The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-22
THF DIN SETTLERS REUNION.

As announced in the fREH TRADER, The
old settlers, their children, children's child
rem and large concour,c of friends, met in
their annual reunion At The fair grounds on
Thursday.
The attendance was large, probably three
thousand people, and good order prevailed
Throughout the entire day.
At about eleven O'Clock the vast thron@
was called TO order and joined in icstal
song under the leadership OF Prot, Lansing
Prayer was next offered by Ed. " Batchcl-
Ter; after which Judge Gilman delivered the
reception address, occupying some twenty
minutes.
The address wa, rcplctc with incidents ana
occurrences of the long ago, and was received
with hearty applause. Asong next followed
spondcd to by Hon. Elmer Baldwin, acting
President After another melody, cNccllcntly
rendered by Prof Lansing and his able aNsis-
tants, an adjournment for refreshments was
had.
THE DINNER
was paraken Of upon the picnic plan IN the
main building, and was served with the same
genial hospitality that always caused the
latch string of our pioneers cabins 10 be left
on the outside.
After some two hours spent in sociabl.ily,
the living mass again repaired to the Amphi-
thcater, where the afternoon exercises were
gone through with substantially as follows;
The exhibition of relics of early days, con.
sisting of pitch fork used hy ono Of 'hc car
lest citizens Of the county
An old fashioned Dutch oven, more rcscm.
bling an over grown frying pan, used by
mother Ebersol many years ago.
A bed pan, which IN the early days Of this
county was considered an indispensable arli-
Gle of furniture.
\ horn used by the primitive farmer, a. a.
utepsll for carrying vinegar.
a mortar, which was formerly used for,
grinding corn, pulvcrMng spices, &c. g. 4
An old fashioned tin lantern, brought to
tins county in 1894. Mr
\ foot stove, thc devil of this paper pro
nounced it a fly trap used by ladies in oldcn
time for keeping their feet warm in church.
Cards for preparing wool to spin. Raw
wool was carded and spun by an ole lady
present, as well as cotton and flax.
\ stone which was used as scale for
weighing articles, its weight being precisely
one pound.
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1910 to 1913
At the conclusion OF the exhibition. OF rel.
les, q song was sung; after which short adj
dresses were made by Rev. F. BaScom, Frank.
lin Corwin, george W. Armstrong and Perry
A. Armstrong. The last speaker urged upon
the early settlers the duty of erecting an APP
propriate monument Of the gallant Indian
Chieftain, Shabboda, for his humane and
kindly Offices to the white settlers, whose in.
formation saved many Il white man and whose
friendship was the cause of his degradation
by his tribe.
Letters were read from Hon. b c. Cook
and Elias Trumbo, regretting their inability
to participate in the ceremonies Of the day.
The report Of the society showed that the
Old Settlers Club was composed, at present,
Of 294 members, seven having died during
the past year
At the conclusion Of the Secretary's report,
an old folks concert consisting of sacred
and festal songs, was given, lasting half an
hour, after which both young and old settlers
repaired to the fine art hall and spent the re-
mainder of the day in tripping the light fan
tastic toe.
All in all the reunion was an occasion full
of enjoyment and cannot fail to be long and
pleasantly remembered.