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FEW RELICS FROM OLD CQMOJIftWNMRS. 0. S. PARTRIDGE MAKES. DONATION TO LOCAL HISTOR-ICAL SOCIETY.HURIQS OF THE EARLY DAYSA Board FromrOldeist House in theTown. Bone Buried Seven Feetin ^arth and Other Things.Our young citizens do not know there was a time when Como instead of.being a small anU scatter'ed villajge, quiet and retired,, wfts the empo'rium of this end of the county.'* Her millsand stores rnml c.t li!ngszrlively; anddrew the people, but th§ railroad camestation, S lerli ng_became. thejpolritof trade, and t'omo.liko Salem, in Massachusetts, Jaffa In Palestine, Kaskas-kia in Illinois, cherishes a glorious -tradltioBr- ----■It was a peculiar settlement, too, in the character of its pcfepie. They were all intelligent and reflnSd. hhrmnniousand social, and formed a delightful society among themselves. There were thtr Smiths, the Pollocks, Hardings, Burrs, and others, gome of their excellent descendants remaining in this day. *But gone are all the old familiar faces.In a recent .visit to the early town, Henry L-. Davis came upon an interesting stony. At the rcsidenco of Mrs. O S. Partridge Is a.remnant of a house that was t h eh o m of or—m any^yoajs-ot-Jesse Scott, One of the flrsLsettlers of Como. In 1839, he built the house in Ohio, put. it in a boat propelled by horse power, floated down the Muskingum to the Ohio, down that river, up the Mississippi, up the Rock to the port of Como. Mrs. Partridge has given a clapboard of this ancient hcmo to the |listorical society. It Ts~ six inches wide, three feet long, and hard as iron, and .would „ last sixty years more. It Is like the ccdar of lyebaironrWith the* hoard, she also gives a huge bone, found seven feet below the surface, while' digging a well. It would take a comparative anatomist to identify the fossil. Perhaps it be-' longed So a Tnastodon or a megathe-rium, or some -olher-of-the-stupendous-creatures tiny roamed these prc historic prairies. Shall we send to IStnrrof University of Chicago for a description?Mrs. Partridge comes of gallant parentage - Jesse Scott*. her great grandfather. was- a -veteran—of—the-.-wnr-of-1812. ninrTought in the battle of the Thames where that fierce warrior and famous In di an ,_Ie cu ms eh. was slain.He has fought has last battle,No sound can awake him, to glory'agaln.It is not-uecessary to say that thesivaluable„gifts of Mrs. Partridge ai heartily appreciated We hope all oisociety, and preserve their curios for its shelves. ItTsTeally ourToTtal mttse-mn, a family, depository, a sortTSf per petna! cold storage plant for the coming generations.
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Sterling Semi Weekly Gazette
Sterling, Illinois, US
Fri, May 05, 1905
Page 7
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