Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-12-19
WINDSOR,

In our last we promised something of
an account of Windsor Rt the present day.
l think also hinted that the palmiest
days of our township were in the past,
bu! lest be misunderstood by the unin-
formed, let me explain, that Windsor nev-
er was as great among the nations of the
earth as ancient Greece and Rome-hence
as she was not so elevated, she was not
seriously hurt by the fall, if indeed fall
it might be called. Perhaps it would be
nearer the truth if we were TO say, that at
one time the business capacity of our
town was rather overdone, that, in short,
as some writers would express ii, We
'slopped over" but have now assumed
our proper level. Ergo, we are led 10
moralize-that they who climb high be
liable to fall and get smashed or their
necks broken but they who keep on
their own proper level be not likely to be
seriously injured, even though they
should stumble, or even fall. for they will
forthwith arise and go on their way with
more wisdom ard caution than before.
We are at present prosperous, dairy
ing and farming community; our surplus
productions are butter, ::cheese, little
wool, some potatoes, a few horses and
cattle, and occasionally chicken or tur-
key, not forgetting however, our valuable
and extensive stone quarries of the best
kind of sand stone, both for building pur-
poses and for step and tagging stone;
but the coal they drilled for, last season,
they did not fnd-simply for the reason
that they did not drill where 1t was.
In the line of manufacturing and mill
establishments, we haYe the Touring,
saving and planning mills of Mr.. Ackland
Skinner. from which the post office, near
by. takes its name; also near by, the
cheese box factory of E. Rawdon & Co.,
and the cheese factory of WisWell &
Cook. Then, at the corners, our main
village, we have the steam saw mill of
Raw don 8 Pond. the cheese box factory
of L. Hill, and the large cheese factory
of s. E. & II. N. Carter, and last, but not
least, we must not forget the saw mill Of
Mr.. Calvin Bacon, Oh Phelps Creek
which some profane individual says is
not saw mill by a dam site," meaning,
We suppose, that the water power is OBJ
tanned through race instead OF dam.
Besides these, we have the usual supply
of blacksmith shops, shoe shops, etc. Our
foreign wants are supplied by the general
merchandise store of A. A. Hues, at the
mills, and of Mr.. G. E. Leslie, at the cor
ners. And also drugs, notions and gro
ceries at r. A. Bradley's, and hardware
at B. Fortney's. Our religious wants are
attended to at the NJ. E. church, by Bro.
Hunsker, at p. m, each Sunday, and by
Bro. ShIpman once in four weeks, at the
Universalist church, and occasional SER
vice at the Episcopal church, at the Mills.
might here mention that there is TO be
Christmas services at the last mentioned
church, with decoration and singing ap-
proprIate for the occasion. ! might also
mention the donation visit for the benefit
of our M. E. pastor, TO be held at the new
parsonage, Dec. 23d.
But enough for the present In my
next l will speak of the people Of our
township-of the distinguished aud noted
characters we have among us, &c.
Yours, as heretofore. On
(Which signifies doctor and not debtorN
Windsor, Dec. IA 1874