Seneca County, Ohio - Chapter 23: He Bench and Bar Continued, 1880

Chapter 23: He Bench and Bar Continued

Till-, subject of this sketch was the most remarkable character that was ever associated with the Tifhn bar. He was unlike other lawyers in almost every thing, and seemed to avoid assimilation on purpose. In i«\^ he had his office in the frame building on the south side of Market street, on in-lot No. 71, now occupied as a saloon. When the writer became acquainted with him lie was known by the name of Sidnev Smith. It is said that he was a graduate of the New Haven I, aw school, and that formerly he was a shoemaker by trade. He was married when he moved from Portage county to Tiffin, in i<S}2, and very soon secured a verv good practice. He bought a farm in Scipio township, and laid out the larger portion of Republic. In [tine, iX}(>. he published a notice in the /'////// (/'it^i'//>'. that lie would sell his lots in Republic, a valuable farm close by. another farm six miles from Tiffin, and one and one-hall lots between the court house and the free bridge, because he wanted to go to some southern latitude.

Two years thereafter he gave notice that he had lett his property in tlie hands of Mr. Chapin to sell tor him, and moved to Cincinnati, where he opened a law office. It is said that he there wore his pants in his boots. The boots had large red tops, on which were painted in gilt letters. " Sidnev Smith, attorney at-law."

About the latter part of 1X40 he came back to Republic and opened a law ottice again in the name ot Smith He took a \ cry active' part in the presidential campaign, and made the first speech when the Whigs raised their log cabin on the lot where the Commercial bank now ->tand>. In his political harangue on that da\ he was exceedingly per sonal mil bitter. This was on the _}d day of lune. i.S.jo. He made many more speeches throughout Seneca county that summer and fall, but be< ame so boisterous and abusive that the Whig central committee finally retused to make any further appointments lor him.

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About the year 1X4^ (ieneral Sea left Republic and moved to Tiffin again, when he and Mr. I.. A. Hall became partners in the law firm of Hall iS: Sea. The}- soon had a large practice, and while Sea was the better advocate. Hall was the better pleader. Mr. Sea's striking appearance and forcible address gave him great influence with a jury. He was quick and ready to catch a point, and unsparing in pressing it. This partnership lasted only about two years, and both continued in the practice in Tiffin.

(ieneral Sea was ambitious and used all the means at his command to get (ieneral John Bell, of Lower Sandusky, who was major-general of the i jth division (). M., out of office, with a view of filling it himself, (ieneral Hell was a most estimable gentleman and highly esteemed citi- /en. but he sometimes appeared on parade with a straw hat on his head: put on no style, and in iS^S. while the Canadian or patriot war was raging, a lot ot arms were stolen out ot (Ieneral Bell's warehouse, in Lower Sandusky. These two circumstances served (Ieneral Sea's purpose, and he drew up charges against (Ieneral Hell for the purpose of having him tried and court-martialed. He had his law partner. Mr. Hall, to copy the charges, and they were sent to Ciovernor Shannon, (lovernor Shannon thereupon caused the following order to be issued,. which convened the most distinguished, august and talented military men that ever formed a court-martialin Ohio, vi/ :

A court-mart ial. t<> consist of seven persons, will assemble at the cit> of Columbus, state of Ohio, on Monday, the H'th inst.. at in o'clock A. M.. for the hearing and determining of charges preferred against Ma.jor-( ieneral John P>ell. of the 17th division of Ohio militia. The court will consist of: court house was crowded to overflowing during the trial, and on the following niijht the brass band, with a large crowd of citi/ens, gave General Sea a serenade. Much sympathy was enlisted in his favor by this time.

He was a most wonderful combination of mental force: shrewd, cunning, able, reckless, daring, crouching, vindictive, ambitious. An able orator, a forcible advocate, but unsocial and cold. He was reckless in his adventures, as well as in the abandonment of a good purpose.

In the fall of 1X79. while Judge Watson was visiting his daughter, Mrs. John I). Loomis, at Tiffin, he promised to write a short sketch of his lite for publication in this book, but being very closely occupied on the bench and his health tailing, the promise was never complied with. The following is from the Tijjin Tribune of May 271)1, 1880, and while it is very incomplete, it is perhaps the best that can now be obtained as a substitute for a sketch of his life:

Cooper K. Watson died in Sandnsky.( )liio. Thursday. Ma\ I'dtli. issO.aged about sevent) years, after an illness of several weeks. We take from the S" iiiliixkii II' ijifth r the following obituary, and desire to add. that after he moved to Norwalk. lie was elected a member of tin- constitutional convention :

" The deceased jurist was born in .Jefferson county. Kentucky, on the ISth day of .June. Islu. and was therefore a month of reaching the full allotted measure of man's life. In boyhood he was apprenticed toa merchant tailor, and worked at his trade a short time.

lie turned his attention, however, to the law. soon after reaching manhood. He began his study at Newark, a IK I was admitted to the 1 tar at Columbus. He practiced at Newark for two years, then moved to Delaware, where he remained four years : tin n went to Marion, where he lived live years, four of which lie served as prosecutor of the county. I Ie then mo veil to Fremont . where he lived eight years. While a resident of Fremont he became an intimate friend ot the late Sardis l!erchard. an uncle and patron of President It. 15. Hayes.

of liberty, and an uncompromising foe of the slave power. lie was not ree|ect"il. and at the close o|' his term returned to the practice of the law.

History 01 Skm-X'A County

OIK of the oldest lawyers in Tittin. was born in 1 >elaware county, Penns\ Ivania, in Iteccmber. iSio. i)f (Junker parents, Joseph and Sarah Pennington. who were also natives of the same state. He was a descendant of Isaac 1'ennington. of Chaltort. Fngland, who. with (ieoixre Fox. 'I'lionKis Khvooil, Robert llarclay and William IVnn founded the Society of Friends, in Fngland. about the middle of the sixteenth cen tury.

One of Isaac's daughters. (lulielma. was the wife of \\'ilbam 1'enn. and his son. F.dward Pennington, came with him to America and married the daughter of Samuel Jennings, the then governor of New Jersey, and from whom the Penningtons, of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, were descended.

In 1X2^ Joseph 1'ennington and family removed to C.'avuga county. New York, where they lived until the spring of 18^4, when they started for the west, expecting to purchase land and settle in the reservation in this county. They came to Huffalo by the New York and Frie canal and then up the lake in the old steamboat Fnterprise, landing at Huron, thence by wagons to Tiffin, arriving on the 24th of May. The cholera breaking out in town, the people chiefly scattered to the country, and the 1'ennington family took up <]uarters in the southeast corner of (Tmton township, where Joseph 1'ennington soon after bought a new farm, but subsequently pure hased other lands and settled in liloom township, where the family resided many years.

In i<S;,7 Robert ('- . 1'ennington entered the Huron Institute, at Milan. Ohio, and after completing an academic course there, in the fall of i.S^fj began the study of law with Abel Rawson. Fsq.. then the principal lawyer in the county, having for a rooMi-mate and fellowstudent, John K. (iibson. a brilliant, noble young man. who died in 1X41. before admission to the bar.

Mr. K. <i. 1'ennington was admitted to the bar in the spring of [842, at Columbia. Ohio, in a class with Jesse Stem. Kdward Smith. Homer K,\ erett and < leo. W. Thompson, and commenced and continued the part ner>lup with Mr. Raw>on until the latter retired trom active business the office of L. A. 11 all. and was admitted to practice in iS^j. In 18^7 he \vas elected judge of the court of common pleas. In 1858 the office of district attorney ot the I nited States was tendered him. which he declined. He was the < piartermaster of the loist regiment ( ). Y. L, and alter serving two years returned to his profession. In 1874 he was the I )emocratic candidate tor congress in this district and was beaten by onlv i }9 votes. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis. He is the author of -- Seney's ('ode," and is a successful practitioner and an able and forcible advocate.

My venerable and distinguished old friend, the lion, lames 1'urdv. the veteran lawyer of Mansfield. Ohio, who is the only survivor of that pioneer band ot lasvvers that attended the sittings oi the first courts in Seneca county, was kind enough to furnish the writer a few anecdotes and descriptions ot a tew scenes in connection with the practice in those earls days, but it took some urging to induce Major I'urdy i as he is familiarly called) to do so. finalls he penned, for the use of the writer, the following:

I >K s i; si i; At 1 1 if a^e of >7 | retain s is idls in m.s me mo is amusing anecdotes of the liar in those earls das s. a fess -.pecimens of sshich 1 give, that sdiimas.it sou desire, incorporate in proper language in sour histors of Seneca counts .

In those dass each circuit had a president judge a lawser and in each counts there svere three associate judges country u'entlemen. The lasvyers called tliis the " Demarara team." A sailor ssas lined, and as he stepped up to the clerk to pay. said he hoped the Demarara learn s\ as now sat islied. lie s\ as asked to explain. s\ hen he said: " In 1 he Inland of Demarara a team is composed of three mules and a jackass."

.F. I5o\d.a farmer and early pioneer on Honey creek, boxed a young fellow's ears at a log rolling, for which lie was indicted. \Villiam Clark, also an earl) pioneer and a tanner, had an old fashioned list iciiff with a neighbor. for which he was indicted also. Their t rial sea me on at t he same term : each determined to defend himself. Mr. liovd's ease was first heard. The witnesses were examined and the prosecuting attorney addressed the jur\. I'ncle .limni). although a very intelligent man. found himself very much embarrassed in examining the witnesses, and his speech in defence was a failure. He sat down discomfited. ( ). Parish volunteered to reply on behalf of the state, and scared him severel) . He was found guilty and lined s.~>.oo. the ordinary charge in such cases at thai time.

I'ncle Bill\ was intelligent and had practiced in justice's courts, besides he was naturally shrewd. His case came on. In examining the witnesses, he did well. The prosecuting attorney made a short speech intending to give Parish full space to reply to I'ncle Hilly. The jud^e said. " Mr. Clark, do yon wish to address the jury?" Having tin- fear of Parish before his eyes, he answered : " No. your Honor, that little speech is not worthy of an answer." Parish was disappointed, being cut off in this manner.

A la rye portion of the early pioneers of Seneca count \ emigrated from New York. In that state grand jurors receive no pay. The sheriff selected them from the most independent free-holders, who could afford to spend their time and money. They organized and adopted certain rules for their government. For absence at roll call the\ were lined a bottle of brandy. The Seneca counts grand jur> adopted the same rule, and the full bottle was always on the table. .Ind^e Lane was notified of the rule, gave the tyrand jur\ a blowing up. ordered its repeal, and the practice discontinued.

Another case, in !act. one ot the lirst jury cases in our common pleas court, should also lie remembered. It was the case of Ilennett against Knight for false imprisonment. The plaintiff had been arraigned before Knight as a justice of the peace, for stealing calves, and was by him sent to prison. Parish tor plaintill, Purdy for defendant. In lii^ argument. Parish regretted that he had claimed in his declaration but S^oo. The small room in which court was held wa~- denselv ( rowdcd. A wag called out, " It the Picnnetts can make ^oo stealing calves they had better <]iiit the h<»g business." The judge could not find the disturber in the crowd, and the contempt ot court was neces >aril\ left unpunished.

About two month-- bctore the death ot Mr. l\;'Wsoii. he visited tinwriter and requested him to insert in the historv of Seneca < ounty-- if he should ever write one -the writer's response to a toast at a bar

Sits our esteemed and worthy -John K. Ilord: Kobert <-. Peiiniiiii'ton. piuir fellow. ;r<>ne To see the railroad matters all alone: And (-ilison so agreed amon.u' tin* fjods. Is treasurer of state by many odds.

> rass; in adverse, stormy weather: Now push about the social Mowing bowl. Drink liistv draughts, fraternal How of soul. And may he now. and ever lie a beast. Who feels no joy in this fraternal feast. A nd one and all. take counsel, be advised. ll\ no temptat ion let us be ent iced To lose the secret of this earthly life. So full of blessings, full of peace and strife: Ma\ each and e\er> noble, honest heart P>e trill) man. and braveh act his part: And when we've finished even case below. When nature's law shall bid us hence to »-o. To meet the .ludu'e of nations at the bar Of Hist ribunal in the world afar: Ma> each in peace, prepared to close the race. Make .mi himself a u'oo I. conclusive case.

\\ as !>orn in 1 ,11 /.erne county. Pennsylvania. I une ; 4. i .S _>o. 1 1 is lather's name was \\"illiam Noble, and hi-- mother's maiden name Rebcci a I.vtle. The parents moved to Wayne counts, ' )hlo. when (hey had three little children, and located in Salt ('reek township, some ten miles east ot Wooster. In 1^4 the family moved to Medina countv.

re-elected in iS^o. serving tour years, except a short time before the expiration of his term, when lie resigned. In 1860 he was elected to the thirty-seventh congress over Judge Carey, the Whig candidate for his second term, and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress over judge \Vooster, of Norwalk. who was his colleague in the previous term, having been thrown into this district by the change of districts prior to the election. Mr. Noble was a war Democrat, and served as such during the war to March 4th. 1865.

He was one of the trustees of the ( >hio state universitv for ten years, having been first appointed by (iovernor Hayes. After the death of lohn T. Huss and the failure of the First National bank in Titiin. Mr. Noble was appointed as its receiver. He settled claims against the institution, amounting to $240,000, paying sixty cents on the dollar, and settled up the concern with the least litigation and in the shortest time of any bank that failed since the inauguration of the present banking system. He has been the president of the Commercial bank ever since it started, in June. 1876. and is the president also of the Tiffin Mutual Aid association, and a member ol the Tirtin board of education. During the construction ot the Baltimore and ()hio and the Mansfield and Cold Water railroads, he took a verv active part, as he always did in all public enterprises.

Mr. Noble owes his great success in life to that indomitable industry, integrity and perseverance that have marked his whole life from his boyhood.

Was born in < )hio. May i(>th. 1X22. and soon thereafter his parents moved to Seneca county, in the same year. His paternal grandparents were from Ireland, and his maternal grandparents from Wales. He was reared on a farm on Honey creek, in Kden. and worked with his father, lohn (iibson. at the carpenter trade. After he had attended the < ninmon schools, he attended one year at the Ashland academy. lie re, id law in Tiffin in the oth< e ol Rawson \' I'ennington. and was admitted to the bar in 1845. He was the Whig candidate tor attorney irenrral in i8;^.but was defeated. He was elected treasurer of >.tate in 18;^. and r<"-igned in 1*57. lie entered the army as colonel of the 4()th < ). V I . in i .so i. and commanded a brigade and division of the armv of the Cumberland, leading his < ommand in forty two conflicts. He 'eft the army with the rank ot brigadier general, and resumed the practice of the law in Tittin. 1 1 e- < jtiit the practice in i 87 j. and applied himsel! vcr\ industriously to railroad enterprises. He bore a very con spi< ii'uis part in all the political campaigns i ver sine e the organi/ation

\\ as born August lOtli. 1X4^. in Allegheny count}', Maryland. He is a graduate oi Heidelberg college, and was admitted to practice law in I >eceml>cr. i Xdq.

\\'a- horn in Hopewcll township, March _'oth, 1X47. He is a graduate of Heidelberg college, and was admitted to practice law in 1X72. and is now ot the law firm of II. ('. «.V (.. 1!. Kepple: was married at Indian apolis to-day, lune j<)th. iSSo.

U'as born December lotli. iSj.S. in Frederick county, Maryland: came to 'Tiffin with his father's family in 1X^0: was admitted to practice law in iX^c. and for very many years was, and now is, ot the law firm ot Hall \- I'ittenger.

Sisters, and graduates of Heidelberg, natives of 'Tiffin, some six year.-> ago were admitted to practice law: probably the first ladies in Ohio that entered the legal profession. 'The} are both in the practice now. One i- practicing by herself, without a partner, and the other is in partnership with another lawver.

Ainonu ihr very man}' remarkable things already related about Tittm and Sen<-< a < oiinty. the most remarkable of all is the fact, that here :n I ilfm. t \\ o 1 iw\'ei"s married each olliei". and are now raising two mosi lovel} little daughters about three and four years old. I .el any oilier !o\\n in the I nitcd States sav tlie like.

The following are the names ol" young men who are reading law in Tiftin now. with a view of pursuing the profession. \i/: J. (Calvin Rover. Walter S. Cramer. |ohn ('. Rickenbatigh. Ira V.. Strong. Warren F. Noble. Henry J. Wcller, James H. Phut, R. 1). Reed. David W. Speilman. lohn \\'. Leahy. Charles \\". Rep]), Frank Hess. There is also a young lady reading law - Miss Ldith Sams.

After the commencement of this work two members ol the bar ol Tiffin died very suddenly and unexpectedly. Mr. Alfred l.andon died at his residence after a few hours' illness, in a sinking chill, and a few weeks after, near the close of the fall term of the court ot common pleas. Mr. Ceorge W. Hachman was found dead near his gate, having fallen out of his buggy.

Mr. Hachman was also mayor ot" Tiffin, prosecuting attorney and one of the directors ot the Seneca County Infirmary. He \vasa member ot the Tiftin bar since 1X07.

It is a most remarkable fact that all the lawvers who have died in Seneca county passed away very suddenly, without being sick any length of time. Mr. Seiiey dropped dead on the Moor: Richard Williams died suddenly: Jesse Stem was shot dead in Texas; |oel W. Wilson was not considered seriously ill when he died: Thomas C. Tunison was sick only a day or two; Leander Stem was killed in the battle of Stone River: Afred Landon and Ceorge Uachman died as related above, and Luther A. Hall passed away In-fore the brethren knew that he was seriously ill: Mr. Rawson was complaining only a few days betore he died: \\illiam M. Johnson expected to get well the da\ before he died, but had been suflermg from consumption tor years.

Promised a halt do/en times to lurnish the writer with a little sket« h of hinisell. to !u entered here, and having neglected to do so. I can only say ot him thai lie is a ver\ able jurist, and that since he has served on the common pleas bench ten year-, he ha-> returned to the prat tice in Tiftin.

working against hope, in i S<>(> I was elected treasurer of Seneca count), and re elected in iS;i. serving lour years. I was tlie first mayor of the city of Tiffin, and the first president of the school hoard of Tiffin, and being a member ot the same board now. I take great pride in holding the highest oftice that the law gives to any man. 1 have now been at the Tiffin bar longer than any other la\\ ver connected with it. except it be brother Pennine-ton.

lust in time, and before these sheets go to the printer. 1 can add the fact, that at the Democratic state convention, held in Cleveland on Thursday, the 22i\ day of July. i.S.So. 1 was nominated by acclamation as the candidate for secretary ot state. < )n my return to Tiffin on the day following, a large party of my friends and neighbors, some five hundred, with a band of music and carriages, met me at the depot in Tiffin and escorted me home. Dr. ]. A. Norton announced my nomination to the assembled crowd in front of the court house: \V. P. Noble made a speech of welcome in glowing terms, and Republicans and Democrats joined in their hearty congratulations. It was a scene the like of which Tiffin never witnessed before. The ovation was a personal compliment, without distinction of party. 1 record it here in gratitude as the happiest day ot my lite. The good opinion ot one's neighbors is a price far bevond the emoluments of office.

The Chi Lharmon 1C Society Mrs Harriet Crawford

DRV DREMf.VCH. KUHN. F ! S H K k OvONNOk 111! IN MEDICAL SOCIETY INDUSTRIES IN 11FFIN SE N EC A v OU N i Y AG k I L U I. I U k A I. SOC I E T Y THE FkESS MESSRS LOOM1S. NAN LOR. GROSS I HE SENEGA COUNIY INFIKMARY IHt. lilFIN GAS I.IGH! COMPANY AGRICULTURAL WORKS. F.IC IHE SKNECA COUN I Y 1M ON E I K AS.-.OC I A I ION Dl.k HkUDEKHUND THE CHI LHARMON 1C SOCIETY MRS HARRIET CRAWFORD.

had no ambition to venture upon tin- more brilliant operations; these lie turned over to such men as .Molt and Mussy. \vlio made surgery a specialty.

Dr. Dresbaeli \\as of medium height, stoutly built, and a little inclined to <4ori»iileiiey. His brain, though not ver\ large, was active, with a good anterior de\ elopment. Ills temperament was sanguine; hair light auburn. e\es blue, nose large and slighth aipiiline. neck short, chest and limbs well developed, and his whole appearance that of an elegant gentleman, as he \\"as. In the matter of dress, lie \\as scrupulously careful, always wearing the finest and must fashionable garments. His kind, courteous, graceful demeanor insured him a hearty welcome \\here\er lie went, whether in the sick chamber or the drawing-room.

The Doctor was fond of books, and was well posted in current literature: he was a most agreeable companion. indulging freely in anecdotes and personal reminiscences, and had good conversational powers, though he made no pretentious as a public speaker.

While a general favorite with the ladies, and fond of their society, and. at one time matrimonially engaged, he lived all his days in single blessedness.

He was a lover of the tine arts, and of music especially: and many a leisure half hour was tilled with sweet strains from his favorite instrument - the violin: and to his love of music, and to the encouragement he generously gave to resident professors and amateurs, our cit\ is. in some measure, indebted for its present high culture in music.

And now. kind reader, would \oii have some glimpses to illustrate the dual character of poor human nature: to show, side by side, its good and its bad qualities, in the life under review?

Well but no matter -'tis enough to say that while the Doctor was not sinless, most of his faults were not of a malignant type, but rather of the kind that are said " to lean to virtue's side."

P»ut whatever they were, a most ungracious task it would be. to dwell upon their unpleasant memory: and the writer must ask to be excused, preferiug. as he does, the reversal of the custom indicated in the following lines:

The Doctor was a member of the .Masonic order. In politics he was a Whig, and took a leading part in every campaign. In IMii he was the Whig candidate for congress, and. though defeated, had the satisfaction to know that he had run considerably ahead of his ticket. Rodolphus Dickinson \vtishisopponent. David Tod was defeated for governor at the same election.

Vigorous as his constitution nat uralh was.il had its limit of endurance. ( Kertasked. mei>tall\ and physically, for thirl) scars, in a malarious climate, i! is not surprising that his life was cut short, in his liftv-lirst year. His end came i mi >uddenl\ : the wa> In it was through louu' suffering, extending over a pei'ii >d of se\ eral years.

(iradualh declining health induced him to ! r\ the effect of a milder climate. The winter of |s~,i -j. \\-,\~, spent in the south, visiting a lirotherand makiii'-i the acquaintance of man\ of the leading medical men of that region. With the return of the sprim;. ho\\e\ei'. thei'e were no siirns of returning

The hither of I>r. Kuhn was for many years the most important and distinguished man in Frederick county, lie was the leader of the Republican i 1 >emocratic t party tor many years .from 179X10 1824). He had read law but preferred farming, lie had 700 acres well stocked with skives. The abolitionists stole nine ol them at one time. Dr. Kuhn brought a skive boy to Tiffin with him. He was a present from some friend. I often heard Dr. Kulin speak of him but have no knowledge of what became of him. The name of Dr. Kuhn's father was Christian: his mother's maiden name was Fli/abeth Browning, daughter of Jeremiah and Cassandra Browning. The old folks, after they were eighty years of age. rode horseback to Steubcnville. Ohio, where they bought a farm. The old lady was highly intellectual and one of the most scholarly women in Maryland. They were of Fnglish stock. Christian Kulin was a (lerman, wealth}' and popular. He was the first mayor of Frederick City, and frequently a member ol the general assembly of Maryland. He traveled to the sessions in his own carriage. lie was then a leading spirit in most all leading matters, and for manv years held the office of chief judge of the orphans' court of Frederick county.

I >r. Kuhn held his reputation in the esteem ot the people and the profession up to his death. Nature seemed to have made him fora physician, but with all his skill he had his weaknesses, too. like mail}' other men. His occasional indulgences in strong drink interfered materially with his practice, while his habitual indifference about his finances kept him poor. He earned money enough in his profession to be one of our wealthiest men, but he seemed to set no value upon it. He would become securitv for anybody that asked him the favor, audit -,vas no lesson to him when he was compelled to pay. He was warmhearted and generous, hospitable, sympathetic, benevolent, kind. He could refuse no favor in his power to grant: never learned to say "no." His wife died about iX.}^. Sometime thereafter he married Miss Maria I'ennington. a sister to Robert O. I'enningtoii. ot Tittm. This union was blessed with three children: Robert I). Kuhn. \!rs. Fmma Kimball and Louisa, the late Mrs. Fast, of Canton. Ohio. Mrs. Kuhn is stiii living.

Dr. Kuril attained to the highest honors in ancient Masonry and often represented the old Samlusky lodge in the ( irand I -odgc of Ohio, lie (!!-. d at his residence on Chi v street, in Titlm. < >ctober i 6. 1X78.

\V,,s ., native of Maryland, and located in Forl I '.all about the time Dr. 1 Iresbai h came here, and the two formed a partnership in the practice.

on former occasions, was well marked in this family also, but here, as everywhere, it was always associated with politeness, kindness and broad and generous hospitality.

The state society was organi/ed in a parlor of the old Neil house, in Columbus, May i4th, 1846; the first Seneca county society at Dr. K. Dresbach's office in 1X52. Dr. McFarland was elected president; and Dr. (ieorge Sprague secretary.

The present society was organi/ed in one of the parlors of the Shawhan house, in Tiffin, on the 2^th day of September, iXjX. with Dr. A. 1). Hovey as president, and Dr. A. L. Waugaman as secretary. The society has its regular meetings on the tourth Wednesday of every month.

the senate chamber of Ohio. when, at ten o'clock in the morning of the first Monday in January. A. D.. \S(>2. the senate \vas called to order. The citv of Columbus was lull ot soldiers; regiment after regiment \vas organi/.ed and sent to the front. The sound ol martial music rang in the streets day and night, and here met the first legislature of Ohio after the breaking out of the rebellion.

The condition of the country on that morning seemed to combine with nature to cast a gloom and a sadness over the senate. The Hon. Henjamin Stanton. president ot the senate, took his seat; the members were sworn and seated, and the saddest countenance in that body was that of Senator |ohn I). O'Connor, of Monroe. He was then about forty years of age. about six feet high: he had black hair, brushed back from a high forehead, deeply set dark eyes, a chiseled face; a black beard covered his mouth and chin. Heavy black eyebrows gave powerful expression to the white ot his eyes, making his countenance wonderfully striking. lie wa> lean of flesh. The paleness of his face and his entire "make up" were calculated to arrest the attention, if not excite the sympathy, ol the most careless observer. Add to this a prudent reserve, close observation, quiet demeanor and polished manners, and YOU have a tair picture ot I )r. O'Connor on that morning.

1'artv spirit ran high during the war. and the few members of that body who were elected by Democratic constituencies, were treated with indiffercm e. tor their votes were not necessary to carry any measure: vet that senate contained many distinguished gentlemen Irom all parts of the state, some of whom became noted in other high positions which they filled.

[)r. O'Connor and the writer belonged to that small number, and as miserv loves company, and lor higher reasons, i; was not long until mutual respect wanned into mutual friendship that grew brighter as time rolled on, and lasted lor 1 lie.

Dr. < i' Coiin IT'S lather was an Irishman who h:id served under Wellington m Spain, and alter he was transferred with a portion of the Uriti-h arnn to ( anada. he ran awa\ with some ot his < omrade.s. came to lip' 1 nited Mates, and settled in Wood-field. Monroe ( oiinty. ( >hio. in i 'M 7 or IMS, Here he was married to Rebecca Co rot hers, and elected to the ottn e ol < oiinty re* order. wh;< h olli \ ea r -.

Muring his short association with the members of the convention he won the love and esteem of them all. and on the morning when the committee who had been appointed to prepare suitable resolutions expressive of the sense of the convention on his death, were about to report, several gentlemen made remarks attesting their love and esteem tor the doctor, full of tine feeling and warm appreciation of the good man he was. judge Okev, Messrs. Yoris. Albright. Neil. Cook and others spoke very eloquently. It is to be regretted that space will not permit a reproduction of those eulogies here.

His body was brought to Tiffin by a committee appointed by the convention, on the 24th ot February, and kept at the house of the writer in Tiffin, from whence, on the next day, it was taken to the l-'irst Methodist 1'rotcstant church, where the Rev. |. ('. Ogle delivered a very appropriate sermon from Rev. 14: i,3\.. to a large concourse of friends, lie was buried at the new cemetery, near Tiffin, under the beautiful and impressive ritual of the K. \r A. M.

Dr. O'Connor was an excellent physician, possessed of a finely cu-1 tured mind: he was a true friend, a devoted patriot, a Christian gentleman and an honest man.

\Vas organi/ed in icS^6 as a joint slock company, under the statute of Ohio. The enterprise was originated by Kdward Cwyn, ot Springfield, Ohio, who came to Tilrin in that year, and induced several of our citi/ens here to aid him. The capital stock was S^o.ooo. ot one thousand two hundred shares, each twenty- five dollars. Mr. Cwvn sub scribed all the stock except about fitly shares, which were taken by others.

The city c ouncil ot Tittm granted to the company and iis MIC< es>ors and a-^iu'ii-' lorever. the use ot the streets, allevs and public grounds in Tiffin, to lay pipe and all other appliances to distribute and carry ga- t 'in High< >ut the city.

Th' i oiiipany contracted \\ith Mr. Cwyn to build the works \»v the <o< k he had Mib<cribed and Sio.ooo. to be secured by mortgage on the work-, and Mr. (iwvn was virtuallv the owner of the whole, as the tiftv

Located near the bridge on Market street, started when, in 1847, they bought the old Foundry then conducted bv lesse Wolf. They afterwards bought the property where Van Nest's carriage factor}' stood, and erected valuable buildings on the premises. The firm is now composed of |ohn I), l.oomis. I'hiletus Nyman and ('.eorge l,oomis. They employ about 28 hands and turn out work annually to the value of £50,000.

Were accepted by the council of the city in the fall of 1879. There are about 14 miles ot water pipes in the city, '['he city pays rent for hydrants.

There are now in Tiftin 26 grocer}' stores. 6 dry goods stores, 5 clothing stores. 8 boot and shoe stores, i carpet store. 6 millinery and fancy stores, 5 jewelry stores, 4 drug stores, 4 fruit, confectionery and bakery stores, 3 hardware stores, 4 stove and tin stores, 2 hat and and cap stores, 2 china and crockery stores. 2 book and stationery stores. } furniture stores. ^ photograph rooms, 5 harness shops, 2 marble dealers. 4 cigar manufacturers, 0 printing establishments, 7 barber shops. 8 meat markets. ^ blacksmith shops, 6 carriage and wagon works, 2 breweries, 3 wholesale liquor stores. 3 music stores, 6 hotels, ^ boarding houses, i plumbing and gas fitting store, 2 pump shops, about 50 saloons. 2 bent works factories, 2 sash, door and blind factories, i foundry, i stove factory, i woolen mill, i churn factory. 2 shoe factories, the gas works, agricultural works and water works.

Is a new < reation and tittin.L; up a line room in the market house building. It was incorporated in Man h, iSSo, and the following named persons are the officers ot the institution, vi/:

I n conformit \ \\ilhtheact entitled. "All act lo authori/e and encourage t he eslal'lishment of agricultural societies in the several counties in this state." parsed March li'. l^in. notice is herein given that there will lie a meeting held at the court house in Till'm. on Saturday, the 1st day of January next, for the purpose of organ! /ing. etc. d. .1. K KKN.

The meeting was held at the M. V.. church. John Terry, Samuel Waggoner. Abel Rawson. A. Ingrahani. \Y. Toll, Kvan Dorsey. Louis Halt/ell, I.loyd Norris, Jacob S.Jennings. K. (i. Pennington, Andrew Moore, (ieorge Stoner. I. W. Wilson and others took active part.

Samuel Waggoner was elected president: A. Ingraham, vice-president: Kvan Dorsev. recording secretary; K.(). l*ennington, corresponding secretary: I.loyd Norris. treasurer: Terry. Moore and Stoner. executive committee. A constitution was adopted Tims the society was put on toot and has flourished ever since. Its county fairs are amongst the best in the >tate. I towns about twenty-five acres of land near College II ill. between North (ireenfield and Portland roads, well provided with halls, race track and stalls. Its present officers are: N I,. Urewer. president: Jacob Rickenbaugh. vice-president: II. J. Weller, secretary; ]ohn M. Kaull. treasurer. There are eighteen managers, cine from each township, two from the city and one from the county at large.

The vast majority ot the most successful business men in Tiffin are those who commenced the world with very little capital, or none at all. and I take pride to record the tact, that the leading characters in all brandies ot industry here, are sell made men.

\\ as born November}, i s i i in ( )sego counts'. Nc\\ N ork and was raised in ( ayuga count}', same state. He came i o Ohio ; n i S ^c; and located ;n New ll,i\tii win-re lie remained five year-, and then removed io I ;< king ( cm nty. < >ii ;o. where In- remained ' w< > years, and in i ^ } 7 removed to '1 it tin. ( MHO. where he ha> reiuaini-d ever sim e. I he firm, oi whi- i; in- h is b -.-]! ihe head ever ->in< e its lo< ation, ha- not onl\ con stani'.y iin -ince its location here, but ha- never been under the gross ;iml three colonels to the war, with a fair prospect or" sending another: the I'nited States sent one of our citi/ens to represent her in China, and 1'ere Hyacinthe married one of our lair daughters.

Henry dross is the second son ot Henry dross, sen., mentioned in a former chapter. He was born |ulv _M . iSi^. When a boy he made himself busy in his father's gun shop ami learned the use of tools. As he grew up he tombed a great taste tor music and the line arts, and while he acquired and mastered the gunsmith trade, became also ai> inventor. He secured a patent tor a breech-loading rifle, and. in company with Mr. Kd. (iwynn, started a lactory. In this, as in almost all his business undertakings, he allowed himself to be over-reached and proved to his triend that he was more of a genius than a financier. He secured many patents on ingenious steel and iron works, time-locks on safes, etc. While he was in the employ of the " Hall Safe and Lock Co.," in Cincinnati, for many years, he was sent tor from verv many places in the I'nited States to open safes that by some accident had become fastened and nobody found to open them. Mr. Gross traveled many thousand miles on missions of that nature, and never failed in any case. He olten astounded the by-standers in opening safes in a few minutes when others had worked lor days. It is sate to sa\ that there is not a sale made anywhere that Mr. dross cannot open in a very short time without knowing anything about the combinations. Were it not for his high order ot character and strict integrity, he would certainly be a dangerous man to run at large.

( )t his latest and best invention, the papers are full of praise, and a copy of an article that appeared in the Scutlicfii Merchant of November. 1X79. is here added to show how Mr. dross' genius is appreciated by other people, arid not to have it said that William Lang runs wild with his love for old Seneca and his friends. l!ut here is the article:

In our occupation as journalists, recording the current events of the times tlie affairs of governments and political movements, the evil doings of the criminal classes, the ^rations of societv. the theatrical stellar attractions, the condition ot' the great manufacturing interests, the prospects of the growing crops, and the e\eit< inent in the great commercial marts, and the educational, religions, and a^thetiral mien-Ms, it sometimes becomes our d ut > a> \\ e] I as 1 1 lea >i i re I o ^i n^1 1 lie praisesot' the great geniuses and t h inkers \\lioo\ereonie the oli>tacle> of nature and utili/e her forces for the good, con: i o! i ;; nd happiness of mankind I he men \\ ho have a keen appreciation of the disid\antage> under \\hich .-oi TO\\ ini: humanit\ toil, and strive to attain happiness, and put forth t heir lie M energies to dissipate them.

As one of ihi- illustrious hand we take pleaMire in ela^siny Mr. Henry (in>s>. of Cincinnati. ( >h io. \\ i tli \\ horn we had a delight fill and instructive are most admirably adapted to the purpose. The time movement and permutation 1 1 1 ml tiers are closely connected within a space of t\\ o indies sipiare, and perform all tip- functions of the ordinary bulky time and combination locks of ten times the si/e. while possessing new feat u res of convenience and security that will be readily appreciated by users. Mr. (irossalso finally presents a lire-proof sale, of excellent design and calculated per maximum etliciency in ihe protection of its contents from lire.

All Hie in\eiiiioiis of Henry dross, from his lirst " time lock." show the master's hand of yeniiis. and now that he has practically demonstrated the excellence ami in\ ulnerahi lily of the two last efforts of his skill.it is sincerely to be hoped that bankers, county treasurers, and those who use safes generally, \\ill look at the merits of Ids make before they buy the productions of mendacious man u fact urers. whose main merits consist in the liberal use of printer's ink.

The various newspaper enterprises that were established in Tiffin from time to time, the incidents connected with them, the political views they advocated, the i|uest:ons that agitated the public mind from lime to time, and the greater or lesser lights that figured on the aftirma live and negative sides ol these questions, the results obtained In the elections and all that and more, would make a very interesting book, md it is hoped some TiHmite will some day take up the subject and write up a volume.

The first newspaper published in the county was the St~>it'<'<i l\itriot. !-'.. P.ro\\n. editor and proprietor. The little hand press upon which it was printed was procured from Mr. I. 1'. McArdle. who claimed for it thai it was the first printing press brought to Ohio.

The paper came out as circumstances would permit. Sometimes the editor was out .it paper: sometimes out ot ink. Public patronage was no! \ er\ Ljood. and the notn es and \\ork trom the c<iimt\ otticials t'lirmed the prim ipal par' <>t his support. The Creates! trouble ot all. however, was the triangular fi_:i): between the political parties. The fii/n'ni \\ - il\ pa|ier in 'lie < oimtv. and Mr. llrown undertook lo

That settled it. Mr. I'/H-ha I '.ro\s n -omet ; me attei look -.1 k .11,1'. liied .it ('im innati. Hi- -on. | II. I'. rown. - arried on (lie paper lor a short time then-alter, and 'hen -old the pre-- and material to Mr. Aion/o K aw son.

-- It must be acknowledged that this venerable press, in the service of half a cent ur\ . has earned at least the reputation of a faithful 'herald of a noisy world.' It has no doubt embla/oncd to the world the achievements of many an eminent statesman, and probably chronicled as the\ occurred the stirring e\ ents which gave our government its national existence. ( 'ommcncing' its tour of pilgrimage upon the Atlantic coast, it has wound its way to the fancied ' far west . It is indeed a relic of other days. lie who would compare, at thisda>. that sturdy lever with the vast improvements made upon its like, since its first da\s. would behold one of the most astonishing and remarkable evidences of human skill ever developed in any branch of scientific or mechanical invent ion."

If this be the first press uind it undoubtedly was) that crossed the Alleganies. it should become the property ot the west, and here be preserved to attest the improvements in the " art preservative of arts."

Mr. Alon/o Rawson. who bought the press, issued the first number of the />ii/<'pi'Hi/i-fi/ Clii'tniiclt <i>n/ St-/i<*i-<r Ath'crtiscr on the 26th of April, i S ^4. M aking his bow to the people he said he would be independent in politics, and advocate measures, not men. lie soon, however, leaned over to the Whigs very strongly, and the leading Democrats put their heads together to buy Rawson out.

Mr. Josiah 1- . Reed purchased the office from Mr. Rawson. and issued the first number ot" the /////// Ga~-,-i/,- ami Scnccti Atlrertisrr in the last week in November. i^S- as the organ of the Democracy.

During a large portion of the year i<\}6. it seems that there was no paper published in Lower Sandusky, tor nearly or all the official notices from Sandusky county during that time were published in the Gazette here.

In the latter part of February. iS^.S, Luther A. Hall, who was one of the principal leaders <«t the \\higs ot Seneca county, bought the whole concern of Mr. Reed, and immediately handed it over to Mr. Joseph Howard, who was one ot' the early lawyers here, and the second clerk of the common pleas court, a Whig, ot course. Mr. Howard kept the name ot the (,',/:,-//,- for his paper, but dropped the Ac/rrr/isrr. In his inaugural he s;i\ s that he muM ha\ e the support of all people who want a newspaper, and throws himselt upon the \\hig party especially. Mr. Howard, alter one or two issues, sold the- concern to Samuel A. (iriswold, who issued his first number on the ;th dav of April. i.S^S. and conducted it as the organ of the Whigs until the tall of 1X42. when it was discontinued. Mr. (iriswold is at present the editor of the I.andis/t-/ <)hio' (Vi/>'//V. which has been under his charge for many years.

to solicit such ;i'nl as \on ma\ devm proper to extend, to enable us to commence tin1 publication. Ami \\ e ;tssmv \mi thai such ;ii<l MS you may alTonl will In- uTatefuli) receivd. ,unl I'aillil'nlly applied to the purpose intended, and tin1 furtherance of democratic )irinci|)lcs in northwestern Ohio.

The uecessit) of M ( -!-! man 1 >('in<>rral ic CM per in this -ed ion of the State located, too. in the 1 1, inner -list rid of ( )hio will he apparent to you. when we state that there are in this Seneca count) ahont eiuht hundred (.ennan Democratic voters at lc;ist I \\ent\-li\e hundred in this con<;ressional district and donlitless from lil'leen to t\\ enty thonsMiid in northwestern Ohio amoim' \\ horn \ve CMII numlier some of the most un\ i elding Democrats in the State yd are comparative!) destitute of the means of acquiring political information.

1 f successful in commencing' this piihlication. \\e fed assured Imndreds. if not thousands, can he rallied to the polls, and man\ induced to M speedier natnrali/ation. who have heretofore felt indifferent as to the importance of acquiring the rights of cil i/.ens. and the i>-lorious privileges of an American freeman and thus swell. 1>\ thousands, the Democrat ic vote of Ohio.

For such amount as may lie contributed h\ \ourself. and other friends in your place. \\ e will, of course, furnish the proper numlier of papers, weeklv. in remuneration. Will you exert \ ourself ad iveh a mony the friends of the cause, and advise us as soon MS possinle of \oiir success, elc. 't

This call \va> answered by itinds stitlnirnt to purchase a lot of tvpe tor a ( icrnian paper, and the first copy of the .SVv/r<w .-!,///->- made its appearance about the latter part of April. [848. and appeared weeklv for just six month-; William I.MIIL; was the editor, and |ohn (I. ISreslin the publisher. At the end ol tills time. Mr. Ilreslin was elected a member of the general assembly, and i^ettini; ready to L^O to ( 'olumbus. had nobody to look alter the .ti//i'r\\\ the oltii e. and the writer found other and more prontable employment. The ./,//<-/- was the first ('.erman papei' published in Seneca < onnt\ . The next (ierman newspa]ier pnbli-hed hen wj- the ( //.ww /-'At^^t'. J. M. /.ahm. editor and proprietoi'; and thet'nird. /)-'<- /'////// /'/v.v.\v. (ieor^e Ilomann. editor ami propri etor: both ot whu h -hall be noticed a^ain.

its first number in April. iSjS. It \v;is ;i weekly neutral family newsj)aper. well edited, and very clean and neat in its mechanical appear ance. decidedly the most readable family paper published in the city; appeared only about one year, when it was suspended tor want of proper patronage. Mr. /.all in sold the office some time afterwards to 1). |. Statter. Fsq.. who. as the editor and proprietor of the 'J'ijfhi .\V?i'.r, a weeklv family newspaper, issued the first number on April 3. iXXo. It is a beautiful and interesting tour page sheet.

In addition to all these newspapers, large quantities of daily papers from Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo and Chicago are sold by the newsboys. There are more that 5,000 newspapers and 3,000 periodicals distributed at the Tiffin postottice every week in addition to the above. What further proof is required to show that Tiffin contains a reading population i

Hitherto, in glancing over the history of the press in Tiffin, verv little has been said about two distinguished men connected with it, and who did more than any of their predecessors to elevate the tone of the press and improve the style mentally and mechanically, thus fitting it to the demands of the age and the requirements of" a higher order of newspaper literature.

( >ne of these men is the >ubject of" this sketch, and if time and mate rial can be procured before this chapter goes to the printer, there will also be added a short pen picture of the other.

Mr. Armstrong was born in New Lisbon. ( )hio. on the i.Sth day of March. iN.^.v He is the youngest son of (ieneral John Armstrong, a prominent arid influential citi/en of ('olumbiana county. In 1X47, on the jyth dav of Mav. when only two months pa--i fourteen years of age. \\ illiam became an apprentice to the printing business in the office of the S, //-,,! .1 ilri'i'l i-^i-r . at Tiffin, then published by |ohn(i. Mreslin, F.MJ.. a position he was compelled to take owing to the financial rc\ cr>c> of his father. William \vu-> then a Minu.ll bov, and the writer, bei;'i_ an old friend ot Mr. llreslin. and vi>iting the office of the AJrcr- //.-.--v very often, well remembers the little fellow sitting at the desk trv inj, penmanship, and looking up into my face with his large blue, sad eye. that Deemed to speak of homesickness or loss of friends. < )iir old suspended Cleveland l*laindeale>\ and selling the /////// Aiirfrtiscr to the Messrs Myers, he transferred his efforts to the metropolis of northern ( )hio. the t it v tit ( 'leveland.

Owing to the death t,t |. \\". (irav and subsec|uent unskillful manage men! the /'i!iiint/i'ii/t-i had been brought into a very unfortunate con dition. as was indicated by its suspension.

It is a severe task to revive a dead newspaper, yet Mr. Armstrong not only did that, but in a tew years made the l*laindealer one of the leading newspapers ot the west. A clear, vigorous, ready writer, selfeducated and nervy, he naturally took a bold, aggressive course, and neither friends nor enemies had the slightest difficulty in knowing what he meant. He showed himself on all occasions a Democrat of the school of lackson and llenton. unswen ing in favor of state rights, home rule and hard money, ami those time-honored principles he was prepared to maintain against all opposition, either by voice or pen. for if Mr. Armstrong had made any efforts he would have taken rank as a very graceful orator and stumper.

In iShS Mr. Armstrong was elected delegate at large from Ohio to the Democratic national convention, which met at New York, and which nominated Horatio Sevmour tor president In 1872 he came within a tew votes of securing the nomination for congress in the Seneca- -Krie district. In 1-^7,} he removed his family permanently to ('leveland. and settled in a beautiful little home. In 1X76 he was chosen b\ the Democrats ot the Cuyahoga district, the second in point of population and wealth m the state, to represent them in the St. Louis Democratic national convention, and again in uSSo the same compliment was paid him bv the same district, and he was chosen a delegate to the convention \\hich nominated Hancock and Knglish tor president and vice president His co-delegates to that convention selected him as the member ot the Democratic1 national cxe< "tive committee from Ohio. One young printer bov from old Seneca has made himself a repula! ion as an able and < a p able politic ian. In ever\ capucit \ in lite1 in whit h !', = - has been tried, he has been found e<]ua! to the occasion. A biographv in the hist or \ of Cuyahoga county says of Mr. Armstrong: -- \Vi i! in iiis ntin e. he is out nt it. a nun o! dec ;dcd < onvictions

1869, at a meeting held in the city hall of Tiffin in conformity with the call hereto attached. This notice was published only eleven short years ayo. and alreadv more than one halt of the signers have passed over the troubled ocean ot lite: but their names should be preserved.

A Pioxffr Association Old Folks. Attfntion

afid their numher is continual!) yrowiny less, we express but a general wish when we call on \oii. the siir\i\ors. whom a kind Providence, has. in his mere), spared up to this time. t«> meet with us at the next anniversary of Washington's birthda). February ±.'. IM>!». at in o'clock A. M.. in the City Hall, in Titlin. for the purpose of oryaiii/iny a Pioneer Association.

We desire to preser\e amoiiy the archives of the association, the names of the old settlers, both male and female, and incidents of frontier life in this count). Let us meet and oryani/e in the morning, adjourn for dinner, and spend the afternoon in social chat, listening to speeches, frontier anecdotes, etc. We would also invite as man) of other friends as can make it convenient to be with us: believing that to see the old -- bushwhackers " together would afford them pleasure.

The first saengcrfcst alter the war, met in Columbus. ()hio. in 1X65, the next in I.oui>vil!e. k'entm ky in iSdC). It met in Indianapolis in i .So 7 and in Chicago in 1808. In the l\\o last mentioned the Bruderbund participated by delegates only. At Chicago a resolution \vas adopted to have bi-annual festivals. The first saengerfest thereafter met in Cincinnati in 1X70. when the whole Bruderbnnd participated. They were with the North \\ extern at St. I.ouis in 1X7.' and at Cleveland in i 870.

The Bruderbund then attached itself to the Ohio district and sang at its lesmal in (."olumbus in 1X78. In 1X7^ an invitation to meet with the Peninsular Singing Association at Toledo was accepted.

Mr. kimoid served as director up to I'^S- ^'he.n Charley Boos was elected lo succeed him and .served until 18^7. when (leorge Sj)ies was ele< ted. and \\ho wa-, ai^ain succeeded bv Mr. Boos, and tor the last ten years Mr. Spies has been the director.

( >\ the ;irsi members only three survive, the two Ber^er.i and Mr. Merkeibach. fourteen honorarv member^ have also died. Since its lir-t or^ani/.ation the societv has sun:; at over one hundred lunerals and church and other dedications. |)urin^ the prevalence ol the cliolera in 1 ill!1.), when manv tamilies had nio\'ed awav from town and things looked gloomy, the Bnnlerbumi mel two or three times a week at the court house \ ard in the evening and enlivened the stillness ot the night with many a beautiful refrain Irom their choicest pieces. '1 hey have in iw sixtv honorarv members. The present orgam/ation is as lollow.s. vi/ : about two ami one-half miles south of Tiffin. The land \vas bought in 18^5, and in iS^o the first buildings were erected. N. \. Speilman had the contract for the brick work, and Myers and Toner the carpenter and joiner work. The work was let in conformity with a notice the county ( ommissioners caused to be published in the '/7///;/ Triln/nc and Seneca .-/,/r''77/.\vv, on the ,}oth ot January, i.S;(>. David IJurns, Isaac Stillwell and James Hoyd were the commissioners. The work was accepted September 19, 1^5 ft. and orders were drawn tor the payment ot the same. The first directors of the Intinnarv were Andrew Kugenl>eel. [ohn Kerr and Daniel Drown, who appointed Harrison Mc('lel land the first superintendent ot" the Infirmary and farm Many changes have been made on the farm since, and the (arm. as well as the buildings, is in good order under the present superintendent, Mr. Daniel (i. Heck, who has had charge ot the same six years. The institution has some fifty inmates at this time.

She was born in . \tterclilt, Kngland, and when sixteen vears of age was married. Her health failing, her physician recommended a sea voyage as the only remedy to restore her health. Her husband, who was a civil engineer, succeeded in finding employment in the Kast India ('ompany. The young couple sailed tor ('alcutta, where, after a voyage of six months and seventeen days, they arrived, having landed but once during that time. Shortly after their arrival, the young husband died of cholera, that dreaded monster ot the Mast in those days, and the young widow was left alone1 in a strange land among strangers.

Sin- became acquainted some time alter, with Dr. William I,. Crawlord, a young physician in ('alcutta. belonging to the liritish army, and became hi-, \\ife. They lived at various places in the Mast Indies -.nine fourteen years, when they moved to the ('ape ot (I nod Hope, where they resided -.nine two years. ljrom there they moved to the island of St Helena, while the great Napoleon was a prisoner there, and then moved back to Kngland. 1-rom there they emigrated to Canada, where Dr. Crawford died in 1*45.