Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1912 — "MAN WHO STOOD STILL” [ARTICLE]

"MAN WHO STOOD STILL”

is Title Given Quaintest of Illinois.. Characters, Who Dies in Canada. , .Aurora. HL. May IS. -The death of D. \\. Stockwell of this city, at. Hawarden, Can., early today, marked the paming of one of the quaintest characters in Illinois He was known as the "man who stood still.” As owner of one the biggest stores in Northern Illinois, outside of Chicago, during the C ivil War he prospered. Five years after the war h«“ was stiU making a profit. In 10 years more the place was a curiosity shop and has continued so. The hoop-skirt. barber-strij>ed hose* jet jewelry and like antiquities continued a part of his stock. In later years he was the only one who entered the place, except visitors to the city. He did no advertising. He had about SIO,OOO worth of goods, and settled down to wait for customers who never came. Ito was at business at'7 o'clock each morning and remained until 6 o'clock in the evening. He was 77 years old.