The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-21
PAST RECOLlECTiONS.
No. 2.

In last weeks PALI.ADIuN, I made
. statement about the date of Rich
mond being laid out I was not
here then, though I had been over
two years before. I find since That
iris likely I was little mi6fken.
I had heard it spoken Of as being IN.
the fall of 1916. / ann iS1ormed
that it was in August. kffisnd
who was present. Gays that 10 Arst
bid on lot No. 1 1.-THE Court House
lott was nine dollars, and that it
waa soldat twenty-five dollars, and
that the lot where Mayor Finley
lived, and died, brought ifty DOL
lars: This confirms the id6s that
it was expected the center and best
part of the town would be-abott
the Public square, near the center.
north and south, of Smfth's land.
just how soon after Cox laid out
lots know not, but suppose it WAS
within a year. I have very unex-
pectedly got into this line, writing
for publication, andsas I have, I ask
to be indulged . little, Icame to
-
this part of Indiana, as before
stated, in my 18th year, in this
month, 1914, with my htheris fam.
lily, from the State of NORTH Caro-.
lima, andto Cincinnati in the Spring
of that year. A few days ago I attend,
ed the old settlers picnic at Centre
vile, and heard my friend, Davis
PeegLeastsra stirring incident Of,
the killing of a bear in early times
in this county, that brought very
wildly to my recollection an en-
counter Gimme with a bear, which
may interest the boys, if not those
older. In North Carolina, when I
was perhaps eleven or twelve years
old, it was reported that bear had
been brought BY q traveller from
the mountains of virginia, and was
to be seen at neighbours house. I
went with others to see the strang-
er. He was chained to an apple
tree, and while we were looking at
him the chain came loose. The
crowd of boys all ran, IS he came
after us,and whether I was behind,
or he took a fancy to me, I know
not, but very soon he was up on
his hind legs and, his fore legs
around my neck, and down we
went, the bear on top. This was, I
think, called tame bear, but an
swered me as well as q wild one
would, for certainly I was a wild
boy Just then. In the summer of
1914. after being on this ground, I
returned to the South, and to
Ohio, and back in the fall of 1915.
1 married there, and remained two
years, came out again to Ohio, fall
OF 1877; and to this place or near
in the spring of 1918. on q farm,
and into to Richmond in the fall of
same year. rented q house, that now
stands on the corner Of Front and
Walnut streets, west side of Front
and north of Walnut, che first house
built on town lot in the place, as
my friend Lewis Burk Knows, for
he assisted in raising it, on the day
OF the FIRST SALE Il was framed and
hauled here, from some four miles
south, before hand. / WAS q sad
der by trade, and the first one
here, worked at that business for
many years, and until after got
into that unfortunate partner
ship in the first foundry erected
and carried on here, invwhich I got
SO badly used up as some will re-
member. In the summer of 1920.
with fye or six others / took trip
out north and west, to see the In.
dams before they left and TO see
the place, salsctea the spxng. b.-
fore for the seat Of government.
We went by New Castle Tor where
it isl the old man. Christopher Bun
dy, only living there-no town then
laid out. We were at York town.
or York Indians town, Buckstown,
Anderson town, Strawtswn, and
Noblesville, where Indians then
lived or near those points.
AS we did not see Christopher
Bunday, we saw no white person
till reaching the site of IndSanapolis.
There in the tall timbef Ia cabins
we saw the holland family, they and
the Pogue family were all I think,
on the four sections, or all on this
side of The river. We made an en-
campment over White river. near