Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-02-25
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FOURTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
-O1 THE
LGEONEER SETTkERS =
enorr ooamsrv IOWA
SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA.

~ and paved the way for those who should
come after, VS. held st LsClAirs Hall On the
evening Of the 92d inst. This festival was The
moss thoroughly represented Of any hitherto
held. The nurnbsr present was upvsrds oi
three hundred.
At an early hour the people eomusneed
coming 10 from al psrts Of the county. The
omnibus Of tho Psnnsylvania House and other
conveysness kept dropping loads Of old ssttlsrs
at the Hall entrance for ssvsral hours. Rock
Island county ssut over goodly csputatioo Of
representatives, and Johnson county made .
response to . cordial Invitation sent thither.
The propristors Of The LsClAirs Houss kindly
threw open their parlors and dressing rooms
for the convenience and comfort Of the memb ers
and guests. and quite early in the evening il
wss plain to he seen that the old folks we're
counting themselves It home. p -
The "Old Settlers" Of Scott county are not.
all Of them. so old a. might be imagined
Some srs thrifty. young people. noty yet arrived
ct tho prime Of life. others are i. the middst
Of Miss journey With long years spread out
and yellow leas." with hesds whitened with
the storms Of eoodly number Of winters. end
whose ones powerful and rugged fosns avs
s.ooping under the weight Of years-whose
rest 10 wei nigh st hand. It 10 good thisg 70
sec the old settlers Of Scott county in convsn-
tion assembled
We have neither time nor space 10 enter
into rsriicu!srs-to speak - much st length -
We should like 10. 90 We pass on and enter the
Hall to sss what preparations have there been
made for the coming ceremonies. The west
hall was used as tho general reception room
Here the Society convened and bid each other
welcome, and ehstted over the mstters aud
things psrsaisiog 70 thssr early life. their pres
snt eojoyments. and future hopes Passing TO
the south end Of the hall our attention vas at-
tracted by handsome msnt IN imitatiop
of marble. II Was sst upon the stage. vac
about eight feet high and symmesrioally fssh.
green wreath gracefully dotted with aowsrs
and ent wined round about the seeming mar.
ble The effect was pleasing. On its base
Aowers and boqusts were esrslsss'y stre~s
Upon each Of the four sidss Of the principal
section were Inscribed the names OF the Pi0-
nesr dead. and the date Of their journey to
their last home This monument, We are told
IL but the type Of . real one which the Society
propose to erect. to perpetusse the memories
Of Oh whcse lots we're cast in THE evunty pre-
vious to l640.
A dense group Of people was almost con.
stantly engaged in sSsuuing the names thereon
inscribed. Ass matter Of record, ws have
transferred the names We saw there to these
columns.
The following are the names Of thuae who
died during the year 1860. together with an
ep,taph.
Mrs. Jane Glsspell, Mrs. Jemima Basklsy,
David Buckwalter, Mrs. Mahals Craig,
A. D. rhorinston, nss. Martha Jones,
Christopher Rowe, Mrs. Sophie rsrker'
Thomas 0osy,
"Gone from our midst, still in our hearts
Well keep thy memories green
Thus may thoy form an endless chain
This life sud Heaven bstwsen. aa
Another aide contained the names Of the
Pioneer dead Of 1859, with spitaph n
John Spear, hoo Roy Ac0rego1'
"Lesves have their time to fall, -.
And aowers to withsr st the North windS breath
And stars to set-but ALL s5 ga n
Thou hest sl ssssons for thine oWp. o, Death =
A third side contained the follo~isg names
of Pioneers dying iu the year 1865, With cpl
taph: s..,.
Mrs. stephen Sohool6eld, John Dickson
David Barry.
1--WE cherish their memories and will protect their
graves"
On the fourth eide wss abe fasloviag lst Of
Pioneer dead, including oil, - ~ - ssould b
ascsrtaiped. aud date Of death: !.