Cuyahoga Falls City (part 3 of 6)

One of the first efforts in the promotion of education, outside the common school, was the organization and charter of the Cuyahoga Falls Institute, under the management of the Rev. Mr. Brooks and Charles Clark. The school was started and kept in operation some time. but the hard times which came in 1837 made it necessary to abandon the project. After the building of St. John's Church, a seminary for girls was kept in the schoolroom adjoining, by Miss Sarah Carpenter. She was succeeded by

In giving the history of St. John's Church, in Cuyahoga Falls, it is necessary to go back to the time when stately forests covered the landscape, and over the fertile fields where now the eye rests with delight upon the evidences of civilization, but few marks of improvement were anywhere to be seen. Log cabins dotted it here and there. and some clearings were begun. but the roads went winding through the forest. and communication between points was slow and tedious. The Cuyahoga River sang its merry song in freedom. fettered only by the rocks which gave it voice. Its waters had not been forced to turn the busy wheels. and few sounds had been heard upon its banks, except the song of the birds. the howl of the wild beasts. or the more savage yell of the wild Indian. Akron had not been thought of. and Cleveland was known as a little village six miles from Newburg. Here and there a farm was opened. and the busy settlers were making the wide forests ring with the sound of their axes. which were letting in the light where long had brooded only the somber shade of its matted woods. The first settlement at Stow Corners was made by a few families from the same Eastern home. most of them relatives. Just south of Gross' Tavern. it will be remembered. there is an orchard. but. in 1818. there was a log cabin standing in that lot. which disappeared many years ago. and in it lived Josiah Wetmore, with his wife and children. No gooner were they settled than Mrs. Wetmore. who was a devout member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. gathered in her neighbors for worship, which she continued to do for three years. There was no other service held in the settlement. and they came with ox teams and on horseback from all the region around. After they had met in that way for about a year, Mrs. Wetmore reading the service and her husband the sermon, the Rey. Roger Searle, who lived at Medina, and officiated in many places on the Western Reserve, paid a

The people who came to these services in Mrs. Wetmore's house increased in numbers, and soon filled her house, and in warm weather the yard about it. They had no boards of which to make seats, but split logs, and hewed them into what was called puncheons, and putting them upon legs, raised them high enough to be used for seats for the assembled worshipers. They had no carriages to convey them to the place of worship, but came upon sleds drawn by oxen, and on horseback, and many on foot. Thus they gathered, and there can be no doubt that as acceptable worship was offered in that humble cabin as ever went up among the fretted arches of a cathedral ; and there in that humble cabin was the first step taken, which twelve years afterward culminated in the organization of St. John's Church.

After three years' residence there, Mr. Wetmore went back to New England with his family to give them such advantages of education as they could not get in this new state of | society. After they left. the services were held in different places, centering, however, about the Corners. After some years they came back to Cuyahoga Falls. where Mrs. Wetmore lived | until 1865. esteemed by all who knew her for | her virtues. when she fell asleep in Jesus, and | was buried in the cemetery. where she awaits a | a little way north of him was Arthur Sadler and Henry O'Brien. East of Mr. Gilbert was Frederick Sanford. and striking southeast were the Wetmores and Frederick Wolcott (who had become attached to the service since its establishment), Roland Clapp, and some families of | part of Franklin, were Col. Stanley, Mr. Furber, : | Some of | these were young men, who with their wives © had come to make their homes in the then far | West, and some of them were in middle age, | distant point after long and painful journeys ; but all were of slender means, and depended upon the blessings of a kind Providence on their labor, and the returns of strenuous effort from a generous soil.

These scattered families, spreading over not less than ten miles square. and others about them. as we have seen, had been accustomed to meet on Sundays for clivine service in the use of the Book of Common Prayer, and hearing a sermon read from such collections as they had brought from their Eastern homes. These services, after the first three years, were held in different places, and were participated in by

Tallmadge, Franklin, and parts adjacent. with great labor and inconvenience. to worship (rod as they had been taught in the homes from which they came.

Like most of the emigrants from New England. they were of decided opinions and firm convictions, and the principles they had imbibed in early life were clung to with a tenacity new societies. and to transmit to their successors the institutions under which they were reared. in their integrity. Those who had been reared in the Episcopal Church could not be satisfied to give up the church of their fathers, and showed how deeply they were attached to its ordinances by the pains they took to enjoy those ordinances. with no other than lay seryices.

The first step toward organization was to obtain, from Bishop Chase, licenses for Roland Clapp, a young man from Vermont, and Col. Stanley, of Franklin, as lay readers. who were authorized to gather the people together and hold regular service. with the reading of such under other influences. But ministers were very scarce in those days, and those who loved the church were obliged to content themselves with lay services for a long time after they were accustomed to meet for social worship.

The next minister of the church who offciated for them was Rey. William N. Lyster, who was acting as a missionary in Trinity Church, Cleveland, then a small village upon the lake shore. He came on foot,and preached in Hudson and Stow on the first Sunday in February,

1830. He came again on the first Sunday of the following month, and preached in Franklin (now Kent) in the morning, and im Stow in the afternoon.

tavern. in the afternoon. During that visit, the first steps were taken toward the organization of a parish. Their lay service was continued by uniting from all parts within reach, till the following winter, when Rev. James McElroy. who had succeeded Mr. Lyster in his missionary work at Cleveland, paid them a visit. He preached in Hudson in the morning, and in Stow in the evening, and. before they separated, they organized the parish of » St. John's Church. Stow." This was in 1830. The organization of the parish of Christ Church. Franklin, was effected some time afterward. but the prospect of establishing the church in Hudson was not thought encouraging enough to warrant any further effort there. and all the members in Hudson Township were enrolled in St. John's Church.

After the organization of the parish. lay services were held regularly until 1334. A dam had been built near the present railroad bridge. and a mill had been erected upon it. and several houses were built in the neighborhood ; and. among others. a log schoolhouse. The services were held in this house. which stood in the south part of what was long known as the - old village." It was supposed that the town would be built at this point. After a time. a building was erected for a store further north ; it stood on the west side of the present railroad, between the two crossings. The seryices were then removed to that building, but Stow Corners was most convenient for the worshipers. and larger numbers could be gathered there. and, as the services were first begun there, they were taken back. and continued to be held there until the present edifice was ready for use.

gan to build; and when the society to build, they resolved. after long debate. to have the church at Cuyahoga Falls. In 1834, Rev. C. V. Kelley was appointed a missionary at Obio City, with instructions to give every

' rangement, before it was thought best that he - should go to New York to solicit aid for these . feeble churchmen in building their church; _ and after a protracted absence he returned, and paid over for this purpose $700, which was used in the erection of this church. He then returned to New York and took charge of St. Bartholomew's Church. and St. John's was without a minister.

In the spring of 1835 they chose this site, and began the work of building. The town had grown very much, and manufactures of many kinds were introduced, and it was thought that a very large population would soon be vauthered ; and it was seen that here was the place for the church. But the services were still held at the Corners. While they were building it was thought best also to secure the services of the minister. and they proceeded to secure the services of a minister. and they proceeded to call Rev. William H. Newman, of Bristol. R. I.. who accepted the rectorship ou the 10th of November. and continued in charge

The church edifice was completed in 1856 and consecrated to the worship of Almighty (sod by Bishop MelIlvaine on the 10th of July of that year. It is the oldest church within a very large area, unless it be the Congregational Chureh at Tallmadge. which stands to-day as it was originally built. The plan adopted was the same essentially as that of old Trinity Church. Cleveland. except that the front of the »uilding was more showy, and the chancel more elaborate and expensive. But such as it was at first it remains to this day, except the change in the chancel made last year. There were present at the consecration, Rev. Abraham Bronson, of Peninsula. and Rey. Thomas Barrow, missionary at Akron. and the Rector.

The first Sunday school was organized the same month, and has continued till the present day without intermission. -\fter the removal of Mr. Newman. the Rey. Zachariah Mead, of Virginia. was called to the rectorship, but he was not pleased with the people of the North. and after spending three or four weeks in the parish, he returned to Virginia.

In 1837, Rev. Albert T. Bledsoe, who was one of the converts at West Point, under Bishop Mcllvaine's chaplaincy, and was ordained by him. was called ; but, after about four months, he became dissatisfied with his profession, and resigned both the rectorship and the ministry, and went to Virginia, where he has long held a professorship in the University of Virginia.

After his removal, the parish was vacant until the 10th of April, 1839, when a call was given to Rev. James Bonnar, Deacon, of Utica, Licking Co., Ohio. He accepted the call, and was ordained Presbyter, together with Rev. Charles C. Townsend, in this church. He remained less than a year, and, resigning, went to Marietta, Muskingum County.

and entered upon his duties immediately. the meantime, a parish had been organized in Franklin, called Christ Church, which took several members who had been enrolled in St. John's Church ; but he found upon the list the names of turty persons. In 1842. he organized the parish of Christ Church. Hudson, which took several prominent members. He remained un-

He was succeeded by Rey. Alvah (ruion, who stayed not over a year. Rey. David J. Burger was called to fill his place in the summer; but died suddenly. after a few months in charge here, while on 2 visit to Toledo, where he had previously lived.

sent by the Bishop to fill the parish. The next year, he was advanced to the Priesthood, and continued in charge till 1871, when he resigned, and went to Marion, Ohio.

In March, 1871, Rev. T. B. Fairchild, Rector, in charge of St. John's Church, Kewanee, IIl., was called back to his old charge, and, on the first Sunday of April. began his labors. He continued in charge until March 8, 1879, when he died. His successor was Rey. George W. Williams, the present Rector..

When Mr. Newman left the parish. there were forty-nine members upon the record. Of these. only two remain - Roland Clapp. Mrs. Lucy Rice. The rest have died or removed ; probably most of them have passed away from earth. "There were no entries made in the church ' record from his removal,' writes Mr. Fairchild in 1875. "until my residence. but there were forty communicants when I came. During my first rectorship, fifty-three were added to the number. The organization of* the parish in Hudson took several valuable members; but. of those added during the four years and three months. there are now twenty members upon the list. After my removal, I was present at . the visitation of the Bishop, and presented ten persons for confirmation. who had been prepared for it before I left. Of those ten. not one is left. Nine were added by Mr. Burger. but they are all gone. During Mr. Holden's rectorship, I _ find 72 names entered in his hand-writing, but of these only 20 are members to-day. After _ his removal. your present Rector held services _ for a while in the afternoon. and, as the fruit of _ that labor, 14 were confirmed. and 10 of those are members still. During Mr. Bosley's residence, 50 names were added. but only 23 of these are members now. Since my return. 24 have been added. and 6 of these have died or removed. leaving 87 resident members. The ' whole number, from the beginning, being 305 members.

'" Upon the record of baptisms. I find recorded by Mr. Newman 22. Mr. Bonnar 8, Mr. Guion | 4, Mr. Holden 94, Mr. Bosley 50. and by myself 90, making 279 persons since the organization _ of the parish. But I am persuaded that there were many baptisms in its earlier days which have not been recorded, as there were no entries made until Mr. Newman's time.

"The first confirmation recorded was held by Bishop McIlvaine, but there are several persons whom I know to have been confirmed before this, whose names are not recorded. There are, however, 154 names upon the record, and may safely be reckoned at nearly two hundred.

nado passed over Stow. and Rev. Ebenezer | Boyden. of Cleveland, was called to lay its four victims in one grave. Mr. Guion buried 4. Mr. Holden 112, Mr. Bosley 26, buried by myself 72. by other persons 22, making in all 242 per- | sons, of whom 136 were adults and the rest children and youths. Of those committed to the ground. I think hardly a family connected with the parish has failed to furnish a parf, while in some cases. whole families have joined the great congregation. The consolation of its | funeral rites has been given freely to all. and few in this region have not shared them. I have myself in all these years. preached 5.579 times ; baptized 296: married 149 couples.

As will be seen by these statements. the hindrance to the growth of St. John's Church has been its continual losses by removals. which have been very heavy from the first. The additions by removal from other parishes have . been comparatively small; and the great proportion of the members we have lost from this cause. has been of those who first became com- .

church is this: The » Twinsburg Circuit" was organized November 1.1832. The society in | Stow Township. now Cuyahoga Falls. was one | of the appointments. The members met ina | storehouse at the ~old village." as it is now | known. The first Presiding Elder was W. B. Mack. The circuit preachers were Thomas Carr and John E. Akin. They preached once in two weeks alternately. Carr was re-appointed for 1833, and L. D. Prosser as his colleague. The preachers for the next year (1834) were [ra Eddy and A. Reaves. At this date, William Stevens was Presiding Elder. In 1835, E. H. Taylor and J. L. Holmes were sent | to the circuit. The meetings were then held in the basement of the church building, at the

Wesley Maltby was his assistant. The Falls then became a station. Rev. Timothy Goodwin was station preacher for the next two years - 1840 and 1841. 1842, by Rev. W. French, and the latter, in 1843, by A. Calendar. The successor to Mr. Calendar was Rev. D. Prosser. This was for the next year, 1845. B. W. Hager was the preacher for 1846. For the next two years (1847 and 1848), Rev. A. M. Brown. The following Pastors have since had charge; 1849, A.

The church edifice was commenced on the lot deeded to the society. on the public square. about 1834: meetings were held in the basement until the structure was completed. This was in 1840. the dedication of the building being on the last day of that year. The house was enlarged in 1864, and the inside materially changed. The edifice will seat comfortably 500 persons. The organization has been from the beginning very prosperous. The members number at present 200. The only town clock in the village is in the steeple of this church. The organ cost 31,600.

The following are the oflicers of the church : Trustees, Israel James, Jacob Weidner. [iram Gaylord, Alexander J. Billman, Orin James, Mathew Crawford, Hiram W. Carter. Arthur Lewis and Isaac Reid ; Stewards. Israel James, Edgar Inskeep. Henry Plum, William Hill. Isaac Reid, Richard Blood, Jacob Weidner and Simeon Dickerman ; Class-leaders, Richard Blood. A. R. Knox, L. D. Williams and H. W. Carter.

In connection with the church there is a wellorganized and efficient Sunday school, having an average attendance of 150. Officers - Superintendent, Dr. H. W. Carter; First Assistant, Arthur Lewis ; Second Assistant, Mrs. Mathew Crawford ; Secretary, Mrs. David Brown ; Treasurer, Mathew Crawford ; Librarians, Isaac Reid and Mary C. Weidner.

ganized February 14, 1834, by Rev. B. C. Baldwin (then residing at Middlebury), and Rev. J. C. Parmelee, of Tallmadge. Ten persons, five male and five female (five by letter, and five by profession), united in the organization. Of the ten thus uniting, one removed his connection ; six are no more, for God has taken them, they having died in the faith ; and three remain to this day. The whole number which have been

*« Of the 287 which are, or have been, members, 41 have died; 123 have removed their connection ; 23 dismissed for prolonged absence ; 14 bave been excommunicated ; leaving present number 86, of whom some 14 are probably permanently absent.

"From the organization to January 1, 1835, the pulpit was supplied by Rev. B. C. Baldwin, preaching every alternate Sabbath. From January 1, 1835, to October of the same year. by Prot. Long, of Western Reserve College ; from October. 1835. to May. 1836, by Prof. Gregg, ot Western Reserve College : from May, 1836, to November 23, same year. by various individuals; from November 23, 1836, to May, 1833, by Rev. Joel Byington; from May, 1838, to October, same year, by yarious individuals. October 24, 1838, Rev. William C. Clark was ordained and installed Pastor of the church. Mr. Clark continued his services with the church down to April 5, 1847, about eight and a half years. when, on account of ill health, he requested to be released trom his pastoral labors, which, the church acceding to, was dissolved by action of Portage Presbytery called for that , purpose. church was organized in connection with Port- | age Presbytery, and until the meeting above referred to, had beeu regularly represented i in that body. On this occasion, the church presented to Presbytery a resolution previpusly adopted. requesting a dissolution of its connection with that body, which was granted at the meeting aforesaid. Since then, the church has been an independent Congregational body. except as it has entered into mutual relations with other Congregational Churches.)

. year, the pulpit was supplied by various individuals, but chiefly by Rev. William C. Foster. whom the church and society invited to become their pastor, and was ordained and installed by Council, October 12. 1847. . The relation thus entered into continued until May 28. 18+49 (a little more than a year and seven months). when the relation terminated by his request. acquiesced in by the church and action of Council. called for the purpose. A few Sabbaths after. the pulpit was supplied by Rev. S$. P. Leeds. who. having supplied the pulpit for two years, accepted the call of the church and society. and was ordained by Council June 18,1851. Mr. Leeds continued the relation thus entered into. until June 23, 1855 'four years). when it was terminated by his request, reluctantly acquiesced in by the church and Council. "From the termination of Mr. Leeds' labors. June 23. 1855, down to May 2. 1858, the pulpit was supplied by many different ministers - for several months by Prof. H. B. Hosford. of Western Reserve College, and for one year by Rev. J. L. Tomlinson ; subsequently. by Prof. H. N. Day. of Western Reserve College. for several months to May 2, 1858, when Rev. Dr. T. 8. Clark. who is still with us, commenced his labors. "January 1, 1838, Jabez Hamlin and Ouden Wetmore were chosen Deacons of the church. On the 8th day of June, 1841, Deacon Wetmore died, and,on the 24th of November following. B. Booth was chosen his successor. January 7, 1858, Deacon Hamlin, by reason of the infirmities of age, requested a discharge from further duties of the office and a successor chosen. Whereupon Mr. Charles Clark was chosen his successor. w Mea Sill was the first Clerk of the church, and aad the office to May 24. 1841,

" The church was organized in a schoolhouse standing on the same lot or near where the present church edifice stands. The next year a building was erected on an adjoining lot by the citizens of the village. for public assemblies. called the Lyceum, which was. however. under the control of our church for religious purposes. In this house the church worshiped until the spring of 1847. when the present church edifice was dedicated.

"There was a revival in the spring of 1840. while Rev. W. C. Clark was Pastor, the fruits of which were added to the church by protesfession, at the communions in April and July. twenty-five persons. (ne in the spring of 1848. under Rev. W. C. Foster's pastoral labors. whereby there were added to the chureh in April and July. thirteen by profession. One under the pastoral labor of Rev. &. P. Leeds. in 1854. when in July seventeen were added to the church by profession."

Since that time. 215 have been added to the church. 137 by profession. The present number of members is 165 - male. 5U : female. 115. Hon. E. N. Sill is the only remaining one of the original ten members.

Dr. Clarke's labors terminated June &. 1S#2. During the two years following. the pulpit was supplied by various individuals - from June 1"). 1864. to April 1.1866. by Rev. D. M. Rankin. Ovtober 28.1866. Rev. E. V. H. Danner commenced his labors : was ordained and installed January 3. 1867. and is still the Pastor. In 1870. the church edifice was enlarged and improved. at an expense of 86.121.56. The Sunday school was organized in 1838. and has been held uninterruptedly since then. Organizations under the management of the ladies of the church. sewing societies. or (lime societies. have existed almost from the organization of the church. and have proved very efficient aids in raising funds for the chureb. In March. 1875. two ladies' missionary societies (one for young people) Were organized, and are still active. Annual contributions are made by the church to the American Bible Society. the A*-rican Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. the American Home Missionary Society, the American Missionary Association, the Education Society, and the Congregational Union. During the pastorate of Rey. 8. P. Leeds. this church

The Church of Christ is the youngest of the | with the mission on May 1, 1880, and William church organizations at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, | Southmayd was chosen Superintendent.

. ers a period of about two years. _ In the month of January, 1879. upon the in- _ vitation of the Ohio Christian Missionary Society, District No. 15, and the church at Stow, Elder T. D. Garvin, of Columbus, Ohio, visited Cuyahoga Falls to hold a series of meetings. James' Hall (now called Apollo Hall), was obtained for this purpose. The weather during these meetings - which continued nearly four church at Stow attended nearly all the meetings. to the close. Rev. T. D. Garvin's labors on this occasion were rewarded by quite a number of additions to the church. The expenses of the meeting were borne jointly by the missionary society and the Stow church.

the time of his employment up to the date of | the organization of the church, every Lord's | Day morning, with one exception. The expense .

medieu's hall, which resulted in a few accessions to the church. The church at Akron gave Elder Smith's time. Elder Southmayd supplying the Akron pulpit during Elder Smith's labors here. <A pleasant feature of the close of this

| meeting was the presentation to the Mission Stow church. who were living at the Falls, or- - ganized a mission. rented the hall over J. - L'Hommedieu's store. and held regular meet- | ings. for social worship. preaching and com- .

year with rather indifferent success. A. 8. Wheeler. Elder of the Stow church. had charge of the mission, and the money necessary to sustain it was contributed by the missionary society and the members of the church resident at the Falls.

additions to the church at Stow. of the meetings, which was about $8 per day. was paid in equal parts by the missionary society and by the brethren and friends of the mission.

of the same year. William Southmayd. an Elder of the Stow church. moved to the Falls and - took an active part in the work of the mission. A Sunday school was organized in connection

Sunday School by Elder Smith, in behalf of the Akron Sunday School. of the beautifully-framed mottoes which now adorn the walls of the Sunday-schoo] room.

On February 7, 1881, at the request of members of the mission. the State Evangelist. Elder R. Moffat. called a conference to take into consideration the propriety and practicability of organizing achurch. At this conference which met at William Southmayd's., there were present from Stow, Ulysses Marvin, Eli Gaylord, L. Hartle. C. B. Wetmore. Josiah Wetmore, J. O. Williamson. Joseph Whittlesey, L. Southmayd and A. B. Griffith; from the Falls, A. 8. Wheeler, William Southmayd, John Jones, O. M. Hart, Zeno Culver. J.T. Ream. In addition to these there were present R. Moffat, State Evangelist of the Ohio Christian Missionary Society, Linus Rogers. C. C. Smith and A. E. Myers, State Evangelist of West Virginia.

The unanimous conclusion of the conference was that a church be c>zanized at the Falls, provided such act met the approval of the brethren of the mission.

The Elders of the Stow Church gave their consent to the transfer of some fifty-seven names from their church record to the record of the church at the Falls whenever organized.

R. Moffatt was invited to hold a series of meetings at the hall of the mission, which he did beginning on Saturday evening, March 18, 1881, and closing on Saad evening, March 27, 1881. On March 2 . 1881, by appropriate exercises, the church was formally organized, though not legally incorporated as the Church of Christ, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and the following officers were chosen: A. S. Wheeler and William Southmayd, Elders ; O. M. Hart.

There are in Cuyahoga Falls but few secret Howard Lodge, Noxb271s OF O2FS was instituted March 12. 1846, by O. P. stidger, D. D. G. M.. of Canton, Ohio. The charter members were Philemon Bliss. Richard Creighton, George Rouse, Augustus Einger and Their charter was surren- 7. 1862.

Beebe, P. G. M., of Ravenna, Ohio. The new charter members were John Grimm, D. H. Andrew Schmidt. A.M. Musson, John Little, E. The present ian) Reid, N. G.; George W. Rice. Secaver HE Dailey, Recording Secretary ; W. M. Griswold, Treasurer. The Trustees are George J. Parks, George W. Rice. A. C. Goble, Humphrey Parkin, \.I. Clarkson. The names of the Past Grands now connected with the lodge are D. H. Jones, John Grimm. William Daugherty.

_ 8. Hough, George F. Patterson. W. I. Clarkson. / John D. Thomas, David Forbes and Joseph |; Jones. | seventy-three. Their night of meeting is Tues- |

Lodge, F. & A. M., by the Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio January 9, 1850. The first officers of the lodge were: Richard Creighton. W, MLB NaGillettS2W.-7 Hew Dowded. Vis Treasurer; Jobn Davis.

Secretary ; A. M. Manchester, S. D.; I. Lewis, J. D.; William Wright. Tiler. ceived their charter from the Grand Lodge of | the State of Ohio the 17th day of October, -

The following were charter members of the Lodge : Richard Creighton. Harrison M. Gillett, "Henry Dowd, Charles W. Whetmore, (Files L Hommedieu. John Davis. Alonzo N. Manchester, Isaac Lewis, William Wright. Timothy Brainard, George Allen and Robert Peebles.

The following members were Past Masters of the lodge: wR. Creighton, J. Chamberlain, A. M. Manchester, C. W. Whetmore, P. Y. Curch, 8. Comstock, John Hinde. R. Peebles. I. James. M. Crawford and E. L. Babcock.

The present otticers of the lodge are: William Sidwell. W. M.; William Blong. 3. W.: J. M. Craffts. J. W.; C. Kittleberger. Treasaren Cia. Halk Secretary : D. Forbes. 3. D.:

(reorge F. Patterson. E. A. Inskeep. W. A. Taylor. W. A. Harrington, A. J. Vaughn. T. J. Franciseo, E. A. Chamberlin. W. O. Beebe. W. M. Griswold. J. C. Reid, H. E. Howard. George J. Parks. The first officers were E. L. Babcock. Past Regent; T. F. Heath. Regent; A. J. Vaughn, Vice Regent ; W. O. Beebe, Collector ; W. M. Griswold. Secretary; John I. Jones. The Lodge meets twice a month in G. A. R. Hall, in the James Block. The pres- mutual insurance on the assessment plan, each member paying, according to age. Upon the death of a member in good standing, the heirs are paid from the fund raised by the assessment the sum of 33.000.

Besides its assessments, each council collects its quarterly dues for defraying its running expenses and creating a fund from which each member is entitled to not less than $1 per week in case of sickness.

On the 8th day of June, 1867, the following citizens of Cuyahoga Falls - L. W. Loomis, I. N. Reid, G. M. Patterson, Amos Wills, W. H. Shaffer, D. Shumway, M. V. Burt, R. M. Hinman,W. H. Carloss and B. B. Tremblin - former soidiers of the late war, met for the purpose of signed an application for a charter which was forwarded to the headquarters of the then Eighteenth District, at Cleveland. evening of July 5, 1867, they met and were regularly mustered in by Col. George L. Childs, their own dead, and helped to establish the Soldiers' Orphan Home. Many a strange soldier was sent on his way rejoicing through the kindness of the comrades of Eadie Post. The last work they did was one of practical benefit to Cuyahoga Falls, the donating of the last $100 in the treasury to establish the free reading room, which is an honor to Cuyahoga Falls.

In March, 1880, there met in the office of George Paul, a number of the old members of the G. A. R. and old soldiers, and signed an application for a new charter. The meeting for organization was held March 17, 1880, in the old Temperance Hall, and the Post was duly organized by Judge L. C. Williamson and comrades from Buckley, of Akron. Twenty- | six members were regularly mustered in.

The organization grew rapidly during the In that year the Post had increased from fourteen members to over one hundred and twenty-five. But in the year 1869, it pleased the National Headquarters to introduce a new system known as the "Three

' December, 1873, the old Post ceased to exist. ' While it flourished, no member that belonged - _ to it need be ashamed of its work. They col- |) lected, outside of the regular fees and dues, from |

Since April 1, 1880, the Post has occupied a : lodge-room in Apollo Hall block. The Post . has steadily increased in the last year, having | now about fifty members, good and efficient . officers, and well-attended meetings. In fact |

There is but one grade ; the object is fraternity, | charity and loyalty. Since the re-organization, ' the Post has lost by death one of our most ' valued members, Adjt. W. J. Patterson, a brave | soldier, and the most efficient Adjutant that . has occupied that otfice since the Post was es- | tablished in Cuyahoga Falls. The death roll | as near as is known since 1877. of the Post is | John Williams, Christopher Post, Frederick | Bethel, Frank Brainard, William Cooper. A. | H. Goble and William J. Patterson.

In 1812, Kelsey & Wilcox built a dam across the Cuyahoga River at the place in Cuyahoga Falls where the railroad bridge crosses it. At | this point they erected a grist-mill and a sawmill. These were the first in the village. After the war with Great Britain of 1812-15, the property was purchased by Stow & Wetmore, and an oil-mill built.

It is well known that, at an early day, there | was a portage or carrying-place between the | waters of the Cuyahoga and those of the Tus- | carawas used by the Indians and traders to | transport their canoes and peltries within the | present Summit County. This portage was an - important path, even after the country was - occupied by the whites. At a point on this carrying-place was erected by the United : States Government a military post, and what was called a "navy yard,' and supplies were , gathered here for their maintenance. These | were drawn from as far south as Chillicothe, | being brought up to the head-waters of the | Muskingum and conveyed overland to the Cuyahoga. William Wetmore was appointed Com- | missary of this post, and all the lumber neces- » sary to supply the wants of the Government at . the station was supplied by the saw-mill at the "old village," near, as we have seen. where the railroad bridge crosses the river.

In the course of time it was discovered that a "power" existed farther down the river ' much to be preferred to the one which had thus . been improved ; so the last named gentlemen | commenced in April, 1825, to make improve- - ments at the latter place. William Wetmore, | one now stands. This was finished in June ' following. Here was erected a grist-mill. also . a saw-mill and an oil-mill. As the erection of !

In 1830, Stow & Wetmores (the father of the latter was then dead) built a paper-mill upon | the east side of the river. The first sheet of | paper was run off on the 8th of December of | that year. Previous to this, the tannery, now | occupied by C. Kittleberger, was erected.

from the banks of Silver Lake, in the township | of Stow. YV _ cut away the alders on the bank | of the river, where Israel James' flouring-mill | was afterward erected, to take a look at the | river, and the wild scenery on each side. The | next day Father came to line out the 210 acres which were subsequently the Stow Township | part of the village, and to take a level of the fall of the river, to ascertain the height of the |

"In December we completed our paper-mill. it being the first mill in the State to make paper by the method of gathering the pulp on a cylinder. There were three or four small hand mills in Ohio which made paper with seives by dipping up the pulp and shaking it. Joshua Stow, of Middletown. Conn., was our partner, under the firm name of Stow & Wetmores. In March. 1837. I sold out my interest in the firm to Mr. Stow. Since then the destroying hand of time and decay wore out the paper-mill frame and timbers. and it was pulled down. Some fiend burned the flouring-mill. and the oil-mill was discontinued for want of seed to stock it.

"In 1836. a gentleman came to Cuyahoga Falls to locate in business. He liked the place much, but he had heard of a place called Chicago. and he would go and see it before locating. On his return, he said Cuyahoga Falls was doing the most business. and would always continue to do so: so he located here !"

While Stow & Wetmores. in 1825, were constructing their dam and building their mills as before mentioned, Henry Newberry was engaged in making improvements in the lower part of the present village. What is now Turner. Parks & Co.'s dam was built by him during that year. The next year he erected on the west side of the river a saw-mill. and on the east side an oil-mill. The latter was carried away by a flood in 1832. but a new mill was immediately put up, and was used by E. N. Sill and Ogden Wetmore. It was afterward

Prentiss Dow, the latter converting it into a paper-mill. Dow ran it in company with Rumrill, under the firm name of Dow, Rumrill & Co. This partnership was closed after a time. and then run by P. & G. Dow. The building was finally removed.

The first woolen factory in Cuyahoga Falls was erected near where are now the shops of Turner, Vaughn & Taylor. This factory was burned - the incendiary was spontaneous combustion. There was an oil-mill which was run by Penfield & Starr, adjoining the woolen fac- saw-mill stands; but this was burned and never rebuilt. Just south of this was a carriage-shop carried on by Isaac Lewis. The building was afterward changed to a papermill, and run by George E. Clarke in company with his nephew. Seymour; but like others of its class, it, too, has passed away. In 1834. Ogden Wetmore and B. R. Manchester built a foundry and machine-shop near where the brick paper-mill now stands. They ran the foundry for about two years. when Manchester's place was taken by L. W. Butler. In 1835, the machine-shop was leased by the Messrs. Bill, who afterward purchased the propi

In 1845. the Messrs. Bill put up a brick building for a foundry and machine-shop, but, for the purpose of renting it to J. M. Smith & Co. for a paper-mill, they erected a small shop on the other side of the street for their own use. The lease of this company was for ten years. but. before its expiration. they were succeeded by Harrison & Hanford, who purchased the property and added to it till it became what was known as the Empire Mill. This came into the hands of Hanford Brothers, who ran it until 1872. when it burned down. The Messrs. Bill took into copartnership James Chamberlain, and their shops were run for several years under the firm name of Bill & Chamberlain. To accommodate their increasing business they removed the shops first built, and put up large buildings opposite the Empire Mill. There were some changes in the proprietorship from time to time, but the shops were kept running until the fire of 1872. when 'they disappeared with all their contents. A paper-mill, built by T. L. Miller. once stood on the east side of the canal, This was run by steam. It was subsequently occupied by Caleb Howard, but fell into decay and was taken down. Among the " ancient institutions " of Cuyahoga Falls was a distillery. A portion of the buildings connected with it afterward were appropriated by the Taylor Wire Cloth Company. The "deadly worm " has long since disappeared.

Cuyahoga Falls in 1842, by George A. Stanley and Henry Holbrook, in the first building north of what is now the covered bridge on the west | side; but the enterprise was soon abandoned. | Among other early industries undertaken, but | which was of short continuance, was a starch : factory, by Birdsey Booth, at the spring on the | bank of the river, near the present mill of Mr. Hinde. Another one was by G. & I. L'Hom- | medieu, near the depot, a sandpaper and glue | factory, under the management of Mr. Smith. | Still another was a pump factory, on the east In 1852, | oil-mills, two forges, one webbing factory, one | fork, hoe and tool factory, three machine-shops | one saw-mill, one fork and hoe factory, two | grist-mills, one flax factory and one shovel | factory. In 1854, Cuyahoga Falls had three paper- -

They consumed 675 tons of the raw material, making 525 tons of paper annually. | In them were employed eighty persons. They consumed $9,000 worth of chemicals and colors annually. There were two oil-mills. consuming 16,000 bushels of seed annually, making 30,000 gallons of oil. There was one forge for manufacturing car-axles, consuming from six to seven hundred tons of pig-metal, and making about five hundred and fifty tons of axles annually. The establishment employed from twenty to twenty-five men. There were three foundries and machine-shops. One of them consumed from 300 to 400 tons of stock. manufacturing | about 875.000 worth of machinery annually. - and affording constant employment to about | thirty men. There was also a steel-fork manufactory. which turned out, on an average. 100,- 000 forks annually. consuming twenty tons of cast-steel. and employing from fifteen to twenty hands; one shovel-factory. which made six dozen shovels daily ; one grist-mill, one toolfactory, two tanneries. one ashery, two flaxmills, and one distillery, as previously mentioned. This last-mentioned " institution " consumed 75,000 bushels of grain annually. making 30.000 gallons of high-wines. It furnished food for 3,000 hogs. "and drink for ten times that number.'

In 1876. there were in operation within the corporation one foundry. one rolling-mill, two | grist-mills, two saw-mills. a rivet-factory and

Having thus briefly outlined the rise and progress of the manufacturing industries of Cuyahoga Falls, many of which "were, but are not," the attention of the reader is asked while we recount the story of such as are now in existence.

The buildings of the Variety Iron Works of Turner, Vaughn & Taylor consist of the main building, 36x74 feet ; an L-shaped attachment, 32x76 feet ; and a wing, 36x72 feet - each containing two stories and a basement. The first shop upon the place where these buildings

Mr. Lawson used it for the same purpose for some time afterward. This was replaced by one built by Vaughn. Hunt & Uo., which was removed to give place to the Variety Iron Works. founded in 1856, by the firm of Turner, Parks & Co. Mr. Parks and Mr. Wetmore afterward retired. The remaining members were succeeded by Turner. Parks & Taylor, and the latter. in 1879, by Turner, Vaughn & Taylor, the present proprietors. The buildings of this firm are equipped erated by water, aggregating seventy-five-horse The specialties of this house are imery, mill-gearing, wire-working machinery and clay-grinding machines, which latter article is

The Falls Wire Manufacturing Company are located in Cuyahoga Falls, on the bank of the Cuyahoga River. The main building is of brick, 40x85 feet, three stories and a basement, with modern machinery and appurtenances for the production of every grade of iron and steel wire. The production of this article. in all its forms and sizes, furnishes an interesting sight to the curiosity-seeker. Regarded as a prominent article of commerce. entering largely as it does into a variety of industrial pursuits, its manufacture forms no insignificant item in the manufactures of the village. first known as the Falls Wire Mill. operated by the Falls Wire Company. a stock company organized in 1873, for the manufacture of iron wire. This company was succeeded by the Falls Wire Manufacturing Company. organized in 1879. with an authorized capital stock of $100,000. The waters of the Cuyahoga River furnish the power (65-horse-power). to turn the machinery. There is here produced annually over one thousand tons of the various sizes of finished wire. The trade of this company is principally inthe West. They make aspecialty for woven-wire mattresses. the extra grades of tinned wire, and broom and binder wire. On the evening of March 31, 1881. since the foregoing was written, these works were largely destroyed by tire. They will. however, be immediately rebuilt, with but a few weeks' interruption of the business of the company.

The peculiar adaptability of the clay deposits of Summit County for the manufacture of pottery has been spoken of in another chapter. stoneware has acquired an extensive reputation. The Cuyahoga Falls Stoneware Factory was founded about eighteen years ago by the firm of Thomas & Harris. Thomas Brothers are the present proprietors. The building oc- butters, pans, Dutch pots, jugs, preserve jars, fruit jars with label tops. covers, stove tubes, ete. The capacity of the factory is upward of than $15,000, the demand for whichis principally in the States of Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. Their manufactory is on the corner of Main and Broad streets.

At the corner of Front and Portage streets is the business house of L. W. Loomis. It was founded in 1864, under the firm name of Loomis & Co., with L. W. Loomis, H. E. Loomis, and Smith & Harington, of New York, as partners. Since 1868. it has been under the sole control and management of L. W. Loomis. A specialty of this house is the manufacture of tinware, for which purpose a large force is employed. A number of wagons are kept on the road disposing of the manufactured stock.

The clay banks of Summit County are universally acknowledged to be superior to any in the United States for the manufacture of sewer pipe and similar articles, and the class of goods mauufactured here have a national reputation. The value of these immense deposits of clay is estimated at nearly 32.000,000 a year, and. as the variety and extent of these important articles of commerce is continually on the increase, of changes in proprietorship, came into the possession of James H. Cooke in 1877. Cooke has since died. The trade has considerably increased, and now extends all over the United States from Maine to Minnesota. Mr. Germain occupies a spacious and commodious building four stories in height. covering an area of 40x180 feet. with convenient yards adjacent. The works are located on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, where they have waterpower equivalent to eighty horses, using one sixty horse-power and one twenty horse-power wheel. approved and latest styles of machinery, and appliances especially adapted to this branch of industry, and for capacity, extent and general angles, ring joints and sockets of a superior quality. The pipe is vitrified by the chemical action of salt while in the process of burning, which renders it impervious to the action of steam, gas and acids, and is particularly noticeable for fine finish, durability and uniformity. On the site of these works there once stood an oil-mill, built by Cyrus Prentiss. It was afterward used by Henry Wetmore to make linseed oil, till 1863, when it gave place to the works before mentioned.

Co. This mill was run for the manufacture of tlour for some years ; but was finally purchased by J. M. Smith & Co.. and changed to a paper mill. Soon after, it was burned down. Another mill was immediately erected in its place, which

R. Peebles, George Dow and George Sacket, for the purpose of manufacturing wrapping and colored papers, the latter article being used for posters. handbills and tobacco labels principally. In 1879, Mr. Dow and Mr. Sacket retired, and J. M. Loeser, A. S. Deutsch and 8. Levi entered the firm. They occupy a number of buildings on the banks of the river. which are supplied with improved machinery, especially adapted to this branch of business. The capacity of power of the works 1s supplied by steam, and the water of the river. One of the largest and most complete manufacturing establishments of its kind in the ; at this place in 1878, and comprise at the lower - works one main building 30x30 feet, three . stories in height; one blacksmith-shop 30x75 © feet, and one 20x100 feet; a building 16x35 | feet, used as a japanning and trimming department, and a coke shed 28x30 feet. works consist of one main building 50x200 feet, with two additions. one 50x30 feet, the other 20x50 feet.

lap rings, lap links, S-hooks, dees, tees, staples, snaps, clips, finch buckles, japanned harness ' rings, buckles, ete. The demand for these articles is principally in New York, Philadelphia, ' Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago. St. Louis, Baltimore. Fort Wayne, Evansville. and in fact all over the United States. Mr. Standish came to Cuyahoga Falls from St. Louis. _ The attention of farmers throughout the country has of late years been called to the importance and the advantages of a thorough system of underdrainage by means of drain - tile, and it has been demonstrated that for sloughs and swampy places this system is no longer an experiment, but an absolute necessity for profitable and practical agricultural and hor- , ticultural purposes. Underdrainage, when good _ tile are used. is a permanent and valuable imment, and the old adage that -- Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well," is as _ applicable to this case as to any other. The

_ very superior quality of potters' clay, the same which has obtained a national reputation in the _ manufacture of the celebreted Akron Sewer Pipe, and it is admitted to be the best clay in the United States for this and similar purposes.

burned. The firm of Camp & Babb first engaged in the manufacture of these tile, but the works are now owned by H. B. Camp. They | occupy two spacious buildings, one 42x70, and _ one 24x60, supplied with all the requisite ma- _ chinery, operated by a 120-horse-power engine.

roofing tile is principally in the East, and for drain tile at the present time principally in . Northern Ohio, although as its merits and advantages become known, the demand is extend- | ing through other States. The yearly products of these works are about 310,000 in value.

The planing-mill and factory of Snyder & Blood occupies two spacious and conyenientlyarranged buildings - one 36x70, and one 80x36. furnished with planing machines. door, sash and blind machinery of the most approved styles and designs, and all the tools, appliances and machinery pertaining to this branch of industry. The power used at their factories is one thirty-five-lorse-power engine and boiler ; and their yearly business. which amounts to not less than 330.000. is principally derived from Summit and adjoining counties. The house was founded in 1876. by the present proprietors.

The manufacture of rivets is becoming quite an important industry in this country. and has grown very rapidly within the last few years, especially in the West. where manufacturing of proportions, thus bringing into active and augmenting demand the thousand and one items in the shape of material entering into the construction of mechanical appliances and apparatus. One of these items of importance - as necessary to manufacturers generally as nails to the house-builder - is the article of rivets. There are in the United States several large es-

| tablishments engaged in this branch of industry, but in no one of them are goods turned out superior to those produced by the Falls Rivet Company.

This concern went into operation in the year 1873. The works, first used as a flouring-mill and sash, door and blind factory, are fully provided with ingeniously devised labor-saving similar description. The building blocks area recent innovation and invention, and a specialty manufactured by no other house. They are _ square blocks made hollow, and possess many _ advantages for building purposes over the ordinary brick. They are made from the same_ and thus they are enabled to produce first-class goods with the utmost economy practicable. They use the best Norway iron exclusively in their manufactures, and employ thoroughly experienced workmen. Their marked success in this enterprise is measurably attributable to the high standard of excellence attained by their product, and they are determined to allow none to surpass them in the style, finish and quality of their work. Among their manifest advantages is that of favorable location, as regards

' supplying the Western trade, inasmuch as they can reach the Western markets six days in advance of Boston. Their rivets are regarded as "standard" throughout the West, and are shipped as far East as Syracuse, N. Y. There are several large users of these goods in Akron, such as the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing

Company, and Aultman, Miller & Company. | The Falls Rivet Company was recently incorporated under the State law, with a capital of 3100,000. They are working a full force of men, in the manufacture of all kinds and styles of iron rivets, both block and tinned, including carriage, block, machine, tire, hame, belt. coopers' and wagon box, riveting burrs, wagon and hinge nails. They guarantee every pound of their goods to be of the best quality. Specialsized or shaped goods in their line of manufacture are made to order on short notice, and at the lowest prices.

The factory of this company is a commodious two-story building, situated on the east side of the river, and is supplied with abundant water and steam power, together with | every requisite convenience and appliance for |

C. Kittleberger's tannery was established a number of years ago by the present proprietor. whose business since that time has steadily increased. The tannery building proper, is 60x50 feet in size. containing two floors; and the currying building, which is also two stories, covers an area of 24x48. Both buildings are machinery and appliances. and one sixteenhorse-power engine supplies the motive power required. Mr. Kittleberger manufactures and carries in stock every variety of calf, kip, upper and harness leather. making a specialty of | the latter article, in which line he has established a wide-spread reputation. He is at all times prepared to pay cash for hides and pelts at the very highest market rates. His trade, which amounts to nearly 320,000 per annum, extends both East and West, and the products of this tannery mect with a ready sale in all parts of the United States.

The flouring-mill of Turner, Vaughn & Taylor, was first built for a planing-mill by Henry Newberry, and was run by him in company with Henry A. Sill.

of Henry Wetmore, who, in company with a man named Wright, ran it foratime. But it passed again into Mr. Newberry's hands, who removed the paper machinery and changed it to a grist-mill, for which purpose it is still occupied. It does custom work.

Buildings were first erected upon the dam of what is known as the Chuckery Company, in the south part of the village, for making shovels, forks, ete. These buildings were slight and soon went to decay. They came, finally, into the hands of John Hinde, who rebuilt them and employed them in making rope and twine. He atterward changed them into a mill for making coarse bagging. The manufactory is now closed.

The Improved Barber and Dental Chair Company, of Cuyahoga Falls, manufactures L. W. Boys' improved quadruple motion revolving barber and dental chairs. The President of the company is H. M. Stanley; the Secretary and Treasurer, C. H. Reeve; the Superintendent, L. W. Boys. The last named, after several years of close application to the matter of inventing a barber and dental chair, at length produced the one now being manufactured by this company.

The Blakeslee Manufacturing Company has The company manufactures machine-forged nuts, bridge and tank rivets, forged nut machines, heading machines for heading rivets, track bolts, plow bolts and square or hexagon head bolts.

The grist-mill known as James' Mill, was built for and run as an oil-mill. It is now owned by B. F. Thompson, and stands on the west side of the river. Mr. James, many years

| was incorporated under the Ohio laws, in Febby Penfield & Starr, who changed it into a pa- _ per-mill. It afterward passed into the hands -

In concluding this sketch of the manufactures of Cuyahoga Falls, it may be said that although its romantic and beautiful surroandings have given to this locality a wide-spread reputation as a pleasure resort, its various industrial and manufacturing establishments, have contributed in a more practical manner to its fame. :

NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP - ITS EARLY HISTORY - PHYSICAL FEATURES - COMING OF THE WHITES - INCIDENTS - PIONEER INDUSTRIES - RELIGIOUS - EDUCATLONAL - STATIST!CS. ETC.

twenty-five square miles of territory, and was included in an immense grant by King Charles II of England, in A. D. 16635, to the State of Connecticut, of which a large portion now comprises the State of Ohio. All that portion of the grant not included in the State of Connecticut was. in 1786, released to the United States, except that included in the following North by the parallel of 42° 2'. east by the western line of Pennsylvania, south by

- townships five miles square, and numbered from - south to north. beginning on the forty-first degree north as a base, and the ranges to succeed point. Northampton. being fifty miles west from Pennsylvania and ten miles north from the foity-first parallel. took its place as Range 11 and Town 3. That portion of Northampton occupied by the Indian tribes till the treaty of Fort McIntosh. in 1785, when it was ceded by them to the United States, and in May, 1801. the State of Connecticut also ceded 'to the conveyed it back to the Governor for the use of the grantees of that State. Thus the title was passed from the Indians and, through the several Governments, to secure its validity, and was then sold by the State of Connecticut to what was known as the Connecticut Land Company, which secured to them about four mill-.

ion acres, at a cost of $1,200,000, averaging 30 cents per acre. This company then conveyed its title to the lands to John Morgan, Jonathan Brace and John Caldwell, to hold in trust for the proprietors, and they lived to sell or dispose of all the land, and thus closed their trust. Those wishing to purchase would pay over their money and take certificates, which were numbered and drawn by lottery, but the book of drafts, in which the account of these drawings was kept, is not received as legal evidence, yet it is upon this that all the titles to lands are based, as shown by the records of our Trumbull County. In this Book of Drafts is found Town 3, Range 11 (Northampton), as the seventeenth draft, and thus passed to the ownership of W. Billings, Oliver P. Holden, Solo- | sions (similar to our Common Pleas), under the Territorial Governor, St. Clair, located in Warren. It next passed, in 1808, under the jurisdiction of Portage County, with county-seat at

The outline boundary of Northampton as other townships along the Cuyahoga River, was completed by a surveying party of thirteen men sent out from Connecticut in 1797, but its resurvey into quarter-section lots was made by a party under John Stodard some time after, and it is said that, in their journey to this place, they bought at Buffalo a 15-gallon keg of French brandy to be used in the work, which may account for the irregular lines and erroneous metes and bounds in the survey. As the brandy became exhausted before the township was com- | pleted, part of the men were sent back for a | fresh supply, and while they were absent, those | remaining put in their time laying out a village | but owing to causes before referred to, and perhaps some others, they frequently overrun from 5 to +0 acres, while others fell short. The south tier of lots were of full length, but only a few rods in width, and were called a " gore."

Of the aboriginal six nations occupying territory east of the Cuyahoga River, the fierce and warlike tribe of Tawas controlled Northampton, except that part west of the river, which was occupied by the remnant of Mingoes, of whom the celebrated Logan had been chief. with their town near the west line of the township, and a fort and earthwork for defense just over in Bath. Within a radius of half a mile are numerous mounds as large as fifty or sixty feet in circumference, and from five. to ten feet high, which are overgrown with large trees. Another fortification opposite this, and on the east side of the river containing one-half an acre. is in the center of a cultivated field. and now nearly obliterated by the frequent turnings of the plowshare. Another is at a place where Hales and Furnace run from the west, with banks nearly a hundred feet high. approach so closely as to form a sliding ridge, so that but one person can be admitted at a time, thence diverging to several rods in width, terminating in banks too high for ascent. In this plat are from each other, which seem to have been used for cisterns or store-rooms, and are nearly filled with dirt. To the south of this and near its narrowest point are the remains of a breastwork over eighty feet in length, with an inside moat. The engineering skill displayed in the location and construction of these fortifications for defense, is unquestionably of a high order for savages. In the forest near where Yellow Creek crosses under the canal, is an extensive

_ Indian or pre-historic burying-ground, covered ' with full-grown trees, and from its numerous | graves must have been the final resting-place of an immense population. Specimens of earthern dishes have been taken from their graves, but the early date of the ancient race that peopled these regions is lost and forgotten. We warlike character. Their burial mounds hand down to coming generations an evidence that they wished to perpetuate a memory of names and deeds. But of that nothing now remains. "Their history is unwritten and they themselves forgotten and unknown."

It was to these fortifications in Northampton that, in the summer of 1780, Capt. Samuel Brady, commander of a company of rangers from Chartier Creek, Penn., pursued a band of warriors who had crossed over into that State, committing depredations, murder and plunder. | Retreating back to their defenses, they here ' received the attack, when a fierce and bloody battle ensued. With forces largely outnumbering his own, they defeated him and put his | men to flight. Singling out Brady and leaving all the rest, he was hotly pursued till

'closed round, and with loud shouts of triumph | they thought their prisoner safe. Perpendicular - rocks here form both banks of the river, with | cross, he ran to a little lake, called " Brady's Lake" to this day, and sunk his body under the surface of the water, where he remained, breathing through a hollow weed, until his enemies abandoned the search, when he made his escape.

whites, Seneca. He was a fine athletic specimen, tall, dignified, and of pleasing address ; could swing a robe over his shoulders as gracefully as an oriental prince. In youth, he had been addicted to habits of intemperance, and, crazed with " fire-water," until 1812, when on the breaking-out of war, they joined the British. Only five of them ever after returned, . and those formed a camp in the great bend of | the river, where Capt. Mills, of Portage Coun- .

| ty, with his Indian haters and hunters, at- ' tacked and fired upon them in the night, killing - four of the five. The other one escaped, and - was the "last of the Tawas' in Northampton.

' ness, and when in that condition was ugly. _ Returning one day from Hudson, where he got _ * cockazy," as the Indians called it, he stopped ' in a house where he found a woman and two the Indian was not heard from for years. when Williams owned to having shot him as he was crossing the marsh stream on a log, from which he fell. and Williams then pushed him down into the soft muck far as he could reach Another one of u similar ugly disposition lived in this township. who frequently boasted of his success in killing palefaces. The ninety-nine notches cut in the handle of his tomahawk represented, he said, the number he had scalped and killed, but he would not feel satisfied till one more was added. He. too, " came up missing," and Williams used to say significantly that some one else wou'd have to cut the hundredth notch for the Indian himself.

The eastern part of this township is gently rolling or level, while the western is very broken and hilly with deep ravines coursing their way

' line is Mud Brook Pond from which a stream, _ by the same name flows south, then southwest, - across that corner of the township, and becomes fertile, producing crops of corn equal to any _ other lands of Ohio, but some portions of the uplands are sterile. The most valuable timber is oak, of which the forests produced the greatest abundance and of excellent quality. The other varieties were beech, maple, hickory, ash and elm, with more limited quantities of blackwalnut, butternut and whitewood.

Northampton at its settlement was a dense wilderness peopled only by Indians, and infested with wild animals. The first white man who settled here was Simeon Prior, with his wife and ten children. They were from Westfield River, near Northampton, Mass., and landed at Cleveland, from an open boat, in July, 1802, the year Ohio was admitted asa State into the Union. Cleveland was then but a hamlet of log cabins. Mr. Prior then came to Hudson which had been settled two years earlier. He left the family here until the new home was hunted up in the woods. A log cabin was built on east part of Lot 25, in Northampton, and in August the family moved in. Simeon Prior purchased +400 acres, of which one lot - No. 19 - is still owned by his descendants and heirs. Lot 33, now owned by D. G. Myers, was also a part of this original purchase. Their nearest neighbors were at Hudson, six miles distant, with no roads, no conyeniences, no comforts; they were compelled to be self-reliant and dependent on their own resources. Meal made from corn pounded fine on a stump. was the material from which bread was made mixed with water, salted and baked on a split shingle before the open fire. Their meat was the flesh of deer, bears and turkeys killed in the woods; their clothing from flax, grown upon the farm, worked up into cloth, and all of which was done by different members of the family. Linen and tow-cloth were the domestic staple products, but for winter wear buckskin moccasins, pants and jackets were used until in after years when sheep could be protected from the wolves, and woolen cloth was manufactured by the family. After settlement had become more general, a large, two-story hewed-log Louse was built, which was used for a hotel for the accommonation of travelers. A blacksmith-shop was also built and furnished with tools and stock brought here with their household goods.

family becoming of age, dispersed and settled in different places. The oldest daughter, Sarah, married Joseph Darrow, of Darrow street, a prominent surveyor at that time. William, the oldest son, went south to Chillicothe, the first State capital, where he purchased a farm, but soon sold it and returned to Northampton. He married Sarah Wharton, of Indian Wheeling, in Virginia, and lived in Northampton till his death in 1872, at the age of ninety. David bought a farm in Stow Township, where he lived for many years, but sold out and went to Missouri where he died. Gurden, the last surviving member of the family, sold his farm here, a part of the old original homestead, and moved to Iowa, where he now lives in comfort on the divide between the two great waters, the Missouri and Mississippi. The first marriage lisense issued in Portage County. was for one of the daughters. Polly. who married Eben Kennedy. Erastus and Pinkney also moved

The next family moving into this township was that of David Parker, trom Hartford. Conn. His residence was at the foot of the hill where the Smith road now comes down into the valley. He built the first saw-mill on the Yellow Creek, in Northampton, and. soon after its completion, took malarial fever and died. Hisson, Richard E. Parker, now of Akron, was the first white male child born in Northampton, at the date of March 9, 1811.

In 1809, Samuel King moved in with his family, settling at Old Portage, where he purchased a farm and built a tavern and store, and embarked in many useful enterprises. He reared a family of eight children, some of whom filled places of honor, trust and responsibility. While the canal was building, Ambrose King, a son, held the office of Constable, and, with a warrant, went to arrest an Irish laborér for some offense, and found him in an unfinished lock-pit above Old Portage, in company with a gang of other workmen, who, when ascertaining King's business, refused to permit the arrest, surrounded him, threatening to take his life. Armed with picks, spades and cudgels, they cornered him in the lock. With only a horsepistol for defense, he warned them to desist ; but, instead, they made a charge when he fired, the ball striking one of them on his rib, glanc- ing off without inflicting a serious wound. Being very active, he sprang up the steep bank and ran for his life; was followed, overtaken, knocked down and beaten with clubs until supposed to be dead. His friends hearing of the affray sent a wagon for him, put him in it, and started for Akron, followed by the workmen, with threats and imprecations. Meeting a highest pitch. Next day the military company was called out. armed with rifles and ammunition: a bottle of whisky was passed round, and a battle and bloodshed were imminent. Just then a rider came dashing up, his horse covered with dust and foam. He was a contractor. and had just heard of the difficulty, and asked for time to hold a consultation with dered and were marched to Middlebury for | safe keeping, where the military stood guard | till the trial and conviction of their leader. As - the southern boundary. This was the head of navigation on this stream, and the northern terminus of the "carry" between the Cuyahoga and Tusvarawas Rivers. It was a recognized landmark in the western boundary line of the United States in the treaty of Ft. McIntosh in 1798. This place became famous as a trading-post for both whites and Indians before and after the building of the Ohio and Erie Canal. Some time before the war of 1812, a with river water till they would drink themselves sober. get too much Cuyahog-guh," and he would have to make it strong again. In weighing out hand on the scales, saying it weighed just a pound. This Frenchman used to indulge in some ugly traits by beating and flogging his wife, who was a half-breed Indian. The other squaws would interfere to save her from such punishment, but she would beg of them to let her alone, "for," she said, "it was so good making up again she really enjoyed the quarrel."

After the canal was built, it was for a time called Booth's Port, after Birdsey Booth, a surveyor, and some goods shipped here were so directed, but the old name has been retained. It was said to be not an unusual occurrence for a hundred or so of teams to be seen there at

Robert Thompson. in 1813, purchased Lot No. 24, now owned by William Viall. Esq. He raised a large family and after partly clearing up the farm, sold and moved on to the west half of Lot No. 23, where he lived till his death. Part of this place is yet owned and occupied by his son. Amos Thompson. Robert Thompson was a shoemaker by trade. and.in the early times. it was customary for the tailor, harnessmaker and shoemaker to go round from house to house, boarding with the families, while making up a supply of such goods as needed.

his mission, interesting to his customers by the odd and funny stories he knew so well how to relate, emphasizing the jokes by a sharp bat of his hammer on the sole of some unfinished shoe. Barclay Hogue was a harness-maker who used to go round in the same way. carrying his awls and clamps with him, and many a broad " backband" hung in the stables for years as relics of that old and easy style. Jesse Ellis was another early settler, and, besides hunting and fishing, his chief occupation was burning lime. His wife was the daughter of a wealthy, proud and aristocratic family in Canada, and their engagement being opposed by her parents, she eloped with Jesse, and married at the age of They reared a family of twenty children, the first being born when the mother was fifteen and the last at sixty-five. She is still living, at the age of eighty-one, in Kent County, Mich., where her husband died in March, 1879, aged one hundred. Abel Vallen was one of the first to settle on the uplands west of the river, where he purchased a large tract in Lots 4, 5 and 6. John George Botzum located on the north half of Lot 76. He was a Prussian, from Luxembourg, and recollected distinctly hearing the cannonading at

Walter Waite purchased a large tract in Lot 71, where he built a house and set an orchard, the trees of which are standing yet, and the fruit is enjoyed by his children's children. The settlers in the northern and eastern parts of the township were the families of Burrill Viall, William Hill, Benjamin Templeton (a singing-master), William McLoney, Johu Cowick, David Billman, H. Chase, the two Dickerson families, Jacob Bonesteel, John Everett, George Richardson, Eli Benedict and John

Adam Galloway, John Best, Samuel Hart, Reese Jones, Franklin Carr, C. Davidson, Dr. | Rogers, the Coulters, Tibbets, Porters, Lehman - Bear, Sweitzer Fike. Frank Penfield and Dean. The Joh Harrington farm, Lot 26, was first | settled on by Thomas Vanbyning, who built his | house on the east side of State road, where it is | crossed by the center road going east. The ; spring of water used was the one near where | Alvin Kelso now lives. Lot 14 was settled by | Thomas M. Turner, of New York, who left that | city the day after the landing and reception of | La Fayette, on his last visit to America. The | impressions made by that grand pageant were - not forgotten by Mr. Turner while he lived. | The old home farm is now owned by his son, | Thomas M. Turner. Daniel Turner settled on | Lot 29, and built his house on the low ground | between the hills, and planted an apple or- | chard around it, of which many trees yet re- | main. William Carter, a brick-mason, settled - on a farm adjoining. He built the brick block - in Franklin, now known as the Kent Alpaca - Mills. Henry Billman and George T. Ulmer | took farms along the road farther west, toward

Portage. Nathaniel Hardy purchased a large farm on the Cuyahoga River, which is yet owned by his sons. Austin Black, who was the last of the early pioneers in Northampton, bought Lot 37, the east half of which he spent a life of toil in clearing up, and in the full possession of which he died in 1880. Many others. who came at a later date are not mentioned | here.

killed. and from this one of the boats was named the " Porcupine" and the other * Portage." both of which took part in Perry's battle. on the 10th of September, 1812.

ner. Lot 27, now comprising the waterfalls and iron bridge. where he erected the first gristmill in the township. This was duly appreciated as a great convenience by the inhabit- | _ ants of this and adjoining townships.

Previous to this. the method of grinding meal was to cut a tree so as to leave a concave surface in the solid stump, shaped like a wash basin. then bend over a small tree or sapling for a springpole, bringing its tip over the stump. To this tie a bark or wythe and suspend an iron wedge, ax or other weight. for a pestle. The corn was then shelled and poured in the stump. and the weight taken in hand when the pounding process was commenced. and was continued till a tolerable good quality of meal was made. The next great public necessity seemed to be a dis-

(this is not intended for profanity) of the little brook from the opposite side were piped across to be used in the distillery. Gains in the by fire, and another distillery was erected by Wyley Hamilton and Aaron Norton just below the rock, at the south end of the present iron bridge. It was so situated that the little brook trickling over the rock was taken into the building high enough to run of its own accord into the vats or still-tubs. The mill property was afterward bought by Col. Rial McArthur. and run by him for | years. When the distillery was abandoned as a manufactory of whisky. it was used as a dwelling. where lived Abraham Osborn and his two sons. Elias and Arad, who were millers. Afterward it was used as a meeting-house, then for a schoolhouse. and. finally, "went to ruins. In the erection of the mill. Mr. Norton employed one Seth Webster. a skilled workman from Blanford. Mass.. as Having become such an immoithree gallons of whisky. extra. to abstain from drinking the day the mill was raised. as it stood in a precipitous. rocky. and dangerous place. This promise he kept. and. on the completion of the work. took his extra allowance. and in company with a colored man. started on foot to Canton. and stopping for the night at a camp in the woods. Webster had become craze:l with whisky and called for some water. While his traveling companion had gone after it. Welster, in a fit of delirium. ran out into the woods.

murdered. but he undoubtedly died of delirium tremens, and his body was covered by brush to protect it from the wolves. till he was taken back to Northampton for burial. He was the first white man buried in the township. Another man by the name of Burge. from Pennsylvania. was employed as a workman on this mill. who acquired an unenviable reputation on account of the marvelous an incredible stories he was in the habit of telling. One of these was as follows: That once upon a time, he was engaged in shingling a mill on the bank of a stream. When near the ridge his foot slipped roof. At the eaves he caught the cornice with his hands, and turned a complete somersault through the air, and fell into the water without being harmed. Immediately after telling this. he was sent on to the rock shelf to fix a prop to the timbers of the dam, which had nearly filled unlucky mishap, knocked loose the fastening, when the dam gave way, and he was swept over the rocky precipice by the resistless floods, falling twenty feet into the chasm below. Those who saw him swept over supposed he would be either crushed by the timbers, killed in the fall, or drowned in the seething waters. They

- rushed down below to hunt for his mangled remains, and were surprised to see him crawl out with tangled, matted hair, eyes and mouth filled with mud and sand and water dripping from his person, yetunharmed. As this seemed more strange and incredible than anything he had told, it reversed the opinion of those who thought him unreliable, and thereafter, his reputation for truthfulness improved, while he became quite a hero.

Rial McArthur sold this mill to Capt. Lawler, an educated Irishman, who had been a teacher. After getting possession, he claimed the building had not been properly constructed, and needing repairs. he took out the machinery and pulled down the structure, by which time his money had become exhausted, and he, drunken and dissipated, took to staying in a cavern some tiventy rods below the mill. There trickling spring, from the rocky ceiling overhead. So. while lying upon his board. he could reach his cup for a drink of pure, cool water on one side. or his jug for a drink of whisky on the other - making himself happy as Diogenes in his tub, until, one day, Arad Osborn and a young friend, walking along the bank overliead, heard himsinging below. Seeing a bowlder lying handy, and the size of a salt-barrel, they rolled it over the bank, and it went crashing among the rocks below, as if loosened by an earthquake. Excited and frightened, Lawler ran out, calling upon the Holy Saints to protect him from destruction. Not daring to go back there again: he hired a boy Provoked at the destruc-

McArthur ordered him to leave the country, which he promptly did, and, not long after. was drowned in the Upper Cuyahoga. His summer resort has since been known as " Lawler's Cave." them, and her husband the other, when, just at the crest of a short, steep hill, down which they were to go, Burnham's foot was tripped by a root, and he, unable to resist, was sent rapidly down to the very verge of the precipice, over which he seemed to be impelled by the momentum he had acquired, when, with a desperate effort, he threw back the child, and it caught by the limbs of an evergreen shrub, growing from the crevices of the rocks, and was thus saved. That place is known as "Burnham's Jump Off," to this day. Just above this place was, in early days, built, by Moses and Oliver Dewey, a saw-mill, perhaps the first one in the township ; but, as it was off | the line of the main road, and of difficult ac- . cess, went, after a time, into disuse, and, as © brothers-in-law, Elisha Prior and Elisha Per- . kins, erected a saw-mill about two miles further |, up this stream, which, with the mill erected - by F. J. French and Jesse Hays, manufactured ° most of the lumber used in the buildings of © cade is formed by a broad, shelving rock, projecting far out over the retreating cavern below. Over this the water pours in a veil of glistening lace-work, behind which the pecestrian could pass under the unbridged stream dry-footed. and was used as a sort of dry-ford by the Indians. From the gorge below, where William Prior and sons built their grist-mill. a most picturesque and beautiful view is obtained. Looking up stream, the old mill on the right, the shining cascade and precipitous rocks and cavern. while, higher up, the masonry and airy structure of the iron bridge, gracefully arching the stream with a single span. the tapering evergreen trees overhanging their banks and casting shadows in the water, with cheese-factory and gently sloping hills in the distance, presents a picture of rare beauty and loveliness. The Prior & Perkins saw-mill was erected in connection an extensive woolen factory, which was continued in successful operation for many years. Besides this, a chair-fac- | tory, wood-turning and other industries. were carried on. but being remote from the public road, it was allowed to go into disuse.

A distillery was built by Abel Vallen in about 1814, near the junction of Mud Brook with the Cuyahoga River, for the manufacture of potato whisky. The secret of this process was known only by old Mr. Hovey, who imparted his skill to Samuel Sage. A sufficient quantity was made up to supply the home dlemand, which was quite extensive, freighting an open barge, which was sent to Mackinaw, and disposed of with satisfactory results. Potato whisky was fiery and "devilish" till it got old and smooth, when it became more palatable, and was considered a good article. This distillery was afterward converted into a castor-oil factory. and the people cultivated Ricinus communis, but not in suthcient quantities to keep up the manufacture. In later years the dairying business was supposed to pay better than Palma Christi. and on the site of the old distillery, a joint-stock company cheese factory was erected. but for some cause the manufacture of cheese has been also discontinued, showing this to be a fated locality for enterprise. On the river bank in Lot 72. Stephen Ayres erected grindstone works, and supplied a necessity to the local trade, besides shipping largely to Cleveland. In the same building he used as a factory he bored for salt, and at a depth of 125 feet entered a vein of salt water and gas. He intended to establish salt works, but was taken off by the yellow or gold fever of California, in 1850, and the property went into the hands of L. J. Mix, who utilized the gas for light and fuel for his residence, and the saline waters for salting his stock and This well would have been a brought from Cleveland on pack-horses, and Prospecting was afterward made in this locality for petroleum oil, but as no great depth was ever reached, the search was a failure. A pioneer hunter living two miles above here was visited one winter's day by Julius Sumner, then of Middlebury, who delighted in a ramble through the forest in pursuit ~f game. With a gun on his shoulder he started down the Cuyahoga, arriying at the cabin of his friend at sunset, tired and hungry enough. Being invited in at the door through which he was hauling great logs of wood for a fire, he made known his wants and was told that there was not a mouthful of food in the house, but that a deer, killed in the morning, hung to a tree just over the river, which, arter kindling the fire, was, brought over, sliced, stuck on sticks, and held over the fire to broil. In the absence of salt, a puncheon floor plank was pulled up, which covered an empty pork barrel. in which was some brine; in this they saturated the cooking venison, and ate a hearty supper seasoned with a good appetite. Next day a boy was sent to mill with a bag of corn for meal, and a jug for whisky, when feasting and revelry ensued.

tion and officers up to the year 1820, were destroyed by fire at the burning out of Capt. Aaron French. The only original document now known to be left is in the possession of J. M. Hale, of Akron. It is part of a poll-book tally-sheet. from which the date has been torn. of an election held when Northampton and Bath must have constituted one election precinct. There were eighteen votes cast. of which six were by electors living in Bath, The following named persons were chosen ofticers: Samuel King. Town Clerk ; John Hale, Simeon Prior and David Norton, Trustees : Wiley Hamilton, Overseer of the Poor; Elisha Perkins. Constable ; William Prior, krael Parker and Jason Hammond, Supervisors ; Luman Bishop, Fence Viewer ; and Simeon Prior. Treasurer. The first Justice of the Peace in this township was Samuel King. The principal township otticers elected April 3. 1820. were Aaron French. Township Clerk; William Prior. Abel Woodward and James French. Trustees : and Daniel Turner. Treasurer. The clerks elected for the ten succeeding years were as follows : 1821, Moses Dewey ; 1822, James French ; 1823, William Prior ; 1824, - - - ; 1825. Rees Jones, who refused to serve; 1826, William Prior: 1827, Gurden Prior; 1828. William Prior ; 1829, Oliver Dewey ; and April 5. 1830. William Prior, and the persons filling that place for the next ten years to 1840 were Gurden Prior, Oliver Dewey, George W. Hogue, Anson (Greenman, J. C. Alvord, Henry W. Prior. Peter Voris, Jr., and Daniel Penfield. Those serving as Township Clerk after that to present date were .\vad Osborn, four terms ; Gurden Prior, seven terms; Seth W. Harrington, six successive terms; J. C. Johnston, seven terms; William Prior, Jr., seven successive terms: C. L. Norton, one, and A. B. Galloway, two. Daniel

Smith, Rees Jones, Nathaniel Hardy, Job Harrington, Adam Galloway, Joseph Wallace and F. L. Harrington have filled the offices of Treasurer, and Simeon Prior, Abel Woodward, James French, Aaron French, Hezekiah King, William Prior, Gibson Gates, Silas Greenman, was the Governor of the State, and other important officers, with. many eminent citizens, and a band of music. The pomp and circumstance of this trip, with banners fluttering in the breeze, and inspiring strains of music echoing among the hills. was such a pageant as never before witnessed. Jonathan Williams, the old Indian hunter, was present, as the boat moved slowly into the lock at Old Portage, and stood gazing in wonder and astonishment when a friend ventured to ask his opinion. He said it "looked almost exactly as he expected it would. except the boat was about three-eighths of an inch too long."

Northampton had for many years, and has not yet entirely outgrown its reputation, of having a grade of morals scarcely up to that of the more fortunate surrounding townships. This was due principally to the influence of its distilleries. and the fact that, at and after the building of the canal, the river region was fre- a river bully by the name of Isaac Wells, who would drink whisky, quarrel and fight at every Besides this, it was infested with a notorious gang of counterfeiters and horsethieves. The Mallett brothers. from an adjoining township. erected a * mint" on a lonely isolated point of land, densely covered with timber, and ever since known as the "money shop." Here a foundry for melting mixed metals with molds, dies, plates, engraver's tools, etc., were kept secreted. When the annoyance to the citizens of this locality, from the presence of strange and suspicious visitors, became no longer endurable, a public meeting was called, and, by mutual agreement, the mint was destroyed. This disconcerted the manufacturers ; but the benevolent to the poor, always ready to relieve the wants and sufferings of the sick or distressed, had so won the affections of his fellow-townsmen, that he was elected a Justice of the Peace, which office he was filling satisfactorily, till arrested, and himself taken before a higher court, tried, convicted and sent to punishment. Even there, his self-sacrificing generosity won him hosts of friends, and made him conspicuous among all the others, securing for him, finally, : his restoration to freedom and citizenship. The invasion by Asiatic cholera, so fatal in many localities, entered the precincts of his prison walls. claiming more than its share of victims from among these unfortunate people. Here, standing by the bedside of the sick and dying, which appalled the bravest hearts, he did not shrink from duty, and, for this devotion, he was pardoned, and retired to quiet, private life. Notwithstanding the questionable character of | some of its earlier inhabitants, Northampton » has not yet been destitute of citizens possess- | ing as high a grade of moral principles, honest integrity and respectibility as any in the land. | Joseph Ritter and Jacob Morton came on from the East and built a house on the west side of the river, where they moved in arid made themselves obnoxious to the citizens by | living with women to whom they were not mar- | ried. Neighbors objected to the scandal, from this pernicious cause, but to no purpose ; quiet | remonstrance was in vain. They were notified | to leave, but refused to go, and then William | Hardy, Morris Mills and Tra Hovey went there | in the daytime and commenced tearing down the - house. Ritter came out with his gun to shoot the - assailants, but was seen by a neighbor, Mrs.

started after Ritter, who ran, but was caught, the gun taken from him, discharged and thrown away. The house was demolished and the parties dispersed. Next day a warrant was issued by Squire Osborn for their arrest. and Loveland, the Constable, went first to Hovey's. The young man, seeing him, ran up stairs on the ladder, and attempted to pull it up after him, but the lower end was seized by the Constable when the tug commenced, Mrs. Hovey, in the meantime. plying the broomstick and hot words. Loveland secured the ladder, and when part way up his cornered prisoner kicked a hole through the clapboard-roofand went out, jumping to the ground fastened the door outside. got on the Constable's horse and rode off. Har-

The first frame house built here was a store for Col. Rial McArthur. and was framed by scribe rule, fitting each tenon to its mortise. then numbered and taken apart till all was finished. This store was said to have been stocked by goods brought in a single box. and They

| house built at Steel's Corner, in 1832, of which | Edward Prior was architect and boss carpenter. The timbers were hewn and framed in different localities, and not brought together till ready for raising when the spectators were disappointed.at seeing it go together without a