The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-01-19


' at one OF the few neighbOrs whose enter
prise had made them the pOssessOrs of
nne young orchard, was Understood tO
be sufficient invitation, which &he
young people we're not slow to accent
ana decked out in their simple, yet ali
Ghe more attractive manner, the young
ladies' led off in the attack on the large
tu6s of apples provided, in which all
TOOK hand, and after an hour or more
work, lnterspersed with much wit, good
numOr, and tossing of apple cores, the
luOs, "snltz" and parings were cleared
away, and aftera lunch of pie and cake,
Ihey were ready to eater into the solid
enjoyment of the evening Plays were
introduced In which the different move
EalehIs OF marching, conference.-the,
&C. We're directed by the words of the
song selected for each of the many
pIayS OF the evening. One we remem-
yer ueSdn with Il am a rowing bach
elor, from Scotland came" i'm which
was paIhetlcally described the amiabIe
disposition, trlals, yiciSsitudes and dis
appointments of the lover e9countarpd
in his efforts to win the one Who noSl
sessed his heart and the final reaIiza-
tlOh OF his hopes, which must be sealed
| as was the ending of each of the DIayS
| with kiss not like your stingv modern
variety, but so square and hearty, that
as Josh Billings would describe it, made
one feel as though a streak of creased
lghtnlng was playing up and down his
| SPihal c0lumn, and which fellow
| ullnG 7 get over for a week The even
| lng's enjoyment was brought to
close by seeing the girls home or discon-
| sOiately carrying off the much dreaded
mitten.
-, Shooting off the old and shooting in
ehe new year was sport in which often
iaOln Iav,l zen TO twenty of the young fell
lows, armed with Old-fashiOned single
| or double barreled pistols. marched from
| house to house, and after arrangino,
| themselves in line, commencing at the
heau, succession of startling re-
! ports were heard, which was Oftp5 the
| urst lntlmatiOn of the presence of the
parry Ihus the night was spent until
an Uhe pretty girls in the nei yhbOrhoOd
@ @lldu oeeh h0nored with several salutes,
| reminding them of the deDarture of the
Old and the advent of the new wear
| -, A State law passed somewhere about
Gne year $3.50, required that all able
DOuied men between the ages of 21 and
10 should assemble at some central noint
III companies, for muster, under a chosen
captain and at stated times for battaIIion
ana brigade drill, the latter being held
one year aC OsnabuTg, another at Wooster
an anu tMilddleDury; the different companies
starting early, making the long march
going through the drill, and returnin9
the same day. These annual gathpringS
Tor the Snyder settlement took DIace at
the treyberger tavern, near which was
atterWard known as the Kramer tavern
a mile and half south of HartyiIIp.
one hundred and sixty were enrolled
uIiuer JACOB carte, who served as Cap
tain for many years. A heavy fine was
imposed on all who failed to annpar on
the stated day, armed with rifle or
musket. These fines were. bOwever
rarely collected, and as all were unahie
I'd procure arms, sticks and cOrnstalks
were substituted. These annual mustpr-
lhgs were great gala-days as each
neighbOrhO0d bOasted its cbampiOn
hghter or bully" As might be sun-
poseu; so large an assembly of promiscu-
| Gus characters, many of them ruffians
| could not fail to be attended with many
herce fights, in which the rules of The
ring being unknown, kicking. biting
| nalr-pulllng and "gOuging" were freely
| lhuuiged Ill, anything being fair which
could give either the advantage and il
| was not uncommon for one of the parties
10 nave an eye "gOuged" out or a finger
OF an ear chewed" off. Ii was not an
uIlusual thlng for three or four fights to
| De going on at the same time. and the
slightest disposition on the part of the
friends of the cOmbatants to interfere
| was sure TO be resented so the Darties
| were usually left to fight it out until
OOth We're exhausted or one or the other
came Off victor. In a fierce encounter
| which took place on one of the muster
uays, winch lasted over half an hour be-
| tween TWO famous fighters named Rich
ards and Wingert, the former came off
second best with the loss of an eve.
Wlngert Ona subsequent occasion forced
a quarrel on Joseph Smith, which was
reIerIed 10 In former article, and
WHlcn smith was not slow to resent,
IL occurred in the Freyberger
bar-room. Wingert finding himself
more then matched, TesOrted to a dodge
that on more than one occasion had
served MIN good puTpOse-that of
"butting which failed him in
this instance, as Smith avoiding the on
SET, gave his antagonist fearful drub-
ping: This unexpected result gave
smith quite nOtOTiety and elected from
Nlngert the admission that there were
not three men in the county who
could handle him. Another noted fight
TOOK place between Dan Smith, brother
of Joseph, and man by the name Of
Hazlett, at sale in the vicinity of the
Freyberger tavern, the combat lasting
for an hour, which, for pluck and bui1
dog terOclty, was a common subject of
talk for years. Each had seizedSwith
the LEI hand-the other by the long hair
WniGLi IL was customary to wear, and
with the right fist pummeled each other
In fearful manner. What the result
would have been had it not Terminated
IN a tOuP'.Sam. a cousin of Dan.
Smith, tripping Hazlett, which placed
him underneath. Gradually, however,
these exhibitions of brute courage and
strength gave way to conviction that he
was the strongest whose mind was stored
with knowledge useful to himself and
his nelghbOrs and whose influence for
good was the most potent.
A mistake of the printer made i'm last
weeks paper says Zach" instead of
'YOck" Fulmer
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.