Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-08

good with them was ever attained with
out full confidence liz an attainable better
This seems to have been one OF the peculiar
traits of character, nature and teachings OF
these two associates and friends who are now
beyond the turmoil, vicissisudes ana Perpiexi
ties incident TO our sojourn on the oranauc
siaye of this, our transtory existence. l, my
friends. know something of the privations in
cident to a frontier life, and in this connection
let me saw that during some of the most try
ing events of my life, when poverty stared
me in the face, and my tender years, coupled
with ineIperence, rendered me Incapable OF
gaining a livelihood, and had it not been Tor
the kind indulgence, counsel and AID OF Judge
Golfer, Mr. Kilby and Col Mckenzie, who are
now gone, and many others whose sands are
fast and in grand succession passing and
emptying the glass of time, l cannot now tell
what my lot would have been | can even TO
this day, and at this time, see some OF the
faces who at that time gave me their encour
aging words and smiles; heEce, my friends, the
interest | may seem to manifest in keeping
alive this, our time honored custom OF meet
ing annually and interchanging our views to>
day. as of old. But as have digressed from
the subject of this feeble effort TO impress up
on your minds, and renew the recollections
you have of our departed friends, Judge Col
ter and Mr.. Ktlby, think can safely say that
even in their declining years the wheels OF
progress had not been clogged in their spirit,
until the great brake of death was applied,
which, sooner or later, aud at no distant day,
will stop the train on which we ride through
the journey of this life. / therefore deem 1t
not only duty that we owe to our posterity
and the country, but privilege, to keep
alive this organization, and to place IN its
archives data and records that future hlsto-
rians will seek in their efforts TO keep alive
the past history of this country, and let US
hope that the actors on the stage of our from
tier life may be regarded in favorable light,
and that their good acts may be emulsted
after all of US HAYS passed beyond the further
shores of our allotted time on earth.
The eulogies were ordered TO be
fled with the Secretary.
The question coming up as to the
place where the next annual meeting
should be held, it was voted that Lam
caster be the place, and that picnic
dinner be partaken of.
Mr.. K. H. Bonhsm moved that the
Old Settlers be requested to furnish
this association with their photographs
and brief history Of where they were
born, the names of parents, name of
mother before marriage, where born,
when married and to whom, number
and names of children.
II was moved and carried that a
committee of FIVE, consisting of F. II.
Bonham, VIM. Humphrey, Samuel
Druen, j. T. Mills and Phiness J.
Neil, be selected to present suitable
names for officers of the association
for the coming year. Said committee
made the following report which was
adopted:
President-John II. Roun.Tee.
Vice President-AIex Ramsey.
I'd Vice President-F. II. Bonham.
Secretary and Treasurer--Wm. McGonigal
Corresponding Secretary-James A. Jones
An Executive Committee for the
| ensuing year was elected as follows:
Leonard Coates, John 9 Calls, Thos Laird,
| VIM Humphrey, Mrs. John B. Calls, Mrs j.
| G. Clark, Mrs VIM McGonigal, Mrs. Geo Utt,
Mrs. l. G.. Try, Mrs. S. +. elise, Mrs. John
Cover, Mrs. T. A. Burr Mrs. Geo. Walker
The meeting then adjourned to
meet in 1875.
Tie Old Settlers Association OF
Grant County was organized on
Thursday, the 23d day of September,
1869, with As members; since that
time the Society has steadily increas-
ed in numbers until it has secured geo
names-showing that nearly all the
members hold the meeting in memory
and make their attendance a matter
of business as we'll as pleasure. The
following are the names of all mem
bers received into the Society since
its organization, aud the year when.
they came into the Territory: