The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-12-05
Home Correspondence.
HiIIsborO in 1880.


Ohio river to the village of Manches-
ter, where we obtained our convey
ances to our new home.,I remember
coming into the town on the New
Market road, and the first young man
of the town we noticed, was looking
out Of his shop, at the newcomers,
whom we afterwards knew and have
since known-as "Wash. Doggett." "
Coming on by "Smith's old corner"
we saw another pleasant-loOking
young fellow, who bowed politely,
whom we were subsequently intro
duced to as Daniel J. Falls.
Our family found its new residence
on Short street, on the same lot on
which Madison TrimbIe, Esq, now
lives. With the dignifed Judge Bell
on one side of US and Gov. Allen
Trimble on the other, we fattered our
selves that theneighbOrhood was very
respectable, to say the least ofit.
Rev. Samuel D. Blythe was the
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church,
which at that time wor5hiped in the
old Seminary building, on the east
border of the town.
Rev. James Quinn and Rev. George
Catch were travelling the HilIsbOro
circuit, and were followed in the fall
by Rev. George w. Maley and Rev.
Joseph Reeder.
Buntain Walker carried on a
tailor shop on the cornernow occupied
by Mr.. Morrow. All that corner was
then filed up with small One-story
frame buildings.
Ben. johnson kept a dry goods
store on the Heron corner, and John
Smith dealt in the same articles in the
Haynes & West corner. Samuel E.
Hibben and Abraham Rhoades dealt
in dry goods in the Clayton corner,
while old John Rhoades entertained
travellers in the same building. James
and John A. Trimble were selling
goods in the TrimbIe corner. Hiram
Campbell was publishing the Hills
bOro Gazette, and George w. Tucker
did up the fashionable tailoring in a
room just under the printing office,
which was in the block north of the
corner of Main and High streets
while Mcdowell & Mathews sold gro
.cerips next door south.
Robert Stuart was the saddler of
the town, and seemed always as ready
for hearty laugh as he was to sell
saddle to customer. Armstead Dog
gett had a small saddIer shop where !
the EllicOtt House now stands.
Wheat sold in HiIlsboro then at so |
cents per bushel, while oats and corn
were worth only 12k cents bushel
butter bought 81 cents a pound and
chickens sold at 70 cents dozen.
Christian Crum, Kit Arthur and |
Andrew Brouse were the house car
penters of the town, while Newton
Doggett made most of the furniture
and collins for the living and the dead. |
james Trimble and Amos Gran
than did the tanning for the people.
John Baker and David Watson fitted
up the understandings" of all who
patrOnized them. John P. Ellis, who
is now.the oldest shoemaker in town,
was a young man then, just learning
his trade.
Joshua Woodrow, senior, with his
son Joshua, sold goods in the "Wood-
row House corner, and Turner & Dill
were engaged in the same calling in
the opposite corner, while Henry Davis
had a store across the street on the
other corner. -s-
Judge Bell was Clerk of the Court,
Col. John Jones was Sheriff, Joseph
Woodrow was Auditor, and John
Smith Treasurer.
The society of HiIlsbOrO was very
excellent even at that time, and addi-
tons were being made to, it from Vir-
ginia, Pennsylvania and other States,
and the town appeared to be doing
quite living trade.
All the young ladies of that day,
if we remember, were considered.quite
pretty, and it is a clever treat to meet
many of them now, who have around II
them large families of children.
To write up HiIIsboro as it was in
1880; would require the space of sew
eral columns. One would have to
stop and think before he could call up ,
The men and incidents of those old
lays Deaths and weddings were
not very frequent, and I only remem-
Der three of the latter which occurred
that year in the town: Madison Trim
Ole and Mary Ann Smith, the Rev. l
George Catch and Sarah Jones, and C
Thomas Barry and Lavinia Galloway. n
A wedding was an item in those days,
and the folks enjoyed the occasions
very nluchly.
There is something peculiarly sacred
in the "reminiscences of past years,
and the calling of them up is not only
pleasant to the memory, but the re-
view makes US sober and thoughtful,
and kindles in the heart the better
feelings of our nature toward all who
have travelled by or near us, the dis
roughness of Iife's rugged
hills, May they make the ascent
happily and safely, and "meet us in