CARPENTER Township was organized from the south half of Jordan Township during the year 1862, and Thomas Lamborn was elected its first Trustee, in April, 1862, and served two years, or until April, 1864, when Felix R. Donnelley succeeded him, and served one year, or until April, 1865. Thomas Lamborn was then appointed by David T. Halstead, Auditor of Jasper county, to serve out the unexpired term of Mr. Donnelley, and was re-elected in April, 1866, and served until April, 1868, when he was succeeded by William Irwin, who retained the office for only one year, when Mr. Lamborn was appointed by Ira W. Yeoman, County Auditor at that time, to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Irwin. Thomas Lamborn continued to fill the office until November 12, 1870, when his death occurred, and James F. Irwin was appointed by Ira W. Yeoman, Auditor, as Lamborn's successor, to fill out the unexpired term. Mr. Irwin was then elected at the next ensuing election as his own successor, and served until January 17, 1874, when he resigned. Dr. S. C. Maxwell was then appointed by the County Auditor, Frank W. Babcock, and served out the unexpired term of a little more than eight months, vacating the office on the 2oth day of October, 1874, when James E. Irwin, who had been re-elected again, took the office. Mr. Irwin then served continuously for six years, having been twice re-elected, and vacated the office in April, 1880, when William H. Henkle, who had been elected, assumed the duties of the office. Mr. Henkle served as Trustee two years, vacating the office and turning it over to James F. Irwin, who had again been re-elected. Mr. Irwin held the office until February, 1883, when he resigned the same to accept the office of County Clerk, having been elected to this latter office at the preceding election. Mr. O. M. Vickery was appointed by Ezra Nowels, County Auditor, to fill this vacancy. He was subsequently twice elected Trustee of the township, and served in that capacity until the month of April, 1888. William O. Roadifer was elected Township Trustee as Mr. Vickery's successor. He served for four years, and was re-elected as his own successor for four more years. Mr. Roadifer is the present Trustee. We now have a period of thirty-two years, from the original organization of Carpenter township.

Following is the names of all the Trustees of Carpenter township and length of time each served, in years, months and days:

Thos. Lamborn... 6 years, 9 months and 11 days

Felix R. Donnelley 1 year

William Irwin 1 year

James F. Irwin.. . .3 years, 2 months and 5 days

S. C. Maxwell 8 months and 3 days

James F. Irwin... 5 years, 4 months and 11 days

William H. Henkle 2 years

James F. Irwin 10 months and 1 5 days

O. M. Vickery.... 5 years, 1 month and 15 days

William O. Roadifer 6 years

Prior to the year 1862, each township in the State of Indiana was required to have three Township Trustees, one the President, one Secretary and one Treasurer, but during the session of the legislature of Indiana for 1861 and 1862, this law was abolished, and a law passed authorizing the election of only one man in each township as Trustee for such township. This of course was a righteous step in the direction of economy, for one man could perform the duties of Township Trustee as promptly and efficiently as three, and the fees of the two extra men were thus saved to the several townships throughout the State. From 1861 to 1865, it will be remembered that the war of the great Rebellion was in progress in the United States, and during the latter two years of the war our people were menaced with the prospects of being compelled to submit to a draft in order to raise the necessary quota of troops required to be furnished by Carpenter township. But we believe that all those who were drafted did not go to the front, but furnished substitutes, which cost each from eight hundred to one thousand dollars, the men being assisted to raise this money by their more fortunate neighbors.

It is proper to note here that the office of Trustee for Carpenter township has invariably been administered in a prudent and business-like way. That not a man who has thus far held the office has in any manner been found recreant to the duties imposed upon him by law, with the possible exception of William Irwin, who, whilst he was serving as Trustee, very suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts were never discovered. His office was left in a slight muddle, but everything was soon straightened out by his son, James F. Irwin, who was appointed as his successor. As before stated, each township in the State of Indiana had three Township Trustees prior to the organization of Carpenter Township, but at the time this organization was effected, the law was changed and one Trustee was substituted in lieu of three. Previous to the organiza tion of Carpenter township, Jordan township, of which Carpenter was a part, had three Township Trustees, whose names were as follows: John Jordan, Eleazer Lamson and Thomas Lamborn. When this reorganization was consummated, Eleazer Lamson was elected Trustee for Jordan township, and Thomas Lamborn was elected Trustee for Carpenter township.

In the spring of the year, A. D. 1860, the town of Carpenter's Station was laid out and platted. A railway had been completed through the place, and it was known as the Logansport, Peoria & Burlington railway. This road had been surveyed and partially graded, something like ten years previous to 1860, but for lack of funds it was not pushed through until 1859, when it was, in a manner, completed, and trains began running over it on the first day of January, 1860. Mr. Jesse H. Fordyce was the owner of the land that the original town of Remington is now located upon. In order to secure a town and station at this point, Mr. Fordyce gave to the railway company every alternate lot on his plat, the conditions required of the company that it should put in a suitable switch and construct a depot. The switch was put down and the depot constructed in the fall of the year 1859, and the village was named Carpenter's Station, after the grove of timber, about one mile north of the town or village site. The depot was built about one hundred feet west of the crossing of Ohio street. It was a small building, with two small rooms and a platform about one hundred feet long. The railway company sent a man by the name of William Lott to act as station agent. He did not like the new town, as the inhabitants were few, both in town and country, thus making it very lonesome and irksome business for him. He, therefore, for the reasons above stated, did not remain here but a short time. Southwest from the depot, near the present residence of Daniel O'Connor, the railway company constructed a small section house, which was occupied by the employes of the railway company, who were mainly section men. Mr. Berney Shaw was now employed by the company as their agent at this place. He also had control of the postoffie in connection with the railway freight business. The wages paid him for his services by the company was only fifteen dollars per month. East from the depot the railway company built a water tank, the object being to supply their engines with water at this point. This water tank was erected in the center of Carpenter's creek and immediately opposite the center of the railway bridge spanning the creek. The foundation of this tank consisted of four piles of railroad ties, laid crosswise, until the structure was on a level with the top of the bridge. Still other ties were laid on these, by which means a room was constructed twelve feet square, and on top of this room the tank proper was built, which had no roof or covering over it. In the center of the foundation for this structure was a shallow well, fed or supplied mainly by the waters of the creek. In this well was a force pump, worked by hand, by which means water was supplied for the engines. The company sent Mr. Peter Kelley, who was a resident of Remington for many years, here to take charge of this tank He came here in the fall of 1859. He was here alone for a few years, his family being back in the old country. He claimed to be an Englishman by birth. In a few years his family came to him. The family consisted of a wife, two daughters and son. They often assisted him in pumping water for the engines. One evening as Mr. Kelley returned from town, he sent his eldest daughter and son out to pump. Mr. Kelley had been indulging pretty freely in strong beverages while in town, and when he arrived at his house his wife started for the water tank, although it was quite dark and cold and icy. The ice had frozen on the planks that reached from the bridge to the tank room, where the two children were pumping, and as she was crossing, she slipped off the boards, down among the ties and fell into the well, breaking her neck. The screaming of the two children aroused Robert May, Jacob A. May and the writer. When we reached the scene, there were several persons who arrived soon after us. Jacob A. May was the first person to reach the tank, where he found Mrs. Kelley struggling in the well below the tank and almost dead.

About one hundred yards above this railway bridge was the crossing of the main traveled wagon road, leading from Rensselaer to LaFayette. From this crossing, in the direction of Rensselaer, this wagon road bore a northwesterly direction, passing by Robert May's farm residence, angling through his grove, thence to the corner of the Henry C. Lipprant farm, now owned by Mr. P. }. McLaughlin. Thence north on the range line, between ranges six and seven, to the north line of the said Lipprant farm, where the road diverges from the regular line in a northwesterly direction, as originally traveled, through Carpenter's grove. At the southerly side of this grove we find, perhaps, the oldest farm house and farm in southern Jasper county, which was owned in 1859 by Uncle John Jordan, a well-to-do farmer for those early days. Mr. Jordan's family consisted of five boys and one girl,1 the daughter being the youngest of the family. Mr. Jordan and sons did the housework, as well as the farming, the wife and mother having passed away some years prior to this date. The daughter being too young to do housework, was then living with an aunt. Mr. Jordan was then farming the land the fair association now occupies. In the spring of the year 1860, the writer, together with his mother and stepfather, came to this vicinity and moved into the house with Mr. Jordan. Well do I remember how wild everything looked at that time, although only twelve years old. My stepfather's name was J. H. Miller, better known as Esquire Miller. He was a carpenter, and in quest of work at his trade, and while living with Mr. Jordan, he managed to build a little house in the station called Carpenter's station. After stopping with Mr. Jordan about three months he moved to the station. Following the road northwest from Mr. Jordan's, down Carpenter's creek, we arrive at the farm house of Samuel Babb, located on his farm at the north side of Carpenter's grove. Mr. Babb had been in this country several years prior to the year 1860. Following the old road, which was traveled on or near the east bank of the creek, for a distance of probably forty rods, we come to the northwest corner of the grove, where then was the farm residence of Basil Hunt, a well known farmer and one of the early pioneers of this section of the country. He then occupied the farm which is now owned by Mount E. Jordan, who is now living on it. A short distance farther down the creek there lived Esquire Thomas Lamborn, who was one among the first school teachers of this part of the county. Still farther northwest, a distance of perhaps a half mile, was the residence of G. G. Thompson, who at this time was engaged in farming. Mr. Thompson had, during the years 1857-8-9, been postmaster. The office was designated by the government and known as the Carpenter Creek postoffice. The mail was carried on horseback to and from Rensselaer and Attica via Oxford. Mr. P. H. Lalley, now of Remington, was one of the early mail carriers over this route. From the postoffice, looking southwest, and directly north of Carpenter's grove, there stood a log school house, which was located near the residence of Moses Sigo. This school house was constructed from timber secured from Carpenter's grove, the building proper, seats, benches and all. The seats were split logs, smoothed to some extent on the soft side with an adz and broad ax, with holes bored on the opposite side, in which round sticks were inserted, which served for legs.

It is generally accepted by our older citizens as being correct, that Carpenter's creek and Carpenter's grove derived their names from an old hunter by the name of Carpenter, who was here hunting, along about 1840. It is generally understood and believed that while here on one of his hunting expeditions, the weather became intensely cold and he was frozen to death in the grove, and it is also said that he was buried some place in the grove, but the exact location has long since become obliterated and lost. The nearest school house to the one mentioned above was located about five miles further down the creek, on the east bank, or adjacent thereto, and near the farm then owned by Uncle Benjamin Welsh, being about half way between Remington and Rensselaer. There was still another school house located at Black Oak, in White county, being about eight miles northeast of the Carpenter school house. This latter school house was known as the "Hardy" school house. The writer's family settled near this latter school house on what was then the Van Devolgen farm, and the writer attended school here for a shprt time. When Esquire Miller first came to this county he brought with him two men, James Plunkett and James F. Ellis, the latter of whom is in business at Remington at the present time. These men only stayed here about one year, when they removed to Montgomery county, Ind. Esquire Miller was not a successful farmer, hence, he quit the business, and remained a short time with Mr. John Jordan again, and soon settled in the little village of Carpenter's Station. He built a small house on the lot directly south of the residence of Moses French, where he resided for about eight years. During this time he followed his trade, that of a carpenter. At the expiration of the eight years he sold his little property to one Dennis Wiggins, and then immediately bought again, the lot directly west of Mr. French's property, and erected a second house on this lot. The writer was a lad of about thirteen years when he first came to this place; and although he was not the worst boy in the village, he could hold his own with the average mischief-makers of the place.

In the year 1860 the town of Carpenter's Station contained about one dozen houses, including dwellings, business and railway buildings. Esquire Miller's house was located in the east part of the village, on the bank of Carpenter's creek, and going west from the business part of town we passed the Donnelley residence, which was built by Mr. Felix R. Donnely in the year 1858. Directly south of the Donnelley property, on the 'southeast corner of the next block, was a small house built by one Rev. John Wood, who was a United Brethren minister. Mr. Wood was a man of ordinary talents, but an excellent citizen. There were no churches or other public places in which to hold divine worship, hence the meetings were held in private residences. West of the Donnelley residence, near where the Hart hotel now stands, was a small dwelling house owned by Jesse H. Fordyce, the founder of the town. West and south a short distance from the Fordyce property was a small house owned by a blacksmith, in a small way, by the name of Kite, who had a small shop on the rear end of his lot, being the same property which is -now owned and occupied by Uncle John Harmon. Immediately south and contiguous to the railway switch, and a little east of where the Hathaway grain elevators now stand, there was built a small ware house, which stood high on its foundations, so that the floor of this building was on a level with the floor of the cars, in order that grain might be the more readily transferred in sacks or wheeled on railway trucks from this warehouse to the cars. This was the first warehouse ever built in Carpenter's Station or Remington, and it was built by a man named Roberts. Southwest of this point, where George Shipman now lives, was another small house, built by Mr. Curry. He was a man of small means, financially, and large family. His family was afflicted with sore eyes, one of .whom, a boy, was entirely blind. His family consisted of t himself and wife, four sons and three daughters. The husband and father was of very poor health, and in a very few years after locating here, he passed away. His second son, John Curry, had now reached the age of seventeen years, and obtained a job of braking on the Logansport, Peoria & Burlington railway, and moved the family to Logansport, and while the family were living in Logansport, James, the blind boy, and Edward, his younger brother, were both drowned in the Wabash river. They were brought back to Remington, or more properly speaking, to Carpenter's Station, and were buried in Carpenter's grove. Jane Curry, the second daughter, came back to Remington and started a millinery business, but stayed only a few years.

Referring again to the section house for the railway, it might be necessary to say that it was tenanted all the time with from six to eight men, who were in the employ of the railway company.

The first store established was located on the corner of First North street and range line, on the lot upon which Hartley's west elevator office now stands. This store was a small affair, and was conducted by George B. Clark, who is still a resident of the town of Remington, and is perhaps the oldest, or first resident of the town, now living. He came here probably in 1857 or 1858, and has been one of the most worthy, active and enterprising citizens of the town, during all these intervening years. He is a carpenter by trade, and has built several houses in Remington. He moved south at one time, but soon returned. In front of Clark's store was the railway wood yards. This wood was sawed for the company with a rude saw made by Jacob Shew, one of the old residents of the place. He was a hard working man and a good citizen. He raised a large family of children, all of whom are still living in Remington and its vicinity. This wood was brought here on the cars by the railway company, and was sawed up by Mr. Shew and piled in cord racks by him for forty cents per cord. Going thence east from Clark's store, past the depot, there were no obstructions in the way until we came to the corner of Indiana and Railway streets, where was located the dwelling house of Joseph Lewis. This place was later known as the Henry Downing property. Whilst Lewis remained there he kept a notion store; in other words, he kept a few notions in the store room and a keg of whiskey in the cellar. This cellar was quite frequently visited by a great number of our citizens. Thus, in the early piety of our town, the tempter was brought in and found a hiding place in cellars. Mr. Lewis seemed to be a pious man. He was a hunter and fisher. He moved from here to the Iroquois river, near Salem, and was well acquainted with the nature of this new country, and knew about all of the deer trails between Remington and the Kankakee river. Mr. Lewis did not prosper well and finally sold out. After selling his town property he moved to Carpenter's grove, one mile north of town, and located in a small log house, which stood directly west of the John Jordan residence, at the northwest corner of the old orchard. While living there he made and burned a kiln of brick, which were the first ever made and burned in this part of the country. In the year 1865, with these bricks he built a house, near the site of the property recently sold by Robert Parker to Harry Hartley, in the town of Remington. Sometime afterward this house was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Lewis then removed somewhere to the west. Mr. Lewis' family, while here, consisted of himself, his wife, two daughters and one son, named Henry. Henry was perhaps fifteen years old, and was generally recognized as the leader of the larger boys in Remington, in such mischievous raids as the boys at that time were often wont to engage in. In reference to those mischievous boys of this town, it would be in order to mention Henry Lewis, John Curry, Jacob A. May, James A. and William Royalty and Frank Shaw. These are the bad boys that first tramped the mud of Remington, waded the waters of Carpenter's creek, skated on its ice from its source to its mouth, and tramped the railway from Goodland to Wolcott, via Remington, often over the prairie, sometimes one way and then again the other way. We thus became very well acquainted with the town, its people and the country surrounding. In the year 1860, if one desired to go east from the town of Carpenter's Station to the town of Wolcott, after passing the farm of Robert Y. May, adjoining town on the east, he would not find between the two places, a house, a fence, nor a furrow plowed, over the entire distance. There was immense room for improvements northeast from the station. After leaving the May and Lipprant farms it was an open prairie until we reached the Ravenscroft farm, a distance of about four miles. Mr. Ravenscroft is an old timer in this county, he having located where he now lives about the year 1857. In his neighborhood, and somewhat to the west of his farm, were several families, among which we may mention that of Dr. Pierce, who was the father of Attorney Pierce, who, at a later period, practiced law in Remington. Dr. Pierce was, in that early day, the only physician nearer than Rensselaer. He did fajrly well practicing his profession, considering the generally healthy condition of the people of the community. North of his residence was the home of the Harris family, who had lived there a few years. The children in this family were mostly all grown to man's estate at that time. The family consisted of five daughters and two sons. The father and eldest son, Thomas, were great deer and wolf hunters. Deer, woolves, prairie chickens, quail, pheasants, wild geese, brant, ducks and sand hill cranes were found in great abundance here in those early days, in their proper seasons of the year. East of the Harris residence, and contiguous thereto, was a scope of country known as Black Oak. This scope of country is very sandy and timbered with black oak trees and shrubs, which grow upon it in great abundance. There may also be found some white oak, gum and quaking asp. A great many of the early settlers appeared anxious to locate in Black Oak, owing, perhaps, to the fact that fuel could be more readily obtained than if they should locate upon the prairie. And again it appears that most of the early settlers had a poor opinion of the productive qualities of our prairie lands, believing that they could produce more grain and vegetables on a timber soil than on prairie soil. There soon located on Black Oak several families, among whom we mention Uncle Johnny Irvine, who, besides his wife, reared a family of five sons and one daughter. Irvine was an Irishman and his wife a German lady. He and his boy made a business of breaking prairie and other new grounds. He usually had five yokes of oxen to each breaking plow. He, in summer seasons, usually run about five different plows. He broke up the prairie lands and charged those hiring him at the rate of three dollars per acre. Mr. Irvine's plows were rigged on to the two front wheels of a wagon, with a lever attached to set the plow in and raise it out of the ground. Further east on the Black Oak road lived one Jason Hinds, who had a large family of children, who were nearly all of full age in the year 1860. He died during the year 1868, leaving a wife and six sons and three daughters surviving him. The widow and three daughters are at this time residing in the town of Remington. North of Mr. Hinds' home there lived a well known citizen and auctioneer named William Haver. He had the distinction of probably being acquainted with more people in this section of country than perhaps any other man. In that early day his prospects were bright, but in later years misfortune overtook him, and his wealth departed from him. William's father lived there at that time, and had quite a large family. He was well-to-do, and owned quite a goodly number of acres of land in Black Oak. Milton Morrow lived in this neighborhood also. We next mention one of the early pioneers, who settled in Black Oak, Mr. Christian Hardy. He located there sometime in the fifties. He had at this time bright prospects of success, but he invested his means in a cheese factory, which did not prove to be a paying venture, and he finally sold his factory, together with his farm, and removed with his family to the town of Remington, a few years ago, where he resided until the year 1892, when he departed this life, leaving a widow and children, who were, however, all of legal age at the time of his decease. The original May farm adjoined Carpenter's Station on the northeast, and consisted of forty acres of land. This small farm was then owned jointly by the entire family, which consisted of four boys and four girls, the two eldest daughters being married. This land included the grove just west of Mr. Robert Y. May, and was about all fenced. There was then a log house on it, just west of where Mr. Robert May's frame house now stands. Mr. R. Y. May is now the owner of this land, and has added some hundreds of acres of excellent land to his original possessions. The Henry C. Lipprant farm, just north of the station, was the northern boundary of improved farming lands, until we reached near the town of Rensselaer, twelve miles distant. There was at this time an immense stock pasture between the station and Rensselaer, consisting of several thousand acres of fenced lands, owned by one Jesse D. Bright, a former United States Senator from Kentucky. He was an uncle of our fellow townsman, Mr. O. B. McIntire, who is now engaged in the banking, real estate and loan business. This Bright ranch, or south limits of same, was about four miles north from Carpenter's Station. The ranch was bounded as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of the Michael Cook farm; thence running north nine miles; thence west one and one-half miles; thence south nine miles, and thence east one and one-half miles to the place of beginning. This would make the total number of acres in this pasture and under fence, eight thousand six hundred and forty (8,640). The Harris family occupied the house on this Jesse D. Bright ranch. [Mention has been made of the Harris family heretofore.] We may be permitted to add that Thomas Harris is a respected real estate dealer now residing in the town of Remington.

The foregoing is a brief mention of all the families of people who lived north and northeast from the town of Carpenter's Station, contained within a circuit of about seven miles, beginning at the railway and swinging northeast, north and west, to the west line of the Jesse D. Bright ranch.

Regarding the people living north of the station and along Carpenter's creek, we will first mention Henry C. Lipprant, a German. Mr. Lipprant had settled here several years prior to 1860. His family consisted of a wife, one son and five daughters. The son was the oldest child. The next family down the creek was Uncle John Jordan, heretofore mentioned. He lived in a hewed log house that stood just west of the fair grounds, across the public highway a few rods distant. Mr. Jordan, at this time, owned nearly all of Carpenter's grove. He also owned a small log house that was located west of his residence, near the west side of an old orchard, that had been planted in a very early day. This house was occupied by a man named Henry Courtney. He was a married man, his wife being the second daughter of the May family. West of Mr. Courtney's, through the grove, and on the opposite side of the creek, on the upper slope of the bottom lands lived a John Jordan, a nephew of the old gentleman, John Jordan. This John Jordan, Jr., is still living in the same neighborhood, and is the owner and proprietor of an excellent farm, which is known as "Fern Branch." Samuel Babb is the next man to receive our attention. He lived a short distance below the Jordans'; had located here quite early. His family consisted of his wife, one daughter and three sons. He still owns the old farm, but he is at present residing in the town of Remington. The next family living on the Carpenter creek road was that of Basil Hunt. He then lived in the northeast corner of the grove; his family was quite small. The next family living on this angling Carpenter's creek road was the old school teacher, Esquire Thomas Lamborn. The Lamborn family consisted of his wife and four sons. Mr. Lamborn departed this life many years ago, but he is still held in grateful remembrance by his remaining family and many friends. The next family to mention in this neighborhood is that of Mr. G. G. Thompson, whom we mentioned heretofore, and who was formerly the postmaster at Carpenter's Station. Mr. Thompson is still living, and is at present a successful farmer living a few miles northeast of Remington. The next to call our attention is the family of William Blake, in the same neighborhood. The Westfall family also were residents of the same neighborhood, some of whom are at present residents of Remington. From the Westfall residence north to the timber, being a distance of about three miles, the space of country was known as the Colonel May cattle ranch. This ranch joined that of Jesse D. Bright, immediately on the west, and it is now owned by Mr. Christian Hensler. This man Colonel May was never a resident here himself, but he built a small house in the southern edge of the timber, near the present residence of Charles Hensler. Some two miles farther northwest, and following the creek, were the homes of the Waymires, Welchs and Lamsons. Then from this locality, and in a southwesterly direction, a distance of about four miles, we come upon a farm known as the Alter farm, which was located in and around a natural grove of timber; the grove also being known as Alters grove. In 1860 this was the only farm in that vicinity, it being alone on the open prairie. Mr. Alter had - lived here for several years and had then grown children. He was a firm believer in the Christian religion, and held daily religious meetings at his house and in the grove. In the fall of 1860 John Y. May located a farm and built a house and moved into the same, about one mile northwest of the Alter farm. This man John Y. May is the oldest of the May brothers, and he is at the present time living on the same farm, having since he first located there added many acres thereto. He married a daughter of Esquire Miller's. James Gray settled in the Alter neighborhood about this time. He was a brotherin-law of John Y. May. South from this neighborhood to the railway, a distance of about two miles, the country was an open prairie, and southwest from the town of Carpenter's Station, and nearly in a direct or parallel line with the 'railway to the range line dividing ranges seven and eight, a distance of six miles, there were only two houses, one of these houses being near the station of Carpenter, then known as the Jordan forty, afterward owned by LaFayette French. The house stood about one hundred yards south of the present site of the Remington tile mills. It was a small log house, and was occupied at that time by one Marion Murphy. The other house stood on the Edwards farm, and was across the county line in Benton county. Mr. Edwards had settled there prior to the year 1860. His principal business was herding and caring for cattle. He had boys large enough to greatly assist him in this cattle herding business. He also was engaged in farming in a small way. It was certainly a very lonesome place in those days, there not being another human habitation within three miles of his residence. From Edwards' we will again return to town, remembering that the last two houses described were the only ones in the southwest for many miles, within easy proximity to Carpenter's Station in 1860, excepting about one-fourth of a mile south and on the east bank of the creek, and just east of the range line, there was a small frame house owned by one John DeWitt. He lived on the farm afterwards purchased by James Sheetz, which he recently sold to a Mr. Galbraith, who now owns and occupies the same. This is now a very valuable farm, in an excellent state of cultivation, the buildings having been greatly enlarged and improved. DeWitt had only made a few minor improvements on the place, and in the fall of 1860 he sold the farm to Lycurgus Rawles, who moved on to it in the spring of 1861. This was the only improvement south of Carpenter's Station until we reached the few farms on and around Mt. Gilboa, about eight or nine miles south of the station.

We believe the foregoing comprises all the names of persons who were living in Carpenter township, and also Carpenter Station, during the year 1860.

The families living at this time in the Mount Gilboa neighborhood were Thomas Tracey, Isaac Boyer, Samuel Johnson, a Mr. Tallman, Dr. Lamborn and Carey Eastburn. To the east a few miles, in Denton's grove and vicinity, there was a small neighborhood, comprising the families of Joel Denton and his brother, Den Hawk, Dennis Wiggins, Christian Hensler, Alpheus Ellmore and one Foster. Southeast of Denton's grove, three or four miles, was another grove, known as Jordan's grove. This grove, as well as a very large tract of prairie land surrounding it, was owned by William Jordan, a brother of John Jordan, heretofore mentioned. He was a well-to-do farmer, and had an abundance of everything necessary to make himself and family comfortable. He was a close trader. He kept a great many horses and large herds of cattle, which he occasionally disposed of when the markets suited him. He had land enough to give each of his children a good farm. In addition to William Jordan's extensive holdings of real estate at Jordan's grove, he was the possessor of quite a number of lots in Carpenter's Station. He also acquired quite an extensive farm at Carpenter's grove, purchasing the same from his brother. John Jordan. He thus acquired all of Carpenter's grove, except a small corner in the northwesterly part of the grove, owned by Mr. Samuel Babb. In 1860 William Jordan could drive his team from his residence, in Jordan's grove, to his brother's, John Jordan's, in Carpenter's grove, a distance of about eighteen miles, without passing a farm house or laying down a fence, or meeting any other obstacle in the way excepting the waters of the Monon and the tall prairie grass. The grass on these prairies in those days grew as tall as an ordinary sized man in many places, being the highest in the low lands. There was plenty of large game on the prairies in those days, and hunting as a business and for sport, was enjoyed by many of our first citizens. In Carpenter's Station there was considerable business being transacted in the fall of 1860. George B. Chappell arrived here about this time, and immediately set about building a store room. This building was completed the first of January, 1861, and it was located on the northeast corner of block thirteen (13) of the original plat of the town of Remington, just east of the office of Drs. Patton & Ramsay. The stock of goods put into this building was known as Bolles' store. Mr. Chappell had associated with him in this store Mr. William Shaw. The building was a two-story frame, and Mr. Chappell lived over the store in the second story. The store contained a general assortment of goods, consisting of dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, groceries and provisions, hardware, tinware and drugs and medicines. The postoffice was also kept there, with Berny Shaw as the postmaster. The postoffice at the grove had been discontinued, and the patrons came to town to receive their mail. It was many years before this postoffice became a paying institution, either to Uncle Samuel or the postmaster. William Shaw also came to Carpenter's Station in 1860, and had commenced the erection of the same house he is living in at the present time. George B. Clark built for himself, about this time, the house now owned and occupied by William Shepherd, This was the largest house in the town. The section house was used as a boarding house for the railway hands, while the railway was being constructed. There were about one hundred hands fed there during this time. These hands were lodged on the lot now occupied by Daniel O'Connor. Their quarters were constructed with railway ties set upon end into the ground, being two rows of them, and they were well covered over with wild hay, using the same also on the inside of this structure as bedding for the men to sleep upon. The men were nearly all Swedes, and were at this time just completing the railway. The headquarters of these men were at this place, and they had the work in charge from here to the Illinois State line. _ Mr. Gallinneau had charge of this force of men, and he was ably assisted by Mr. Timothy O'Connor, formerly of this place.

The beginning of the spring of 1861 found the town of Carpenter's Station improving quite materially. G. B. Chappell had moved his family over the store, where they continued to live until 1864. Mr. Jesse Nichols, a carpenter by trade, came to the town and built a small dwelling house on the lot where George Griffin now lives, and in the fall of 1861 he so'.d this and built another house on the lot where Mr. Josiah Allman now resides, which he afterward sold to a Mr. Kauffman. Sampson Erwin came to this place in the fall of 1861, and bought the lot known as the " Babb " lot and built a dwelling house on it. This property afterward fell into the hands of Mr. Babb, who converted it into a hotel property. This property was destroyed by fire a few years ago. Mr. Erwin was a blacksmith, and on the rear of this lot he built a shop. He sold out to George F. Shaull in 1864. The town had been without a physician until about 1864, at which time Dr. Samuel Miller, who was a well read man, located here, and in a short time he enjoyed a fair medical practice, considering such a sparsely settled country, the population of the town being only about fifty souls. Dr. Miller built a small house on the site of the residence now occupied by Mr. Peck. He sold this and built again on the site of the Esquire Tharp property, now owned and occupied by Mrs. Sarah F. Bunnell. A Mr. Burns and J. Jordan built a small store room on the corner now occupied by the stone and brick building in which Messrs. Allman and Sheetz have their stock of hardware, etc. This original store building contained a small stock of groceries, but the proprietor did not remain in business very long, and sold out to Elden E. Lockwood, who came here direct from his farm, a few miles northwest of LaFayette. Mr. Lockwood took an active part in the first school exhibition held here, singing several songs, and in other ways helping the exhibition along. He also taught the first writing school ever held in this place. Some of his family are residents oi Remington at this time. Thomas White started in the hotel business and keeping boarders in the Fordyce house in the latter part of 1861. Among his boarders was a Mr. William Low, who was a carpenter. Mr. White remained here several years. In the fall of 1861 a Mr. Remington came to the place and established a general store in the Jesse H. Fordyce warehouse, or rather the Roberts warehouse, Mr. Fordyce having built it and Mr. Roberts occupied the same. The town of Carpenter's Station was named after this man Remington, who only stayed here a few months. It would seem that he was hardly entitled to the honor of having the town named for him, yet the name of Carpenter's Station was changed to that of Remington, in the latter part of the year 1861, and the place has since been incorporated and known as Remington. The postoffice, also, about the same time, assumed the name of Remington postoffice. Berney Shaw was Remington's first postmaster. The postoffice was kept in the railway depot until the establishment of the Bolles store, when it was located in this room. Mr. Shaw was also freight agent here until 1861, when the freight business was turned over to one William Lott, as agent, and the postoffice turned over to William H. Shaw, father of Berney Shaw, who then retired from both positions. William H. Shaw was one of the clerks in the Wm. P. Bolles store, and the two positions taken together, compensated him fairly well. The Wm. P. Bolles store was conducted by George B. Chappell and William H. Shaw. Mr. Bolles did not reside here, but was a man of wealth, and furnished the store with all the goods required. His two clerks branched out in other kinds of business. They handled coal, bought corn and oats, and paid, either in money or goods, in exchange for grain. They handled a great deal of corn and oats. They built a large double crib for corn where the depot now stands, which reached nearly from Indiana to Ohio streets. These cribs were filled with ear corn, which was afterward shelled by horse power and hauled in wagons and transferred to the cars, through the medium of a scoop shovel. The greater portion of this corn was shelled and hauled by Mr. Dennis Wiggins, of Gilboa, who afterwards became a resident of Remington, and remained there only a few years. William Irvine built a house on the lot where one of the Jacob Barnes & Co. hay barns now stand. This house was intended for a dwelling, but it was used to some extent as a business house. Joseph Lewis, of whom we have heretofore had occasion to speak, had built a barn on the rear end of his lot, and during the year 1862, this barn was consumed by fire, together with one horse, which was stabled in it. It was the generally accepted theory, as to the origin of the fire, that it was the work of an incendiary, and the suspicions of the people were directed toward a certain individual of the town, who was known to be a very tough character. He and Mr. Lewis had not been friendly with each other for some time past, and it was supposed that the fire was the result of spite, and there was some talk of forcing this individual to leave the town, but the matter finally died out and was forgotten. This was the first fire that ever visited Remington, and it created much excitement at the time.

A man known as Harmon Ravenscroft, who was living at this time (1861) in one of the southern states, and about the commencement of the late War of the Rebellion, was known to be a Union man, and had refused to join the Confederate army. This matter became known to the citizens here and he was brought from the south to this place by our people, he not being provided with the necessary funds of his own to bring him here. Those war times were stirring times here, especially in the spring of 1861. People would talk with each other and say: "Why don't you go to the tear, /can't." The older ones finally endeavored to persuade us younger ones to enlist, and would ask us why we would not go. Many of us thought it would be great sport, but we were nearly all too young. Finally Jacob A. May, myself and Cornelius R. Donnelly said we would go, but the officers refused to accept me on account of my age. May and Donnelly were accepted and went to the front. Henry Lewis and John Curry said they would prefer a job on the railway rather than a job from Uncle Sam. These boys in due season both secured berths as brakemen for the railway company. Curry was a steady boy and attentive to business and held his position as long as he desired it. He afterward was employed by the Wabash railroad, and soon obtained the position of conductor on this road. We believe he is yet in the employ of the Wabash road. Jacob A. May enlisted in a Pennsylvania company and regiment, being in the regular service, and during one of the battles in which his organization was engaged, he was made a prisoner of war and placed in one of the southern prisons. He was not permitted to write home, and for many months it was believed by his friends here that he was dead. He was finally exchanged and returned to Remington. He was cordially welcomed back by all who knew him, and he concluded to make this his future abiding place. There were several persons who enlisted into the service from Remington and vicinity, the majority being from the country surrounding the town. As in other portions of the country, there was a great deal of excitement and an unusual amount of ill feeling engendered here, by reason of the different views held by the people regarding the causes leading up to and the justice of the war. There were, however, not many personal conflicts. We recall one that occurred between two ladies of this place, one of whom was known as Mrs. Allen May and the other Miss Josephine Jordan, daughter of John Jordan, Sr. This conflict resulted in much hair pulling and great destruction of much feminine wearing apparel. Miss Jordan received the worst of this battle, and was obliged to provide herself with a new gown, in which to return home. She was much younger than her adversary and not skilled in the arts of war, hence her defeat. Notwithstanding the war was on, and people generally uneasy and excited, our little village continued to grow somewhat.

Samuel Haver built a small house in Remington to be occupied by his wife while he was absent in the service of his country. This house is located in the southeast portion of the town, and is now owned by Miss Jennie Hinds. Mrs. Samuel Haver occupied it however until her husband returned from the army. On the corner of Indiana and Railroad streets, and directly opposite M. P. Bolles' store, there was built a store room, in which a Mr. William Hopkins established a grocery. He had as a partner with him in this enterprise Mr. Lott, the railway agent, who continued with him for a time, when he withdrew from the partnership concern, and was succeeded by George W. Hascall, as Mr. Hopkins' partner in the business. This firm handled some grain through the medium of the Fordyce warehouse. West of the Babb hotel site, about fifty feet, and about where the Ellis saloon is situated, Mr. William Irwin built a small house and rented it to Kentner & Clapp, as a factory in which to manufacture cigars. They failed to make a success of the cigar manufacturing business and soon suspended operations. Mr. Kentner soon died, and Mr. Clapp was wrecked by overindulgence in liquors. Remington still kept moving slowly along. Mr. John Miller, a brother of Dr. Samuel Miller, came here and settled on the range line in the western part of the town. Jacob Shew built a house near the corner of Ohio and North streets, immediately north of Exchange Block, in the fall of 1861. Mr. Shew had, prior to this time, resided in the old section house, and he had boarded the railway laborers while living in this property. Thomas Lynch was now the section boss. The next man following him in this capacity was L. Bartlett, and following Bartlett as section foreman was a Mr. William Williams. Mr. Williams built and resided in the dwelling house now owned by Mrs. Lockwood; he also put in the switch, or side-track for the railway company. When his house was completed he allowed the young people of the town to dedicate it with a social party. During this party one of the daughters of Mr. Williams, through over exercise, fell in the middle of the floor, having fainted, and during the excitement which followed, all supposed that she was dead, but in few moments she was returned to consciousness, and the amusements of the evening were continued, with the play—

"Happy is the miller who lives by himself, As the wheel goes around he is gaining his wealth," etc.

We will have more to record of the history of this Williams house after progressing a little farther.

The next new comer to put in an appearance in Remton was Samson Sheeks, who came to this place from Boone county, Indiana. He appeared to think it a great credit to have been a citizen of Boone county. He came here to relieve Mr. Lott of the railway station agency. He was a strong believer in christianity and urged the people of Remington to assist him in improving the morals of the town. He was physically a weak man, being afflcted with a cancer on his cheek, which finally carried him away. Mr. Sheeks brought with him a man by the name of McDaniel, who was his brother-in-law. McDaniel appeared to have all kinds of ill luck. Domestic troubles with his wife until they separated, their children siding in with their mother, and against him. The family was composed of two boys and one girl. Mr. Sheeks took a great interest in these children, and made a place for the elder boy, "Neil," in the railway office, where he soon became quite proficient in the details of the office, and with the pen, and very soon he performed nearly all the duties of the office. Mr. McDaniel labored around town at anything he could find to do, which afforded him only a scanty living, and finally was run over by a car and had one of his legs broken. Dr. Longhridge of Rensselaer, Dr. Miller, Dr. Pierce and another doctor from Wolcott, were called to Mr. Sheeks' house, where the patient had been taken, to either set the broken member or remove it. He was placed under the influence of chloroform, and either the chloroform or the great shock to his system resulted in his death. Mr. McDaniel had built on the lot now owned and occupied by Walter Gunn, our hardware man. Mrs. McDaniel lived there with her family for several years after the death of her husband. Shortly before the death of Mr. Sheeks, he had turned the station agency business over to his nephew, Neal McDaniel, who, although being quite young, made an excellent agent. In 1862 the telegraph line was established here, and the railway company sent an oparator here to instruct Neal in the art of telegraphy. This man was a cripple, and his name was Eaton. Neal mastered the art of telegraphy in about six weeks, to such a degree that he could receive and dispatch messages, with as much facility and ease as many an older and more experienced operator. His younger brother, William, had no aspirations to work or make himself useful in any way, for some time, but finally he did to some extent learn the telegraphers' business, and in later years he became an expert operator/ Mary McDaniel, their sister, was also an expert with the pen, and took first prize in a penmanship contest at the close of the writing school of Elden E. Lockwood. This writing school was the first ever taught in Remington. Other members of the school were dissatisfied, on account of the prize having been awarded to Miss McDaniel, arguing that inasmuch as she did not commence taking lessons until the school was about half over, that she was not entitled to it. Yet she received it. This prize was simply a fancy bit of penmanship containing all the names of members of the class, and was the work of the teacher, Mr. Lockwood. This writing school was taught in the then new school house, in Remington, in the year 1864. The first day school that was ever taught in Remington was in the winter of 1863-4, and we will speak of this school more particularly, further on.

The next man to locate in Remington was one Cain Marion. He had no particular avocation, but was considered merely a day laborer. Daniel C. Viers bought a quarter section of land cornering with our town plat on the southeast. He built a small house on this land just across the creek. He was an excellent citizen, and a firm believer in christianity. He labored faithfully to lead our people from their errors and into the path of righteousness. His arrival here was timely, and much good was accomplished by him in leading sinners to repentance. He commenced to improve his farm at once, and the following spring he engaged also in herding cattle south of his farm, which was all an open prairie at that time. He appeared to be quite prosperous, and he enjoyed the good will and esteem of all with whom he had become acquainted. He arrived here in 1863 and his labors continued without interruption until after the building of the Methodist Episcopal Church edifice.

The next on our list of new arrivals we note Mr. Thomas Murphy, who had resided in this locality prior to this, his second coming. He had moved to Kansas, but returned here in 1861, and in the spring of 1862, he built a house, which is now the residence of William Draper. Mr. Murphy was a brother-in-law of William and John Jordan, Sr., and was an uncle of the Jordans who are still living in this neighborhood. He was also a christian gentleman, but judging from a financial point of view he was not a success, probably owing to his over indulgence in the "ardent." He had also one son who became a citizen of our town, who built a residence of small dimensions just west of the present home of Mr. William H. Shaw. His christian name was Marion. Both of the Murphy families removed again to the State of Kansas many years ago, having concluded that Kansas was a much better country than this.

The reader should bear in mind that Remington was not, during these years, lacking for whisky and other intoxicants, although the parties dealing in liquors had no retail license, nor even a Government license; they simply carried on a kind of moon-shine business. There were plenty of places where it could be had, in the west, north and south side of the town; thus it is clearly to be seen that the first settlers of Remington, and the surrounding community, were not obliged to go thirsty, yet there was a very strong feeling of temperance among the ladies of Remington,, although they were quiet for the first six or eight years, but finally they awakened to the necessity and importance of the occasion, and formed a temperance club, framing a constitution and adopting by-laws, and vows for the reformation of the people of the place which was to be accomplished on lines understood only by them, the club or temperance order being in the main a secret institution. Mr. Timothy O'Connor moved to Remington in the year 1862. He was an assistant section foreman on our railway, and his coming here was to assume charge of the section; he had previously been employed by the company. At the time he moved here the railway track was in a very bad condition, and it required several men to keep the track in such condition that trains could safely pass over it. Mr. O'Connor lived in the section house for some years, and attended promptly to his duties as section foreman. He appeared to prosper, and finally he quit the railway business and engaged in the grocery and liquor business. Mr. O'Connor secured the trade of all the railway employes, and he enjoyed the patronage of a great many other people residing in Remington, and for many miles in the surrounding country. He was fairly prosperous financially, and he built a grocery store room, on the southeast corner of the block lying immediately north of his private residence. He saved his money and invested it in other lots in the village, upon some of which he built small but substantial houses. The first house he built was his dwelling, which he built in 1865, on the same lot on which the section house was located; he next built his grocery store, just north of his dwelling, as above stated, and in a few years he built two dwelling houses west of his grocery store, and on the southwest corner of the same block. He afterward bought a small tract of land adjoining Remingington on the west, on the Goodland road. He engaged in raising cattle and hogs, and farmed in a small way. He was well fixed to live, having made the most of his money in the railway business. In the year 1878 he moved his store to the corner of Ohio and Railway streets, where it still remains. Mr. O'Connor was taken suddenly ill about the first of May, 1887, and about three days afterward he died, and was buried in Logansport, Indiana. His two sons, Daniel and Dennis, have, since his death, carried on the business, and are one of the most prosperous firms in the town of Remington.

During the year 1862, the War of the Rebellion being now in active progress, our people were in great doubt as to the result, and were sorely troubled because of their inability to raise their quota of soldiers for the service, as required by the army officials. Our people were continually asking each other why he did not enlist into the service of his country, and, to be sure, every man had an excuse which he considered reasonable, why he could not go. All were hoping and praying that the war would speedily close, none even dreaming, that it would continue so long as it did. Yet some one would occasionally locate in Remington. The next to come being a Thomas White, who located a hotel on the ground upon which the Exchange Block now stands. In 1863 he had his building completed, and it was at once thrown open for the accommodation of the traveling public, etc. It was convenient to the depot, and much needed. He built a barn on the lot west of his hotel, and leased it for a livery barn to \Villiam Haver, the old auctioneer, who had moved to town. Mr. Haver had a short time previous to this, established a livery business in a small way, in a barn on the lot where Esq. Miller then lived. He had built during the summer there, just north of where Moses French now resides, but moved to this barn built by Mr. White, in order to be near the hotel. Mr. Haver was the first man to engage in the livery business in Remington. He also bought and shipped the first car load of hogs ever shipped in a car from Remington. He did this in 1860. In 1860 Mr. Haver was a well-to-do farmer, and in 1863 he moved into Remington, and in connection with his livery business, he engaged in shipping stock, and trading in horses and buggies, and also followed the profession of an auctioneer. He was always ready for a trade of any kind. He finally sold his livery business to Thomas Harris. He had previously built a barn of. his own. This barn is occupied by Jacob S. Barnes & Co., for the purpose of storing hay. It has heretofore been used for various purposes. It has been occupied by Mr. J. Lock for general purposes, by Mr. O. B. McIntire as an ice house, by Mr. John Pugh as a blacksmith shop, by Robert S. Shearer, as grist mill, and by Royalty & Ryan as a grist mill, it now being occupied, as stated above, by J. S. Barnes & Co., as a hay barn.

Mr. Jacob Shew built a house here in the year 1862, on the first corner of the Durand block. He was sawing wood for the railway company when he built this house. In this house was held the first religious services ever held in Remington, the minister's name being John Wood, who preached the first sermon. Uncle William H. Shaw organized the first Sabbath school ever organized in Remington. It was held in the railway depot, and the writer was a regular attendant at this Sabbath school. Mr. Shaw was, and still is, strong in the faith of Jesus Christ as the Savior of mankind. When the school house was built Sabbath school was held there, and Mr. Shaw took a great interest in this Sunday school and the pupils. We trust that through his example and teaching, that many persons have been made better men and women.

In the spring of 1862 a Mr Charles Crompton, who was a shoemaker, located in Remington; he rented the front room of Joseph Lewis' business house and started in to making and repairing boots and shoes. He was a young man and unmarried—he was the first shoemaker to locate in Remington—he did not remain a great while here, and was succeeded by one Vinal Williams, who was a married man, with a family of children. His wife was a picture artist, and they thereby established themselves in the two different branches of business. This was the first picture gallery in Remington, and was located up stairs in the building built by John Fisher, which was near the present site of Cheek's meat market, and was built about 1864. D. V. Garrison, who was also an early arrival, started a harness shop. He was a good workman and had his shop upstairs in part of the Donnelley house; Donnelley had, however, started the first harness shop. We had Mr. Garrison to strap a pair of skates for us about the first work he did after locating here. From time immemorial it has been the habit of young people, at least a great majority of them, instead of improving their opportunities for usefulness in middle and later life, to idle their time away, or pass it away in useless and frivolous sport. The early history of Remington proves that it was no exception to this rule. Myself, with perhaps half a dozen other boys of the town would, instead of being engaged in some useful avocation, or reading useful books, in the summer season, spend our time in idleness along the creek, and in the winter season we still would be found there, skating, or loafing in the business houses of the town. This was all time worse than wasted by us, and we can all now appreciate our failures. We should remember that time is very precious, and that there is never but one moment at once, and when that is gone it never returns. We should improve this time as we journey along life's pathway, thereby gaining a knowledge of many things, for we are taught that knowledge is power. The young should improve their time. The opportunities offered the young people, for strong useful knowledge are now an hundred fold greater than they were in the early history of Remington. The school term then was only of three months duration, and only one teacher was employed to teach the entire school. Then only four or five branches (being all common branches) were taught. There were only six branches taught in the first so called high school, and these all taught in one small room. In 1870 there was an addition built to our school house, and the school was then graded and three teachers were employed. This was accomplished about the time the town of Remington was incorporated—up to 1870 the school was merely a township school, and under the control of the Trustee of Carpenter Township. After incorporation of the town and the selection of Town and School Trustees of the town, the schools were graded and put under the control of the Board of School Trustees. The first School Trustees were Samuel C. Maxwell, William Railsback and Geo. B. Clark. In the summer of 1863 the people of Carpenter Township built a frame school house in the town of Remton, across the street in a southwesterly direction from the present site of our beautiful and commodious school building. That old school house contained just one room. In the fall of that year the patrons of this school employed Geo. W. Hascall to teach the first school ever taught in Remington, some of the pupils coming from the country. This school had an average attendance of about twenty scholars. Their names, as we now remember them, were . as follows: Jacob A. May, Sarah May, Mary Shaw, Frank Shaw, James Royalty, William Royalty, Maggie Miller, John Curry, Martha Curry, Jane Curry, Henry Lewis, Jane Lewis, Eliza Ravenscroft, Henry Lipprant, Sophronia Lipprant, John Jordan, Samuel Jordan, Josephine Jordan, Maggie Oyler, Gertrude Troutman. These constituted the first school of Remington, and it was conceded by all that George W. Hascall was a success as a teacher. He was firm and sufficiently qualified to make a success. When the teacher happened to be absent for a short time we generally did as we liked. We got along very well up to that cold New Year's day (January 1, 1864), but on that day we did not have school, as it was too cold for any one to get to the school house. That was said to be the coldest day ever known in the county.

In 1863, John N. Beal and his brother, William Beal, both built houses, and moved into the town of Remington, from the country three or four miles northwest from the town. One of their houses stood on the lot now owned and occupied by John E. Hollett, and the other on the lot owned and occupied by Mrs. C. Hardy, west of the Presbyterian church. John Schaffer, a carpenter, came to Remington in 1863. He commenced work at once at his trade. He built more houses in Remington than any other one carpenter that ever worked 1n the town. He was a contractor with a gang of helpers, being all excellent mechanics. He had as assistants, Esq. Miller and H. Ravenscroft. He was a good man and easy to get along with. It took him only a short time to put up a fair sized house, but the majority of the houses built then were on the smaller order. He built a house for Geo. B. Chappell as his residence in the grove, and he also built one for Esq. Miller, being the second house for Esq. Miller in the town. He built one also for Dennis Wiggins. J. H. Miller sold his first house and Mr. Shaffer built him a second one. When Mr. Wiggins built, he moved into his new house and his sonin-law, Mr. Christian Hensler, moved into his old one— this about the year 1866. Mr. Hensler remained there a short time, or until he moved out into the country on his farm, where he still resides. While Mr. Wiggins lived in Remington he was engaged in the lumber trade. He took hands from here and went to the town of Walton and cut the timber, and had the logs sawed into lumber there, which he had shipped to Remington. This was Remington's first lumber yard. Up to this time all the lumber brought here was ordered as it was required to build with, and perhaps some for fencing purposes. A Mr. Searight did a small lumber business here, his modus operandi being to take orders for lumber and then go to Walton and purchase what his order called for and ship it back here. He also handled coal to some extent, and did a grain business, in the Fordyce elevators' for a short time. But Mr. Shaffer still continued in the carpenter business. He built the house formerly .owned by Mr. E. L. Dibell, in the south part of the original plat of the village. He next built the house formerly known as the M. E. parsonage, now owned by Mr. P. H. Lalley. He then again built for his own occupancy the residence now owned and occupied by Mr. John J. Porter, at the north end of Ohio street, in the year 1871. He was the leading house builder and contractor of the town. His shop was on the lot where the Bank of Remington is now located. This shop was built in 1864. Shaffer was elected as a member of the Board of Town Trustees in 1877. He took an active interest in the welfare of the town, and labored zealously for its improvement; he was re-elected Trustee for several succeeding terms, and held the office for a longer continuous time than, perhaps, any other man who has held the office of Town Trustee. He built more houses for himself, and others, and made more improvements in Remington than any other carpenter that ever did business here, up to the year 1888. Soon after his arrival here, he wrote for his brother-in-law, Mr. John K. Stoudt, to come and assist him in his work. Mr. Stoudt consented to come, and in the year 1866, he arrived here and commenced work at once with Mr. Shaffer. Mr. Stoudt was a wagon maker by trade, but was a carpenter as well. He quit the carpenter business finally, and confined his labors to the making and repairing of wagons, buggies, farm machinery, etc. Mr. Stoudt has at this time amassed a competency of this world's goods, but he is still engaged at his trade. He has also held the office of Town Trustee for several terms. John K. Stoudt built a small shop on Indiana street, in 1868, in which to wojk, and in 1871, he bought a dwelling house from his brother-in-law, Mr. Shaffer. Mr. Stoudt sold the residence he had purchased, and bought again on the north bank of the creek, in the south part of town, and a good residence house there, during the year 1876. He lived there from 1876 to the present time. He was also the undertaker here for fifteen or twenty years, but has been succeeded in that line of business by John F. Major.

In the year 1888, some of the sports of Remington conceived the idea of organizing a boxing club, which was done, and H. Paxton was selected as teacher for the amateurs. The members of this club were—Phil. Conrad, Charles Harrington, Mala Garrison, Charles Shew, Brit. Hawn, Andrew W. Hawn, James Frame, Charles Smith, Edward Lock, William Morris, Frank Haver and Edward Royalty. The object of this organization was to acquire the science of pugilism, and for the amusement there might be found in it. Some of the boys became quite proficient in this science, and were ready to put on the gloves at any time. Mr. Paxton claims to have commenced his training as a boxer in 1868, just for the sport attached to it, and that he followed it up until he came to Remington, and as before stated he organized this club in 1888. In a short time this club, or most of the members of it, considered themselves experts, and were willing to be recognized as scientists in this line by the outside world, and were ready to meet any person or other club in a friendly contest of skill with soft gloves.

Mr. Harris, father of our townsman, Thomas Harris, came to this place from Maryland in an early day, and located two or three miles north of Remington. He died in 1868, leaving surviving him a large family of children, nearly all of whom were grown, consisting of three sons and six daughters. He was well to do, and left the family a good farm, which the heirs sold, and moved into the town of Remington, in 1878—that is, the widow and all of the unmarried children; some were married and doing business for themselves. The oldest daughter was married to Mr. George Sage in 1862. Mr. Sage died several years ago, and the widow has married a Mr. Fenwick. They now reside in Jordan Township, about ten miles northwest of Remington. Mr. Harris' second daughter married Walker Sage, a brother of George W. Sage. Walker moved into Remington in 1867, and built a. house on the west side of the Range Line Road the same year, and moved into it. He continued to live there until his death, which occurred in 1884. His widow became wedded again in the year 1888 to a Mr. Spurgeon. After their marriage they sold their property and moved to Fort Wayne for a while, when they again returned to Remington, where Mrs. Spurgeon soon afterward died. The third daughter of Mr. Harris married Isaac Westfall, who was a farmer at the time, and lived on a part of the Harris farm until his eyes failed him and he became so blind that he could see to do nothing, when he also bought a small place in, and moved to Remington. Thomas Harris, the oldest son, was a farmer in his youthful days, but he married young, and after his marriage he bought out the livery business of William Haver, and moved into Remington. He made this purchase from William Haver in the year 1868, and sold it out again to Messrs. Patton & Shipman during the year 1870.

During the years 1872 and 1873 the liquor dealers of Remington carried on their business through many trials and tribulations. The temperance people, being generally composed of the ladies of the town, came to the conclusion that the sale of liquors should ceases in Remington, and accordingly they organized a temperance club consisting of twelve or fifteen people, with Mrs. Martha Cherry, as the leader. This club was composed of Miss. M. P. Bolles, Miss Mary Blood, Mrs. Wm. Draper, Mrs. Lycurgus Rawls, Mrs. Geo. B. Chappell, Mrs. Mary Haver, Mrs. Samuel Bowman, Mrs. Samuel Black and Mr. Samuel, Black and Mr. Samuel Bowman, with several more, but the above took the lead in the matter. These parties called on the saloon men and requested them to close their places of business, but their request was not heeded, and therefore, armed with axes, they proceeded to the front of J. H. Fountain's saloon, broke it in and emptied all his liquors on the floor and demolished all his glasses. Fountain did not offer resistence, but let them have it all their own way. In the fall of 1865, Allen May, having returned from the army and being out of employment, he engaged in the saloon business, and in the spring of 1866 he made an application for license to retail liquor in Remington. The license was granted to him, this being the first retail, or licensed saloon in the town of Remington. He had much to contend against, as the temperance people were making him all the trouble for them possibly to do, and being continually harrassed, he sold out in the spring of 1867, to Ambrose Ford, who at once made application for a retail license; the ministers of the churches procured a remonstrance and circulated it, securing over one hundred signatures, and when this remonstrance was presented to the Board of Commissioners it had the effect to defeat Mr. Ford's application. However, he continued to do business under his license from the General Government, selling his goods by the quart. Mr. Ford's place of business was the same that May had occupied, and was on the site of Mr. McDougle's general merchandise store. In the following spring Lewis A. Ford made an application for a license to retail liquors, and the temperance element having to some extent subsided, his application was approved by the Commissioners and he was granted his license to retail. Mr. William Irwin had built a small house northwest of Exchange Block, which he leased to Ford, who established his saloon therein. This saloon again aroused the temperance people, and being determined to stop the sale of liquors here, they proceeded to destroy the saloon by fire, besides doing other damage. There being a large concourse of people present, the fire was subdued. Mr. Ford becoming alarmed concluded to throw up his license, which he finally did, and quit the saloon business altogether. He never attempted the business in Remington again. He was, however, soon followed in the business by Jared H. Fountain, who met with the misfortune of having his

liquors emptied out and his glasses destroyed, at the hands of the ladies, in 1872, as hereinbefore chronicled. Jared H. Fountain came to Remington in 1866. He brought a man with him, known as Samuel Flowers; they were both dealers in horses, but as dealing in horses at that time was not a very paying business, Fountain concluded to engage in the liquor business, locating on the south side of Railroad street, opposite the depot, where Mr. C. Cheek's meat market is located. He carried on the business under Government license for some time, but in 1877 he finally secured a retail license, and continued to run his business a few years under the retail license system. Finally the ladies of the town concluded that he rhould have no more retail license, and defeated him; but'he continued in the business under Government license, or the quart system. He finally bought on the opposite side of Railroad street, where Dr. Payne's barber shop now stands, and built a saloon and residence, where he continued for some years longer in the business. The temperance women, aided by some of their male friends, continued to annoy him so long as he remained in the business. It was about this time that Mr. Fountain met with the visitation of that delegation of ladies, heretofore mentioned, that created such havoc with his liquors, and other property. The female portion of the community were determined that the sale of liquors in Remington should entirely cease, and to this end, as before stated, they organised themselves into a temperance club, the objects to be attained being the entire extermination of the liquor traffic in this town peaceably if possible, but forcibly, if it could not be accomplished in any other way. It could not, as was shown, hence they resorted to forcible measures, and succeeded in doing Mr. . Fountain a considerable financial damage, but all this did not suppress the traffic in Remington. There has not been a day since the incorporation of the town of Remington that the traffic in intoxicating liquors has not been carried on within the boundary limits of the town.

In the year 1866, Mr. John Burger moved into the town of Remington, and at once launched into the lumberbusiness, which he carried on exclusively for a time, but afterward combined the lumber business with that of wood and coal. He continued to do business in these lines of trade until the year 1891. But previously to this time, he was interested in the banking business, with his brotherin-law, Mr. Robert Parker, they having established the Bank of Remington, in Remington, Indiana. In 1891, Mr. Burger sold out his lumber, wood and coal business to the Jasper County Lumber Co. Mr. Burger was prosperous in all his enterprises, and has probably made and saved more money than any other one man who ever did business in the town. He assisted our grain men with his money when they were in need of it. His family consists of himself, wife and one son and one daughter—Fred and Blanche. Mr. Burger has given his son all the advantages of a college education, and will no doubt be equally liberal with his daughter. His daughter, Blanche, is several years younger than the son Fred, and she is at present attending the schools of Remington. Mr. Burger at one time was the owner of a large and fine body of land lying east of Remington, on either side of the line dividing Jasper and White counties, which constituted two excellent farms. The farm in White county was sold in the year 1889 and that in Jasper county he sold in 1892. Before selling this latter farm he had the misfortune of losing his fine barn which was on it, it being struck by lightning, and burned to the ground, with seven tons of hay, some harness, and a team of horses. He soon replaced this barn with a new one. After selling this latter farm, Mr. Burger bought another consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, about one-half mile northwest of the town of Remington. This is an excellent farm, and it is said that it is the best tiled farm in Jasper county. He has lately built a new barn on this farm also.

The firm of Ellis Bros., composed of James F. Ellis and A. Ellis established themselves in the saloon business in Remington, about the year 1877. They had one fire to contend with, which originated in their saloon, which was destroyed, as well as all the business buildings between the hotel on the east, and the stone and brick building on the west. The Ellises met with some opposition although their place of business has always been conducted as nearly in accordance with the law, as it is possible to do. Mr. J. O. B. McDougle owned three lots, that were made vacant by this fire. He at once commenced to rebuild. He first built the house now occupied by the C. W. Harner restaurant, and moved into it. He next put up the building now occupied by James F. Ellis as a saloon; Mr. Ellis has occupied this place from the time it was first built until the present. Mr. McDougle, also, then proceeded to build his third house, which he soon had completed, and into this he moved a stock of general meachandise, and has remained in this business ever since. Jasper county was originally inhabited by a tribe of Indians known by their tribal name as Iroquois. They were removed from this territory some years after the battle of Tippecanoe was fought. The first white man in the southern portion of Jasper county to leave any record was a Mr. Carpenter, a hunter, mention having been made of him, in the opening chapters of this work; he came in a very early day, and was frozen to death, and buried in the grove that was named for him. It is said that so far back as 1832 a Mr. Thomas Murphy came here and settled in Carpenter's Grove. He had taken a claim there, and, sometime afterward he sold this claim to Uncle John Jordan. All this country at that time, or nearly all of it, had been surveyed by the Government Surveyor, and classed by them as swamp lands, a great portion of the prairies being covered with water. The first house was built in the grove by Murphy in 1832. The second was built by a Mr. Shewey, on the Mount E. Jordan place, at the northwest end of Carpenter's Grove. The section house was the first house built in Carpenter Station, in 1859. In 1860 the railway was called the Logansport, Peoria & Burlington Railway. The first depot was built just north of the built Hathaway elevators in 1860. The first water tank was opposite the center of the railway bridge across Carpenter's creek in 1860. The first telegraph operator here was Cornelius McDaniel, who learned the art in the station agent's office; Sampson Sheeks was at the time the agent. The telegraph wires were put up in 1865. The second wires were put up in 1882. The first express agent was Geo. W. Hascall. The first child born here, was Nancy R. Shew, a daughter of Jacob Shew. The first woman killed by accident was the wife of Peter Kelley, killed in 1862. The first man to lose his life by reason of a railway accident was J. McDaniel, in the year 1867. The first and only person to commit suicide was Mrs. O. W. Church, who hanged herself with a halter in the year 1889. The first brick business house was built by one Ephraim Angelmeier, in 1870. The first church edifice was built here by the Presbyterian congregation in the year 1865. The first dwelling house in Remington was built by Thomas Woods, in the year 1860. The first business house in Remington was built by Mr. George B. Clark, in the year 1860, and in this building was kept a small grocery store. The first freight agent in Remington was Mr. Beronie Shaw, and he was also the postmaster for the town. The first dry goods and general assortment store for Remington, was established by a Mr. Bolles, the business being conducted by George B. Chappell and William H. Shaw. The first man to engage in the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town of Remington was Mr. Joseph Lewis, who established a liquor house here in the year 1860. The first man to engage in the hotel keeping business here was a Mr. Thomas White, who built what was known as the Nevada House in 1864, and he occupied it as a hotel for some time after Jesse H. Fordyce purchased from the United States the land that is now the site of Remington. This church was built about the close of the War of the Rebellion, when building materials were very high and labor hard to secure. These facts, however, did not deter the organization from consummating the work undertaken and the church was completed, being 30x50 feet in dimensions; the main door at front enterance being toward the west. In the year 1886, this church was reparied, or rather it was rebuilt, and the front entrance was changed to the south, and by this arrangement more room was secured. Rev. Samuel Searight was the first pastor for this congregation, but he only remained one year, when his charge was taken by the Rev. W. A. Patton, in 1866. He only remained one year, and the charge was again accepted by Rev. Samuel Searight, in 1867. The next minister was Rev. Levi Hughes. Mr. Hughes had in his earlier life met with the misfortune of total deafness, which was a great annoyance, and obstacle in his way, this misfortune finally resulting in his death. His wife had been away from home on a visit, and Mr. Hughes expecting her return on a certain train, started for the depot to meet her; as he was walking in the direction of the depot on the railway track near the stock yards, the train which was coming the same direction in which he was going, overtook and ran over him, crushing the life out of him almost instantly. Being deaf he could not hear the warning bell or whistle from the engine, he therefore lost his life. This occured on the I4th day of February, 1871. He had been pastor of the church something over two years, when this sad accident occurred. He had been well beloved by the congregation. The next pastor was Rev. Wm. Campbell, who succeeded Rev. Hughes, and remained until the fall of 1873, and was in turn succeeded by Rev. J. B. Crow, who remained one year, being succeeded by Rev. R. T. Adams, who retired at the close of the year 1875, and the pastorate was then again supplied with the Rev. J. B. Crow, who remained with the charge for many years. Rev. J. B. Crow served in the capacity of pastor for this church, in all, fourteen years, thirteen of which were contiuous. He was very much beloved by his entire congregation and all other persons with whom he came in contact. His salary averaged him in the neighborhood of eight hundred dollars per year. A great many people called on Mr. Crow when in need of a minister of the Gospel. The congregation finally came to the conclusion that it required a younger man, and in 1888, Mr. Crow took his departure to the Southern part of Indiana, where he remained only a short time, when he was called to one of the southwestern territories to preach to and teach the Indians, where he still remains. Rev. Karnes was his successor here, but only remained one year, and on his retirement from the charge he was succeeded by Rev. Levi Foster, who was very unsatisfactory to many; he soon retired, and soon afterward he was adjudged insane by a commission, and sent to the Insane asylum at Logansport, Ind., where he died in 1893. Rev- Foster was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Crazier, who was well advanced in years, but gave general satisfaction. He had been active in church matters nearly all his life, having organized many churches in his earlier days. Mr. Crosier was taken violently ill after he had been here about half his time, and died very suddenly. He was taken to Illinois for interment. He was succeeded here by the Rev. S. McKee, who came to take charge of the church in 1892. Mr. McKee is a very pleasant gentleman, an able minister, and gives very general satisfaction to his flock. He is still the pastor of the church at Remington. This church, ever since its first organization, has apparently moved steadily along, without being disturbed with strife or dissensions of any character, pursuing the even tenor of its way, whereby it has been the means of accomplishing great good throughout the community, and is yet in the condition to accomplish much more for humanity in the future.

The first Justice of the Peace for Carpenter township was John H. Miller, who held his office in Remington in 1863.

The first man to engage in the furniture business in Remington was Mr. Cornelius Donnelley, who launched out in this business in 1868; he was a young man who had been reared in Remington, or principally so. He had been a pupil in the second, third, fourth and fifth schools taught in the town of Remington, but after his school days were over he engaged in the furuiture business spoken of above. He had been engaged in business for some time, and his stock had run down to a great extent, and accordinly he made arrangements to lay in a new supply of goods, but- his finances being limited, he went to his various friends and borrowed from them, in sums ranging from ten to one hundred dollars, for few days only, and on his verbal obligation to repay the amounts in a few days. After receiving all he could gather in this way he proceeded to purchase more furniture. Mr. Donnelley had probably been gone away from Remington one week, or perhaps ten days, when his creditors, not seeing anything of him, and knowing that he had had ample time to make his purchases and return, began to become restless on account of his prolonged absence. They called on his wife for information as to his whereabouts, but she could not, or at least did not give them any satisfaction as to where he was. They finally arrived at the conclusion that he had left the country for good, and those that had loaned him money were very uneasy. They finally made out their several claims against him, and placed them in the hands of a justice for settlement. The justice issued the necessary papers, and placed them in the hands of a constable. Mr. Donnelley had locked up his store, and gone to Lafayette and from there to Indianapolis, on business, as he claimed. The constable, in the mean time, had taken possession of his store, and Donnelley's wife had so informed him, but he paid no attention to it, and remained away until he was ready to return. He was probably enjoying himself during his absence, at least the people came to that conclusion afterward, and believed that his wife understood it all, but did not care to throw any light on the case. But finally when Mr. Donnelley arrived home he found that his store had been broken open and his furniture had been sold and disposed of to the parties from whom he had borrowed the money, to satisfy the lenders' several claims. The constable, having the legal authority, had opened the store room, and thereby made it possible for Donnelley's creditors to secure or satisfy their several claims, some being ten, twenty, twenty-five, fifty and a hundred dollars. About all of his creditors had received their pay in goods. He appeared to be very much surprised on his arrival at this state of affairs, but it afterward developed that he was more than satisfied, for the reason that his creditors had paid high prices for all the goods taken. Mr. Donnelley sold the residue of his stock to Geo. F. Bloom in 1871, and then removed to Arkansas from here.

The firm of Hathaway Bros. bought the warehouse of Mr. Cornelius Donnelley in 1872, and the former at once began to remodel it by building it larger in every way, and higher. They also placed in the house a steam engine, the first engine run by steam that had ever been placed in a warehouse in Remington. This warehouse was the one originally known as the Roberts warehouse. Our people thought an engine something wonderful in these days. Hathaway brothers proceeded at once to convert this warehouse into a grist mill, and they put in a set of burrs, which were quite suitable for grinding Indian corn. This mill did a great amount of grinding, and it was generally conceded that it did its work well and was a blessing to the community. The Hathaway Brothers also built a hay barn near the railway and on the range line. This hay barn was located near the present barns of Patrick H. Maguire. That barn was used by the Hathaway Bros. for several years.

In the spring of 1861, Milton Beal built a small house on the corner of First South and Range Line streets, on the lot now owned and occupied by James F. Ellis. Mr. Beal moved into this house but did not remain there very long, until he sold out and moved to the west. Mr. Beal had a sister-in-law who was a widow lady, that moved into Remington about this time. Shortly after she came to town, she met Dr. Saml. Miller, who was a widower. This couple at once formed an attachment for each other, and in a very few months they were married. Dr. Miller then built the house in which they moved, which was in later years known as the Presbyterian parsonage. He built this in 1866. Dr. Miller did not remain in Remington very long. He sold out and immediately located at Winona, Minn., where some years later he died. His brother, John Miller, also moved from here to Rensselaer, where he was elected as County Surveyor. He was afflcted with consumption. He also passed away several years ago.

In the spring of 1862 Mr. Aaron Hartman came to Carpenter township, and settled in the Ravenscroft neighborhood, his first farm cornering with that of Mr. Ravenscroft. He only lived there a few years, when he sold this place to Mr. William Irwin, but he immediately bought again in the same neighborhood, but a little nearer town. Mr. Hartman, by close attention to his farming business, hard work, and economy, managed to acquire considerable property, and save some money. He was one of our foremost farmers, and an excellent man. He was a christian gentleman, and a diligent worker in the cause of Christ, being a member in the Presbyterian church, in Remington. His family consisted of three sons and five daughters, all of whom are grown and married. Mr. Hartman, for some years past had been afflicted with a disease known to the medical fraternity as cancer of the stomach, which caused his death some time during the year 1890 or '91, at his home on the farm.

In 1864, Mr, Ralph Cherry and his family settled in the Ravenscroft neighborhood. Mr. Cherry settled on and improved the farm now known as the Thomas Collins farm, owned at present by a son of Thomas Collins, named William. Mr. Cherry did not add a great deal to the history of this community for the reason that he only remained there a very few years, having sold out his interests and removed to Nebraska, in the vicinity of Hastings. The Bates family also settled in the same neighborhood, just south of the Cherry farm. There were just two boys in this family. They were good citizens, but soon tired of farming and moved into the town of Remington. They sold their farm in 1872, having lived on it only four or five years. In 1875 they engaged in the furniture business in Remington. Nathaniel S. Bates was a soldier during the late war. He moved to Rensselaer several years ago, and was postmaster there during the four years of President Cleveland's first administration. The other brother is living in South Dakota. George F. Bloom came to Remington, Ind., from Manteno, Ill., in the early sixties, and was employed as chief clerk by the firm of Hathaway Brothers. He held this position for several years, and until the death of one of the firm, Mr. Giles Hathaway. Mr. Bloom was a good business man, attending strictly at all times to the business affairs of his employers. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Remington, being one of the most faithful of this organization. He has held may of the church offices, and filled them with fidelity. He was the second man to engage in the furniture business here, having sold out a short time ago his furniture business to J. F. Major. Mr. Bloom is now engaged in the grocery trade. Giles Hathaway had been ill for several years prior to his death. He went to California with the hope of recovering his health, but died there and was brought back to Remington for burial. The disease of which he died was pronounced consumption. His brother, Charles Hathaway, continued in the business here for a while after his death, but finally disposed of his interests here and moved west, where he too soon sickened and passed away.

Voss Dobbins was an early pioneer of this section of the country, having arrived here in the early sixties, his brother, Thomas Dobbins, known by nearly all of our people, also come here at an early date. He located near the west boundary of White county, but afterward moved into Jasper county, where he continued to live until his death, which occurred in 1891. He left surviving him two sons and two daughters, all of whom are living in the vicinity of Remington. One of the sons, Mr. Sloan Dobbins, was of a roving disposition, always being happiest when he was moving from one locality to another. About his last move was to Oregon, on a prospecting tour, but not being satisfied there he returned to Carpenter township, and soon afterward bought a nice little property in the town of Remington where he is at present living, apparently contented and happy. The Hathaway brothers, during their stay in Remington, had been of great benefit to the town. They came here in 1869, and went into the mercantile and grain business. They bought the carpenter shop of Mr. Shaffer and converted it, in connection with another larger building which they erected adjoining it on the east, into a large mercantile store room, with office rooms above. Their store room was double. The lots they built on were purchased of a Mr. Reynolds.

Cornelius Donnelley, heretofore mentioned, served as Ccnstable for Carpenter township several years, in those earlier times, but after having moved to the southwest, two or three years he returned to Indiana, and located in Michigan City. He lived there only a short time, when he was one morning found dead in his bed, having died during the previous night in a very mysterious manner. His brother Thomas was also an early citizen here. He was a member of the 48th Regt. Ind. Vols. during the late Rebellion, and when he returned he was also elected Constable for Carpenter township, and made a good officer. He was a jovial and wholesouled fellow, always ready for fun. He is at present Deputy Warden of the Indiana State Prison, at Michigan City.

Carpenter township was organized as a civil township about the first of January, 1862. The territory of which it is composed having formerly been a part of Jordan township. The original Jordan township was very large, and it was divided about in the center by a line running east and west, and the southern portion was named Carpenter township. In 1864, during the late war, Jasper county having not furnished her quota of volunteers for the army service, the various townships of the county were sujected to a draft; the quota for Carpenter township to furnish was five. Four of these who were subject to draft were supplied by -volunteers, leaving only one to be drafted, and this place was filled by a substitute, at the cost of $750, which amount was subscribed by those of the township who might at any time be subject to conscription. These were exciting times for our people. We held meetings to devise ways and means for meeting our obligations to the country by furnishing our required number of soldiers for the service, and it was agreed that the most feasible plan was to raise money sufficient to employ substitutes for those who were drafted and could not leave home. This plan was agreed upon. The arrangements were therefore made that when a draft was made the money was ready, and the substitute hired, as soon as one could be found, which was no difficult matter. Plenty of men could be hired at Michigan City, Chicago, and in fact all large cities. Some of these new men made it their regular business, and they were known as "bounty jumpers." The following are .the names of all those who were drafted from this township during the war, viz: John B. Shaffer, Joseph Jordan, John Jordan, Basil Hunt, Adolphus Irwin, Henry C. Lipprant and Lycurgus Rowles. Some of these parties were amply able to hire their own substitutes without the assistance of others, but others, especially we
will mention John B. Shaffer, were not so fortunate in this world's goods, and besides, Mr. Shaffer had a large family of small children dependent upon him for support. Mr. James Welsh, of Jordan township, was also drafted, but being a man with one natural and one wooden leg, the army officials concluded to excuse him, inasmuch as he failed to pass the required medical examination. After the last draft there became a better feeling among the people, and soon thereafter the war closed by Lee's surrender at Appomatox.

Until the location of the present cemetery there was no regularly established place for the burial of the dead. The first person dying here being a Mr. Carpenter, who was buried in the grove one mile north of town. Then a Mr. Shewey, a very old settler, lost two children who were buried in the same grove. The first person who died in Remington was James Troutman, who was buried on the corner of the farm now owned by Mr. Galbraith, which was at that time owned by Lycurgus Rowles. Alfred Royalty was the second person to be buried there, during the year 1865. Mary Shaw was the third person to be buried there, and the old gentleman Patton, the father of Hon. D. H. Patton, was buried on the lot where the Remington creamery is now located. Some were conveyed to the Welsh cemetery for interment, that being a cemetery established, or located many years before the settlement of Remington or the country around about it. People had been interred there in the early thirties. After the location of the present cemetery of Remington, north of the town, many of the above mentioned deceased persons were disinterred, and given burial in the present Remington cemetery. If one will take a stroll through the Remington cemetery at this time, he will be rewarded by finding the names of many of Remington's first and best business men marked on the stones and monuments. We will* as suggested by our present memory, endeavor to give the reader the names of a portion of those whose final resting places are thus marked. The oldest marked grave in the cemetery is that of James Troutman, who died in 1864, and the second one is that of Alfred Royalty, who died March 22, 1865. Then among the business men of Remington we find the names of A. D. Patton, who died in 1869; Uriah Black, who died in 1871; Giles Hathaway, who died in 1873; Osman W. Church, who died March 22, 1881; Adam Coover, who died March 18, 1882; David H. Nelson, who died in 1883; Harper W. Snyder, who died June 22, 1886; John H. Miller, who died July 25, 1886; Benjamin Spencer, who died in 1881; Christopher Hardy, who died 1891; Treat Durand, who died in 1888; George M. Morris, who died April 22, 1892.

The present Remington cemetery was purchased by the. Board of Town Trustees of Remington, Ind., in the spring of the year 1870, and it is the most suitable location that could be found anywhere in this vicinity, being just north of the corporation line of town, on the east side of Carpenter's creek. The party owning this land objected strongly to selling the land for this purpose, but was finally compelled to do so through force of circumstances.

During the excitement of War times, and in the summer of 1862, the people in this section of the country had a political meeting at Carpenter's Grove. The people congregated there were of all shades of political faith, and there was an immense crowd assembled .there. The speaker was a Democrat, and the Republicans were very bitter toward him, and the meeting was finally broken up by a big row. There were at least twenty to thirty men fighting all at the same time. Some of the men climbed trees and shouted: "Peace! Peace! men, let us have Peace!" The fight finally subsided, without anyone being killed, but there were several persons badly injured. The crowd then dispersed and all returned to their respective homes. The speaker did not tarry long after the mob commenced the attack, being of the opinion, probably, that he would be equally as safe at a further distance from the scene of the strife. During these times the people would fight.upon the slightest provocation, hardly knowing what they were fighting about. After the close of the -war they all sought to forget the past, and those who are still living are the best of friends. During the melee at the grove, the1 combatants used as weapons of war, clubs, rocks, or anything else they could get their hands on, that would injure an opponent. The women and children ran for their lives, and sought places of safety. There were several persons from Rensselaer in attendance at this meeting. This riot was probably the forerunner of the so-called "Dodd Raid," which followed in July, 1863, at Rensselaer, or near that place. The immediate cause of this disturbance or riot was a speech made by one H. Dodd at Rensselaer, about the 4th day of July, 1863. Dodd was sent to Rensselaer from Indianapolis to make a Democratic speech, which he did in great shape. Among other things, he severely criticised and abused the Home Guards, who were on the grounds, and well armed. They sought to arrest him and take him from the stand while he was speaking, but there being too many Democrats there guarding Dodd, they failed in their efforts, but contented themselves to wait until night, when the people had all returned to their country homes. Then they proceeded to the residence of James E. Ballard, where Mr. Dodd was a guest, and there they made the arrest, under the direction of Provost Marshal Cicero H. Tatman. The Home Guards at once threw a line of pickets around Rensselaer to prevent any person from coming into or going out of Rensselaer to give information of the arrest of Mr. Dodd. A party, however, who had remained late in Rensselaer, succeeded in getting through the lines and immediately spread the news of the arrest. By ten o'clock the next day there was congregated in the vicinity of Rensselaer probably six or seven hundred armed men, who came from many miles around in Jasper, Newton and Benton counties, Indiana, and a goodly number from Illinois, who were determined to liberate this n Dodd. Many of them were determined to march into Rensselacr without delay, but through the wiser counsels of some of the oldest and best citizens they were constrained to wait, pending the conference of a committee which had been sent into Rensselear, to confer with the United States Provost Marshal, Mr. Tatman. This committee was assured by Tatman that Dodd should receive respectful treatment, and be given a fair and speedy trial if they were unmolested. Upon this report from the committee, and through the advice of some of the older and time honored citizens, the people dispersed, and returned to their various homes. But to show how these people were taken in and gulled, on this occasion, it is necessary to state in this connection, that this man, H. H. Dodd, was acting in the interest of the Republican party. This occurred only two or three months before the general State election, which transpired about the first of October of that year. Oliver P. Morton was at that time Governor of the State, and he had employed this man Dodd to come to Renssclaer and make one of his most bitter and incendiary speeches, knowing that it would result in advantage to the Republican ticket. This program Mr. Dodd carried out. After his arrest he was removed to Indianapolis, where he was incarcerated in the Government building with a regiment of soldiers surrounding it to guard him and prevent his escape. Dodd, however, only remained there about ten days when it was discovered one fine day that he had succeeded in making his escape. It was learned after the election that Mr. Dodd had been purposely liberated by the authorities, and furnished transportation to Canada, from whence he immediately went to, and located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the following year (1864) he became a candidate and was elected Mayor of the City of Milwaukee on the Republican ticket. Indiana, in 1863, elected the entire Republican State ticket. Thus, it will be seen that this whole Dodd raid affair was caused by a Republican scheme, with Indiana's War Governor as the leader, to secure votes for the Republican candidates for State offices.

During the fall of the year of 1860, the peop.le of this locality organized what is termed a circle wolf and deer chase, or hunt. The place selected for the different detachments to come together at the close of the chase, was "Mount Nebo," in Benton county, west of "Mount Gilboa" and southwest from Remington ten or twelve miles. The chase had been announced two or three months ahead so that all who wished to participate would have ample notice, and would be present. At the appointed time the people came from several different counties, and there was an immense gathering of the people. They came in companies with their captains who had been previously chosen. These captains had adopted rulos to be observed by their respective commands, or men. The counties represented were Jasper, White, Newton, Benton and Tippecanoe. When these various companies had assembled at a designated point, the following order was promulgated: The formation of a circle sufficiently large, that each man could discern readily any object that might be visible between himself and his neighbors on either side of him. To thoroughly beat the territory surrounded and scare up and drive any wolf or deer, to the center of said circle. This occasion was new to most of the men engaged in the chase. The prairie grass was thick and high; wolves were plenty, and had done much damage to the sheep and poultry industries, and the people were very anxious to rid the country of at least a portion of the pests. The writer at that time resided at Black Oak, and there was a good company formed in that neighborhood, headed by Thomas Dobbins as captain. There were probably fifty members of his company. All who joined this chase were on horseback. Further rules forbid the use of fire arms, as it was considered to be dangerous to those in the chase. The men were mainly armed with good strong clubs. When a wolf or deer was started it was the rule for the two men nearest to it to give it chase, the balance of the men holding their stations, whilst the animal was forced around this circle, but not allowed to escape from the circle. This was very hard to do, for the reason that the men would become excited, and being always mounted on the fleetest horses, they would frequently break away from their stations in pursuit of the game. Often they would run an animal down and capture it, but as often the animal would break through the line and make its escape; or failing in making its escape, the pursuers often had a run of many miles before they captured the game. Those not in pursuit of escaped game remained at their posts, and kept the circle complete, and awaited the result of the. outside chase before attempting to start other game. The reason for this was that in those chases fleet dogs and hounds were also employed in running down the game that had broken through the circle. This wolf and deer chasing was a very dangerous business for both men and horses, for the reasons that the grass being very tall, it concealed many stones and gopher holes, upon and into which a running horse was at any time liable to step, thus throwing both himself and the rider, thereby injuring many times very seriously both horse and rider. There had been many chases here prior to the one we here mention, but this one was perhaps the most exciting of any chase ever organized in this community, and was more largely attended than had any similar hunt organized prior to this time. The company that came from Benton county had selected Uncle Henson Owens as its captain, and we believe that Mr. Owens was also selected as the general superintendent of the entire chase. Mr. Owens was at that time an old citizen of Benton county, and is still a resident of the same place. He is now a very old man. He was well posted in everything appretaining to wolf and deer hunting. On this occasion they succeeded in capturing seven or eight wolves and deer. One man lost his life; this man was from Monticello, in White county, and was then the deputy sheriff of White county. His name was Jules Orton. He was mounted on a very fleet horse, and thought he had the fastest horse on the ground; but fast horses sometimes get men into difficulties, as it proved to be the case in this instance. An animal had been started, and under the rules it became the duty of James and George Hemphill, of White county, to give chase, which they did. Mr. Orton disobeyed the rules, and proceeded to give chase also, by breaking ranks and trying to cross through the lines of others whose business and exclusive right it was to make this chase. They had started a deer, and James Hemphill, who had the lead and also the right, with his brother George, next to him, were in hot pursuit of the animal, when Mr. Orton came dashing in, quartering and attempting to pass through between the two Hemphill boys, but the horse that Orton rode came suddenly in contact with the horse ridden by James Hemphill, which threw Mr. Orion's horse, Orton falling under the animal, which rolled over him, crushing him in a shocking manner; when he was reached he was unconscious, but lived five or six hours after the accident; the horse was not injured any by the fall. This accident put an end to the sport for that day. The party was at a great loss to know what to do with the dying man. They were fully seven miles from the nearest human habitation, and out in the wide open prairie. They finally concluded to carry him to the residence of Voss Dobbins, who then lived about two miles south of Wolcott, in White county, on the Kendall farm, a distance of six or eight miles from the place where the accident happened; this they did. The reason that this chase was brought off at " Mount Nebo " was that the country there is high and rolling, and such places are more frequented by wolves than the lower lands, and besides this, those lower lands were generally covered with water, and were therefore not much frequented by the game sought after on this occasion.

John Swan, an old citizen, was there, and still is the proprietor of a good farm in the vicinity of " Mount Nebo." The injured man, Mr. Orton, was finally placed on a horse blanket, and carried by the men, who took turns, until they reached the home of Mr. Dobbins, where the victim died. They did not reach their destination until after dark. The men were all very sorry for this sad ending of the chase, and it had the effect to put a quietus on this manner of wolf and deer chasing. James Hemphill still pursued the deer, and he finally captured and killed it, before he returned and learned how badly Mr. Orton was injured. It was generally conceded that there was no one to be blamed for this accident, excepting Mr. Orton himself, for he had disobeyed the rules of the chase, and forced himself into the position where he met his fatal injury. Men through their excitment often rush into dangerous places, but do not discover their errors until it is everlastingly too late. One of the parties attending this wolf and deer hunt, came from near the Brook Mills, on the Iroquois river, in Newton county. There was also a large company that came from the vicinity of the Battle Ground, in Tippecanoe county. The company that came from Black Oak had in their charge three hounds, two of which were the property of William H. Haver, and the other belonged to Mr. Thomas Dobbins. Mr. Orton had come up from Monticello the day previous and stayed over night with Mr. Haver, and had charge also of his hounds, when he was injured. He was about twenty-two years of age, and had many friends. Black Oak is not a town, village nor hamlet, as might be inferred, but takes its name from the circumstance that there is a considerable amount of black oak timber growing on the sand ridges in this early settled neighborhood. The question is often asked why the early settlers located at Black Oak in lieu of settling on the prairie where the soil is much more fertile. The answer, it appears to me, is for the reason that timber which could be used for fuel was plentiful and convenient, that the prairie lands were nearly always submerged by water, and that it was much more healthy, being freer from miasma on those sand ridges in the timber, than it was on the lower prairie lands, which were nearly always covered with stagnant waters, which were constantly breeding diseases and death for those who had the termity to settle on them in the early times. Horses were very scarce in this country in the earlier years of its settlement, and our people during those times did their hauling, plowing and visiting with oxen; they were perfectly satisfied with this means of locomotion and all were apparently contented and happy.

The prairie fires are entitled to notice also in this record. From the time the grass would burn, which was soon after the first frost, usually about the first of October of each year, until the surrounding prairie was all burnt over, or, if not all burnt, until the green grass in the spring had grown sufficiently to prevent the rapid progress of the fire,- the early settlers were continually on the alert, and as they usually expressed the idea, they "slept with one eye open." When the ground was covered with snow, or during rainy weather, the apprehension was quieted, and both eyes could be safely closed. A statutory law forbade setting the prairie on fire, and any one doing so was subjected to a penalty, and liable to an action of trespass for the damages resulting; but convictions were seldom effected, as proof was necessary and difficult to obtain, though there were frequent fires. Those started on the leeward side of an improvement, while dangerous to property to the leeward, were not so to property to the windward, as fires progressing against the wind are quite easily extinguished, and the temptation to start one of these fires for some trivial purpose was often quite irresistible. Various means were resorted to for protection. A common one was to plow several furrows around a strip several rods wide, outside the improvements, and then burn out the inside of this strip, or wait until the prairie was on fire, and then set fire on the outside of this furrowing, reserving the inner strip for a late burn, that is, until the following summer, and about July burn both old and new grass. The grass afresh immediately, and the stock would feed it closely in preference to the older grass, and subsequent fires could not pass over it in the autumn, there being no grass left to burn. This process repeated would, very soon, or in a few years, run out the prairie grass, which in time became replaced by blue grass, which will not burn to any serious extent. But all this took time and labor, and the crowd of business on hand to a new settler, of which a novice has no conception, would prevent him doing what would now seem to be a small matter; and even when accomplished, all such precautions often proved futile; a prairie fire driven by a high wind would often leap such barriers and seem to put human efforts at defiance.

A prairie fire when first started, goes straight forward with a velocity proportioned to the force of the wind, widening as it goes, but the center keeping ahead; it spreads sideways, but burning laterally it makes but comparatively slow progress, and if the wind is moderate and steady, this spreading fire is not difficult to manage; but if the wind veers a point or two, first one way and then another, it sends this side fire beyond control. The head fire, in dry grass and a head wind is a fearful thing, and pretty sure to have its own way unless there is some defensible point to meet it. A contest with such a fire requires such skill and tact as can be learned only by experience, and a neighborhood of settlers called out by an exigency, at once put themselves under the direction of the oldest and most experienced of their number, and go to work with the alacrity and energy of men defending their homes and property from destruction. The usual way of meeting advancing fires was to begin the defense where the head of the fire would strike, which was calculated by the smoke and ashes, brought by the wind along in advance of the fire; a road, cattle path, or furrow is of great value at such a place. If there was no such, a strip of the grass was wetted down if water could be procured, which was, however, a rather scarce article at the time of the annual fires. On the side nearest the oncoming fire of such a road or path, the grass is set on fire, which burns slowly against the wind until it meets the coming conflagration, which latter stops, of course for want of fuel, provided there has been sufficient time to burn over a strip that cannot be leaped by the head fire as it comes in. This is called "backfiring"; but in this method great care must be exercised to prevent the fire getting over the furrow or path, or whatever is used as the base of operation. If it gets in the rear of this and once under way, there is no remedy but to fall back to a more defensible position. The head of the fire successfully checked, the force of fire fighters divide, part going to the right and part to the left, and the "back firing" continues to meet the side fires as they come up. This must be continued until the fire is checked along the entire front of the premises endangered, and the sides are secured. Various implements were used to put out a side fire or back fire, or even the head of a fire in a moderate wind. A fence board, four to six feet long, with one end shaved down for a handle, was very effective when struck flat upon a narrow strip of fire; a bundle of hazel brush, a spade or shovel were often used with effect. The women frequently lent their aid, and dexterously wielded the mop, which, when thoroughly wet, proved an efficient weapon, especially in extinguishing a fire in the fence; when the fire overcome all opposition, and seemed bound to sweep over the settlement, a fear of personal loss would paralyze for the moment every faculty, and as soon as the danger seemed iminent united effort ceased, and each one hastened to defend his own as best he could. It is due to historical truth, to say that actual losses were much less than might have been expected, though frequently quite severe. The physical efforts made in extinguishing a dangerous fire, and protecting one's home from this devouring element, were of the most trying nature, not unfrequently resulting fatally. The premises about the residence and -yards being trampled down by the family and domestic animals, after a year or two became tolerably safe from fire, but the fences, corn and stubble fields were often attacked. When the open land was all fenced and under cultivation, so that these fires were a thing of the past, the residents of the prairies were happily released from the constant apprehension which for years had disturbed their peace by night, and caused anxiety by day, though the early settlers still retain vivid recollections of the grand illuminations nightly exhibited in dry weather, from early fall to late spring, caused by numberless prairie fires. The whole horizon would be lighted up around its entire circuit. A heavy fire, five, six or seven miles away, would afford sufficient light in a dark night to enable one to read fine print. When a fire had passed through the prairie, leaving the long lines of side fires like two armies facing each other, the sight at night was sublime; and if one's premises were securely protected, and he could enjoy the exhibition without apprehension, it was a sight well worth going far to see. Almost every fall for many years, these prairie fires visited the locality of Remington, and the grass being very thick and tall, if the wind was blowing very heavy the flames would often dart up from fifteen to thirty feet in the air; these fires would also, when the wind was high, travel at a very rapid rate, often going ten to fifteen miles an hour. Under such conditions, it behooved every person to keep out of the track of the conflagration. Out creeks and small rivers afforded no protection as the fires would instantaneously leap across. The people, however, soon learned to protect their property by burning around it when the conditions were favorable.

In the year 1869, the first regular meat market was established in Remington. This meat market was established by Mr. Dorr Blood and Mr. H. Dallas, who were partners in this business. Their shop, or market, stood on the lot now occupied by J. S. Barnes & Co.'s new hay barn. Mr. Blood did not remain long in the business, but sold out his interests in the concern to Mr. Crafford Cheek, and Mr. Dallas sold out his interests to Mr. Charles Griffin, thus Messrs. Cheek & Griffin succeeded Messrs. Blood & Dallas in the meat market business. This change was consummated in the year 1872, and the new firm established their business in the west wing of the Nevada house. Mr. Cheek came to Remington in the year 1868, but resided on a farm for about four years before he moved into town. He has lived in Remington ever since 1872, and has been in the butchering business here, continuously, to the present date. At one time he was in partnership in this business with Chas. T. Denham, and at another time with Clarence A. Babb, having their shop in Allman's cellar. Mr. Cheek's meat market is at present located on the south side of the depot, where he has been in business since 1887. He is doing a fair business. His son Ira Cheek, attends to his father's shop for him a great portion of the time, and is a good steady young man, and makes an excellent clerk.

We have heretofore stated that George W. Hascall taught the first public school in Remington. Mr. James Welsh, resident of Jordan township, taught Remington's second school, during the school year of 1864. Mr. Welsh was fairly well educated, and made a very successful teacher. He was a cripple, having some years previous to this time been engaged in threshing, and while in this business, and running the horse-power, his right foot was caught in the cogs and ground into a pulp. His leg was finally amputated above the knee. Notwithstanding his misfortune and the fact that some of his larger scholars were to some extent very unruly, he made a success. This school numbered about fifty puils, of all sizes and ages, and it was considered a very large school. The writer is the only one out of the larger sized boys who attended this school that now remains in Remington. Jacob A. May, who was also a pupil of this school, however, lives about four miles northwest of town, and is a farmer. The others of the larger class, who are still living, have since mostly all married and sought other fields of business and pleasure. There are, however, two of the daughters of Jacob Shew, who attended this school, that are still residing in Remington. They are both married and have families. Our next teacher was Felix R. Donnelley, who was a veteran in the business. He was a member of the 48th Regt. Ind. Vols. during the late War of the Rebellion, but had returned home at the close of the war, and was employed to teach this school, which commenced in the latter part of the year 1865, and closed in 1866. This was the third school for Remington, and the school had increased, to some extent, in numbers. There were some of the larger boys that were, to some extent, unruly, but Mr. Donnelley handled the entire school with profit to it, and with credit to himself. Mr. Donnelley had been a prominent figure in Remington prior to his enlistment in the service, being one among the first to settle here, and built a business house south of the depot in 1861, being the house afterward occupied by Thomas Harris as a saloon, which was some years later, together with all the other business on the south side of Railway street in this block, destroyed by fire. Mr. Donnelley was elected a member of the Town Board of Trustees in 1872. He was a great lover of music of all kinds, and whilst he was in the service of his country he was a Drum Major. He passed away a few years ago at Monticello, White county, Indiana. In the fall of the year 1866, the patrons of the Remington schools again selected Mr. George W. Hascall as the teacher. This was his second term here, and the fourth term of school for Remington. During this term the scholars were unanimously in favor of having a school exhibition at the close, and with the assistance of some of the outsiders of our town, we succeeded in producing an exeedingly creditable entertainment. Mr. Eldon E. Lockwood took quite an interest in the success of the enterprise, and lent his aid by singing several various comic songs, one of which was as follows:

"Old Noah, he did build an Ark,
He built it of sticks and hickory bark.
In comes the animals two by two,
The old gray horse and the kangaroo,
And if you belong to Gideon's Band,
Here is my heart and here is my hand,
For we are looking for a home," etc.

Another one of his songs was concerning the

"Grasshopper that sat on the sweet potato vine,
When the turkey gobbler came strutting up behind.
And yanked him off," etc.

The singing of these and similar songs created considerable amusement for the school and audience. Another prominent man now in Remington, also took an active interest in this entertainment. We refer to Mr. Robert Parker, who located here in the fall of 1866. Among the exercises indulged in was the reading of an essay which mentioned the name of every pupil of the school. This production, or the original of it, is still in existence.

In the fall of 1867, Mr. James Welsh was for the second time employed to teach this school. When he taught the first term he was a single man, but in the interval between the two terms he had married a daughter of Mr. Samuel. Ritchey, of Jordan township, and at the beginning of this second term, he moved his family into Remington, occupying the J. D. Nichols prperty, now owned by Mr Josiah Allman. Mr. Welsh only remained here until the expiration of his school term in the following spring, when he returned to his home near Rensselaer. Mr. Welsh is still living near Rensselaer and is a prominent citizen of Jasper county, in political circles being one of the most enthusiastic supporters and leaders of the Peoples' party. He is also a prominent leader in the Farmer's Alliance, and has held the off1ce of State lecturer in this institution for several years. He has also instituted a great many local organizations in this Alliance, in Jasper, Newton, Benton, White, Pulaski, and other adjoining counties. At one time he made an effort to organize a lodge in the town of Remington, but through some misunderstanding the meeting proved a failure, and was adjourned without accomplishing the objects sought. There has not, to this time, been an organization effected in the town. Mr. Welch's second school taught here, wound up his school teaching career in Jasper county, he having since the spring of 1868, devoted his time and attention to buying and selling stock, politics and the farmers' interests. In the summer of 1867, Miss Annie Peed taught a subscription school in Remington. She taught a three months term, and at the close of the school, she was joined in wedlock to one William Lowe, a house carpenter, who had previously to this event been a guest and boarder at White's hotel, better known as the "Nevada House." Shortly after their marriage they removed to the west, where they are at present living. In 1867, the Remington school had grown too large to be handled by one teacher, and consequently the Township Trustee, Mr. Thomas Lamborn, divided it, and made two schools. He rented a room up stairs in the Morgan building, which then stood near the site of the post office, for this second school, and he employed Mr. John Fisher as the teacher. John Fisher was a brother of Capt. Charles F. Fisher, who resides a short distance northeast of Remington, and is one of our best farmers, and an excellent citizen. John Fisher was not a wealthy man, and he died several years ago.

In 1868, Miss Addie Hulbert was employed to teach our school, and she proved to be a model teacher. But at first some of the patrons thought she was too severe with her pupils, having brought the birch into active service on some occasions; in one instance having severely chastised a daughter of Dr. Samuel Miller. Dr. Miller called a school meeting with a view of having her discharged, but after a full and thorough investigation it was decided to retain her in the school, and she proceeded to teach it to a successful close. After Dr. Miller's daughter had time to think the matter over, she returned to the school again, and was an excellent pupil, causing her teacher no further trouble. The free and vigorous application of the rod produced a salutary effect on the entire school. Dr. Samuel Miller, also after due reflection and observation, concluded that he had been in error, and soon became one of the best friends and supporters of Miss Hulbert. She was greatly beloved by all her pupils, and also the patrons of the school, and all others who had formed her acquaintance, and consequently she was again employed to teach the next term of school, which commenced in the fall of 1869. She had no opposition in securing this employment, and Dr. Miller remained faithful to her in his support, being more anxious, apparently, than any other person to secure her service. The larger scholars during this term (which was the tenth) organized a lyceum or a debating school for general practice in debating and speaking on various questions, the object being our mutual improvement in these lines. We adopted a constitution and by-laws for our government, and also kept closed doors. We invited several persons who were not going to school, to become members of this debating society, and after it was fully and completely organized, the membership consisted of the following named persons, viz.: Miss Addie Hulbert, Thomas Donnelley, Adaline Donnelley, Samuel Haver, Charles Haver, Emma Haver, Josephine Harman, Charles Fisher, Hattie Black, Abbie Black, John Darlington, Eliza Ravenscroft, Josephine Jeffries, Gertie Troutman, James Royalty, Maggie Miller, Jacob A. May, Martha Curry, Jane Curry, John Curry, Frank Shaw and Mary Shaw; the above constituted the membership of the lyceum, and upon the first meeting they all became members by placing their signatures to the constitution. Samuel Haver was selected as the president, and Miss Addie Hulbert was chosen as the secretary. We had a paper, and Miss Emma Haver was chosen as its editress. On the second meeting of our society two of the members got into an altercation over a certain seat, each one claiming it, and roughly contending for the occupancy of it; this difficulty resulted in a lawsuit, under the constitution and by-laws of the society. This law suit occupied, or furnished entertainment, for five or six meetings of the society. The parties to the suit were Thomas E. Donnelley vs. the Janitor; Samuel Haver was the judge of the court. Dr. Albert Irwin was employed as an attorney on one side of the case, and Mr. Silas Black was employed on the other. Donnelley brought this suit, and in his complaint he alleged that the janitor had assaulted him in a rude, insolent, angry and rough manner, by siezing hold of him, the plaintiff, and jerking him out of the seat. Nearly all of the members of the society had seen the disturbance between the parties, and were consequently subpoened as witnesses to testify in the trial of the case. The lawyers spoken of had become members; the reader will understand that this lawsuit was originated for amusement, and was all a farce, but the defendant was nevertheless subjected to heavy fine, which was promptly stayed by good security, for the customary ninety days. When not trying a law suit, the entertainments generally consisted of speeches, declamations, debates and essays, and reading of the paper. The contents of this paper were generally communications written for it, by the members of the society, in which frequent criticisms were indulged in of each other. These communications afforded immense amusement for the members, as they were openly read in the presence of all. At the close of Miss Hulbert's school, this society ceased to exist, and has therefore long since been an institution of the past. However, the gratitude of this school was, and is due to Miss Hulbert, and she will always be held in grateful remembrance by her scholars, and those patrons and citizens who had the pleasure and good fortune to form her acquaintance.

The teacher succeeding Mr. Fisher in the second school room established in Remington, was Miss Eliza Parker, in 1868. She taught this school at the same time Miss Hulbert was teaching the other and larger school, being Miss Hulbert's first school, Miss Parker's school was known as the Remington Primary school department, and the pupils were generally small, and did not of course attract the attention that was bestowed upon the higher and older school controlled by Miss Hulbert.

Miss Clara Williams taught this primary department school during the successful term, or during the term that Miss Hulbert taught her second term. This was in the fall and winter of 1869-1870. The above and foregoing is a partial record of the first ten schools taught in the town of Remington, and the same having been taught by only seven different school teachers. This is the record as remembered by the author, he having nothing from the township trustee's office to guide him as that official has kept no official record on file in his office. The absence of the school records for Carpenter township is due to the fact that they were destroyed by fire at the time of the destruction of the Hathaway building, which occurred about 1881 or 1882; the township records at that time having been kept in the office of Harper W. Snyder, attorney, who then had his office in the Hathaway building. The foregoing records are, however, pretty nearly correct, if not entirely so. Thomas Lamborn had up to this time been the trustee of Carpenter township, and at about this time the town of Remington was legally incorporated, which took the control of the schools and other public matters from the township trustee, and the regular officers of the town then assumed the control of such matters. As before stated, the first board of school trustees for the town of Remington, consisted of S. C. Maxwell, Geo. B. Clark and William Railsback. These changes were accomplished during the year 1870, from which date the schools of Remington have all been graded. At that time Remington had a sufficient number of children of school age to warrant the employment of three teachers, but so far unfortunately she had no suitable buildings in which the schools could be taught. But in order to establish the third department, the school board leased the Presbyterian building for the purpose of holding this third school in; Miss M. P. Bolles here taught her first school. In the fall of the year 1870, Miss M. P. Bolles became principal of the Remington schools, and the Misses Clara Williams and Mary Blood taught the two lower departments, the school officers at this time renting for the third room the building now owned and occupied by Mr. Thomas Harris. In 1871, James H. Snoddy became principle, with the Misses Julia M. Nelson and Mary Blood as his assistants, for the second and third departments. In the summer of 1872 Miss Blood taught a select school in Remington; she also at later dates taught schools at Gilboa Center, in Benton county, and Green's school No. 2, in Jasper county.

In the winters of 1872 and 1873, J. H. Snoddy was again the principal of these schools, with the Misses Julia Nelson and Mary Blood as his assistants. At this time the board of school trustees was composed of S. C. Maxwell, William Railsback and George B. Chappell. In the later part of 1873, the corps of teachers was N. R. Neize, Maggie P. Bolles and Agnes Nelson, and about this time the corps of teachers was changed to Misses M. P. Bolles, Mary Blood and Agnes Nelson, and the board of school trustees was also changed so that the new board was composed of Daniel Nelson, David H. Patton and George B. Chappell.

In 1882, D. B. Sweetzer & Co., built a flax and straw breaking mill in the northwestern part of Remington, and they continued the business until the latter part of 1883. This had the effect to encourage the people of the country to raise flax, and it afforded labor for a goodly number of persons. Thus a market was afforded for flax and other straw. The company sold this institution to Mr. Michael J. Costello in the year 1884; he continued to run this flax mill for about three years. During this time there were two men employed in this mill that were very seriously injured by being caught in the machinery, one of them having his hand badly crushed in the flax break, the other having one of his fingers taken off. The first of these men to meet with an accident as above stated was a Mr. Coucha and the other was Mr. F. Baker. The property was destroyed by fire in the latter part of 1884, and it was rebuilt in the year 1885. From this time on, however, this mill was used only for a hay barn. There was, however, an accident occurred again here to one of the employes in the place, the victim this time being Mr. Theodore F. Sheets, who had his right hand and arm fearfully crushed in some part of the machinery. His hand and arm was ever after this accident partially useless to him. This barn is situated on the west bank of the creek, in Chambers & Morgans addition to Remington, at the end of Iowa and Short streets.

In 1869 the Christian church edifice was built in Remington, it being the second church building to be erected here. The church class proper was organized by Rev. C. A. O'Connor, who came to this place in 1868, and made it his mission to revive religious sentiments in the minds of the people of that particular faith. He held his meetings in the old school house. He stirred up a considerable revival, the church being thereby greatly strengthened, and the leading members went at once to work, taking steps toward the construction of a regular house in which to worship. Their efforts being crowned with success in 1868, as stated above. Rev. O'Connor remained with this congregation for some time, and was succeeded as pastor by the Rev. W. B. Hendryx, who took charge and remained with the charge until during the year 1874, when he was succeeded by the Rev. T. Lillie, who remained with the congregation only one year, and he was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Carpenter, now an evangelist, who remained one year, and was followed by Rev. Mr. Hauger. Mr. Hauger was succeeded by the Rev. E. O. Sharp, who remained with the congregation one year; he by Rev. Mr. Craft, who remained one year; he by Rev. Mr. Leonard, who remained one year; he by Rev. Mr. Ellis, who remained one year; he by Rev. Lemuel Shortnage, who remained one year; he by Rev. Armstrong, who remained one year; he by the Rev. LeMiller, who remained one year; he by the Rev. C. W. Cooper, who remained about one year, and he by the Rev. Mr. Carson, who is at this time, 1894, the pastor of this church. It is proper here to remark that a Mr. J. P. Robinson was the pastor of this church for two years immediately preceding the Rev. Mr. Carson, the present pastor. This church maintains an excellent sabbath school, which has been so fortunate as to command the services of Mr. Robert Parker as superintendent, for the greater portion of the time since its organization. The Christian Endeavor Society was also organized in this church about 1891; this society has had as its treasurers, Messrs. Jno. Heickle and R. R. Pettit.

During the history of this church there has been enacted some exciting scenes. It appears that some members of the so-called Church of God, had contributed somewhat toward the building of this Christian church, and they were allowed for a time to worship therein; but eventually some of the leading members of the Christian faith deemed it advisable to exclude the other faction, and on one certain occasion Mr. J. O. B. McDougle was forcibly ejected from the edifice by Dr. Samuel Maxwell. This occurred in 1883. This church has also been used for worship by the United Brethern organization on several occasions. This United Brethern church made the first church record ever made in Remington. They held their first meetings in the old school house, before any denomination had constructed a temple for worship. The United Brethern church as a separate society was not a success here. They were never able to build. The society made their home with the other church societies, but in the last few years they have held no meetings here whatever.

The Church of God heretofore mentioned, and whose followers were known as soul sleepers, had quite a membership here at one time, and they were led by Father Babb, a former hotel keeper of Remington, and Mr. J. O. B. McDougle, as his assistant. The former ministers of this society in their order were, the Reverends Shockey, Reed, of Chicago, Wilcox, Hess and Oppy; but the flock was eventually left under the charge of Mr. J. O. B. McDougle. After being refused admission to the Christian church, the membership became greatly scattered, some of them uniting with the Christian church, some of them moving away and others waiting for some kind of an opening to present itself, whereby they might become again united. Among the first ministers to arrive in Remington were J. C. Webster, who held religious services in the school house. This man resided then (in 1866) where Mr. Hugh Roberts now resides on his farm, directly east of town. Rev. Isaac Vinson came here also from Reynolds, Ind., to preach the gospel to the people; also a Mr. Dennis Wiggins preached to the people here in the early sixties; he was not a regularly ordained minister of the gospel, and only preached and exhorted the people occasionally. He'was a citizen of Remington from 1862 until 1866, when he removed with his family to the State of Missouri, during the fall of the year 1866.

The Rev. Joseph Glaize followed Rev. Wiggins. He remained with the people for several years; he was a circuit rider, having several different appointments to fulfill. He kept a horse and buggy and made it his business to travel all over the country, doing good work in the service of the Master. Another man of record, was the Rev. Mr. J. C. Roswell, who ministered to the spiritual wants of the United Brethern of the town and vicinity. Other ministers of the gospel of Christ, that we may properly mention here, were Mr. E. Peck, Rev. E. F. Penney, Rev. Mr. Smith and Rev. Mr. Hoffman.