Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-01
LAGONOA NOTES.


In ISt,p There WaS "A laurt / nm of brick /
.t,mdin,r where thr C,tLnIir cemetery is |
,nw They were for some reason not very
.aI.ah,r and were rurrha,rI hy th- ma /
,hine rn,nrauy for - 80 per thnu,and. and
,...J in huiIding tho old fnuudr,- and hrirk
.hnn Tho lime WAS hru-ht of David
,LatF.r ,t ton CENTS u,.r hu,h,.I delivered
Previous TO 1876. War,Irr. Mitchell Il Co. !
had ceased to manufacture ANYTHING but
r,.an,rs and mowers turning fb,ir attru-
tium vholly tn that line and mn 10
ih,t wear made different kind,
among thrm th, krtrhum mrvrr Dru,-
unr,. s,.lf-rnkpr N.v Wort, r,.,,,,r Dhjn
harvester Rurkr,r Marsh har,,,rrr err
mill the wear Is,;7 when the nrm entered
,ntn an arrauyrmeut with Whit,l-y Fa,,Irr
4 Kelly to Manufacture. the Cnamniom ma
rhinrs having a rnyaIt, up,n each machine
made and have cnntInu,d from that I,mr
uutil the. prrSrnt. nineteen year, Ia make
fine '.Chamri,I," exclusively Durug each
successive y.ar thpy have heru
cnmreIlrd tn greatly Increase then
facilities. until their factory i, now one Of
the largest in America and instead of en-
rInying a half hundred men A. at first
they II Nv work nearly eight hundred. La
,r,,n,Ia is indebted 10 no ont. man 81 uurll
min II. Wander. He i one of the pluur,.r
of Ohio. having OPENED up
the nrst shop here about 1870, and during all
these thirtv-SiN wears. in the various changes.
lie has been the senior partnrr, and
managed and directed the e>tradlvincrra>ing
business until he has amasSrd fortune.
and through his mtiring energy and sue
cess has been able to give rmploymrnt to
-. l., ii
into positions of ease and luxury.
J. {. Child. one. of his nrst partners. left
| I.agunda about the year 1870, going to IIar-
per'> Ferry. Va. where he went into the
milling business for time: then purchased
a large grocery, which he is still proprietor
of at this time.
John W. Brokaw. the other earl,
partner. left Lagonda about the year
IS60. going To Illinois. atterward went into
the army As captain. and was killed at the
battle of Fort Donnel>on.
Ross Mitchell, the next partner with
b. Ii. Warder. was born Nov. IA. 1924. in
I.andiSharg Perry county. PENN He came
with his parents To DAYTON. o. in 1886.
moved Ia Springfield in ls52, and in Septrm-
ber. 1854. moved Ia Iagunda. living where
\ ) Munday now lives. IN an old house.
then where Eli Elwell now lives. In that
year hlS connection with the Iagouda
works began, hr being assistant book
keeper tor two Years: was then promoted
To- head buohkerper and made a special
partner. and in 1855 became a regular part
ner. which connection he held until Noyru-
ber. 1850. He sold out his Interest To-
Warder. Bushnell n Glr>>ner. after CON
uection of % years with the establishment
He in the meantime purchased the btauui-
full home of Judge llal>ey, and. greatly i'm
proving it, is still an honnred citizen OF La
gonda. 1t is said of him that for nearly -
years he was the tir>t man in
the shops in the morning. and the last man
in them at night. We doubt whether an
other instance of such umvary ing regularity
and attention la business duties can be
found on record. The next partner in this