Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond Du Lac From Early Times to the Present, Personal Reminiscences, Remarkable Events, Election Results, Military History, Etc.

              FROM EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT 237
"In 1846, William Galland, with his wife and family of six chil¬ dren, located in Lamartine. All looked bright to the family until the parents were stricken with typhoid fever. The care of the sick ones and the children fell upon the eight year old daughter. With the best she could have done the sick ones must have died, had not Mr. Storey, a new settler, taken them to his own home to care for them. Mrs. Lyman Bishop, who came to Fond du Lac in 1845, ^^^ made her home with Isaac Brown, gives an account of sickness in the families of two brothers by the name of Wright. They lived in quickly con¬ structed shanties and three were stricken in one family and two in another. Mrs. Col. Tryon gave up her home to one family. Mrs. Bishop did sewing during the day and watched nights. When it rained the watchers held umbrellas over the sick, and put pans and plates on the beds to catch the water as it fell. Four of the fiYt died, strangers in a strange land. Mrs. Bishop had the fever herself, but grit pulled her through and she still lives in her home on Third street, a hale and hearty old lady of about eighty years of age. Coffins for burial of the dead were home made. Many still remember the loving services of Elder Vaughn in times of bereavement. He not only made coffins for the loved ones who had passed away, but preached the funeral sermons and gave consolation to the surviving friends.
Education Not Neglected.
"Grateful ought we of this later generation, to be for the atten¬ tion given by the early settlers to education. Primitive indeed, were the buildings, but the teachers were generally from good eastern schools. One student from an eastern college thought it belittled him to be examined by a town board, but in order to teach had to comply with the law. Elder Brown, of Springvale, conducted the examina¬ tion. They got along nicely until they came to algebra. A question was asked and the student replied: 'I think you would not understand if I should explain it to you.' This was too much for the good elder, and question followed question until the young man did not know where he was at. Finally the elder told him he would give him a permit to teach if he would brush up on algebra. The primitive school buildings were also used for church services by the settlers who came sometimes many miles in the conveyances used at that time. Divine services were always well attended. One Sunday the school house at Rock River would not hold the people. They stationed them¬ selves at the doors and windows, when a little girl was heard to remark: 'Oh, mamma, just see how full the school house is on the outside.'
Primitive Vehicles.
"Before our honored president had a box for his wagon, he had what they called a buckboard with a chain underneath for a footrest. As he was returning from church with Mrs. Hitt, who was holding a child in her arms, the board caught an obstruction and tipped, nearly throwing them to the ground; but Mr. Hitt did not intend leaving his wife in that fashion and seized her with one hand and