Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-10

one of Gods converts he would be a
better man., The merchant saw the
point and delivered the boots.
Rev. Adam Craig organized Pres
byterian church at Lime Springs and
also filled the pulpits at Chester and
York Mimi, and opened aselect school
In large room in his dwelling house,
which was SO well attended that he
erected new building, the Lime
Springs Seminary. Rev Craig did val
liable work here which lives after him
Owing to the,rapid increase Of set
tiers our first school house soon be-
came too small, and contract for the
first school building in the old village
was let to Mr.. Green. One specifica-
ton caused much talk and trouble.
sThe new building was to be builtl
where the old house stood, and the
old house remain where it was, undis- /,
turbed, until the building was finish
ed" To prevent the contractor from
building the new house over the old
one, it was moved away.
Rev. @. E. Brown organized Bar-
fist church. He was faithful pastor
and an earnest temperance worker
always leading and directing tie
work. He is greatly missed here, and
thus far his place has not been filled.
We remember one of his early sermons,
subject, EARLY and first impressions
and habits, the strongest, the most
lasting and enduring" Warning all
about first impressions formed. Was
ever more forceful truth spoken?
Do not our earliest and first impress
sions and habits follow US through
life?
The mill building was used by
Wings and Abolitionists to hold secret
meetings. Young men and boys of
such families attended. They called
us shining lights-our lights were tai
low-dips. But the light and enthusi-
asm that came to US through the read
ing of the speeches of Abraham Lin
coin moulded republican thoughts,
sentiments and actions, and when the
civil war came our number had in
crease wonderfully, and many were
prepared to defend their country.
When Cy Mitchell of New Oregon and
Mr.. Mckenzie of New York came here
to recruit soldiers, this was fruitful
j field.
j Debating schools were easy to main
, tain during the winter, until the war
thinned our numbers, and spelling
schools were often held. At @. W.
Burgess school, one evening, he pro-
, nounced the first word, "vomit," to
his brother Henry, who said he did
, not understand the word. "Vomitn'
!, said the teacher. Again the scholar
said he did not quite get the word.
"Vomit!" said the teacher. P X E,
vomit, said the scholar. The audi
ence roared with laughter. Fl. 81.
Kaiser, living east of Foreston, was
the best speller in those days.
We attended the memorial services
at New Oregon, on the death of pres
! ident Lincoln. Rev. Patterson de-
Atseiea tAA sermon. He swayed and
moved his large ardianoe- to toare
l hope and confidence confidence ir
1 our republican form of government
That the Union would be preserved
I and the flag wave over a united anl
3 happy nation. He closed his sermon
with what was called "Pattersona
3 Vision" One sentence of that great
Grafton was; "When the news Of
r Abraham Lincolns death reached me
it smote upon my heart like a great
sorrow. / saw the famed American
Eagle with his broad pinions expand
2 ded, the one bathed in the beams of the
3 rising sun, the other in his declining
I rays, extending the egis of his pro
t lection over continent. Judge 81
I A. Goodrich followed with an eulogJ
3 on the life and character of presiden'
: Lincoln. The Judge was at his best
S and he received the applause of thai
s most interesting and largest patriotic
meeting ever held in Howard county
!. After the exercises the Judge wal
! heard to remark that he never felt 81
S small before as he did to follow the
: gifted Patterson. We cannot tel
how any man would feel, but most
. any man we have ever heard would
$ appear small beside that intellectual
| giant.
: In our short life two other memorial
: services have been observed over the
J untimely taking off of Garfield ano
Mckinley. The trio is complete
; fhe tears are shed and the prayers
: are said over the great national TRACE
dies. Those gifted, honored, chris
tain statesmen and presidents have
fallen by the hands Of assassins. Those
!. Americans, of the purest and highest
$ type of manliness and worth; loved By
. all save the assassins and their ennis
r saries. What lessons have we learned
: from this sad history? What princi
5 pies of right and justice? Suffering
at the hands of our American congress,
through their inaction, has been ben.
, Gifted, or INDICATED, in the death OF
, the loved Mckinley? Our leaders tell
US no change is advisable, and there.
, fore none is sought. Party principles
, and Marty disci nlipo ic ~, lin oipod ond