The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-02
NE VS. .EnoM POINTS AHoUsD.

the natives do; abreyiate 1T and call it
"Wahpuck" and you'll have 1t. 1t is
town Of near 1900 Inhabitants, on the
line of the D.& M. railroad, just l9miles
from Cincinnati, in the fine agricultural
county OF Auglaize, in the Maumee Fai-
ley.
NEE Valley, tells US the origin Of the
name the town bears. He says: early
in June, 1918, the mounted regiment Of
Col. Richard M. johnson, having reached
Fort Meigs, that officer proceeded alone
up the Auglaize to the Indian village Of
Waughpaughkonnetta (this is the old
way ofspelling it). toprocure some Shaw
nee Indians TO act as guides and spies,
and that, Col. johnson says, the place
twas named after an Indian chief.
long since dead, but who survived years
after my intercourse commenced with
the Shawnees. The chief was somewhat
elub-iooted, and the word has reference,
/ think, to that circumstance, although
It's full import never could discover"
We learn further, that, "among the ear
ly and most respected citizens of Wa
paukonnetta, was Robert j. Skinner,
who established the first Democratic pa
per published in Dayton, the first num-
1916. Among those who were residents
of the place at this time, were Col. Th0s.
B. Van Horn, Peter Hamel, Q French In
dian trader, Capt. John Elliott
(who was an officer at HulPs sur
render, and who had been during
several years, government black
smith at Wapaukonnetta), Jeremiah
Ayres, (who opened the first hotel In the
townl, Cummings Mathers and Samuel
Case, the last three being merchantsb
Henry b. Thorn, (who also kept a tav-
ern), and James Elicit. These, except
q few itinerant traders, formed the pop
ulation of the town, directly after the
removal Of the Indians in 1928. A son
OF Judge Michael Dumbrott, born in lSSb
and christed Charles, was the first white
child born in the place" t34
The Judge himself it still living hero
and practicing law. He is over 70 years
old.
The above shows what 'eWahpuckf
was. The "Wahpuck" Of to-day pre-
sents different appearance, and ak
though its growth is slow, it is substap-
| tial. The citizens are principally of Ger
man extraction, and on every hand you
can hear the ''sweet German accent"
and precious little of the ''rich Irish
brogue." From the names on the signs
one could easily imagine tnat he was
walking along one of the streets tower
tine Rhine"
1t is the place, by the way, that
wouldn't stand any foolshness from the
crusaders; an ordnance was passed at
the time that the women should not be
allowed on the streets for that purpose;
so their twenty EIGHT saloons kept right
on, with none to molest them and make
them afraid. And yet there is less drunk.
enness to be seen in "W ahpuck" to-day
than in larger places-UrDana, 1or IN
stance-where you can't get drink un-
less you buy pint, and resort to some
neigAboring alley to guzzle it. In fact
drunken man is rarity here; every ono
seems to be minding his own business,
and minding 1t well. No style, no loud
ness in anything; on the contrary, evil
dences of German thrift and economy
meet the eye on either hand.
The new scho0l-house that Will be nm
ished next fall fine building, will cost
100000. r<
| That sblonde" and clever gentleman,
| Bob McMurray, is running here one OF
| the best county papers in the State, the
Auglaize Democrat. His partner, Col.
| Andrews, is serving his country in the
| Senate Chamber at Columbus.
"Wahpuck" has two excellent hotels,
the Henry House and Burnett House.
The latter, run by that agreeable land
| lord, f. III. Keuthan, has well de-
served popularity, second to none in the
country. And that bundle of good ma
tured oddity, Dave Kent, the clerk, is no
| more like the stereotyped hotel clerk, who
| is all style and diamond pin, than if he
did not belong to that high-toned class.
He thinks nothing of ''sloshing" around
bare-footed in summer time, and has
been known to run a foot race in the
snow with feet guiltless of shoes. He's
a trump.
Another evidence of good horse sense
manifested by the "Waupucks." is seen
| in the way they take to THE DAILY STAR,
as natural and kindly as cat does TO
cream; which shows as plainly as can
be the rule they 60 by: Multum in pary0
wisdom in small chunks.
| HAMILToN.-New Years was observed
by our citizens generally as a holiday,
Business was most entirely suspended
and everybody seemed bent on enjoying
themselves. The young gents in partlc-
ular made the most of the day, judging
from the number of New Year cards
found in the possession of those young
ladies who 'skept open house" or receiv-
ed calls. SIG 80.
In the afternoon light rain fell, which
no doubt dampened the soles if not the
ardOr of the Door unfOrtuflateS who could