The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-20
At oonnelIson Yesterday Afternoon
Where Big Program Was
Gone Through With For
Old Settlers.
DEATHS OCCURRED
Only About seyenty.Five People From
This Place Visited the
Grounds-List Of
Officers.

boarded the special train yesterday
morning t Sixth and johnson street
and made the trip up to Donnellson
TO attend the Old Settlers gathering
there. Four coaches made up the
train. and by the time the destination
was reached they were all comfort
ably filed At The first station
Mooar.. about five passengers were
added to the list, while fifteen more
got on at Summitville. Mt. Clare
there were ten more boarded the cars
and almost three times this many
got on at New Boston. The largest
deleg alton, excepting Keokuk, got on
at Charleston, about fifty persons get
ting On board at that place. The
train pulled into Donnellson at about
1915, having left here at quarter
to nine. F. n. Publisky saw that al
the Keokuk delegation got a .adge
bearing the word Keoks:k n gold let
tiers on blue ribbon. besides dis
tributing programs to all the local
crowd
The train ran right out to the
grounds, and the band --as soon play
ing A platform had been erected
In front of the granestand covered
with a canopy and decorated with
American fage and from this plat
form the speaking was done. The
the program, making address of
O'Clock. although 1t had been sched-
u'ed to start at an hour earlier. James
Cruikshank, president of the day. an
nounced that he was not feeling we'll
enough to preside and appointed in
his place J. F. Daugherty of this
city. Mr. Daugherty then made a
short speech, in which he said that
he was not the Oldest living citizen
4 OF Lee county, but that he was abou.
as old as any of them. He gave a
short sketch Of his life, and then an
nounced the muse TO start of the
program. After piece y the band
the invocation was delivered by Rev
Harvev E. Butler of Donneilson
Mayor G. W. Mattern was next or
the program for making address oil
welcome, but the master of ceremon
les stated that he was unable to be
on hand and that he would ask Rev
Potter TO act in his stead This gen
tleman in responding said hat this
was the first time that he had eyel
&C ed as MAYOR, and that be there
fore demanded the attention of tbs
audience. In the name of the mayor
he welcomed the pioneers and old set
tiers who turned the sod and from
whom the present and coming gen
erations can learn lessons. he sait
that although many came to thi,
county in the '30s, be has been here
all his life. and that foc that rea
son he was selected to make a speech
The speaker recalled some of ths
characteristics which made the Pic
neers famous. naming hospitality al
the leader. and row, he says. ut.
everyone for himself and the deyi
get the hindmost" Just then sons
nearby followed, and the speaker re
marked that the devil was after some
one then. He went on to say TIA
the present generation is forgetting
the lesson Of thriftiness which th'
old settlers had learned so well An
other thing which the early pionee,
had. said Rev. Potter. was faith IL
God. for they needed It. He told tn
story which illustrated very well thu
contrast between the olden times anf
the present day. The old tins
clocks were 100 high for the shelf am
were left to stand Their big pendu
lums swung slowly just as If say
ing, Don't fret don't fret but tn
clock Of today goes fast as If to say
Get there. get there" After telling
one or two other stories which illus
trated truths connected with the pres
ent mode Of life the speaker said tina
he was glad to welcome the peopl'
who had made it possible for tn
present generation to have what !
now has and that he hoped the.
could enjoy the sunset OF life.
Following this speech came the re
sponse. but the man who was SEIZED
uled TO make it, Hiram Pickard, wa
not on hand and Mr.. Daugherty calle'