The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-14

y.nus nuo TO come in and subdne this land, TO
innw how many are left in proportion to those.
who then lived here. Can we IAN 10 r1cosh' ~
th,. puodness Of that Divine Providence Itch
hns Hvleuued its hands over Us aud sustain et9 us
thrnu,,h the perils aud the trials und vci situdcs
az these tsany wears, and has buuhlcots ~ seugth.
.nrd ont our years aud brought US d'.uA to this
late period, and permitted Us 10 "lme together
n,rnin and embrace each other a7 ,glcuds of odcn
timcsy The speaker SAID 1t rss lust ~ YEAR,
since ne first visited this Piece; when lie caulc
an horseback aud follow es1 the Indian trails
through the broad prair.r. Roads were then I'M
known and people GO lid drive where ii best suit
ed their purpose. Wat is the contrast now
Look about YOU and hear tac whistle OF the loco
motive constantly Sounding III various drcc-
lions. We could then travel 10 Chicago on horse
back in two days; now Anew hours sakes It's there
We could taeu wander 1herc He pleased over me
broad nrairies; now We arc confined To limited
wa:a, which the agriculture Of lhe country has
made il necessary TO make. Then the wbme
country was one great blooming garden OF VIVA
! flowers; now it l. covered WIth hcld5 OF gram.
! Then we were all young men, ana old men were
livery scarce and were full OF lie and vitality
fun of ambition and energy, nov, II our vitality
| Is zone TO limited extent, We itcl we are not so
very old, that there i good deal OF Us iei1
| Laughter. We don't propose to give up our
Ichuncr, vel so long as u Kind Providence VIII
tive us strength and energy to accomplish more
rood we have accomplished any thus Tar. Inc
iyouug men around Us IOuh upon u.s. nave no
DOUBT ~ really old men; but when We were :!
or ~ or % We thought WIn Of 40 was an o'u
man lie was old for this country then; but now
go or 20 yyc think not SO very old after all. Ap
pau.c Wei, such are the chaEgcs Of human
/ life; such are the contrasts 10 "hicA WISH 10
Ica,l your attention; aud 80 suppose 1t VIII be
after We are zone. The speaker said that tie
old settlers in staruug out considered that they
had duty 10 perform in laying the proper !oun-
Idution for the future guucrlinni ana, JudslnE
from the young men around him, they had l"'d
the foundation well and deep. | love to look
Ibnck To those oldon times OF forty or tilN years
wears arc and 10 contract the distance and thiHk
/ il was but Yesterday; love TO lhnk OF the gen
crOus hos pitality which greeted every new con-
Ter, and the loving hand which extended from
every log cabin on Tie "hysloc. lhcle are many
within tie hearing OF my voice who can rcmrm.
her them and remember them gratefully. The
sneaker rere realized that he was consuming
more time than he was entitled 10, and after
,hopng that another reunion would md them all
together again, iIe Withdrew rom tue 7tIu duliu
rounds of applause.
/ The choir here intCrspcrscd the programme 10y
singing "Auld Lang Syue," after which the Hon
IT. LYLE DICKEY was called to the rosllum, ana
spoke in substance as follows;
Lala,s and Geafle0,cH! ] have no speech pre-
pared for you but when meet so many OF those
people with whom associated 10 years ago II
Ialwly, recalls to my mind something Of bygonc
DAYS about which it is notdi!hcuil to talk Inc
mind naturally runs upon occasions IKE TINS IL
the contemplation ~ the ch .yts tha' have lANoh
ipacc in 40 years, and t. those Of IL b" nave
wi,ur- sed those changes b. seems exceedingly
short | remember Hs II IL Wa, bUl Yesterday
when first drove up This Illinois valley IN The
month Of May 1850 Having visited Hennepn
from a more souhcrly part OF the state to attend
court, and learning there that there was to be Il
session of court held ere the next week, and
having no knowledge Of the judge or the law
yers that attended the courts in this circuit |
iconcludcu to take one week and come up 10 OF
Itawa, which ! did: and driving up ! got on the
blum on. the north side OF the village, and II
seemed 10 me the most delightful scenery ! had
ever seen. | stopped at hotel Tor the night ana
the next morning drove up there again, tied my
horse, and scrambled through the brush ana tim
Der, mounted myself upon Il stump and took n
survey of the country. 1t impressed me u eN-
ceedingly beautiful and | was at once inspired
with "A desire to live right on that spot. came
! back and spent week here, ana theh went BACK
| to my horne at Rushvillc. In the tall | returned
here selected this rs my home, ana WITHIN
wear purchased a part of the property which
! now own and upon which my house now stands,
and nv home was there for thirty-hve years.
When look back and think Of the men who we're
here at that time find many OF them sun nv
ing There Lorenzo Leland, GcorS II, Nor
ris William Palmer, William Tickling and VIII
liam Rcddick. Mr.. Reddick was then sheriff,
and was a very active and vigorous man; ana
! will never forget my first interview with him, !
incurred of him what the chances were FOR d
M"Su, mrJ no d' AM Term" If court and max
i, ' some money ILanghlrr Wei, said MIR
p'ddici, ,.tbnt Jonrnds entirely unon what kind
~ in,, cor II is =" TAnnIaiisc think the pop.
,,ia,i"n nf ot,awo at that time was about 500
When came to the state tAcre was less Than
H. eto,p thnn sivtrcn vcnrs II1 was more beuu-
,ir,i han IT. hos ever hem since and more beau.
,is,i than ~ will over he AGAIN Il was one I'M
tnunded continuous universal Garden of flow
frn n fields
~ '.o, nnaoos We ,,nv have over 2 900 400
, ~ az statn and Chicorn il iustIy nroud
PssI,p,. ~ IL Iiiinn nrosnnrmns cjiizrns The
y, hat Yin taLa Mac. in the nryt forty
,"rg ';Ii nrohaiIv not hr so grent AS they have
! ,o".' w. ,; y ,,o h, tn rnaoker douhted
u1eu ~ W. 1870 ,ycre moro nanny now thnn
~, iNoIiyad tLen he snia nnrhans
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