Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . r of Utica, New York, was old gravel store was taken down in 1872 and re-placed by a larger one of wood, now owned by W. Coon. This made the second store in the place,one having been erected by F. E. Olsen in 1869. As has been before mentioned, to Clinton belongsthe distinction of being the place in which the firstand only distillery in the town was started, and toUtica, we believe, belongs the honor of being thestarting point of temperance reform in t
Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . r of Utica, New York, was old gravel store was taken down in 1872 and re-placed by a larger one of wood, now owned by W. Coon. This made the second store in the place,one having been erected by F. E. Olsen in 1869. As has been before mentioned, to Clinton belongsthe distinction of being the place in which the firstand only distillery in the town was started, and toUtica, we believe, belongs the honor of being thestarting point of temperance reform in this after the organization of the town, a town meet-ing was being held at this place, in the old gravelschool house, still standing but unused. Some of thecandidates from the eastern portion of the town hadfurnished a keg of whisky, which was to serve thedouble purpose of catching votes and enlivening theoccasion generally. The dispensers of this beverageimprovised a bar-room in the end of a shed belongingto one of the neighboring settlers, and were havingan exceedingly jolly time, when the owner of the. AGRICULTURE. From Mitchells New School Geography. DANE COUNTY TOWNS CUKISTIANA 361 shed came in, and embracing a moment when all werebusily drinking, seized the keg, and, carrying it intothe middle of the road, put a heavy fence rail throughit, greatly to the damage of the whisky, and the dis-gust of the imbibers. The early settlers endured many hardships, andoften carried on their agricultural operations in themost primitive manner. The section of a largeround tree, usually shod with iron, often formed thewheels of their carts or wagons, and until the intro-duction of threshing machines in 1848, the prevailingmode of threshing was indentical with that which hasbeen practiced in Oriental countries for the last threethousand years. A large dry spot of ground wascleared off evenly, and packed as hard as this the grain was placed to the depth of a footor
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