Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-24
Cincinnati Correspondence The Rich
mond Fair, &C.

city to-day, very reluctantly bid adieu Ia
the Fair Grounds and the pleasant city Of
Richmond on Thursday night Hsving a
little leisure give you the following statis'
ties
In 1900 Indiana was composed Of three
counties, Knox, Wayne and st. Clair, con.
tanning 5000 inhabitants. The county Of
Wayne, as well as other counties, as the pop
ulation increased, was cut up, until Wayne
was limited to 400 square miles Il has a
very fertile soil, q large number Of towns,
and is one of the most populous counties in
the state, Its excellent soil, fine water
privileges and healthy location, early attrae'
ted to it large number of Friends, (Qua-
kers) class Of Christians whose good
works always produce good fruits and exert
an excellent influence on the surrounding
community. To them Wayne county, and
Richmond particularly, their Mecca of the
West, is principally indebted for its unpre.
cedented prosperity. They first cleared out
farms, and confined themselves 10 agricul-
ture, bat we're ever the fast friends of do.
nestle manufactures At first they raised
their own sheep and fax, out of which they
manufactured their clothing In 1907 the
first Friends meeting house was erected by
Jeremiah Cox, J, Bond, J. MorroN, and
VIM. Williams. In 1916 it was proposed
to Jeremiah Cox to lay out the town of
Richmond on part of his farm, but he was
utterly opposed to building towns, and said
he wonld rather see Bucks tail than tav.
ern sign. Notwithstanding his opposition,
John Smith Was there-his next neighbor-
and with his usual enterprise, proce eded to
lay out a town, comprising Front and Pearl
sts, Johns town grew rapidly, and in 1918,
two years later, Jeremiah's prejudioes were
overcome, as the demand for town lots in
creased, and he cut up his farm into town
lots. This gave the inhabitants more room.
and it is now pretty compactly built, rum
ming mile and half north and SOUTH and
three quarters Of q mile east and west Its
rapid growth must soon induce others to
give mp their farms. John Smith, we do
not believe, had any idea that he was laying
tho foundation of large city, or he would
have made the streets and sidewalks much
wider. They are entirely too narrow, and
last Thursday night their Main street was as
densely crowded with people, as Broadway
N. Y, is at the fashionable hour of the day.
Among tho prominent buildings in Rich,
mond is the Orthodox Friends Meeting
House, large brick building, 1870 feet long
and 60 wide where the Yearly Meetings are
held. Another prominent building, Starr
Hall, 95 by 46 is worthy of notice. Besides
they have fifteen Churches of various de-
nominations, a large number of School Hou,
ses, and great many costly and splendid
private residences which would be m honor
to any city.
Fine water power is afforded to Richmond
by the forks of Whitewater, which propels
% FIGURING Mills and "a Saw Mills, an Oil
Mill and large Woolen Factory. Several
Machine Shops, the largest of whiIh are
owned by A. Gaar, Brady, & Son, and J.
Harney, are propelled by steam. Besides
these manufacturing establishments, they
have Peg Factory, Soap and Candle Fac
tory; large number of Foundrys, and six
Carriage Manufactures.
In lS45 Richmond had but $500 inhabi'
tants. Now it has a population of 1000, is
rapidly improving, and takes its rank as the
leading manufacturing city Of Indiana. This
is the result Of the labors Of an industrious,
intelligent, temperate class of people, With
out any extraordinary advantages of loca,
ton, Richmond not being even county
seat
The Fair, now going on, proves that the
agricultural, horticultural, manufacturing
and mechanical branches of Wayne county
are skilfully directed. At no Fair have we
seen better grain, vegetables, horses, mules,
cattle, or hogs. The ladies too, have con-
tributed their share Of usef ful as well as ora
namental articles. One lady exhibits
beautiful counterpane manufactured from
cotton which she planted In South Carolina
A years ago, and which she picked, carded,
spun and wove with her own hands. No
wonder that Richmond manufactures grow
so rapidly, when such ladies are found in
its midst
The intersection of the Indiana Central
and Chicago and Central Railroads, and
good Turnpike roads radiating in every di-
rection, renders this an excellent distributing
point.
There are three good newspapers printed
in this city, two Republican, and one demos
cratic, conducted by Intelligent gentlemen,
Mr.. Holloway, the editor Of the palladium"
is veteran in the editorial corps, and is the
worthy President of the Agricultural Soeie'
ty. Theie are few men as well posted in
all that relates to stock raising and agricul
ture as he is, or that takes a deeper interest
in the great improvements now going on.
There are other important places in
Wayne county, the population of which is
nearly as follows;
Arlington 300 Bethel $50, Boston 200,
Cambridge City 25O0 Chester 100 Dublin
1000; Dalton $50; East Germantown 600;
Economy 800 Hillsborough 200 Hagers-
town 1000 Jsoksonburgh 200; Middleburgh
100 Milton 500; Newport 500 Williams.
burgh 300-9,550 Ada Richmond, II 600
and We find the population Of tho county Of
Wayne amounting to twenty thousand Eve
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