(Article continued. And I am glad to see my Great-Grandfather's saloon mentioned at the end.) In the '70s P. A. Bonvallet located where he now resides on Section 26, on a high point of what is called the sand ridges. He cleared the land of oak timber and brush and planted many kinds of grapes. In this enterprise he was very successful, the grapes grown by Mr. Bonvallet being better than those grown on heavier soil, and having a special market value in the neighboring cities. Mr. Bonvallet also manufactured and sold wine, establishing quite a local industry. Since the hard winter a few years ago killed the vines, he has found the raising of asparagus more profitable, and In this respect is the pioneer of his neighborhood in thus utilizing land hitherto considered worthless. For the past eight years Mr. Bonvallet has operated successfully an asparagus canning plant at his home, the first plant of the kind in this part of the country. During the season of cutting and canning he employs from forty to fifty hands. Wichert, a small settlement about two miles north of the village of St Anne, but in the same town, has a pickle factory costing $20,000, with a capacity of 30,000 bushels. Prior to the time it was built, the land around there could be had by paying a little more than the annual taxes, but later sturdy and Industrious Hollanders settled there, and have vastly Improved the country, and the land is no longer for sale. The pickle factory, owned and operated by C. F. Claussen & Sons, of Chicago, Illinois, will pay this year from $16,000 to $20,00 for the product of these gardeners, and each year brings prospects of increased production. There was shipped from this place the past year, two hundred and fifty-four cars of grain, fifty cars of stock, fifteen cars of hay, twenty-five cars of tile, and one hundred and twenty-five cars of vegetables. The first town[ship] officers elected In April, 1857, were as follows: John B. Lamoine, supervisor and justice of the peace; L. H. Kibbon, town clerk and justice of the peace; Ira Lapham, assessor; Achilles Chiniquy, collector; Camille Betourne and W. C. Sutton, constables; and Ira Lapham, Camille Betourne and W.C. Sutton, commissioners of highways. The taxable property of the town for the year 1904 was as follows: Real and personal estate $286,232.00 C.&E.I.R.R 50,115.00 C.C.C.&St.L.R.R. 38,319.00 Telegraph 413.00 Telephone 799.00 Total $376,378.00 The supervisors of the town have been John B. Lamoine, 1857-58-59; Achilles Chiniquy, 1860; John B. Lamoine, 1861; L.H. Kibbon, 1862-63-64; Gustave De Mars, 1865-66-67; Leon Mailloux, 1868; George Searle, 1869 to 1872; Leon Mailloux, 1873-74; Joseph Guertin, 1875; George Searle, 1876-77-78-79; Michael Hughes, 1880 to 1882; Joseph Pallissard, 1882 to 1886; Moses Chartier, 1886 to 1890; John Ferns, 1890 to 1893; D.T. Allard, 1893 to 1899; A. Schreip, 1889 to 1901; Arthur Sutton, 1901 to the present time. VILLAGE OF ST. ANNE. (By W. G. Brooks.) St. Anne is one of the most progressive villages in the county. It Is well supplied with water from an artesian well, has a good system of water works, and mains covering the entire village. The plant is owned by a water and electric-light company under a franchise of twenty years. St. Anne bids fair to be an important manufacturing center. An organization incorporated an the "St. Anne Commercial Association," with a membership of the principal men of the village, is now busy pushing forward its natural advantages, selling lots, and laying out new additions. The only factories at present located In the village is the brick and tile plant owned and operated by Messrs. Meier and Mailloux, and an Iron fence post factory. The public school system has shown a wonderful growth. In .1887 a four room frame building was erected, costing $4,000 which at the time was larger than needed. Now, however, the district, operating under a board of education, is erecting an eight room, fire proof brick building, at a cost of $18,000. The public spirit of the citizens was shown at an election held In July last, on an issue to vote bonds to build the new building, at which there were but four dissenting votes. The St. Anne academy, a parochial school conducted by the congregation of Notre Dame, of Montreal, Canada, is well patronized, havIng an attendance of about one hundred pupils, and employing five teachers. Among the business concerns are the following: J.E. Archambeault & Co., grocery, hotel and bakery, Edward Mathieu, drugs; Edmore Changnon, tinner and plumber; F. Mason, shoe store; 'William Saindon, meats and groceries; F. De Muynek, merchant tailor; F.L. Wilking, general store and post master-, A.C. Schreipe, general store; Joseph Mombleau, harness; P.C. Bunker, meats; G.L. Scott, restaurant; W.E. Martin & Co., groceries; 0. B. Lindner, jewelry; H. Sprimont, restaurant and bakery; David Friedman, dry goods and mens furnishings; H.L. Cohen, dry goods and men's furnishings; Christensen Brothers, hardware; J.L. Ducharme, drugs; E. C. Draper, jewelry and pianos; Richard Milaire, groceries; C.A. Chiniquy, general Store; one State Bank, one National Bank, three grain elevators, W. G. Brooks, lawyer, three Physicians; E.G. Bentall is publisher of the St. Anne Record, and Ely & Bouchard of the St. Anne Tribune. There are five saloons, operated by C. Trudeau, N. Geroux, A. Thyfault, Z. Baron and E. Dumais, respectively. The Central Union Telephone company operates an exchange of subscribers at this place. The Eastern Illinois Telephone company has no exchange but has a local toll station at this point.