The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-20
A PATRIARCH
Caught Within the Sacred
Precincts Of His
Ancient Workshop, With the
Sunlight Sitting
weirdly Through Dusty Window
Panes,
Talks Freely OF Canton In the Twen'
ties and rhirties.
A Fine Paper on Canton Fifty
Years Ago.
A Woman Who Considers Fifty Years
Ago Something heoent, Writes on
htyie-The Improvement In
Hdueatiou Since Canton
Was In HeF Infancy.
A Fine Paper on Canton Fifty
Years Ago.

Was in Her Infancy.
uA6gs, l REMEMBER THOSE
~ times aspeTfectly aa If they had
been bat yesterday" remarked that old
patriarch jeremiah Lind, 40 he ceased
work on hand saw for a moment and
turned half round to see II his visitor
was qulzzlug him or whether he was In
earnest about hearing Of the time OF
llfty years or more ago
The scene was the Lind basement In
West Tuacarawaa street ana 70 the yla'
itor II was as pleasing aaitwas original
although he had often sought out the
hoary headed citizen for "Reminiscences
of olden times that prove 80 fascinating
to younger generations,
AwuRD SCENE,
Pencil could not do justice TO the
scene. When one leaves behind HIN
thestone steps at the door he leaves be-
hind him about all traces OF modern
times, and as one gO2el about him a. the
thousand and one odd articles on lloor
ceiling aud wall older probably than
the average ylsItor2 40 Jeremiah Is
watched NJ hi8 work bench, with his
long white hair and beard looking long
on aud winter than ever In this work,
ah0p where the light 10 slowly Uttered
through dusty window punes ana u me
fuscIa OF wonderful growth; with an
old muskot, powder horn and game bag
aud the log of the last deer KILLED IN
Stark county within easy reach OF hmi
with al this before him, the visitor
could with but little trouble, Imagine
himself back IN the times OF primitive
Canton ua hC drinks Ia the personal eN'
porence OF jeremiah,
As the old gentleman uttered the
words which open this article ho saw
that the visitor was ready " hear him
on any
OLD TIME TOrio
upon which he might converse ond
placing the old saw upon the bench ne
turned upon his chair, Lighted. his OLD
pipe which he took carefully from W
place on q bracket, and with the smoke
curling lalily from the bowl and no IN
terynla more energetlCally from the
smoker mouth, Old Bemlniscenso was
ready for business,
WNs you've heard me say often, there
were two crowds which fought for su'
premacy In Canton, say along IN the
tWentieg or thlrties, resumed the speak
er, "and they were known as the up
town and the down town or Sleepy llol'
low boys. Among the uptown boys
were Adam Shorb, Phillip DNnner aud
myself, Many Is the time we nave gone
out fishing and hunting NJ = o'clock ID
the morning and didn't return until
long after sun'down,
"ln fishing | frequently went by my
self There was nothing | enjoyed 30
much ms u good fish IN some quiet spot
far from mankind. You see II wasn't
a lazy man who'd 60 fishing and hunt
ing In those times. You couldn't jump
train, ride 10 the fishing grounds and
then fish In q finely painted boat You
had 10 walk or ride In wagon over
rough roads and
40 THROUGH ItARDsnps
that the present generation would think
the hardest kind Of labor But we
caught more fish aud had more sport
20 the hour than the modern fisherman
has In day. And wo caught more
fish, too" chuokled the old man with
pardonObo pride,
now THEY 0oTTuEnE.
am never forget the time when we
beat the down town boys NJ their own
pame. My boat had been borrowed one
night by the down town boys, didn't
ask where they were goinl ana they
wouldn't have told me If had, lear
ing about the next mornin' u wagon
being driven NJ rapid rate along what
is now West Tuscarawns, ! looked out
and saw u number Of down town boys,
/ knew where they we're bound for ~
was Massillon, aud they'd heard the Gu
nal was open. | sent word by Shnrb,
and when he came told him we would
have to DIVE 10 Massillon ot once lie
went back Tor hB horse and buggy In
the meantime had started 10 fashion
up boat from some pieces In my shop
He went back tor his wagon on learn
ing what was dom, and when he re
turned had q pretty fair boat built.
at was pretty late then but we
DROVE OK A DEAD RUN
to Massillon taking u back road, leay'
ing Kendall and going north TO miss the
Sleepy Hollow crowd. When we
reached the canal we found II had been
opened. The down town boys were not
there. We set TO work and had made
n number of haul9 before they showed
up. They had stopped Mt The Massillon
tavern for good time, You should
have seen the look on their faces when
they spied us. M.
awe sold fish In large quantities In
Massillon and had all we could bring
home. The other fellows didn't get u
great DEAL" and here tae old man
laughed 80 heartily his pipe went out
When he had relighted II, he com.
menced on deer and bear hunting, ~
is long and interesting story that VIII
keep for another day.
cSRaT THE PIONEER MEETING
GfIG Mrs. Josiah Hartzell, Of North
VJg' street, read q finely prepared pa