The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-08-12
iUNDA DAYSoH0oL PICNIC AT CONGRESS LAKE

several Sunday Schools in Portage and Stark
counties A large assemblage was In attendance
and the exercises throughout were pleasant and
II is hoped profitable
The program was carried out as follows Music
by Uniontown Cornet Band; prayer by Rev. Kell.
ar, OF Randolphi singing by Prof Raber's vocal
music class; address by Rev. Kellar, History and
Progress of the Sunday SCHOOL," singing by the
suhield choir address by Rev. Beck, Of Union.
town, 1.-THE Benefit Of the Sunday School, music
sufield band; singing by the Sunday Schools; ad.
dress by Robert H. Folger Esq, Early History
Of Stark Sounty;' music, Uniontown band; ad.
dress by A. McGregor, progress Of CiviliSation;'
music.
The gentlemen announced responded as an
nounced, no one longer than three quarters of an
hour, Reverends Kellar and Beck spoke before
dinner aad Messrs FJlger and NCGregor after.
Mr.. Kellar referred to Robert Raikes, Of Glou-
cester, England, founding the first Sunday School
in 1757 and stating many interesting facts.
Mr.. Beck spoke Of the importance of and benefit
from Sunday Schools advised bringing up chill.
dren in the way they should go, that good Chris.
tlan Influences were best for the young and ten.
der minds. This work all good people should
take 10 heart.
Mr. Folger said he was not a native Of Ohio,
though he had lived in Stark county since 1878,
and had seen the county grow and become what
1t now is. The North west Territory was ceded
by Virginia to the United States Government as
Connecticut also did her claim, Ohio was the
first State made out of IT, He spoke OF frederick
Post settling In Stark county in 1867 Of Fort Low
renee near Bolivar of the French trading posts in
the valley of the MAumee early in the last cen.
tury. He spoke OF the Reserve having been re.
served by Connecticut to remunerate the suffer
ers In the Revolution by the traitor Arnolds raid
hence they were called, too, free lands" A Bos
ton company bought the Reserve, five millions
acres at 6625 cents per acre. Mr. Sims bought
two millions in the south part where Cincinnati
now ia. Mr. Foger praised the Constitution of
the State adopted In 1902 which the delegates
made In three weeks and 1t was not voted upon
by the people. 1t secured freedom of conscience
and worship required schools should be encour.
aged and that the people should be free from un-
warrantable search and seizure Mr., Folger gave
an interesting account Of the Indian treaties
first to the Tuscarawas and Cuyahoga rivers, and
three years after by the treaty Of Fort Grenville,
in Darke county, tn 1906 by which the Govern
ment got the title west Of the rivers Stark county
was organized January 1st, 1909; Wayne, January
1st 1872; Carroll county in 1882, taking three
townships from Stark, and Summit some ten years
later, taking off franklin and Green townships.
Lake township was the first organized In the
county and named from this lake, and before
Stark was organized, being in Columblans. Can
ton was laid out In 1907 made the county seat IL
1909, beating 0snaburg. In October, 1878, Perry
oWnship was organized, named IN honor OF Com.
modore Perry, who in September before had
beaten the British in the battle OF Lake Erie. Mr..
Folger referred to the Larwills, William Henry
and John Beaver, as the early surveyors named
James W. Lathrop, member Of the Assembly from
Stark in 1924 as the author Of the first law pro.
vIding for public schools. Mr.. Folger eloquently
referred to theprogress of the country, to railways
connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific, to our
fifty millions Of population, and concluded with,
The mighty West shall greet the East
And sea shall answer sea,
And mountain uuto mountain call,
Praise God, for we are free
Mr.. McGregor said "The Progress of Clviliza
ton" was an extensive subject, volumes hal been
written upon 1t, and it was not yet exhausted,
Civilization meant that state of mankind where
the people lived in settled society," and were re.
fined in manners and improved in arts and learn,
ing, The savage state was where the people were
undeveloped uncivilized untaught, or without
cultivation in mind, manners and the arts He
compared the canoe with the steamship to show
The distance between the savage and the civilized
state. Compared the war canoe with It's war i'm.
al Oh,
with its gunpoWder, cannon and steam.
He related how Columbus used his knowledge
of astronomy to compel the Indians to bring him
supplies when he was shipwrecked on the island
of Jamaica, telling them Of an eclipse of the moon
The first step toward civilization was covering
the naked body; clothing was the first step, in
deed clothing was necessary to carry pocket
knife, or q title to q homestead-Without clothing
we were nothing. And then man was tool-using
animal-the lower animals usedIno tools. This was
the great distinction and our progress was marked
by new inventions and new tools or machines
Man, though weak biped, performs wonders by
his tools, machines these being the result Of rea.
son and ingenuity. Man is the wonderful animal
of this GLOBE brings up wealth from the bowels Of
the earth, cuts through or levels mountains
bridges or tunnels mighty rivers, sends his com
muniCation by lightning, the rays Of the sun
takes his picture, he flies over and around mother
earth by the mighty power Of steam, and guided
by reason he calculates the distance and dimen
sions of the heavenly bodleg losinglhimself, as Il
we're, in the wonders Of creation, and, in trying
to grasp Gods boundless universe, realizes there
by his own diminutive littleness. All these, how
ever, mark the progress Of civilization and many
of these wonderful results are within the recollec
ton Of many Of us.
The progress Of civilization depends upon thu
general spread Of knowledge, and freedom of in
dividual thought and action. Hence In those
countries where freedom OF thought and epeact
and individual liberty have most prevailed, there
has the advance been greatest. Here knowledge
and thought take practical shape and develop
ment The great enemy Of progress has beer
that condition Of society where the few had al
governmental power, and all the property, ant
so controlled church and state and kept down thu
masses OF the people In the dead sea Of oppress
ion.
The mariners compass led the way to the dis
covery Of America and made an opening for en-
terprlse; the art Of printing gradually cheapeneC
knowledge and brought books and knowledgt
within the reach OF the poor. One advance mad
way for another, made another necessary, and 81
discovery and invention has gone on and is go
ing on The invention Of the steam engine anC
its application to machinery Is the great Wonde
Of the world and ia revolutionizIng the world.
works forus In every waY--makes clothing, print
our papers and books, threshes ou- wheat anC
grinds 1t into -four, 10 our horse on land and ou
power at sea. Invention has reached all depart
ments OF labor. even the toiling women have thu
sewing machine and the knitting machine: bu
they have still the privilege Of continuing cook
ing machine.
The beneiaCtors Of mankind have not beel
found among the so called Rristooracy. The
have rather retarded and stiAed useful geniuE
have rather given the world bloody and ruinou
wars, standing armies and national debts. Tn
end and object Of progress should be the weliar
and happiness Of the people. The safety of tn
people is the supreme law and life, liberty, prop
erty are in the keeping Of the law. How import
ant tie law should be In strict accord with justice
and thus promote progress. Justice has been de
nominated the mother Of peace the spring O