Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-14

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stand, and proceeded to exhibit the relic
and articles of interest which had been
brought 10 the ground, accompanying the
exhibition with an explanation Of the artiles.
Judge Barr also occupied the stand for the
same purpose for time. The articles are
! specified below in |-SNli' aAi
During the exhibition and the afternoon,
the Old Folks Concert Troupe, under the di-
rection Of DR., Robinson, Of Cleveland, per-
formed number Of hymns and songs ae-
comPanied by the Band. Among them
were Coronation" :" and %Old Hundred, p IN
which the whole audience were requested to
join. The effect Of the united voice of the
thpong was delightful. .g,Il51
General L.V. Birece, Of Akron, was called
to the stand and proceeded to deliver an ad-
dress, which was full Of historical facts
and faneies, and hadpily told incidents of
early pioneer life. This address we are un-
able to publish this morning, but shall do so
tomorrow. 1t was an admirable one,
% The regular speakers having spoken and
the exercises being closed, volunteer remarks
were called for and q number Of the old pi-
oneers who were present were called upon. :,
Major Elisha Taylor, Of Glevelandl spoke
feelingly of the changes which have taken
place since the days when they were
young in roads, buildings, schools, and
schoOlhouses, &c. They had then no church
es, and no opportunities for religious or NOR
al training. They hads.after some diaieulty
established sort Of halfway Temperance
Society, which was formed August 10, 1899.
He spoke Of the blessings which are enjoyed
at the preseut day that were unknown to
them, and trusted that the young would
grow mp for the benefit of society and the
world. -
Mr.. John D. Taylor, Of Rockp6ft, was
called for, He said that at the celebration
a year and half ago, he had related to them
his pioneer cOurtship, Since that time, the
person who was the girl he had thus sought,
had died, and his heart was filed with sad
ness at the memories which this scene had
called up. someof the stones Of his old pi-
oneer cabin were still left, and he had made
a pile Of those stones, that when his child
ren's children should ask what mean ye
by these, ,stonesY" the reply would be given
that in that log cabin their grandfather spent
some Of the happiest years Of his life.
About the year 1872 and thereabouts, the
settlers used to have social parties and balls,
and would sometimes go 10 or 20 miles to at
tend them, or to get fiddler. Sometimes,
when they could not get music, the speaker
had sung for hours at time for the young
people to dance by.
He doubted whether the world was grow
ing better. When he had heard SO much
said about this late great fight in Eng
land, he had felt ashamed for his fellow
men. As for himself, he had not read one
word about that fight, and did not intend to.
He didn't know the name Of the English
fighter, aud didn't want anybody to tell him
a word of it.
Father Bently of solon, was called for and
spoke briefly He said he had not been ex-
actly pioneer. he was a rod from the stem
of Jesse. His father moved here in Msy,
1897. He first lived about Is miles east of
Warren, in Trumbull County. The speaker
was then II years old. They did not then
know of a white woman within twenty miles
except his mother. There were plenty of
Indians. They lived in log cabin IA feet
square built a larger one Is feet
by 20. The floor was of puncheons and the
roof Of slabs, covered with clap-boards. Af
ter the raising by the men the women would
generally come and then they would dance
all night. They had no neighbors for a long
time, but in 9s or '99 General Smith, of Con-
necticut, Aaron Brockway and Samuel Gid
dings came up from the SheRango River and
settled in Smithfeld- Vernon. Then
Mr.. Hutchings, the father of the present Con-
gresham, and others came. In 1903, the
speaker went to Warren, and ii was at the
raising of his barn that Thomas D. Webb lost
his leg. The first bank started upon the Re
serve was the Western Reserve Bank at War
rem, which Zalmon Fitch started with s37,-
500 which he brought from Philadelphia
The second bank was the Bank of Cleve-
land, the first cashier of which still lives
The speaker said there was probably no an
imal ever found in these woods that he had
not hunted and slaughtered. He spoke of
a pioneer wedding in which the groom was
an Indian spy, named Robbins. There was
no minister nearer than Pittsburgh, 80 the
neighbOrs, some of whom had been Qua.kers,
concluded to marry them in the way of that
sect. They were therefore brought before
the people and the man said, "Before these
witnesses take this woman for my wife"
and the woman likewise, and they went
away rejoicing. sr.r.f IN
Mr.. j. Herrick, of Aurora, was introduced
as the man who brought the first printing
press to Cleveland. He said he had been if
ty years in Ohio. In 1910 he travelled through
the woods from PainesTille to Aurora. In
1920, being in Pittsburgh, he was engaged to
take a printing press to Cleveland. 1t
weighed about ton and he received about
$50 for carrying it through. It was brought
on two wagons, and was once upset in the mud
They were about a week in making the jour
ney. The first time he was in Cleveland,
was in April 1872. He bought a barrel of
salt for SIss Hehad paid 81 pound for tea
and 81 yard for calico. 70
Dr.. Robinson Of Bedford, was next called
forward. He spoke of the Railroad and Tele-
graphic speed with which we live now, and
said that the men of old times were adapted
to their age, but they would not do now.
Then they had hard hand work to do, and
needed stimulants to keep them able to do it.
Now we have the brain, and all nature is
tributary to mans work, and We need no
stimulants- In an Illustration Of the change,
he said truly, that the Newspapers would
do more in one day in reporting their pro-
ceedings than the old sheets would do in
years. IL1 eHIIe