Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-07
Pioneer. OF Gc- -ts.sl New York g..

We find ia the SyraoHSe papers long
,ocouut- of y meeting held III that citS
N the 1th instant, To orgarilz- An a-A"cl-
ZION of the r. ,pr--r- of Central New
York. The purpose OF the a--oclatios l.
- collect, record tnd preserve everything
elatiug 10 the early history of th.t par
= the country whlen can y. res, ued from.
,b}iviun. The meeting w4- very lsr.r.
nd verv great interest III it, proceedings
aas manifest.
Among those present were many II III"
,sTly settlers, who came forward and
i-s,.ed the con-titurio7- the tir-t name On
The list being that Of Ichaood White, Of
(-f,yette, who has lust completed hIs
lundredth year.
Papars and l"tters were read giving
,ccnuuts uf. tho first -etfitmcutt. IN several
tocuIti-S. and nlrr-ting the history ot
.alu" ii IT,. early settlers, and tt.re v&ere
,ddr,sses in whiuh similar sketches of
h. early history of Central New York
we're given.
L. appears that in the'yca | 1713 ChSrlea
md Abram Walton, and ii Mr.. Htgnn. r.
!diug III tho city If New York. obtained
patent of tNn hundred and fifty acres Of
l,nd, where the mo-s important portion oi
,onsiisp.rian for thi.l .lp.reut was that
thcy should suild and put III operation q
Irl-t-rnlll, public house worth ~ l.aet
- Ul0, and tlso construct a road through
ehe Salt Spr ngs Reservation. froni Man
'uus to Camulus, the line Of the road run
,iIlg through dense cedar swamp They
hegau this work TWO Sear4 later. aud com
oletei it according to the stipulation but
tho first actual settler III that plac. WIS a
man from Massachu-etts named Will Am
Dear, wfo went there In 1898. built log
house aad kept tavern. ,Orhsrs folio wed
IN the same year, among them black
-mith and two conpers. Most of the early
settlers there and throughout Central
New York were originally from New
England.
The construction of the Erie canal
seems to have given Syracm-e it- first
great impulse to growth. Ia 1923, the
place had become sufficiently important
% sustain weekly newspaper, and the
Onondaga Gazette was started and in
1929, when the canal was opmpl-ted, the
village was incorporated. From this time
1t had, also, the advantage OF canal e1-
ending 70 Lake Ontario; aud. at later
date, came the New York Central rail
road. In 1S4O, Syracu-e had 8 800 in
habitants in lS4S it was incorporated a.
city; IN 1890. the population war 22,-
I'll, and in 1860. %, 10. This IL a speci-
men of the changes that have been wit
,essed, III Central Ne. York, By old ret
tlers. still living, who went thers when
that whole reai'ni was chiefly wilder
All a- 10. ~ h..
country has increased in population
md facilrties for tEAver1ng tho in
ncr regions 81 tie continent have
been multiplied, the growth Of move
ment toward. the ys-t haa become
more AMI mnSe rapid Previous ~ the
rsar 1881. Chicago VA. a mere trading
post, surrounded hy Iudisn wig.am. H.
iS4O, IT had 1853 inhabitants in 1860
iOy.2Gu Thir makes Syracuxe seem slow
One npeed settler, writing 10 tiis Syra-
cnse ms--tin1 n abatement of hi. recollec-
non- Of the p,nt. gives the following nc.
count OF the lat wild bear seen in the re-
xipn whers hn rcrid.-:
Wolves and bear. were very plenty. sn
1900, when b. went thsrs) They would
Jtren kill our sheep and carry fl our
lamb. venturina Sntn.times 10 within n
'e~ rods OF ,hs hosi-e In open day. B..r-
-omefIm.~ killed our hogs within twenty
feet OF our door, and occ.-ionslly they
would compel u man IL climb tree ~ cs-
c-ps their grasp. / will add that the la,
untsm.d b.nr seen by mo vas in rhe cold
summer Of 1913. st PonpSy hill. Tn.
dogs bad driven him in upon the public
-qn.re, and wbile they we're engaged with
HIM, Major Cnse rushed mp ~ the hear
and struck him over the head With club
The club broks sn1 tho bear 9rsppl.d
with ths Anjr. The day was cold, ssd
the Major having that morning had Al
agus fr, had put on . heavy lion skin
overcost, with = pocket book in the sid.
pocket, we'll filled With constabIs's papers;
the bear, at bis hrrt pass sra~ped tn.
pockst-book. and before he conld renew
his bite. his bead v.s cleavsd by an axe
in the hands Of smother perron.
The bsst " fou1-in-hxnd" for Q sport