Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-09

his butter took q first premium at
St. Louis and won the gold medal for
The worlds best butter at the Cen
tennial Exposition. Since then the
creamery business of Northeastern
Iowa has been a great wealth pro-
Queer. It is richer by far than the
worlds greatest gold mine, and
there is no danger of exhausting the
lode. While grass grows and water
runs the dairy business Of this part
of Iowa will keep goodly portion
of the wealth Of the country flowing
in this direction.
The first schoolhouse in Richland
was small log structure, built on
the Lee farm near the Southeast
corner of the township; but the
school house that will ever have a
charm for me is located at the inter-
section Of the Lightning Street and
the County Line road. In early
times this building was far more
than school house. TWAS a church,
q meeting house, and place for
public entertainments as we'll as a
school house. l often dash past this
old school house on fast passen-
ger train, and l can hardly realize
that new generation of young peo-
pie are treading the paths where l
once trod, when life was Just open
ing to me its duties and its dangers
And then 1 think of the faces that
made up the circle Of that earlier
time, and wish that we could all re-
turn for few minutes to the rustic.
slab seats we first sat upon in that
building.
While / distinctly recollect some
Of the events of the yesterdays when
times were young in Richland town
ship, l am not in mood to continue
to particularize. OF the hardships
and trials and triumphs of the early
settlers of Richland volume might
be written and not the half be told
1 like to think about these courage
GUS men and women who left friends
and kindred in the older states, or
perhaps beyond the great ocean, and
came here to- make homes in this
properly named township. Most of
those who came in the early days
have gone hence, leaving to their
children heritage rich and honor
able.
Have you not seen them with the
Hight of hope in their eyes, blowing
the land for the first time, or help
ing to build the first school or
church in their neighborhood? And
can you not see through the shaded
haze of years, the mothers Of those
days, shaping the minds and hearts
of their boys and girls along correct
lines, and sowing in their young
lives the seeds of worthy aspirations?
To memory of these character build
ing mothers let us payour choicest
tribute, for people and not acres
make communities happy and ma
tons great.
! And later on have you not seen
these nation builders become ma
ton defenders? When the stars be-
gan to scatter in the constellation OF
the unionthere were never to be for
gotten times Witnessed there in that
Richland. Leaving their plows in the
burrows and tears upon the cheeks
of their loved ones, many Of these
early settlers took a firstlrank in the
armies Of the union. Some of you
will recall the parting scenes O
|, those days, when you saw for the
last time your kinsman or neighbo1
at the window Of the departing train
! or, if you went with him, you may
have seen him wrapt, in the smok,
t Of battle, fall at tie post Of duty
J A few days after the news of hi
q death reached home did you attenc
a funeral? Do you not recollect abou
r going to the nearby church or schoo
: house, and seeing the minister ant
9 the choir, the mourners and tn
8 friends, but no coffin? At these wa
|, time funerals there were no collins
for far down in Tennessee or Missis
: sippi the tall rock pines with thei
}. tossing plumes waved over the bier
Q Of the soldiers. To these and kin
!. bred scenes the Richland townshi
y of today owes its glory and its sad
r ness, its mystery and its charm.
And now in conclusion let me in
t dulge in the hope, that the Ameri
: can people. in this era Of prosperit,
t may do no act which will tend
: undermine their government, whic
was established by the fathers 70
a the protection and promotion of hr
r man rights. In our hearts, it nc
: with our voices, may we all join il
s this inyocation:
Great Coo we thank Thee for this land.
9 This bounteous birthplace Of the free;
8 Where strangers from afar may come
Il And breathe the air of liberty.
Long may her flowers untrammeled spring.
Her harvests wave. her cities rise.
And still till Time shall fold its wing.
!. Remain Earths lovl,est Paradise"
g PRIMARY LAW KNOCKED 0U'
9 Scheme Adopted by the Illinois Leg
o islature Declared Invalid by the
ia Supreme Court.
y Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. 3.-The primar
10 election law has been declared uncOl
d stitutional in an opinion handed dow
" by the supreme court. Justice Han
4. wrote the opinion in which the coul