The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-11-14


CESS, whose old farm has been invaded by
the southern portion of the ethyl Vincent
Stevenson. jeremiah Meek. Pendlelon Nc
Fsdden, Carter. Wilkins. GeoIge and Shady
Henderson. The Short Greek settlement.
about the year lSeO. was composed OF the
following families viz: Richard Rue. George
H Imam. Elijsh Fisher. William Watson.
Henry Rue. John Burk. Gather of Hon.
Lewis Burk. Jesse Burk. Peter Weaver.
John Collins. Aaron Martin, Abraham Gaar.
Fielding Gaar. job, Williams and Judge
Davenport. Judge Davenport and John
Williams were killed and Others were seri-
ously injured al said Dssenport's barn rails
ing more than thirty years ago. On the
head waters of Short Greek lived koonses,
Walker, Trimble. ] .hnsons. Craigs ard q
lew others On Eikhorn lived the Grimes.
Mreks. Lancaster. John Bnyles. Hugh Gull.
Isaac B eson, Rsmbo. Prsther. Eudsleys.
Hunts, Lambs. Whiteheads, Whiteingers,
VIM Alexander. Rhoades and lew others.
On the west side of the east fox opposite
the mouth of Elkhorn lived Smith Hunt,
David Carson. Bale Batter, VIM Rhoades
and Few others Below. on the same side
of the liver was Yokely Griffin. CARROTS,
Reuben Allen. Mckinney. Dixon. Long.
the preacher. David Railsback, Roops. Fen
ders, 100 Clevinger. Dat,iel Cl-vinge-, Coxes.
Shelhys. Dyes. Mofftts, Peter Eastwood.
John Whiteinger. Murphy. Crisis. Millers.
Hsgaman and Garre is. who owned . mill
short distance above Brownsville. On the
east side of the river lived Esteps, Stovers.
Fo>hers, Farow, Fouts, Richard Dewey.
Gabriel Fender. George Hunt (6rst Clerk
of WAYNE county. John Hunt. Immels.
West-riield and few others. The princi
pal settlers that remember Of then living
on Silver Greek and Hanna's Greek, were
Dearduff. Nelson, Plummer, Mcintosh,
Waddclls. Nuiters. Benaetts, and Wiilitts.
On the West Fork, ami hollands and
Green's Forks lived John Shaw, James
Shaw, John Dewey. Benedict Hurst, Dick
erson Hurst, Patrick Baird, McGrews,
Cadwell~, ID dyridge; Jenkins, Spans. Lew
Uses. Shortrldges, (o'e of whom was killed
by the Ind ms, Esq. Flint. Overmans, Gal
hons. Abel Jsnnes aud few other families
sprinklcd through the woods and along the
the streams, which then abounded with fish
-chubs. sun-fsh or goygIe-eyes, eels, cat
fish. red horse, and suckers. the largest of
which measured from twelve to twenty
inches in length, which were considered
whoppers for such small streams.
l shall always remember the first FISH
ever caught. 1t was a minnow, OF the
club species. After much persuasion on
my part. mother laid aside her work and
fastened a pin-hook on a sewing thread line
which she tied on the small end of large
sized switch which she put into my hands
and told me to bait my hook with cricket
OF tishworm. which l would easily find by
turning over chunks or logs on my way to
the branch, which meandered its silvery
current within a few rods Of our cabin door.
Berry Cornwalls fisherman. supplied with
his ample fishing tackle. never started to the
seashore to "bob for whale with q greater
satisfaction than l started for the "deep
hoe" To fish for minnows with my pin hook
On the way l procured plenty of angle
worms. and soon had piece of one Of the
large red worms writing and squirming on
my hook. which l dropped down near the
log on which | stood over the water. saw
quite n number of small minnows approach
ing my hook slowly and cautiously. At
lengh one seized il with a quick, sharp
nibbe; | erked, but caught no fish. The
bait was gone. aud The yellow pin glittered
in the sunlight. ! put on another piece Of
worm; it was soon taken off. baited my
hook the third time and dropped it into the
water. soon felt deep. strong jerk;
jerked too. and up came FISH more .hau
an lncn icn5 WHICH Tell Oh tue NOOK iHto
some brush and drift wood near the shore.
dropped nv hook and line and sprang up
on the bank Just in time TO save the minnow
from f,anderine into The brook. the very
edge of which i, had gained as clu'oi.ed !.
in my fingers. | made for the house as fast
as l could run. holding up the fish as ran.
so eager was | to show mother this first
grand. glitterng trophy of nv success
-s.despise not the day of small things"-
Who does not re member with pleasure the
time when he used to chase butterflies and
m AXE war upon humble bees, yellow jack
els and hornet nests! Gray headed men and
women lock back with pleasure from the
cloudy end of LIES pathway to those green
and sunny spots through which they passed
during the halcyon days OF their childhood.
Nhen | first saw the east fork Of White
water, it was during the time OF high fresh
ct, and it appeared TO ms iniautie eyes. .
mighty stream, grand and terrible to look
upon have travelled upon the broad
bosom Of the father Of waters, been pas
senger upon steamers upon the Atlantic and
the lakes, and stood on table rock and heard
the stupendous cataract OF Niagara thunder
ing its eternal anthem to the whirling. foam
ing d pths below. but never felt SO impress
ed with a sense of the terribly grand. a.
when I frs, law White water dasi,ing its
foaming and turb'd waters aloLg. over leap
ing it's banks, and in whirling eddies carry
ing away crops. fences and dri'twood from
bottom lands, drowning stock, sweepin.
away mills and mill dams. and making gen.
eral havoc and devastation in its course.
ELKHORN.