Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-19

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EpiToRs LEADER Having heard much o.
this place from persona who bad visited il
was prepared on visiting il sor de frst time ts
find a stirring, thriving town. And, from ii'
general reputatien in the country, was also
prepared 10 lind a Warmshsarted, Eoal0ua and
successful host of Temperance. friends here moi
was my disappointment in any Wsy disagTeeable'
After Spending few days among the people
admit was somewhat disappointed, but that
disappointnent was ipoFe Ike he young man
who, on getting wife, said hO supposed he
was married 10 one Of the finest women in
the country, but, after one years experience
had changed his mind entirely. lie found her
more like pure Angel from heaven than wo-
man of mere earthly nature that is to say, she
was above his preconceyed ideas of wifehOOd.
Well, CHAGRIN FAILS is more Of town than
had expected to find The Chagrin River
which whirls, and dashes, and fosms over its
rocky bed, at the rate Of mile in no time, ma
king fall of q hundred and fifty feet to the
mile as it passes through the village, is an ex-
cellent water-Power fg all sorts Of manuiaetu'
| ring purposes, end capable of meeting the de-
mands Of millions Of cash investment properly
made The only wonder is, that capitalists
who desire to get rich rapidly, do not erect
larger manufactures here.
D. A Davis ind VIM. 7. Upham have in opS
Grafton Paper Mil, from which they will
turn Que ton psr diem of pSper of superior
qualities, giving employment to many men and
women, and furnishing q ready market for
thousands of dollars worth Of rags, otherwise
Of little account stA
The Plow and other Iron Works establsh'
lishment Of Benz. Wiley soon convinces the
visitor Of the enterprise Of its proprietor
B It, the Wagon Box and Sad Iron estab.
| lishment of Williams d Bros is a very eXS
tensive enterprises and is justly deemed, by
the citizens, as a very important adjunct TO the
business operations Of the Falls. The FOun-
| dry room is 60x60 feet the machine room,
40xsO feet forging room, 40x45 feet the
ware-room, 20x40 feet It employs thirty five
hands, regularly, and consumes some $50 tons
of iron per annum.
One naturally feels astonished to see such
huge piles of maple logs piled up in The vicinN
ity of G. Forces Peg Factory,bu that aston
ishment "subsides" on going into the work
ing room to learn that some so bushels of pegs
are here turned off in single day. It would
take a great many nimble fingers to count
them and drive taem into the sOLes Of men
and women .-..5 p
The Cabinet Ware and Chair business is sue
cussfully represented by the Russell Bros, who
are considered enterprising and honorable men
ard staunch friends of Temperance and free
dom. J. T. Goodman is also doing an exten'
sive and satisfactory business in the same
| line. t-
The Dry Goods, Groceries, and Ready Made
| Clothing trade is mostly comprised in the firms
of EgglestOn and Mcfarland & Co., J. B. Will
liams, jr, Sturtevant, twhose amiable Ia
dy carries on an extensive Aillinery,)
Washburn d Robins, Gates, and others, who
all seem to be doing well. At Mcfarland d
Co's.there was on Thursday afternoon perfec
Broadway stampede of purchasers from town &
country-more like rush at an auction room
than anything else. At Robiuson's, ShoeDeal
er, We saw more trying for ,"fts" by tiny fee
or larger candidates for bIogans,, than for |
long time before witnessed in any country
town.
The Flouring Mill of Williams & Gardner is
doing all the business at present required, ant
they only need the facilities of rail or plank
road to enable them TO make the Falls a very
important Milling depot. 1t is a pity that the
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where it is, as in every relation to business herr
and elsewhere, it would be vastly useful. Tht
right kind Of capitalists taking hold of it
might soon set it in motion with advantage.
A. Fisher, Sash and Blind Maker, and Bull
lard d Sons, manufacturers of Yankee Wool
Wares, are ''astOnishlDg the natives" with thi
progress of their improvements, inventions, anC
excellent work.
Messrs. L. D. Mix post MASTER, and D. G
NetJleton, in Drugs, Medicines, &C., are doing
good business. ...
H. White & Co.'s Axe Factory is furnishing
some superior tools for the clearing Of forest:
and other like purposes, and adding with otheri
to the general means of business, growth anC
prosperity Of the town,
G. G. Norris is supplying all the State and
the rest of mankind lat least in several othel
States) with the popular and useful Sovereign
Balm Pills and other curative articles, and Hy>
gienic Waists for ladies, in the sale of which
he has about so agents constantly employed,
while the regular NJ. DIS, Vincent, Rogers
Harmon, Curtis. Hall, et aI, are all faithfully
dealing out, ALPHABETICALLY, Homepathieally
Electrically or other wise, pills and panaceas tC
the suffering citizens, as they may seem to re.
quire.
The Union School under the management o
Prof Batchsldor, and his assistants, il in mos
aourishing condition.
And though last, yet not least, is the accom-
plished Artist, Thomas Shaw, the Anbrotypist
thorough temperance man, who quickly and
persectly transfers the picture of the "humaI
face divine to his metalized plates, for old aud
young, grave and gay, to the entire satisfae-
tion Of every oGe.-We were happy to find in
his gallery of distinguished ones the familiar
face of "Father Williams" the temperance
Patriarch Sin full regslia," /" smiling, benevolent
and intelligent as life, and not far from him the
jolly, comic and yet proudly stern phiz of the
buckeye Broad-Axs," Chance, whose prac-
ticed exploits have ''scOIed" many uncOuth
blocks for the great temperance temple in Ohio;
and others too numerous to mention. Friend
Shaw is a ready wide.awake workman, and
never sends customer away dissatisfied. Sue
cess to him. ra.-s ~. Ea
We found the Pastor of the NJ E. Church,
Rev Mr.. Guy, at home, as also Rev. Mr..
Wright, of the F. W. Baptist, and each of
them warmly and heartily engaged in the great
Temperance StIuggle-snd loved and honOred
by their people. Rev. Mr.. L. Lee, of the Con-
gregational Church, who was absent, is also a
host in the cause. rU+I
From all accounts, the temperance cause
here is well sustained. The Carson League is
doing good work, and so the Good Templars,
the latter embracing in membership severa
reformed ''hard cases" now "clOthed and in
theirTight minds.' ttl .i.-
Taking Ohagrin, all in all, i: is one of the
finest locations for business, and for business
men to locate in, anywhere ''in these parts y
The country around it is rapidly filling up
with substantial farmers, and every advantage
is Afforded for prosperity. Eastern men OF
others who desire good business location viii
ind ample encouragements here, for almost
any amount of capital and enterprise. Gen.
tlemen, "pitch in" P. w. W.
AeAsslz The Boston Traveller regrets tc
learn that Professor Agassiz is greatly affected
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