The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-09-14

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very natural for the reader to inquire
what induced so great a number from
the same neighborhood to emigrate and
settle in the same locality in American /
To which inquiry ! would reply that FIVE
or six families from the vicinity Of /
Cilcenin, Cardigan Shire. Wales, came /
over about twenty years prior to that !
time, and settled in and about Center /
Vile, or between there and Oak Hill, /
and they were left alone without any ac-
cessions to their number for about fifteen
years, when several from the same neigh
borhood in Wales, having stopped a
while in the vicinity Of Newark, Ohio,
and finding that lands were heavier than
their pockets there. proceeded TO the
Jackson settlement, and they wrote TO
their friends and relatives in the old
/ World in high terms OF lis goodly
land which inspired them with the en-
terprising spirit Of emigration. Also,
about this time, the Rev. Edward Jones,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, returned to Wales on
a visit, and published a small book, Civ
ing brief account Of the several routes
and modes Of travel, and cost Of travel.
ing from and to several points, the price
of lands, together with brief history Of
the several Welsh settlements in this
country. in which he limited that in his
opinion Jackson and Gallia was the place
for the Welsh people. The good report
of friends already settled there eommu
nicated by letters, and the hint Of the
Rev Jones in his book, was effectual in
inducing large numbers from the vicinity
Of Llangeitho, Cardigan Shire, Wales. TO
come and settle in Jackson county, Ohio.
81 heard one of the earliest and first
settlers relating an account about as fol-
lows: That they had crossed the briny
deep nearly sixty years ago; that they
arrived at Pittsburgh after much anxiety
and trouble; that they did not know
where to 60. They heard Of very excel
lent and fertile lands on the Scioto and
the Miami valleys. They purchased an
old fat boat, all went on board, and com
mitted themselves to the mercy Of the
stream. / did not learn whether they
selected from their number a Captain
and Pilot or not; but somehow they
eventually reached Gallipolis, and landed
) there to repair their boat but after an
! examination Of its condition, they soon
: discovered that their boat was much
worse Of the wear and that il would not
be safe for them TO venture the journey
+. any further. The citizens Of Gallipolii
and vicinity were principally Of th'
. French persuasion, and that they would
b not sell lands only to those Of their owl
+ nationality; so this band Of Welshmer
Z were forced to proceed into the interio
q about eighteen miles, in the vicinity o
Centerville. There they found Congress
u lands in abundance, and no one though
: Of buying lands in those times. So the!
q settled down on their several selection
Of lands, and began TO clean out the will
, forest, and while thus engaged they ez
a perienced real hard times. and it wa
e useless for US TO complain Of hard time
in their hearing because the hardship
e and inconvenience that we had to endur
l. were not to be compared to that whicl
a they endured. Their manner Of maxim
a a living was to raise corn for their ow
D use, and raising stock, their cattle ri
3 out in the woods and gathered their sui
e sistence in the wild forest There wer
9. no mills in the vicinity to grind thei
e corn. They dug out hole Ga trough) i
% q large piece Of wood, and mashed O
u pounded their corn in that This wa
e much more inconyenient than the hors
l. mills. Quite a number Of Virginians ha
e settled in the vicinity prior to that Tins
a who gave them an insight as to how {
d live, and what to wear. The summe
g dress was a linen shirt and pantaloons q
Is their own production. They raised tn
r flax on a patch of ground in the wood
Ie the wife spun and wove and made tn
!. garment herself The winter dress wa
y Of the same, linen and woolen, manufa,
r tured in the same manner, and il colore
ie at all. il would be colored with bark an
Ie roots Of the wild forests. All in thi
70 manner lived under their own vine an
!. fig tree, without buying or selling bu
" little. They were compelled to obtai
10 money enough to pay their taxes. The
rs had no sale hardly for their stock. Tn
e may be more fully illustrated by the 70
IT lowing anecdote. There was one oil
x Cymro that had pair Of red.top boot
e, to be by him worn with his eorduro
n knee buckled Tor buttoned) pantaloon
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8 Dalis fair in Wales, for twelve shilling
n One day he put them on with his kne
ie buttoned breeches to 60 to frolic, (nc
y the kind Of frolics INDUCED in nowadayI
d but of the more useful kind Of frolics {
lie ancient days) and all the American
present were struck with amazement q
10 his fine aristocratie style Of dress, an
of more especially his red.top boots. becaus
n all the foot dress they had. were old RAJ
,r ged shoes Of their own make. Ipresum
r they much resembled the shoes Of th
Ie Gideonites of old, and they were yer
IS anxious to buy the Welshman's red-to
Is boots, and he sold them to one that wa
a wealthy in cattle, for one COW. one tive
10 year old heifer, one SOW and pigs, an
1t seven sheep, a very good price for pal
N of boots; and by the way the purchase
It did but little work while his boots laste
n him, other than going from one frolic
], the other, to show his red.tops.
IT Two OF these families sustained sever
n losses, the dwelling OF one was destroye,
Ie by fire when the family were absent
Ie when they returned home, all was redu,