The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-10-01
Large Crowd Pays
Tribute to DR.. Palmer
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Large Cr0WQ rays
Tribute to DR.. Palmer
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remember however two incidents
that have never been lost to me.
One was, how strongly was at
tracted by the beautiful architect
ural lines of our little Episcopal
! Church, and the other was the
surprise and pleasure that came to
me in meeting feeble, OLD, but
highly cultivated member of my
profession, and hear him speak so
calmly and philisophically of the
end of his life which he knew was
near. He had been driven out of
Pennsylvania by tubercular hem
orrhages-his misfortune had been
the good fortune of our community
and influenced by the famed and
remedial qualities of our Minneso-
ia climate, had come to this local
ity and engaged in the arduous du-
ties and responsibilities of a from
tier practice. 1t led him much out
of doors and probably prolonged
his life to an extent that could not
have been surpassed by the meth
DDS of our modern sanatoriums. He
possessed a rare surgical genius and
had been well educated in medi-
cine, part of his education having
been attained in Paris. His faith
full devotions to his duties and SER
vices to this region were inestim-
able. He will not soon be forgotten.
1T happened that was privileg-
ed to be much with him in his last
days. / can see him now lying
helpless in bed, calmly awaiting the
inevitable end of his life, not
boasting of the good he bad done,
yet still retaining his interest in
our mortal existence and its prob
lens. There was in my possession
a copy of one of the early editions
of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables'
printed in the original language.
DR.. Palmer was familiar with it in
the English translation, but he
read French readily, and the pleas
ure that came to him as he persued
the pages even to their end has left
a permanent impression in my
mind. 1t was the last book he read
upon earth.
81 have been asked to give the
readers of the Herald this glimpse
of the old Sank Centre, and do
so most willingly. The old days
should not be banisned from our
minds. Their disadvantages were
accompanied by their sterling vir-
tues, and we can derive much from
a study of the human characters
that had their exits and their en-
frances upon the stage as the
great drama of life was played in
our community.
I'm closing I wish to say that a
great deal of credit should be given
the D. A. R. for their effectual work
in the erection of this memorial
stone to DR.. Palmer, and especially
deserving credit are the persistent
activities of Mrs. Henry Parker in
this same line"
Major John Howard, 81 years
young, very closely associated with
DR.. Palmer in the early day was
wonderfully interesting in his
"reminiscences of the bygone day.
The following is synopsis of Maj.
Towards informal talk:
My Friends:
It is pleasure to me to be with
you today, to pay honor to one who
so years after his departure is
honored by this memorial.
DR.. Palmer was a participant in
events that at the time they oc-
CURED compelled every one to real
ize that this state faced crisis.
On Sunday, Aug. II, 1862, the first
shot that began an Indian war in
volving a portion of what later COM
prised seven states of our country,
was fired on the Baker farm at
Acton, Meeker county, Mimi,
where three men and two women
were killed by a war party of
Sioux .a
This Indian war begun Aug. II,
1862, was not ended until after Gus
ter and portion of the 7th Cavalry
had been killed on the Little Big
Horn June 25, 1876. On Aug. %,
1862, a messenger was sent from
Fort Abercrombie, N. D., to st.
Paul, for reinforcements and am
munition. Frank Kent, a resident
of Melrose, was freighting to Fort
Garry, now Winnipeg. Can. On ar
rival at Georgetown on the Red
River, he learned of the Sioux ont
break, and leaving his two wagons
with their freight with the Hudson
Bay representative, he, taking his
two pairs of mules with him start.
ed back for Abercrombie. They ar
rived safely at the Fort, and later
it appeared that a party of Sioux
concealed in brush permitted Kent
and his man to pass unmolested as
the Indians were planning a sur
prise attack on the Fort.
Captain John Van Der Horck,
Co. D, 5th, Mimi, who was in COM
mand at Abercrombie, called for a
volunteer to go to st. Paul for aid.
Kent accepted the service and with
one man named Tarble left the Fort
on two good mules and rode for the
Leaf mountains, the Indians being
held back by the soldiers. Later,
the Great Northern Railway when
constructed through this section es-
tablished a station east of Aber-
crombie which is named Kent. Kent
and his companion forced their
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