Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-05

|ple of both sexes piled in. One or two
more buffalo robes were spread over
the laps of the crowd. A nicer crowd
of jolly, funmaking young people could
nowhere be found. On this particular
occasion | was elected to drive the
team. III fact, l was elected to that
position on very numerous occasions.
1t was very mOnotonous. | got tired of
my job. We had a splendid time at
the party. When we were ready to go
home, | was again appointed to drive
team. | did not rebel-that would not
be pOlite-but | remembered a rock
about as big as a bushel basket about
a mile below AndaluSia. When we
| started home | drove on bee line to-
wards that rock. | made center shot,
| hit the rock sQuarely and upset the
sled. The horses were gentle and stop
ped after going about three rods, but
hose three rods appeared to be covered
| with more hay, buffalo robes, and girls
and boys than would fill two wagon
boxes. In few minutes we were load
ed up again and on our way as merry
as ever, but | did not drive any more,
leither on that occasion or any other.
Some of the girls did not like me any
more; they thought did it on purpose.
Had Log ROlIings.
Logging bees for the purpose of clear
ing up timber lands for farming Dur-
poses were sometimes held in the vicin-
lity of Andalusia i'll an early day.
remember one of them. The men and
lwomCn gathered at the home on the
land where the clearing was to take
lplace; the men would cut and roll the
logs together and set fire to and burn
them during the day, while the women
would get the dinner and supper of the
day and get the house i'll readiness for
, the dance at night. At this particu-
lar party there were 20 or 80 present :;
, they all danced. both married and
. single. The men all wore heavy cowhide
boots and wooden socks; some of the
, men brought along their pumps" to
/ dance in; the pumps of that day would
be called slippers now. The men who
: had no pumps pulled off their boots
> and danced in their stocking feet
3, Chairs were very few and the dancers
, supplied their need by placing planks
5 on the few chairs they had. The neXt
) morning after the dance there was WOO
enough worn off the pumpless dancers
/ socks to make a crows nest.
: My old friend and school mate a
h lGreenbush, a. \. Buffum, has hereto
Il fore read paper at one Of your meet
5 ings on the cary history of Andalusia
he covered the subject well. In tina
r paper he referred to the Terrell girls
d who formerly lived in Andalusia ant
r are now the famous dreSsmakerS O
Z Omaha. | remember the girls and es
s lpecially Arvillo Terrell, for this reason
II There was a sociable at Uncle Jimmi
d Taylor's, who then lived near wher
d Taylor Ridge now stands. The boy
T.: arranged to get up load of youn
d people TO go 10 the sociable; the boy
S. were inviting their best girls 20 2
N with them; my brother, Willard. was
the crowd; it was his first attempt
S. the kind; he was bashful; it is HI
" mature. Finally he took courage and il
lie vited Arvilla; she gave him the mite
is went to parties i'll crowds. In the sun
lie meT they would go in lumber wagons
s. now they go in buggies. Then in wiht,
ut they would so in bob sleds; now the
G, go in sleiShs. Then they knew eaC
as other well and there was no ceremony
Sc now there is more reserve, now the
ct put on more style; but they are livir
as more than 40 years after the pionet
IS. fun of the country has gone.
e Wild Game Abundant.
~ Fifty years ago there was a great de
by of wild game i'll Andalusia TOWNSHIP
,ir Wild deer and turkey were plenty
he never tried to shoot but one turke
m That was among the hills of Co
OF Creek. fired at the turkey. 1t turne
it gave a "squawk' and flew away u
lie harmed. While | was blowing corn
an the north field now owned by n
he brother, Willard, young deer can
i'm out of the hollow near by. | chased
RS, into fence corner and when | thong
Id had it sure, it Jumped through und
Ike the fence rider and escaped The la
wild deer | ever saw was when | w
he Iattending school at Greenbush. o.
ell morning on our way to school We DO
er saw five deer feeding on what we call
it Huckleberry point up Coal creek al
ew about one mile from the Greenbu
Dol school house.
he The sons and daughters of Andalus
township were very patriotic during t
war of the rebellion. Nearly every alb
of bodied man who could, enlisted in /
sn- Iarmy. Most of them enlisted in Ro
at Island, Davenport, and Milan. The
III, towns took credit for the men SO ,
,se listed. In consequence of this, the W
Tvs records showed that Andalusia had I
of sent her proper quota to the fro
ng There was a draft ordered for Anda
rse STA, and Seth Buffum was drafted, a
rls though his eyes were defective and
got health poor, they accepted him. So
2 a as | am able to learn, Andalusia f
the nished more soldiers according to
the population than any other township
The the county and was the only townSl