Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-28
monsJ,. =. me for barS- -
months later he returned graudIR
II nhont aRO told the snnnasa 81 tua enLBr

inone,, - me for barr -
months later he returned gF8uUlR
of about $50, told the success Of the sntei--
prise. -.
The next year similar expeditions were
made. and venture was made to the Mis-
=sissippi River, and quite an amount OF
cheese was sold at Prairie du Chen, and
for many subsequent years this place was
an important selling point.
A wear later they determined to take
.,arp6 down the Ohio River. The cheese
v-os necked and hauled to Boston, Summit
oounty. thence by canal to Portsmouth.
Along the route our merchant retalled
.eask herr. a single cheese there, and while the
boat would be taking on freight Mr.. Hsr-
mon not unfrequently tooks cheese under
his arm and retailed it in pound lots from
house to house. At Portsmouth his cargo
was filed upon the dock, snd as steallng
was not q discarded virtue even IN tnose
,days. Mr.. 81. took his blankets and resolved
ito keep guard. The mosquitoes were so
thick that they nearly eat him allYe. pRr-
ling the night he heard a easK move, Su9
taking his pocket-knife IN MS hanu, shPPeo
quietly around the pile to surprise the TOD
,bers, and was Just ready 70 Pounee 9osh
nnon them when, with q ''OOshl ooshE =
big, long-nosed hog sprang out ana dashed
6own the wharf, nearly rs scared IS was
~ sovner- This expedition was fairly sue
cas sfnI and in 1889 the brothers associated
Mt, l them LYMAN White and Eber Shei-
don A large crop was sent to Louisville,
CaJv in went up the lakes and White went
down the Ohio river from WellsVllle. AT
II nia Vile very poor market was found
bn sd vices from Nashville indicated that
RI e-o was a scarcity of provisions there,
n Hing 70 the lowness Of the Cumberland
I ivaT and chartering three six-horse
-a<1,s some fifteen tons Of cheese were
.taSted for this lS0-mile trip, at freight
srs If s8O Der ton, Mr.. Harmon accom-
,1sDviog them, making the entire distance
!6n foot Luckily there was good demand
sfor The article. and the entire lot was soon
.cIssrad ont for 1S3I cents per pound, goIu.
IN r,or1ino that Mr.. Harmon started 20
-.tDr1 came the news Of the SUSPENSION OF
t6e banEs and any unsOld cheese OF the
a. AZ bafo-e could not then have been gwen
ruaJ D'iGtS uasTsning home, Mr., h. found
-tbot his partners has purchased spoQE thir-
-, toDs ~ cheese in Ashtabuls county % De
5sl;verad in WellsviIle, Ohio, and paid foE
/ ~ aicbt cents per pound. To bold u would
] LI,t 10 subject it total loss, ana 20 pqIen9SS
1 ina. a fat boat and securing 8 crew, M =,
started down the uver, trading the eheess
for any thing that was offered IN way u
erch s1ge. changing barter over ana over
TN o,,rest plan being to get Il INTO S0ile- 9ilS
rbinSr as near money as posi- pie. AZ nioL, M !,
monS lucky dicker was made LoI Loe u
aour v. hich was sold that asy LOE al So-
vsnce Of I2JS cents per Pound, Sssn'
DrIft;n, down the river' sellls ASu
herr, traS ug of few at the next s9"n, ne
worked of the lot but slowly, ana Eheh
Cincinnati = as reached, the OoAs esEIlse
good stock sh u. With eouFage unuSgHIee Wy 3.
Mr. II. set abol It tdisPosing OF them. m mWhen
he could not Sc al the PiIiIl S-o'-
and groceries, hey were Peaulea 'EGm ESl
house to house. One olu Ses.nSu, a5 ,ham
purchased a eaSS or sWo' ~
as they were 700 'tsA lott, Sna ~ GI1T bnt AZ.
provided with some . - was ''dam
terward complained "a 'st 3J,bsTi'' snsJ err Part
old; older ash your g ~ DAYTON, and
OF the cheese was Carrie IA hiring. Even
was sold for what they w S;sky was enter.
an olSr 1L eAcIl1Ige .S ao,s-, ~, aiterward as
l9Lneai 9ut, ~ a. ~, sns "Ss wonderful de-
fieiency Of measurement, ths A -, ,-snSso. sS,o
age was so considerable that q 4 - -
tion NAV be said to have caFFiA
punishment with it. -ot,-,a5
When our cheese merchants i 49,,
home and figured up the yesTs salA. .Ono; SDo;
found themselves 81, 900 in debt, no n 'c ~,
in the country, and bankruptcy b n
them. Settlements were made, notes gINa
to be paid sometime, and general cotlaPA
seemed to have overtakea everyone. when
once a man becomes imbued with the spiriH
Of progress, or sees new business avenues
to be opened up, and takes a look aneso
and realizes what the near ct hand Tunes
will demand, it is hard t9r such = man %