. A twentieth century history and biographical record of Elkhart County, Indiana . n the Northern Indimiian December 26, 1840: The memlDers of the Goshen Lyceum are requested to meet this eveningat Hintons Hotel at early candle light. The citizens generally are in-vited to attend. Question: Resolved that it would be expedient forthe legislature of the state of Indiana to authorize the issue of bills of aless denomination than five dollars, by the State Bank. Then followthe names of the committee—A. Stilson. T. H. Bassett, D. Parret—andAl. H. Rollin, president, and W. A. Thomas, secretary. Anot
. A twentieth century history and biographical record of Elkhart County, Indiana . n the Northern Indimiian December 26, 1840: The memlDers of the Goshen Lyceum are requested to meet this eveningat Hintons Hotel at early candle light. The citizens generally are in-vited to attend. Question: Resolved that it would be expedient forthe legislature of the state of Indiana to authorize the issue of bills of aless denomination than five dollars, by the State Bank. Then followthe names of the committee—A. Stilson. T. H. Bassett, D. Parret—andAl. H. Rollin, president, and W. A. Thomas, secretary. Another institution of the past, mentioned elsewhere, was the Pio-neers Association, which has not met for some years. It was once aflourishing organization, its meetings aroused much enthusiasm not onlyamong members, but the entire populace, and were eagerly looked for-ward to as one of the annual events of the countys social life. Thefirst annual meeting of the association was held at the court house onMay II, 1858, with James H. Barns as chairman and E. W. H. HISTORY OF ELKHART COUNTY 301 CHAPTER AND FRATERNAL HISTORY. Man in society is like a flowerBlown in its native bed; tis there aloneHis faculties, expanded in full bloom,Shine out; there only reach their proper use. -COWPER. Joseph Noffsinger. the hermit squatter and border man, who iselsewhere mentioned as having settled at the confluence of the Qiristianaand St. Joseph streams, away from civiHzed people because he hated thesociety of white men, little realized the impossibility of complete isola-tion. His course was like a soldier trying to live by himself during theCivil war. .\s there were ties which drew the soldiers together, tieswhich exist even to-day, so there were ties which drew the early settlerstogether. They had common interests, had a common work to do, andwere threatened by common dangers. Their very circumstances madeit necessary that they stand together, minister to each othe
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