Iowa Old Press
Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
Nov 2, 1898
E. W. KELLY DEAD
On Thursday evening occurred the death of Mr. E. W.
Kelly at his home in this city after an illness of about two weeks. The funeral
was held Saturday forenoon and was largely attended, many having been present
from a distance. Services were conducted at the Catholic church by Rev. M. J.
Costello, who offered up a requiem high mass. The floral offerings were many and
beautiful. The pallbearers were W. E. Cullen, E. F. Kelly, Alex Jennings, Wm.
O'Brien, John Mohan and John Donovan. The remains were laid to rest in St.
John's cemetery.
Mr. Kelly was born in the county of Tipperary, Ireland,
in 1821. He came to the United States when quite young and was among the first
few and sturdy pioneers of Palo Alto county. He was a pleasant, kind,
neighborly, warm-hearted gentleman and enjoyed the good will of all who knew
him. He was quite and unassuming and was contented with his sphere in life. The
surviving mourners consist on one son, W. H., and six daughters. The latter are
Mesdames John and Louis Maguire, of Ayrshire; John McNally, T. W. Bradley and T.
B. Walsh, of this city, and Miss Aggie who lives with her mother. The general
sympathy of all who know them is extended to those whose heads are bowed in
sorrow.
E.W. Kelly Called Home
Thursday evening of last week occurred the death of Mr. E.W.
Kelly, at his home in this city, after an illness of about two weeks. Mr. Kelly
was one of the old settlers in this county, and was highly respected by all who
knew him. He was born in Tipperary county, Ireland, in 1821, where he resided
until 1857, when he emigrated to this country and settled at New York. Three
years later he was married at Albany, N.Y. to Miss Margaret O'Brien, and soon
after came west and was employed on the old Galena & Freeport Railroad which
subsequently became a part of the Illinois Central system. In June, 1864, he
came to Palo Alto county and took up as a homestead what is known as the old
Grier farm, adjacent to this city. Here he continued to reside until 1878, when
he built the residence in this city, in which he resided at the time of his
demise. Mr. Kelly was a generous hearted man, a splendid neighbor and a whole
souled man. He leaves a loving wife, one son and six daughters to mourn his
death. The funeral took place from the Catholic church, Saturday forenoon,
October 30th, and was largely attended.
The services were conducted by Rev. J.M. Costello, who
offered up a requiem high mass. The floral offerings were many and beautiful,
coming from the hands of loving friends. The remains were laid to rest in St.
John's Cemetery.
Private Citizens Again.
The Fifty-Second Iowa Infantry Volunteers, is no more, and
the boys of Company K, in common with the boys of the eleven other Companies of
the regiment, are now private citizens again.
The work of mustering out is a very simple process, and
consists of simply making out the discharge papers and mustering out roll, and
handing the former to each volunteer, after he has been paid the stipend that is
due him.
The work of paying off the regiment commenced Sunday morning
at 9 o'clock, and it took until that hour that night before each man had
received his pay, and had his discharge paper in his pocket. The greater share
of the boys were glad to become private citizens once more, and as soon as a
fellow got his pay in his pocket and his discharge in his fist, he struck out on
his own hook, just to see how it would seem to go somewhere without first asking
permission. Some took the Sunday evening train for home, but the great majority
staid over until Monday and some as late as Tuesday before they left Des Moines.
The clothing stores, of Des Moines, were opened all afternoon Sunday and until
late in the evening. They did a big business for a big share of the boys were
anxious to get clothed up for the winter, and from experience knew that money
did not last long. The clothing stores did not get all the business, for the
saloons came in for their share, and we are sorry to say that quite a number
disgraced themselves and the blue they wore, by getting beastly drunk and
creating a disturbance. These, however, were the exception, yet all soldiers
must suffer in reputation by the misdemeanors of a few who were toughs, to say
the least, in civil life.
Most of the boys of Company K came on the Rock Island,
arriving here at 5:40 o'clock, Monday evening. They were all glad to get back
and are now busy in all the avocations of civil life. They will not soon forget
their summers experience, and in after years will not regret the part they took
in the war with Spain. They did not do much, but they only lacked opportunity,
and their willingness will count for something.
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
Innoculation to Make the Human Race Proof Against Alcoholism
The following from the St. Paul Dispatch, of a recent
date, is almost too good to be true, but if true will be a powerful factor in
counteracting the evil of strong drink.
It is now proposed to make the human race proof against
alcohol by inoculation. Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn, of St. Luke's hospital , San
Francisco, advocates a plan to arm all children against intemperance in later
life about as they are armed against smallpox.
"Degeneration," Doctor Evelyn said, "is
hydration."
This, he said, meant that the ordinary symptoms of degeneracy
are traceable to hereditary or acquired alcoholism is due to the effect of
alcohol upon water in the blood.
To cure the inebriate, or to fortify a child forever against
drink, Doctor D'Evelyn proposes to administer-says, indeed, he has already
administered with marked success-what he calls equisine, or a preparation from
the blood of a horse, which has been fed upon alcohol until it has become a
regular toper.
I believe, he said, "that inoculation against inebriety
is a duty to children, whether there is a hereditary taint or not.
"Ordinary cases of alcoholism can be treated
successfully. I don't believe every case can be cured. But the greatest idea is
to treat children until generation after generation shall be purer, until not
only there is no predisposition to drink, but the evils due to drink will be
removed.
[Submitted by: C.J.L., June 2004]