The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-06-03
For the JefTGrsonian Democrat.
The Town of West jefferson,


a man may have discussed roast beef
and porter with John Bull, in his proud
capital! and theology and oatmeal Cruel
with Scotia's sturdy sons at Edinburgh,
or sourcrout and metaphysics with a
German, upon the legend. environed
Rhine; he may have laughed existence
away at Paris, or dreamed it away with
the voluptuaries of the Oicnt, may
have wandered among the mighty ruins OF
1hebes, Babylon and Nineveh, or trod
the streets and wandered through the
time -honored localities Of Greece and
Rome he may have tracked Living
stone in his African travels, or followed
Baynrd Taylor in his journeyings over
Arabia's burning sands, or amid LapIand's
frozen SHOWS, or even gazed upon Bunker
Hill Monument, and been tcte.0 tctG with
the professor of the Break fast Table :"
all this, and more, he may have done,
and yet, if he has never visited West .Ief
ferSon, he has never seen all the world.
Indeed, the history of the universe lack
ing sketch thereof would never be com.
plete. Sensible as am OF my inability
to do the subject justice, shall yet try
to Gil this vacant niche in earth's cata-
logue Of localities. May the patron
saint Of description bless me with skill,
and your readers with patience.
This village is among the offspring of
the revered Henry Clay's craftsmanship,
for 1t owes its existence to the laying out,
its rapid growth to the prosperity, and its
comparative decline. TO the disuse of the
National Road, upon whose line, soon
after it was surveyed through this region,
in 1880, it was laid out; and il is perhaps
needless to add, christened in honor Of the
great Father of American Democracy.
1t is situated fourteen miles West of
| Columbus, was incorporated in 1884,
though (perhaps owing to its being fast
place) it bears the appearance Of much
greater antiquity. The G. C. Il C. Rail-
road passes through the place, making it
easy Of access 10 those led thither either
by business or pleasure. 1t contains
about 700 inhabitants, comprising those
of nearly all degrees of culture, charac-
ter and color. There are four dry goods
and one drug store, four groceries and
three hotels, (sheuld any be induced to
visit this notable, but hitherto but little
frcqucnted locality, in quest Of health or
pleasure, we ndvisc them 10 call a;
Mantle's j also five blacksmith and four
carriage shops, any quantity of shoe
makers, one tailor shop, one tannery, n
furniture store, DC, DC. The inner
! physical man is amply provided with the
substantials. by two butchers, and two
large flouing mills, the one steam
within, and the other a water power
just without tie corporation. The latter,
together with large saw mill, is supplied
with water by a reservoir fed by the Little
Darby, said to be somewhat malarous in
its tendencies, and knOWn TO be a fine
place to go a boat'riding with the ladies,
on warm moonlight night As con-
servators of public health, four physicians
here do battle against disease. The
young ideas are trained TO shoot in the
Union School, and two ministers feed the
flock and warn the obdurate, and Masons
and Templars proclaim good will TO all,