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

thus FIlderness, knowing that they would have
70 struggle and toll foI years. They have sue
cessfuIl accom- plished their work in this life;
and would give as sentiment; Honored be
their memory fIAPplaase,4 - .g7s TO ssbsis
( Uri Eeeiey, Esd., of PainesGille, was then
called 70 the stand, aad said:59g 2h y zii.t,
Yen hsTs heard = igIrea. deal said to-day OF
what has been. Nov, Yhat IS 70 : bel, What Is
the effect of al those efforts? j an not spirit
ualist; I do not belieye that the spirits val re-
turn and hold communion Wlth1 U.S. but Il sdq
believe that the spirit Of these men who, laid
these foundations is here to- day, and viii re-
main here as long as this earth stands and, is
inhabited That than should be the influence
Of those men and women who ara living new
Our influence conHnnes /. to all aeternlty,
whether for good or for eYil.s Is not here 2
stm1lus for every ind iyidual 70 cast his lnnu7
ence on me right side, for truth and rlghteous-
ness2 EW omit q portion of the remarks made
here by- way Of stratiop concerning the his,
tory Of fHarpersheld-espe perhaps too personal
Why, . few years agel llWas travelling with 2
frieAd, through, HsrpeEshelds and We knew kn,.E
by our coming z painted honsess again, rhy
was this state Of things there2 It was because
Of the infneneeof the early settlers. and where
shall the inh4ence Of the Tlsln9 generahon Pe
asked of each one whether he stands on the
Lord 8 side or not As it has been in the past,
soft tEill be in the future b these respects.
~ $500 I1.,,;eT s,SsrJs -1sbasn ss,nepv sbsu
run to and fro. and 4noFlg lgdgeI sha u ibe sin-
hs;ns ~ me ri he is heiI3e frars.
i95 st ~ - III -. "a ~ ~ n
ns,fs ~ fhs Ana We have news nov
simnltanaonsly from almost all, parts ct the
ssE a. Are m 2ps t 1 ssE sSs4 sss9s sss
fully ftted for the abode Of nan, but our eeun-
try IS filed with prisons and ,prisOpers. Nan,
made bPt httle lover than The !, angels, is easi
Men sIi olE ~ 4 riTerF Yes,
md ik ri be brninuuEht about by the iniuence
ofinstitnfions Ike this, IAppIause.l - Is,
III : - ~ Z. \. -.
Inc cnon now sang tne hynn, E14rlyy, - ~ J
God, GHith6ut delay, / haste to seek thy
face ~ Some Of the old residents were then
- % 80 - > -
Slcte ss.t y - - ~ = ny VI =,
the power oltne auman eyetupOn q pear. II
is imgeseible TO reproduce the life and spirii
sTstlis ~ - : ear p y -
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! Mss betsy M O0Wlee,' daughter 0t tne rev
Dr. Dqwless the nfss cferEy yman Of Austin 5urg,
tell bear story, bpt she would Ia * about
our mother8 and grandta0thera, the women who
came hers seEenty-hve years ago. she was
soTry some Of me young men ofl the enoIr. were
present Sosday. heir fraAdtao hers who set
tledlN this region had 4ef more sneIgy than
ese5iyoung gentlemen nave. ~ Severity Se
ysarstagq g mosroE night Ehe tsst wenssn d. who
eame.fto th1B town was taeA wife Of Sterling
Mllls. Z NShe5 and her husband and. Nj! o.
seph Case were ma king their way 70 the s Aus
tins Ca4ap,P but night overlook them amidst q
rain seorms ana the 9afknese Compelled them
gloomy might that brave pioneer NoHlsn sat
upun her saddle on the around. with her infAn Mt
in her arms. That kind hearted and gallant
man DeseOns J Joseph NJ Case the father Of the
orator Of thsdHy. stood through an that night
by fhOBide Of that helpless motheran held an
tmbrsllz ofer her to protect her from the
weather.. This HRs but one Of the many Incl
ought to be told. We ought ts fsmem6er the
haFdshiPB isnd GsaferinGs Of those early days
and keep paliFe II our hearts the meHncry Of the
Yhera was q neeting house commenced here
in 1912 and finished few years later and the
old sIhseript ptioa. paper iS still in existenee!
The men had'decided 70 build the chureh with
would build ( stsepls themselves. / viii Illus.
tratsl how our mothers and grandmothers
worked when they undertook anything. One
Of them. Mrs aRebecea Whiting, subscribed ten
pay it, Anothari Mrs. Naomi Ryder, who had
. large family Of children whom she took care
Of we'll. put down her name for five dollars,
which 6he paid by taking in sewing, making
pants afor about thiTty=ssyen cents a pair and
coats for yabout seTenty.fvegsnts, and con.
We think her grand daughter, Mrs. Pierce. who
IS present, does sexceediRgly well for modern
lied woman, but saei not quits 30 smart as her
GOOD old grandmother WaS.n Hisai ni Z % :, ~
In former Hmea il was considered impossible
TO raise q building without whisky, but the
women declared thatcit was notlneeessary 70
gid the 6raWny muscles Of the men with whisky VII
they gathered together and made some home
nHde' bee, shavored with sassafras, spruce and
Sthe9d ahsgbs,e and u gsve Il 70 the men
in the place Of aVhssk1IGnd the discovery was
made that they, eotealOng 3Yery well without
whisky while raising the frame q, the church
It was inst 50 when they undertook to move the
institution bdiiding with muscle4no whisky
1 The influence Of woman vas felt in felieiouS
matters, also. After the first families had been
here few years Mrs, Judge Austin, the mother
sEiiy s tsis that 5hSy %Tss nave
an doF hat ret oFit her horse and ride several
WearisomeWeeks to Connecticut for the purpose
Of getting ministerl She visited a woman
S S ws sSoF sss Ss s ST sFt 4ss @ sRs S lSS
woman iietarminedi 10 come out West. and the
husband and children were viii inr TO come with
her, The following year the husband of that
woman the Rev, DR.. Giles H. Cowles. was in
stalled Is the FIST minister Of the church in
AuktinburFk ard Mofean in Deacon Mills
barn. .sisIG7d ~ le s9l ..
Thsrs hays been AZ many stories t9ld {. Us Of thrill
neers. VIII tell OF one. q. settler BY the name
fN1 sit vas gst1sSF
Ashtabula hsrbor, ten miles5 from any hRbita-
ton, Before going his wife made him promise
Heyet 70 leave Der alone over night One tsrrir
ground, Mr.. Bsckwith, came 2 AEstin5atg i e
~ grounol rs Aise % ~ . haiI posnel
NJ! iong AZ ey @1;dsd oniV Sy a natb Iudse
Austin and others remonstrated with him and
tpld him Of the danger Of being eyertaken BY
aaarknesssi leeslnng lost N ne Wooes .ana pe1ns
. ~ rnaSs b;s tIsS ~
oTer ss7 night. and he, finally decided % return
pened 70 look up the road north xsrd; be saw
something moving IN the snow 2 he saw It was
q Egmaqs, ne olVtneq tne Thele tnlnG ~ once.