from 1889 to 1894; was a member of the state central committee for two years; was chosen a presidential elector several years ago, and has been a delegate to more than forty republican state conventions.

Enthusiastic and active in military affairs, it was but natural that when Mr. Raymond returned from the war to civil life he should retain a fondness for soldiers. He was largely instrumental in organizing a company of Iowa National Guards here and was captain of the same for several years. He was elected lieutenant-colonel of the Sixth Iowa National Guard. He was especially devoted to the Grand Army of the Republic and in 1903 was elected commander of the Department of Iowa in that organization. For several years, under the old trustee system for control of state institutions, he was a member of the board in charge of the soldiers' home at Marshalltown.

For a period of many years Mr. Raymond was secretary of the Soldiers' Relief Commission, and many are the kindly acts and instances of material aid dispensed by him as an official of this commission. He was secretary of the Franklin County Old Settlers' Association from its organization up to the time that failing health prevented him from continuing the duties of that office.

It was largely through Mr. Raymond's efforts that Andrew Carnegie was induced to present the city of Hampton with $10,000, for the establishment of our public library, and for years he was president of the library board. His interest in everything pertaining to the advancement and upbuilding of Hampton was untiring and it can truthfully be said that L. B. Raymond gave largely of his time and talent to the public good.

Mr. Raymond was married at Clinton, Wisconsin, February 14, 1864, t0 Mary Leverich, who, with five children, three sons and two daughters, survives him. The children are: Louis Harvey, who resides at Kennewick, Washington; Grace, Mrs. May Rule, and Lucius, all of this city; and Levi B., Jr., of Washington, D. C. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. J. F. Williams, of Chicago, and one brother, J. S. Raymond, of Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. Raymond was a member of the Masonic Lodge and of J. W. McKenzie Post, G. A. R.

CHAPTER XV

d. w. dow, pioneer lawyer, becomes reminiscent—his campaign in 1860—efficacy of "chewin' terbacker"—how hampton

looked in 1859.

Over a half century ago, or to be explicit, in the summer of 1859, D. W. Dow, a young man just admitted to the practice of law and seeking a location where his abilities would be sought and an ambitious spirit appeased, came to Hampton, the county seat of Franklin, then four years old. He found a little settlement of probably seventy-five people and not over twenty houses all told. The outlook was not very flattering to a young and aspiring lawyer; for clients. were scarce, the country was new and sparsely settled; of money there was little. But the intrepid and hopeful new citizen of the growing village made the best of the situation. He remained, became a prominent member of the local bar, was elected to an important office, and before retiring from an active, honorable business career was intrusted with many positions of trust and responsibility. Before laying aside the cares and strifes of the able lawyer and public man, he efficiently and satisfactorily served the county three terms in the State Legislature.

Mr. Dow was born in Washtenaw county, Michigan, in 1836, and the reader can see that this nestor of the bar is now past the biblical allotment to man of years upon earth. But he is still strong mentally, and his memory is almost incredibly keen and accurate. Consenting to an interview, this kindly old gentleman gave the writer the attached details relating to the county, Hampton and certain of the early settlers as he saw them:

"When but a lad I moved with my parents from Washtenaw county, Michigan, to Wisconsin. We located in Prairieville, a town. near Milwaukee, and now known as Waukesha, but soon thereafter the family moved to Whiteside county, Illinois, where I was raised. I attended the public schools until sixteen years of age, after which, to obtain means for a more extended education, I worked on farms

in the summer and with the money paid my way at the academy in Lee Center, Lee county, Illinois. While a student in the academy, another young man and myself read law in our room in a farm house where we kept 'bachelor's hall.' Following this, I was taken into the law office of C. J. Johnson, at Morrison, Illinois, and before the required time for reading had expired, I applied for admission to the bar and passed a successful examination before the supreme court of the state. However, I returned to Johnson's law office and read six months longer. In the spring of 1859, with the other law students, I went to DeWitt, in Clinton county, Iowa, and stood an examination under Judge John Dillon.

"On the 5th day of July, 1859, I arrived in Franklin county. I left Illinois, with others, in a wagon with a team of horses, having with me books and other necessaries. On July 4th we traveled from Sumner to Waverly. It started to rain, and there being no houses between the Wapsipinicon river and Waverly, we traveled straight across the prairie. The rain turned to snow, which fell to a depth of all of four inches, but it melted before we got to Waverly. This was a phenomenon I had never seen before nor since, of a snow of that depth in July. The night of the snow we stayed at Shell Rock and the next day reached Hampton.

"When I arrived at Hampton I found a town of perhaps some seventy-five people, men, women and children, and perhaps fifteen or twenty houses. The latter included the Hampton House, then standing on Fourth street between Reeve and Main streets, on the site of the present Rule Hotel. It was a frame building, a story and a half in height. Doctor Guthrie was the boniface. Just west of this building was a general store, in a frame structure, one story high. The proprietors were T. B. and H. H. Carpenter, of Cedar Falls. There was another general store on Main street, where the Carnegie Library now stands. This was kept by W. G. Beed and James Thompson. Still north of that building was a boot and shoe store and cobbler shop. Here Norman Lisk had a stock of boots and shoes. There was a blacksmith shop standing on the corner of Second and Reeve streets, run by George Thompson. Andy Cannam kept the hotel in a log cabin, with a frame addition, on another corner of Second and Reeve.

"I found the Hampton Reporter already established and being edited by S. M. Jones. The office was in a one-story frame building, unplastered and with one room. It stood on the site now occupied by the Baptist church. Stephen M. Jones and M. S. Bowman