The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-30

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stuck down the first Jacob staff that wa
ever stuck down in the Sciota Valley
| They built themselves little block-house
They were not all men. One or two O
! them had wives and sisters with them, anC
these ladies were kept iu these block
houses during the day, with 3 guard o
stout and gallant men standing sentine
over them, while the balance went out
! every man with his rifle on his shoulder
to survey the land. At night they would
como back, having had fight with the In.
dians. One would be killed that day; an,
other shot through the next day. But il
made no odds; they were out the mex
day and continued their surveys.
Among that number, under the con.
mand of Massie, was General Macarthur
whose life forms very considerable chap
ter in the early history of the settlement
Of this country, ana likewise in the politi
ieal history Of the country since that time
Another one was Colonel Mcdonald, who
had his sister with him. After they hsC
surveyed the part OF one year, they con
cIuded to lay out place 20 be called 6
town. The tress we're very thick then or
it, and they laid out what is now known
as the town of Chilhcothe. They laid i
out after the manner of Philadelphia, 8
perfect square. There Wss no town there
but there was in the opinion Of the frat
settlers, and they acted upon that idea and
located it: fAppIsusel. 1t was well To-
Gated, too. Massie employed Gen. Nc
Arthur as Deputy Surveyor for twelve
months, helping him to locate land there,
and his price was one out-lot and one in-Iot
in the town of Chillicothe. Why, there was
g military grant
for $50 acres of land. Macarthur worked
q whole year for that, surveying land for
Massie. But he had 3 strong heart, and
was strong headed man, and always uu-
derstood distincly what he was about. He
worked out hIa year and clapped his war
rant. upon q piece of adjoining territory,
which ran down to the very edge Of the
town, and there he built the first log cabin
in that valley. And in order to show that
he was In earnest in making the location,
he'married McArthur's sister. Laughter ]
And there they went and occupied the
cabin. There never was any humbug
about Macarthur; on that-very spot be
reared his very large family, and had the
satisfaction Of long life and happiness, his
wife dying only a year or two before him.
HONEST PRIDE.
Now, have said that was not pi-
oneer myself, and that was true, for came
to the State after it was nineteen and
three -fourths years old, in January, 1922.
I have been here ever since, what little
there is left of me. lApplsuse and laugh
teri Now, have been drawn IN to make
some remarks about the old settlement of
old Chillicethe, because ! love the place
and mean to love it as long / have
heart to love anything. Applause 1t
received me when ! was an adventurous
boy, when after traversing four hundred
miles over the snowy mountains entered
town, and every man, woman and child
seemed to welcome me with so cir and
heart of friendship, and have showed 1t to
this day. TApplause. But have allu-
ded to these things for another reason
married the daughter of pioneer, not on
ly the daughter of pioneer father, but
the daughter of pioneer neither. APP
plause And when ! am talking to my
daughter and my little grand children
never forget to remind them Of their an
cestoys, what they did, where they came
from, and what they made of themselves
after they arrived. Applause.I feel
more personal pride in referring the blood
Of my children for its origin to the Pioneer
Society Of the Valley than l would to re-
fer 1t to proudest Baron who ever followed
XEitliam ehe Gonq1oE6r. t6reat PFiEuse.i
But buheve as far as I can Judge that
| am drifting into something Of q speech,
laughter and cries of "go on" and must
bring it to q conclusion.
BORDER sKETcHEs By MCDONALD.
wish TO say q word to some Of old pi-
oneer friends. I hold book in my hand
which ia entitled Sketches By Mcdonald"
This IL tie man who WAS with Macarthur,
and whose eister IeArthnr married and
lived with until few years sgO, having
passed over all the scenes Of pioneer life,
and died n Ross county ca farm he called
Poplar Ridge. In 1888 ks published in
this book, his sketches of pion-
eer life. Mcdonald was man Of no very
education, bot he had mind
singularly gifted with literary ability. His
book ia well written, and every scholar
would see that it was written by q man
who understood how to express himself
from one sentence to another. De was
Sn humble farmer, who made no Preten-
sions to anything but conducting his farm,
and that obseurity of his life let this book
fall into similar obscurity, 90 that it be-
come very little known except in parts Of
Ross and the adjoining counties. There Is
not single page in all the charming ro-
manees Of Sir Walter Scott that IL more
romantic than the facts Of this
frontier life uadsr the pen Of Mcdonald,
and my Judgment is that If published now,
people, especially the younger portion who
are 30 greedy after every romance that
comes out called q French novel, that If
they would get this book and read II. would
6nd more romance blended with facts, and
they would find more cause to be up late
at night than with any Of the French nov
els Of Parisisn life. [APpIausel.
coxcLUsIoN.
Now, my friends, 1 thank you most
for the kindness with which
you have received me, for the attention
with which you have heard me, and lay
no greater tax upon you in the form of q
speech than to say this: ChilIicothe was
the first Capital of the State; I presume
from what our friend (Mr. CaldTell) said,
that in 1905 or 1906 it had about the same
population as Cincinnati. It became his
toric from the fact that it was the frat
Capital, that it frat settlement in the Sci
OTTO Valley, which was permanent, from
the tact that it has sent into the service
of the United States and the State of
Ohio, come men who Thought they could
render the country faithful service. II is
an agricultural country. We have no
large cities, but we have large farms
llaughterl-no mistake about that. An
American must have something large, you
know. [Applaqse and lsnghterl. And il
he can not have large city, he will have
a large farm.
Owing to the old recolleclions Of the
Scioto Valley, TO the peculiar prs-emi-
nence of Chillieothe in the political history
of the Stste-oWing to the Whole-hearted
hospitality Of its people and the very ma
ture OF your organization, being Of pion-
eer character-it seems to ne that it
would be on act Of peculiar propristy that
the Society hold one of its meetings at
Chillicothe. Appliance. Ihsve no doubt
that every man IN the Scioto Valley would
respond to my declaration now made.
thank you, my friends once more fer
your kindness, your attention, and for the
honor you have done me by inviting me
among You.
TIE German Empire has now a populs-
ton Of 42, ,000,si5, of which 90, ,l55, 5,O60are
males and 20,909, 800 females-probably
the nearest to an equilibrium of sexes in
ssy country of an equally large popula-
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