The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-22

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-s8ve IA dtiW Of q sssss39 % aaSf1aHi
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aEs to ds1ny pioaiing. / planted corr
4 and worked It e1. ~ WI i til6 hos
The birds and animals were sOs M.
mere1s that it required constant Eig'
| lance. TO save any of it. 1t was a con.
stant warfare, and at best I could gel
but the smallest half. It was trying
70 a snlsnss paaience and courage ic
work that way.sSye depended on the
woods for our meats, aud got ,oul
bread wherever we could. ,s.4,,.
We were married in 1914. and lived
and toiIed together fiffyliive years.
Afteiomy wife death 4 made a will
aud the estimated value of our prop.
ertgg was $30, ,00Q..4iWe had tWelYt
chi dren, all of whom grew up to be
men and women, save oneAhe died
when two years old. sThere are now
Gnl87e5 eight of ,themiiving. sass
| :. Now for q small bear story In ths
summer of 1881 5ought two hogs
which we watched closely most of the
time in order to prevent their being
devoured by bears. One day I was
laway from home, and the hogs ha6
the libertytte stray farther from home
thau usual. Ny wife, aheard them
coming as if some one was after them
and on looking out saw a bear close to
their heels, doing his very best to
catch them. L hey came into the door
yard, ,aclosely followed by the bear,
and my wife ran out and hallooed at
them as. loud as she could (she could
rival an Indian), but the bear did not
abandon his chase. at SO happened
thatione of my neighbor's hogs got in
with mine, and the bear picked him
up and. carried him off-the .porker
kicking and 'squealing with ven
geance. He did not seem to like The
noise made bylmy wife; but he did
like the pork, Heicarried the hog
about fifty rods, when he laid it down
and killed it, and then dragged it into
a swamp and ate what he wanted.
When l came home Isstook my gun
and followed after, but only found the
remains of his meal. ,,se t,.s,.4;t... Il
The early history of the settlement
of Franklin township might be ex-
tended, but 1 will content myself with
but asfew closing remarks. ,gsalss'eT1
Timothy Wallace, one of the first
settlers, died January 10Th, 1916, aged
81 years. His wife, Elizabeth, died
August f7th, 1S47, aged SO years
Daborah Kelso, wife of Andrew KEEL
sos died February 10Th, .l845, aged SO
years. Sally, wife of Aaron. Auter,
and sister of George and John Hay
maker, died, Oct 2, 1883, aged 56 years
In February, 1886. Cleveland and
other parties purchased Zenas Kent's
interest in franklin Mills, consisting
efall the lower water power and grit
mill, together with about 800 acres of.
land in and adjoining the village, for
fhe sum of $4,000. They organized
under the name of {" Franklin Land
Company and commenced improE-
ing said property by laying outNnew.
roads, buildings, sc. In 1887 they.
petitioned the legislature for a char
ter under the name of the q Franklin
Silk and Manufacturing Company
They were granted the charters and
soon after commenced "wild-eatn
banking, with Zenas Kent as Presi-
dent, and Augustus Baldwin Cashier.
Phey issued bills and continued bankg
ing until the time 2when all IssWild-i
cats " .sWere declared illegal when
they suspended and collected their
bills. They redeemed every dollar.
pf'esefitedaiiI5 S4s sEtLA DTS voc
aIn1S37 said company purchased of
Pemeroyf& Rhodes what was called
the upper water power for, $40, 0,000,,
and consolidated the two by building
the present stone dam TfieE eompa-
ny paid Pomroy s. Rhodes the puf-
chase money, and also paid Zenasf
Kent s$33, ,00Qs and expended $4,000
by way of building bridges, roads,
sc. a =
sThe financial crisis of 1878 COM
PEELED the company to give the props
erty up to Zenas Kent, and indiyid-
uaIs ofthe Company, whose notes he
held, compromised with him as best
they could. sos sa3 40} tasElls9sa Ell!
In 1887 quite number of the in
habitants embarked in the mulberry
speculation, with a view to propa-
eating the tree and manufacturing
silk. Fhe.exeitement ran high for
year OF two, when the, bubble burst.
Those who invested lost all they
put in. Barber CLARK, and perhaps
one orEtwo others, raised 1cocoons and
engaged in the manufacture of silk
for a year or two. aSSssl .g4iaaos
THE SHOOTING OF DANIEL DIVER IN
.bnaisi ssi. 30 1906. F.s.ts5a ea3 6sfyl
i; have seen ia a book of Mr., Bierce'sI
in Summit county, where the diff
Guilty between the Indians and Dan
ie1 Diver is set forth, which, as sre-
cards the abuse offered to- the In
1ians, is not, ftrue.lp i was acquainted
with the whole transaction and with
who shot Diver. He was
he son of. the chief Seneca. The
,hief was a1arge muscular man, alit-
lie short of six feet, straight, with q
stern look and keen, black eye. His
word was law IN his tribe; what he
raid must be done. He did not allow
lis tribe to promise anything and not
make it good. Honor was their law,
md You. might be sure of their prom.
ses, if they lived, for they hated ly-1
ng. If you told them lie they never
'orgot it. v The Seneca chief had seven
,hildren, four sons and three daugh-.
ers. There were three sons in, the
a amilyZJo ohn. Bigson, John Amur
md John Mohawk His sons-in-lawz
we're George Wilson, Niclzshaw and |
" Nabunnung. Wabunnung was as
fiiaf't a fellow as you would see ina
I eu would think his big
yes would look. through man, and
ee all his faults. If he had been edu-
ated, he would have been equal to
ny white man. Nickshaw traded off
lis ponywith Diver for an old; horse.
Diver hadau given sdthem whisky,
which made. them scockusa,' as they
ay when they get too much. Nick
ba% went off with his old horse, and !
n about three days brought him back,
aging. cheq was mo: good for Indian,
ecause. he could not eat sticks !, but II
e was good for white man. Diver
7ould not trade back and the In {
ians got mad. They said Diver lied {
nd cheated them.is Nickshaw. LEFT
he old horse, went, away and agreed l
nth Mohawk to shoot Diver. Three 8
L four of the Indians came there and
sked for whisky. Mohawk did not j