Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
ASHTABULA COUNTY NEWS.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
NEW LYME.

| HSoCSss tnAS 10 nOt surprising. ne Sue
of the old waier-cure establishment
burned over year or two ago-is being
built up again, under the proprietorship
of Mr.. Alonzo Morse. Starting from this
in a westerly direction. we next come TO
the large building recently finished by
the Lebanon Valley cheese factory, by
Brown, Dodge & Co., designed for a
curing house, and now well filed with
ch eese. Then cOmes-but q short dis
lance from the residence of Mr.. Calvin
Dodge-the dwelling of VIM Parker-a
neat and comfortable one. Mr.. John
Dodge is taking advantage of the fine
weather for the recovering of his house
Then comes the house now about being
completed IN excellent taste, and much
beauty of location, of Mr.. NJ. L. Strick-
land, the Joiner work being done by the
Thurbers, OF Austinburg. Still another
dwelling, hardly yet completed, has been
put up, just west of the place of Mr.. VIM.
Siul's; and last, is the fine barn erected
not long since upon the farm of our en-
terprising and prosperous fr1end-A. Cal
endar. Mr. c. is a successful dealer in
stock, and the premises are provided with
a set of scales for weighing cattle and
other kinds of stock Mr.. c. has a hand
somelY located farm oe between two and
three hundred acres, which is found to be
very convenient and important posses
sion in connection with the handling of
stock
Besides the thrift and improvement of
the street in buildings, there is laudable
ambition shown for the increase of pop
ulation, and we hsYe TO congratulate our
friend. Mr.. VIM. StulIs, for the contribu-
ton made at his house towards this end.
AS this is rather an episode in the late
history of his house, the interest general
ly felt in the event is rather gratifying.
II the biped stock of this establishment
should hold any relation in sleek, Yigor-
Gus health and proportion with the fine
specimens of the sheep tribe which we
saw grazing in his fields, he will have
occasion TO be proud of his later day ei-
forts. Mr.. Stults has an ambition in an
other direction. He pointed out the spot,
upon his homestead, which he hoped to
grade, lay out and ornament with trees,
and make attractive as a park, 10 lend
IFS beauty TO his premises while living,
and to bequeath to the township when
dying, for the purposes of public park,
TO be held IN ptrpetuity for that pur-
pose, and that alone. Whatever he does
in this direction will no doubt be credit
able TO dOnoras well as donee.
The stock market, as we learned from
Mr.. Calvin Dodge, the great Short Horn
raiser and dealer OF the county, is rather
slow and inactive. Yet few considera-
BILE sales have been held in tho country
of late, and the great prices, that it has
been predicted must come down, have
been fully maintained, showing the uu-
taltering appreciation in which this breed
of cattle is held Old FEoe Iscenty, his
mammoth propsgdtor, was brought out,
and notwithsta nding his great weight
and ponderous proporti 1ns, frisked about
like young two year old under the lux
ury of a rub against the bays. Royal
Britoh is three past lie was sired on the
other side of the water, and dropped on
Canada soil. In form of body and limb,
of color, eye and general expression of
face, he can hardly be surpassed.
Mr.. Dodge is a thorough farmer, and
shows his vegetable products with some
thing of the pride that he does his cattle.
Among his heaps of Peach Blows and
Peerless potatoes we handled several
that weighed over two pounds each.
The name OF this neighborhood seems
well applied. The Dodge family is about
as numerous as those OF the old patriarchs
who inherited the promises. and went IN
on their erve, estimating their dignity
and consequence by the numerousness of
their progeny. They are all wtll-to- do
and clever fellows, aside from the politi
cal obliquity of some of the branches. II.
R., who has been in trade for we know
not how long. and whose stand is known
and sought for from many of the neigh
boring towns, always has an open palm
for even Republican, and his courtesy
and hospitality would be creditable to
the purest strain of that persuasion.
We regretted to hear of the illness o f
the old patriarch-Jeremiah Dodge
whose accumulating years naturally
weigh upon him, and in the natural
course of events, his days must ere long
be numbered.
The low price of lumber in the pine re-
gions induced several of the men of
means IN that vicinity, short time since,
to club few thousand dollars, 8 through
Judge Demm!ng, to invest in lumber and
shingles. One cargo arrived week or
two ago, and was loaded upon the cars as
il was unloadad from the vessel, and i'm
mediately sent forward 10 New Lyme,
where it finds ready sale. Another cargo
either has, or is reported to arrive soon.
Misfortune over took portion of the first
SoAS 40 Aoo DSCu otobCht Jul AAonA oAS0
made it good.
New Lyme embraces among its popu-
latlon considerable wealth, and more
than an average of intelligence and cul-
ture.
A few nights since, however, clothes
line thieving was resorted to in regu
lar business way. The thieves took
street rows. and having team, stripped
successive lines until satisfied, or loaded
down. The track of the vehicle was
traced from position where the horse
had evidently stood for some time, wait
ing for the plunder. The track was fol-
lowed for some distance, but lost In the
turning and taking of back track. The
work was SO thoroughly done that there
is a whole neighborhood where there is
hardly a man or woman left with shirt
to their backs.