The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19

OLD CITIZENS.
On Wednesday of last week | came
to Webster and called at the office of
the Webster Fire Brick & Coal Co.
The original founders Of this company
were Rev. John Bennett, Gilbert Ben
nett, R. 7. Coils, Geo. Edmunds, w.
S. Gillian, Wash. Sallady and j. W.
Lumis. Branson Miles soon took an
interest in the company and is now
one Of the largest stockholders,
The capital stock is $4,000.
J. NJ Watts, formerly Of this place,
is Superintendent, and Geo. Edmunds
Secretary. Shepard Moore is Super
intendent Of the yard, and is a man Of
long experience in the business of
making fire brick. The company have
about sixty men in their employ.
Fire brick are counted by weight,
six pounds being counted as one, and
1000 is days work. They pay cash,
and wages are from 81 to $3.50 per
day, according to the kind Of labor
performed.
Mr.. Watts has had charge Of these
works but short time, and is pushing
the work The men now make over
full time. This is done by working
after they have made 1000 brick,
which is a days work, and all work
after doing this is extra.
Webster has three churches, a Mis-
sionary Baptist, Methodist Episco-
pal and United Brethren; and the
Lutherans are building one. There
are two school buildings, three stores
and one hotel, and the population is
about 300.
Among the old citizens here are
Jonathan Boyer, so years, John Ben
nett, 70, Catharine Bennett, 76, James
NJ. Cole, Miranda Searls and Branson
Miles, y, Geo. W. Baker, SO, and
Washington Richart 66 years.
JAMES N. COLE.
| called on Mr. Cole, and in speak
ing of the editor Of this paper, he
said Mr.. Mackley's first wife, Polly
Steece, was his wife's cousin, and was
married at his house at Oak Hill,
about forty years ago; and, about the
same time, a Mr.. Kelly married Il girl
that was living with them, and both
were called Coles sons-in-law.
Mr.. Cole commenced using tobacco
about forty-fve years ago, and after
using it about twenty years quit its
use for three years, when he got some
kind Of q throat complaint, and again
commenced using it, and continued to
chew for several years, then smoked
for time, then commenced chewing
again, and still continues; but says he
never. used it to excess.
Speaking of the flight of time, Mr.
Cole said the older person gets the
faster time appears to pass, and ac-
counted for it this way: When peo-
pie are growing, and until they get to
be thirty-five or forty years old, they
are building castles in the air, and
wishing time to pass; then it appears
to go slow; but when they get on the
shady side of life, and begin to feel
that the end is near at hand, and are
anxious for time to pass slowly, the
years seem to pass by as months did
during our youth.
JOHN BENNETT.
This old gentleman has a quiet
comfortable home; he is 70 years old
and his wife, Catharine, is 3 years
younger; a widowed daughter, Mrs
Hawkins, lives with them. His father
went into the army at the age of 16
during the revolutionary war. His
mothers people were nearly all killed
by Indians. He had three brothers
who served under Hull during the wa1
Of 1912, and one, Joshua, lost his
right arm. He had two sons in the
army during the rebellion, both in the
Western army. John served 4 years
and Henry years. Both came home
unhurt
Mr.. Bennett was born in Pittsburgh
in 1901, and came to Portsmouth, o..
on raft in 1915. He says there were
many Indians i'll Pittsburgh when he
was boy He saw fort there that
was built during the revolutionary
war. He has lived in Bloom township,
Scioto county, Ohio, during the past
fifty years, except two years that he
lived in CentreviIle, about thirty years
ago. He says the winters were not so
severe then as now; that it was COM
mon for children to go barefooted all
winter; that grass pasture was good
in February forty years ago.
When he came to Portsmouth there
were old levees there that indicated
that this part of the country had been
inhabited by an intelligent race Of
people at some period in the past.
Flints were found in large numbers
that must have been prepared by IN
dians.
The people lived on wild meat,