, 1859-07-14
The F&enserss Ce3eRFAt1ea ut AMFsSa,
4u1Y Il 1861


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xaa the or.tor Of the day. The mort attrae&-
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Under 80 miles. cents
0EeE " and under ~. y cents: -----.---f
Over g. ard under 10, ~ cents
User 3o0 1ni'cs, % cents.
During the march the old Postmaster kept |
his work going. making IN a mail. md sending /
out letters done up curiously as Of yore. With
the places Of mailing md date written 1t one |
Dea. Todd. Dea. Strong, and Mr. Preston were
aboard with rakes. hoes and axes. representing |
he first farmers Of Aurora. Isaac Narlett, who
Kent the first ta7ern. vas tbern with the old junk
bottle ana . little class. showing how he used
~ r. Pyohate s % ha3 iSe ,ame I'D MI III bars On is
arm. from which be dispeused the larg.. pill in
former dnrs =, tnre:aifs William A. Tanner
had bih cotupass. chain. md Jacob's sta,f, with
which be surreYed and run the lines as u pio-
neer-. George AcCollum made his hammers g,
anu ~I ~, ."sa ra. haas Ss 1E Esr1as na3cs Ind
his carpenters tools uc.ing the first of his craft
John Merritt made music with bis shoe hanmer
mad iapstone, and pegged and seTed as tne
hrst shoemaker John y arc, the nfst uasoh;
was there WITH his tro~ei and some 1fcks, 41u
showed how they made the "novt' ~ ID e1':
days. William Rogers, who came tTents.sesen
to show the ways Of the c9aft-tbough be 4fss
worked at farming when he a17ared 1ete. !ee
had a machine OF latest oorstrucf1on 1or turning
out some paris Of watches, and sent US spec'-
men Of the work they used to sell in old pinch
becks and bulls eyes j. q. Stop oent 2seF
when be came md became HE b1st manu'Asta- f:
zer +. X Allen was aboard wlt1 l1tls ehes1
OF Bohea, and piece OF bed lck ina1kea 500,
the price ne used 10 sell ft-no" 'ne sa1ne A1no
Is one sa,!ing
"" II. ha~Kins sa1 over R!eee o' snes.tns
and ne !aughcd yet. 10 thlnn WAL nne PF1ces ne
Eot IN tnose cary aays. 4nete W. ounf' ~.
Dole, "ho"as the A4st oo1n ot husosA' ~"
yonng man STUDYING 'ax. Las. Dat not 4eas'
xas SAN AcCal,y' 1ne MA % ssss.st u na."s aHi
tne3s 10 us nfo11s1 sosepnt uectasea{
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honor, and completed t4e p'caure o. .oe ~
neer Gar. a. y sta5.ea on' ofa"n " 'our "A'Ae
horses, and tags hsahE.
Tho pionecrs were called on to telntc their
erneriences in thc carly settlement of the coun-
ny'
S. Mccarthy came twenty flour years ago. he
and his brother Joseph, now dead. built tue
first mill His remarks were brief but inter-
esting.
Burr Ninton. the first Postmaster, tatd the
receipts were I'll 40 the first quarter, papers
and ail-tlat he had one letter sent IN wnien
| wns uight-cap! and that now be IS tod tue
letters only Of the office, some 23,oo0 OF them,
amount to 800 quarter.
Dr. Eastman Was not SO carly here hs Dr. fai-
mer, but said be followed trails when be rode.
and his patients generally were old bachelors:
| lsaac Aarlett c4me December, 1886, and
| opened log tavern where the aurora House
now stands for New Years party, hevipg 1o7
couples, coming from Chicago, Rock Greek, etc.
| Mr. Warne came in 1884, lives in the same
place Jet. Then only two meu here, MccaEty
and lis hired man. Mccarty cazne i've miles
then to his house to grind an axe. There were
then only three or four settlers ot Nape1ville-
Deacon Strong. twenty-five years ago. came
| with his wife mud children. There was onlJ one
steamboat then on the lake from Buffalo. he
came in schooner in nineteen days to Chica.o-
The captain threatened to put him ashore be-
1
he did lind at Chicago, the captain put his fam.
] ily out on the other side of the river On sand
bar In JULY he found water knee deep in many
places around Napersille. He found Joseph
MCCarty here alone-but he was then building
dam! The Deacon went TO Oswego. where be
found Mr. Snyder, who is here to-d.y. At Ba,
taria was Deacon Town, the first one there. lie
cut fourteen tons Of hay, which was Ill burnt up
by prairie fire-a thing lie did not know any.
tilinr about then. liz got sick. cut bis hand
md ihen cut his foot. sat down and went. bui
repeuted If his backslidines and las prospered
cycr since.
Mr, Preston catne twentg-three years aRo-
| thought that only The sm9ztest half Of those
comi1r west rot as fur as here. the rest peuer
ally stopped in Ohio and Michigan. The tirs1
four months be nut up 10000 rails, and under
took so much lie broke down. lie knew Mr.
taught singing. Gurdon S. Hubbard carried tht
s. mail with six steers, and was thirty.si,
hours getting through to Chicago From 1871
| to 1876 it way Is durE as Erypt, wheat ouly thir
ty.eicht cents in Chicapo, and It cost more thar
tIut To Get it thresbed.
", A. Tanner came in Scptemter. 1885. Johi
Calhoun, iately deceased, then printed the frs
paper-the tAiago Ltnoc71t-n the North
west. The people then, he soon learned, lire.
SURVEYED for sixteen years, In 1854 onIy 81;
rersons-all told here-eelebrated the 9TH o
! July! ,,,:
4. ". II. Aa"kins sag ~ olq MN fooo 10 81
years, haa 1sadea IN most esGfJ h!ns oat goo
/ .:-L4 =: :. ...r ~. ...-r,s hoI f;,h 80 -,
| daa.,.rs IL iee7 tofF IN tors.l,,ck fn- 11Inci,
| berrr. Marlctt kept liuuor. be remembers. &c
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