Wisconsin State Journal du lieu suivant : Madison, Wisconsin • 105

NEW YEAR EDITION Wisconsin THE WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL Madison NEW YEAR EDITION psvilles First their hands, soused them under and then pushed them out into the dripping platform. Often a sheep would struggle and splash and the dip would be dashed over us and perhaps into our eves, which made them smart for a little while. i settlers migraiea In Early Settler's Footsteps vn J7T "1 I Xy vm-PK ill illf frltntttl ill Ml mirr MJff JL, Public Astounded by Electric Cars Thought Neighborhood Wa Burning Up When Car Went By Teople thought their neighborhood was burning up when eletcrlc cars were first operated here on the street railway Oct. 1, 1892. Up to this time, the cars had been hauled by mules.

The State Journal described the event as follows: "People along the line thought the fire department was out when the car with its blaze of electric lights passed by. It lighted up windows, and made some people believe the neighborhood waa burning np. "The cars are large and handsome, one lighted with electricity, and are free from the terrific noise made by some systems. The track is perfect but was made a little rough by the stones used in ballasting. At times, the cars were run at the rate of 15 miles per hour, but they can do better when the tracks are free from stones.

"Remember, there is an increase of speed, and the people should not get on or off an electric car while it is in motion, nor should they be slow in boarding cars, for they start up very suddenly. "And little children should not be allowed to play along the line of the road, for it is a source of great annoyance to the motorman and very dangerous to the children. "Drivers of horses should bear in mind that electric cars are a terror to horses. Besides the noise made by the trolley, the appearance of the cars moving Is terrifying even to old horses, who have became accustomed to mule cars." Badger 6000 Want Ad! Village of Viola Laid Out in '55 Kickapoo Valley Town Was Named for Teacher in New York ysrmt flervtrel VIOLA Located on the banks of the Kickapoo river and surrounded by a rich farming district Is Viola, a community of 1.000 persons. Samuel Estes, was the first white person to settle in the vicinity of Viola, but the first family to settle on the ground which is now Viola was L.

A. Cliff and his family. In a short time, Selma Rogers, Hart- well, Cyrus and William Turner and J. Id. Jackson and their families settled In the Kickapoo valley.

That was in 1S54. In 1855, the village of Viola was laid out hy the Turner brothers. The community was named after a favorite school teacher in New York state. The Turner brothers erected flour, grist and saw mills on the river hanks, using the Kickapoo river for power. Cyrus Turner conducted the first store In the village on the spot where William Webb's store now stands.

The first Viola school was organized in 185S; Miss Helen Jackson was the teacher. The Methodist church in Viola had its beginning in 1S58. Lodges bega being organized in 1870, the first of which was the I. O. O.

K. lodge. The Viola newspaper, the Intelligencer, was founded in 1890 by Cliff M. Wells. N.

H. Burgor started the first bank in 1894. The original Wisconsin capitol was wet after every rain. The court room was generally flooded after every downfall due to the leaking roof. Above is the house standing on the she of Old Ebenezer Brigham's lead "diggins," the first in Dane county.

Left above, is C. Brigham, his descendant and author of the story fccou), his wife, and two children, Below, himself. Charles and tin Uncled Eben I II II I 11 I A If i I I I "A- .1 li mmimw mm -i In i nimn mmihhh Hi im ti, li Uncle Eben Brigham Threw Up His Cap, Dug Where It Landed and Became Rich from La Porte, Ind. Eight Families Arrived in June, 1839; Town Named for Doctor EVANSVILLE Evansville, First Settler Arrived in June, 1839. The first settlers in Evanaville were as 'follows: Charles McMillan, Samuel Lewis, Stephen Jones, Erastus Quincy, John Rhlnchardt, Hiram Griffith, John Griffith and Boyd Thelps.

They started from La Porte, with a view of making themselves in the west. After traveling ihys they reached Janesvllle. 3fle next day they reached the "Ball Tavern," which was three miles east of Evansville. They then started and made the first wagon track which led to where Evansville is now located. The first furrow was ploughed on the late Byron Cam-belle farm where there has always been on of the finest running springs in the country.

Families Accompanied Them These men all immediately selected farms in this vicinity. These men were all married and were accompanied by their families. Mrs. McMel-ln is said to have been the first white woman to enter EvansvtUe. In the year of 1840, there was a i large immigration from the east and south of this part of the state.

Among those stopping at Evans-f ville were Ira Jones, Jacob West, John T. Baker, U. Mazeltine, evi Leonard, David Johnson, Daniel Johnson, John Cook, John Adams, Washington Higday and John Sale. The first school house was built In 1841 abouttone mile west of the present site of Evansville. Leni Leonard was the first school teacher.

The fifst school was used as church and school both. It was built of logs. In 1845 Dr. J. M.

Evans came here from Laporte, on horseback and started the practice of medicine, he being the first doctor in The city of Evansville was named after him. This same Wilbur Potter came here and a chair factory. The following V. Henry and Lewis Spence set- led here and built the first frame dwellings in the town. Railroad Came In 18413 In 183 Evansville had its first railroad which gave the place an Impetus and in 1S63 Evansville became a chartered village, officered by a president and board of trustees, clerk and treasurer.

Evansville's fist church was organized in the summer of 1840, with a membership of 440. The early settlers were not unmindful of the necessity of providing for the education of their children, knowing that the prosperity of our country and its civil liberties depended greatly on the rising generation. Aug. 10, 1855, an organization was formed for the purpose of erecting a seminary of learning. At the same time a select or high school was commenced in the Methodist church building, it being the most suitable place, under the supervision of R.

D. Kellogg, and was continued under the supervision of competent teachers till the spring of 1859, when D. Y. Kilgore opened a school in the seminary building. Many of the graduates from the Evansville seminary have arisen to eminence and distinction.

Among them are Rev. H. Spencer, Rev. Marshall, a great missionary of the West Indies; J. W.

Sale, district attorney; Hon. Burr W. Jones. Madison; T). B.

Bennett. M. Robert M. La Follette, and many others. Aiong the business enterprises of lace, the foundry and macnine of A.

S. Baker and company eserves special mention. The com pany started in business in 1873 in small way. i 4 I With the Best Wishes for A Happy and Prosperous 1930 We ANNOUNCE to our friends that we are now offering expert heating and ventilating service tested. After the first tester woie out, I bought one of my own.

Not long aftenthis, in order to make the work more interesting, we began to tabulate the work of individual milkers. There were several of us milking, each having his own cows. On Monday morning the milk sheet of the past week was added up and compared with that of the week before. Then a table was made showing how many pounds of milk each cow had gained or lost and the average. Then a second table was made showing the gain or loss of the cows of each milker.

Of course, everyone wanted his cows to make a good showing. The steadiness with which the cows milked was noticeable. Thus, an old creamery record book shows that our first four deliveries of milk in April, 1894 were 1,390 pounds, 1,408 pounds, 1,396 pounds and 1.418 pounds, which, considering the amount of milk, seems very steady. the late '90's a good many in the neighborhood were raising sheep, and we were with them. This was pleasant work.

To frighten away stray dogs we put a bell on each sheep and as the flock came from a distance they made a cheerful jingling. The shearing, on a beautiful day in spring, was a scene to remember. In the sheep shed before the big open doors a wagon box would be turned upside down for a table and there three good neighbors, Mrs. Od-ness, Mrs. Austin and Mrs.

Topper, would clip the fleeces from the patient sheep as we brought them in. There would be the jangling of the bells, the bleating of the loose sheep and lambs and the silence of the sheep on the table. Pervading everything was the good odor of (he wool. The dipping to kill the ticks came soon after the shearing. M.

K. Walsh, C. M. Grimstad and I invested in a dipping vat which was kept at Mr. Walsh's.

There on an appointed day, we brought our sheep. The vat was made, ready and filled with the warm solution of sheep dip. Some of us caught the sheep and pushed them into the vat which was long enough to hold two or three animals. Others scrubbed the sheep with ACH sheep was allowed to remain in the dlD ao many a niinnta, A vatnii was hunir on the side of the barn behind the vat, and every so often some one would sing out, "In," in a voice that could be heard above the bleating and shouting. Then a sheep would be plunged into the vat at one end and the one longest in would be pushed out at the other.

When noon came, we would all go in and eat the dinner Mrs. Walsh had provided, and then, after a little rest, we would go at the dipping again. We bought our first sheep in 1897 and kept a flock for about 10 years, when we disposed of them largely because the pastures had become infested with stomach worms and the sheep were no longer thrifty. In course of time we came to hear a good deal about bovine tuberculosis, and the test. Most people were skeptical, but we were believers and had cattle tested in 1904.

Eight reacted and were sold for beef to the late Sam Maetin at $1.25 per hundredweight. This was before we thought about the possible unfitness of tubercular cattle for food. The following year we tested again and had four reactions. These were killed and then buried on the farm and the state paid two-thirds of the appraised value of $50 a head. A number of the neighbors came to see the animals slaughtered and I remember their disapproval of the proceedings.

When the first cow was killed and opened and no lesions found, they disapproved more strongly than ever. But presently the cow Toker, the fairest and fattest of them all) was killed and her liver was found to be full of abscesses the tuberculosis test scored a triumph. EVER since then we have been testing, generally with no reactions, so that we have been on the accredited list. But sometimes, even of late years, there has been a reactor for some unknown reason, and off the list we go for a year or so. Beginning in 1907 and continuing until about the outbreak of the World war, we did much work in co-operation with the office of farm management of the United States department of agriculture.

The various farm operations were reported to the offices and summarized statements were returned by it. The present farm, some 400 acres, now belongs to the descendants of my father, J. R. Brigham. It is rented to Clifford Jewell, but my family and I still live here in a house somewhat apart from the farm buildings.

rKEACH SEW TEAR "At the churches Jesterday Ihe clergy generally preached sermons specially appropriate, to the new year. We hear the new year's dis course of President Chadbourne at the Baptist church in the morning highly spoken of as concise, eloquent and practical." State Journal, Jan. 4, 1869. Badger 6000 Want Ad! Varnish Co. C.

J. Leggett, Mgr. Paints We Wish You A Happy New Year jr We guarantee to our customers that we will adhere to our policy of: "The best only, in both material and workmanship" We intend to maintain an expert and well equipped repair service Call us I Here is the best New Year Resolution You. Can Make gifted Swedish woman whose writings and good deeds have made her many friends. I hope 'that these friends will only smile when I recall what my father said of Miss Bremer.

"Frederica Bremer," he remarked with a touch of indignation, "was a hunkus" whatever that epithet may mean. She stayed at Uncle Eben's, and when she came down In the morning, she looked over the breakfast table and said, "Fry! Fry! Fry!" Upon the death of Ebenezer Brigham. the farm was inherited by my father and sister, Mrs. H. G.

BlisS. The farm was then rented. The income from the farm products was augmented by thelale of timber, and one of the first large barns of the neighborhood was built on the place in 1883, mainly from the proceeds of ties sold. When I first came to Blue Mounds in 18S6, beef cattle and hogs were the main products. But in 1888, a cheese factory was started in the village.

The milk was hauled there and the work of caring for the milk and making butter' at home was done away with. More cows were kept and when I took charge of Wie farm in the fall of that year, the dairy was becoming the im- portant feature both for us and for our neighbors. the fall of 1887, the old shorthorn bull was sold. He weighed 1,800 pounds and sold at $1.50 per hundred weighed 1.800 pounds and sold at $1.50 per hundred weight, with an interesting history. A Milwaukee gentleman, a friend of my father's, was advised to buy a certain cow, I think because she had been bred to a great bull, and her calf, if heifer, would make a fine family cow.

The cow was bought; the calf was horn. It proved to be a bull and the gentleman gave him to my father. We called him Bry-don and many in this neighborhood will remember the big bull with the white face whose daughters and grand-daughters did so much to improve both our own and neighboring herds. The establishment of the. creamery in the village made dairying still more popular.

In 1893, the Blue Mounds creamery was incorporated as the result of the labors of Morrick and Soule, creamery promoters. Before its first season was over, it had fallen among thieves, but the story of how it escaped without harm is too long to tell here. Suffice it to say that the corporation bought the machinery from the promoters and ran the business on its own account until it sold Its entire plant to its butter-maker, Frank Cook, in 1896. I have before me the old record book of the corporation beginning with the articles of or- sanization and ending with the final meeting on Sept. 24, 1896.

when a few remaining bills were paid among them one to Charles I. Brigham for 60 cents for recording the articles of dissolution. Then a dividend of 52 cents per share was declared and the record closes as follows: "The treasurer reported a balance of 4 cents, 1 cent being unaccounted for. The 4 cents were expended for peanuts. The meeting adjourned sine die." FROM the time that the farm fell to my care, dairying was made the chief business.

Milk records of the individual cows were kept. At first the milk was weighed each Friday night and Saturday morning and afterwards at every milking. For the first year ending May 23. 1891, there were 37 cows that were in the herd for the entire year and their average miik yield was 3.777 pounds. For the full year of 1891, the average was 4.285 pounds and for 1892, it was 6.03' pounds.

At this time. Charle Dagen-hart. M. K. Walsh and I bought a milk tester together and beg-n-niog in 1892 each row's milk was (EDITOR'S NOTE: The State Journal is proud to present what we believe to be one of the most unusual things we have published.

The story below was written at our request by Mr. C. I. Brifrham, whose father's uncle was one of Dane county's earliest settlers. Nothing we have seen gives quite so simple and yet intimate picture of the days of struggles on farmlands carved from a wilderness and of the steady triumphs these folks have written into the country's Bv ('.

I. BRIGHAM -X 18S Ebenezer Brigham, my father's uncle, settiea nere nhnut. one mile east oi me present village of Blue Mounds. He had come to this neighborhood in quest of lead and had discovered what was afterwards known as Brigham lead. The story of the discovery as once told to me is that he had hunted and hunted for lead until his means were exhausted and he was about to give up the search.

He said to his companion, "I will throw up my cap and where that lands I will dig once more." He did so and came to ore so rich that there was one bucket-full of mineral to each two buckets of waste. After that his credit was good for whatever he needed and he went ahead and developed the Brigham diggings. EBEXEZER BRIGHAM died in 1862 and during his lifetime the business of the Brigham place was mining rather than agriculture. The mine proved a rich one and Uncle Eben used his profits to buy land from the government at' a time when his neighbors thought him foolish to waste his money in that fashion. There would always be money enough for farms, while for pasturage there would be the rough land which no one would ever want to own.

So Uncle Eben became an extensive land owner. As it was picturesquely expressed, he owned all the land that joins the present place and all the land that joins that. On the Brigham place was also the first postoffice in Blue Mounds. Ebenezer was the first postmaster. When Andrew Jackson became president, he used federal patronage to reward his followers, thus doing his part towards establishing the notorious spoils system.

He took away the postoffice from Uncle Eben. and in the words in which it was related to me, "He almost broke the old gentleman's heart" In 1S32, during the Blackhawk fuss, a stockade and blockhouse were built on a part of the Brigham place since sold to August Kckel. The Mound fort, as it was called, was on the high prairie about a mile south of the present village of Blue Mounds. Here some 25 settlers took refuge until the war closed. The fort was also used as a depot for military supplies, and Uncle Eben was made the com-misary officer in charge with the rank of colonel.

tThe local tavern was also here, a large log building that was burned to the ground in 1877. In the tavern was a Franklin stove, open in front with burning logs resting on andirons just as in an open fireplace for wood. THE present farm house was built on the site of the old tavern and when I first came to Blue Mounds, the Iron hearth of the Franklin stove was in use as a platform or door-step outside the door. The old military road built the federal government passed the door of the tavern and here the four-horse stage coaches that carried the mail stopped and changed horses. Among the sojourners at the tavern was Frederica Bremer, a 1 The Baker company when first started employed 10 men, today it furnishes employment for two's thirds of the men in Evansville.

Bank Started In 1874 The First National bank of Evans-vllle was established in 1874, and continued for nearly two years, when it was changed to the state svstem under the name of the Bank i of Evansville, with a capital of 5 25 000 which was owned by L. T. Pullen and J. C- Sharp, and the av-''erage deposit amounted to about 50,000. am going to make 1930 my brightest year, a bright year of fresh paint shall always ask my dealer for Evansville Mercantile association 'started in 1874 under the auspices lot the Patrons of Husbandry and I have grown from a small store to a (large department store of a half block.

T. C. Richardson was one of Jhelr early managers. 1 Other early business firms were Griffin, Bevier and Hall, Winston and Woodbury. The first drug store was run by Doctors Dels itt Griswold and J.

M. Evans; later another by Dr. C. M. Smith.

The hardware trade of the place was Enterp 1, by Snashall and Mygatt. I 1 nt: rise and Greetings i nruuure xiuihiikuh, Eiiammuen Tijus artist, was born June 3, 1852. 4 Vt. He came with his to Evansville in 1856, at the 'ft of four years. His father was officiating minister of the Meth-ff odist Episcopal church at that time.

His artistic faculties were early de Federal Varnishes" As our thoughts turn to ihe new year we love lo remember and think of our many patrons as our friends, and extend to them and the rest of the community our sincere wishes for a Happy New Year filled with Health and Prosperity and in which all desires will become IS!) lipS nf -II ssar- veloped and manifested themselves in numerous sketches upon all sub jects, many of which are still treas ured by his manv Evansville friends. Mad led in Paris In 1871 he attended an art school in Chicago, afterwards one in New York city, and later he went to Fa-: ris, where he entered the studio of Duran and afterwards of Gerome. In 1878 he returned to New York where he Temained until 1884, when he returned to France. His paintings are all over the t'nited States and many are found at the home of his brother, John Robinson. Evansville.

Is 1890 a winter landscape was given the Webb prize of $1,000, and in 1892 he received the Shaw prize for best figure drawing for his painting -entitled "In the Sun." It Is the picture of young girl lying in full length in the sun. Theodore Foifttson closed this earthly life on Fil 2. 1S9S. at the home of a friend ri. ew Yoric ciry.

mi dout as brought ta Evansville and interred in the fa mil- lot In Manle Hill. Madison Paint 8C A. C. Leggett, Vice-Prei. 301 E.

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footwear for the Family IS E. Mifflin St. LSL.