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

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And as the other planets took position. one By
one. each was greeted with little song sltllf''
Oneday something occurred; / don I now re-
member Whatit was, but / do remember that
i the Tsehool nam suddenly sieAed me ythe
/ coat collar, and with Jerk landed me sdusreIy
Il the centre Of the solar system. y All the
heTited nom long line Of peaceful ancesrry
was aroused. i fought and tugged gaiIantly,
out the odds against me were too heavy. I
found myself hat on my back the foot Of the
/ mistress firmly planted on my coat COLLAR SO
that WIS unable even to stir. and after eniov- :
ing her triumph and my diseom ftqre for a brief
space, she quietly con ed me to the dark closet
| IN the northwest corner Of the room. Where
was kept until the school was dismissed
Those p.' were eIiet peaeeiuL days in Austin
own distlllery. IL had no " Satan's Kingdom''
then. The balefuI influence Of one bad exam
pe is strikingly Illustrated in the history Of the
eastern portion Of the town. A single person
seems 70 have brought the half of a township
into diseredit.- As he is still living in your
mlast snalI not mention his name, believe
He used to sit with the choir on, Sundays, and
my seat was IN Grandfsther's family pew, in
the southwest corner Of the old church At the
| ers without catching his eye and that eye all
ways exerted spell over me which Invariably
e6aeo Soaat n "a a9tseE then REGARDED hin as the
more reverent than formerly for the last time
| l saw saw him ne told me he WAS lame from thorn
i fwhile in the woods engaged at his deYotions's
L On 8 sunshiny Sabbath morning, after 'tUnele
Oliver had coEnmsleed 10 toll The ,beIl in the
it was TO see the whole tow gathering from ths
| North and the South, and the East and the
" est to attend the services Of the Sanctuary. Il
used to watch with admiration, Colonel Ros-
well A A1stin as be drove up 10 the plat
form IN front Of the church and depos-
,itea bis load aof PASSENGERS. His horses
ken, and their harness eomprised only collars,
a. mes, tugs. bridies, and lines while the two
hofse wagon seemed like the famous one horse
his team inYariably came across the gres D p
aE q full galiop without any appatent effort to :
! quiet them, when he stopped his wagon hubs
we're Just three inches nom the platform. How
curiously the congregation divided itself up at
the recess after the morning and before the after
noon service; About one quarter Heuld 90 over
| while large number would eoneregate IN the
horse sheds aropnt the church, or vlsitithe or
|. In 1889. I was f6rA time clerk in Joab Aus-7
tins store, ibelieYe then knew, By sight and
generally by name, every, one in Aastinburg.
The The whole popuiation Of the 70 W seemed 70
farmers wanted they sent tfor aud it vas CHARGED,
even to postage or letters, in current account
Il Il was safe to send 4 child then for goods, for
they were aiWayso Of good quality. and there was
but one price. I remem6eri one day q woman
came to the store with a pail of butter. The
butter was weighed and she wished to trade it
I shown to her:ii At last concluded TO name to
her figures about 10 per cent above thcrlsrk-
ed prlee. and then to please her dropped to the
selling hgnrs, and with this she was satisfied
and soon completed her purchases and left
then received a rebuke from Mr. Austin who
aad aean4o all that passed, which / shall never
/ fofget1 Hetold me that was not the way he sold
his goods, and that all he required me to do q
when CUSTOMERS called for goods was to show
them and name the price, and 10 they wished
them At hlsselling price they could take hem
| and If not they could leave themgof sdi s7fss
never Temem Der TO- have seen Joab Austin
laugh real heartily but once, and that was on
| me occasion Of my attempting to 60 into the
stalt whore his famous old saddle n6fe Kate y p
vas standingi- Yheaniinhl threw her ears back "a
tnrnedl lhsE head towards me, showed her teeth (
puEposed to kick me 60 death and then eat me Z
qps sealed the sideiO Of the stall at bound.
There was aso1nething IN the toutsensembIe,3
YRiohamused Mr. Austin very much. ~ i'2 ir
i Ipresume that many Of my Old school mates
az drand hiVer lnstltete9 Whe were residents of
Ausansufgl will be present at Our celebration.
Their re-1niOn will beuvery pleasant. How
should enjoy talking ever old times with them.
Some o. them were graeeless seam ps, and RitH H
m2 gleldilg. irrepressible disposition, theyWere
con ually getting me inNo we'd IN th-ir serapes,
but have tongsinee forgiven them the misenief
3ey did me in makingme q seapegoat for their
Bat there are large humber. whose names
and faces are dsgeuerTe eotyped in our hearts,
men and women who were central figures in the
ploneer NE of Aus tlnb1rg, nj manyof them fatheFs
a9q motners IN 1sraeb and others. loved ones
q a later gepefatlQns 1hos VIII not meet With
you on the ap preaching ANNIVERSARY. Waishan .,
soon loin tae q, PIT they cannot come to Us. As
he msmor1es lof the past are stirred, and the
images of the departed pass before you many : i.
neart VIII sehe. tho It gives ns,Fisible mani, .
close ny fsstsr With this sen eu for your r
anniversary: The Pioneers Of the Western Ke7ia
serve; no nQhler men, and women. have ever
Ioppoed 2 colony HeetipgHatsly, yours, 7d.
IETTEk FROM HARVEY AYLoRD, OF 'sAeI- SAG =
lasn, lc isas NAV, MICHIGAN. .rnL rr' 81. -
Lo..a,.., s3AeIxAF. MICH, MIC May p. 1870.
L. B. Alstia, Esg. '-oF w. .nyrilis 1.r, ..f.7,
ME- DeAR SIR Twenty-Five years ago I. at
tended the half century meeting in Austin
could bemoFe gratifying to me than to be presl
ent at the three-fourth centennial next week .r
Of course Il should miss many Of ttei ola
familiar faces that erected on that Occasion:
but should still find come old friends whom / %
have known and loved for emany years, q few
Of them for more than an ordinary life time. isi
burgh is . day and night Bpent at the farm Of
Calvin Stone3 q very small clearing with q
small log house. situate near the south east
corner of the toWnship!s ThatWas more than
sixty years ago. Some thirty years later re-
visited the place. then nice farm occupied,
believe. BY Mr.. = Parmenter.
At the same early period i first made the
scquaintaneeaiof the widow Stone latter
yards Mrs SWsatand) and, her son.
David j; Stone, in later times near neighbor
Of fmine in aeneFa. Shs lived east Of the PRES
ent site Of Eagleviie ct or near the place oclli
cupied By oephas Cases and lasterIy 81 Perry g.
Chapel, and others. sa1iinnii-t d % ftsai
l. have also q vivid recollection Of the old
Erist mill lat the present site of MeeAanicsville,
ssit appeared slxty years ago; then presided
over by DANES Montgomery. man Of some
what unpublished EXTERIOR but Of kind heart
and strict 1intesrity, His five sons (noW all
dead who scattered somewhat widely, were
men of sterling worth and useful citizens, and
oneiof the younger ones. James Montgomery
Jrse became quite famous as q defender 6fth6l
Z free Statel1 settlements In Kansas ayainst the
I border rufilansfi Of Missouri and the South
] knew him well for many years. l y 1ig5tl lni
Another early settler an Al burg was Dea-i
con Noah CoWles, who, after few years re-
moved TO Geneva, Snd was 4 Welcome aeq nisiA
non to our sparsely settled township. His old
house with apple trees shout il was long A.
noted landmark, as it stood on the south side
Of the north street. and gradually feli te decay
Further west on tie same street lived IN Gsfly +
times es rem enber, Salmon Gee, sueeee9ed
BY David Babbitt;; also William Williams, Ed-
ward Hill, Sr,, Samuel Wood. Salmon Moul-
ton Che hale lerazy 6ddlerl, Ambrose
Humphrey, and his sons William Humph-
rey and Guy Humph phrey. and on the northwest
sons George, Philo and Lewis. .tFho died in
early manhood and her daughter May (or
Polly Afterwards Mrs. Grove Henderson, An
of.these1l knew wei in my early b6yhood, and
of all ofthsn1 hHEe, only pleasant reeolieo-
Thete wss Hnosher man, a son-in-IaW Of the
Elder Humphrey / believe. who lived some
where In the vicinity Of the mill. whom re-
member for kind words, and especially for hiS
handiWork in wood manufacture namely Ed-ar
have been !, and Ihave no doubt Was, held IN Y
high esteem BY the pioneers Of Northeastern -
Ohio, for during the war of1oll4lo when crock
cry could hardly he obtained AZ any price, he