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

dress upon this oeeaslon. u, may be able to
s3sS s3s '. NAY Pc gS 10y e ssoR Almost as
, Some of you viii no aonbt 50 away disappoint-
, ed, but when reeelYed the frst inyitatien to
sttend this meeting was Prestrated With dis;
( alarming illness IN the family. Sol ansEered
the invitation, saying that probably Icoald not
come: and have all the time, said that Per
Pf6nssd to gSs 5Ss a1oD saT " tEs
labor OF prepsrlng brief history Of the taWn-
! ship, With some Statistics etos, and he took
, with hun AZ the documents, which 4 haTe,npt
even glanced at He, IS not here now. neither
/ are the Documents, so that those who. ,ex-
pected an historical address vii Be disappoint-
ed: am very sorry, but it Is not my fault,
Nlll therefore now speak as theeset siona may
1t vas only last Wednesday evening at seven
o'clock that ieft the5City Of Washington, 70
come here and but for a detention of seven
heprs at Pittsburgh. i should hare been here in
sixteen hours from the time iof starting This
IS one thought which has suggested itself iin
Connection with this visit Our ideas ara con-
fined to the present tine as the time Ehelicig.
ilizatiOn made its beainRing hereWuuOn d this
virgin sOils and to the time intefmedia tsS and
Oh, what . wonderful ehsnge!d Amostethe best
thing 70 be said iasd be still and think how
knoWledgeh has run to andfnos and Nhat strange
you ., word Of history5i In contrast with thai
auiok transit from the CityI0 WHahington let
me give EOun an incident conneetgd with the
trayeliRg ofone Ofths tpienesrsh Of this town
fnlpsni eo5 alone one era tNeS nbnejt may say
scores of themy tTafeled in the same way, start
ing from thslN New Englspd SthtesGith oxen foI
their matEe Pc Werg eoEainG on sieds, with their
goods, and their wives, and children. if they
bad snyI and travelling as far asthe snow Monld
hold cut and some of them inssthat manner
even reaching the shores Of Lake Erie!s There
needed their oxen and horsss, and cows; and
some, Off the " IneRf took bo themsa and
came xthroagh by land :I0l ,TheIs women
and Children were Rat lintosbopen boats
on Lake Eries and the boats lEereD hauled on
shore for shelter at nightsc The particuler per-
son have in mind nOUlhas often told me hoE
| trying vas that voyage IN an open boston lake
alton to stand upit6 her knees IN Eatef1ini the
boat. while she vas shRkine with the aEue1 She
1 tojWh0m alludeo WRSs my own dean sainted
motheRs who sleeps noEin the enetery heres
Fay from New Eagland to this Is New Connect
icItsSj as It vas then called. .N0W4 Ne hearth
sound Of the whistle and tho ringing of the bell
nS 70 s1oss Ee.ars ianasasats our gos9rnsys
Inca and now and the times intermediates!
Why, who could undertake, even in many
hours time. to even think of the incidents that
would be interesting perhaps to all, connected
with the kistoSE of this now almost venerable
town u Isay, Rlmost venerable, for the town
bsgiRs e sheW some of the marks efase, some
eaTs SS srS ~ yry Ss e Us
visible to the eye? All these fields SO beautiful
now were then oneidense forest. ) a here Rere
notthe facilities for ;opening mp farms here
which those enjoyed who settled on Western
prariee! Here were 0thes minister hoak 4 and
pther trees all GshoH ring thoi nafixe richness Of
the soil, apd each ming to1 say ito the bold
pioneers Eoueh meif you darel II stand here
possession OF the soils and if ynu will tax lit it
must besby the sweat of fyonE brow, daysafter
day. month after month !. and year afser year.'i
All that workhas been qdones and all ,oFerth
region nogs andindeea I'M all athe Northern
ktQtaa4 there
that too much Of the native 6orest nsRlpaady
disappeared So tLstrnck me in coming here
Not enough fonestremains Decentralization has
There were some pecuharities ccnnected with
the settleme1t.a aot only Of 4his township but Of
the whole Western ReservesO lt4asl largely
pe0Dled BY immigrants frpmsNeW hhgland, this
township largely fnSm theStste of fCOnnecticut.
We vera all Yankees. either bs bir th on deseent.i
myself remember that thsfrst time1 ever saw
. putchman L. thought i was sgoiRg 0to see q
sight. We have here bnt soma language. The
settlement here WAS almost entirely yrfr0m one
township insthe State oe Connectieuts and the
pioneers brought with Them eoInnon feelingsy
common sentiments, ycomm on principles, Gnd
gave its tOne5t0 the deeds and thoughts Of the
people off, AustinbRrg5 for many q year.
A! As has. peer, said 'herea the effect. sof q
not for mRRy years 40eorneb ed have not. RS
you kR01, been able to accept. alltheir tenets :
e1tl have neEeEl YET seen the day When Is could
suasien, the moraland intellectual instruction
which, Wass the TbirthrtRht Df aeEeEy s0man6
dalEhter1 Of old sAustinhnrgs fer however
noen sZ sv9lsa g ieasir Te.igians con.
InFeshgatiens Sooner than the meeting house
vas ereetedi they1 had q school house. Their
first idea vas edneation for the 1ohildreu8I Ihis
vas the fundamental idea of the peeplelof sAaBti
lnb1FETa spirit of dnqRiry,s such rs aceonnts
1Or e4lthe vast improvements which ARE 30 fa1
nlltla5 q you all.u slsE ysdI .sylsssA a
came here frstp who struck the fret bIoWs,
made the hrstj lmpneasionsil npons the f0resta.
opened up, these fields and made these pleasa MT
comfortable homes, thSt they,Erought we'll and
nov they rest from theinlsbmsss am 9erhaps
correct in saying that of those Rhod came here
N the years Slo and 1901 and perhaps do Gn to
lSg2s these who came herewith families, mot
4 Anglen 9oalrsmainsd alive;i Iomet estsrday
with my Friend nDeas Joseph Millss who WAS
born in the year 1884, and aHkfose father moyedi
"a. o.Austpb1rRlin, 1900 The incidents has been
told you, of his being the only babe belonging
70 the settlement, and bow my father held an
tmbreIla over Mrs. Mills and this child all
nlght in the rain.i iAnddnoWi hatnin fenf ie an
cid nan, and soam Il Almost all the second
genera ton has passed aWayP and the third snd
fourth eeneEatiOns viii soen takes their splaeesa
How time flies BAD hook .backd and it seems
but 9 lew years sincain the immediat te neighbor-
hood where lattended school were gathered ut
one time q oompanEef some twenty or thirty
couples Of young people about my own hes. I
have been booking aroR1d. ia my osn 1Eiinds
and making inquiries for them ginee u game
here, But one Of thep remains II AqshnhgEg
Iucfus NJ Austn i. one, q Yearly an u assoc
ciates Of mine are dead. i have tried to look
for them, but have learned at last that the
tery. f6e5 Se- sons 10 their Tsst,'s Yet
some of them were notably active and ieheT-
setic. They. well theiir, 1ty While
il H5 ths AoE Thsg fpINxsS shs q s5s@pls Sf
those Who Sd them i rshect that there
were very few ind Iced who, BY my, act Of their
IIyss kEi 6Eopsht dEsgEses g 6siE pasiys toEn.
tbWnships. S %StEa 95PFles sSSs, s. ftAfs fitNs
Pride 70 thiHE that tho1sh 1 she may ma
haye Furnished very ssY elhihent men on the
61s G5ass 9and AZ aAs t2ISesq yefS ssx eaSHaIl
history of the township reeol lleet bnt Tery fe "
instanees Of that kind; and Why was it? Bel
cause those men g n aI@eys halie u 4 iying and
Without works is dsSd and q shidfeh % ta 1sse
Drought UP IN that bell and carried it NTH
them wherever they Fent.. ~ ...1.t;.s ~,
SsSs fIs9 in SF g y SAss Bs Il
servanees Of those years 70 by. Suppose that
TO night this, Saturday night if IL were clear
epeugt e see ths sun set jgHt IS i sst yor
Ping It 81 I. fot then tss sabSsth
began with all Austinburg. Down to the time
when was. Perhaps. ten years old, every fam,
EVENING as Ss5t Il ths 81 Tie SUI
set next evening, of course the Sabbath was
ishded. They 60 un ted from sun to sun. and
When the Ssnbas came there was on " one
feel sad ana sibondy Il was to pass By there yes-
tsrdAy and q I'd mot 8 We tige remAi Aining Of that
good old uieetfng house 81. church, :. for We
The church was the orga n on, and the build
! And We ali went there % sunday. Yoamirht
i9ok lnso t nogse s; aIter honss en tne