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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-18
REV. J. E. RANKIN, d. D., IL. D.,

PRESIDENT OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
In a most outspoken manner, says: 3" have known
CT several persons who have been permanently
cured of diseases of the kidney and urinary organs
by the use of Warmers Safe Cure. have known
too OF its being used in similar cases by physicians
Of the highest standing. This treatment. want
IN the interests OF humanity to recommend"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-18
TIE LATE DR.. ). q. HOLLAND.

EDITOR or THE CENTURY" MAGAZINE,
Who vas an educated physician, but for many
years best known one OF the leading literary
men of this country, wrote and published the fol-
lowing in defense CT proprietary medicines: II IS
fact that many of the best proprietary medicines
of the day are more successful than many physi-
clans. and most of them were first discovered OF
used in actual medical practice"
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been organized and Johnson
taken from Franklin county,
where it had formerly been, the
was incorporated by act
of the Legislature as the Lamoille
County Grammar School, and
public lands were granted to-
wards its support. The school
was conducted during the next
ten years more or less success
fully by seven different teachers,
and steadily grew i'll public IA
vor. In 1916 L. O. Stevens took
the school and through his en-
ergy and perseverance the acade-
my building was repaired and
enlarged at an expense Of $1,000.
He was followed by L. x. Pang-
born, a man of unusual acumen
and energy, under whom the
school at one time numbered
225 pupils, the highest it ever
reached.
Mr.. Pangborn has for many
years been the successful editor
of a Jersey City paper. H. M.
Wallace, the late r. c. Benton,
a distinguished lawyer in Mime
apolis, M. p, Parmalee, L. d.
Eldridge, Esq, Of Middlebury,
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STOLEN DELIGHTS.

and back once a week, and Ara
unah Waterman, Jr., was first
postmaster.
FIRST SETTLED MINISTER.
The first settled minister was
Elder Joel p. Hayford, who very
generously surrendered his claim
to the right of land, as the first
settled minister, to the Select
men, to be leased in perpetuity
for the support Of the gospel.
RUNAWAY POND.
In the month of April, 1905,
mills having been erected in the
town of Eden, on the north
branch of the Lamoille, some
nine miles from Johnson, and a
dam built at the outlet of a pond
some two miles in length and a
half mile in width, and erected
upon a loose gravel and sandy
base, raising the water nearly
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ton and the first deacons iona
than Burnham and Enos Clark.
When the church had been or
gained thirteen years and num-
bered 4S, the record of March
27, 1921, shows the compensa-
ton of the pastor. Voted to
raise $4O-ten to be paid in
money and thirty to be paid in
produce in the month of January
to procure preaching for the
year ensuing. Voted second to
hire Elder Boynton for the pres
ent year, extraordinaries ex-
cepted."
Some nineteen different preach
ers have filled the pastoral rela-
ton here. For many years wor-
ship was conducted in the school
house. The first church was
erected in 1882, and the present
excellent building in 1855. Dur
ing the 50 years of the existence
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hose cart and hose sleigh, 500
feet of hose, and all necessary
fixtures. With the ample supply
and head Of water, this company
will furnish efficient fire protec-
ton.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The M. E. Church was organ
lied about 1915 by the Rev.
Charles Lovejoy. Rev. VIM.
Clark organized the movement
for building the church in 1854,
and the edifce was completed
the next year. Jacob Hayford
and David Cakes were the lead
ers in building the church, and it
is said divided the church debt
between them. Since that time
the church has supported preach
ing some of the time independ-
emily, at other times united with
Wateryille and Hyde Park.
Rev. K. F. Lowe, an earn
est and active worker, has
just been assigned to this charge.
The membership is about seven
ty-hve and the Sunday-School
numbers about the same.
The church has had twenty
four different pastors, of whom
four have served as presiding
elders, viz: ], W. Eaton, A. B.
TruaX, S. L. Donaldson, and J.
D. Beeman. c. H. Dunton, a
pastor, became principal of Troy
Conference Academy.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Baptist Church of Johnson
was organized Nov. 7, 1903,
with IA members. 1t is proba-
BILE that services were occasion
ally held prior to this time. The
first pastor was Elder D. Boyn-
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MODERN JOHNSON.

AS has been elsewhere stated,
the town of Johnson bonded
heavily for the st. ]. & L. c. r.
R., and the rather high taxation
required to pay the interest on
the principal of the bonds for a
time depressed the public desire
for town improvements. The
bonds are now paid, and during
the last five years the town has
witnessed more permanent and
valuable improvements than dur
ing the preceding half century.
The village has been incorpo-
rated and is now competent to
manage it's own affairs. An ex-
cellent hotel and a public school
building have been built. During
the last year four fine new resi-
dences have been erected-one on
Pearl street and three on Rail
road street.
Some years since a partial
water supply was put in by pri-
vate enterprise. A new water
system has been established, sec
ond to none in the state. The
electric light system is only out
shone by the pushing neighbor
Hyde Park, which had Johnson
as a model. There is a genuine
revival of interest in public i'm
provements. Improved and ex-
tended sidewalks will come next.
PROSPEROUS BUSINESS.
Johnson is at last wide awake
to her possibilities and opportu-
mites, and is wheeling into line
as one of the live and progressive
towns of the state. Her bust
ness and Observation-Disclosures
are permanent and well estab-
lished, and there has scarcely
been a failure in business for
many years. The town records
for the past thirty-one years
show that the number of pau
pers have averaged only 312-
Trade is reliable and well sus.
tanned, with a wide range of Gus
toners outside the town. The
lumber, wooden, butter-tub, rake
and other manufacturing enter
prises, in and near the village,
employ a class of help largely
residents in town, reliable Gus
toners and good citizens. There
has never been a strike among
these employers, but a spirit Of
cooperation for mutual benefits.
Johnson is a good town agri-
culturally, but this is due quite
as much to the quality of the cit
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FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

The advantages already expe-
rienced emphasize and point The
way to the possibilities of the
not distant future. When we
consider the present situation of
the town, the sturdy character of
the population, the educational
advantages, the permanent i'm
provements already attained,
and especially the readily availa-
BILE undeveloped water-power@ it
would seem that capital might
we'll find profitable investment
here, where all business enter
prises have proved successful.
The well earned dollar gather
ed from our hills will no longer
be sent out west without securi-
ty to plausible adventures, who
promise to convert mOOnbeams
into cucumbers, but will seek in
vestment in home enterprises.
The Johnson of to-day has
been the result Of a healthy nat
ural growth. There is no infa-
ton of values; and, therefore, it
is a town in which investments
are safe and progressive. Few
towns offer such attractions as
an educational centre and a resi-
dence town. Three prosperous
churches and the stimulating in
fuence of the Normal School,
with its intellectual activities,
have formed a quality of citizen
ship much above the average,
and now advancing with accel-
Grated speed to a still higher
plane, Very few towns have so
large a proportion of church
going people, and the Sabbath
schools of the three churches rep
resent an active membership of
more than three hundred. The
fraternities are well organized
and social life is varied and at
tractive.
The village itself is not def
Gent in attractive features, but
never has claimed to be hand
somer than its neighbors. Cost
ly situated at the juncture of the
Gihon and the Lamoille, like
many another Vermont village,
it consists of one long street, fol
lowing the general course of the
valley, and several interesting
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streets, where the valley widens
into a broad meadow, while
Mount Sterling towers beyond,
sentinel of the valley.
Main street, with its stores,
hotels, three churches and Nor
NAL School, is a scene of bustling
activity, and basks in the genial
smiles of the embriO and Omni-
present school ma am, the COM
ing woman of the twentieth cen
fury.
In conclusion we desire to
gratefully acknowledge the hear
ty appreciation, the cordial CO.
operation of the citizens that
welcomed our efforts and light
ened our labors, filling the busy
days with pleasant associations
not soon forgotten.
EDUCATIONAL.
The early settlers of Johnson
showed an appreciation of edu-
cation that was a forecast of
greater things to come. The
school which was the germ Of
the future Normal School was
started as an academy about the
year 1923, with 16 scholars.
The teacher was DR.. Carpenter,
and tradition and history agree
that for the first year or two the
school was held in what is now
the Town Clerks office, which
had originally been a shoe shop.
Desks having been put in to fit
it for ministering to the minds
of youth instead Of their sOIes,
as formerly, the ring of the lap
stone and driving of shoe pegs
gave way to the reciting Of alge-
braic formulas and bic, haec,
hoe"
CDR Carpenter was instru-
mental in having the first acad-
envy erected where the Normal
building now stands; the old
red school-house which had pre-
viously stood there and served
as district school building, town
hall and church having been
moved across the street." In
1880 Perry Haskell, a recent
graduate Of the U. V. NJ, took
the school, remaining six years.
In 1886, Lamoille county having
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THE WAR OF 1912.

During the war of 1912 the
town furnished a fullcompany of
volunteers who served upon the
frontier lines at Champlain in
1913, and at the battle of Platts-
burg in 1914.
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named Wier, formerly a sailor,
but destined to fill an important
niche in the new settlement. Ar
irving in his short jacket and
buff trousers, without even
money enough to buy an ak, he
built a cabin, cleared and paid
for his land, and afterwards be-
came well-to-do merchant; but
trusted not wisely but too well
and lost the bulk of his property.
The first town meeting held
in town was March 4, 1889.
Jonathan and Thomas McCOn-
nell and George Gregg, Select
men Jonathan Mcconnell, Town
Clerk.
Sept. 1, of 1889, Noah Smith,
of Bennington, was elected to
represent the town in the gener-
al assembly. The first physician
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liens as the fertility Of the soil.
The soil is easy and quick, but
not as strong as that of some
neighboring towns.
Since the advent of the cream
cry there has been a great adj
vance all along the line, but this
is most marked in the case Of the
less fortunate and successful
dairymen. The dairy products
have nearly doubled during the
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future growth of the village. 1t
is at present under the efficient
management of H. J. Wallace of
Concord, Vt, a graduate of the
Normal School.
FIRE PROTECTION.
Directly in line and giving full
effect to the present water sup
ply, is the recent organization for
fire protection of a we'll drilled
hose company, which with the
unusually careful supervision of
the Fire Wardens, places fire risks
at a minimum.
Deluge Hose Company, No. 1,
recently organized, consists OF
20 men; Capt. E. E. Holmes,
First Assistant S. ]. Davis, Sec
ond Assistant Abbott Gauvin.
The company is provided with
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in town was DR.. Vim. Colt. The
first merchant was a man named
Crosby, who erected a small build
ing, the walls of which were
plank, locked at the corners.
STOLEN DELIGHTS.
A noted part of Crosby's mer-
chandise was a puncheon of po-
tato whiskey, highly colored
with hemlock bark, and possibly
a quantity Of burned sugar,
which he christened French bran
dy and marked his price accord
ingly, placing the puncheon in
the corner end to the wall. At
this time one Luke Lanpher,
alias THE Mutton Dealer"
whose principal stock in trade
was said to be selected by the
light of the moon and stars,
caused a faucet to be introduced
+h ,pugh the plank and into the
--'saa4s d g h. 197Sncheon, with a tap
vn the outside secreted by a
large log, where he and his
chums nightly filled their cans,
undiscovered, Until the puncheOn
was nearly empty.
NEWCOMERS.
In the spring and fall Of 1901,
and between that and 1905, a
new class of settlers arrived in
town, taking the places of many
early settlers who had left for
other parts. The names of Girls
void, ODER, Morgan, Burnham,
Perkins, Patch, Waters, Nichols,
and that Of Araunah Waterman
appear.
THE FIRST NAIL
was carried through town il
1923 by John Skeeles of Peach
am, on horseback, to St. Adams
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HOLMES WHEELWRIGHT SHOPS.
last five years, and the quality
of the stock, though not up to
the standard, in most cases is
rapidly improving. In the per-
sonal sketch of Mr.. Landon
statement is made that he has
paid patrons some $65,OOO for
milk in two and three-fou. tbs
years.
FARMING.
Directly in line with dairying
and subsidiary thereto is the
making of pork, which meant
much more than the pork and
pigs sold. 1t means wonderfully
increased fertility of the soil.
Much has been written and
said in regard to the advantages
of a local home market, and the
half has not been told. There
are many perishable commodi-
ties produced in an agricultural
community, early apples and po-
tatoes, good beef and fresh vege-
tables, that find their best and
readiest market among the en-
ployes of a manufacturing vii
lage, and in this respect the farm
ers of Johnson are unusually IA
vOred.
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and others followed. 1t was
under the administration of S.
H. Pearl that the school sur
its original charter,
and was chartered as a State
Normal School. In Mr.. PEARLS
third year, in 1866, the building
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eight feet on the natural surface
of the pond, its pressure soon
forced the dam from its bed, and
sinking the channel of the stream
some four feet, causing a flow Of
water of some u by 30 feet, to
rush from the pond as with a
besoming ram of destruction,
sweeping before its mighty flood
acres Of heavy timber, root and
branch, carrying rocks, mills,
buildings and bridges in its wake
and desolatiOn in its rear, until
discharging its floodinto the La
noble river.
THE WAR OF 1912.
During the war of 1912 the
town furnished fullcompany of
volunteers who served upon the
frontier lines at Champlain in
1913, and at the battle of Platts-
burg in 1914.
CONTRABAND OF WAR.
In the fall of 1913 a large
drove of fat oxen, some 100 head,
were purchased, principally in
New Hampshire, under pretense
of furnishing the troops at Bur
lington, but arriving at Walden
turned their course for Canada
Information soon reached the
government officials, who pur-
sued and captured them near the
line, and arriving at Johnson
near night yarded them there
for refreshment. About two
O'Clock next morning an express
arrived from Craftsbury that a
large mob, some 70 in number,
were on their way to re-take the
drove. The militia were collect
ed, armed, and put under the
command of Capt. Thompson, a
recruiting officer. At about day
light the mob drew near the vii
lage, when discovering the guards
they decided that prudence was
the better part of valor," and
beat a hasty retreat.
THE SMUGGLERS.
A large train of teams with
dry goods from Montreal, in
transit for Boston, attempted to
pass through the town. The of
fcers met the teams a short dis
tance from the village and or
dered them to surrender, but the
party, some fourteen in number,
showed fight and attempted to
pass. One of the horses of the
front team was shot, and, it
being a narrow place, blocked
the road, and after a sharp fight
and several of their party were
severely wounded, they surren-
dered teams and goods to the
officers, who sent them to Col
leCtOr Van Ness at Burlington.
: For the preceding historical s6etch we are
largely indebted to Hon. Thomas Water.
man, a keen observer and prolific writer, and
longtime resident OF the town.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

NEW YORK, Oct 90
Money on call firm at 60S per cent. !;
prime mercantile paper, 709 per cent /;
sterling exchange steady, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at 4s314@4s3Is for de-
mand and 1901 038116 for sixty days; posted
rates. 1914 04S21a ami 4s3j20is5; commercial
bills, 47334.
Silver certificates sales, 5000 So; bar silver,
6514c; Mexican dollars. 5)Is.
United States government bonds firm;
As registered, ll5H; do coupons, 1854; So
registered, l09I6 do coupons Ill; as reg
istered, 10511; do coupons. 1J7lS;2's registere
s216; Pacific 6's of '97. l0l.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today: October, opened
744c, closed 7dI1c; December, opened 771bc,
closed 7s2sc; May, opened s2Isc, closed
&c. Corn-Ootober, opened noml nal. closed
249sc; December, opened 26c, closed 2534c;
May, opened 291sc, closed 294c. Oats-Oc
tober, opened 1875. closed lS34c; December,
opened l94c. closed l911c; May, opened &C.
closed 221sc. Pork-Octobor nominal, closed
$40; December, opened S715, closed
$40. Lard-October, nominal, closed 81 321S.
Produce - Butter: Extra creamery IS per
Id; extra dairy, 16c; fresh packing, stock,
66D7c. Eggs-Fresh stock. 160l6ISc per doz.
Poultry-Turkeys, 81609c per h.; chickens
(hens), &c; spring chickens, g. ROSTERS,
419c; ducks SgS16c; geese, S4OO D6.7 Potatoes
-Burbanks, l9022c per bu.; Hebron. 1870
zoe. Sweet potatoes-Illinois, SlO0012j per
DBL Honey-White clover. 13914c Id; broken
toInbs. 90l0c; extracted, 5d5c. Apples-Com-
Inon to fancy, 6oc @ SO per Dbl.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
EAST BUFFALO, Oct 10.
Dunning 6 Stevens, Live Stock Commits
sion rcoants East Buffalo, N. Y, quote as
follows
Cattle-Receipts.S cars; market dull and
weak for common. Hogs-Receipts, Is carsa
market opened steady closing DC lower.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, IL cars: mostly
Canadas; market steady and firm; all sold.
Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE Oct. 20.
Wheat-No 2spring 73c; No. 1 northern.
76l6c; December, 76Nc Corn-No 3, 25Nc.
Oats-No. white. l9I5c; No. do. 100
zoe. Barley-No. 2,::36c; samples. 26035c. Rye
No. l, 40041c.
st. Louis Grain.
ST. LOUIS Oct. 20.
Wheat-No. 2 red cash elevator, 77017719c;
track, 70 @7916c; No. hard cash Tic no minal;
December, SOzsc bid; May, SEC bid. Corn-No.
cash, 234c: December, 2S5sc; May, 271sd9
2714c bid. Oats-No. cash, 17c; May, 20
asked. Rye-3519c track.
Detroit Grain.
DETROIT, Oct. 20.
Wheat-Cash white. &c; cash red, SIC; De-
o,mber. $3.50; May, 90Nc.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23

Bandits Do a "Star" Job in the
looting Line.
RAID ON AN OKLAHOMA HAMLET,

Hotel and Stores Robbed While the Citi-
Gems Are Terrorized by N Fusillade of
Bullets-Three Posses Start on the Hunt
for the Thugs, But So Far Have Not
Caught Them.
Guthrie, y. T., Oct. 19.-At o o'clock
Saturday night band of six unknown
desperadoes rode into Carney, twenty
miles east of here, and held up the whole
town, robbing twelve stores and the post
Office, it il reported.
The news was received here by telephone,
and only meager particulars were sent.
Further Particulars of the Crime.
Further particulars were received
here yesterday of the raid. About
o'clock at night six masked and heav-
lily armed outlaws, supposed to have
been headed by the notorious "Dyna-
mite Dick" one of the associates of the
Daltons and Bill Doolan, rode into the
place and literally held up the town.
Carney Is a town of about 800 people,
The robbers entered the village from
the north with a great show of fire.
arms. Two of the outlaws entered the
general store of Il. Fous and COM
PEELED him and his son to open the safe.
After securing about $500 from them
they bound both the father and son,
threw them upon horses and carried
them about two miles out of town.
where they tied them to a tree.
Raids on Postofiice and Hotel.
In the meantime the rest of the gang
had entered the postoffice, but failing
TO secure anything of value they raided
the hotel, compelling the proprietor
and several travelling men who were
stopping there to turn over their
money, watches and jewelry. Several
smaller stores were also raided. Be
fore entering Carney the outlaws had
taken the precaution to cut the tele-
phone wires leading to Chandler, so
that there might be no chance of fail
ure. During the raid the bandits kept
up fusillade of bullets in all direc-
tions, terrorizing the inhabitants so
that very little effort was made to re-
sist the raiders. 1t was some time aft
er the bandits had left before order
could be restored and an organized
pursuit begun.
Gang Heard From, but Still at Large,
Finally, after considerable delay,
about 100 armed men began the chase.
The pursuers were divided into three
bands and went in different directions.
AT dark last night the bandits had
not been overtaken. Early yesterday
morning a band of four men, believed
to have been members of the gang
that raided Carney, appeared at Null
hall, held UP a livery stable keeper
and compelled him to supply them with
a relay of fresh horses. News was also
received at the United States marshaps
office that two men, supposed to have
been members of the gang had stopped
at a farm house about fifteen miles
northeast of here and demanded food.
Several Unites States deputy marshals
headed by Deputy Colcord, are in pur-
c,,sf
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
Twelve Persons Drowned.

Marshfleld, Or, Oct. 2l.-The steamer
Arago, owned by the Oregon Coal and
Navigation company, from Coos Bay for
San Francisco, was carried by the current
and driven on the rocks of the jetty at
Coos Head yesterday. She will be q total
loss. In an attempt to land boat load of
passengers and crew the boat was cap
sized. Twelve were drowned-four pas
sengers and eight Of the crew-of which
the following is partial list: e. M. Nc
Graw, of Coquill City; John Norman, Of
Marsh1eld, and Richard Walters, of Oak
land-passengers. OF the ships crew-M.
p. Whittle, of San Francisco, fireman;
Eric Walla, of San Francisco fireman;
Richard Patterson, of San Francisco,
steward; A. Fernandez, chief cook; w. z.
Brown, chief engineer; j. Kurger, sailor;
Harry Sanders. sailor.