The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-03-22

Tor ~ PallaAiam.
Abeus white water Old Needing
Hooses
euuluxn EIGHT.
A this, almost consecf1ted NEST
ing house and grounds, will, in al
probability soon pass out OF ths
ownsrihip Of The orthodox Friends
into the consolidated railroad com
panies for their extensive machine
shops, it, early historic history may
not be uninteresting to the reader.
II il generally known IN this local.
ity that Jeremiah Con, SEN, was
the proprietor Of the lands Of that
part Of the city Of Richmond, lying
north Of Main Street. Az early -
1907, he donated several acres Of
land of the north east corner Of
his quarter on-skirting .
swamp-for . meeting place for the
pioneer Friends, who had rapidly
settled in the vicinity. A rude log
meeting house was srectsd the same
| year, and q religious meeting estab
Used, auxiliry to an older orgsnL
| cation in the State Of Ohio. It l.
re.ated, that in 1906, the year Cox
and q few other families Of Friends
had emigrated, religious meetings
were first held in . blacksmith shop
belonging to Cox, near the resi-
dence of George Vanneman, IN this
city. Owing to the rapid settling
of that religious denomination,
White Water meeting increased IN
membership, a. in few years, to
be established with business meet
ings, known as preparative monthly
and quarterly meetings, in conLec
ton with their meetings OF worship.
The writer has q recollection OF
White Water log meeting house,
previous to 1923, which stood q
short distance west of the present
large brick. It had slab benches,
without backs and no FIRE place Or
stove; in winter, for substitute,
they used large sugar kettle filled
with charcoal. My contemporary and
late friend. DR.. Plummer relates
| of having his toes pinched with
cold, sitting remote from the ket
tie. The DR.. relates in his early
recollections that it was fortunate
for the inmates that the air had fret
access through the crevices between
the logs of the meeting house from
his scientific reading he had previ
ously acquired, thinks had it beel
otherwise the whole congregation
might have been suffocated Whel
Il look around and view those VIII
have been known to meet at Whit
Water meeting, over half centur.
ago, some perhaps were carriet
there in their mothers arms, nov
hoary with age; those no doub
will feela reluctance when the tim
comes when that spot shall cease :
be meeting place. An old attend
ant of said meeting, says he, in hi
boyhood days, tanned squirrel ant
other wild animal skins in Q suga
trough and made moccasins I
90 to White Water meeting IN, whe
he thought himself q little abov
his comrades who were barefoote(
Once upon q time, when al wa
still without, save it might be
sweet songster perched upon q linn
near by, and al silent within e,
cept the waiting of . new Dor
babe on the other side Of the boar
fence like partition, one of the men
bers came into meeting lit
late fashionable now-with gam
ster- under his arm to sell in Il
VILE, but concluded to go in an
set meeting first; he took his. SCI
J near the door It was not Ion
til his biddy began to show demo-
strations like q cat in q strange ga
ret, by protruding his head fro
under his coat, and made . moi
peculiar to his kind. This was
considerable strain on the risabl
i, of the young folks in that meetin
until it was suggested by some OF
in the gallery that James be led o
of meeting. When some of Il
young Whitewaterers grew to ma
hood they availed themselves
+. some of the fashions of that da
|, which was to procure Of John Smi
some blue broad cloth, and have
cut in the fashion, with high rolli
collar, brass buttons and swallo
!. fork tail, and . two story bell crow
ed hat; these claimed to hare I
inside track among the 0iris abo
] White Water.
As early as 1921, the settling
the Friends were so numerous
the west, number Of other silni
. business meetings became ests
:, iahed, as to require . yearly me-
!, ing to be inaugurated at White "
:, ter. There were one or more be
previous to the building of thu
; present brick house. They add
i temporary sheds to the log lneetil
!. house to accommodate the mi
: members. These first yearly me-
: ings were quite . novelty; in the
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