A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.

              HISTORY OF AVAUPACA COUNTY 271
kosh in the night under a strong wind. I do not remember how many days it took to reach Shawano with our load, but it was a hard trip and made in safety. I worked at Red River fourteen months and now I think I can say something that very few if any can now say: Captain Hotelin had a flat keel, stern wheel steamboat, I should think forty or fifty feet long, and he run his steamboat to Shawano in June, 1854; said to be his second trip, one having been made several years before, and he did not expect to try to make another. I do not remember of seeing any more buildings in New London as the steamboat passed the (now) city, and that is the last glimpse I have had of New London. Now Comrades, if this does not interest you, lay it aside and tell me it is not up to date.
'' But I wish to tax your patience a little more by saying that a first cousin of mine (supposed! name was AVilliam Carr) married a lady by the name of Mary Pace, and I heard that they settled in New London and that he died several years ago. I notice the name of W. W. Pace, secretary of local committee, and C. P. Carr, with others, on the commit¬ tee of reception, which induces me to mention their names. Now, if C. P. Carr should be a son of the said William Carr I would be pleased to have him write to me. In closing will say that the boys of '61 and '65 are now old men and we will all of us soon be in eternity. Let us ask ourselves, where will we spend it ? There are some old soldiers that faced the cannon's mouth who do not like to face this solemn question, but we may be reconciled to God through Jesus Christ our Lord and in no other way. I am seventy-two years old and may never meet you in this life, but I wish to testify that Jesus Christ has (Power) on earth to forgive sin.
"Yours in P. C. & L.
"David iS. Clark."
Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop's Recollections
Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, son of Rev. Alfred C. Lathrop, the pioneer Congregational minister of New London, came to the village with his father in 1854. Each was a minister of the local church for many years. The father had preached in Central New York for a period of fifteen years before coming to Wisconsin. "In 1853," says Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, "he accomplished his long cherished desire to go west, moving with his family to the then far off state of Wisconsin. (I distinctly re¬ member that in those days this name was commonly spelt in the old 'Frenchified' way, 0-u-i-s k-o-n-s-a-n.) It was then not five years old as a state. It had then 37 counties with a population of about 318,000, in¬ stead of 71 counties with two and a quarter million as now. _ There were