Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-03
A Representative New Highlander

rewArd-when honest effort for the right is
successful-as 1t ever must be if honest
whea q man has achieved the hishes.
esteem among bis fellow men and written
the principles of his life 10 their hearts and
around their hAbitstions By proper life
and . Just and wise use Of the worldly goods
that be has been blessed with ,-writ,en
them in words more lasting than marble
tablets and more TO be honored than statues
or dOmes, such q man we would prese n,
10 our readers. Among the many sketches
OF representative men that have been pre-
sented to the public through the medium of
the press, none, if we may be the Judge,
knowing the parties as we'll as We do, come
nearer truth and fact than the following, in
reference to Mr.. William Rsnne OF Pits
field Mass. which we copy from the DAven-
port Democrat:
GREATER THAN ALCHEMY.
The little maoufscturing town OF Pitts
hsld, IN Iae good old State OF Msssschuselts,
will become historical as the residence OF
WIN. Rsans. Is was IN this beautifully To-
Gated town, amidst the New England
mountains, with its busy manufactures, its
IN edioal Institution, aud its female college,
that ia 1909, was bora the subject OF this
sketch. At that period Pttts6eid Was bat
rural village, innocent Of railroads and
without the nun OF machinery. TODAY il
as . hourlshing town of IL 900 inhab bitHnts,
siIussed on the Boston and Albany, and th .
terminus of the HOusAtonie, aud PItss6eld
and North Adams railroads, and uanufac-
turing millions Of dollars worth OF cotton
aud broad cloth annually, and having with
IN It's limits. the central offices of several
Pominent Insurance Companies.
WI,lIam Rsnne was born 10 Dalton, about
i've miles from the place where he hrsi
IN td5 his start IN life. The son Of q farmer,
his advantages were merely what the village
school wodld give, aud he struggled on
m let all the drawbacks of r rustic hte
aal edueslIou. IL was IN the ulsge sur
rounding his birth place that no roamed
snd bo,anizsd, sSuyding with all
N boys enthusiasm; aud, with but
slsud7c O1JS-lOrs, toe medical -qGsliUes
,lt hoEer aud hscb. HIS esriiesg efforts
- re uI ,hs ,ators,Is OF Ine Ae4hng art, his
grH ,s4.urs oeing sas Production Of u
pills, SalJg was financially unsuccessful, and
ia tAs sndeAvour TO popslsrize 1t, be lost his
snail capggsl, aud became involved TO the
snoups OF $1,000. Tois was thirty years
so nJihIax dAIntvI, be reforms to his in-
-vssg,g ATOMS lDt) tas secrets of Nature, and
Af.e. numerous eXperImenIs, and years OF
oa,ss application, produced Whist is known
a. Esaue's PAiuKllliug Magic Oil The
receipt was entirely his own, and his frat
,etfJrLaTo secure It sale we're among his &C
anAIoLaucss and friends in his own neigh.
'osaood. Its success was gradual and
surS aud so thoroughly we're its virtues rec
oyail ,d. that the demand for il soon en-
g.ysd Sss Shole attention, while the profGi
from i,s sale satheed to maintain his tamiiy
nod nav d. Y inde ebEsd nsss incurred by his un-
tortuaat, CO mmsnoement, as we'll as to pay
dollar Tor do Var, sn obligation incurred BY
ndorslag friends paper. From thai
period uatil the present, the sales have
GRADUALLY increased, until they nov reach
over three thousAud gross annually. Th'
drug store IN New Engl&nd must be remote
thai does no: keep it-Ii IS popular IN the
Middle States, while it has fair and con
stAntly increasing market an the West
From the expensive nature OF ats componen
parts aud the tedious difficulties OF ITS pre-
yarAtloH, it does not carry so large q prof
"a msuy other proprietary medicines, Dc
,ru- l2erit always finds q demand, Ant
,hu, 1t is with Renne's PAin-KIlhnG
Hsyic soil To be sure the profit
ars soareely psrCepsibls IN a single bottle
Bot when ms sales .Nrs counted tor Year,
syyrsyate, a hsndson.s fortune. The ran
utnz of his extensive .sorAtory, with sh'
constant employment OF . dozen or NOR
travelling agents, make an itoportAn' lea
l4ro aai requires q large outlay III
cs.a,es IA Aud ABOUT PHIsds.d are exten
s.ss, aai ne is looked upon as oGe OF IA
solid financial men, whose council 10 soogI
sad whose Judgment is honored. OniTr Fs
Gently, IN oOnnsction with others, he co.,
pleted one of the hsest buildings vhiot
ado-ns that quiet and oesuUful town. This
aud maay other enterprises which Mr. Rennt
has executed, wall nave its effect in handing
down the name Of good and sincere man
Aaaa iacldsntal illustration Of the oharRc
ter Of tue man, Of his steady adherence Il
n recognized line of conduct, we may men
ton the fact that il was under the minis
,rAlions Of the church that he bsoAm,
awake 30 his eternal interests a. The youth
niae ysArs Of faithful communion with it
man oers, he celebrated the jubilee year O
his conversion by a donation of SIT, 900 Il
ths cause for the construction of . neV
place Of Worship, which, when completed
Will be- the finest ecclesiastical building
tasss he is still apparently in .he prim
oi lIla, o. years OF busy existence have LEI
bat faint traces upon his brow and scarce
iy thinnei HIS locks, ye, experience hA
taught him that time Is inevitable, and tru
70 a nA:drAl Ius.luct-alWays proYIdsnt-h h
has recently admitted ti'a jOtnt interest II
tbs manufacture aud sale ,of his medicine.
his two sons-MAjor Y y. and J. NJ. Rem
--young msn possessing the sterling quail
ties OF ths father, tempered by the rehnin
,nblsuos Of education aud ex perience Wit
tha world his example has been their pr,
c'p'' aud falling upon good soil, has con
oinra tn7 gentleman with the business maj
upoa Whon he can see mis- promising bus
n5-i tsl, satisfied that hrs reputation as "a
honest man will be- their pride-never
bs sullisd by any act Of their..-that eac
OF thom also may have tho reputation anon
oil who know them OF being the uob,est uo,
Of GIi, IAN honsst man"
Under . somewhat frigid manner and hs,
e1tsrior, he bears . charitable heart aud
kindly disposition, will not easily change
bu, his iu1gmsn, once convinced, he is ev
ready TO do Justice; and, although il may
ditioult to influence him, yet onoe pc
suaded to the value Of a certain line Of &C
duet, nothing can make him divergs the
from. The medicine which he has given
the world has removed a vast amount
suffering, and will go quietly on its missi
Of healing when the head that thought
out, aud the hand, that 6rss min pled
ilSrslien;s shall rest, oon nsnoing q high
work with those whose mission is AGO:
phshed aud nell done.
THOMAS II. BROWNS