The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-07-08
THE FOURTH
Laying the Stone of the Nsw
Court House.

n large number IN attendance, ana Dut LOT .
the busy season for the farmers and the
heat, the crowd would have been
larger.
The following was the order of exercises
Music and singing.
Prayer by Rev. Peter UnEbFpeh, in Gar
man.
Announcement Of the deposits in the box
by Prof. d. Worley, as follows:
Iw TuE NAME og TUE COMMISSIONERS
AND PEoPLE OF SsARK COUNTY, ONO:
To do becoming honor to the memory of
the fathers, by whose daring, enterprise,
justice and virtue, Ssa"k county has taken so
high and honorable place among the counties
Of our noble Ohio, VIC deposit to-day, in
this cornerstone,
lst. The date of the first settlement in
Stark county, by whom made, and the
present population also brief history of
the county TO date.
I'd. \ copy of the original act organiz-
ing the county.
3d. The date Of the erection Of the first /
Court House, and the date of its demoii-
lion; also . photograph of the old building |
and its surroundings, executed BY Mr.. An !
drew Price.
4lh. The p.aca-3ings Of the Comm
sioaers pertaining yo IA. building Of thc
first Cour, aa@se. ...-
To bear testimony 10 coming generations
that the ohills1n OF tie pioneers of the
7 great Northwest a.s n;.l wanting in public
( spirit, and devotion 70 the public good, we
deposit
Z 9th. The oEje. of the Commissioners
( for new Count House; the resolution of
the City Council OF Canton proposing to
+ purchase and donate additional grounds; the
date Of tho election by which the resolu-
lion was confirmed, and the record of the
vote polled Pro and CON-
To honor the honest and noble industry
of our County, State and Nation, and as
representing the ''bone and sinew" of our
prosperity aid greatness among the nations
of the earth, we deposit
G;A. C@a.'s IF he contracts w:th lie bull
de.s. ana
T;l. T-ig names aa lie Architects, Master
j5ui.dgs- and ,,or.,a.sg up To this 5ima cl-
gagged upOa ne gs.ii;1.Hg. ... 10
70 shew gaas - are slaw- syi1llng a.ple,
sr,iag powcg g. --nsfa power Is 5as, ana
''g,nderiug ':u,s ..esar l-o things ia4: aEe
p CsasaT's, " Ti.ic IN inc proper plaee and il
f the proper way, we w:i also render ualo
, God aU the S.o.y winch IS Gods, we de-
{ posi,e
t sth. The names Of the present Chief jul
C dicial and Executive Officers OF the United
e States, and OF The state of Ohio, with tie
= names Of all tEle public officers of the County
r To manifcs. our present social and polil-
i ical condition, and the prominent questions
agi5ating the American people and in the
o hope that the unhappy divisions of the past
c and of the present, may be oyerruled OF
= God to glorious and permanent future fol
; ourselves and postenty, in the preservation
d OF free speech and free press, tho .bulwarlo
r of our liberties, we dePosito
1t 9th. Copies OF all the newspapers now
,r published in STARK County.
To express our fixed conviction that th'
IS only hope of free Government among mel
n is faithfully exhibited in the principles o
National and State relations, contained il
the Constitution OF the United States an,
the Constitution of the State of Ohio, w
deposite
= 10th. y copy OF each Of these instruments
That our children may know that We ha
some specie left, and in the want of more
no. knew how, IS matter Ofnecessity, to max
d greenbaoks a legal tender in the payment {
N all public and private dues, we deposite
n, Ilth. OF coins-a one-cent, a twO-ccnt,
81 three-cent, and = live-ccnt piece of Gu
rency-a ten-cent, twenty-five-ccnt, and
bo fifty-cent scrip and a one dollar greenbaci
Finally, ''when in the course OF kuma
events, " the ci.lJicr Of the future, as Y
have done with HE work Of oar father
ct. shall think ,hg. inc ieiaP.e Of justice, wni'
we are now erecting, Aas oG;liv,d its Ii;
i1y and shall Lay vioien; hands upon it, and t
'sc antiquarian shall search this stone for sor
record of the past, that, whatever else In
red may think Of Us, they may not be ignora
aty of the fact that, we knew how such thin
should be done, we deposite
i've 18th. y Programme of this days pl
ter ceedings.
vas PRoeRAMIE.
at Depositing the box in its place by Co
missioner, r. r. Porter.
ted Placing the Stone, by Architect and 81
sc. ders.
ver- Music and Singing.
Don Prayer, in English, by Rev. J. w. Go
lin.
len, Addresses appropriate TO the day and
al occasion were made by VIM. a. Lynch
s. Meyer Esqs.
e.. The Corner Stone is inlaid with mari
containing the following Inscription
eas- Erected \. D. 1868. r. Il. Por
rant Richard Lee, Geo. w. Lawrence, Conn
t at sioners II. L. 8Iyer, Architect ].
.ext, Poyser, James Campbell Builders"
from The edifice will be Stark CountY's nc
ID to ment-a credit to the enterprise and Ii
npa- Glity of her citizens