348 MAJOR JOHN F. LACEY 



to lose his arm at Shiloh. The peaceful tactics of 1860 

 were the training school for 1861. 



It was in this square in 1853 that an important event to 

 the boys old and young occurred. Yankee Robinson ex- 

 hibited the first circus that had ever been in the city. 

 William T. Smith was the mayor of the city and in the 

 goodness of his heart took little Jimmie Edmundson to 

 the show — a benefaction that Mr. Edmundson did not 

 forget in Mr. Smith's old age. 



Let me call your attention to the buried treasure that 

 lies under the bandstand. In the search for water the 

 city council turned from the rivers as being too far away 

 and sought a supply by a deep well. Two wells were 

 bored — a broken drill having stopped work in one, and 

 the other was driven 2,750 feet towards the earth's center. 

 An inexhaustible supply of strong mineral water rose to 

 within eighty feet of the surface and twenty-four hours' 

 pumping made no impression upon it. I venture to 

 prophesy that the day will come when this water will be 

 pumped by electric power and used in baths and drinking 

 for the healing of the sick from all nations. 



This well cost $27,500, and the city bonds for it have 

 been renewed from time to time and are still unpaid. 



On these two days of Harvest Home and Old Settlers' 

 Reunion festival, celebrating the prosperity of our county 

 and the abounding crops with which the Father of All has 

 so greatly blessed us, we will dedicate our new and beau- 

 tiful city hall, the bandstand and other park improve- 

 ments, the Maine relics, and the beautiful fountain which 

 for all time to come will keep in mind the good name and 

 good deeds of Sam Baldauf, the generous man whose 

 name is inscribed upon it. 



Public spirit has always characterized the citizens of 

 our city and many a harvest home festival and dedication 



