Jasper County Democrat, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1902 — Page 5

MEN WHO MOST CONTRIBUTED TO GREATNESS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDIANA

glr William Jones, an Englishman of great learning and experienoe in stats craft, and living during the period when England's American colonies were struggling for independence, wrote his celebrated ode, entitled, "What Constitutes a Stater 1 It has been quoted until it has become eommonplao®. but Is still reproduced when men want a standard by which to measure those who are called upon to build s state In which liberty. Independence and Uw constitute its great raM»ortlng pillars. One stansa of the ode wgMjßfSoe for this article: “What Constitutes a Stater* -Not high-raised battlement or labored mound. Thick wall or moated gatei Nor cities proud with spires and turrets crowned; Nor bays and beoad-armed porta. Where laughing at the storm rich navies ride; Nor starred and spangled eeeits. Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to prlda - No. men. high-minded men. With power* as far shore dull brutes dared In forest, brake or den, km beasts exoel cold rooks and brambles rude. M«n who their duties know. But know their rights, and knowing, dar. maintain. Prtvent tha loiif-tlniafl blow kmA crush the tyrant while they read tha chain. These oonet! tuts the state." Indiana's Position. Contemplating the position of Indians In ths great republic, n state on the foundations of which the Ideas of Sir William Jones first found expression, as the declaration of Independenos demonstrates, and which have been transmitted to all of the states since the union of the thirteen colonies first made us a nation; ths query is, were the founders of the empire state of Indiana in full accord with Blr William Jonea's exposition of "What Constitutes a State?" I think such a conclusion is warranted by all the facts of history. Say what we may, there Is an element of superstition in the mental organism of men, however educated and cultured they may be, and It may be that seeing the wonderful strides the state has made from a wilderness to her present noon-day glory In civilization, wealth, prosperity and Influence, the conjecture may be nursed by some people that the state has had a good genius, a tutulary Deity to preside over Its destiny, guard Its development and shape Its course. But such reflections, perhaps, are too fanciful for this era pf steam and electricity, this utilitarian, practical, mat-ter-of-fact age, when the forge, the plow, the anvil and engine are working wonders which seise upon the publio mind and will not be set aside. Their demand for consideration Is Imperious. They are freighted with encouragement, and only eulogies are tolerated. They Inspire hope;

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they vitalise faith In tbe coming of things hoped for, giving assurance that the things already accomplished are to be overshadowed by future achievements In every line of high endeavor. They make the old reminiscent; the past passes In review In panoramic grandeur, and to the young furnish dazzling Ideals to be revealed as the years go by. The Credit.

In such mood the Inquiry Is forced: "To whom, tn the larger measure, la Indiana Indebted for her splendid renown T*’ The facta of history hav# all the glamor of fiction. But yesterday a wtnderness; today the center of advanced civilization, with Its two hundred thousand farms; its three hundred cities and towns; Its thousand factories; its ten thousand school bouses; Its churches, colleges and universities; Its benevolent Institutions and splendid oharltles; Us press and Its writers who have won fame In every department of literature; Its professional educators; Its lawyers, doctors and clergymen; Its merchants and manufactures; Its more than five thousand miles of railroads—a stats In which art science, learning and culture find an invigorating atmosphere; In a word, a state where every prospect pleases, where hIU and dais and rock and vale suggest contentment and where the great masses ars satisfied with being “obscurely good.” Surely, all this advancement this development this moral. Intellectual and material wealth has not come to Indiana by chance, by wizard enchantments, by some Aladdin ring and lamp. History records a different verdict. From the day Indiana was launched as a territory, more than a hundred years ago, the men at the helm were endowed with a large measure of common sense, Integrity, conscience, loyalty to duty and love of country. Who were these men? Where stand the monuments to perpetuate their names and their labors In laying the foundations of Indiana's greatness even before the state was born? Where are their graves? In what sequestered spot of our great domain Is their final resting place, to remain until the last trump opens earth's charnel houses and “the Lamb and the white-vested elders have met’* to pass Judgment? Four Orest Man. There were four of these men— Arthur Saint Clair, John Olbeon, William Henry Harrison, Thomas Posey. They were all native Americans except Saint Clair, who was born in Edinburg, Scotland, in 1735. He was a general In tbe revolutionary war and was appointed governor of Indiana territory In 1757 and remained In office till 1800. He was a gallant and patriotic soldier. He died In 1818 at the age of eighty-three years. His successor by appointment was William Henry Harrison, bet for a year John Olbson. who was secretary of the territory, was acting governor. He was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1740. He served with distinction during the revolutionary war, and was a delegate to the conven-

tion which framed tbs first constitution of Pennsylvania. He died at Pittsburg In 1822, at aixty-threa years of age. It Is scarcely required to more than mention the name of William Henry Harrison—who served as governor of the Indiana territory from 1801 to 1812, and during his term of office fought the battl# of Tippecanoe, and In' 1840 was elected president of the United States. This reward for his services to his country came lato tn life, but It came with scripture measure at last. He was made governor of ths Indiana territory at the age of twenty-seven. He fought the great battle of Tippecanoe at thirty-eight and the still more renowned battle of the Thames, where Tecuxnsch fell, at forty. He was elected president at sixty-seven years of age, add died In office at the age of sixty-eight. N. I’. Willis, the poet, wrote of Harrison’s death In the white house: "Death! Death in the white housel Ah. never before Trod his skeleton foot on the president’s floor! Put Harrison's death fills the climax of story— He went with his old stride—from glory to glory. Lay his sword on his breast 1 There's no spot on Its blade In whose cankering breath his bright laurels will fade; •Twas the first to lead on at humanity's ca lilt was stay’d with sweet mercy when “glory" was all; As calm In the council as gallant In war, He fought for his country, and not its “hurrah.” In the path of the hero with pity he trod— Let him pass—with his sword—to the presen,’e of God " Thomas Posey. Thomas Posey was the last governor of the Indiana territory. Like Saint Clair and Gen. Gibson, he was a revolutionary soldier and fought for Independence. He was with Wayne at the storming and capture of the fort at Stony Point, N. Y., In 1779. regarded as one of the most brilliant exploits of the revolutionary war. Posey was the first to give the watchword, "The fort's our own." After hie retirement from the office of territorial governor In 1816, he returned to Illinois, where, two years later, be died. From 1787 to 1816— twenty-nine years—tho four men named were the chief architects In laying the foundations of Indiana In legislation and law and In molding publio opinion In matters pertaining to education, religion and morals. They were high-minded men. measuring up splendidly to the standard of Sir William Jones. They knew' their duty and the rights of their fellow men. They mapped out the course of events. Indiana has more than fulfilled their Ideals, and Indian lans may tune their throats snd sing with Longfellow: “We know what masters laid thy keel. What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel. Who made each mast, and sail and rope, What anvil rung, wbat hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of our hope." Yes, ell of the present generation know it all. and the grand men who were at the forge and the anvil, who wielded the hamm'ers—St. Clair, Gibson, Harrison and Posey—are entitled to everlasting gratitude for the work they performed.

Honors Given. True, the nation rewarded Harrison. It raised him to the most august station known to the nations of the earth, and then, by a decree of fate, he pitched his tent on “Fame's eternal camping ground.” But what of the other men 4gho were his associates In laying the foundations of Indiana? The state has done something to rescue the names of Gibson and Posey from oblivion (.and other states have done the same for St. Clair) by conferring their names upon counties. Indiana has her counties of Gibson and Posey and Harrison; Michigan her river and lake bearing the name of St. Clair. Is that enough? The present Is an era of government reservations. There Is a patriotic spirit abroad which finds expression in monuments on battlefields where Indiana soldiers fought and fell. The present Is a monument building era In the United States, and Indiana is abreast of the most advanced of all our commonwealths. The ancient custom Is being revived In all its glory. Egypt, Greece, Rome and other lands and peoples were not more under the influence of the desire to perpetuate the names and deeds of their rulers and heroes. Pyramids were built for tombs and temples for gods. Egypt had her pyramids and obelisks, Greece her acropolis and Parthenon, Rome her pantheon and coliseum. Byron wrote the legend of Rome: “While stands the coliseum Rome shall standi When falls the coliseum Rome shall fall. And when Rome falls—the world.” Rome, Greece. Egypt have fallen, and all their monumental grandeur Is a ruin, sans Cheops In the sand by the Nile. It has stood defying elements since time was young, and Is likely to remain Intact when forty more centuries are gone. In this regard the old Egyptians have had no rivals. In piling up great rocks, square and ponderous, ono upon another, they solved a problem where others failed, and Cheops stands to keep In everlasting remembrance a race of Titans whose infancy defies the researches of antic'"“laris. In this they taught a lesson 1 ■ lodern monument builders which should not be disregarded.

The First Capitol. The builders of the first capltol of Indiana at Corydon, Harrison county, seem to have had the Egyptian idea of architecture They built the unpretentious state house to resist decay, and there It stands after the lapse of elghty-slx years as firmly fixed on Its foundations as It was when the first legislature of Indiana met within Its massive walls, eighty-five years ago. It Is a relic of Indiana in Us dawn. In the morning of the first day of its triumphal march the sun baptised It In auroral light. StandIn./ forty feet square in the walls of stone two and a half fee: thick, there Is no reason why It may not stand a thousand years. Already this old capitol Is attracting attention, and people are beginning to reverence It. and aa the years go by this feeling of veneration will Increase and become Intensified. It Is the only memorial of Indiana’s early history aa a state, the only aouvenlr the past has placed In possession of the present to keep fresh and green the remembrance of the birth of the state. Such reflections suggest the propriety of a movement for the acquisition by the state of the old capltol at Corydon and Its preservation from decay.. The grounds around the building should m Improved and art and culture taxed to, the utmost to make them beautiful with wklka and flowers, shrubs and trees. This at the four corners of the park let art do Its best In placing statues of ft. Clair, Gibson, Harrison and Posey, *ie Illustrious men who for more tharyn quarter of a century devoted their 11 ve*. to laying broad and doep the founds! ion of the state. The various rooms of the building cc hid be set apart for a museum where i nementoes of the early days could be served to delight future generations, uAd Corydon would become a sort of Mecca A And In time thousands of pilgrims would resort thither to see the only monument \ of early Indiana preserved by the state j to perpetuate memories of Its primitive ' history.

FARMING MACHINERY

EVOLUTION OF THE CRUDE IMPLEMENTS OF THE PAST. Modern Tools for Forcing Wealth from the Virgin Boil Prominent Firms.

By T. A. Conlee.

As an agricultural state Indiana has within the past ten years taken a place of first magnitude, shaken the ashes of her fields and stumps from her garments and risen to a place of Importance as a producer of farm cereals. No one of our states has made more advancement In agricultural products or excelled us In development, and It would not be an unreasonable boast .If ws claimed that the farmers of Indiana were entitled to more credit for this development than could be Justly accorded to any other people, from the fact that this was not a prairie country prepared In advance for the plow, but a vast forest. To no one agency can this advancement be credited so much as the employment of Improved

farm machinery and tools. It does not require a very old citizen of Indiana to have a distinct recollection of clearing and logging bees, as they were called, or w-hen the Indiana farmer relied on his logs, more than ne did on his crops, to furnish both necessaries and luxuries. This primitive condition was too good to last, and in 1890 we find our state denuded of Its forests, and only remaining large fields of stumps. Something must be done. These large clearings must be converted Into fields of golden grain, and the ring of ax and buzzing of saw must be superseded by the harvest song of the reaper and hum of the thresher. How was this to be done? The man with the hoe was a back number and too slow. The means was at hand In Improved farm Implements and tools. What the world owes to Improved farm machinery cannot be set forth more forcibly and clearly than In the proof of what htts been done for Indiana, bringing prosperity and thrift to farmers, who would otherwise be floundering In the ashes of their stumps.

Agricultural Progress. The stump puller was the advance guard, followed by the chilled cast Iron plow, which was quickly superseded by the high-grade steel plow, and both riding and walking gang and sulky plows. These perfect tools were equipped with a view to good work and light draft, and supplemented with the most useful of all tools, the disc harrow. Next In evolution comes the two-row check-row corn planter, with perfect drop and capacity of twenty acres per day, this tool having relegated to the rear all the primitive methods, from the oldfashioned way of dropping by hand and covering with a hoe, up to the two-row corn planter operated by hand. Next come cultivators, and we reach perfection In the hammock rider, and the farmers who now combine business and pleasure can look backward over the vast fields of advancement along this line, from tha hoe until he. sitting under hla sun shade on his riding cultivator, Is thankful that he lives at the parting of the ways between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These tools and Implements are all for ths planting and cultivating of corn. For wheat and small grain we have the perfect two-horse drill and broadcast seeders. So rapidly have we advanced along this ltn etnat we can easily remember our fathers with bags across their shoulders sowing broadcast by hand, weary and footsore. The binder has supplanted the old cradle and sickle. The magnificent thresher of today, with steam power and wind stacker, pours tha golden grain, ready for market. Into the farmer’s wagon, and, although we remember with some pleasure the old days ot flail and winnow, we should not want to return to this ancient method. Now the question Is, what has all this done for Indiana and how many yeara would It have taken to bring our own Hoosler state up to the present high level of cultivation. If we were without Improved farm machinery? The wealth brought to the Indiana farmer, and Incidentally to all our citizens, by the Introduction of the very highest grade ot farm Implements cannot be overestimated. Va*t Improvement*.

Standing on the threshold of the twentieth century and looking back over the last ten years, we see an advancement and improvement In farmers and farming that U phenomenal, and this can be attributed to the adoption of the most improved methods of planting, cultivating and harvesting. The world has been and Is now pouring Into our laps the products of our best brain and brawn. What does It mean for tl}® Hoosler state? This: Taking as a basts 1890. It Is estimated by competent statisticians and compilers that there is *3 -18 per cent, more of the land cultivated than In 1890, and that It Is 60 per cent, better cultivated. ■nils Is all to the credit of Improved farm machinery. The best agricultural Implements have been brought to our doors. The capital city of the state ha* come In for Its portion of the benefit derived from the Vdvanced condition ot farming. With railroads and shipping facilities unequaled It has invited and secured the headquarters and storehouses of large manufacturers and hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of the best the world can produce In the way of Unproved farm machinery Is constantly on hand for shipment to all part* of the state. Prominent Firm*. Among those who have become Identified with us lit a permanent way. their Investment being a sure guarantee of permanency, we find first the John Deere plow company of Indiana, a branch of the famous Moline, 111., factory, the largest and best equipped branch house In the state. They carry a full line of Implements manufactured by Deere & C 0.,, and Deere & Mansur company of Moline, >lll., a large stoyfc of repairs and extra*,

the famous White Elephant line of vehicles. the Moline farm wagons, snd everything in the line of first-class Implements and tools. The shipments made from this house alone will approximate closely to the entire tales of Implement* in ths state In 1890. The McCormick bargeetlog machine company has recently erected a fine building for the transaction of Its business. and carries a large stock of Its Implements The building is at 223-26 8. Cepltol-ave., and is ft handsome snd mammoth structure, with an Immense area of floor space and amule switch facilities, snd Is a credit alike to Indianapolis and to the great McCormick company founded by the Inventor of the reaping machine. The Deerlng harvesting company ct Chicago has a large and commodious building, where It keeps a full line of Its goods and makes prompt shipments. Ths Rumely manufacturing company also owns Its own building, and carries a large stock, snd can furnish anything In ths thresher or engine Une on short notice. The Eastern Moline plow company occupies quarters on S. Penney l vanla-*t., and carries a full line. The H. T. Conde implement company, a regular Jobbing house and not directly connected with factories, carries a full line of Implements, vehicles and seeds. The Oliver chilled plow company of South Bend also has a branch of its business located on 8. Pennsylvanta-st. In addition to those who own their own buildings we have scores of representatives of factories, with offices and headquarters, who transfer frem tho Union transfer' and storage company, and the number of representatives living within the borders of the state Is legion, being seven times greater than In 1890, and ths addition to our tax duplicates from agricultural Implement houses Is no small affair. It is natural that tbe Introduction of Improved farm machinery, having developend, anj brought thrift to our state, Its manufactures should also toe entitled to great credit, and equally enjoy with the farmer the prosperity which they have been largely the means of produoIng.

Home Heating and Lighting Company.

Probably no enterprise projected during the entire history of the city has attracted more attention than the proposed erection of Central Station heating and lighting plants by the Homo Heating and Lighting Company. Many changes have been effected in the century that has Just passed that may be summed up In the word CENTRALIZATION. The “Old Oaken Bucket” Is but a n.emery, and we are now supplied with water from a Central Station. The candle, as well as the whale oil atid kerosene lamps ha vs been superseded by artificial gas or electric lights from Central Stations. Natural gas allowed the establishment of a Central Station for the distribution of heat, but with the diminishing supply of gas came the realization that some other and more durable method must be secured. The Home Heating and Lighting Company, having secured a franchise to heat the city by hot water, steam or electricity and to furnish electrlo light and power, have begun the construction of heating and lighting plants for that purpose The plant at the corner of Sixteenth and Alabama-ets. la now finished and la a model of mechanical Ingenuity and laborsaving devices. The building Is an Imposing brick structure with stone trimmings, and the equipment comprises the most modem apparatus on the market. The company has spared no expense to secure the best consulting engineering talent obtainable. Heating a large numher of houses by hot water from a Central Station has proven eminently successful, and we give herewith a brief explanation of the system and the benefits to be derived therefrom. A plant is erected near the center of the territory selected and there the water Is heated and the electricity generated. The hot water Is forced through plpea, which are laid underground and properly Insulated, and through the radiators In the houses. After passing through the radiators the water Is returned by separate main to the station to be reheated. The patron of the company Is saved the expense and annoyance of looking after a furnace; his house Is heated to a comfortable and uniform temperature throughout, safety, economy and comfort being eecured without effort on his part. The number of customers already secured exceeds tho expectations of the company, and Indications point to continued activity In this line for some time to come. The officers and directors are wellknown citizens of Indianapolis—Mr. 8. E. Ranh, the president, being of the firm of E Rauh & Soup, and president of the Belt railroad and etock yards company. Mr. Edward Hawkins, the secretary. Is manager of the Indian school book company, Rnd Is connected with several other large business enterprises In this city. These two gentlemen and Messrs. L. J. Hackney, Crawford Fairbanks and John F. Wild compose the board of directors of the company.

*rbe Indiana Manufct’ring Company WIND STACKERS 1237. 1239. 1242. 1246 The Stevenion Building INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA

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The Sinker-Oavis Co. ——- —-- Engines, Boilers and Saw Mill Machinery mm 230 TO 270 SOUTH MISSOURI STREET. The Indianapolis Wood Ornament and Refrigerator Co„ Manufacturers of Bank, Store-room, Bar and Office Fixtures, Butchers’ and House Refrigerators, Prescription Cases, Show Cases, Book Cases, Partitions, Counters, Shelving, Ice Cream Cabinets, Carvings, Door and Window Screens and all kinds of Special Built Furniture. 2805 to 2811 CLIFTON STREET. Phone *Ol3 old. Take N. Indy Is Street Car

W. H. DILLMAN. General Agent, Indianapolis, Ind. McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. This Illustration shows ths new McCormick building at Capitol-are. and M> blle-st., Indianapolis, and the general public, as well as the farmera of Indiana, will be Interested In knowing that the McCormick Company, the leading harvesting machine manufacturers of the world, have provided such commodious quarters for their business In Indiana, and all are cordially Invited to visit us when In ths city.

The Illustration presented herewith shows ths McCormick nsw right-hand binder for 1901 This machine has many novel and dlstinot features, representing all that is newest and best In binder manufacture. It Is easily handled by the operator. and Is easily drawn by the horses. It Is built for clean work, quick work, perfect work. Write for “THE WORLD-CENTRE,” A Beautiful Book Profusely Illustrated In Colors. W. H. DILLMAN, General Agent, Indianapolis, Ind. McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

JOHN DEERE PLOW CO. *£££> MOUNE.ILL- INDIANAPOLIS, IND. MOUNEJLU XXX X X , ST " j XXX X X PLOWS K' Com Plants** Sulky Plowe HE 188 Dlee Harrow* Gang Plows IWf“SS !rr SC CEt Efi 3E 111 Hay Bakes Harrows IfffEEEpfc KB Hay Loaders PnlTertaere lurilrEEf rs Cp pr HH Corn Drills Biding and Walk- lliEEl*; |LEj ~ r-*T Bryn Own Hnskers of All Binds ,1 Bspy Shredders 216-218-220 SENATE AVE. SOUTH. Largest and Best-Equipped Brandi House In the State of Indiana. JOHN DEERE’S NAME Is on every implement we sell, and is a sure GUARANTEE OF SUPERIORITY Our investment in Indianapolis is evidence that we are in Indiana to stay, and that repairs for John Deere Implements can always be had promptly. FARMERS —When you buy anything in the Plow, Cultivator, Planter or Harrow line see that it has John Deere’s name on it, and you will know you Have the Best. SEND TO US FOR CIRCULARS AND DESCRIPTIONS

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