Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-08
LOOKING BACK WARD e
ABOUT FIFTY YEARS
More Memories of Early Days in Old Potos--Once Had
One of the Oldest Odd Fellow Lodges in Wiscon- =
sin--Passing of a Good Woman. |N

| lived In POt0sl when Jim Crow held
sway there. He was always afraid
Of him lone day Jim Crow came to
the cabin where little Jimmy Athen
about twelve years old was living.
He heard him calling 'Where is
Jimmy, Y believing he was after
him, he got scared So he crawled
under the bed trembling. Jimmy
could not be found. It was not till
after be heard Grow say. where
is Jimmy want to buy him a pair
of shoes, :" that he crawled out from
under the bed, glad to get new pair
Of shoes. He got them.
Why the Methodist church gave up
the hold and mission it once had in
Potosi is difficult to account for. The
old church nestles against the hill.
back of the Celestine Kaltenbach
residence. There should have been
great field for "Sky Pilot" such
as Rev. Ralph Conner depicted in his
book of that name. For years the
little church has been in disuse.
Occasionally during political cam
paigns the inner walls Of the church
reverberated with that we'll known
Republican campaign song. We'll
stand by the party, the grand old
party, that stood by the flag etc." And
at other times Democratic orators
would depict with warning voice the
disagreement by the Republicans,
It has been used for shows as re-
member to have seen George Kinney
Sr. pour a ladle full of molten lead
| In faker's mouth while II. B. Coons
fSr. was standing by as q witness.
I think he held the lamp. The
Grand Army boys have used it as Post
hall and frequently made the windows
rattle I with the great wartime
song. Marching Through Georgia.
In the preceding memorials on
Potosi have described in a simple
methodsthings that / have, seen and
the inelnordes deeply impressed upon
my mind, Also incidents which have
been related to me by others. With
out an attempt at ostentation, ] fiatter
myself that these articles have been
read with great deal of interest, not
only by those who we're pleased, but
by others who were looking for an
opportunity to critizise. I think it
was Ben Butler who once remarkeds'
Shoe fly don bother me. ;" / have
been used to being critizi ,ed have
before me clipping cut from a news
paper years ago when was advocat-
ing good roads, being charged with
all kinds of things, for instance I'VE
come naturally to the conclusive that
friend Buchner's good road enthusiasm
/, has an if" to it. He is for the
making of good roads. 'IF he can
get all the towns bonded for them. II
And again: "Mr. Whitcher gives us
something tart on roads this week.
Wish he had Roadster Buchner by the
nape Of the neck "
1t is amusing to note, that a. {des-
cendant of that critic, now deals in
automobiles, and advocates good roads
even if call the towns are bonded
for them Everybody is for good
roads now. l was fifteen years ahead
of the time.
One Of the first Odd Fellow Lodges
in the state was instituted in Potosi
in 1845. IL was named ''Rose of
the Valley Lodge No. 3. The first
odd Fellow Lodge was instituted in
Mineral Point. the next i'll Milwau
kee, Potosi was the third. 1t was
chartered on September 18th, 1854. I
have before me copy of the con-
stitution and bylaws o. this lodge.