The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-03-01
our coRREsPoNDENcE.
For the Palladium. %s
RecoIiections Of the Past-sNo. I
,'5si 7h About Rich mond.

When this National Road. a. II was called,
vas completed, emigration became still more
rapid to Ipisois iowa and Nissanrky yet isSn
natural advantages and other indpcements
that Richmond possessed. many emigrants
from the older Ee.tern States were indupd
to stop and seek no further; hence tie p>p-
ustion to lietown and Vicinity vss mach
greater ibsn previous. Men Of capital came
and iaxssted in sssioaa mterprnes. Water
power eams t6be improved by.&ay oi -four
ing, saw and ptber mills. IN additiap to the
first mills on the white Natets.g s.,ai 70
Soon alter ny coming to Riehmend (not
itan ths east0 hus from near pns Of ths hsnks
Of = 4ributiry TO the White Water where
At the openide OF N.s appt. bscsssms and
ssmmef Shp% putting on her hest attire)
was intrOduced to . piopeer family Mill
raisiugs and other buildings Wsre quite The
order Of the day. Pummer and company
purchased site for . mill shout half0ias
south Of the National Bridge, and engaged
one Grover, . boss carpenter. to erect .
Touring mill thereon, (row Hefing's mill. }
When the min was ready for raising invita-
tions WAS extended to all the able bodied
men of Richmond to help raise it 1t had
been whispered about town among the young
men that the fair maiden daughters Of ths
proprietors Of the mill, and others, were to
b -on the ground to grace the occasion in
presiding over dinner that was 10 be served
up on the ground. The writer was sup
posed 70 be sufficiently developed in plysi-
cal muscle to do sarvice At such % occasion,
and bad the Invitation. One fas, MORN
ISH in June, as the sun Was lov1in- tie east
ern hsrison, young ma might have besn
seen passing down Main street towards the
Wai.s Water, rather tall, with beardless
ehins .pAstaIoons approaching e angelic
whiteness, slippers, or pumps & domestic
make, socks of native fax, Init 81 tp.oneer
mother, and hat, Pages best beaver For
going 50 early l was called on TO assist in
helping the carpenters to. place the ponder
GUS sills Of that mill house on . high wall
which believe lie there quietly today Az
the sun began TO ride high in the Heavens
in eloudiesS Skys the inviia1 ntnds began
to assembls. IT. vas soon seesrt61Ded -sha'
no sparkling water gushed from either eide
of the bluffs of White Mater a. that spot
and the teped waters of the stream wer,
net deemed suhdcientl. exilleratinE ~ j,
beverage. 1t, Was voted unanimously tia
TREND PIummar be detailed to haul beel
with bis sorrsi horse and Dearborn wagol
f.oru prbi,a h,au arv ~ th. E~x;o,a1 Pos,
near the bridge, which be dose faithful.
during the day. As TO the dinner u was sn
perior to any Fourth of July or ~ note
or boarding house Of the present day. A.
the sun began 70 lower in the West thing
went On lively. the mill was soon raise,
from silis to rafsers II afforded some ~
riment % those who pulled as ths ropes o.
the third story to witness boss Graves, VIII
| was ex-clerk Of White Wat er Monthly keet
| ing, in having some difficulty in locomotiol
while in search Of pieces TO ATTACH Abe rcp
TO. Bat fortunately no serious aec1dent oc
cured-all seturned to town-tbose On fos
crossed over On the apron of the mill dan
the water WAS low in the stream at tbs
time, yet sone waste water e.eaped owe
and through the dam over The planks. tt
warm rays of the sun caused the water
be green and slippery. This tail ycus
man Aforesaid measured his length on sa
apron, to the dis6gurement Of his Sunds
clothes, but sccidently OF course. 1t ven
of been Of small importance had not Il
carriages that conveyed the ladieg were
that momest passing over At TIE ford, ju
below, and saw II Al. But as over fori
years has trapspired since, Il don't matt
mueh new.