Coshocton County, Ohio - Chapter 30: Ageiculturk, 1881

Features of the County - Present Condition- Crops - Corn, Wlieat, etc. - Fruit Culture - Stock Raising - Sliccp - Cattle - Hogs - Horses - County Agricultural Society.

THE topographical features of Coshocton county are so diversified by hill and valley as to afford a pleasing variance in agricultural pursuits throughout the county. By the junction of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers, forming the Muskingum, three broad and beautiful valleys are formed, radiating in different directions from the county, seat. The valleys' of Wills creek and the Killbuck are scarcely less marked, and these five, together with many others, of greater or less scope, threading the county in all directions, present an abundance of rich, sandy, fertile bottom lands, well adapted to the growing of corn, wheat; potatoes and kindred crops. The rolling or hill lands are more adapted to growing wheat and grass. The western part of the county is composed chiefly of limestone lands ; the eastern part is more of a sandy nature. The northern part of the county, between the Tuscarawas and Walhonding rivers, is rolling and well adapted for grass and growing of sheep. Water is abundant throughout the entire county. It is often asserted that the soils are becoming exhausted, but this is only partially true. The bottom lands, owing to the false notion that they need no return for the generous crops annually removed, are, as a general thing, less productive than when first brought under cultivation, but the rich clay lands are constantly improving. For this there are two reasons. In the first place, all good farmers understand that these lands will not produce grain from year to year without some return being made for the crops removed. The general practice here is a rotation of products, such as corn, oats, wheat and clover, followed sometimes with meadow or pasture. Besides the direct benefit from the clover and grass as fertilizers, the condition of these clay soils is greatly ameliorated by this thorough cultivation. Deep plowing and exposure of the subsoil to the frosts of winter, the cultivation of corn in the summer and the thorough preparation of the soil by the network of clover roots will accomplish a great work in the improvement of these stiff clays. The "plain" lands, which were regarded as valueless by the early settlers, under careful cultivation have been made to yield constant and abundant harvests.

The material prosperity of the farmers is amply attested by the erfection of handsome brick and frame dwellings and lar^e and commodious barns throughout the county. Particularly has this been noticeable witliin the last few years. The log cabin in many localities is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. The maximum number of cultivators of the soil was probably reached in 18-50. From that year to 1S70 there was a de-' crease in the population of the county, owing to the fact that many of the well-to-do farmers of small tracts sold their possessions to more wealthy neighbors and moved away. These wealthy farmers, in a nvimber of cases, own from five hundred to a thousand or more acres, and by their successive purchases have partially depopulated some districts. The most extensive landholder at present is Lloyd Nichols, of Newcastle township, who has in his possession 3,212 acres in that township. It is a gratifying fact that, from 1870 to 1880, there was an increase of population in eighteen of the twenty-two townships in this county. This increase is due chiefly to the growth of the agricultural regions, as only in one or two instances can it be ascribed to villages.

The land appraisers for 1880 returned a total acreage in the county of 352,249, valued at $7,670,- 694, an acreage value of $21.77 per acre. The buildings were rated at $709,981. Of the land, 166,229 acres are reported arable, 89,438 in meadow or pasture, and 96,682 as uncultivated or wild land. . The principal timber of practical use is white oak - the most useful for all purposes where large lumber is needed. Besides, there are black and red oak, poplar, walnut, hickory, ash and chestnut - all in sufficient quantities to supply the wants of the people. The timber in this county is being rapidly exhausted, there being portable saw-mills used in localities where timber is abundant, manufacturing our best timber into lumber, which is used in building post and rail fences in place of. decaying rail fences. The effects of the rapid exhaustion of timber is shown by a wise action of the farmers in planting hedge fences. There is a large growth of young chestnut trees on the hill-sides and on the uncultivated portions of the farms, which are very thrifty and produce fine crops of chestnuts. It is estimated that this county produced, in 1879, twenty thousand bushels of chestnuts, which were sold as low as one dollar per bushel. The farms are as yet generally enclosed by rail fences. Many of the farmers, however, are renewing their

Corn has always been regarded as the principal crop. More acres of it have been planted and more bushels gathered than of any other. In 1857 when the cultivation of this crop reached its maximum, when there was much discouragement in relation to the growing of wheat in consequence of the pests to which it had been for a succession of years subjected, and when the sheep interest had not yet become so great, there were more than a million and a half bushels of corn raised. The principal kind is the yellow gord seed. In 1878 there were 35,655 acres planted, and 1,242,284 bushels produced; in 1879, 33,373- acres planted, and 937,546 bushels raised. White corn is grown in small quantities. Scarcely enough pop or sweet corn is raised to supply home demand.

The wheat crop in Coshocton county has always ranked next to corn in amou-nt and value.. The period of its most successful cultivation may be set down at from 1835 to 1850. The largest crop ever secured was in 1846. The roads to the canal wareho'uses and mills were often studded thickly for many rods with wagons waiting their turn to unload. In 1850 there was a larger acreage than in 1846, but the yield was not so great. In 1862 a half million bushels was reported as the yield. About 1850 the Hessian fly made its appearance ; it was succeeded by the weevil ; then there was serious trouble about winter freezing,, and for twenty years this interest was much depressed. About 1870 farmers began to take good heart again^ and, in 1874, there was a magnificant crop. - The crop of 1875 was very seriously effected by an unusually rainy season just at the harvest time. The last three harvests have been unusually large, that of 1879 surpassing corn in acreage and value. In 1878 there were 28,533 acres sown, and 440,376 bushels produced ; in 1879, 41,395 acres sown, and 517,937 bushels produced. There is a diversity of opinion as to the variety best adapted to this soil. The principal varieties grown are the Mediterranean,' Fultz, Clawson and White Wheat. The Clawson wheat is sown by many of the farmers and gives a good yield, and seems to be a hardy winter wheat.

In earlier days the average yield was quite up to -eighteen or twenty bushels per acre, but of late years thirteen to fifteen is regarded as good. At the county fair for 1878, there was one entry of field crop of wheat - eighteen and one half acres - which produced forty-five and one-third bushel per acre, by weight. In the days of high prices during the war, three dollars and twenty-five cents per bushel was paid for good wheat; the lowest price within the memory of early settlers was twenty-five cents.

Rye has never been cultivated to any great extent, but much more was raised in earlier days than now. In 1867 the largest acreage for a number of years was put in - 4,700 acres. It is now almost wholly abandoned, being neither very productive or very profitable. In 1878, 604 acres were sown and 6,634 bushels gathered ; the next year there were 169 acres sown and 1,816 bushels produced.

In 1862 the barley crop was reported at 3,000, and has never been much above that. It has now practically ceased, there being, in 1879, only four acres returned with a yield of fifty bushels.

Oats is produced in considerable quantities. The principal variety grown is known as side oats. It is of good quality and yields an average crop. In 1878, 11,009 acres were sown, yielding 383,480 bushels ; in 1879 the acreage fell to 8,770 acres with a yield of 236,696 bushels.

The principal varieties of potatoes grown are the White and Red Peachblow and Early and La,te Rose. The best for early use in quality and quantity is the Early Rose. For late use the White Peachblow seems to lead. The Colorado beetle has been its principal enemy for a few years, but, in spite of its ravages, good crops are produced. In 1878, 806 acres yielded 67,116 bushels, and in 1879, 920 acres produced 73,160 bushels.

Flax, in early days, received considerable attention. During the war, when cotton goods rose so in value, renewed interest was manifested in this crop. In 1862, sixty acres were planted. It may be said that none is now grown. For 1879 a solitary one-half acre was returned as the extent of its production in this county. The opinion prevails among the farmers that it impoverishes the land and renders it worthless for growinootlier crops.

Broom corn has never been much cultivated in the county. Sorghum was a considerable item in war times. Three hundred and eighty-five acres of it were grown in 1862, and more still later. It is confined to small lots, chiefly for home use. In 1878, 186 acres were planted, which produced 1,397 pounds of sugar and 11,282 gallons of syrup. In 1879, the acreage fell to 99 acres, producing 62 pounds of sugar and 6,481 gallons of syrup.

In early times all, or nearly all, the sugar consumed in the county was of home manufacture - maple sugar. For many years it continued to be a leading product. As late as 1865 there were reported as produced in the county 4,000 pounds of sugar and 3,000 gallons of syrup. In 1879, 1,637 pounds of sugar and 926 gallons of syrup were reported. This amount was greatly diminished in 1880, then reaching only 408 pounds of sugar and 322 gallons of syrup.

A considerable amount of tobacco has been raised in Coshocton countj'. More than forty years ago there was the "tobacco fever." The farmers all went to raising it; the supply exceeded the demand, and there was considerable disgust. In 1868 tliere were only two and onehalf acres raised. During the war there was a temporary extension of this interest, but not a very wide one. It is now grown only in small lots for home use. In 1879, 6f acres were raised.

There have been several efforts in the manufacture of cheese, but they have not been long persisted in, nor very satisfactory. The most notable cheese factory was one set up about 1866, in Clark township. The farmers became tired of the constant and regular effort in the matter of furnishing milk, competition was heavy, and the factory, after running seven or eight years, was closed. There were, in 1878, 1,325 pounds of cheese produced in this county and in 1879, 790 pounds. The aggregate amount (jf butter annually made, for the last twenty-five years, has somewhat exceeded half a million pounds. In 1879, 665,990 pounds were produced. Coshocton is among the best bee counties in the

In 1868, an average year, 30,000 tons of hay were produced. During the last several years, owing to dry weather, etc., this crop has been short. In 1879, 20,950 acres of meadow produced but 22,684 tons of hay. The average and yield was about the same for 1878. In this latter year, 3,469 acres of clover were sown; from it 3,129 tons of hay were produced, 2,621 bushels of seed, and 144 acres were plowed under for manure. The acreage was somewhat larger, but the yield considerably smaller in 1879.

The first nurseryman in Coshocton county was doubtless the excentric, self-denying "Johnny Appleseed," an account of whom is given in another chapter of this work. The first orchards were for the most part, if not entirely, from seedling trees. Top grafting upon these was afterward resorted to in a small degree, but without materially changing the general character of the fruit, except in a few instances. Some of the early settlers, coming in from Maryland and Virginia, brought with them sprouts from the orchards of their home regions, and these, of course, contained those varieties. Some of these still have a place in the orchards of the descendants of those who brought them.

In 1832, Joshua B. Hart, of Tiverton township, had a bearing orchard of grafted fruit, consisting of the kinds brought out by the Ohio Company when they settled at Marietta. Mr. Hart propogated some by grafting, but could not sell his trees and quit in a short time.

Joseph F. Munro had a large orchard planted for him by old John Mathews, also of the Marietta sorts. The Eobinsons had a few trees of the same.

William Miskimen, on Wills creek, practiced grafting in a small way, and had bearing apple trees of the kinds common in western Pennsylvania.

George Henderson had a bearing orchard of apples and practiced grafting in a small way. His orchard was on White Eyes, and consisted of Western Pennsylvania fruit.

A nurseryman of Fairfield county, about 1830- 31, brought by canal a large lot of grafted apple trees, but found no sale for them for orchard planting, and traded or in some way disposed of them to Nathan Spencer of Bethlehem township, who planted them in a kind of nursery, and sold them to John Frew. Eighty of them were planted by T. S. Humrickhouse in an orchard on Mill creek in the fall of 1833.

John Elliott planted an orchard of the same kind on his farm in Bethlehem township. Every tree of this lot was true to name and the whole selection proved most admirable.

Wishing to plant two or three apple orchards, and not being able to find all the kinds he wanted in any one nursery, T. S. Humrickhouse, about 1835, commenced making a collection and grafting in nursery. He took from all the orchards above mentioned all the varieties they contained, and added from a distance all the kinds he could hear of that gave ipromise of being valuable, and has continued that sort of work to this day. His nursery, the only one in this county, is situated on the south outlots of Coshocton. When James Matthews was in congress he procured most of the native and many foreign varieties, and they were thoroughly tried. Most of the foreign and many of the native were discarded. Both Mr. Matthews and Mr. Humrickhouse about 1840 gave considerable attention to pears, peaches, plums and grapes, introducing many fine varieties.

Kellis Hord started one" near Bakersville. Others in difierent parts of the county tried the business, but few of them continued long in it.

For the last twenty-five years very heavy importations of fruit trees have been made. In one year the sales of tree peddlers reached nearly $8,000. A large proportion of the trees died, and many of the varieties which were most highly commended, proved really very inferior. Notwithstanding, however, large and prolific orchards may now be found in all parts of the county. The total acreage of orchards in 1878 was 6,3M, yielding that year 446,918 bushels of apples.

Probably the largest peach orchard ever set out in the county was planted by Joseph K. Johnson, on his place about a mile east of Coshocton. It consisted of eighty some acres. The growing of peaches is extensively cultivated, which is most marked, perhaps, in Washington township, where large, fine orchards of this fruit may be seen on almost every farm. In 1878 there were produced in this county 69,860 bushels of peaches. This yield was excelled by only two counties in the State, Muskingum and Columbiana. In the same year 373 bushels of pears were produced.

Grape culture has never been very considerable in this county. In 1855 J. K. Johnson planted quite a large vineyard on his place, one mile east of Coshocton, and for a few years thereafter a considerable quantity of wine was made under his direction. The most of this was used by sick friends, of whom there proved to be a good many, and for church purposes. Some years subsequently, J. B. Elliott and F. Seward established a vineyard in Keene township, but the operation was not accounted a large success. In 1878 there were twenty-five acres in vineyard reported, producing 9,148 pounds of grapes and 177 gallons of wine. Several years ago the manufacture of wine for home consumption was begun by a few of the German farmers in Franklin, Linton, Crawford and other townships. It has since been steadily increasing among them, and bids fair to develop into a quite noticeable production.

There is a gratifying increase in the interest taken in the raising - of live stock of all kinds. The choicest blood and most carefully bred horses and cattle are to be found, while hogs and sheep of the finest stock are in abundance.

The first Merino sheep of thorough blood brought into this county were bought by Major Robinson and Major Simmons from old Seth Adams, who, as partner or agent of General Humphries, brought to the Muskingum valley some of General Humphries' importation from

Spain, and had them in Muskingum county, near Dresden, as early as 1812. They were not cared for, and no trace of them is left. Fine-wooled sheep of uncertain and mixed blood were gradually introduced by farmers from eastern countiesand Western Pennsylvania, between 1880 and 1836 or 1837, when Beaver and Bowman brought out from Washington county, Pennsylvania^ about 2,000, and placed them on Bowman's section, adjoining Coshocton. This movement proved a failure, most of the sheep dying the next spring, and the remainder being disposed of and scattered so as to leave no trace.

About 1842, S. T. Thompson and one or two of his neighbors brought from Washington county, Pennsylvania, a few sheep and founded flocks.. These were the first really good Merinos that have left their mark and still exist.

William Renfrew, sr., soon after brought out from the same county a few good black-tops and a few lighter colored, which he bred separatelyr and the descendants of which still remain. In 1846, or thereabouts, William Batchelor and George Wolf brought out a few sheep obtained from Gen. Harmon in the State of New York; they were selected by Mr. Batchelor, and, compared with wTiat were here before, were heavier-wooled and stronger sheep. They did well.

In 1850, Howe and Batchelor brought out from' Vermont a French ram, of thorough Merino blood, which had been imported from France by S. W. Jewett, from the government flock at Rambouillet.. After trial, they rejected him and disposed of his. increase. They then, in connection with T. S. Humrickhouse, brought out some thirty head of Humphries' Atwood sheep, obtained from Edwin » Hammond, of Addison county, Vermont. These' are the kind now recognized on all hands as the best, and an improvement over other fine-wooled sheep. They have been added to from time totime by Mr. Batchelor and others.

In 1834, Isaac Maynard emigrated from England and settled in this county. He brought with him a small flock of Southdowns and a few Lincolnshires. The Lincolnshires were entirely lost, and most of the Southdowns. In 1842, or thereabouts, William Henderson, Dr. Edmund Cone and James Miskimen furnished old Mr. Bache with money to go to England and bring tack with him some sheep. He brought back .quite a number of Ellman Southdowns and a few Leicestershires, or, as sometimes called, Dishleys or Bakewells, which were divided among the owners. The Leicestershires soon disappeared, but the Southdowns are the source of most of the ^Southdowns now in the county. They have been added to by Bluck and others, who purchased rams at different times from various sources. The Cots wolds have been of late tried by various parties - those of Judge Thornhill, William Han- Ion, Robert Moore and J. W. Dwyer having attracted much attention and commendation.

In the times of high prices during the war, one -dollar and five cents per pound was paid for a few -choice fleeces. Many were sold at one dollar per -pound - one fleece bringing twenty-two dollars ;and fifty cents. When prices fell after the war, and the condition of things was unsatisfactory -otherwise as to the profitableness of sheep raising, thousands of the poorest sheep 'were killed and fed to hogs, the pelts selling for about as much as the live sheep.

A Coshocton County Wool-growers' Association was organized about 1864. In February, 1876, the National Merino Sheep Breeders' Association was organized at Coshocton, in a meeting attended by delegates from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Missouri and other States.

Coshocton is one of the foremost sheep counties in the State. In the value of its sheep, in 1879, it stood sixth on the list, and in point of number, 126,000, was tenth. In 1878, 490,076 pounds of wool were shorn.

In comparatively early times, John Miskimen, -Judge Robinson and Daniel Miller brought some fine cattle into the county. More than thirty years ago, Frank McGuire and George Wolf bought some superior stock in this line from E. P. Prentice, of Albany, New York, and afterward some from D. D. Campbell, of Schenectady, New York. About 1851, Arnold Medberry and Samuel Rrown made purchase of some very fine cattle from Dr. Watts, of Chillicothe. In 1855, Thomas Darling imported a lot from Kentucky, and' not long thereafter Samuel Moore, Frank McGuire and T. S. Humrickhouse became prominently connected with the same line of work. John G. Stewart, a few years ago, exhibited a very superior herd. J. W. Dwyer has, of late, also interested himself greatly, especially in the Jerseys and Alderneys. The number of cattle in the county in 1879 was 21,737, valued at $299,141.

The hogs of the earlier day in Coshocton county were all that could be made by an abundance of corn and little care; but the original stock not being very good, and little effort being made to improve it, long snouts and blue skins Vere the rule. The McGuires and the Wolfs were about the first to give attention to improved breeds. Afterward the Lennons, the Burrells, and Matthew Johnson interested themselves in the same line. G. W. Silliman, after his visit to Europe, took an interest in the Berkshires, and brought into the county some of that breed. The Chester Whites beame and continued great favorites. The Leicestershires have found many approvers, and are favorites with many. The Poland Chinas, too, of late have been introduced, and are being well received.

"Blooded" horses have, from the first, received a good deal of attention in Coshocton county. Old Colonel Williams and his compeers had the Virginia notions about these things. The jace course was not then, as now, circular and level and rolled, but they had one, from the earliest days down. There was one on the Butler place, up the Walhonding. The road to Lewisvillehad been used. But the favorite track for years was on what is now Fifth street, in Coshocton, along which two parallel, narrow tracks were cleared. Tests of speed were there made, not witnessed by elegantly-dressed ladies and gentlemen, such as now-a-days throng the county fair grounds, but the " homespun " crowd. It is claimed that if the associations of the place were less refined, the honesty was not less than now. They meant square business or simple fun in those days, and were severe on "jockeying.'' Neither did they then sell pools.

Among those actively interested in this line, the following may be named : One of the Butlers in New Castle township had charge of two horses, brought in before 1812, belonging to Peter Casey, one of the first associate judges of the county. They were called " Whistle Jacket" and

"High-flyer." Colonel Williams of Coshocton, brought in from Virginia a horse, long famed in this region, called "Medley." Robert Farwell brought from New England to Keens township, " Sir Archie." Joseph W. Rue, about 1830, introduced "John of Jersey " and " Patrick Richards," colts by a horse entered for a race against "Eclipse," the famous trotter on Long Island course, but withdrawn on account of lameness. Matthew Stewart is remembered in connection with " Hickory." Lewis Rice and John Johnson had a horse called " Premium," and A. G. Wood, one called " Sir Charles." Samuel Baker's horse was "Snow Ball." In 1866, D. L. Triplett and William Bachelor brought from Kentucky "Abdallah," who met the sad fate of being burned to death in a stable, consumed m the fall of 1869. The County Horse Fair Association was organized in 1866. In 1879, there were 7,609 horses reported in this county, valued at $382,836.

As early as 1835, the County Commissioners, under provisions of law, directed a call to be issued for a meeting, looking to the formation of a County Agricultural Society. But nothing effective was done under that call, or in any other way, for many years. About 1850 the matter was taken up by some of the progressive farmers, chiefly in the eastern part of the county, among whom were Colonel C. F. Sangster, Dr. Heslip Wilhams, Dr. E. Cone, Judge James M. Burt, . John Davis and others, and determined efforts accomplished the organization.

The first fair under tlie auspices of the society was held at Jacobsport, in 1850. Then, for several years thereafter, they were held in the public square at Coshocton. Temporary stalls and sheds were enclosed each year, for the stock on exhibition, and the race course was just east of Fifth street and south of Main. From the first, there was a choice selection of stock and a gradual increase iif other lines. The Elliotts and John Davis soon had good displays of agricultural implements. The farmers' wives and daughters also interested themselves in the fair and materially assisted in its success.

The fair of 1856 was nol? remarkable for display, but the talk among farmers and stockbreeders had its effect in awakening interest, and then settled the matter of continuing these annual gatherings. That year an arrangement was made with John Burt for leasing, for a term of years, his land (since laid off in lots) extending east from Seventh street to the foot of the bluff, and from Main street to the south side of Hiram Beall's property. This tract contained about ninfr acres. It was properly fenced, buildings and stalls were erected' on it, and th6 fair of 1857 held there. By 1865 these grounds became insufficient, and in that year the society purchased from Mr. S. H. Lee twenty acres, about four hundred yards east of the Burt tract and north of Main street, and proceeded to fit up more extensive and, as was supposed, more permanent buildings. The amount paid for the grounds was 13,200. To assist the society in purchasing, these grounds, the county commissioner agreed to donate $500, and to loan the society $500 more, to be repaid out of the receipts, whenever the commissioners should require. It is understood that this was repaid when the grounds were sold by the society. In November, 1872, the present grounds, lying a quarter of a mile south of the Burt fair grounds, were purchased from J. W. Dwyer. The old fair grounds, in December, 1872, were subdivided into lots and most of them sold, but a number of them, steadily increasing in value, remain in the possession of the society.. The new grounds contain thirty-four and fiftyeight one'-hundredths acres, and the cost of them was $10,488. For improvements on the new grounds, about $6,000 have been expended. A large grove was a chief attraction in the pui^ chase, and access to water was made more convenient, the grounds lying on a lower level than the old ones. About $4,000 of the cost of the grounds had been paid by 1876, and the debt has since been considerably reduced. In 1879, the' cash value of the real estate of the society, and, improvements, was $22,000. The amount re' ceived that year, for gate and entrance fees, was 13,448.70; from other sources, $300. The amount paid in premiums was $1,675; for real estate,, buildings and permanent improvements, $431.65;. for current expenses, other than improvments,. $1,167.18. The amount in the treasury, at' the preceding report, was $2,147.31; at this report, $2,732.18. As this showing indicates, the financial condition of the society is excellent.

For a number of years the expenses of the society, including the premiums, were defrayed by annual fees paid by the members. Under the present constitution any one may become a member by the payment of an annual fee of one dollar. About 300 members are now enrolled. The ofScers consist of a president, vice president, and board of twelve directors, elected by the members, and a secretary and treasurer, elected by the directors. The society has of late years experimented in the cultivation of wheat on the grounds, which has created quite an interest among the farmers.

There has been a diversity of opinion among the people, as well as members of the society and directors, as to the propriety of continuing premiums for speed horses, but the prevailing sentiment appears to be in favor of their continuance.

The presidents of the society have been, C. F. Sangster, E. Cone, William P. Wheeler, Thomas S. Humrickhouse, James M. Burt, Heslip Williams, John Miskimen, William Hanlon, J. S. Elliott, J. 0. Campbell and Lewis Demoss.

The secretaries have been, James M. Burt, Samuel Ketchum, John Humrickhouse, Thomas Campbell, C. H. Johnson, W. E. Forker, L. L. Cantwell, David Lanning, George Miller and Lloyd Pocock.

In the board of managers, or directors, as it now is, besides the above, the following have served : A. D. Denman, Thomas Darling, Francis McGuire, William Renfrew, Samuel Moore, James E. Robinson, D. L. Triplett, Frank Stafford, J. M. Smith, E L. Robinson, Joseph Dickenson, Francis Wolf, Adam Piflfer, John Mulligan, George Factor, Peter Stevenson, J. M. Denman, William McCoy, 'B. C. Blackburn, Seth Christy, William Hesket, Hugh McFadden, Saul Miller, S. C. Burrell, John Hogle, Philip Moore, G. W. Wolf, Marion Darling, Alexander Dinsmore, Thomas McConnell, Wellington Darling, E. J. Pocock, T. H. Burrell, John M. Adams, John Waggoner, Samuel Gardiner, J. H. Carr, Joseph W. Dwyer, Calvin Boyd, Joseph Love, M. L. Norris, Henry King, William Porteus, G. G.-

Andrews, William H. McGiflfen, Wilham Morrison, W. W. Bostwick, John Richeson, Thomas M. Wiggins, Thomas Marshall, B. F. Ricketts, John A. McClure, John Lennon, Joseph H. Hay, R. A. Given, A. J. Randies, Joseph Burrell and C. C. Eckert. >