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CHURCHES.
In early days, religion, like other blessings, was scarce and hard to get ; that is to say, the opportunity for regular religious worship was not always at hand, and the good Christian thought himself or herself lucky, indeed, if a journey of ten or twelve miles brought them within hearing distance of a preacher. In 1837, the Rev. Jesse Holstead held forth to occa- sional meetings of Methodists in the town of Troy, Walworth County, and not a few of the first settlers in the backwoods region went thither for spiritual sustenance. Gradually, the light of religion shed its rays in the valleys of the Scupernong and Bark Rivers, until finally each settlement could afford its own minister, and, in due course of time, the reverberating echoes of the church bell could be heard penetrating the rigid atmosphere that had so recently known no sound save the piercing yell of the savage. In 1849-53, Palmyra was included in the circuit with Hart and Round Prairies, and the Revs. James F. Flanders, Mr. Whitehead and Nathaniel Swift will be remembered as belonging to the itinerancy and preaching on stated occasions to the people of those neighborhoods. An old settler of Palmyra remembers the text of Mr. Swift's first sermon. It was: "Receiveth, for we have wronged no man, nor defrauded no man, nor deccived no man." It was a very good community indeed, and each of Mr. Swift's hearers, it is believed, could honestly have taken the text to his or her own heart without conscientious com- punctions. Mr. Swift was much beloved by his small flock, and, before he left, it secured a lot of ground and assisted in the construction of a church edifice, in which, for a long time, a dry- goods box did service as a pulpit. When the society was organized in 1842, there were but five
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members. Meetings were then held in the old log schoolhouse. The list of Pastors since the ministration of the Rev. Swift is as follows : The Revs. Latin, H. M. Frinek, P. B. Pease, Mr. Moulthrop, Thomas Ross, J. Howd, R. M. Beach, I. S. Eldridge, H. Hersy, J. E. Baker, Milton Rowley, A. S. Chamberlain, O. C. Huntley, S. W. Ford, Mr. Vanvoorhees, Thomas Potter, J. R. Allen, W. E. Walker, Mr. Cooley, S. F. Cole, C. M. Stowers, C. E. Carpenter and W. B. Robinson. The Presiding Elders on this circuit since 1854 have been the Revs. C. Hobart, P. S. Bennett, W. G. Miller, W. H. Sampson, S. C. Thomas, Mr. Pilsbury, W. C. Stowe and W. G. Miller.
The First Congregational Church of Palmyra was organized on December 5, 1847, as a Presbyterian Church, the meeting for the purpose being held at the residence of Mr. Justus Carpenter, on December 4. The first members were B. N. Benedict. Justus Carpenter and wife, J. Fish, J. Chambers and wife, J. Malcomson and wife, L. H. Lyman and Mrs. Sophia Lyman. In 1852, a church edifice was erected, and on July 10, 1858, the members, in conse- quence of the large numbers of Congregationalists in the village, agreed to transform it into a Congregational Church. It is a very fine frame buildling, with a seating capacity of 150 per- sons, and cost $2,500. The present membership is about eighty. Following is a list of the Pastors : Revs. P. H. Turner, C. W. Camp, W. C. Fiske, H. T. Lothrop, I. S. Emery, E. F. Waldo, E. P. Salmon, S. Parker, William E. Southworth, William Turner, Daniel Wooley and M. Wells.
The Episcopal Church ivas organized in 1871, the first sermon being delivered by the Rev. E. P. Smith. The only regular members were Mrs. J. R. Cushman and Miss Kendall. Now there are some fifteen or twenty communicants, who have the opportunity of attending service every second Sunday, the Rectors who give them that pleasure being the Revs. E. P. Smith and R. D. Stearns. It is but right to state that the success of the Church is largely, if not entirely, due to the efforts of the female portion of the society.
The Baptist Church was organized in 1844, with William K. Cash and wife, William D. Baldwin and wife, Seth and Abigail Higgins and John Chapen and wife as the first members. After the completion of the organization. services were held in the house of Mr. Cash, two miles north of the village, Elder Delaney being their guide, philosopher and friend. He contin- ued in that position for some time, and was subsequently succeeded by Elder Carr, under whose ministrations the present church edifice was erected.
MANUFACTORIES.
As has already been stated, the first manufactory in Palmyra was the saw-mill of the Messrs. Powers. About the time that institution was converted into a grist-mill, for the manu- facture of flour and meal, Mr. M. W. Coon established a cooper-shop in the village, and although the " bar'l" was in those days unknown to politics, there was such a demand for Mr. Coon's prodnetions of this article that he was encouraged to build a second and larger factory, and increase his working force to from ten to eighteen hands. Most of his barrels were shipped by wagon to Janesville. When, in 1858, timber became dear, and improved machin- ery literally took the adz from the hand of the workman, Mr. Coon saw the necessity of dis- continuing the business.
In 1865, C. F. Eastman opened a small cooper-shop in the old building originally ocenpied by Mr. Coon.
In 1856, John Heath and Nathan Smith built a reaper factory in Palmyra. where, for two years, they manufactured a machine that has attained a merited amount of fame among the farmers, known as the " Patent Falvey Riley Reaper." Messrs. Heath & Smith then retired from the business, and, in 1866, I. E. Brown obtained possession of " the old stand," where he carried on the foundry and machine business until 1871, when he sold to Reed & Willson, who built an addition for the accommodation of an engine and the purposes of a blacksmith-shop, and manufactured the Reed & Willson Wagon until 1877. The property then passed into the
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ands of James Webster, but in May, 1879, was purchased by C. F. Raun, who manufactures eparators, horse-powers, saw-frames, mill-works, and does a large business in the line of epairing all sorts of machinery, his working force consisting of from six to eight men.
January 1, 1875, Robert Loewe and T. R. Qualey associated themselves together in the holesale manufacture of boots and shoes. Their first year's sales amounted to about $20,000. 'ebruary 1, 1876, a partner-Mr. John Messerschmidt-was added to the firm, which, in August, 1877, was again changed by Mr. Loewe retiring. From nine to twelve men are mployed by Qualey & Co. Shipments are made throughout the Northwest.
The Palmyra Broom-Factory was started in 1872 by Messrs. Pond & King, with a capital f about $200, and in the first year they turned out about two thousand dozen brooms. The usiness has increased very much of late, and now Messrs. King & Son, who constitute the rm, are raising their own material. They give employment to three hands, and ship to a irge number of points in Wisconsin.
The town of Palmyra affords three cheese-factories, with a combined capacity for working p the laeteal productions of 1,500 cows. The first of these was established in 1862, and is he property of Z. Willson ; the second in point of importance belongs to the Cold Springs Cheese Company, and the third to Charles Calkins. Dairying has become one of the chief dustries of this part of Jefferson County. Prior to 1870, the raising of grain was the prin- ipal pursuit of the farmer, but when he learned of the demand in European markets for Amer- an cheese and butter, he turned his attention to stock-raising, and, it is believed, has not egretted his venture.
THE RAILROAD.
What is now the Prairie du Chien Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- ay, reached the village of Palmyra in the fall of 1852. It was a luxury, the need of which he citizens long had felt. Zebina Willson was installed as the agent of the Company at this oint, and has remained in the office ever since, being known as the oldest agent (that is, ngest in the service of the Company) on the road. Mr. Willson is one of the " live men " of Palmyra. In 1853, he built a warehouse and commenced the purchase and shipment of grain. n 1860, he found the business largely increasing, and, recognizing the necessity for more torage room, erected an elevator with a capacity of 20,000 bushels. He continued in the rain trade until 1878, when he sold his elevator and patronage to John Gregory.
HOTELS.
The Palmyra House, built by William Mulks, and destroyed by fire in 1859, was the first otel in Palmyra. Second in the list of institutions under this head was the Wisconsin House, uilt and owned by Coon & Purdy. After the burning of the Palmyra House, Messrs. Coon ; Purdy moved their hotel from its original site to that formerly occupied by the ill-starred Palmyra. It is now the Stewart House, kept by A. Tichaffer.
James French was the next individual to become fascinated with the hotel business, and, in 857, he constructed a convenient and commodious caravansary near the railroad depot, which, 1866, was purchased by J. B. Messerschmidt. In 1877, extensive improvements were made y the owner, and it was called the Commercial House.
A SUMMER RESORT.
Palmyra is rapidly developing toward a leading position in the long list of excellent sum- er resorts to be found in Wisconsin. The artificial lake, caused, for the most part, by the amming of the silver-watered Scupernong, the romantic surroundings of shady groves and ozy nooks (lovers' retreats), and the famous springs, whose waters contain all the exhilarating ualities claimed by physicians to be so beneficial to impaired constitutions, combine to make
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Palmyra all that is accorded to the most fashionable or agreeable places of this character to b found within the interior of the Union. In 1871. Ira Bidwell and Dr. Wood built an elegan and substantial hotel (the Bidwell House) for the accommodation of those seeking pleasure o health, and furnished in a style whose sumptuousness is certainly all that could be desired o expected. It is in every particular a summer-resort hotel, where, during the heated term, ca be found the Southern Bourbon and Northern "Stalwart," the Eastern dandy and Wester business man, who, for a period, forget the halls of legislation and trade-marts and turn thei undivided attention to the recuperation of their wasting energies. Last season, the Bidwell wa opened by Col. Charles H. Dean, of Peoria, Ill., who presided over the hostelry in a manne highly spoken of by those who were so fortunate as to be his guests. Excellent drives, line with groves of oaks and maples, diverge in almost every direction from the Bidwell.
THE PRESS.
Palmyra is not without that most valuable acquisition in the march of progress-a new! paper ; and, for a village of 900 or 1.000 inhabitants, the Palmyra Enterprise certainly is newspaper in which the citizens should take a deep pride. The publication of the Enterpris was commenced seven years ago by O. P. Dow, its present editor and manager. It was orig nally a seven-column folio, and, three years ago, another column was added to each page. It Republican in politics, and temperate in principle, and has been the especial champion of uniform text-book system. The Enterprise was the first journal in the State to hoist the nam of William Smith for Governor at the head of its editorial columns. The editor exhibits com mendable modesty in any claims upon the party for this exhibition of political foresight, believ ing that he only added his "little mite " in the interest of good government. "U. S. Gran for President of the United States," is the present political emblem of the Enterprise. Jus how near the mark Mr. Dow will fall is a matter for future decision.
THE POST OFFICE.
This never-failing mark of civilization was established in 1843, with Mr. John Fish a Postmaster. There was then but one mail per week. which has increased to three mails per day and a tri-weekly from the East via Milwaukee, the average amount of matter received being 15 pounds per day. The receipts from the office, money-order and stamp sales combined, are abou $16,000 per annum. The following is a list of the Postmasters : John Fish, G. M. Harris, I II. Turner, I. C. Thompson, A. S. Porter, H. Strong and B. N. Benedict, the present incumbent
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Palmyra Lodge, No. 160, I. O. O. F., was organized on January 20, 1870, with the fo lowing charter members: I. E. Brown, L. K. Purdy, S. W. Ford. Francis C. Webb, Calvi Gray. The first officers were : N. G., R. S. Hadley : V. G .. F. C. Webb ; Secretary, H. Strong R. S., R. Loewe ; Treasurer. A. Ilenderson. The Lodge now numbers about seventy-six men bers, and is in a very flourishing condition. possessing about $1,400 in funds and property. Th present officers are : N. G., S. Mitchell ; V. G., II. Buening : Secretary. R. L. McCarthy ; P. S A. L. Porter ; Treasurer, D. Craig.
In connection with this is a Rebecca Lodge, known as Nellie Lodge, No. 18, the presen membership of which is twenty-eight. The officers are : N. G., Mrs. E. M. Towle : V. G., Mr. B. A. Pond ; R. S., Mrs. M. MeCarthy : P. S., R. L. McCarthy ; Treasurer, Mrs. Kaise: Meetings are held in the Odd Fellows' Hall, on Wednesday night, once in two weeks.
Capt. Ilenry Willson, of Palmyra, was made an Odd Fellow in 1828, in Manchester England, and is probably the oldest Odd Fellow in Wisconsin. The Order has just completed large and commodious hall.
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Palmyra Lodge, No. 68, A., F. ยง. A. M., was organized in 1848. Among the original mbers of this Lodge may be mentioned the following: Monroe Mckenzie, Jacob Skinner, Z. Ilson, R. Willson, M. W. Coon, O. F. Weed, George Reddington, Maj. Asa Boyington and M. Harris. The Lodge has now about sixty members.
Palmyra Lodge, I. O. G. T., was organized on May 20, 1873, with the following charter inbers : I. T. Lothrop, E. E. Lothrop, H. P. Goodman, E. E. Dow, O. P. Dow, F. P. Buz- 1, Miss Clara Buzzell, Mrs. H. M. Bunker. H. M. Coon, Mrs. H. M. Coon, Miss Lucy rner, I. N. Turner and wife, Mrs. P. S. Mason, T. H. Randall, George Backus, Miss Mary ckus, R. L. McCarthy, D. Campbell, Miss Emma Campbell. The first officers were: W. C., P. Buzzell ; W. V., H. M. Bunker ; W. R. S., R. L. McCarthy ; W. F. S., E. E. Dow; P. C., D. Campbell; W. T., Mrs. H. M. Coon ; W. C., H. P. Goodman ; W. M., H. M. on ; A. M., Lucy Turner ; O. S. G., T. H. Randall; S. G., Mrs. Mary Campbell ; R. and L. Mrs. P. S. Mason and Mrs. F. P. Buzzell.
A re-organization took place in the fall of 1874, under the title of Spring Lake Lodge, No. 6. The present officers are : W. C., I. T. Lothrop; W. V., Capitola Hopper; P. W. C. T., George ckus ; F. S., H. Thompson : W. C., Thomas French ; R. S., W. J. Brown ; Marshal, Clay- Olds; A. M., Miss Nelly Beggs ; I. G., Jessie Willson ; O. G., George Drumgold. The dge now has a membership of thirty-nine, and possesses property, regalia, etc., valued at $100.
FIRST THINGS.
The first brick building was erected in 1846, by Mr. Levi Powers, for a town hall.
The first death occurred in 1845, the victim of the fell destroyer being Mrs. Lavinia Wilbur. The first birth occurred in 1842, in the family of Mr. James Westfalls, the "little one," wever, only attaining the age of two years.
The first marriage took place in the fall of 1843, the high contracting parties being Albertus app and Miss Polly Duncan, a sister-in-law of Mr. Miles Wilbur.
The first land was broken in the village by S. Brisbin and Miles Wilbur in the spring of 43, upon which they planted winter wheat, and when it arrived at maturity they took it to lwaukee and sold it for 37 cents per bushel.
The first blacksmith's shop was opened in 1843 by Robert Brewer.
The first physician is believed to have been Dr. Petty.
Jacob Skinner was the first lawyer.
Revs. Nathaniel Swift and Mr. Whitehead were the first circuit preachers.
THE CEMETERY.
On April 26, 1851, a meeting was held at the Town Hall for the purpose of forming a metery Association. Those present were B. N. Benedict, N. F. Smith, P. II. Turner, J. inner, Philetus Ranney, M. C. Conger, Monroe McKenzie, John E. S. Harris, Richard Pack- m, James Malcomson, John Chapin, J. A. Allen, H. T. Lothrop, S. B. Higgins, Z. Wilson d Justus Carpenter. B. N. Benedict was chosen President, and Nathan Smith, Secretary. essrs. P. H. Turner, Jolin Chapin, B. N. Benedict, Richard Packham, M. Mckenzie and John S. Ilarris, were elected Trustees. On May 21, 1852, another meeting was held at which a oposition was made by David J. Powers, to the effect that if they would raise $200 for the pur- se of surveying and fencing the ground, he would donate two and three-fourth acres of land. r. Powers' offer was accepted. On June 5, 1866, pursuant to a clause in the act of incorpora- n the cemetery was transferred to the control of the Village Board, but, when the act of incor- ration was declared illegal. the following Trustees were elected : O. P. Dow, President ; S. B. iggins, C. F. Eastman, Miles Wilbur, R. Williams (Treasurer), and W. F. Chambers, Secre- ry. Next year, however, the control of it passed again into the hands of the Village Board. whom it is still vested. It is a nicely situated ground, and is filled with many handsome
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monuments, and various shrubs. beneath which lie the remains of many of the pioneers who ga their services and their lives to the advancement of civilization, and the founding of one of t prettiest villages in the Northwest.
TOWN AND VILLAGE OF COLD SPRING.
" Abram Brink,", says an old settler of the village of Cold Spring, "was not only t founder of this place, but, while he continued to live, he was the moving spirit in every ente prise calculated to add to its prosperity and importance ; and when, by his sudden and unf tunate death, the light of his genius went out, a reactionary era set in, from the effects of whi we are just recovering. We believe that a new and (so far as enterprise is concerned) regen ated Brink has recently come among us, and that the cloud that for thirty years has o'ersha owed the horizon of our advancement will soon be dispelled, and Cold Spring will again take place among the progressive villages of this progressive age."
Abram Brink came to Jefferson County in 1838, and settled on Whitewater Creek, in Se tion 18, Township 5 north, Range 15 east, opposite a bounteous spring of pure, cold water- very cold, in fact, as to entitle it to the name of Cold Spring, after which the village that afte ward grew up thereabouts and the town that was subsequently organized out of the town Bark River were named. Brink's first work was the building of a saw-mill and dam. turning-shop and grist-mill were the next institutions that owed their existence to his enterpris Ten years from the date of Mr. Brink's first settlement on Whitewater Creek saw a wonderf transformation in that vicinity. The humble log cabin, reared with but little regard for comfor but merely as a temporary shelter, was torn away, and frame dwellings, with perhaps two stori and, better still, lathed and plastered. began to loom up in almost every direction ; saw t platting of a village covering twenty acres of Brink's claim, and the survey of streets and roa ways by Milo Jones ; witnessed the establishment of stores ; the foundation of schools : t inauguration of religious societies, and a reign of general progress all along the line. BL alas ! the same period of time also witnessed the accidental death of Abram Brink. Novemb 1, 1848, while on his way to Milwaukee with a load of flour (the product of his grist-mill), company with Frank Pixley, and while in the act of driving beneath a leaning tree, M Brink's spine was so seriously injured that he died within a few days. He was thirty-fi years of age, and was buried in Cold Spring Cemetery.
Alexander Henderson, Nelson Fryer, Asabel Kinney and Henry Johnson, beside M Brink, were the earliest settlers in what is now the town of Cold Spring. George W. Eas came in 1839, and after a short stay went to Michigan, but returned and settled permanent in the spring of 1840. During this year, Thomas Findley, James Wallace, Prude Parsons a Thomas Brice were added to the population.
The surface of the land comprised in the town of Cold Spring is for the most part level, gently rolling. The soil is rich and productive and in a high state of cultivation There evidence that that region was once a favorite haunt of the Indians, and old Black Hawk, his time, was no doubt the "ruling sovereign " of the Bark River country. An Indian buryin ground, on a little knoll half a mile northwest of the village of Cold Spring, denotes the speci of the original inhabitants of this once wild waste that has since been made to " blossom the rose." Bear, elk and deer were very plentiful in the Bark River region at an early da Mr. Eason remembers having killed a pestiferous bruin, which had displayed an enormo appetite for calves and pigs and lambs. The animal weighed 325 pounds, and was " treed by a very noisy, stump-tailed eur belonging to Mr. Eason. The old pioneer's table was f some time thereafter well-supplied with " b'ar meat." Milwaukee was for several years tl nearest provision point.
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The village of Cold Spring is located one mile south of the confluence of Whitewater Creek Bark River, beneath the brow of a gracefully rising hill, from the top of which the church res and factory smoke-stacks in Fort Atkinson, Whitewater and other villages, can be dis- ctly seen. The first store established in the village was by Oscar Weed & Bros. Prior to advent of the Weeds, a genius from Ohio, who came from the Buckeye State with another n's wife and a small stock of whisky, pipes, tobacco, coffee and tea, had located there as a rchant, but, receiving an unexpected visit from a posse of Milwaukee officers, he allowed the els to be confiscated for the benefit of his creditors, and, in company with the woman, kipped the ranch," and " went West." It is said he entertained a mortal horror of shot-guns the hands of outraged husbands. Among those who have "kept store " since the time of ar Weed may be mentioned Dempster Gould, " Little " Robinson, G. P. Marston (who died San Diego, Cal.), August Greenleaf, Ira Day, Dana King, Thadeus De Long, B. F. Pixley. P. Hammond, and, perhaps others, whose names cannot be remembered. The Hale Wash- rd Manufacturing Company will be remembered as among the institutions of Cold Spring. grew out of a copartnership store, and was carried on by F. De Long and F. Smith. After ear of varied success, the building in which the patent Milesian music-boxes were manufac- ed was struck by lightning. S. P. IIammond and family were living in one portion of the icture at the time, and had a narrow escape. The Judge considers it the " closest call " he r had. So vividly was he made to realize the fragile texture of the thread of life, that his nediate reformation followed ; he became a Deacon in the church, and now, when not engaged che dispensation of petty justice and hard cider, may be found in the gloom of his cloister, pped in the sackcloth of humiliation and bent low in the attitude of prayer.
The Brink saw-mill, after passing through the hands of Joseph Widner and Norman Hor- , and while it was the property of Archibald and William Snodgrass, was totally destroyed fire. The Messrs. Snodgrass then erected a starch-factory on the dam near the site of the saw-mill. This enterprise proving unremunerative, it was converted into a grist-mill, which, the spring of 1879, was sold under a mortgage, F. M. Allen & Son being the purchasers. A plete outfit of new milling machinery has been put into the structure by Allen & Son, I, with the advantages arising from a rich agricultural region and what is considered one of very best water-powers in the Northwest, Cold Spring boasts a flouring-mill second to none its size in the State.
The new Cold Spring Cheese Factory, established by the Cold Spring Cheese Company, 1874, is another institution taking no small part in the prosperity of the place. The com- y was originally composed of R. F. McCutchan, William Marshall, A. D. Coburn and orge Billett. The proprietorship is the same now, with the exception of Mr. Marshall, who hdrew in the spring of 1879. The factory has a capacity of 200,000 pounds of cheese per son of eight months. This company also owns four other cheese-factories, one at Oak Hill, n of Sullivan, built in 1873, with a capacity of 200,000 pounds ; one at Hebron, built about same time, capable of turning out 300,000 pounds ; one at Palmyra, built in 1871, with a acity of 200,000 pounds, and another (The Clover Valley Factory), in the town of White- er, Walworth County. The combined product of the five factories has reached over one lion pounds in a season. In 1864, the old Cold Spring Cheese-Factory, situated on White- er Creek, was built by Alanson Pike, Edmund King, William Marshall aud James M. Case. liam Marshall is the present owner, and the institution, which has a capacity of 280,000 inds in a season, is now known as the Marshall Cheese-Factory. Shipments from all of the ve are made to Liverpool, London, New York, etc.
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