Weekly Republican, Volume 57, Number 35, Plymouth, Marshall County, 31 August 1911 — Page 1

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Former Plymöuth Resident Who Grew up

Here. Writes His Youth And School. Editor Republican: "What has become of the boys who weie Ihjys when I was a boy? Plymouth bad a lot of them. Some were rood, some were bad, and some were worse. I often wonder if the bad boys don't make pretty good men. Only I didn't know many of the bad ones. because, according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Presbyterian, and there are no bad boys in the Presbyterian ?hurch. The old church was about half a block south of the courthouse square, fronting east. Charley Tonard was sexton. and had the important trust of ringing the bell. Sometimes in the informl interval between dispersal of churchgoers and opening of Sunday school. Charley would let another boy ring the bell ajittle. But that had its dangers. Jim Smith or Lavton Elliot had a pas sion for making the old bell turn over a thin? which seemed like; sacrilege to me. . Jim was a stepson of old Judge Fnller, who had a prettv borne sonth of the cemetery: and Jim revelled in the reputation of being tough, while Will Fuller, his step-brother was rrood. Also Will' was a handsome fad. as became the brother of Zipporah Fuller, and Betty Fnller. The latter sang in the old churen euoir. rd ft imVhtv pretty picture. she U nn there at the rear of the, enureh. with lier round bonnet, and i. nl fnee. and her ribbons. But this is a talk about boys not women. Onlv T often wonder if Jim Smith didn't "turn out "pretty -well, in spite of his boyish desire to go west and amaze the border with bis recklessness. . Charley Leonard bad a brother tmi - -rnic.. like his father be- .'--" - , 1111. a raivi m fore him. Bill was a nanosome fellow. 1 think he was. drowned in the "Mississippi river I

manv years ago. There was another t printed my poem in solid nonpareil Will iVonard. n baker, who used to with a leaded long primer introducwork for Bill Hill, and who married fion, staling that the author was a

11:. vr;brlc n oifl 1 continent lv ex-. pected to make my wife from the 'im T wa nine vears old till. Oh, well, till Will cooked my dough along .. 1 1 "Olli TT111 "nml tllPV . Willi O lOl KT I'll! um .-.. i were bappv ever after." ' Said Bill Hill had a son named Fred, a blfW-e little rascal wilh the - voie uc. a tenor nnrel and the ru'f pie ' of ,n f!r-(li mwI. Fred had' a m'.rdreadin gift which made hip.i n marvel of common boys, and tnesnii i mnnMp ability to talk with zrU without getting embarrassed. Mark Tuttle was a little older, the son of a photographer who wore -rrntches. and who had a gallery over Pershing's drug store. Mark was Tather the best scholar in school what time D. D. Buke was principal, among the bovs. For Phoebe Thompfun was alwavs a hundred in everything, and the boys scorned to compete" with her. At that T got a copy of "Evangeline" one term for standing ninetv-eigbt: and that making alwavs explained to me wbvMr. Luke dVn't stay longer in the Plymouth schools. Bfle Allegan and Mr. Buke had 1 verv prettv fight there in the school room ojie dav. and Bede.who had riven weight imprndentlv. was bowled through the door and down stairs, to the sreat . disappointment of tl-p bov pupils. Not that we disliked Luke Particularly but becr.rse there is some insurgent blood even in n Plvmouth school room. - I Bert Beeves was the" best dressed bov fin school. He bad tail coats, . like men: while the rest of us were content tith the common sack coat of tl countrr. He and Manfred CorMn wrtr ons of the two big lawyers. tb -latter a mavor ofPlvm-

th citv. the former one . of thewlicat amon2r all tbe farir:0rs of

on .nnntv'a most abjA and most nsefnl state s"tor?. T wonder if those bovs dMirer'-i the lottrs whirh Deisli s'fs wp" lad "cnr'sir his roo' ot. a hlrsed to oostritv. r i ! p' of Stärkst F' m Mark Elliot. ?on of one of the thrif ty, worthy Ellicts; and his step- m brother. Charley Sutphen. The li

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Tells Tales Out of latter was a marvel in .mathematics, and I still remember with awe how he could find the value of X. no matter how carefully that value might be concealed. And thore was j'.uthur Pill, who could catch fish up at the dam when no one else could get a bite. I think his father had a furniture store. But the real furniture store of the town of the city I beg your pardon was kept by Jonathan Palmer, and his son. Will was a boy to remember. A slow but lovable, dependable chap. T wonder what has become of Will Palmer. lie had a brother-in-law, a little fellow naimed Fleming quick and sharp and companionable. It seemed to me Good Fortune could hardly be so unamiable as to overlook him. There, was Elmer Dunham, a bit older than myself, and gifted, as I never was. with the faculty of pummelling people he did not like. It is a precious possession, and so many of us have to get along without it. lie pretty nearly met his Waterloo one dav when he and Bert Pershing got tangled up in front of Renberger's harness shop, which was next door to a saloon. But in. the end Dunham's greater experience in pugilistic argument prevailed over Persliing's superior theories; and the red-headed lov won. Merrick Nichols was still a little omcr, ana oniy a iMv wnen tiiev made him superintendent of our Sunday school. Merrick' was a printer, and promotion put him in the editorial chair of the Republican along in war time; and I sold him a poem for a dollar one day. I have no intention of quoting the poem here. Time is very kind now and then, and covers up lots of things that we couldn't defend. Merrick meant it in all kindness when he Clinda v school seuoJar. ami a lad who had never used tobacco not whiskey. And Piatt McDonald, who was editor of the Democrat, made ltob-tnhla Anitnanf liof 1 w .r. mi 'ni".niii 'iiiiui iii iii.i nit J - - try would probably have leen better if the morals had been worse. Like a character in one of Bret Hartes' joems. Piatt was "a nust sarcastic man." 1 jut I remember going home with that dollar bill and figuring out how princely an income T was now assured of. since I had written the poem in an hour, and there were ten working hours in each day. Visions ot plush parlor furniture and rice pudding three times a day came to me as I calculated and hoed pota toes. And there were Charley and Bay AHeman. sons of Schuyler Alleman. and grandsons of ray distant relative. William C. Edwards. T don'l supKse there is any question of their success in life. For if "Mood will tell", they had an excellent endowment, f Of those boys a little older. I rej"omlMr Adelbert CofFev, who seemj ed to be so certain of life's "kind treatment; and Will Patterson, so sure to win it whether or rot life wa, disposed to be kind. Am the Bnc,. bovstliree of t;,em T think Thev ahvavs 9eemeft to (louWy flar?e'd with" ener?y am aK most extravagant in their expression of it T tllink tliox rather more rnreT to tjie l0un(i than anv of ihylT contemporaries They M.eTe a little yoxmeT f,an myself, as were the Thaver bovs. Oeorge and Jim, sons of the one big whcat buvpr of tltat enrlv dav: sons oi a man wnose wom was gooti as northern Indiana. Wl'ere are all the old bovs who were boys when I was a bov? T have not mentioned a titho of th'em. T forget many. I have intentionally omitted many as the Fitzgeralds and the Lamson brothers, and Solomon Jacobv, who rcnllv lielonged. ke mvself, in 'the conntrv. For

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Oil . licit HIV IUC J ilUl'l i "But never mind, we all had ' our dreams when the. world was yung. 3Iayb t luit dream is realized one way. mavbe in another. -' And vet. do you know there is some niterius flament pertaining to boyhood which involves in its meshes all the Dt her hoys; and none of them ur ever really forgotten. I am getting old. Mavbe some of mv boyhood companions are dead. Maybe some of them flourish in great happiness, realizing my own visions of plush furniture and rice pudding, while 1 have to be content with, mission chairs and ice cream. And maybe the happiest are those the records of whose deeds would he tiresome. Yours very truly LeBov Armstrong. Obituary of John V. Astley John V. Astley was born in Perry Village, N. Y.. Oct. 8. 1838, and came to Indiana during the time of the Indians with his parents in 1845. Over the old Canal Route to Logansport they came, then by land to Plymouth, where they settled near the old grist mill. From here they went to Wolf Creek but returned in 1850, occupying what is known as the old Windsor hotel, then used as a double residence. Previous to the war, Mr. Astley learned the blacksmith's trade at Studebaker's, and has often told many amusing incidents of this time. In 1862 he enlisted as a volunteer in Company F, 73rd Ind. Regt., organized at South Bend and served thruout the war, being mastered out at Indianapolis. On March 6, 1866, he was united in marriage to Nancy Jane Conover at South Bend, that being a triple wedding of the three oldest sisters. Five children were reared by them at the home place at the corner of Walnut and Washington streets, with a most loving and paternal care. They are Charles R., Flora V. (Mrs. Jesse Hoham), John V., jr., Jesse C., and Nellie Estella (Mrs Mark Swoverland) all of whom survive. Mr. Astley was a very prominent citizen in political and social life, always working for the betterment of the community. His business career commenced in a restaurant on Michigan street, after which he took charge of a construction train on the Pennsylvania. After that he accepted a position as clerk at Buck & Toan's hardware, being employed there for a period of twelve years. He was elected sheriff on the republican ticket in 1878 and served two terms until 1882. He was the last sheriff to live in the old jail and the first to live in the new. After his terms as sheriff, Mr. Astley went into the hardware business for himself on north Michigan street. While thus engaged in business, he served in several political and honorary positions. As city councilman in 1897 he was one of those who urged the paving of the city, and aided in laying the first bricks on Michigan st. On Sept. 16, 1902, Mr. Astley was married to Mrs. John Swoverland of Bourbon and she was his faithful companion until death. In his later years, Mr. Astley took to farming, then returned once more to the restaurant business. At the time of his death, he was in the farm implement business with his son-in-law Jesse Hoham. He was always jovial and congenial, had a kind word for all, lending a charitable

hand to the needy. He became a member of the Presbyterian church several years ago, and to other denominations he always extended assistance in his generous and courteous way. Fraternally he was an active member of the Masonic order, having been made a Master Mason in 1870 and a Knight Templar in September, 1875. He was also a member of the Royal Arcanum. Besides his wife and children, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Ann Protsman, of this city. The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church today at two o'clock and was in charge of the Knights Templar, the Blue Lodge members acting as escort. Rev. Mr. Logan preached the funeral sermon and a mixed quartet sang. The burial was

at Oak Hill. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Joe Glaub are happy parents of a son born Friday night. A ten-pound boy was born August 23, to Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Logan of Lakeville. Mr. and Mrs. J. Leroy Austin are the happy parents of a daughter, born recently. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Don Strunk of Chicago on Aug. 23, 1911. Mr. Strunk is a son of W. A. Strunk of this city.

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I)R. T. A. THE MAYOR AND ft A E5 y CLEVELAND AND SWINDELL ASK TO BE RELIEVED OF BURDENS OF THEIR OFFICERS, COUNCIL WILL ELECT SpccU1 Sessions CaUed For Sept. 3 To Choose Sncessors Candidates Are Already Decided On. Mayor C S. Cleveland and Council-mau-at-large .Joseph SwincVll hav resigned and Plymouth will soon have a new mayor and anew Council-man-at-large. These two city offi

cers tendered their resignations to successors to Mr. Cleveland and Mr. the council last night, and the resi-' Swindell, and resolutions were inflations were accepted with regrets trodueed at the meeting last night They are to take effect Sept. 9. i calling special sessions for that purIt ha been known bv a verv few ' pose on Sept. '8. at 7:30 o'clock.

that for twomonths or more Mr. rwimlell has intended to resign, hut it was not known until- very

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T am longing, for Indiana. You may scorn me if you will'. Of the delightful Hoosier climate T surelv desire mv fill. t Give me our winter snows and blizzards. Heavy summer storms and light. For I'm staying on the sea coast. Where the weather is a fright. I'm staying now "in California. Where the damp sea breezes blow, Where the cold and penetrating fogs. On the dusty foothills show. T care not for 'your boasted coit"tr, Your mirage, waterless lakes, I love Indiana's plains and hills Where there are no fears of quakes. I'm stayiug still in Clifornia. Where bloom the scentless flowers, Where 'slovenly eiica typt us tre?s Make no shady, pleasant lowers, .. Where irrigated lands are fertile. But crops often 1'ril to please. Where tt-ere are no gentle, summer rains, . But many strenuous fleas. -I'm gcing back to Indiana. .The homeland of which T dream, Wh?ie the winding Wa':ns!i riv?r Hows. And many a little stream. ' Boh't th.ink this is talking 'through my hat. Or I'm writing just for fur. Indiana is the 1'airest .state, - That Lhwoms beneath the sun. .Vf

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BORTON. eutly that Mayor Cleveland had mv such intentions. He gives as his reas.ns poor health and the increasing business cares brought on bv the new factory at Marshal, Tex. Ever since his recent trip to St. Joseph, Mich., he has reaized that e must take better care of himself than he has done. He has i not been at all well for several weeks, and is not yet able to get to the factory regularly to look aftei his manv duties there. These facts have led him to offer his resignation. As for Mr. Swindell, it is known to manv that public life is distasteful to him. He does not like the work of a public officer and has freouentlv so stated. It was much against Iiis better judgment and desires that he consented, after being urjed again and again bv his best friends.' to allow his name to be put on the ticket for the last election. The fact that he was elected 1 by such .a maioritv. without anv electioneering at all, speaks forcibly of his nopularitv in the citv where he hn lived so long. ' Tt will be remembered that baek in the 90 s when Mr. Swindell was elected mavor, he resigned after a brief time in the executive's eliair. during which thre was a contest over the f'Fonrfh ward" of "the city and the eouncilmen who had been appointed therefrom. Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Swindell j would have served two years next I Januarv. The large amount of good J work: thev have done for the city in manv different directions will be highly appreciated bv the city and remembered with pleasure. Successors Decided On. The citv Council wil lelect the One resolution was passed Tor the election of Mayor find another lor the election of Councilman-aMarge 0 8 tt u gv...-'. ,--" - "4 -ii -jo-- ,?t . fc j

Annual Meet At Lapaz Surprise ManagementThrongs Gather Once More to Talk Over The Early Days And Enjoy Sports p The Young.

Tlift Mayor and republican memlers of the Council have met in caucus and agreed on whom the will elect as mayor and councilman-at-large. The names they will not give out and the public is not to know until the night of election who they are. The caucus was entirely agreeable, however, friendlv in everv wav and unanimous in the choice of candidates, for the places. Phillips Family Reunion. The annual reunion of the Phillips familv was held Saturday, Aug. 26th at the home of Chas. Phillips, on South street. There were about sixty persons present. Besides those coming from Warsaw and Pierce ton there were in attendance: Pert Hess and son of Colorado. Xer Phillips, wife and son Claude of Chicago and Willard Phillips of South P,end A large and excellent dinner was served at noon. Music and other diversions occupied the afternoon. All report a splendid time as they always enjoy at this family gather- , in? It mav be mentioned that it was twenty vears ago from the dav of this reunion that the first assembly of the kind was held at the home of j Thomas Phillips, of near Bourbon, a brother of Chas. Phillips. Mrs. Baker Injured. Mrs. Baker, mother of Mrs. D. A. Funk, living five miles northwest of Plymouth, fell from a porch about three feet high on Saturday night and broke her thigh. ' Sh? is 84 years old and will hav to lie abed for several weeks. John, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Funk, is in a hospital at Columbus, 0.. to undergo a very dangerous- operation and it - is not expected that he can recover. Snits Filled. Ira D. Buck vs. Samuel Koontz; on notes; attorneys. Fletcher, Peters and Peters. Logan and Foster, and Wm. J. Reed.. Katherine Way vs. Adam Rothmiller, et al Contest Will: attorneys, L. M. Lauer. H. A. Logan. Ralph M. Snvder vs. Plymouth Sanitarium and Hospital: on notes, attorneys. James A. Sweaney. J. A. Molter and IL A. Logan. Marv E. Crum vs. Amos Crum: divorce. Parties are from Burr Oak. . Ethel M. Scott Charles E. Scott: divorce. Plaintiff is from Donaldson, rdaintiff is in ( olorado. - - r - Editor Is Remembered. W. Feece of Culver very nic?lv remembered the , editor of the Repub lican on Saturday by leaving at the office a fine water melon and some lnsomna oTJines. Both were liigniy prized and will cause Mr. Feece to V. vnmomlwred with pleasure. He savs he never forgets the editor nor the preacher. Just why he classes editors and preachers together he did not say". Is it possible that ue thinks the former anproach to - the goodness of the latter? Kleckner Reunion. On Sunday,. Aug. 27 the.-Kleckner family held their annual reunion at the hemp, of Mrs. E. J. Kleckner, on south Pearl street. There were twenty six in all present, and the day was a very enjoyable one. for all. At one o'clock a very sumptuous dinner wa served, after which the company adjourned to the yard to talk over childhood days. The out of, town guests were. Mr. J. B. Kelly and, familv of Ft.Wavne T. C. Kleckner and wife of Decatur, 111., and C. W. Kleckner and wife of Chicago. Don't fail to hear the free lecture rn-The Horse by a competent man that will pay anv one interested in horses to come miles fo hear. The best Sale Bills are printed at

People from' all parts of Northern Indiana. Marshall and Saint Joseph. counties in particular gathered at Lapaz Saturday in honor of the old settlers of these two counties who held their annual picnic there. As the years of time roll oa and on and each year more and mora of the first settlers in the country ara taken from us, this occasion comes to mean a great deal to those who are still left. It may be their last chance to be together, the last time that tney shall be able to discuss the experiences of by-gone days the happenings of the golden days of their youth, when all this country- was as yet practically wild and unsettled; when rude homes were" built in tha

heart of the forest with InTians anT wolves as the only neighbors. Maybe you think this U stretching; it too far. Xo. that is net the case, his younger friends Saturday how, for, more than one old resident told he and his father first came here 70 years or more ago. they lived in a. rude log hut, surrounded by the dense forest with its wolves and Indians. One old man stated that when be first moved to Indiana there were bat four dwellings in Starke county and but a few more in Marshall. This prent affair, the picnic for the old settlers has for several vears been held in WiL?ons Grove near' I-apaz. This woods are an ideal spot for the gathering they beinglarue. cool äad inviting for picnieen. Amusements of every- sort had been provided. There was a merry-go-round about which hundreds of eager youngsters and many grayhaired old people as well, gather to take "just one more ride." Then the nsual "nigger-baby" rack waVöa the grounds and the tther stands al so at which lunches aud refreshments of every sort as well as souvenirs of the occasion were sold The Lakeville band furnished the music for the enjoyment of all. ThU band is very good, consisting of IS pieces. In addition to these concession and amusement enterprises a number of interesting contests took place in the afternoon. Among th ese were r Merry-go-round. Music by Lakevill Band all day long Horse-shoe Pitching Contest. .$2 1st prize; H for. 'second prize Greased Pole Contest, prize $1. by J. I). Thayer Boys'- 3-legged face, prize, one pocket knife, by IL T. Shirk Ladies ( Kail-Driving Contest, $2 bottle Perfume, by Abram Shafer Boys' Foot Race, under 12 years, prize $1 Foot Race for Young Ladies under 15 years, 1st prize $2. 2nd oriz 1 worth Toilet Articles Tug o' War between Marshall and St. Joe counties, prize, box off cigars by Willis Leed Fat Woman's Rr.ee. prize, pair ladies fine shoes, by Bessler & Schaal Bovs' Sack Race, prv 1 Cowboy's Knife by Gideon Logan Potato Race for Boys under 12 years, . prize 50c Besides these attractions there were several exhibitions of agricultural implements on display. There was also a booth showing samples of farm products, .and other interesting exhibitions relating to Marshall county. A big free performance will be given tonight and this promises to be a great treat.. It is estimated that five or sir thousand people attended tMs' pViic Saturday. About half of this number were from our count v. th? other belching to t. Joe. About .100 people werit no. from Plymouth on the trains in the forenoon, to say nt'iinj of the hundreds going in rigs of everv sort. Nearly l.Onft had assembled in the grove at 10:00 a. m. and hnndreds more . came from South Bend and thereabouts on the 11:00 oVlocJr Vandalia train. Tt certainly was a.