The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-19
s. A. SPEAR, Proprietor.]
Ohio and Indiana in 1928.

WIN hIo CrOuhihS hUuut tue HdIu-
ships OF frontier life in that state, by
a description OF the privatons which
were endured by the frat settlers OF
the "far West" Of thirty or forty
years ago. We quote q portion of
his not very cheerful. and perhaps
exaggerated, picture Of Ohio and
Indiana, as he found them in 1928
Our older readers will supply the
contrast between the present and the
past:
"The month of October, 1928.
found me ut Sandusky City, Ohio.
still boy, bat almost a man grown.
with less than five dollars in my
pocket, and with no friend save
good constitntion--and a good con
siitution, let me here say, is one o.
the best friends young man ever
possessed. During the Summer |
had travelled the whole length Of the
Erie Canal, and had run the gaunt-
let of Chills, Fevers, and ALI the ills
with which Western New York was
then afflicted. | was now on my
way to Cincinnati, short OF money,
yet full OF hope. But how get to
Cincinnati? do not recolIect that
there was at that time any regular
conveyance in the shape Of stage.
coach, and even had there been. my
pockets were not sufficiently pleth-
oric TO permit me to indulge in any
Isuch extravaganza. Thus situated,
| resorted to the first ard most prim.
tive mode OF looomotinn rnontinned
in ancient history footed it,
tramped every step OF the way to
Cincinnati.
do not believe there was n don.
key at Sandusky City, Ohio, a. long
ago rs 1928; at I'll events, lett the
then little, wooden, one.horse town
on foot
| picked up a companion in the
shape OF Il young man who bad n
sister married at XancsvilIe, and
together we started Tor Columbus,
taking what WAS then called, il ny
memory serves me. the old military
road Of General Wayne. which led
By Fort Ball. At the first clearing
or settlement we came -. | saw n
twin brother OF the poor devil in the
caric1turc, over which my grand
father. the Deacon. was laughing 50
heartily; at the next settlement saw
another twin brother; at every turn
the picture OF The miserable wretch
on the broken down horse WAS
hrongEt forcibly back to my rccol-
lection. We passed on throngh the
little towns OF Bucyrns. Tjiiin, and
others, then just sprnlins into ex.
istrucc, and every where it was
sickness aul wrgtchc.lue-s and want.
In some families half were down lick
with Bilious attacks or Chll4 and
Fevcrs; in others every -uul was Nm
able to rise Third rate saddle ags'
Doc'ors. with fourth rate medicines,
were riding ali ut from plac. to
place - young men learning their
trade killing more thai they cnrud.
Curn meal. crackcI IN rude non
mills attachc, to trees. afforded all
he hrcalstuif: rancid pork aud
many aid not even have th,t, was
all the meat coffee anl sugar W re
Injuries rIr j. seen; Tie milk vs.
from the frw porr COWS we saw and
looked as thunlh il h,i been skim,
me both at tpr ud bottom. Much
ui the tune V,ile We were on the
journey, we encountered cold, raw
rains, and roads knee deep in mul:
on clear days the sun would come
out at MONDAY. dry and scorching
hot, while the nights would be damn
and cherries, and the mornings
foggy-a dense miasms, into which
you conld drive peg, seemed 10
brood over the land, You could see
Chills and Fever everywhere, hear
them where, smell them every
where. Despair sat upon every
countenance, and | saw bat few pco
pie on tho route who would not lave
left the country at once. had they
possessed those important essentials:
strength and the means. Corn they
could raise, yes; but every acre of
land reclaimed from the dense for
ests cost world of labor, OF suffer
ing, of sickness. and Of death.
In the year 1929 was in portions
OF lndians--went up the Wabash as
far as Terre Haute, and saw not a
little OF the country; in many parts it
was even worse than in Ohio, for
there the dreadful Milk Sickness
obtained to such al extent that one
was just as much afraid Of bowl of
milk as the bite OF rattlesnake-
either would kill in twenty. four
hours. And besides, the Chills and
Fevers and Bilious diseases seemed
to be the rule, while thoroughly
sound and healthy person the ex.
Iception. And encouragement, too,
was plainly marked on half the faces
| saw, and thousands would have
gone back to their homes in the
older states, had they possessed the
means.
A Curious Incident at ConstantinopIe.
A correspondent OF tfie Paris
| PrSsSe details a sipyular incident
which lately transpired at Constan-
tlnoPle. Sir Henry Bulwer, the
| Enplish A mhaaaador aoooc,,;l 4