The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29
: TUESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1907.
4oiph county so years Of age.
ten days ago for Hamilton county,

ten DAYS ago Tor F1AfiAllNo4t NNAElkes
.ldisna. 10 attend reunion of the
Millikan families. representing two
brothers who with their wives. left
Randolph county in 1852 in covered
wagons and journeyed over eight hun
dred miles 10 the county In Indiana
where they have since resiSed. and
where all except one Of the brothers
are living These two MiIiikans were
William and Milton. William Is now
dead. but his widow, eight living child
ren and several gran dchildren were
a part OF the family gathering which
was held at the home OF Milton MILL
kan. whose SD birthday was celebrat-
ed during the happy reunion. his wife.
seven children and Is grandchildren
being among the happy celebrants. at
tie modern home three miles from the
thriving town OF Sheridan. For q
week the North Carolina Millikans
were getting acquainted with their
kin, first at one home, then at another
the largest number together at any
one time Deing on the day of IRE birth
day dinner when So Millikans in name
or direct blood sat down TO hear the
old patriarch's blessing ana eat the
royal feast All these Millikans and
their descendants, the sons. the daugn-
ters, thk grandchildren still live in
hamilton county. Indiana, where VIII
liam and Milton first settled nearly
so years ago All are farmers except
one son Of Milton Miilikan, who is a
prosperous physician and business man
Of Sheridan. At this reunion MIR. Ben
Jamin met son, and Marshal MILL
kan d brother H +. Millikan and
wife, of Dodge City, Kansas, they had
not seen IN many years. He is United
States register Oh the land office there.
| felt very much Interested III TINS
family reunion | could but think OF
these two good Quakers anu .iteIr
young wives setting out half a century
ago Tor tins trackless wlIuerLEss OF
the " est, seeking nome away from
the scene or war S LOUD alarms, hop
ing TO get away from tneIr concep-
uon of the unrighteousness OF hu-
man slavery, the Iancleu ariStocrauc
oruer it hau eSta bllshed In tle Soutn.
Then, TOO, / tnougEt OF how many
\ orth CarolinianS or like sturdy char
acter had emIgfateu in that OId pral-
ale schooner transport, and how they
had bullded out lnere in the trackless
West, lnulana ana Illinois principally
two of the most WeaIIny agricultural
regions on the 1ace OF the gioIe. And
1 thought, too, how strange 1t was
! that during the war the Inulana and
Illinois SoIuIerS were the ngnungest
| and the DltIereSt 1oeS we nad, and
after the war they kept it up longer
! Inan any part OF ti-f american Union.
But / wanted to near from TINS re-
union, SO Wnen L learned that Mar
/ snail MlIlikan had returned InurSuay
| 1lSH~ L sought lllill out early
morning to get the report. Ater
ing maue GLAD to know that his aged
| 1aIner ana uncle nau returned III soou
health alter having had the time or
| their lives, 1 gieaneu the preceding
laets OF the II nIily gathering. L Sougn.
| more prosaic information. Mr.. Mill
| kan IOId me Ill answer 10 my inquiry,
tnat 1t seemed just like home toiKs
| out there Inc tatlng anu coohlng
was the good ola time country sort,
/ plenty OF II ana on mana All lne Ilulr
! IN good old Randolph style. Beslues
| MS immediate KIN, me names OF Wis
| ltors and nelghbors were familiar,
! there beng CoDIes, StauIksets 4I..4-i
onaws, Gal uners, Brileses Foxes a
| plenty. Tne country was JUS, ~ -,
nelgnoorhood village out there. tarnls
/ were in squares or 80 acres, few own
Ed more, and eYerypody was in hol-
! lerlnS distance edch other.
THESE LANDS not for sale. when sold
| brought from S1OO to $125 an acre.
! The principal crop was corn, winch
/ was largely red TO nOgs and cattle and
! horses. Generally a farmer would
/ plant from ten to fifteen acres only
| IN corn getting about a thousand
| Dushels. This ne would feed to the
! stock being raised for market, the
! balance OF the land being set to hay
! or pasture to raise the STOCK on. Ten
| years ago these Indiana lands could
| nois farmers where lands We're sell
/ ing tor $l25 per acre, nndIng that
! indiana LANDS were just as good and
/ cheaper took 10 selling their lands
/ and moving over to Indiana. TINS
| raised prices OF lands until now tftay
| were high the Illinois Ianus
| Its fine country l tell you,'' ex-
| claimed the marshal, but / had
! rather take my chances in North Car
! DINA for a steady diet" The old set
| tiers are stllI Quakers or l. tr1euus
/ they and their descendants sticking
| to farming.
/ on last Tuesday, while in Westfield,
| Marshal Millikan saw one of the St
/ Louis racing balloons fly over the
| town, at an altitude SO nigh that it
! looked about the size of a -four barrel
! and going at rapid rate. The whole
! country was excited over the races
| and an imntense crowd on the watch
] for some OF the balloons were re-
! Warded with this sight of one at
! o'clock Tuesday morning.