Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-27
To the Readers CT the Republican.

To the Readers of the Republican,.
Yielding to the urgent request and so
licitatiGns of some esteemed frien.,S at Il
time. when from long affliction we were
entirely unaoie 10 perform nlanUal labor
we began the task of trying to collect
and arrange some facts connected with
the history of " Fandot County. with the
intention ii spared TO complete the un-
dertaking, to have the same published
in a small volume for future use by those
who succeed US in life where the Wyan
dots once battied for their chosen homes
on the banks OF tie SandUsky.
Believing that such work would be
made more interesting to the coming
reader we intended connecting with it
some features OF pioneer life. to be col
iected from the early settlers of the San
dusiy Valley as we'll asf ON our own per-
sonai Knowledge OF many OF its features.
With impro yed health come pressing
duties IN the business fife in 6irec-
ton that affords but little time. at pres
ent, for the prosecution of such work,
and we Will not promise, even if comge-
tent ~ for such an undertaking, th;;t the
work will. very soon, be com mpletejl.
Therefore, and witt! some degree OF re-
luctance, we again yield to the request
OF 4 friend. and consent TO the puhiicsi
ton, in the REPUBLICAN,. of so inUch of
what we have written and selected for
such work, us the cditGr may consider
worthy of Il place in his columns, and OF
interest to the genera reader.
Much of this, even. may seem common
place to the actors OF to-day, for they
have been, with us, the actors and doers of
the things described, and therefore, they
may only review much OF their own
lives, and. possibly. they may he able to
say "th halt has hot been told covering
their own eases
For many years we labored with the
AK and spike" in the woods, and, no
doubt, did better work then than now and
here, for we knew we were then master of
our profession. which we cannot say OF
our undertaking now.
If the reader of what shall appear in
these columns of our attempted .'History
of Pioneer Life and ofWyandot County"
should think we have assumed too much,
and trusted our frail bark too distant
from shore. we will take no otfense be-
cause of his opinions. but may concede
the point. for we haye found, in our efforts
thus far, that much labor is connected
with even the little work we sought to
produce, and although we may be unable
to arrange our "Gleanings" in a way that
might bear the test of ripper, more schol-
arly and legal thought, nor to call to our
aid the benefits resulting from the light
of the college lamp; nor even yet able %
draw any help from the poems of youth
which may have appeared in the columns
of the first paper published in our
County many years ago, and which, it
seems, are laid aside for use by other
! cleaners when they shall reach tie
literary" part of their task, in the work
they have undertaken. still, what we
have done we are willing to submit to
of ora;1nrOuc nnhlia on -
asking that lay not ut our door the
charge of egotism.
If what we have attempted to do may
| never be completed by us. some things
NAV appear which may be of use o.
"gleaners" in after years. and therefore,
our labor, to some extent, may be like
"bread cast upon the waters" Of life, and
without cost to any person, save oulselt
| alol
AS time permits we intend continuing
our work, even if it never passes beyond
the pages of manuscript
May Il generous public condemn. mildly
! if st all. what they see in our writings
of character below the standard of like
works for we were not "to the manor
born" nor in the college bred but in the
language OF that Egotistical General
Carey of Ohio, we move the pen by 4
"horny hand''-made so by labor.
While with much hesitation we con-
sent to the admission of our imperfect
work to the scrutiny of the general read.
er, we, at the same time, trust that the
object may not be condemned, even if the
matter and style are the subject, lustly. o
severe criticisms. With this hope we
yield to a friends request, and our work
which follows, must be weighed in youl
balances, and if found wanting" W,
must abide your award.
Yours truly