Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-02

Fernborouul,.
CHAPTER XXXvIII.

Five years passed away, years of not
anmixed happiness for any of those
with whom this story has made us ac-
tuainted. Quincy and Alice had un-
tergone a severe trial in the loss of
two of the three little ones that had
been born to them; the remaining
child was a fair little boy, another
Quincy, and upon him the bereaved pa
rents lavished all the wealth of their
tenderness and affection.
In his political life, however, Quincy
had found only smooth and pleasant
Eailing, and thanks to his bright and
energetic nature, and not a little, per
haps, to his fathers name and influence,
he had risen rapidly from place to
place and honor to honor. One of his
Earliest political moves had been the
Introduction of bill into the house
tor the separation of Mason's Corner
and Eastborough into individual COM
munities.
{ Soon after the incorporation of the
former town under its new name of
Fernborough, Abbott Smith, at Quin-
cy's suggestion, had started the Fern
borough Improvement Association, and
now after these few years, the result
of its labors was plainly and agreeably
apparent The ruins of Uncle likes
chicken coop had been removed, and
grass covered it's former site. Shade
trees had been planted along all the
principal streets, for the new town had
streets instead of roads. The three
mile road to Eastborough Centre had
been christened Mason street, and the
square before Strout & Maxwell's store
had been named Mason Square.
Mrs. Hawkins boarding house
has become a hotel, and was
known as the Hawkins House.
The square before the church
was called Howes Square, in honor Of
the aged minister. The old Montrose
road was now dignified by the appella-
tion of Montrose Avenue. The upper
road to Eastborough Centre that led
by the old Putnam house was named
Pettengill street, although Ezekiel pro-
tested that it was mighty poor name
Tor street, even if it did answer all
right for a man." The great square
facing Montrose Avenue, upon which
the town hall and the Chessman free
public library had been built, was
called Putnam Square. On three sides
Df it, wide streets had been laid out,
On which many pretty houses had been
erected. These three streets had been
named Quincy street, Adams street,
Z and Sawyer street.
~sssIn was the m6iping of June is, a
gala day in the history of the town.
The fifth anniversary of the laying of
the corner stone of the town hall and
the library was to be commemorated
by a grand banquet given in the town
hall, and was to be graced by many
distinguished guests, among them the
Hon. Quincy Adams Sawyer and wife,
and Mrs. Ella Chessman. After the
banquet, which was to take place in
the evening, there was to be an open
air concert given, followed by grand
display of fireworks. During the feast
the citizens were to be admitted to the
galleries, SO that they could see the
guests and listen to the speeches.
About 10 o'clock the visiting party
started off to view the sights of the
town. Under the leadership of the
town officers they turned their steps
(. first towards the new library. On en-
tering this handsome building, they
observed hung over the balcony, fac
ng them, large oil painting of a beau.
tiful dark-haired, dark-eyed woman
dressed in satin and velvet and ermine
and having coronet upon her head.
Underneath was tablet bearing an
inscription.
An admirable portrait" said Quin-
cy to his wife. Can you read the tab.
let, dear? fear l shall really have
to see DR.. Tillotson about my eyes,"
Alice smiled at the allusion, and di,
recting her gaze upon it, read without
the. slightest hesitation: Linda Put.
nam, once resident of this town now
Countess of Sussex, and donor of this
library building. which is named in
honor of her father, Charles Chessman