The Courier from Waterloo, Iowa • 9

THE WATERLOO EVENING COURIER SATURDAY, At'Cll'ST 191H. ra ak. mm 1 IT IS AT IE EARLIEST LIVING RESIDENT IN EULOGY Were Pioneers Happier Than People of Today FINDS Lift GOOD IT BE OF HKV. Ii. P.

KIMBALL ItKTIMCKS "5 VKAItS OF HISTORY. Vvl I lias Seen Modern Conveniences De. vHoped From Crude. cate with a man in an adjoining county than it is now to communicate with a person in China. People were hardier and healthier then; they had enormous appetites and enjoyed the simple social life of farmers' neighborhoods.

Better Then Than Now. I. Van Metre, former editor of Wa-terlo Tribune Forty and fifty years ago, and even thirty years ago, the neighborly feeling was common. Nowadays, especially in the city, with a change of conditions, that spirit has vanished. There 1b a growing appearance of classes and cliques.

In the olden times everybody was on an equality; everybody was sympathetic and helpful. We used to exchange work on the farm, and when any one FIFTY YEARS AGO (Written for the Courier Pioneer Edition.) MV ARTHUR E. WELD. Tilings nin't llko I hey listed to he Some fitly years ago, When nit' an' you. Kill, used to wish We'd hurry up an' grow.

Remember, BUI, how we would yearn To grow up big mi' strong; Hut when we got a Mart, old friend, It didn't take so long. An' with our ngr we've learned some things 1 wish we didn't know, or things ain't like they used to he Some fifty years ago. (one's the old log ralilu where We used to go to school; In lifty-thousiind-tlollar blocks N'ow'days they teach the rule; The hlck'ry rod an' whiiliu' strap Are dusty on the wall, With lectures on ei-lm'nolngy The pupils now they maul. The spcllln' bees have gone to While simplifyiu's grow; things ain't like they use. I to he Some fifty years ago.

Where once the maple and the elm Were wuvln' top on high Is nolhln' now hut factory piHs To s(Kt-sMnit In the sky. The honk of wild fowl on the wing Once used to fill thu air 1 tut now the honk Is merely used To throw an auto scare, I wish now that I hadn't wished That, older I would grow lor things ain't, like they used to he Some fifty years ago. In days of old the girls would shield Their figures from the world, Hut uow the styles have changed a hit And skirts are tightly furled; The hoop skirt, friend, has rolled away, No full lengths sweep the ground; In x-ray skirts and "daffynuta" The women now are gowned. Our sweethearts, Hill, In days gone hy Ne'er thought of dressing Hut things ain't like they used to he Some fifty years ago. I don't much like to ride on trains Nor in the auto car; I'll rather see things as they were Than as today they are.

lit" course, some folks like modern ways, Rut oltl ones suit ine best, A 111 ii in back to days gone hy A sorter gives me rest; The life today is lived too fast. The world should move more slow; I'm glad I lived before tilings changed Some fifty years ago. years. Vultr George was born In Waterloo August, 1874. Died Jan.

2, 1913. 11. M. Cleveland, coming to this county 1885, died at Osage Feb. 1913, aged 53 years.

Mrs. Wni. Bnchman came to tho county 1867. Died Feb, 8, 1913, aged 73 years. Mrs.

Andrew Clarke cam" to the county 1863. Died Feb. 14, 1913, aged 73 years. Joseph P. White last charter member of Congregational church and a resident of Waterloo for 59 years, died Feb, 17, 1913, aged 92 years.

Mrs. Maria Owen camp to Lester township 1853. Died Feb. 25, 1913, aged 75 years. Dr.

W. Brown, a resident of Waterloo since 1871, died Fob. 27, 1913, aged 72 years. Abraham J. Warren, pioneer of the county, coming In 1856, died at Hock Valley.

Feb. 17, 1913, aged X) years. Mrs. D. II.

Stanton, a very early resident of Waterloo, died at Nevada, March 3, Htl3, aged Mi yettrs. Wesley Meurs, a resident of Mt. Vernon township for 3ti yearr, died March 4, 1913, aged 75 yeurs, Mrs. Maria Wagner came to Gilbertviile 1869. Died March 5, 1913, aged 92 years, Mrs.

Susuti Rlim ciime to Waterloo 1875. Died March 6, 1913, aged 77 years. Mrs, Angeline Berend came to the county 18X3. Died March In, 1913, aged 80 years. John Cotton came to the Countv 1863.

Died March 8, 1913, aged 87 years. Mrs. Win. Kline cnine to lown 1867. Died March 12, 1913, aged 90 years.

John O. Stanton came to La Porte City 1854. Died March 14, 1913, aged 83 years. Wm. Gutknecht, pioneer living near Hudson, died March 18, 1913, aged 81 years.

Austin Thurston, an early resident of Black Dawk county, died In Okluhoma March 20, 1913, aged 59 years. J. S. Ilildebrand came to Waterloo 1874. Died March 22, 1913, aged 72 years.

Robert Fairburn, a resident of JaneaviHo for more than fifty years, died March 22, 1913, aged 86 years. Mrs. H. L. Chevalier came to Waterloo 1880.

Died March 22, 1913, aged 59 years. Peter Federspiel, coming to Gilbertviile 1881, died March 30, 1913, aged 86 years. Geo. Lemper, a resident of this county all his life, died March 30, 1913, aged 4 2 years. Ernest D.

Sage, prominent farmer of Bennington township, came to Iowa 1 866, died April 6, 1913, aged 5 4 years. H. L. Horner, born in Waterloo, 1863. Died April 9, 1913.

Past ninety-four years of age but in remarkable control of his facul-Hes, Rev, Edward P. Kimball, a re-tired Congregational minister and perhaps the oldest resident of Waterloo, traced seventy-five yearg of history briefly to a reporter at hit borne yesterday afternoon. Mr. Kimball has long been a universally loved character In this section and haa host of personal friends who will be glad to learn of his fair health. Snu Many Changes.

Mr. Kimball became reminiscent while discussing the Old Settlers' picnic to be conducted Saturday, Hit mind went back to 1838 when as a youth he worked on his father'a farm. The aged divine has seen the telephone, telegraph, street car and practically every convenience of modern life developed from the tlma geniiiR first gave them to the world in tint crude form until they wen perfected to th stage where they became of commercial value. 1 -Ignorant of Electricity. When Mr.

Kimball attended school as a young man to prepare for th ministry the knowledge held then of electricity was so rudimentary that it could scarcely be called knowledge at all. The professor of philosophy would demonstrate the existence of electricity by means of a glass jar experiment but. when a chance scientist ventured to predict that Bonn day electricity would have commercial value, he was scoffed at and classified as a visionary, who properly belonged in some institution for the feeble-minded and mentally-unbalanced. Mr. Kimball calls Jones county, Ia his home, it having been his place of residence for many years.

More than twenty-one years ago he came to Waterloo and has lived here since, making his home with a daughter, Mrs. George J. Mack, at 914 Jefferson street. He says life is filled with as many pleasures and the desire to live la fully as keen at ninety-four years aa at fourteen. Early Settlers Who Passed Away During Past Year November 19, 1912, aged 71 years.

Symposium cm Debatable Theme by Some of the Pioneer Settlers of Black Hawk County As Might Be Expected, Sentiment Is Divided-Writers Give Reasons for the Potd tlon They Maintain More Amuse jj, nients Now, but in the Early Days Vi Home-Life Was More Felicitous, Divorce Was Unknown and Boys and Girls Were Hardier Child-V hood Innocency Retained linger i When Country Was New and Pop- ulation Less Dense. 'p At the request of the Evening Courier a number of old-time residents 6f Black Hawk county gave inter- vlewa on the subject, "The Olden Tlmei vs. the Present." The sympos ium Is very interesting because the theme is considered from varying angles. Sentiment among those interviewed is divided as might be expected. As one man interviewed has said, pleasures change with the change of conditions.

Life In all its ramifications touches different interests and derives its pleasures differently in different stages of civilization. A majority of those who have kindly consented to discuss the subject believe the present to be the best for genuine pleasure and enjoyment, but domestic life In pioneer times was happier, childhood retained Its innocence longer, divorces were scarcely known, boys and girls were hardier in physical and moral makeup. The views herewith appended are interesting: Home Ties Lewi Strong. Judge Franklin C. Piatt of the dis-.

trict court The habits of the people forty or fifty years ago were better than they are now. They lived simpler lives than and the domestic relations were more pleasant. Divorce then was scarcely known. The home life -was tnore important. Today, with our more complex civilization, there are more diversions the nickel theatre, the vaudeville performances, a multiplication of circuses and shows, baseball games, etc.

People nowadays use their money in a way which is not conducive to lasting happiness. But, taken all in all, the people of today are better off and, I presume, happier, in a way, than they "were fifty or forty years The "pioneer conditions tended to the development of more sturdy physiques and stronger characters than present conditions, and it is not uncommon now to find anaemic, nervous individuals. In the early times better jhabits as to sleep and exercise were 'observed. "Ring-Around-the-Roses." I Charles H. Piummer, county recorder I have lived in Cedar Falls pince 1868, and naturally have wit-messed great changes in comforts, in fthe pursuit of pleasures and in the modernizing of machinery, means of travel, social diversions, general recreation and games.

In the old days the pure, sweet innocency of childhood staid longer with the boys and girls than now; it is sad to think that youth of today are wfse to tfick-iedness very early in life. People were healthier and sturdier, because they lived an outdoor life. All jot the pleasures took them out of Who can forget the good old Mays of "three-old-cat," "ante-over," and geese" and "ring-around-fthe-roses?" Of course, we used to play "postoffice" and "tin" in the 'winter, months at our little Darties. but the jolliest sport was in the open when the boysl and girls would form In a ring. The boy inside, blindfoldedwould hit a girl's hand and then "she would scamper away, pursued by the said boy, who would throw fa way his bandage.

If he could catch 'the girl before she could re-enter the fring, he would be entitled to a kiss. iAa I remember now, not a single girl escaped. If they were naturally fleet of foot, they would stumble and fall, pr make some other kind of a "stall." And who, among the boys of forty and fifty years ago, can forget the heavy leather boots used to grease item with tallow or the stinging cold? There were no overcoats for the boys, or men either, then, only a heavy scarf which we would wrap and 'round our necks until we assumed the shape of young buffaloes. Oh, those were great times, ,111 The present generation can never know the delights of a new Country, the pure, bracing air, the "azure sky, the wild flowers and the ong of wild birds, unless they go to a. land that is yet new.

When I was 14 I worked one summer for my board and clothes, and I could plow, too. Now my boy, who is 14, earns $1 a day. That's another view of the contrast. Strik Ing Contrast Cited. J.

H. Kuhns, justice of the peace After considering all phases of the question, I am quite sure that there is more pleasure and enjoyment now than there was when I was a boy, though this is a hard matter to determine. There is a greater disparity now between the poor and the rich; people are prone to divide into classes, especially in the cities, but the benefits, and the pleasures, too, which accrue from improved machinery, improved conditions of travel, are very great. In the comity fn Pennsylvania, where I was reared, there was no railroad up to the time I came to Waterloo, in 1867. In 1855 I started from my birthplace to attend school at Tiffin, and the journey on foot, by stage and by rail, required five days.

Seven years ago, which was fifty years after I started to the Tiffin college, I. made the same journey in eight hours. It used to be harder fifty years ago to communi was ill those who were well would have a "bee" and do his work. I fail to see how people today can have any more enjoyment or pleasures than they, did then. Of course, the kinds of recreation and entertainment have changed with the times.

Years ago when the country was new, newly married couples undertook the task of transforming the raw prairie or timber Into fertile, productive fields. They worked hard, early and late, but they were Happy In their love and In their toil. They had an ambition to rear a familv and to make a competence. I doubt not that there was more real pleasure In pur suing me ideal than in possessing it in after years. That is to say, I am firmly of the belief that aging men, In the possession of a competency, are not any more happy than they were when working from sun to sun to clear off and improve their farmB, making them bear rich harvests.

Vastly Better Now. Judge C. W. Mullan Most assur edly I would say the advantages one enjoys today are far superior to anything Been in the past. Business is transacted in a inore practical way, life has more pleasures and fewer hardships are endured by the men of today than pioneer Waterlooans met in their journey down the path of life.

While the cost of living is greater now than in the olden days, the average man is better equipped to meet the increase. This fact, added to the many other advantages, makes twentieth century life in Waterloo preferable to that of the nineteenth century. More Enjoyment Years Ago. Frank F. Knapp, justice of peace I am convinced that the pioneer days were better than the present time.

Of course, I was a boy then and enjoyed life more than we do now, but I do not believe that the boys of today enjoy life as much as we did When we were youngsters. When I lived out in Waterloo township and drove into Waterloo I believed I was in paradise. The bovs of those days are rapidly passing away, but there are still a number of them in this city. There was a better feeling among the boys of those days and we en joyed a visit to Waterlo more than the young people of today would enjoy a trip to some of the larger cities of the country. More Amusements Now.

J. T. Burkett, architect The pres ent days are beter than the pioneer days as the young people have better opportunities to enjoy themselves than we didhen. We enjoyed ourselves in a way, but not like the younger people are enjoying themselves at present The young people of today are spending fortunes for amusement, while in the pioneer days there was more hardship than pleasure. The young people are advancing with the balance of the world and consequently take more pleasure out of life than the young people did twenty-five years ago.

J. C. Gates, attorney Which is better, to live now or to have lived fifty years ago? You request an -answer to this question in the space of '200 words. But I think it would take about 200 words to properly define the question, and 200 pages to fully answer i it. From experience I can say, it is good to live now and was good to live fifty years ago.

Perhaps you mean to ask: Which is better, to be born now or to have been born fifty years ago? The answer must, depend somewhat on environment. For instance: To have been born in benighted Africa, or in heathen China fifty years ago could not be better than to be born now in enlightened Africa or in awakened China. But I am not sure that it is better to live now in the war-devastated Balkan states rather than to have lived there fifty years ago. Again, the answer must depend somewhat on the motives of life. If one plans to be a thief or a burglar, he better have lived fifty years ago when no bloodhounds would have been after him.

If one aims for the acquisition of knowledge, never before In this coun try was there a time when schools and libraries were so accessible for the masses. If long life is the desideratum, statistics tell us that the span of life has been increased by the skill of physicians and the elimination of contagious diseases; but these statistics must have been compiled before the discovery of the appendix and the too frequent occurence of automobile accidents. If mere pleasure is the acme of ambition, many will say "now is the time to live to enjoy all the comforts and conveniences of modern inventions," but the alarming Increase of business in the divorce courts seems to tell us that something more than modern inventions are necessary to make people happy. If one aims to be useful in the world, to succeed In life, the time of existence here is nat an essential fac- JUDGE C. W.

MULLAN The oldest living resident of Waterloo, who will pay a tribute at the old settlers' picnic today to Mrs. Mary Hanna, the first settler. toV? The Apostle Paul made a success of it nineteen centuries ago, as did also Abraham Llnc61n and countless others a half-century past The same elemeuts of character, energy and purpose will bring success now. On the whole, I reach the conclusion that it is well not to try to choose the time of this earthly pilgrimage, but to make the most of It when the time arrives. Pace Slower In 'AO's.

John Asquith, retired farmer On this subject I don't have much to say. It is always with feelings of pleasure that I look back over the early days I spent in Waterloo. The pace at that time was far slower than now and I sometimes think the moral tone was better. On the whole, though, the present, days are the best and people get more pleasure out of, life while it lasts. More In Debt Then.

A. H. Frank, clothing merchant In the pioneer days business men, especially clothiers, had a hard time keeping the sheriff from their doora. People were far more in debt than today and all they could do was to "eke out an existence." I recall when I first came to Waterloo and opened a clothing store that my success, line that of the farmers, depended entirely on the crops reaped each harvest. They would come to the store and purchase a suit and leave the bill until after harvest.

If the crops were good, invariably the pioneer farmer would find his way to, the store after harvest for those boys were generally as honest as steel. But what happened when the crops failed? They hadn't the money to meet the obligation. Hardships in Karly Days. Rev. Edward P.

KimbalL retired Congregational clergyman The pioneer days in Iowa, as elsewhere, were filled with hardships. And as a boy I worked on a farm for $3 a month and did as much work as the lads who are receiving twelve times that sum today. I would never want to return to those days again. The present is good enough for me. Few of the men, women and children enjoying many of the luxuries of modern life stop for a moment to consider what their grandfathers and grandmothers endured.

They faced danger, however, with the nerve of true soldiers and seldom flinched when duty called them. Days of Ox Teams. S. O. Crittenden, former florist Your question, "Were the olden days better than those of the present?" makes me reminiscent.

In my mind's eye I can see an oxteam proceeding slowly up Jefferson street past my home, with the farmer seated in front, finding his way through the darkness by means of a lantern. Again I see the boys playing base ball on the commons, the "near" soldiers drilling for battle, the rows of crude and primitive houses here, there and yonder; and completing the picture in my mind is the Cedar river, flowing placidly down through the village of Waterloo. I would love to live the "pioneer way" with all those surroundings just for one day, but when it comes ie trri cr i lr nnrnninonUt' I me. Better at Present. Emmons Johnson4, president Waterloo Savings bank It.

is difficult for one to contrast the old days with those of 1913. But. few of us would want to return to the days of yore and struggle with the same obstacles that confronted the early pioneers. As I look back across my life there are brighter spots than the early days in Waterloo. Agriculture was king then, and the fanner ruled in Vi i ii i The population of the city was not! nearly so cosmopolitan as it is today tries contributed largely to that eon dition.

Today we have hundreds of floaters, who land In the city today, get a job tomorrow, and leave for elsewhere the next Siamese Clothei. In Slam both men and women wear the "panung," which Is described as a piece of silk or cotton cloth wound round the hips, the slack, being rolled up, passed between the legs and hitched up behind In such a way as to give the appearance of a pair ot loose knickerbockers. For waist coverings the women wear jackets or blouses and the men wear coata. "Were all medicines as meritorious as Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the world would be much better off and the percentage of suffering greatly decreased," writes Lindsay Scott, ot Temple, For sale by all dealers. iHdvai U.spment) Wm.

1882. Miller came to the county Died at Hudson, August 23, 1912, aged 70 years. Mrs. Margaret Smith came to the county 1868. Died August 30, 1912, aged 90 years.

Mrs. W. T. Knowles (maiden name Hattie Frost) came to Waterloo 1860. Died in Sioux City September 3, 1912, aged 72 years.

D. R. Weaver came to Waterloo 1865. Died September 7, 1912, aged 70 years. Jacob Rhodes, veteran of Civil war, lived in the county for quarter of century.

Sept 9, 1912, aged 87 years. J. D. Sweitzer came to the county 1869. Died September 9, 1912, aged 73 years.

Mrs. Charles Mantle came to the county 1876. Died September 12, 1912, aged 41 years. Martin W. Stubbs came to the county 1855.

Died September 12, 1912, aged 65 years. W. R. VanBrocklin came to Iowa 1875, Died at LaPorte City September 21, 1912, aged 79 years. Mrs.

Elizabeth Frank came to the county 1870. Died at LaPorte City-September 22, 1912, aged 68 years. Frederick Bellenger came to Iowa 1873. Died at LaPorte City September 24, 1912, aged 77 years. Mrs.

Margaret Talty, native of Ireland, came to the county in 1868. Died September 24, 1912, aged 72 years. John Rethline came, to the county 1870. Died September 26, 1912, aged 49 years. Mrs.

Nancy Strickler came to the county 1866. Di'd October 1912. aged 86 years. Mrs. Adelaide Aver Camp came to the county 188.

Died October 2, 1912, aged 73 years. 1913, aged 77 years. A. J. Cushman, a resident of the county for fifty years and a prominent, business man, died July 7, 1913, aged 68 years.

Mrs. Samuel Deaner came to Waterloo in 1870. Died July 12, 1913, aged 76 years. Mrs. Nancy Bisbee, for many years a resident of Mt.

Vernon township, afterwards living in Waterloo, died July 26, 1913, aged 86 years. J. C. Munger, came to county 1855. Died March 21, 1913, aged 76, at Harper, Kan.

Mrs. J. C. Munger, came to county in 1856. Died Deo.

19, 1912, aged 75. Isaac C. Munger, a veteran of the Civil war, came to this county in 1856, died at Houston, Nov. 22, 1912, aged 76. Mrs.

Wilbelmine Fressle, came to Waterloo 1856. Died Aug. 27, 1913. aged 75 years. Mrs.

Mary Ann Trible, came to Waterloo in 1877, Died Aug. 28. 1913, aged 66 years. Residents of Cedar Falls and Vicinity J. II.

Cummins, died Saturday, Aug. 16, aged 79 yearB. Was born in West Virginia Aug. 24, 1834. i O.

F. Griffith, born in Ohio Feb. 22, 1836. Died Aug. 8, 1913.

Joshua Aycrs, born Nov, 10, 1832, at Lyman, O. Died in Cedar FalU Aug. 8, 1913. Mrs. D.

C. Carpenter, died April 30,1913. Came to county in 1857. Mrs. M.

F. Arey, died Oct, 28, 1912. Born in Hambden, Maine, June 11, 1841. Mrs. Lena (Schemerhorn) Hem-enway, wife of II.

C. Hemenway, born Aug. 12, 1848. Died Jan. 22, 1913.

Mrs. Lovina Burnell, died Jan. '15, 1913, at Cedar Falls. Born Feb. 28, 1825, in Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Anna Miller, wife of Rev. G. Miller, born in Feles Milts, N. April 3, 1829, died Jan.

4, 1913 at Cedar Falls. Joseph Sartori, born Feb. 22, 1831, in Horimbach, Baden Baden, Germany. Died Jan. 19, 1913, at the home of his son, J.

F. Sartori, in Loa Angeles. C. B. Miller, died in Cedar Falls May 21, 1913.

Born in Maine Sept. 26, 1836. A veteran of the Civil war. Mrs. Jonathan Burke, born in Ireland February, 1824.

Died in Cedar Falls March 29, 1913, aged 89 years. Mrs. Barbara Boehmler, aged 94. Boru in France March 23, 1819. Died in Cedar Falls June 11, 1913.

Had five sons in the army. Mrs. P. C. Carney, died June 13, 1913.

Born in Pembrook, N. Nov. 30, 1835. Peter D. Morrison, born in Dublin, Ireland, 1827, came to county 1858.

Died in Cedar Falls July 8, 1913. Austin L. Pomeroy, died Aug. 10, 1913. Born at Hampden, Aug.

3, 1838. E. C. Lyon, died July 6, 1913. Born Jan.

19, 1846. Peter Roy, died July 11. 1913. Born In Denmark May 11, 1834. Mrs.

Sarah (Huntington) Town-send, born in New York state Ftb, 14, 1838, Died May 13, 1913. Mrs. Sarah Morris, widow of Wm. Morris, died Feb. 5.

1913. W. II. Rownd, came to county In 1856. Died at Long Beach, May 9, 1913.

Born at Summerfleld, 1S3 6. Mrs. Mary Jane Ilankinson came to Waterloo 1856. Died November IS, 1912, aged 84 years. P.

J. Goswiller came to Waterloo 1870. Died November 19, 1912, aged 52 years. Henry M. Coughtry came to Waterloo 1884.

Died November 21, 1912, aged 81 years. Mrs. L. H. Uronson came to the county 1859.

Died Nov. 22, 1912, aged 64 years. Rev. Joseph Cook came to Iowa 1874. Died in Pennsylvania November 23, 1912, aged 86 years.

Thos. Pashby came to the county 1864. Died November 28, 1912, aged 76 years. George Drown came to Waterloo 1881. Died November 30, 1912, aged 8 2 years.

Mrs. V. II. Hartman, wife of the founder of the Waterloo Courier, came to Waterloo 1860. Died November 30, 1912, aged 76 years.

George D. Lamb came to the county 187(1. Died at Houston, Texas, November 21, 1912, aged 49 years, M. W. Rartlett came to the county In 1876, died Dec.

1, 1912, aged 78 years. Mrs. Amanda Mythaler was born in Orange township, March, 1S79. Died Dec. 2, 1812.

Peter Uovey came to the county in Died at. GiJbertville Dec. 15, 1912, aged 67 years. O. E.

McXutt, veteran of Civil war, came to Waterloo 1885. Died Dec. 16, 1912, aged 65 years. Wm. Hamilton, veteran of war, came to the county 1853.

Civil Died Dec it, 1912. aged 76 years. Miss Anna Held came to Water-oo 1860. Died Dec. 17, 1912, aged if years.

Dr. John O. Stevenson came to Wa-i 19, 1912 Hamb Jan' 1913- agi-u vearis. Eli K. Iirenizer came to the county 1866.

Died at Dunkerton Jan. 1, Anthony Baker, died Jan. 1, 1913, at Liscoinb. Thos. Donnelly settled in Benton county 1855.

Died in Waterloo Jan. 9, 1913, aged 6 years. Mrs. Eliza Marshall came to the county 1867. Died Jan.

19, 1913, aged 91 years. Mrs. Sarah Moss came to Waterloo 1883. Died Jan. 21, 1913, aged 89 Mrs.

E. E. Lasure for many years a resident of Waterloo, died April 12, 1913, aged 67 years. J. II.

Wise, Civil war veteran, na tive of New York, died April 12, 1913, aged 65 years. Mrs. G. O. Leimer, born in Waterloo February, 1871, a daughter of Dr.

G. (1. Bickley. Died April 13, 1913. Everett Stewart, son of Mr.

Ben jamin. Stewart, pioneer of Waterloo, died in Montana April 12, 1913, aged 57 years. Jesse G. Wasson, son of pioneer Black Hawk physician. Died April 18, aged 49 years.

Mrs. Mary Graham, lived in Black Hawk county for half a century. Died April 19, 1913, aged 68 years. F. Eickelberg, resident of this county since 1870.

Died April 20, 1913, aged 4 7 years. Anna M. Strubel, resident of Eagle township for quarter of a century, died April 21. 1913, aged 39 years. Mrs.

Josephine Vuchera, resident of the county for 25 years, died April 21. 1913, aged 82 years. 'Hubbard Frost, resident of the county since 1853, died April 23, 1913, aged 8 7 years. Mrs. Clara Ford, resident of this city for 57 years, all her life, died April 23, 1913.

John Meany, native of Ireland, came-to the county 44 years ago. Died April 25, 1913, aged 74 years. Wm. Hattery, a resident of Waterloo for 35 years, died May 4, 1913, aged 76 years. John R.

Crowley, born in Water- loo November, 1874. Died May 28, 1913. Mrs. A. Gutknecht died May 28.

1913, aged 44 years. Frederick W. Jacob, resident of Mt. Vernon township since 1859, died June 1, 1913. C.

II. McNaughton came to Black Hawk county 1859. Died June 3, 1913, aged 65 years. i Anna M. Besh came to the countv 1864.

Died June 2, 1913, aged 79 years. Mrs. Mark Davis, born in Black Hawk county 5 4 years ago. Died June 2, 1913. John G.

Klingaman, for many-years a resident of Waterloo and an old soldier, died at Topeka, June 28, 1913, aged 75 years. Mrs. Mary E. Hattery. a long time resident of Waterloo, died June 9, 1913, aged 70 years.

Samuel Lumbus came to Eagle township in 1865. Died Juno 10, 1913, aged 82 years. Mrs. II, B. Allen, wife of a prominent banker, coming to Waterloo 1857, died at Pasadena, June 12, 1913, aged 77 years.

J. Sid Anderson, head of Robert Anderson Post, G. A. died 14, 1913, aged 68 years. John H.

Ilildebrand, born In Orange township In 1874, a prominent business man and captain of Company I. N. died June 17, 1913. Wm. E.

Gould, born at Raymond September 25, 1870., Died June 19, 1913. Julius C. Frank, a Waterloo merchant, coming to this city In 1881, died June 21, 1913, aged 58 years. I. E.

Bentx, a veteran of the Civil war and a resident of Black Hawki county since 1876, died June 25, Mrs. Susan Dellagardelle came to(terloo .1 8 Died Dee the county 1873. Died October 6, aged 71 years. 1912, at Gilbertviile, aged 66 Mrs. Frederic Timion came to Mrs.

Emma Pussier came to the Waterloo 1 874. Died Dec. 26, 1912 county 1853. Died October 13, 1912, aged 71 years. aged 67 years.

i Susie McXutt, old resident of Miss Elizabeth Field came to the Waterloo. Died Dec. 28, 1912 aged county 1855. Died October 15, 80 years. aged 90 years.

John Haymond came to the eoun- John Tennant. came fo Fox town-ity, 1858. Died Dec. 29, 1912, aged ship in the latter fifties. Died Oc- 83 years.

J' 1912 at agt? imui i i Limit- in mi--: county 1877' 1Med at Ra'mond! October 21, 1912. aged 64 years. Dr. G. G.

Bickley came to Water-! 19 13. loo 1864. Died October 30, 1912. 1 Mrs. Samuel White came to the aged 72 years.

county 1853. First white settler in Mrs. Dennis Schrock was born in Orange township. Died Jan. 4, 1913, Orange township 1876.

Died No-I aged 75 years. vember 3, 1912. Mrs. Mary Goodeli, a former resi- Mrs. N.

D. Metz, daughter of Dan-j dent of Waterloo, died in Minneapo-iel Walters, came to the county lis Jan. 4, 1 913, aged 82 years. 1868. Died November 2, 1912, at; Carl Munger, long a county official, Lake Park, Iowa, aged 57 years.

jcanie to Iowa 61 years ago. Died Mrs. Mary Hanna, wife of one of Jan. 4, 1913, aged 72 years, the first settlers of Black Hawk coun-l A. McNaughton came to the county, came to Waterloo in 1845.

Died ty 1858. Died Jan. 6, 1913, in Ce-November 6, 1912, aged 92 years. dar township, aged 93 years. Mrs.

Rhoda Thompson, for many! Mrs. Rosetta Gifford, a daughter years a resident of Waterloo. Died of oue of Waterloo's pioneers at Long Beach, California, November 5, 1912. Mrs. W.

A. Crowther came to Waterloo 1868. Died at Sioux City November 14, 1912, aged 76 years. Mr. Peter Kies came to Fox township 1878.

Died at Jesup November 13, 1912, aged 70 years. Charles Brunn, veteran of Civil war, came to the county 1856. Died.