More Old Tyme Greenview
Note: The following is a passage from a History of Menard and Mason counties written in 1879....it is in present time in 1879. This passage is about the early Greenview. Enjoy!!
"The first dwelling-house erected in the village was put up by
Robert McReynolds, soon after it was laid out, and very soon after this, James Stone erected a dwelling. The first brick house was built by John Wilkinson, and is now used as a hotel. One of the first business houses of importance was built by McReynolds, and afterward occupied by him as a store. There is some question at the present day as to whether McReynolds was the first merchant in the place, or whether Emanuel Meyer & Bro. deserve the honor. These were, probably, the two first stores in the village. Silas Beekman had a store here the fall the railroad was completed through the town.
The first tavern was kept by John Wilkinson, and is still in existence (in the brick house mentioned above), but is now conducted by the widow of Mr. Wilkinson and their son. It is an excellent hotel for a village of the size of Greenview. The first blacksmith was Jacob Propst, who opened a shop soon after the laying-out of the village. The first physicians were Drs. Davis and Galloway. At present, the practitioners of the place are Drs. S. T. Hurst and W. A. Mudd.
A mill was built some years ago (the exact date we could not obtain), by McCormick Brothers. In January of the present year, it was burned to the ground. It was a frame building, two stories high, with two run of buhrs originally, but a third run was added at a later day,, and the entire structure was erected at a cost of about $10,000. It has not been rebuilt, which leaves quite a large scope of country between Petersburg and Mason City without a mill. Harvey Yeaman was the first man who handled grain at this point. He built a part of the present grain elevator, and then sold out to Morse & Co., who raised the elevator and built another story under it. This seems to have been on the principle of the Irishman's mode of building a chimney, viz. r "Laying down a brick and putting some others under it." While it is quite* common to build another story on a house, it is rarely we hear of one having a story built under it. They also added cribs, machinery and all modern improvements. It is now owned by Petrie & Co., who are the only grain-buyers in the village."
........ "The village of Greenview is a flourishing place, containing some 500 or 600 inhabitants, and, considering its proximity to Petersburg on one side and Mason City on the other, enjoys quite a large trade. Its business is about as follows: Two dry-goods stores with groceries added, one store of groceries exclusively, one drug store, one store of hardware and stoves, two blacksmith and wagon shops, one harness shop, one shoe shop, two saloons, two carpenter
shops, one undertaker, one livery stable, one jeweler, one bank, two lumber yards, two physicians, one hotel, one butcher shop and one grain elevator.
Marbold, Alkire & Co., carry on the banking business in all its details. A very handsome public square has been set apart in the center of the village and inclosed with a substantial fence. It is well set in trees and grass, and it is intended, we learn, to lay it out in walks, plant shrubbery and arrange rustic seats. When this is done, it will be a spot of which the citizens of Greenview may well feel proud.
A strange feature in the history of the village is the fact that it has no cemetery. Its dead are taken mostly to Petersburg for burial. There are also several burying-grounds in the immediate vicinity, where repose many of the early dead, and these cemeteries receive additions, now and then, from the village ; but, as we said, most of its dead are taken to the cemetery at Petersburg. But the village, in our mind, should have a cemetery of its own. Such a place, kept as it should be, adds much to the interest of a town."
What's To Eat At Our House Tonight
Did you ever have one of those days where you have done so much in one day, to heck with cooking??!! Well tonight is one of those day/nights. So the refrigerator door is open....find whatever you can find and don't bother me! HA HA HA Seriously it's leftovers tonight. And maybe grilled cheese sandwiches.
But for kicks, I will give you the recipe that someone gave me long ago which is supposed to copy the Strawberry Pie which was served at Tops Big Boy. I only had the pie at Tops Big Boy one time and that was when I was in high school, so I can't guarantee that it's the same but it tastes like I remember....but this recipe is good so here it is.
Tops Big Boy Strawberry Pie
1 quart strawberries cleaned and stemmed
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon lemon juice
9-inch baked pie shell
Whipping cream
Take 1 cup of the strawberries (the smaller or broken ones), and add the sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice and cook until thick. Cool. Arrange the whole berries in a cooked and cooled pie crust and pour the homemade glaze over berries. Top with whipped cream and refrigerate. Serves 8.
Double Entendres
If you saw these headlines, I think you would start laughing....the writer meant to say one thing, but what they said wasn't what they wanted to say... you got that didn't you???
1. Include Your Children When Baking Cookies.
2. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms.
3. Drunks Get Nine Months In Violin Case.
4. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids.
5. Stolen Painting Found By Tree.
6. Miners Refuse To Work After Death.
7. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks.
8. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over.
As you can see, it's important that we say what we really mean. I bet that Veterinarian sure had fun!
Thought For The Day
Silence is one of the
great arts of conversation.
--Cicero
Today is just one more day exhausted in this month of July. Already it is the 7th day of this month.....where do the days and the months go? Certainly, time passes faster when one gets older and of course, when one is younger time never passes fast enough. Does this mean that if we stayed young forever, we would never age. Well.....since we can't stay young forever, we will never know. But I know I sure get older each day. Don't we all!! Have a good evening. Later.....
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