Jacksonville post., March 21, 1908, Image 3

took four persons to work this cannon I shall not have another chance to write
Gus Newbury
after it was unlimbered—the powder until we reach the bluffs, when I will
boy passed the “noise,” Wilson ram­ write you again.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
med it home, the man behind the gun
Yours *c,
J. H. T.
Will practice in all court« of the State
primed and when the man with the long
OH' l on C ’i o ,-ia meet, one
slim rod red on one end—brought it in-. Everything in the painting line.
block south of the court house
to requisition, there was something do­ Hostetter.
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Being a Reminiscent Article by ing.
At this juncture Mr. Wilson rammed
a cartridge home and there was an ex­ <ÿ==-==
James H. Twogood For­
plosion immediately. The ramrod went
merly of Jacksonville.
off, likewise one of Mr. Wilson’s arms.
Although standing within 30 feet I
(By James H. Twogood.)
We got tired of hauling the best of could not -ell if the gun was touched
the Winter wheat to Chicago, 80 miles off before giving Mr. Wilson time to
away, and exchanging it for groceries withdraw the rod or if it was prema­
at 50 cents per bushel. We only had ture. I met Mr. Wilson many times
coffee then on Sunday mornings. Good after that on Lake street carrying an
farm hands received $12 a month, al­ empty sleeve. Mr. Wilson’s heart and
though I have worked for as low as $8. soul was in the work of being an old
In May, 1842, I rented a ranch on shares line Whig. You seldom ever met a
more nervy man than Dick. His last
and moved back to Chicago.
Ladies’Ascot Ties.
25c each
The Chicago Daily Journal .»as es­ words were: “Keep her a-going boys,” |
tablished in 1844. At that time it wa ind he fell in a dead faint. It was a
Ladies’ lace Tr-......... ................................................................... 600
the leading journal of the state. Dick horrible sight and one that I will never
Ladies’ fancy and plain clastic belts ........................................... ,
and Charley Wilson were the proprie­ forget.
Ladies’ White Embroidered leather Bolts...................................... -5c
I would say to the old-timers that
tors in 1848. I became acquainted with
And our line of Ladies’ White Embroidered Lawn Waists at $1.50, $2.00
Charley, who was several years the Zack Taylor’s career was cut short.
$2.50 anil $3.00 in the latest productions.
younger. At that time he was a very He was inaugurated March 4, 1849, and
Our assortment of Waistings and Wash Fabrics are this season’s pro­
diffident, bashful young man and so died July 9. 1850. William Henry Har-I
duction. Designs and colorings entirely new.
awkward in company that he did not 1 . n served from March 4 to April 7,
know haw to hold his hands. [ per­ | 1811.
I called on Charley Wilson April
suaded him to attend J. B. Robinson's
balls which were given at the City Hall, 1851. The next day my brother, O. B.
a brick building located in the middle of and I started out west to find sunset
State street, between Lake and Ran­ i and gold I told Charley that I would
dolph. The lower floor was rented for let him hear from me enroute, and the
market and the upper floor at the south following is a copy of the first letter,
end was used by the city council. The which was reprinted in a home paper.
north end was used as a big dance hall. I Who of you readers can produce a clip­
The music was furnished by Putnam’s ping from a newspaper that you wrote
nearly 57 years ago—more than the
quadrille orchestra.
In 1883-84 Robinson ran a theater in average man’s lifetime? There are
Boise where the capitol building now I but few of the early timers of 1837 left
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stands.
The following is the clipping referred i
Well, after a good deal of persuasion
I finally succeeded in getting Wilson to to, exactly as it appeared in the paper
attend Robinson’s balls. It did not to which I sent it:
Correspondence of the Chicago Jour­
take long to “thaw” him out and to
get that refrigerator expression off his nal.
Iowa City, April 21st, 1851.
face and it soon got out so that he
Friend Wilson:—We arrived safe in j
could speak to a real live woman!
It was in November 1841 that I drove this great metropolis to-day en route
a team to the ratification of William for Oregon. We came via Rockfordi
Henry Harrison’s log cabin convention and thence down Rock River on the I
east side. We found good roads and as ;
at Rockford, Ill.
We Sell Sauer Kraut
The war with Mexico commenced to good a farming country as need be, all i
brew in 1849 but there was nothing do­ the way down to its mouth. Wei
ing but “growl” until Zachary Taylor crossed the Mississippi river at Rod;
got to the Rio Grande, opposite Mata­ Island, and stopped at Davsnport. It
moras, March 28, 1846. In April, 1847, is quite a stirring little place and built
I enlisted with four other boys from up mostly of brick, as is also Steven
our shop. Mother said, “No!” Two son on the opposite side of the river.
t 'T
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of the boys returned in 1850 and I was There is more Germans here, according
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always sorry that I did not go, and then to the population, than there is in Chi­
from there on to California. Today I cago. Moline is a very flourishing little :>
Rock
might have been a rich man or perhaps town, situated three miles a
AH kinds New and Second Hand
lying six feet under ground you can’t Island. Its quite a manufacturing
place. There were two men lodgedin
generally sometimes tell!
Goods bought and sold. Want
After Zachary Taylor established his jail at Davenport, a few days since for
to buy Junk. Old Copper and
dental parlors in Old Mexico it did not passing counterfeit tens on the Wis­
Rubber bought.
take him long to extract all the veno­ consin Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
mous teeth in sight. With that job They had passed some three hundred ■.
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done he thought he would take a run dollars. Corn is worth 25 cents per
up north and see if all the folks were bushel: oats 30 cents, and wheat 50.
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“to home.” He found them and got vVe did not see any goo) Winter wheat
himself in trouble they made him until we got below Dixon on Rock
president. Taylor beat both Cass anil River. There is a little in this st.it <
I Harness Goods for Sale. Sole [leather for Sale. ■
Van Buren and of course his election »id not very good. We have met wii
Ryan Building
Opposite U. S. Ilote'
had to be celebrated in due style. Die out one Oregon team on the way, a'
i hat was an ox team in a miserabl
Wilson had succeeded in gettin -
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young cannon and dragged it on' on 'h ' ondition. There is but few teams <> ■ J’*
' he road and those are mostly cattle.
public square, which was bounded
We have four good hor; es, a lioh' ,g-
Clark, Washington, LaSalle and R
' and our baggage doesnot, <• coed ten
dolph streets. Wilson got very mu.
mndred. We have no difficulty ir. driv-
excited. He was making that gun p
30 or 40 miles per day. We have
for all there was in it and more, to
in on i week on the road and think in
and it rattled like a Gatling gun. I
one move we will be able to make the
member he had off his hat, coat a
vest and his face was begrimed with bluffs, although we have a good many
sweat and powder. He was perfectly rive; s and small streams to cross, but
Dunnington & Deneff
frantic, just as though the existence of > far they all have good bridges or fer-
.. Proprietors ..
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ies.
Cedar
river
between
here
and
the nation depended on that gun. Ir
his excitement the perspiration was Muscatine is two thirds as large a:
oozing out of every pore and running Rock river, and Iowa river at this
into his eye3 so that he could hardly place is about the same size. There is
see. He seemed to entirely lose sight j some 30 or 40 Californians encamped
Oregon
of the fact that the gun was getting just below here, from Wisconsin. This
hotter and needed swabbing out. It 1 being the last point in the settlements,
A TALE OF
OLD TIMES
Ladies
We are now opening our new
Spring Stock, and the latest
in Spring Novelties ....
We are pioneers in good
merchandise. Our prices are
always the lowest.
Nunan-Taylor Co.
C ity ME A T
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