The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12
z Tip to Worth Comfy.


ED.T0.; observation-disclosures Il few leisure
moments 90 spare, viii Improve ti;cra by send
ing yor t.w locrI items from Empire and It's
surroundings. Leaving home on the first Of
.Iu:,c, We took II trim 10 Worth county, where We
| ne risry oi our old ucquantanccs. We had
very pleasant "trip. if."r about an hours drive
We came 20 Island City, Gentry county, II !land-
some piGC,. containing Il few stores ,osI-nrre
,t;.,uitc hu-iur-s place Among Ih., hlI- n,--
men ui n" Place ar A,>ar>. IiindInan, Black
and others. 1hv- are the rig NJ men Tor the Tune
AN: acr in the right place. In" next place wa,
n"unt Pleasant, handsome town with = hrau:i
iul location, good business houses srvcg:.
stores, iva i.iv,rns, AID other kinds Of Trades
men too Lu1Irrous to mention. Daniels x son,
and Butler son, merchants, are the leading
LrI.r lAcy 10 Il thriving LuSiEC-s, and know
how Ia 10 x. We juurT"yci UE from Mount
Pla-ynt and came 10 thr residence oi our old
friend and icliuw-sO.'!!"r, Warren W Walker,
hDt {! r!css SAM chat, took good dinner, aud all
Vas well. Warren Is an old pioneer oi Ihc
! West, having becH west for :nunj thirty YEAR.
Warren Is y true soldier, having served all
through iiir I"Nic:.n war under General Taylur
aud Iy served Ill through the lHI" VAR, and j.
ready to 20 again at his cOun.ry's call. We gr-
rived u craai Cry IN the evening, pa. up with
Mr. ,U:r, most "tclsut l!nGluT,i, all !II.., and
d good, clever iclIDW, rct- good Iaiil, AMI ,.V-
cry travelling through Grant City viii do well
10 give hun call We met many other fIr.-,
tl.F: Se had seen ia former yc3.I-. Captain luIn
q Ui!IHS ana 'aib!Ill hlIltE N'T. among iltlu.
Captain Hunter Is one of the leading nlvTch;.g!t-
ard dong thriving business. We also met
4r. Pierce, editor ui the Grant tIty STAR. Pierce
- 1--we "ili"r, gets up good county paper, N-d
Is Republican 10 fht core, ANA The right man IN
the right place. Long live the Star. Amnng the
Ir-ny business men OF Grant IIy, we met one
of the old pioneers Of " Wisconsin end Illinois.
Lconart j. farwc!i, .N-GOvrrEor Of the Stat.
OF " i-cpnsin and now a resident Of Worth Coun-
y. Governor farwell Was Ia. lir-, Republican
Governor Oi the STATE al Ni.COn-in Ll. iir-t
mar that could break the Democrats ranks, and
u-a-ri tD Tie 2cubernaturi"l ciasr. Probably,
friend editor, il wOgd be interesting 10 give
ypyr readers brief sketch Of hI- hi~torv. n, We
he'd 4 very pleasant chat with the Governor, and
he reminded Ine back to the days oil my bow
hood talked about old acqgaIHii,i,.,-- and
incidrnt, of Oh times tina, happened twenty-five
aud thiIty years ago. quote sketches from his
life that Is written and Is part Of the history of
Ou- country:
governor FGrwcll's father and mother died
when hc Was but eleven years old, and he was
cf. an orphan; but, bcin: iUil OF energy, he was
determined 10 battle the storms of lie, his
acts viii show; and feeling, what every -iII,T.-
csn boy should feel, the importance al learning
4 useful trade, he became an apprentice lu Il tin
smith, and followed that occupation until the
age Of nineteen, diligently improving all his
leisure hours in not Oniy fitting himself to be-
come a competent clerk, but in mastering the
elements and secrets OF business success. Iiav-
ing thls prepared himself with Il modest capitAl
his first v.nlurc from Sew York was 10 Lock
a. q =
and few tools OF his trade, and, for the time
and place, soon established thriving business
But the country was then new, and the field not
lurgc enough for one Of his entcrprising mind:
so, in january, IsI0 he sold ont his stock and
removed Ia the new village Of milwaukee,, in The
territory of Wisconsin, and Commenced in bu,i-
ness on Il large scale, and by judclouS manage
ment in few years he was Il, the head Of ON. of
the iarises; wholesale houses in the Wc.t Ten
year. later, OWING to impaired health. he mace
six months trip to Cuba and the West Im,iia
Islands in pursuit of health, and To gain more
comprehensive Know Ledge %! The country and
the magnitude of IT. surroundings. In ISL fore
seeing the certainty that the country would be
speedily occupied, Governor FarNc!l visited
Madison, the territorial capital Of Wisconsin,
and purchased large yillag. property there, in
clu'ling the watcr-powers, and soon after lbci-
ting at Madison. The same year he made a trim
To Europe, was gone Il year and half, visiting
England, Ireland, France, Italy Turkey, Egypt,
and many other countries, RETURNING, 10 the Uni
ted States IN the spring of 1873. lie contributed
while absent, II series OF sketches and incidents
of tra' el, from time To time, 10 the Milwaukee
Sentinel, which attracted much public attention
The first appearance Of Governor FarWcIl in
public lite was in ISL. The cases are rare in
deed where 1t can he said with truth, that the
Office sought the man, when there WAS no effort
to secure Il nomination; but, Ca the contrary, v
strenuous opposition 10 receiving il; but the lu-
bOrs of Governor Farwell rs u Ilorchuut had
unc0nscOusly to himself, laid the foundation of
% popularity of which he had no conception;
and in the state convention Of ISL. he was unnn-
mously nominated FOR Governor by the Whig
and Freesoil party Of that State. His nomna-
ton as'onished the leaders Of that party to the
consciousness cf real danger. Every cid set.
tier in the State of Wisconsin well remembers
the shout of enthusiasm with which the selection
was everywhere greeted. Party lines end party
drill was wholly Intellectual. The CANVASS was
noble example, and the Governor alone Of all
the State ticket Was trILmpbantly elected, end
his official acts will show that In every public
measure he fulfilled the plain rule of strict hon
esty, and open, fair dealing with all men. His
tmendations on most all subjects have, by their
Accomplishments, passed in:o history. The re-