Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-11

l cluding Mr., Austin himself, that the distillery
Eas t9sT5S.lshsdi 5 and from t9At day e this.
/ rum the bodies and souls of men, d fedi 10 sn
1 bNtat this time there was no such temper
snee ssptiWept in the e0mmunity Is there is to;
\ day. The church had not yet taken q decided
stand on the matter not even the church in
ApsunozrSs Though net any church in this
western country WAS ahead Of Alstinburg in
taking, gTpqnds against iDtemperance.l You
know we had to crawl up gradually to our pres
! ent position on the temperance question. The
! first settlers Of AustinbuTE were not mere re
| voted 10 truth, wherever they misht ind 1t; ana
/ so when they saw the evils of intemperance
they Were among the very hrst to takea stand
against i and to fight it to the DEATH dsIud- 81
Take the ant-slaVery movements and its
4 history is almost the sames I do notTomember
/ the time when vas not al AbolitiOniAt. / had
to change no,Rolitieall opinions en- this topic.
When, the Liberty party was organized
| the teachings 81 OF lApstinbufg had prepared
/ N.Y., mind to q adopt en 1t; u and when
\ finally slavery made its last effort, what had
learned hsrs at home and what all the people
and public sentiment here had taught me, pre-
pared me to be . aRepublican, and sometimes
\ don t wonder that the Democracy hate churches
and school houses. when they goso together.
i And SO it was with the whole township. There
was but one society here. i remember when
l the first Methodist organization Was made in
Austinburg, or sns other than athe told
4 Congregational iChuTehsi So there was entire
| harmony Of sen timent upon all political. moral
/ and religious questions All acted together,
and they made history Of which eyefy native
Of the soil may be proud as long IS be liEes.g n
/ But inispeaking on this subject my mind Is
crowded full Of the history fthe past Fifty
/ eight ofitheseg last seVenty-hYes years l. have
lived and taken my small part in nthes dolngs
of the times In "a little while We nshall all
sleep, as our fathers sleep. in the quiet eem Oh
! terry Can ear children then stand aronnd cur
STa5ss eng a say sS a. aSs S
| servant; enter into the Joy of thy Lord ~
After alsthis is the great question. ahet may
4 but there can be no diffensnce as to our own
duty in the path OEEfe. issdF saiguTi I3d al.fsa
! l might someW hst compare the past with the
| present ! but who is not familiar with AZ,
l spoke lnOf the b. rapid transit which
1 brought 2ne here 81 hut when. our fathers
settled here it was long three months tour
fr0mH Ausdnburg TO Connecncut. zA2dl even
here at home the distances were great 4 re-
! member that once . man told my father that
there was gsletter for some one of our family in
| the postofice at Warren, and it took the mes
senseE two days 70 go thsrsi and two more ts'
been on the way beyond those four, days DO
not know Now we can almost go to-kurope in
that time. What is it that has wrought these
| ehangesR They arc not all due 10 one cause
but Weimay attributathem mostly 10 thatspirlt
of inquiry q nd inYestigatiOn which was chArae-
| tefisne of the first settlers Of Austinsurg: 4
cannot name them all, but many of their chill
dreai8ere my Rchoolmatesal lsuEld d feft .Wu
I ThechildFen ell went to schOol in, those days,
There was no Sinking. o. The parents were
bQOrOuRns SaEQe1kk eEtrLuluol fNull lHcLA CulA7
dreR should have an education = dIheEa1 was
true, genuine democracy in AustiAhurg IN
those days. Bhys il had no idea then what the
word servant meant..s ne had hlred men
social footing as the rest of US; with the same
facilities every way, and they have s1adel as
good men ana women as the others. mat Was
theVkind Of demotracy We had IN Austlnhurgs
I could name over some of those old settlers !.
the uWolcott familysn the ChRppels, my
uncle Csphsss yhO long ago. moved away
and diea;sthen Mr. Aaron Brown who. Is
now dead; then my father; then my uncle,
Noah Smiths then the venerable Deacon Futile.
ustiOVer the line. in Moran township / can
remember just how he Looked, even now de
was Revolutionary soldier. Then We come 30
Mr.. Austint then Deacon Sterling Nil those
funeral was the first one / ever saw; then Mr..
Ari Tuttlef then Mr gohnlF cote. Who died very
sooRafter Mr.. Mills;l Mr.. Salmon Hills, my re-
spected uncle, Mr.. Asa Case, Mr.. LOOmis
Whaling, Mr. Joseph B. CoEles9 that venerable
old gentleman l used TO respect for his good
ness and strict integnty; Il Mr.3 6ynnan mob 2
CoWles. Mr. Martin, Lewis, have all passed
away. NE. Milo Whiting, who married my
eldest sister, better and more Chrstianiike
man. than him never lived in Ohio or naver was
buried in the soil of Iowa. This brings me to
the centFe.I North Of that spot Ey aequaint7
ance Nas not SO great Bnt at one time many
ft the most energeIe ane prominent men IN me
as Mr.. Joah Austin and Dr. HaWley, \ oung as
thetoWnship Hhs. it begAa to have q commerce
Just as soon "a Nj. Jpabg Austin became its
SessfnteaEeeFs seemingl almost entIrely with.
out obstacle or impediment. AOu may almost
Search history in vain to md more sneeeestub
man than Mr. sIoab Austin. He came here
owning nothing but the el0thss Ga his back. an
axe. and three shilkngs in money Bat be was
ready to7Ecrk 1T whatever was to be, DONE
Fss Eaateds Finally getting ensngh together
to begin business as n merchant ne DID n
very extensive businasss and not, many men
Sould ave afforded TO extend 60 wide and long
aradiA N aflrer hffI
Hhsu sgain there was the Rev. 6flles hi
CoWles. They used e think Il Was very bad
when 4Ras boyso NkHoE what was said then.
and have never forgotten it. But knew that
venerable man, and knew how consistent and
faithful he vas in all the1ong years when he
vas the settled pastor ofithe church Of Austin,
burg Long before j WIS born he commenced
bis ministerial lab6rs here; and / belieye. ne
gave to me and to many lOtherB our lUhK1stlan
names. Then there was the Hon. kliphlet Aus
tin, as prominent and az energetic as his SON.
fn-iaW, Joab; dbuthe continued to bsa farmer.
He was sent &c the Ieglslsture. was member
Of the State Senate, ard was also an Associate
gudge--en once now abollshed. He was alWays
foreEnostin every good work, every enterprise
for the benefit Of the community, always one Of
the first mento take hold and help the MISTER
through. 80, ~ n3.e
strength allowed. but i is not necessary. When,
was last here it Fas to mourn over my ia ather,
who was ons Of the ten m en- with families who
settled, in Adstinbure township in ls0o inst
]
rood old age, and It seemed to him and to me
that he had reached the proper time to de- He
lived until he had seen our eonntr Try IN the hour
re s1Es2 %sp Ss bsd Ss I cI1ssd @ Sgs SS own
eyes for the grave, and folded his own hands
SerOss breast, Hs heard the sound Of hringF1
Aear, And asked What It Easf Belng ~ ltnat tlt
vas in honor Of the news Just reeeiYed Of ths
glorious victory At Get burg, I; Thank God, "a
said he, y :; thsts good enough .neFs To- go te
Heaven bnt" and he closed his eyes, and fell
SslesP, Such we're the nsn q Agstlnbprg, E vi
4nder such teaching and such examples If be
does not do his whole duty. "a -
| I DO not know the number Of velun teers from
Austinbufg 1orths late civil wa. but sili ven.
tuFe 10 saythat the tegnship furnished its full
B shsre.. YeNere not taught 70 love our country
3 iand the Union merely as form, but because
she 9DiSn S vas yitaily nsceFisgy 70 tae PERM S
feeling Of the old men here, and may Judge
Z What the young men have done. 2 i2isi.' -
Iadiesand Gentlemen; came unprepared
'tp make an address and must apol oSile for inn
;nekEsetio1s, But Il I have said anything which
gTiA ene0 Efage the young men and women TO re- i
Isp6et RAe emulate the virtues of their fathers
years hence may i be said Of q, ,eas ne nov say
sdf them thas they did not until they had dis
charged their whole duty. goa 3 'cifisns ti9a
! The chairman them announced the reel
l6eipt of several letters from gentlemen 10
whom invitations had been sent, but who
were not able TO be! pressns, and ct his re-
Quest Prof. TuekermEn read the following
letter from Hon, Samuel CoWies OF, San \
j Francisco 10 his aunt, Miss Betsey Ne
fCowlessi ,1Sels 8nit giBbap lo Hls tasE -1f1i
ss alsnS'l San FR4So oisos. May "a. 1876 y
) Ny Dear aunt If tbs sinforma ton had reach
g msSns I9R "a sss that ths e seventy lta an,
sEas 70 be celebrated on the 5th OF June zext.
should PROBABLY haYe been with y0uin person.