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Activity Illinois Industrial League 67 do it well, it will matter little to us through what trials and self denials it is done a thousand years hence. M,a That the hardships mentioned above were real enough is indicated by a letter to Murray written on Christmas eve, 1853, " I have just returned from Jerseyville—rode twenty-two miles down in a two horse wagon without cover or seats, on the bottom—coldest day this season, last Monday. Rode all night home last night in the same way—and have got well paid for my cold, jolting, and watching." At Jerseyville he had attended a common school convention and had been allowed all the evenings and as much time as he wanted during the day to present his cause. The results were that he signed one hundred and fifty membership diplomas with the prospect that five hundred more would be called for later; he sold all the league pamphlets he had for ten cents each, and took orders for many more which he was to forward later; he saw the county organized and a county league superintendent or agent chosen; and above all by this trip he won the certain sup- ^ port of Jersey, Green, and Macoupin counties.18 During the holidays, Turner was busy writing letters to advance the cause and also with the preparation of an address of the Jerseyville convention to the people of the state. The convention had insisted he should do this and he had agreed for the sake of getting his ideas through the committee and sanctioned by the convention. During the next month and a half Turner and Rutherford visited and lectured together in Alton, Upper Alton, Carlinville, and Edwardsville in southern Illinois, and in Chicago, Elgin, and Peoria in northern Illinois. On January 5 and 6,1854, Turner delivered lectures on common school education and on the industrial league in Alton. Both the Alton Telegraph and the Courier gave notices and reports of the meeting. The effect was satisfactory to Turner and to the people. The Telegraph stated that the lecturer repelled the charge of "new fangled notions/' and "visionary schemes,'' and held the attention of his audience for nearly two hours. At the close of the address the following "Turner to Murray, December 8, 1853, Murray manuscripts. "Turner to Murray, December 24, 1853, Murray manuscripts.
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