Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-19
o. pIoneERs!


Time rolls its ceaseless course, the
race OF yorc
That danced our infancy upon its
knee
And told our wondering boyhood
legends store
Of their strange ventures Mapped by
land or sea-
How are they blotted from the things
that be.
A few all weak and withered of their
force
Wait on the hither side Of dread
eternity
Like stranded wrecks; the tide re-
turning hoarse
To sweep them from the shore; time
rolls its ceaseless course"
We have with us today distinguished
guests--the old settlers OF the county.
Let none say that those of their own
country are without honor at home
for they who meet today to review the
past and strengthen the ties Of friend
ship and neighborly fraternity are held
in highest esteem and respect by those
among whom they have lived so long
and we'll The old settlers of Marshall
county are the salt OF this section
Their annual meeting Is notable
event. Their remin iscences are the his
tory of the development of this splen-
did domain which is central Iowa at
it's best and their part in its nagnif1-
canoe is estimated at its true worth.
The pioneers have for the most part
passed on and left the old settlers to
achievements and characters of those
who turned the first burrows in the will
derness which has blossomed into the
finest agricultural territory In the
world A few all weak and withered
Of their force wait on the "hither side
of dread eternity but the main body
of the pioneers has gone on to fairel
country
What a magnificent achievement wa.
theirs, to have builded an empire from
the raw material Of virgin prairies ant
turned the forests into homes and
temples. And what sense of gratifiec
purpose must have been theirs whel
they saw with failing eyes the marvel
| they had wrought and the legacy the,
were leaving to their children and tn
result was greater. II their hardship
were many the goal they Won thr,
! great tribulation and labor was wort
all they had paid To have entered
raw wilderness with bare hands an
left a teeming and fruitful countr
| populated with their own children wa
full reward for lifetime Of toll
Those who accomplish in sincerit
never fail OF high honor. When the
have passed their works do folio,
them. Their mistakes fade and tn
splendor Of achievement remains un
dinmed. 1t is as the completed wor
OF the sculptor which bears no mari
OF the patient chisel but stands seren
and finished, irnnutable, work Of ar
a thing Of beauty and JOY for al
time. So the pioneers struggled an
chiseled and polished away mistake
and scars and devised to the comm
generations the magnif1cence and com
fort and opportunity which is Marsha
county and that multiplied magnih
cence which Is Iowa.
Hence when they meet today they ar
honored guests, their gathering a
event, their "reminiscences and recol
Elections vitality historic Theirs /
meeting Of past and present and the
represent in themselves the spirit
progress, the travail Of slowly increas
ing development and the marvel /,
elimination.
There were giants in those day
There are giants also in these late
and gentler days; but the pioneer wit
his unfinching courage and uncor
que,. lie faith stands out clear an
distinct above all other figures in tt
history Of the development Of tn
country from the rock of the Pilgrim
to the first settlement in Marsha
county. He was the soldier Of cfviliza
ton, the advance scout Of liberty.
All honor to the pioneers.
The human family Is subject to fit