Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-12

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In the masonic hall tho Executive
Committee had prepared and spread
a banquet Of character altogether
too comprehensive, rich and respects
able to be adequately described in the
contracted limits of the space that
We can this week devote TO the sub
ject. 1t was composed of everythin 6
usually employed in the preparation
of a first class feast, aud served Ia a
style that the most accomplished Of
cooks can hardly pretendito surpass.
The consuming exercises lasted
perhaps upward of an hour. at the
end of which time the party return-
cd to the court house, where the as.
sembly was called to order by tbs
President.
On motion, committee of 1--WE,
consisting of Hammer Robbins, Ira
w. Brunson, Celestine Kaltenb bach
4. NJ Barber and Thomas Laird, was
appointed to present names OF per.
sons suitable for officers of the asso.
citation for the ensuing year, who re-
ported as follows:
JOHN H. RoUNTREE, President
Ira w. BRUNsoN, LIST. Vice President
SAMUEL DRUEN, 2nd Vice President
VIM. McGoEIGAL, Secretary
I NJ. BARBER, Treasurer
HUGH r. Golfer, Librarian.
EXECUTIVE CoMmrrEE.-Jno. b. Calls
Thomas Laird, Jno. G.. Clark, Mrs. ]. w.
Blanding, Mrs. WIN. MeGonigal, Mrs. Jno.
c. Clark, Mrs. Jno. b. Calls, Mrs. George
Uii, Mrs. !. G.sUry.
On motion, vote of thanks was
rendered the ladies of Lancaster for
the plentiful dinner which they had
prepared.
After some entertaining speaking
by several Of the old settlers, the
committee last year appointed TO col
lect photographs and biographical
sketches OF the members of the assoc
citation reported that they had moth
ing TO report, whereupon they were
granted further time for the work
and il was moved and carried that
the following resolution be republish-
ed:
ReS0lUed, That each member be re.
quested to furnish the Secretary with
his or her photograph and a general
sketch of his or her life in Grant
county that it may be filed away
10 The archives of tins association for
public or future reference.
All the members were most urgent.
ly requested to comply with the re-
quirements Of the above important
resolution, and have the result oil
their labors ready for respectable
presentation at the time of the asso.
Citations next meeting.
1t was then moved that the asso-
citation adjourn until 1880 P. NJ. Car
ried.
The evening session was also held
in the court house. Owing to the
absence of the president, the assem-
bly, was called to order by Ira w
Brunson, the 1st vice president
The doings of the evening were ex-
cessively humorous and likewise
infinitely entertaining throughout
Speaking Of the happiest and best
humored kind was attentively listen
ed to by the audience, when the au-
dience was not too much convulsed
with laughter to listen. One gentle
man described tho manner of smelt-
ing lead in the early days of old
Grant, and told in striking way
how the farmers managed to rub on
before the many labor-saving imple-
ments of to-day had como into use.
Mr.. III. Robbins talked TO the yonng-
err portion of the assemblage. He re-
marked that the lot of pioneer was
certainly preferable to that of the cit
izen of to-day, particularly if the cit
izen of to-day is the paternal ances-
tor OF several marriageable if not OK
actly marketable daughters. His ut
terances were of double-edged char
acter and did some telling work
He knew something about that fear
full wild-fowl yclept Young America.
Jared Warner of Patch Grove also
made a speech, and Prof Bar
motifs string band discoursed most
excellent music, strains that had a
dyiny fall and "dallied with the in
nocence of love like the old ago.
Humoristic anecdotes were related
by Free Williams of Elienboro, a
person of antiquatod appearance aud
as venerable as the Psalmist of old.
He told . woIfstory which was inim-
liable and made the audience laugh
loudly and long, until the court room
rang again. Also divers other ALTAR
ing tales which the dearth of space
alone keeps US from printing bodily.
The evenings entertainments was fit
tingly concluded with music.
The members of this association
are manifesting a growing interest
10 their yearly meetings, and arc
striving to make each recurring un-
ion more fraught with pleasure and
enjoyment than the one that went
before. This is well. Yet a few days
and many Of these hardy pioneers
shall be at rest forever beneath the
silent sod but before their taking off
they viii realize anew, by attending
year after year the meetings of the
Old Settlers Association of Grant
county, how trae it is that
We may build more splendid habtaiions.
Fill our rooms with paintings and with soup
lures,
But we cannot