Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-14

self and President Wheeler, of BALDWIN
Tniversitv. Berea, for unavoidable NJ
SENECA. we uuotefrom the letter:
Nh. & Mrs. CAHooN: Dear FRIENDS: ]
: ; > We remember with much
pleasure, those happy gatherings, ana are
ssaddened by the thought that one At least
of the number that last year enjoyed your
generous hospitality, lies low-yeI, ne
SSLeeDs acelI Happy for us all II, wnen . u
ummon come, we too are ready for tne
/ nChariot Of Israel andthe horsemen tnere-
Of" .an..
Nav 1 offer the following sentiment:
Rev. W B. Disbro Beloved in life, slAnen'eu' III
death, he has gone to his reward.
The Cahoon Choir sang with muen
| pathos @The Vacant Chair"
a sentiment was read by the President
having proper tribute to the worth OF
Mrs. johnson, of Dover, widow o. tne
Hon. Ieveritt johnson, formerly repre-
sentative in the Ohio Legislature rom
Cuvahoga county. Mr.. johnson dieo Ii
lsi6-his widow, daughter of Joseph anu
lydia Cahoon, numbers nearly three
score and ten years. She was present at
the festival, and DR.. Dutton, of Cleveland,
made a pleasant response to the sentiment:
He spoke of his regard for old women-had
always spanked them in preference to
Young ladies-and had fallen quite IN o "
with the venerable Mrs. johnson, whom
he had never seen until to-day. She had
much interested him in her narration OF
the incidents of pioneer life, especially IN
the fact that Wien at the age OF fourteen
she met with young johnson OF sixteen,
who had come the day after her W ar
rival to %enliven the solitude OF the wider
ness as her fathers neighbor and theI
? thought "he wa the boy for her" 80 II
proved and the glove at sight" made by
mems torch brighter and brighter through
a long anduseful welded life. DR.. d. advis
, ed the young to love and often counsel witt
the old if they too would be wise, happ,
and blessed. The "mothers IN Israel
smiled pleasantly at the Doctors sparkling
speech, while their daughters poute
prettier han ever at the Transporter
fattery, evidenced by the presence Of III
8 fair young wife in their midst. As al
offset to the singular taste Of the speaker
somebody seHJ tho following sentiment U
the President, which was received wit
bursts of laughter.
Old Bachelors and Old Maids-A cold set ma
they be toasted till they are melted together.
The following sentiment was offered b
Mr.. Norman Day, of Sheffield:
The Days of YOre: We cherish the remcmbrsac
' of them.
II Tn answer to a call, Mr.. Day made
three minutes speech, going bacI
, capiitai Nod homes of the pioneers O
70 tne ooyhH. md contrasting the time
new Ens sLo ''rful improvements G
the present era. = was caTlc
: Mr.. Clark Eldred, of ElyrlA, was c1I? :
0 out, and briefly referred to his an a. !
Dover in 1911, and the panic among u
few families of the neighborhood on Hull
! discraceful surrender to the British.
< toast given to the Host and Hostes
S of the occasion we failed to obtain a cop.
v of. President Root spoke of the grea
satisfaction afforded all their guests b.
these celebrations, and said that the hos
: pitalities preferred are heartfelt as wa
6 shown by tears so frequently tricklinI
: down the cheeks of the venerable Host be
fore him. MI. VIM. .. Cahoon, the youDges
:. of the original CshQon family, offered tn
following:
In behalf Of the tribe Of Joseph, I extend to tn
n princes Of the surrounding tribes Of Judah, &C,
c cheerful welcome to our annual gatherings fleaz
come often.
. Miss Addison, of Cleveland, favored tn
assembly with two songs during the fes
+ tival, one being Happy are We to-day
+ friends" The sun getting low. thong
N the day seemed short, after singing tn
!, Doxology by the assembly, an adjourn
ment took place to October 10th, 1866.
= Cahoon creek was q locality of niue
l. interest in pioneer times. Joseph Cahoo
le built the first grist mill west Of the Guys
r hoga river, on the Black river, which wa
n then Included in Dover townships andth
first mill in the present Dover. The ruin
Of the latter still exist on the Cahoon farm
\ The stills were laid the day of Perry's viz
tory, and the workmen heard the Yanke
le thunder near Put-in-Bay. The mill stone
IA were obtained on the farm, and the mi
( was Il god-send to the sparf
,e population all through the LAX
f region. During the great drougf
i n the fall of 1918, the mills on Blac
ID River and the Cahoon mill failed, and pei
ID pie up the Lake, thrifty to forty miles distar
rs from Cleveland, after living On jointe
a%d r4lrndad corn as long as Dessibly gala
" table, had to go to mil on horseoack !
far as Newburgh, to obtain ground grist
Dover now bids fair to become the vint
m yard of the county. The Dover Ba
Company nave already some fifty acres i
4. grapes, and are undertaking large ielt
: on the Lake bank to add to the proitabl
20 culture. The location is slightly, the so
': clay, and thought to be the very best fc
grapes. ]. A. II.