The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-02
THE OLD SETTLERS
,s,, ANNUAL REUNION AND PICNIC
a Fair Attendance and Excellent speech
es.--The Proceedings III Full

Tho old settlers have been quite unfortuhau
This year in having bad weather on cach OF III
two days selected for their annual picnic 'n'
first lime set, the 10Th of September, proVe'
IN he excessively rainy; and Thursday 'aS
rroved to be raw and chilly, so that the man
.pers secured Turner Hall, and did not opel
the proceedings until 80 p. ". Inc at'ehu
.,ce was large, all things cons dered. Among
the visitors from adjoining counties were
A. Misncr and wife OF Sandwich; the ia'tc'
came TO La Sale county In 1859; Hon d. v
Cook and Ell l.. Waterman, OF Chicaeo' non
PA Armstrong, OF Morris; and A. D. NC
Dowell, of Long Point, Livingston county
Among the prominent old settlers Oh Tie
county we noticed Mr.. HagenbauSh, Ransom
Palmer. VIM. Donovan, Eli Strawn, f. A.
Forbes. Elmer Baldwin, Darius Reed, Joiii'
Loren, Henry Curyea, John s. Armstrong
and Uogaboom, but there were scores OF
others The hall was completely filled above
and below. The president called the audience
In order. and the choir sang Aud Lang Syne,
the audience joining. The president deliver
ed his address of welcome, which, owing to
our lack of space this week, we shall give in
full next week.
Hon. B. G.. Cook was introduced aud made
An excellent speech. In substance he said;
az was going TO say there was no need OF IN
PRODUCING me TO La Sale county audience.
but when look upon this audience | per
celye only now and then a familiar face.
Times change rapidly and some grow old,
and change comes over rs all; few still
survive, hut look in vain for the many ola
familiar faces-thc faces Of those who are
dead. Once could count the pioneers almost
on my fingers ends, but now looking around
me and seeing 90 few of my former familiar
friends since my hildhood-ffty.on years
ago--sccing white haired men and women
bowed with age, feel that ! with them am
pas ,ing away, a. though belonged to for
mer are. But this great county was built up
by these now Old people. Though many |
years absent from this county, ! have never
formed such friendship rs | have here, and
which so dearly prize, and when | learned
that YOU were to meet to day ! determined to
be with you once again Your president, be-
ing farmer, las referred to the improve
mems made IN farming implements during
the last fifty years, and | thought of the old
court houses which we have had IN Ottawa
during that time. remember them we'll
the four that have stood on the square. The
first was a small frame house in which Judge
Tohn Pcrson presided, not the first court
house. however, for that was held on the
,onfh side under tree. This house OF which
speak was built by Mr. Josiah Pope, who
vas taken very sick during It's construction,
md was treated by French doctor. re-
member the docket in those days was afflicted
With some chronic cases OF kimball Va. Kent,
md Kent vs.. Kmbnll, about water power,
md of an affidavit made for continuance, on
The GROUND Of an absent very material wit
ness, who was sworn to be sick, when the
very witness was IN court, but the judge,
nhO vas anxious to leave, said he couldn't
see the witness with judicial eyes, and the
,ese went oyer,
The second court house was a larger and
better one In which court was held by Judge
ord, one Of the ablcst Judges who ever sat
'po" any "'",nl "''0 -
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ann 'o'Scoea '"""" ~ r,''''o w. Ta.I.,n
sHe OF wall w. "nu 'N'' '" Wv
'front.' oil 'he Judge ms "ouo' Jug w :"
CONSERVATION ana ye''eo' A"Jou'n .o''''
Mr. sheriff III mol So"H 10 S'aS "e'' ~ Se'
kii!'d' l Fe,o''e'' 'aoo VIZ, I'M"
stole some coa' ana uc'en"ca N',n 'n'
chap was so a'rald OF ne'"g con"c'cu ',iA' nc
sruck scheme oi us o"" ~ ''o','' 'no