Stark County, Ohio - Chapter 30, 1881

"Alas for them I their day is o'er. Their fires are out on hill and shore ; No more for them the wild dccrlioiinds. Tile jilow is on their huntinir-u'ioiinds : Tlie pale man's ax rinjrs tliroutrli the woods. Tile pale man's sail skims o'er tlieir floods ;

^"^HE common experience of old age is an ear- -1 nest wish to live over again the life that is swiftly drawing to a close. How many mistakes have been made! how many hours have been unprofitably spenti how blind to go(Ml advice and influence! The stealthy and inev-

Let us learn from the wretched experience of others learnfrom the lives that have gone down amid the gales of stjrrow that encompass the earth, to shun the shoals and (piicksands that beset oiu- coiu-se, that the sunset of life may be gilded with the gold of eternal joy.

Then^ is a strange attraction in reviewing the occun'ences of ])ast years, and in noting the wonderful im])rovement that has resulted from the expanding intelligence of man. Within the short s))ac(^ of the last half-century, the United States has ex])erieuced almost un])aritable api)roach of death baffles the desire for ! alleled growth in all tliatmakt^s a people gi-eat.

Inventions in all departments of progress have succeeded one anoth(>r with great rapidity, until the means of sustaining life are vastly numerous, and within tin- reach of all. No State in the Union has seen gi-eater change during this period than Ohio. The forests have disapj)eared; the swamjis have been drained: c<xstly residi'uces have gone up where once stood the log cabin; riding and gang plows have succeeded the old wooden mold-board: harvesters have sacceeded the sickle; knowl edge has driven ignoranci- from the land; a a renewal of youth and fills the heart with bitter remorse at the thought of wliat might have been. Youth is always bright with hope and expectancy; but. as the years glide by, the scales fall fromth(> eyes, and the sorrowful experiences of earth trace wrinkles of car(> upon the lirow and bend the once stalwart form toward the grave. No rocking vessel on life's great sea can escape th(> angry rain that dances upon it, or avoid the bitter winds that cheek its course.

broader charity has sprung up in the religious world ; intemperance has been greatly reduced ; railroads and canals have usurped the duties of the old stage; telegraph lines have bound distant lands together ; and thousands of other changes have taken place. Philosophers contend that happiness is the real object after which all mankind are striving. Some find tem])orary happiness in one thing, some in another; but, as yet, abstract happiness has not bean found. Man, as yet, is not truly happy. He imagines himself to be, and, for a time, relishes a mock enjoyment; but, after a time, his happiness is gone, and he must seek farther for the alleged object of life. Philosophers say we worship God with the selfish object of our own happiness in view, and not because we delight to glorify God. At least, the latter is a secondary consideration. This view accords with their theory regarding happiness. They say that real happiness consists in doing good - that all our enjoyment is imaginary until we can appreciate the sublime gratification of a noble act. All have experienced, in a slight degree, that tine feeling which results from having done an unusually good deed. When all mankind shall " cease to do evil and learn to do well," unalloyed happiness is at hand, and the millennial days have come with perfect joys.

Marlborough was not universally settled as early as most of the other townships in the county. While some few settlers arrived very early, no great rush was experienced until after the war of 1812. This was largely due to the fact that the township, covered with water as it was, and containing many marshes and swamps, was not regarded with especial favor by those who were seeking homes in the West. It could not be expected that, when dry and elevated laud could be secured at a low figure, settlers would choose that which was swampy and covered with water. And it must be remembered that lands which at present are low and marshy, were in early years covered with water. The removal of the forests has let in the heat of the sun, and extensive systems of drainage have let out the surplus water. Perhaps one-fourth of the township could not be cultivated in early years, owing to the large amount of land that was covered with water. And this obstacle to cultivation has been only partially removed up to the present time. Large portions of land in the northwestern and southwestern parts are yet to be reclaimed. Some portions probably never will be, as they are covered to the depth of two feet and over with a heavy peat bed that will resist the efforts of the husbandman. The township is situated on the Ohio watershed, as a portion of its water reaches Lake Erie and another portion the Ohio River. Deer Creek, in the northern part, is the only stream of any note, although in early years several others contained considerable water. This creek reaches the Mahoning River. A portion of the swamps in the northern part is drained by irregular inlets of Congress Lake, while the greater portion of the southern part is drained by the branches of Nimishillen Creek. Sufficient drainage, either for cultivation or for sanitary measures, was not secured in the western part until large sluices were dug; but now the farms are encroaching on the low, mai'shy lands, and in some instances small swamps have been reclaimed and turned up by the plow. The soil is rich, the controlling or prevailing element being a tine sand, which is found so necessary for the proper growth of the smaller grains. Marlborough has considerable land which cannot be cultivated. That which can be cultivated is very rich and productive.

Many things concerning the early settlement have been forgotten. Lexington Township, which at first included Marlborough, was created in 1816, at the March term of the County Commissioners. Prior to this, and before the county of Stark was organized, this portion of the State was within the jurisdiction of Columbiana County. In June, 1821, the following action was taken by the Commissioners:

Ordered. That asrecahle to a numbur of ])etitioner.s of Li'xington Township, the same be divided, and the twentieth townsliip in the seventh range, be named Maiiliorougli, and tlie nineteentli town.ship in the sixth range be named lA'xington. Also Ordered, That an election be held in the townsliip of Marlborough, on the 2.5th day of August. 18'2I, for the purpose of electing offieers of the same.

WiiKKEAs, Tlif Board of Coinniissioni-rs of Stark County, in the year 1821. at thi'ir.Iunc and December sessions, struck off, and bj' their order organized two new townsliips in said county, called Alarlborough and Washington ; and, as there have been some doubts about the legality of said order, it is now

Ordered, That the SOth original surveyed township in the Tth Range be stricken off and divided from the I9th Township in the Hth Range, named Lexington, and that said 20th Township be organized and called by the name of Marlborough, and the election in said township continue to be held at the same place it ha.s during the past year.

Since this date, so far as known, no further change has taken place in the geogi-aj)hical limits of the Those who purchased the first land in the township paid $'2. per acre, but. after a few years, the price was reduced to $1.2o per acre. The following is a complete list of patentees of Government land in the township in the year IbKJ: S. D. Cope, Peter Bauni, i). Markley, Mahlon Wileman, R. Beeson, John Brown, David Brown, William Copt-land, P. Baum. J. Enlow, J. Snider, B. Harna, David Johnson, Martin Houser, J. Heiser, William Hoover, Nathan Haycock, Phillip Hollingbaugh, Christian Hoover, Abraham Harmony, Jacob Mclntifer, Christopher Miu-kley, John Miller, James McGirr, John McGirr, Christian Palmer, Elijah Price, Thomas Price. C. Foutz, Abraham Wileman, Jacob Wileman and Samuel Winger. In the year I820, the following land-holders were residents of the township; Jerub Baldwin, William Beeson. Com-ad Brombaiigh, William Cozens, James Enslow, Elisha Everett, Christian Houser, Nancy Harj)ley, Amos Holloway, Phillip Hollobaiigh, Exnm Johnson, Joseph Brown, Peter Batim, John Bro\vn, David Brown, Isaac Elliott, Timothy Gruwell, Daniel Houser, William Hoover, John Hamlin, Nathan Haycock, Martin Houser, and others. Among the early residents of the townshij). in addition to those named above, were the following: William Pennock, Israel Scott. Martin Brai.tingham. Matthew Vaughan, John Hardy. K. B. Wells. Samuel Welch, Jeremiah Shaw. Robert Hamilton. Nathan Price. Amos Coates, Abraham Troxel, John Lyman, Thomas Crockett, Joseph Taylor, Abram Niswonger,

Mahlon Wileman was the first permanent settler in the township. He came with his father dm-ing the autumn of 1S05, and erected a rough log cabin on Section 1, after which the father rettirned to Columbiana County and did not retirm until the following spring. Mahlon remained alone at the cabin during the winter of 1805-06, clearing, in the meantime, some six or eight acres of land around the cabin. He did his own cooking largely, although, every two or three weeks, he went to Cohmibiana Coimty for supplies of bread and like articles. The greater portion of the meat eaten by him was obtained from the woods by means of his rifle. It is said that Alahlon Wileman was one of the most powerful men ever in the township. This, combined with good sense and undaunted courage, rendered him one of the most prominent of the early settlers. He was a Quaker, iis were also some two-fifths of the early settlers. In the spring of 1 806, Abraham, the father of Mahlon, came to the township with his family, and soon afterward Mahlon went south to Section 28, where he cleared and improved a fiirm, and where he subsetjuently died. Abraham Wileman died in his ninety -ninth yesir. Many interesting incidents are related concerning Mahlon Wileman, which have not, as yet, been made public. Of course, the woods at this time (1805 to 1810) were filled with a great variety of wild animals, such as wolves, bears, wild-cats, |)anthers, deer, turkeys, hogs and Indians. It is related by Mr. Brooke, who hits made the history of the township a study, that Mahlon Wileman. when he went to Columbiana County for supplies of provisions, fearing that thieves would carry off his utensils, etc., gave them in charge of an Indian chief, whose band was encaraiied on Deer

Creek, until he should return, at which time every article was given up in good order, according to agreement. Mahlon went out hunting one day, and, seeing a lai'go buck, cautiously aj>|)roached, aud shot it The animal fell to the ground, and Mahlon Hpiiroached to cut its thi-oat. But the animal had been only stunned by the shot, and, leaping to its feet, maile foi' the hunter with head down and hair erect along its spine. To avoid it, the hunter leaped behind a ti'ee. but the angry buck piu-- sued him round and round, until at last he was compelled to face the situation, which he did by seizing its antlers and endeavoring, with all his enonu^us strength, to thi-ow the animal on the ground, that he might dispatch it with his knife. For a time the contest was doubtful, as the liuck was large and strong, but at last the hunter, by a change of position, was enabled io use his knife, and a few moments later the buck was dead. At another time, when Mr. Wilcman was on his way north to Atwater Township, as he was passing along the rude bridle-path in the northern part of Marlborough Township, he suddenly saw a full-grown bear in the branches of a large chestnut tree. When sufficiently close, Mr. Wileman took deliberate aim and shot the bear dead. It came to the gi'ound with a crash, and immediately afterward the settler saw two others, either in the same tree or in others near by. This was the sort of sport Mr. Wileman admired; so. as quickly as he could load his rifle and fire, he brought both of the bears, in turn, to the gi-ound. Mr. Wileman's brother-in-law, Joseph Miu'shall, who resided just across the northern line in the other county, one day captured three deer that had ventured upon a body of very smooth ice, aud, unable to stand, had fallen down. The son of William Hatcher relates that one day his father, in the short space ui about three hours, killed three deer. What renders the fact noteworthy is that this took place not far from 1830, at which time almost the whole county was quite well settled, or at least, deer had become quite scarce. An occasional herd of six or eight was seen, but the animals were shy, and seemed to be changing their locality. It is related that Mr. Warstler was one day returning from Canton on horseback, when, as he was passing through the deej) woods, he saw a large bear reared upon its hind legs by the foot of a large tree, as if it anticipated an encounter with the traveler. Mr. Warstler, being without a gim, concluded that a retreat was the best policy. This was done with greater expedition than skill. All the settlers had their experiences with wild animals. It is stated that, on one occasion, Mr. Gruwell, the second settler in the township, while hunting in the woods, came very nearly being devoiu-ed by a bem'. The circumstances ai'e traditional, and may not be altogether true. He was walking along, so runneth tradition, with his rifle in his hand and his eyes bent on the ground, when, ujion suddenly turning around a few large trees which stood close together, he came within four feet of an enormous bear that had just killed some small game aud was eating it. The bear instantly gave a ferocious growl, that chilled the blood of the settler and caused his hair to stand straight up on his head, and, rearing up on its hind legs, it extended its powerful paws to clasp the settler in deadly embrace. But the settler was not anxious for an embrace, for, at the first glimpse of the bear, he leajied back several viu'ds and cocked his rifle. The bear, with angry growls from its bloody mouth, began to make movements as if about to approach the settler, and tlie latter, taking quick aim, sent a bullet crashing through its head. Without waiting to ascer tain the effect of the shot, the settler ran from the spot with all his speed, and, when at a considerable distance, paused to load his rifle, look back, and listen. He could hear nothing, so, after his rifle had been carefully loaded, he retm-ned to the sjiot, and, when there, found the bear thrashing around ujion the ground with a mortal wound. A second shot finished the huge creature.

Timothy Grruwell was the sei'ond settler in Marlborough. He reached the township with his family during the spring of 1807, and located on Section 24. He erected a small log cabin, with the assistance of the Wilemans, into which his family was immediately moved. Mahlon Wileman was his nearest neighbor. In the month of August, 1807, the Gruwell family were visited by a little stranger, a daughter, which was named Elizabeth. This was the first l)irth in the township. Mahlon Wilwuan was sent U) Cohmibiana Cwunty for a doctor, wlio alone eoiild perform the ceremony of introducing the little stranger, who came, without bag or baggage, to the family- Mahlon afterward related that, as he was passing through the dark forests on his horse, the wolves came all around him. <md liegan howl iug dismally. He could see their shar|) noses and fiery eyes from the clumps of bushes, but none were bold enough to attack hiiu.

Prior to the a])pearance of Mr. Gruwell. and immediately afterward, a considerable portion of th(> i)est land in the township was j>urchased by various jiarties. who did not come to the tow^lship until several years later. During the war of IN 12, and immediately afterward, the settlers came in rapidly, and soon all the best land in the t<5wnsb.i]) had been enti>red. It was the custom in all the neigh borhoods. in early years, when a ni-w settler came in to turn out and assist him in erecting his cabin. It is stated by old settlers that this was done owing to the kindly feelings which each settler entei'tained for his fellows: yet. while this is partly true, it is not wholly true. The truth was. the s«>ttler was unable, without an immense amount of hard work, to raise the heavy logs to their jiositions on the slowly rising building. This led to a demand for assistance cm all occasions of the kind, luitil at last it became unfashionable to remain away when your services were needed. Of course, the settlers were social, and all were at par as far as soeialiility was concerned. Persons with similar inclinations, desires, joys or dangers, are drawn together by the laws of sym])atliy: or, in other words, " liirds of a feath(>r tlock together." On the occasion of a house-raising, it was custx>mju'y not only for the men to ttu-n out. but the women also, to do the crxiking. This was more noticeably the case on the occasion of large log-rollings. It is stated that, at certain seasons of the year, several conset-utive weeks were often spent in going from rolling to rolling. Of course, the occasion was as dry as Sahara without whisky, X rebellion wa.s sure t<j ensue if this " necessity" was withheld from the workmen. That was something not to be tolerated for a moment. The man who was so stingy that he would not furnish whisky at his rolling did not deseiTe the assistance of his neighlnirs. Thus the men thought in that day, but that day, thank goodness, is gone. It was no im- UBUal thing to see the men, some of them, so drank that they were imable to work, in which case their bodies were deposited in some secure j)lace, that the spirit might return when the alcohol had gone. The logs were rolled together in several heajjs, some of which were very hu'ge, and these were afterwai'd burned by the settler. Fifty or sixty men were often present at these rollings. Loud shouts rang across the field, and the merry joke or heaity oath were jiassed about. The women in the cabin, as busy as bees preparing an abundance of food for the hungiy men, were not less jovial. One thing in this connection should be noticed: From the fact that about onethird of the earliest settlers were Quakers, licjuor-drinking and swearing were, to a gi'eat extent, avoided. The eastern part was the Quaker ueighborhotjd, and here it was that this remarkalile and quiet peojile labored for their subsistence and W(jrshiped Grod in their j)eculiar way.

At an early day, it was thought that there was lead in the township. How this report came to be in circulation is not known to the writer. SquiiTels became so thick in about 1825 that numerous hunts were instituted to destroy the {)ests. In one of these hunts, 1,700 were killed, and a man named Thomas Grant, of Lexington Townshi]), showe<l the scalps of nearly two hundred. He received the prize. The firet roail in the township was the Diagonal road. Tliis was sm-veyed and improved at a very eai-ly day. Many incidents are related concerning the hard times the early settlers ex]3erienc(Hl. Mills and stores were distant, and the paths (not roads) through the woods wore in such a j)light, during a portion of the year, at least, that driving a team through them was out of the <juestion. The settlers did not care to visit China by the un derground route, notwithstanding the fact that it was the shortest. They wanted flom- and meal, not pigtails or trinkets. " Washee, washee," was then unknown, and even tea was not much thouirht of in connection with the

There has been liut one fijrist-niill of iiuy c.ouseijuence in the township. This wus oroi'tod some thirty-livo years iiyo, iu Murlboroufijh, by Pete, IJiU'low & Co. The buildiiifj; was two and a half stories in hoij^ht, was about forty by si.\(y feet, and for a numbor of years tho mill was o[)orated both day uud nifi-ht, two sots of hands boinj^ omi)loyod. Tiie mill was an o\ci>llont ono, aiul, during the period of its contiiuianco, which was somo twenty yours, furnished an oxcellout (|uulity of tlour. It did both merchant and custom work. Another small ^rist null was started n[i in Mailborouijh, but it did not amount to much.

Jii about the year KS'JO, -Ijicol. Nees built H siiiull distillery in the .south W(>stern part of tlii< (ownslii[i. It was a rude alVair, ami was built ill u hurry, to supply a siuldon and stroiii^ diMiiand for the drink which inebriates. Mj'. Noes had one small (Hippor still, but it is uncertain whore his grain was ground. Tho lii|iior, a rather jioor article, disiippewod about as fast as it was made. l'ei>})le iu those days wi<re jiulgi's of w hisky. it did not take them long to decide upon the merits of ii drink, us constant ns(> in (lu>ir faniilii>s mudo thorn fumiliar willi the taste, smell, and gonorul characteristics. Mr. Noes manufacturiHl whisky at the ruto of some twiMity gallons pi-r duy while tho ilistillery wus running. At cor tiiin sousons of tlio your, it wus discontinued. After being conducted for u period of about twelve yours, tho onterpriso w'us ubiiudoned. Uotwoon thirty and forty yours ago, Jucob Hung built a dislillery, which was consU'uctod on 11 litde iiioi-(> e\(eiisivt> scale, as ulxnit a

It is well known that the (Quakers throii^jhout Ohio were prominently connected with the I iider^jround Railroad in early years. l''or many years hefore the last war, and especially after the (enactment of the Uitrii'wtt slave law, Ohif) was continually traversed hy runaway slaves, who hail found their former life t,oo irksome to hear. With hut little l,o eat, and the same to wear, with u c/)nHtaiit fear of be int; I'aptured hy their owners, and of the dreadful punishment sure to follow, hunted like wild lieast.s throuj^h the forests and swamps, the jioor slaves bravely faced the sit nation and turned their eyes t/iward the polar Htur. They soon Iwiniiid that the (junkers wore not only willinj^ I.0 assist them in i-scap inj{, hut often went to considerable trouble and expense t'l accomplish tliis result. One day, a powerful ne^ro named Tom (perhaps he was the veritalilii (Jncle 'J'om of Mrs. H(,owe), who was closely [)nrHned,cHme to Mahlon VV'ileman and bef^f^ed for food and help. These were immediately furnished, and the ne^o sent on his way. A few hours later, as .Mr. Wileman was biirnint^ brick near his house, a man came riding rapidly U|i, on a tired horse, and asked liiirriedly if himself and animal could l>e fed, at the same time iiKjiiiring if Mr. Wileman had seen a lar^je nej^o named 'I'oin. Mr. Wileman (jiiietly nnHwernd " Yes " to all tli«Ho

(jileHtioiiH, tellint,' lhc^ stran^fer, at, the same time, among other things, thai, he could have the reiiiaindi'i-of the pie Tom had been eating a few hours bc^fon^ This made the stranger wild with rage, and he sternly demanded where Tom was, at the same time making a hostile movement t^iward Mr. Wileman. This act roused the ijuiet (Quaker, and, taking u|> his heavy piker, he threatened that if the man did not iuuiiediately leavo the plai'e, he woulil III) taken ast.ride the poker an<l thrown iMt,o the (ire. The Virginian saw that there was no fooling about the matter with the jKiwerful (Quaker, so he mounted his tired h')ise and rode slowly away, lieiiianiin .Marshall and .liuiies Austin were both prominently coiinecle.l with this branch of the I ,' nderground Railroad. 'J'hey helped feed and secrete many a dusky slave en route for the dominion of the IJritish t^ueen. .lose|>h Ivukens, lOdward IJrooki', Ab raham Hrooki', and many others, throughout the township, were engageil hh c/jiidiict^jrs, en gineers or train dispatrrhers on this road. Jt is safe to say that scoi-es of slaves were heljied on their way North by the Quakers of Marlborough .

The village of New IJaltiinore was laid out on the 2(;tli day of August, IHiil, by John Whitacre, .Stark County Surveyor, and Levi Haines, owner and projirietor. Kigliteen lots were laid outoii the west half of the northi'ast (piarter of Si'ction I, (,0 wliiirh one or more ailditions have since been made. Samuel Hatcher ojieniMl the (irst store during the year \H'.i2. The goods were riH^eived from I'liiladol|)hia, were placed in the half-finished build ing, a!id Isaac I'ennock, then a young man of about twenty years, assisted in uiipiicking the goods, which comjirised a few liuti(h<<| dnllurM' wortli.

William Hatfiher one day trei«i a bear. A man named Stevens, froTii Uandolpli, owneil a large, savage dog, and, as a matter of course, Mr. Stevens declared that his dog could whip the biggest bear that ran in the forest. As soon as the bear wax treed, Mr. Hat,(;hersaid, " Now's the time U) try yrjiir dog." Aciiordingly, the dog was got in readiness, and the men began cutting tiie tree down. When this wiih about half ac»!oinplishe<l, his liearshi|i concluded to cxynui down, which he diil backward. As he reached the ground, the dog, which had been Bet on by its master, seized the bear by the hind leg. Mr. Bear turned (jiiickly. and, with one blow, knocked the dog about a rod, at the same time making off through the woods at its best gait. Mr. Stevens' do(r)ghad received its quietus, and refused any further introduction to the bear. Some half a dozen other dogs nipped ai'ound the animal as it ran off, and the settlers were so afraid of hitting, them that they witliheld their tire until the bear had made good its escape. Mr. Stevens' opinion regarding the ability of his dog to thrash bears was hopelessly shaken. But to go back to the village. Ill connection with his store, Mr. Hatcher conducted a tavern, the first in the village. Other merchants at Baltimore have been Taylor & Warner. Asa Rawson, a Justice of the Peace, kept store there for a number of years also. Among others have been Hatcher & Ellison, John Criss, Ellison & Shaw, Baird & Capple, Jacob Bair, and the present merchants, Abner Taylor & Son. A firm known as Prouty & Co. built an ashery at the village in about the year 1846. It was located where A. R. Damon now resides, and, for a jieriod of some fom- years, considerable potash was manufactm'ed and shipped away to market. Not far from 1!S4(I, Thomas Burns erected a suitable building and began hatting. He obtained lamb's wool fioni the smTounding farms, and this was manufactured into a good, serviceable hat. Benjamin Curstetter conducted a hai'uess and saddle shop in early years. A foundry was built at an eai'ly day, but by whom has been forgotten. After a number of years, W. T. Cole purchased the property, with whose family it has remained since. Charles Cole, son of W. T., is conducting it at jarcsent. There have been manufactured at this foundry plow-shares, gi'ates, and a variety of other articles. Two tanneries were built at Baltimore in early years. The one that started first is yet in operation, and is owned l)y Mr. Snyder. Several other industries have flourished at different times in the village. Notices of some of these will be found in other portions of this chapter. New Baltimore's population is 160.

Moses Pennock owned the land on the northwest corner: William Pennock that on the southwest; Samuel Ellison on the southeast, and Denny Johnson on the northeast. In November, 1827, these proprietors secured the services of a suiweyor, and had laid out at the corners twenty-foiu' lots, six of which wei-e on the land of each. An open space at the corners Wcis left for a public square. Since the above date, several additions have been made to the village, until the lots now muuber neai'ly two hundi'ed and fifty. William Pennock's residence was the first in Marlborough. It was built before the place was thought of as a village. William Paxon built the second house in town: John Gruwell built the third; Israel White probably the fourth; James Shinn prt)bably the fifth. Mi'. Paxon opened the first store. It is said he began with some $1. ")()() worth, and continued, with a paying patronage eight or ten years. Dm'ing this period, a post olKce was secm'ed, and James Shinn received the appointment as Postmaster. The terminal points of the route were Warren and Canton, and at this time the mail was carried on horseback. Caleb Atwater, with $2,000 worth of a general assortment of goods, opened the second store. This was not far from 1884. A few years later, he sold to James Shinn, who, in about 1844, failed in business, and the goods, which had been increased until worth some $5,000, were auctioned ofl' at Canton. Since this time, the following men, among others, have spent a portion of their time over the counter in ]\Iarlborough: Cook & Hamilton, Jacob Stroud, Hamilton it Irish. Jonathan Shaw, Brooke, Scott & Leek, Hutton & Coates, Stevens & Chappie. Ai:)ram Wileman, William Hatcher, Daniel Gaskill and Israel Gaskill, very early; T. C. McElroy, Jesse Johnson, Hemy W. Pennock, McClun & Son. Werner & Gaskill, at present, Henry Pennock, France & Bancroft, Dellenberger & Warstler, at jiresent; J. A. Quay. Edward Mendelhall, F. L. Campl)ell. F. B. Spellman, Andrew Holibaugh, Isaac Lyude. and E. J. Morris. In aljout the year 1850. Amos Walton & Co. built a foundry in the village. This kind of an enterjirise seems to have been epidemic about that time. There was scarcely a township in the coiuity that did not have something to do with this husi npss. The main portion of tho buikliug referred to alx)ve, was a two-story frame, thirty by fifty feet, and, beside this, there were additional molding rooms, etc. An average of alxHit twelve men were employed. The company began manufacturing steam engines, and for eight or ten years furnished, perhaps, twelve or fifteen a year. These engines were designed to be used in saw-mills, grist-mills, etc.

About five years after this company started up, another company, known as Mitchner & Button, erected the necessaiy buildings, and engaged in precisely the same occupation. "Why this was done is not known to the WTiter. It is possible that the demand for engines was sutKciently strong to support both companies: on the other hand, it may be that intentions of a personal nature may have caused the new company to start up. At least, the latter begim manufacturing engines, but at the expiration of a year the property was destroyed by fire, and was not afterward rebuilt. The former comj)any abandoned the pursuit eight or ten years after starting. A short time before the last war, Doering Bros, erected a woodeiiware factory. A portion of the old foimdry building was used. The company manufactured large quantities of shovel-handles, fork-handles, hoe-handles, etc.. etc., which were shipped away to market. The (>nterprise was discontinued at the expiration of some three or foiu' years.

A. C. Shriver started a carriage factory about ten yeare ago. He employed about eight men, and, it is said, manufactured as high as 100 caiTiages a year. A few y(>ars after the village was laid out, Moses Penuock began a gi>neral wool-carding and cloth-ch'essing business in the village. This was continued by him, to a greater or less extent, for twenty or twenty-five years. He finally sold to Peter and George Wise, and they sold to Eli Hoover, upon whose hands it ran down. A few yeai's ago, George Begs built a distillery a short distance from town. He manu factured grape wine and apple-jack. G. "W. Carr made nearly 3,000 baiTels of cider last year. The village has no saloon, and no liquor is sold excejit for medicinal ]mr[)Oses.

The town is one of the most enviable in this respect of any in tho entire county, and the villagers rejoice that it is so. In 1874, Bailey, Taylor & Crocker began a general fniit packing business in Marlborough. They manufacture their own cans, and during the busy season of the year, employ as high as '200 assistants, a gi'eat portion of whom are women. At other seasons, their help is reduced to al)out ten persons. Two thousand four hunth'ed cans of fruit were packed the first year, since which the business has been steadily increased, until '2r)(\000 cans were packed the last yeai-. AVhen this vast number is considered, and also the fact that the tin cans are made by the company, the importance and extent of the industry can be realized. The company begin to can maple syrup early in the spring, and then, as the season advances, string beans, peaches, ti^matoes, pumpkins and apples are handled. This is one of the most extensive and important industries ever in the township. Tho company have a branch factory at New Baltimore. This was begim last year, and 00,000 cans were packed. Tho j)acked fruit is conveyed to Limaville, where the company have a branch factory iind a wareliouse, and whence the goods are finally shipjx'd to market. Many other interesting things might be said regarding Marlborough. The population of the village is about 300. Of course, some claim it is greater.

Much regarding the early schools is lost in the resei-voir of the j)ast. From the fact that the township was comparatively late in being settled, and from the fac^t that, in the older settlements in neighboring townships, schools wei-e started e.u'lier, and afforded the childi-en of Marlborough a seat of learning, terms were not ta\ight until after the tt)wnship had become quite thickly populated. The Quakers were not backward in ap])rociating the value and advantage of education, and, while they did not send their childi'en to in^ijerfect and hastily organized schools in tho township, still, schooling must be had, and the children, when they were large enough to traverse the distance, were sent to adjacent townships. The fir.st sch(K)lhouse in the township was undoubtedly built in the Quaker neightorhood, east of Marlborough ; but when this occiuTed is a mystery. It could not have been later than 1820, and was very probably as eai'ly as 1815. This is remembered as an old log affair, which was yet standing in 1826. If the recollection of old settlers is correct, there were but two, or perhaps tkree, other schoolhouses standing at that time (1826). One of these was known as the Lilly Schoolhouse. Another was standing about oue-fomih of a mile south of Baltimore; another possible one was standing in the southeast comer. The early log houses were erected by everj' one tiu-ning oiit and assisting, and these buildings were also " God's first temples." Or perhaps private dwellings preceded them in this particular. The first schoolhouses were used from five to fifteen yeai's, and then were succeeded by better ones, and these have been succeeded by one or two others in each district. At first one school district started up, and then, as the settlement became larger, it was divided, and at last each of these was divided, and so the division, or creation, has gone on until the limit of the present number was reached but a few years ago. The first schoolhouse in the village of Marlboroigh was erected in about the year 1832. The Methodist society assisted, as a body, in the construction, with the understanding that they were to have the use of the house for religious purposes. After some eight or ten years, this building was replaced by a fi-ame stnicture. which, after many years of use, was abandoned, and the present house, a large, low, fi'ame affair, was built. This occurred a few years before 1850. The second house is now used as a cooper-shop. Machinery for grinding grain was j)laced in it for a short time. There is some talk of building a new house, although the old is yet serviceable. It has three rooms, three teachers being employed during the winter, and two during the siunmer.

About thirty-five years ago, William Mc- Clain built the present hotel building, which was then located in the northern part of the village. He employed two or three assistants, opened a select school, or seminaiy, and, for a number of years, his institution of learning was a credit to the place. A large number of scholars was enrolled (perhaps over a hundred), and the institution was highly successful in a pecxmiary point of view. But Mr. McClain had some other object before him, whereupon the seminaiy was pemiitted to stop, and the building, after standing vacant for a time, was purchased by John Ellison, moved to where it now stands, and ojiened for the reception of the public. A schoolhouse was built in New Baltimore in abcjut the year 1834. It took the place of the old log, a quarter of a mile south. Levi Haines, the proprietor of the village, was employed to teach the fii'st school, but was taken sick aboiit the middle of the term, whereupon Miss Emily Eoseter was hired to teach the remainder, the compensation being $1.85 ]ier week, she boarding herself. How is that for wages, ye pedagogues of the present day! Give us no more grumbling alsout low wages. After a number of years, this house became too small to accommodate the scholars, whereupon another house, just like it, was erected within a few feet, and two schools, for several years, were in session at the same time. Finally, the present large frame structure was built. It is related that, in early years, the Baltimore School, and one north, in Portage County, organized and conducted an interesting literary society. And it came to pass that a numlier of young men belonging to the former, invaded a neighboring sugar camp one dark night, and swore eternal secresy as to what then and there transpired. But the whole affair leaked oitt, unknown to the boys, and came upon them like a clap of thunder fi'om a clear sky. A satirical poem, wTitten li}' Dr. J. C. Woods, was read at the next meeting of the literary society, and the poem, in graphic language, recited the movements of the boys, while on their invasion for "stolen sweets." The confusion, dismay and chagrin which followed were complete, and brought uudying fame to the fearless writer.

The Quaker C'hm'ch, east of Marlborough, was undoubtedly liuilt before 1820. It was a hewed-log building, about twenty-five liy forty feet, with rude seats and other fm-niture, and a large chimney which communicated with the broad fu-e-place, wherein were kindled the ruddy lu'es that imjaarted cheerfulness and comfort to the otherwise gloomy room. Here the Quakers continued to assemble to worship m their peculiar way until not far from 1840. when they concluded to build a new church. About this time, owiiig to dissent lug views ret^arding church discij)line. and some of the fundamental doctrines of the sect of which George Fox was the founder, the Hicksites and the orthodox decided to separate. This was delayed, as was also the erection of the new church, for a number of years. Finally, the present house was built. Soon after the Quaker's first chiu'ch was erected, the German Lutherans and GeiTuan Reformers Viuilt what is known as St. Peter's Chiu'ch. The house, which was of logs, was used a number of years, and finally, about fifteen years ago, the ])resent church was constructed. Not far fi'om 1S45. the Methodists erected their ehiu'ch in Marlborough: prior to this they had used the schoolhouse and jirivate dwellings. The Disciples' Church in Marlborough was erected at a later day. The United Brethren have a small frame cluu'ch in the southern part of the township; it is known as the ''Chapel.'" There ai'e two chmxhes, one Methodist, and the other Disciple, in the village of New Baltimore. There is also a Lutheran Church some two miles north of Marlborough. The townshij) is well supplied with good chm-ches, and has been from the earliest day. It must not be understood that the various religious societies were not organized until the cliurches were erected: some of these societies had been doing good work for years, but, owing to their poverty or lack of membership, were compelled to worship in Bchoolhouses or dwellings. Among those families that early l)elonged to the Quaker society, were the following: Wileman's. Gruwell's. Pennock's. Logiies. Ellison's. Brantingham's, Heacock's. and others. It was common to hold meetings in dwellings, and even long revivals, of several weeks, were sometimes held here. Of ct)urse. many of these things do not refer to the Quakers, who would (piiedy scat themselves in their place of worshij) imd wait for the spirit to move them.

is dealing quite extensively in thoroughbred cattle and sheep: so, also, are Alpheus Bloomfield and otliers. The Marlborough Agi-icultm-al Society owns a fine fair gi'ound within half a mile of the viihige, iijjon which are an excellent third-of-a-miletxack and a gi'ove that has no superior in the county. The stock is divided into twenty shares, all being at present owned by twenty men. A township fair is held ever}- autumn, and last year a small amount in premiums was paid. Buildings worth about !? 1,200 iu-e standing on the grounds. This enterprise, and all others tending to bring into j)rominence and repute the labors of the fanner or stock-raiser, cannot be too highly commended. The movements in the township in this direction could be profitably imitated l)y other townships of the county.

One of the most important organizations ever in the township is the Soldiers' Relief and Memorial Society. It is hard to die, especially in robust health, and relinquish all the joys of living in this bright world. It is sad in the extreme, and requires a great sacrifice. We owe a debt to the brave boys who laid down their lives for their country, which we can never repay. This gi-and country, instead of being separated into jealous and hostile factions to-day, and thereby entailing repeated and bloody wars, is, in effect, united, and the people are enjoying the fi'uits of lil> erty and peace. This is the debt we owe oiufallen brothers, and the sentiment of gi'atitude within us reijuires that we cherish in overlasting remembrance, the names of those who established the peace \vhi(-h is now enjoyed. The following is the design of the above society; "For the benefit of the L'nion soldiers of tliis township and their posterity, this society has decided to make a record of the milit;u-y sei-vices of all soldiers who enlisted fi'om this township: also, those who are now or may become residents of the township." The society has rules and regulations governing its actions, and tlie regular meetings are held on the second Monday preceding the third of May of each year. The society reports the nmnber of enlistments from Marll)orough during the last war as 111. Of these, twenty-thi'ee died while in the army, and nine have died since the close of the war. The society is officered as follows: I. S. France, President; William H. Werner, Vice President; Albert Hatcher, Treasurer; Joseph W. Gaskill, Secretary and Recorder. Committee, Marlborough Precinct: Milton Whetstone, Jonas Warstler and John Zcllers.

Committee, New Baltimore Precinct: Hamilton Day, Madison Walker and Alpheus Hamilton. Committee, West Precinct: Hemy Bixler, George Werner and C. B. Gibson. Every township in the county should have a similar organization.