS.

Notwithstanding the fact that there is a gas company and gas-works, furnishing a very fair quality of lighting material, located in Beloit, the citizens, as a general thing, prefer the more economical kerosene lamp, and the result is that the works are not in as flourishing a · condition as the advocates of well-lighted streets and homes could desire. The company, con- sisting of John Hackett, President, and several Philadelphia gentlemen, commenced opera- tions with 842,000 capital in September, 1859, the principal stockholder being Mr. Hopper, a resident of the above city; but have not, for the reasons above stated, done a large business. They have about four miles of pipe in use, and import a sufficient quantity of Youghioheny (Pittsburgh) coal to keep their works always going.

The officers are John Hackett, President, and Joseph Hendly, Secretary.

THE BRIDGES.

In 1842, the Territorial Legislature, having been made aware of the wants of the residents of Beloit, in this direction, passed an act, which was approved February 17, authorizing Selvy Kidder, A. L. Field, C. F. H. Goodhue, Horace White, D. J. Bundy and their associates, as the Beloit Bridge Company, to construct a bridge across Rock River at the foot of School street, or at such other place as was deemed most convenient. The gentlemen chose the place first named, and constructed a trestle bridge, which they then handed over to the village. That bridge remained in use until 1856, when it became too small for the constantly increasing traffic; 80 a contract was entered into by the authorities with G. A. Houston, now of the Merrill

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& Houston Iron Works, for the construction of the present bridge, which was finished the same year, at a cost of $12,000. It is of timber, 30 feet wide and 336 feet long, and is a most satisfactory means of communication between the east and west portions of the city. The second bridge, down near the State line, was constructed in the same year, by Mr. Houston. It was commenced by Messrs. W. T. Goodhue, R. H. Mills and L. G. Fisher, for the purpose of improving the value of some property held by them in that neighborhood; but the city assumed control of it, paying $1,000 toward the cost, and the contract was given to Mr. Houston, who completed it, for the sum of $4,000. It is a trestle bridge, 18 feet wide and 400 feet in length, and serves all the purposes for which it was intended in a most satisfactory manner.

THE CEMETERY.

According to the best information obtainable, the first cemetery was laid out in 1838; t ground chosen being what is now the Public Park, which was donated by Caleb Blodgett, the New England Emigration Company, Lucius G. Fisher, Charles Johnson, C. F. H. Goodbye and Tyler H. Moore, who were the original proprietors of the village. The plat was given for cemetery purposes, and the remains of two or three persons were interred there. After the land sale, viz., in 1840, the present ground was laid out, the control of it being in the hands of the town. Subsequently, it passed into the hands of the village authorities ; and, when the city was organized, into the possession of the " City Fathers," who still retain it. With the exception of the salary of the Superintendent, A. M. Belding, no appropriations are made by the city for its maintenance, that duty devolving upon citizens who possess lots here.

There are about twelve acres contained in it, which are divided into lots and sold as a demand arises. It is filled with handsome monuments and tablets of every description, which mark the last resting-place of those who have drifted out into the unknown sea which washes upon the shores of eternity.

Thanks to the care and attention bestowed upon it by the Superintendent, Mr. Belding, assisted by the efforts of those whose darlings sleep beneath the sod, the grounds present a beau- tiful appearance. Large pines and evergreens dot its surface from end to end, while, here and there, large bunches of flowers show themselves, the whole forming a picture which, when viewed in the soft radiance of an Indian summer, goes far to rob King Death of many of his terrors.

THE BANKING BUSINESS.

The history of the banking business of Beloit is flecked with stories of disasters which have befallen institutions of this character in an early day. Numerous and well organized attempts were made to keep those emblems of prosperity afloat, but, in the generality of cases, times proved too hard, and depositors or creditors too pressing, and ruin and disaster followed. The first of these attempts was made in the case of the Rock River Bank-the first in Beloit-which was organized with a capital stock of $50,000, by some Pittsburgh (Penn.) gentlemen in 1852. They soon after sold out to Messrs. J. J. Bushnell, Lucius G. Fisher and others, who in turn retired in favor of W. C. Ritchie, who directed its operations as proprietor until 1859, when he was forced to close his doors. Prior, however, to that date, viz., in 1854, Messrs. George B. Sanderson and Louis C. Hyde organized the Bank of Beloit with a capital of $60,000, and con- tinued in successful operation until 1861, when the bank discharged all its liabilities and divided its surplus capital among stock-holders, and sold the franchise to William C. Ritchie, under whose unfortunate management it collapsed. The next venture of the kind was made in 1860, when the Southern Bank of Wisconsin was organized, but it was very short-lived, the proprietors hardly get- ting into operation before the " grim destroyer " claimed it for his own. This long array of unfort- unate ventures rather cooled the ardor of venturesome speculators until 1863, when some one more daring than the rest plunged his hand into the flames and drew out a chestnut in the shape of the Beloit National Bank, which, with a capital of $50,000 at its back, withstood "the slings

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and arrows of outrageous fortune " until 1873, when it succumbed to the hard times, ycleped, the panic. Thus the field was again left open; but not for a length of time, the next aspirant for public favor being the First National Bank of Beloit, which was organized in 1874, with a capital of $50,000, by Messrs. Louis C. Hyde, M. Brittain, and other gentlemen, and under the able management of the two former as President and Cashier respectively, the affairs of the institution are in as satisfactory a state as the most ardent admirer of these gentlemen could desire.

WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Beloit was organized in March, 1874. Several public meetings were held and pledges circulated, and much interest aroused. In the spring of 1875, a reading-room was opened, and a Gospel service held every Sabbath afternoon. These latter have been sustained for more than four years, and have been often of a most inter- esting character. Last winter, the Union acted as a relief society, and assisted many needy families. Last March, the District Convention of the W. G. L. W. met with the Beloit ladies and enjoyed a good meeting.

The first principal officers were Mrs. E. P. Savage, President ; Mrs. T. C. Chamberlin, Secretary. The present are : President, Mrs. M. A. Marshall ; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Martha Peet; Recording Secretary, Miss Anna Keep; Treasurer, Mrs. C. C. Keeler.

SECRET SOCIETIES. -

Morning Star Lodge, No. 10, F. § A. M., received its charter on January 15, 1847, the principal officers being : W. M., John W. Bicknell ; S. W., P. D. Van Buren ; J. W., Hugh Lee. Owing to the fact that the records fail to show the names of charter members, they are omitted, as it was found impossible to secure them from the memory of even "the oldest inhabitant."

The present membership of the Lodge is 119, and the present officers are : W. M .. H. B. Allen ; S. W., John Nichols ; J. W., F. Messer ; Treasurer, C. P. Whitford; Secretary, W. H. Key ; S. D., J. I. Comstock; J. D. J. McEvoy ; Tiler, O. H. Perry.

Beloit Chapter, No. 9, R. A. M., received its charter on February 12, 1852, the petition- ers for a dispensation being Lyman G. Hatch, Charles G. Otis, Joseph Colley, Joseph Wads- worth, Jr., Thomas Glover, C. R. P. Wentworth, George B. Sanderson, C. L. Martin, Edward Underhill, Henry A. Gaston and George W. Bicknell. The present membership of the chapter is seventy-two, and the present officers are : H. P., Sidney Smith ; K., T. A. Harvey ; S., Simon Smith ; C. of H., J. I. Comstock ; P. S., J. E. McEvoy ; R. A. C., John Nichols; 3d V., E. A. Loomis ; 2d V., William Bryden ; 1st V., I. S. Harvey ; T., H. B. Allen ; Sec- retary, W. H. Key ; G., O. H. Perry.

Beloit Commandery, No. 6, K. T., was chartered on January 6, 1864, a dispensation hav- ing been granted upon the petition of the following gentlemen : Sir James Collins, A. Sidney Wood, J. W. Stewart, Clinton Babbitt, George S. Ruble, W. R. Wild, George W. Sanborn, George C. Prescott and Joseph Humphrey. The present membership is sixty-six, and the present officers are : E. C., C. F. G. Collins; Gen., Samuel Bell; C. G., I. N. Rawson ; Prelate, C. Ingersoll ; S. W., J. A. Sherwood; J. W., F. S. Fenton ; T., D. S. Foster; R., W. H. Key; Standard Bearer, Sidney Smith ; Sword Bearer, John Nichols; W., H. B. Allen ; Guards, I. S. Harvey, T. A. Harvey and E. A. Loomis; S., O. H. Perry. As these latter orders are but higher branches of the main Order, their property, consisting of furniture, etc., is held in common. That is valued at about $1,500, and, in addition to that, the Chapter has funds to the extent of several hundreds of dollars, from which it may be gathered that the Lodge is in a highly prosperous condition, as, indeed, it is.

Myrtle Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F .- On the 19th of May, 1846, Thomas Sherlock. M. W. .G. Sire, and James L. Ridgely, Corresponding Secretary of the R. W. G. L., I. O. O. F. of the

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United States, issued a warrant to Brothers C. C. Townsend, J. B. Fargo, C. F. Fargo, Isamme Beers and A. T. Howes to organize a Lodge, to be known and hailed as E-ne-we-shin-e-gras Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F., and to be located at Beloit, Wisconsin Territory ; and, on the 11 th day of August, 1846, Duane Wilson, D. D. G. S., duly instituted said Lodge, and installed its first officers as follows : A. T. Howes, N. G .; C. F. Fargo, V. G .; D. Noggle, R. S. ; and C. C. Townsend, Treasurer. The new Lodge started under very favorable auspices, and when the R. W. G. Lodge of Wisconsin was organized, on the 9th of June, 1847, participated, and its representative, B. A. Kent, P. G., was chosen the first D. G. M. of that grand body, and at this session of the G. L., E-ne-we-shin-e-gras Lodge, No. 10, petitioned to have its name changed to Myrtle, which was granted, and the Lodge has been known ever since as Myrtle, No. 10; and for more than thirty-three years it has disseminated the principles of friendship, love and truth.

The Lodge at the present date has on its roll a membership of 119 active workers. The lodge-room is centrally located in the Shaw & Zilley Block. The main lodge-room is forty-five feet long by thirty-eight feet wide, and handsomely furnished with the latest designs in uphol- stered plush official chairs and a fine organ, and is, without doubt, the finest lodge-room in the State. Connected with the main room is a large reception-room for ladies, furnished in the very finest designs of parlor furniture. In the ante-room for the members is the library, started by the brothers a few years ago. The library at present is not very large, but contains a choice col- lection of reading matter, embracing fiction, scientific and historical works, beside several large and valuable volumes of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the United States, and every year are added more books, which will make it a library of some importance before many years.

In fitting up the lodge-rooms the brothers spared neither time nor money to make it com- fortable and pleasant to themselves, or those that chanced to visit them, the whole costing them over $2,000. Beside this, they own real estate at present valued at between $5,000 and $6,000, which places the Lodge in a fine financial condition, and will remain so, as the financial depart- ment is placed in careful hands.

The present elective officers are : N. G., E. E. Searles ; V. G., J. E. Parker; R. S., F. E. Race ; Treas., W. H. Fountain. Trustees, W. H. Key, Charles Wheeler and L. W. Ken- dall. Librarian, Charles Miller. Appointed officers : R. S. N. G., F. R. Nichols ; R. S. V. G., II. W. Ford; War., W. S. Kendall; Con., L. W. Kendall; O. G., Charles Miller; I. G., D. E. Munroe; R. S. S., N. H. Bowerman ; L. S. S., E. J. Bending ; R. S. V. G., R. E. Heiny ; L. S. V. G., Fred Jackson.

The list of Past Grands are as follows : O. B. Park, P. G. and P. G. Representative; W. H. Fountain, P. G. ; A. E. Newton, P. G .; L. M. Rose, P. G .; Charles Kendall, P. G; R. M. Ferguson, P. G .; R. E. Heiney, P. G .; H. R. Duncan, P. G .; W. H. Key, P. G .; F. E. Race, P. G .; A. B. Winn, P. G. ; A. D. Jackson, P. G. ; G. H. Anderson, P. G .; J. L. Downer, P. G. ; A. H. Nichols, P. G .; J. W. Crist, P. G .; C. H. Parker, P. G .; G. E. Lewis, P. G. ; Charles Wheeler, P. G. ; S. H. Allen, P. G .; W. W. Kennie, P. G .; C. H. Bullock, P. G. ; F. R. Nichols, P. G .; W. H. Calvert, P. G .; R. H. Sharp, P. G.

Beloit Encampment, No. 7, I. O. O. F .- This Encampment was instituted December 17. 1850, by Grand Patriarch Hatch, with the following charter members: B. C. Sewell, A. Lancaster, B. A. Kent, W. H. Howard, C. R. P. Wentworth, W. Bastian and Edwin Bicknell. The Encampment at the present date is in very fine condition, numbering about forty-five members, which is composed of members from Myrtle Lodge, No. 10, Beloit, Wis., and Rock River Lodge, No. 48, Rockton, Ill. They meet on the first and third Friday in each month, in Odd Fellows' Hall. It has now been in existence for over twenty-nine years. This, like Myrtle Lodge, has never suspended its charter, but has passed through all of the varied changes that have taken place since 1850, and to-day is moving along in splendid condition. The present elective officers are : C. P., W. H. Calvert ; H. P., W. H. Fountain ; S. W .. R. H. Sharp ; Scribe, W. W. Kinnie; Treas., W. H. Keys ; J. W., E. E. Searles. Trustees, F. E. Race, Charles Kendall and C. II. Bullock. Appointed officers : Guide, Charles Wheeler; O. S., Charles Miller : J. S., D. E. Munroe. Following are Past Chief Patriarchs: O. B. Park,

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P. C. P. and P. G. P .; W. H. Fountain, P. C. P .; Charles Kendall, P. C. P .; R. E. Heiny, P. C. P .; W. H. Key, P. C. P .; F. E. Race, P. C. P .; Charles Wheeler, P. C. P .; W. W. Kinnie, P. C. P .; C. H. Bullock, P. C. P .; F. R. Nichols, P. C. P.

I. O. O. F. Mutual Life Insurance Company .- Also connected with the Order in this jurisdiction, is the I. O. O. F. Mutual Life Insurance Company, which contains now over a thousand members, and adding more daily. This Company was granted a charter by the Legis- lature of Wisconsin on the 24th day of February, 1869, which makes over ten years since organ- ized, for which it has furnished the brotherhood insurance on their lives at the nominal rate of $8.40 per thousand on all ages, which is a saving of from 100 to 500 per cent as compared with rates charged by regular life insurance companies, at their respective ages, when joining this. At the present date, the membership here are carrying the amount of $61,631. This is under the charge of Frank E. Race, Secretary, Beloit, Wis.

Ancient Order United Workmen .- Temple Lodge, No. 42, A. O. U. W., was instituted at Beloit on the 26th day of August, 1868, by D. D. M. W. A. H. Taisey. The charter mem- bers were W. H. Key, F. E. Race, H. L. Sherman, John Coates, G. A. Janovin, S. H. Allen, O. A. Cheney, George West, Byron Philbrick, L. P. Cole, William English, John Braga, Will- iam Grinnell, Dr. H. P. Carey, George Robinson, Dr. A. P. Peck, C. L. Vale, Adam Bittel, J. F. Appleby, E. L. Johnson, Chris. Frederick, John Miller, John Franz, W. W. Kinnie, William Hamlin. Following are the first officers : P. M. W., W. H. Key, M. W., F. E. Race ; G. F., W. W. Kinnie; Overseer, H. L. Sherman ; Rec. and Fin., L. P. Cole ; Receiver, O. A. Cheney ; Guide, George A. Janvrin ; Inside Watch, John Coates; O. W., William English. Trustees, F. E. Race, S. H. Allen, W. W. Kinnie.

The Lodge now numbers thirty members, and is gaining slowly with good and efficient mem- bers. The object of the Order is in common with other secret societies, but the principal feature is to present to each member the amount of $2,000 as insurance, each member being assessed whenever a death occurs in the jurisdiction. It is now only two years since the order was intro- duced into this State, and it now numbers over 2,400 members. The Lodge in Beloit holds risks to the amount of $60,000, which is carried at low rate, as compared with regular companies, and the Order is destined to become one of the finest institutions of its time.

Following are the officers for 1879: P. M. W., F. E. Race ; M. W., A. P. Peck ; G. F., W. W. Kinnie; Overseer, George West ; Rec. and Fin., W. H. Key ; Receiver, W. H. Hamlin ; Guide, William English ; I. W., John Franz; O. W., John Miller ; Trustees, F. E. Race, S. H. Allen, W. W. Kinnie. F. E. Race was chosen the first Representative to the Grand Lodge, which met at the city of Milwaukee on the 5th day of February, 1879.

Since the 24th day of March, Wisconsin was set apart as a separate jurisdiction, having reached over 2,000 members, which was enough to enable her to pay a full loss of $2,000. Since that time, it has suffered only one loss, making an assessment of $1, which is a good show- ing at the present date.

Fidelity Temple of Honor, No. 37, was organized on January 22, 1876, with the following charter members : W. H. Aldrich, J. R. Nye, W. F. Boise, Charles Bedell, H. H. Cass, N. N. Stevens, F. Keen, D. Tasker, C. N. Fox, F. Tasker, Y. Smith, O. Dunbar, W. A. Dawson, W. W. Kinnie, G. S. Love, R. Tattershall, G. Frazer, H. Hunt and E. W. Tasker. Of these, the officers elected were : W. C. T., W. H. Aldrich ; W. V. T., J. R. Nye; W. R., Charles Bedell ; W. A. R., D. Tasker ; W. F. R., H. H. Cass; W. T., N. N. Stevens; W. U., O. Dunbar ; W. D. U., F. Keen ; W. G., F. Tasker ; W. S., C. N. Fox. The present membership of the Lodge is about fifty, and they possess property valued at about $200.

The present officers are : P. W. C. T., C. O. Johnson ; W. C. T., J. M. Hoyt; W. V. T., George Fisher ; W. R., F. S. Blackmer ; W. A. R., Robert Butter ; W. F. R., J. B. De Freil ; W. T., F. S. Schwede; W. U., O. H. Packard : W. A. U., A. L. Bull; W. G., R. Moses; W. S., George Hayes ; Chaplain, H. S. Jordan.

Beloit Division Sons of Temperance, No. 38, was organized on January 20, 1874, with the following charter members : John S. Busier, John Rodgers, S. J. Stockwell, N. A. Clark,

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W. H. Bussey, A. M. Adams, D. Y. Westcott, Robert Hall. F. E. Tasker, J. M. Howe, D. Tasker, Parsons E. Johnson, E. M. James, J. G. Hayes, J. W. Prouty, N. D. Colby, G. O. Hart, F. Webb, J. A. Merrill, Samuel Beck, J. F. Rood, E. S. Scott, F. D. Tread, Robert Wilson, N. N. Stevens, J. G. Luce, A. Castle, E. J. Folant, J. B. Whitcomb, W. B. Westcott and C. B. Ayer. The first officers chosen were : W. P., W. B. Westcott ; W. A., N. A. Clar; W. R. S., P. Johnson ; W. A. S., E. J. Folant ; W. F. S., C. B. Ayer; W. T., R. Hall; C., H. Heath ; W. Cond., R. Wilson ; W. A. C., F. D. Mead : W. I. S., F. E. Tasker ; W. O. S N. A. Stevens. The present membership is about sixty, and it is growing in strength day by da The officers at the time of writing were : D. G. W. P., Albert F. Ayer; W. P., Robert Butle W. A., Mrs. H. A. Patterson : W. R. S., A. George ; W. A. S., Miss Hattie Patterson : W. S., John Caldwell; W. T., Mrs. John Caldwell : W. C., N. N. Stevens ; W. Cond., O. Ormsby ; W. A. Cond., Miss Alice Fairchild; W. I. S., Miss Hattie Roberts ; W. O. S., G Hays. The Lodge holds meetings in Fenton's Hall every Tuesday evening.

The Cadets of Temperance is the title of a juvenile Lodge which was organized by Mi& Mary Lunn, on June 20, 1878, with thirty charter members. It has now a membership of about one hundred, the charge of whom, as an organization, has devolved upon Mrs. C. B. Ayer. This lady is devoted to her little band of temperance heroes; and it is owing to her courage, energy, kindness and general lovable nature that they are, as a body, in such a high state of perfection to-day. The little "men and women," it is said, go through their ceremo- nies with a gravity far beyond their years, and the complete absence of small " ragamuffins" in and around the streets of the city is doubtless due to their saving influence. The two principal officers are: W. C., Harry Wright; W. S., George Luce.

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The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 96

Author: Wesern historical company, Chicago, pub Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co. Number of Pages: 899

Author: Wesern historical company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 899