Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-10-23

ened to with intense interest.
JUDGE SPALDINs read q tax list of the County
in 1919, furnished him he said by yOund friend,
showing that the entire assessment Of CuyahO-
ga County at that period was but S5s2,75.
Vice President J. D. TAYLoR, cf ROckpOrt,
said he had anticipated much from this meeting
was not disappointed, but felt particularly good,
and thought everybody else did. He was hap
py to meet so many of the pioneers and their
descendants, Of which he was one, his father
having come in here in 1896. Mt. 7. said he
had resided in the County ever since.
Mr. TAYLoR remarked that one subject always
interesting to pioneers had been omitted by the
speakers-Pioneer Courtships He could
speak from experience of the happy times when
boys and girls used to ''set up" together, when
cOurting was done Sunday nights and sparkling
was enjoyed in tie only family room Of the log
cabin, blankets the only partitions and the cur
tains around the bed of the old folks. About
$ the children would climb the ladder to their
hunks close under the shake roof. and in an
hour more father and mother would also retire
behind the blankets, leaving the sParkers sitting
at opposite corners Of the capaciOus stick chin
ney fire place. Soon the fire would need Il
little fixing with the wooden shovel or poker,
and in resuming seats somehow chairs would
manifest unusual attractions for closer Gontigu=
ity. If chilly, must sit close together to keep
warm; if dark, to keep the bears off. OF what
was then whispered Mr. I. was mum, but when
the first hearty smack bfoke the cabin stiffness,
the gentle breathing behind the blankets gas
often interrupted By slight hacking cough
Mr.. TArLoR's own experience, which he rela,
ted with true pioneer JUNCTION, kept tie crowd IN
aroar. When a strappiug boy he fell heai over
ears in love with a girl of the real Plymouth
Rock stamp She liTei twenty miles away, and
he went to see her regularly every iouIth sun
day night. He won the lass, longed TO marry
her, but as he course of true love never did run
snooth, her mother objected The mother was
appealed TO- bat she gould not be melted, and
TAYLOR said be went round 'isighing ike Iur-
nace." His father was sent Minister EItraor=
binary to the Court Of the Old Woman, to form
/ IN allilnee offensive and defensive, but with no
better luck lie hs5eyer kept on courting, un-
I'll he got TO love everything on The Old mans
farm At last love and pers syerance were fe-
warled, and the wedding day was fixed. The
Lev country was siekly, and he often found him
self feeling his pulse Is lhe day of days drew
near, in a tremor lest the shakes should be add-
ed TO the fever consuming him. Got married
without accident, moved to his log cabin, went
- housekeeping, Mrs. T: the pattern of neat
ness and goel hOuwifery. Election soon
came on, went to the polls, vas asked if he was
Ofage, ard didn't vote. Ars. T. was also an
n5yed about it, and when election next eams
round, that very morning she presented him
with little counterpart Of himself The news
reached tie Town-meeting before him, and no.
body now objected to his voting
The shout which followed ended Just in the
nj K Of time with-"Make way for the Pio.
asers!' The masses in the aisles of the tent
opened pathway, and two families on horse
back, wife behind, child before, equipped With
pioneer iIings for journey westward, said
Goodbye" to their friends as they moved on
toward the setting sun.
a general dispersion now began, many how
ever lingering and talking over old times and
new. The relies were femsEed by their own
ers, the great tent was finally lowered, not an
accident or unpleasant incident occurring to
ma. The universal enjoyment The Autumn
weather seemed attemPesed fer the healh and !
comfort of the babe and the granJam, and the
same good Providence which had blessed the
Fionsers throughout their pilgrimage, hallowed
their first Meeting in Guyahoga.
The festivities closed with Pioneer Ball IN
the evening at the capital Cataract House, Mr..
LOyETT, the Obliging Host. His Assembly
Room is one Vi the best in the County, and we
an commend the Cataract To parties dssinng
good fare anI accommodations YINrox's ad-
niTable CotilliOn Band furnished just the music
md calling for the occasion; and many of the
children and grand children of the first settlers
mingled in the contra-dSnees il vogue at the
cuttings, neighborhoOd frolies, Fourth of July
md New Year Balls Of thirty and forty years
go, such as Money Musk. Ris hs Hand Reel,
tic, AMI which bear the same relation TO mod
I'm quaJrilles and polkas as Yankee Doodle
iOes TO present martial airs, and OH Hundred
md Coronation 10 fashionable Church psalmody
4 number Of the middle-aged as well as the
took the steps and cut the pigeon
wings Of the floor when boys were dancing
'umPs and bouncing girls didn't hoops; and
lso joined with the young folks in YINroS's
AIRED COtilliOn changes. not call repeated,
ntil the ball broke up at the seasonable old
inc hour Of three in the morning. l
Such was the initial Pioneer Celebration un- i.
er the auspices of the Cuyahoga County His
'rical Society. Hereafter may they be Ami '
srsaries. Then .
A sons ofthe early times out West,
And our green old forest home
Whose pleasant memories freshly yet ,
Across The bosom come
A song for the free and gladsome life,
In those early days we led,
With teemIng soil beneath our feet, s.
Anaz smiling heaven DER head d
Oh the waves OF life danced merrilv, a
And had joyous flow, b.
In the days when We were Pioneers b
Fifty years ago, AZ
In the days when we were Pioneers, b.
Fifty years ago. m
Pioneer Culver. By
The venerable OLIVER CULVER, accompanied tn
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