The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-03-16


village. After the Swiss had succeed |
ed in naming the town after their
mother city Canton Basil, in Switzer.
land, they all went away rejoicing.
The town lots were sold on the 25th
day Of March, 1925. This took place
week or more before Mr.. Hide
brandt sold his New Market lots. One
condition among others, was this: AS
il was not positively known whether
the canal would be located here in this
bottom, along Walnut Creek, at this
point, or further south. In case the
canal should not be permanently loca-
ted through this valley, then the pur-
chaser to relinquisb his lot Or lots, and
pay to Mr.. Goss, the proprietor. the
sum Of three dollars, to pay expenses
of survey, &c.
The highest price obtained for va.
cant lots was thirty-six dollars, which
was for corner lot, No. ~, bid off by
Joseph Hiestand some years after
wards sold to my father for sixty dol
lars, and now owed by Leonard &
Bro.-knowh as the Brick Store"
Mr.. IL. D. Bolle, q Frenchman, bot
the lot on which stood the original
log cabin, which was built in the year
1909, by Mr.. Goss, on which lot
hewn log house had been erected
This, Mr.. Bolle bought for sixty two
dollars. Hero in the upstairs Of the
hcwed log house he opened out little
notion store, consistins~in part of
few buttons, combs, needles, thread,
pins and thimbles
His main business, however. was to
buy up old pewter and run the same
into spoons and ladies. Would often
take his horse and wagon and 90 out
peddling, while Mrs. B. would attend
to the notion store. He also dealt in
furs. | remember my first fur trade !;
| had few rabbit skins, one mink and
a possum skin. | took them to the
store and Mrs. B. allowed nc twelve
and half cents for the possum, the
same as for the mink neither did L
nor she know that the possum was not
worth anything. When Mr.. B. came
home he said to his wife, "what you
buy dat for, he is good for noting. -
SO one day when he loaded up his
coon, mink, &C., Mrs. B. brought out
the possum about which lie had been
teasing his wife so much. She threw
it into the wagon but he said dat good
for noting" and threw it away; Mrs
B. waited until he started away, then
she picked up the old possum again
, and threw it into his wagon. lie knew
nothing of this until he came to un-
load his furs, when he threw out the
possum also. "Wat you give for dis?'
Mr.. E. said twenty-five cents, same
as coon" Mr.. B. came home and laugh
cd, and then told me the whole affair
d, Mr.. BOles business soon increased
some, and he moved his store from the
; garnet upstairs to the old log cabin
Here he continued until early in The
spring of 1928. One day when Mr.. B
came to my fathers house and said
=, "Mr. Lenert, me want to sell you my
store. "Wat do l want wild your store
. Mr.. B. replied, "you put leetle llenary
in dere, he will make store keepe
u some day" When | came in from tn
barn, l was told what Mr.. B. wanted
Father said to me, "would you like t
be q storekceper?' "Likc ii" said !
i, ''if we We're only able" l thought N
one but rich men could be storekeepers
:, This thing was debated in the famil.
for several weeks. At last it was con
cluded that VIC would purchase hi
goods on hand. Strange as it ma,
seem, we were to pay retail price 70
: the goods, that is, we had TO aIloN
y BolIe just the same price which W
sold them for. There was however, o =!
advantage, that is, we were not to pa.
y for them until sold, and besides, h
agreed to take back all unsold good
on hand at the end Of the year. Th
y question might be asked, chere is tn
= profit. Sure enough that is an item.-
But we thought these goods would bel
} fill up the shelves. Then besides thi
. we had a capital of one hundred dO'!ar
= in Silver, and horse which wo sold 70
fifty dollars; this, added to the SlO(
was the sum total to begin with.
o In my next I will say somethin
Q about how l went to learn Storekeepin
L at Genl Maccracken's, in Lancaster i
a 1928. Ii. l..
If Basil, Ohio.
- E9-An old lady who imagined tina
. the sea must be very dirty, because S
d many people bathed in it, was consol