Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-24
Above the snowy ranges vept
Their cry stalls 10 the sea.
Long guarded we'll for rs remains
Beyond Missouri :. thirsty pains
The treasures Of her mountain claims.

The world keeps step TO merrier time,
While We its song repeat:
And life hath deeper meaning caught
From high endeavor, earnest thought
That through the toilsomc ages wrought.
lnheritors of all the past,
Who thus its labors share,
Upon the wave your treasures cast,
And make the world 90 fair
That pc,ure-.ike in memory hung
The simple homes from whence we sprung
shsil be ty bard and statesman sung.
i.-1he Pioneer Usad.-Their wcrx is DONE
lhey Aved-but not in VAN. They diea-yet
!lve again. In busy memory-they are among us
t.-nighi. In every old Iecollection-we clasp
their hands. In recalling tn deeds Of the past,
their t0sms are before u. With love for them
In our hearts, their praises on our lips and warm
memories aninating our souls-the Pioneer Dead
yet live.
Response ly D. T. McKown, Esq.
1t hath pleased Almighty God to call upon
msnes the journey Of Et.rnity-to snigra,e.
reversion for the good.
Mr.. Geo. Noble was q resident o! Buffalo
TO wnship; he was farmer by occupation,
and Possessing those attributes of character
which enjearsd him not only to his in u dlate
away IN the prime Of life at the very thresh.
hold Of what promised to be life Of useful
uess. He died on his farm in Buffalo to WI nship
on the 10th OF September, 1859, at the age Of
70 years.
Rob Roy McGregor was born Oh bis fathers
farm two miles below this city, on the 18th OF
April. 1887. and was supposed by many to
have been the fret white male child born in
the county. After lingering sickness he died
November 5. o59. in this city, at the age of 90
ysar-. Reared in our midst, We knew him as
good specimen OF the American Western
boy frank, open n-hesrted and liberal to .
fault to the dei.ands OF hf friends and like
the soil upon which he was born, free, generous
and genfai, readily yielding to the affectionate
impulses Cf his heart. he gathered around him
q ho et Of spirits akin to his own; and they, in
c-mmon With us, lament that iii ease so early
marked him Tor the grave, thus preventing the
Development OF the man, ana tearing away
the prop from her for whom he would have
lived. Alone in her Loneliness, We extend
her the synpathies Of Pioneer hearts
And here, Mr. President, my abilities as the
suiosist OF Our dead, utterly fail me in prop
ely noticing al other Of our number whose re-
mains weie out lac. Sabbath followed by a
large concour.e OF friends To their final resting
left their kentucky home to settle on q farm
immediately adjoining our city in the Spring
OF 1889, where she resided until her death,
which occurred February Is, 1860, At the
age OF IS years. surrounded by her family and
ior many years realizing anj enjoying The fr uits
OF q We'll spent lite.
pioneer mother. we'll adapted by nature
ior the diihcuities and deprIvations incident 10
the settlement OF new country her smIgra.
tion TO this county ct . time when the state of
society mos; needed the examples ard in
fueucss OF christian women-was most oppor.
tune. mother Of pioneers, who can measure
the extent OF those lmIre ssious Of character
v nica life, constantly and uniformly in the
active exercise OF ali the graces which adorn
the truly christian woman 10 calculated to in
splre, and which have Teen impaired TO those
who were more immediately within her circle
OF influence, ana thiough them again TO and
succeeding generations Seldom will i. fall 10
the lot oi any 10 notice the death Of one who
III the great walks Of private lite has exer,ed 10
such an extent-as the subject OF our notice
that power which alone is lied ty the still
small voice of = christian mothers example.
thus, Mr. President, are the poinesrs of
Scott county being e.owly Yet surely dec,.
mated. Soon, all how 5000, Will some one of
the now young settlers sssociat on deliver .
euiogy upon the last OF the pioneers Of this
association, and In every old recollection
clasp our hands, and in recalling the deeds
OF the past, have our examples before them
AID With love for Us IN the hearts our praise
on their lfs, aud warm memories auruatinp
their souls, cherish the memory oi the Scott
county pioneer d sd.
6.-7as State Of lsra.-Still in its youth. yet
great in population. and beundlcss in resources
what may We not expect to the full f-uition Of its
Response by Hon j. Grant,
Iowa vas frst organized as . territory in
June, ISIS. Prior to this, the country was A.,
tsch ed To Wisconsin. The population Of the
territory when organized was about 25.oOO.-
10 lsi1, the population was so great tha, Iowa
was admitted INTO the L lion OF these States
and the State Of Iowa now has q population of
600 UOu,-nearsE ss numerous as auy native
State after growth Of two centuries she hss
thus at u single bound ccme into TIE brother
hood OF States as an equal. Its gr with has DO,
been stimulated, except for q short period. by
speculation. bct it has been ct. adv Increase
produced by fertile soil, healthy climate. and
an eLterprlzilg people, who have had the
good sense TO value the certain gains Of we'll
sppliedi abor In the fled more than the sudden
Liehes from speculation in town lots, high
priced lands, or glittering gold leads
Iowa is the third State in the Union in tbs
healthtuiness OF climate among the very first
in the richness of her soil; has more than s0o
miles OF water navigation, eepar ating her from
her neighbors; and is fairly supplied with
rivers, lakes and streams for the purpose. Of
man featuring Oil the products of her coil.
her resources for all the necsssari.s of life
can hardly be measured by computation; and
The reverse consequent upon
The sptculs:lons prior to 1857, the State has
been eminentiy prosperous in her career to po>
0tlon and induence among mankind
Her future, so far as the above 10 concerned.
Is As full OF hope aud PROMISE a. her past has
been prosperous.
1t the union lssts, and what bold and bad
man saye II shall not, Iowa is destined to be the
keystone Of the National Arch. Her interconrs.
north south and east, by water and railway.
is never interrupted; her products can reach
the markets OF the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mex.
leo a; ali seasons OF the year, and her career
from THE time evermore is ONWARD. So long
as the National Flag Of the United States Of
America floats over us Iowa must rank among
the most prosperous. and We hope one of the
most Useful members of th. Confsderaey.
Her people have thus far been engaged in
providing The necessaries cf human life. The
foundation stone of everything good or great
has been laid by an ample provision for gem
eral education and the destiny Of the future
depends solsly upon the inclination Of her
people proftaby 10 employ the advantages
with which they have been blessed. As edu
eetion among us must become general, kuowl.
edge more powerful than GOLD will become
the common treasure of the masses, and the
mind freed from the drudgeries Of life. viii
aspire to oil that il noble in art and usefu, in