THE IRRIGATION AGE. 





Most of the children born in prairie schooners have yet to cast their first 

 vote for president; but when we compare the colonist of to-day with his 

 prototype of the Mississippi valley the era of the prairie schooner seems 

 almost as remote as that of the Mayflower. It is not alone in the manner 

 in which he travels that the modern colonist differs from the settler of 1874. 

 Equally striking contrasts are presented at many other points, but let us 

 begin the comparison here and carry it through to the end. 



SOME PILGRIM FATHERS OF TO-DAY. 



On March 13, 1894, a party of modern colonists set out for our modern 

 West from the city of Chicago. Some of them came from the classic 

 shades of New England, some from the busy life of New York, and many 

 from the great metropolis by Lake Michigan. As this is not a romance, 

 but a true story, we will append a complete list of the particular party of 

 Pilgrim Fathers referred to: 



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ACKERMAN, MRS., 



ACKERMAN, Miss, 



ARCHER, MR. R. E., 



BUETER, MR. CHAS., 



BODEMANN, MRS. W., 



BRACHVOGLE, MRS., 



BASTRESS, MR. JULIUS, 



BAKER, MR. E. L., 



CHEESEMAN, MR. A. S., 



CUSHM AN, MR. G. H ., jR.,Wareham, Mass. 



DARLING, Miss ISABELLA, Chicago, 111. 



DAVIDSON, Miss WINNIFRED, Buffalo, 



N. Y. 



DOWNS, MR. GEO. S., 

 DONOVAN, MR. H. T., 

 FARBAR, MR. F. M., 

 FLOTA, MR. G. H., 

 Fox, MR. HENRY, 

 Fox, MRS. HENRY, 

 GOULD, MR. L. M., 

 GENTRY, MR. C. H., 

 GENTRY, MR. C. C., 

 HERN, MR. JNO. J., 

 HERRINGTON, MR. 



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HOSKINS, MRS. G. L., 

 ILIFF, MR. I. E., 

 JONES, MR. H. A., 

 JANISCH, MR. T. C., 

 JANISCH, MRS. T. C., 

 JOHNSON, MR. JAS. P., 

 LACEY, MR. D., 

 LEE, MRS. MARY S., 

 MAGOR, MR. J. F., 

 MAGOR, MRS. J. F., 



New York City. 

 New York City. 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Reading, Pa. 

 Joliet, 111. 



Boston, Mass. 

 New York City. 

 Beatrice, Neb. 

 New York City. 

 New York City. 

 New York City. 

 Reading, Pa. 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Boston, Mass. 

 JOHN, Kingsville, 



Austin, 111. 



Chicago, 111. 



Wareham, Mass. 



Chicago, 111. 



Chicago, 111. 



Springfield, 111. 



Chicago, 111. 



Janesville, Wis. 



Chicago, 111. 



Chicago, 111. 



McKEE, MR. JAS., Joliet, 111. 



MITCHELL, MR. THOS. F., Chicago, 111. 

 MUNROE, MR. GEO. J., Joliet, 111. 



MAIN, MR. WALTER A., W. Haven, Conn. 

 PACKARD, MR. W. A., Boston, Mass. 

 PACKARD, MRS., Boston, Mass. 



SIMON, MR. GEO., Chicago, 111. 



SUCHY, MR. ADOLPH, Chicago, 111. 



SMITH, MR. JOHN J., Boston, Mass. 



SMITH, MRS. JOHN J., Boston, Mass. 

 STEVENS, MR. L. M., Boston, Mass. 

 TOMPKINS, MRS. ABBY S., Mamaroneck, 



N. Y. 



VAN WART, MRS. A. M., St. Johns, N. B. 

 WHITE, MR. A. M., New York City. 

 ESKRIDGE, MRS. BELLE C., Chicago, 111. 

 MAGEE, MRS. W. O., Chicago, 111. 



MAGEE, MR. HENRY W., Chicago, 111. 

 MAGEE, MRS. HENRY W., Chicago, 111. 

 METCALF, MR. R., Chicago, 111. 



METCALF, MRS. R., Chicago, 111. 



QUICK, MR. J. H. S., Chicago, 111. 



QUICK, MRS. J. H. S., Chicago, 111. 



ROLLO, MR. C. E., Chicago, 111. 



ROLLO, MRS. R. R., Chicago, 111. 



ROLLO, Miss LILLIE A., Chicago, 111. 

 TOWNSEND, MRS. C. W., Chicago, 111. 

 TOWNSEND, Miss CARRIE, Chicago, 111. 

 WALSTON, DR. R. L., Decatur, 111. 



WALSTON, MRS. R. L., Decatur, 111. 

 WHITMER, MR. P., Bloomington, 111. 

 WHITMER, MRS. P., Bloomington, 111. 



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WOOD, DR. E. W., 

 WOOD, Miss, 



Oak Park, 111. 

 Oak Park, 111. 





