Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-04-05

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~. 20 Tiean in importance is Fostoria, OF
t;eh city Mr.. Charles w. Foster, tne
s.thsr Of the Ex-Governor OF Onlo, va W. suo
taInsJi tJar He was born in Rockheld: Wo5-
tounoe ncnrtv. Mass, November q, loOO, ana, |
csssetl SsSo rsmoyed to New York State. On
aDosT = 1851 1907. he married Miss Laura OrocAer'
He died April 26, 1883; o,.o Ia .ptt,ed
u =. asnaca county, and in October looz, ne
nrSsa.sdto nrSS the place now known az rSs Ssia' T
d ;ointlv with his father-ln-laW, S3nn Tia. J.
sIsr and his brother-in-lew, hos%vu ~n;nnroVad
entered about 1000 aero scrosS wears az aao with
land; ~ @a 000. the outside business OF tne
capital OF x,,ounts to over million dollars IL
nrm ho~ Gov wears under the supervision of
mas peen Foster. A local writer, inter
e1-ooseiNns e1 NJ Foster, sr., Just previous TO his
ylewine taund him to be very sturdy and
heoithful looking old gentleman; Aae as oons IL
gersstion naturally drifted 70 '1s uaSS ~
lang syne, when he tirst came 70 UhaJ, t09 ,,,th
Eoster said he had become acqqaln.,eu WIN ..l,S
o1,S@, rooCo lady IA the East, whose family moved
Sa,, 900 county, and thither ne followed as
l. W oee .~aar have done before. some time
young n the Young lady returned to Monroe
s.tu New York, her former home, on q
c1GhsSy' ;t ~ q season. and he in turn went ~
was not long before they were mareisu' pns Mis- M
event occurring January ~ Te,rr,hns
Toato. nae limited States juror at Coiumpus
ros.et wv Wv dav. when the elder Ewing was
n,;,ant II Sm attorney before the courts oe1ore
RIlnasart State House was Thought OF, ana
Iio p = took twenty-fo hours 10 reacn
Tn,rr,tus TnSm from his home by stage. he re-
ILL an incident in the campaign OF 4o'
when sTTippecanoe and Tyler too was he .te
slogan that called togetner uns nGsoS "n arJ
.osssbaled TO the support OF Harrison anu anu
marshaie9Il uotodc ~ 4hare was demonstration
Iyie,' TacLson was there-nine steamboats
ynndad Mnen ~ the guards with entnusiasS,lcc u !
s loaueu " coming up the Manmee from the
iaIa to participate in the meetine. . c.o,
i"A9 40 one time was clerk of election IN Seneca
+onuship' near Cutcheonville, wnen every 1,
man who came along was eiloweu ~ ;",, s3.e or
was customary to put po..,e C.es = .ahn chose tr
she M so Tniobt drink. 1t cost the trustees al anC
sors uS so ssverpl bottles of the ardent that Gay
u..t M Roster saws he saw no one drunk. ny
au ouT H.a,nanhers the peculiar relations exist
w. batween Henry Clay, AnoreW ,sn' Sa'asol as
= and John o. Adams in those aaysuuios yud,,sa on,
y The election was thrown INTO shs ,s nou +hsrah,
r,n,, r,ova his influence for Adams, tnereD.
Clay gaVSS ~ which won him the position
Saoratarv of State from the Presiaent an an'
IIrsn,ia dislike thereafter. ONO az 'na na
s;r,a oaye Mr.. Clay her sixteen Vo'es IL
MI Foster still survives, a witness no
oniu of the many changes that have ocoutur ,t,,r
. in Ohio during her more tnan naal the nron
of welded life, but has alSo en1U i;vino son il
distinction OF seeing heA oA'
execntlxe, ,rrc ne conntv was organized, accordln
1Ia Tonyt record, February II. le2o. ue.
Tod mas then President Judge OF the clrSul Sal
and nresided at this court: me nauie M ;3h; 1a;
dusky signifies cold wa1er oIied III long befol
water POOLS" 1t was SO caileu 1e. So,v5owsk, !o
tba nresence of the Indian trader oowuoMsn
ao s.o,. whom II was said to have been NAME
Tb;s region of country was once the iaTo.n ~,
ras;dance Of the Indians. Says non. lev
Csc s.TTpon the Sandusky river, ana ne'
Snhara the town of Lower SanauskS no
stauds lived n band of the Wyandots'
cA,1Ep rHE NEUTRAL NATION.
Thev occupied two villages which were 'cltl
IS rof1ge' where those who Sought saIe
MAYER failed to find it. 1nls ~; ~ ~;
Nation was still in existence TWO ceneusi q.
a0o. when. the French MISSIONARIES r. r.
:. cached the upper lakes. ::
Wuandot tradition represents them as haVi |
sanarated from the parent STOCK aurlnG .
hipodv wars between their own tribe anu
Troonois. and having fed to the Sandus
river for safety. That they here erecteI ~ :
forts within a short distance OF eacn 9'i.
and assigned one to the iroquomis: anu ,rt.
other to the WyHLuUtH uhA
tha;r war narfies might find securlty q
hosnitalitv. whenever they entered 'l
o,,ptrv y During the long, Q
S;sastarops contests which preceded ana
lowed the arrival of the Europeans IN WI ~
tbe Iroauois ccntended for victory anu vi u
enemies for existence, tins nttle :na oanu 7
served the integrity of their territoars' ohars
the sacred characters OF peace e-niahess. ss:o.,
who met upon their threshold met as 1rlen
For the Ground on which they stood was nc
r. Was a beautiful institution, CALM
neaceful island looking out upon ~ofie
waves and tempest .r
The late Major B. F. Stickney, says:
Wyandots have given me TINS accounr -
them: Att period OF Two cen!uaaes a ,,os as
this place we're at war with all the lnol
east. Two walled towns. were bnlit near
other and each was inhabited Dy thos
Wvgndot origin. They assumed neu
nosition. and all the Indians at war recog
ed that character. They might be caileo
~s neutral cities. ALI of the west mmlsns ~ =
= the western city, and all OF the ease
- eastern. The inhabitants of one city IN
# inform those of the other, that war pal
] we're there or had been there; but VINO
were. or whence they came, or anythihg u
mnst not be mentioned. The war pa
might remain there in security, taxing
own time for departure. Al tne We
town they suffered bno Woi iAoaD s.-Ia
prisoners near it; but the eastern Wouiu
An old Wyandot informed me tha6 No r
lected seeing, when boy, the n relisins sa.s,
cedar post or stake, at which tney !o.n L.
burned prisoners. The Erencn hlsCUi y,
tell us that these neutral cities were lnn
ed and their neutral character respe,
when they first came here. A. ieug
quarrel arose between the two clues, aho
DESTROYED the inhabitants OF uhe o'hef'
put an end to neutrality.
"rEcuMsEH's BROTHER, THE PROPHET
made a visit to the Wyandots. Of Lower
dusky. as early as 1906, says Peter nay
and designated four OF their oese WIN u
witches, whom he appointed men 70 81
midnight. This fearful deed Wouiu
haen consummated, hut for the timely l
ference of Rev. Joseph Badger, mlssle
to the Wyandots." Rev, Jos. baoger
the first man who preached the gosp 70
Sandusky county. In the war OF iolz n
anpointed chaplain by Governor Meags aes
u. IN 1t. Meigs during the siege OF 1919
- throuph the war was attached TO harri
Command. He died in Wood county III
I'VE first court house in Lower sans
fEramont). was erected near the present
dence Of Hon. Ralph p. Buckland. Inc
land surrounding was forest. Amou
nrominent men of this county were :
Isaac Knapp, DR.. Z. Q. Rawson,
Birchard, Rodolphus Dickinson,
HON. RALPH P. BUcKLAND,
and many others. The last mentione
horn at Leyden, Mass, 1872, removed
10 Ohio. attended Kenyon college, st