The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-01-09

mhintn ~ remote hnHuulty, hnu many u
one since. SO. long ago or short ago.
The phrase "Auld Lang Syne,h IN
Burnh'a famous song, pertains 10 friends
meeting after long separation, and Scot
ilhh llKe, na was tho fashion IN Burnh'a
time and Il not yet forgotten, the propoal-
ton II "Me'll tax u cup % klndneaa yet,
For auld lang ayne,n Syne IL our word
since, somewhat differently used IN the
Scottish dialect The Irlahman hit II
pretty well when he explained u IN mean
Ing "old long since ago,h
This grand old and popular song, then,
IN only n variation of tho long ago, Hut
lot me illustrate by u verse or twol
should auld acquaintance no forgot
An never hr0npht 10 MINI
should Auld acquaintance uo forgot
Az days o. hiR ynei
fQi Anld lang hjnr, ny dear,
For hnid lAng aynei
Wen tak cup o. hlhdneAa yet
for auld lang hyne'
found when In Scotland two years ago
that my Scotch friends, well read though
they were, had never read or heard The
Old Oakcn Bucket, and when | gave II
they thought II very ilno. hhyOu oil know,
II pertains TO and brings up the long ago,
The departments Of Information are
numorouaj and trayoralng the avenues OF
these departments, no 40 10 become iamil-
lar therein, IN over u pleasure 10 the aoek-
or after truth, "Knowlcdge, the wing
whor0wlth We fly 10 heaven says Shake
spear, must become familiar 10 him who
would use and apply. In fact, he must
know II, aud usually this can only bo by
repeated use, possibly by frequent nppli-
cation or repetition, hut life itself ~ re-
petition, q daily round, and the rolling
year. with lta returning seasons and re-
production'continucai and 40 also Keep
Ing up animal and vegetable life,
$50 diiug vegetables llto sustain
Boo n q dlnlOylnN yoHctAlv nnalh
Al f0HuH thnt pedah ulnuf form. supply
(liy tins we catch tho Vital breath ana dlo)
" hbbira on tlc yea nl matter borne,
thcy rise. thry break, ana 20 that tta return
But Lot mo not wander too far from
home. In this aorioa Of papers have en-
dcayorod TO present points OF local his
tory,
"lllatoryn II IL said, "only attNins In
full stature whom Il not only records, bul
describes In considerable fullncaa, social
events aud evolution, whom II mnrbl
change and growth, the movement ol
society from one phase Go Rnothor,n lu
this view, no subject " moro important
or moro entitled 10 our consideration,
Man IN not born 10 solve tho problem ol
tho universe, but rather 20 ilnd out hit
position here, Andtry 10 improve that, re
atrninlng himeOlf within the limlta OF hii
comprehension, Tho poet Pope aayai
uOf man what SOC wo but hia Htut0n huru,
fium WHEN ~ reason, or 10 Will u ttitr
Through worlds unuumuorod' uo' tho u0dbo
'rla ours 70 iihcc him only IN our own"
have rond that. 'Tia tho secret Of tht
Rodn that they como In low dlngliaoa
Ia l.t 1lvnnnf
with gold and jowon Real kings hid'
away their crowns In their wnrdrobcs
and affect poor exterior. In the Nors'
| legend Of our ancestors, Odin dwolla In d
| llahor'a hut, and patches n boat. In th'
| Hlndoo legend, Hnrl dwolls u poasan
among peasants. In the Greek legend
Apollo lodges with the shepherds OF Ad
motua, and Joyo likes 10 rustlcntl
among tho poor Ethiopians. So
In our history Jesus IL born II
n barn, and his twctvo peers nr,
ilahoImon, 'Tia tho very principle o
sconco that nature shows herself bost u
lcasta. II was tho rulo OF our poete, II
the legends OF fairy lore, that tho foiric
| largest In power woro tho least In size. II
| the christian gracos, humility stands
| highest OF all In tho form OF the Madonna
and In llfo this Ia the secret OF tho Wise.
II will bo seen that the useful ~ indi
Gated as "a virtue In the models given
| Tho useless IL by no means held up To-
| our approval and adoption.
Having, ns stated, diahod mp IN thoa'
pnpOrs, pointn OF local history, whore IN,
meetings respectively were hold, this fca
turo must not be omitted hero. PER-,
township and Masaillon have long beer
prominent In this section, and In oil tha
inertia attention aro not falling away II
any respect. Az a meeting Of tho Count,
| Commissioners Dec. 7, 1918, II was orderct
that township 10, In range = be known ai
Perry, no dohbt In honor Of the then horC
! OF tho hour, Oliver Hazard Perry, .wht
commanded the American llcot on Lake
Erie, and had gained tho victory over the
| British fleet on the 10th Of September pre-
yloua. An election was also ordered fol
township Offices on tho last Saturday o
February, 1914, ~ tho house OF Samuo
Patton, I'm Kendall. Tho election was n,
doubt hold, but tho names Of those olcctot
nre not given In tho history OF Starl
| county.
Among the residents OF the south par
| OF the township at this timo were such IN
miliar names ~ BAhncy, Wagner Stump
| Jacoby, Shorb, McCaughoy, Miller, Rit
ten, aud In the immediate noighborhoot
woro VIM. Henry, Thos. Rotch, Coffin
| Stanton, Coleman, Skinner. Wales
Chidcstor, Bowman, Chapman, Allen and
Capt Mayhow Eolger, who kept ono o.
| the onrly hotels In Mnssillon.
Tho village OF Kendall, now tho AL
! ward OF Mnssillon, was laid out In 1871 b,
| Thos. Rotch, one OF the most prominon
/ Of the carly sottlcrs. Ho and hia wifi,
were Quakors or Friends, from Massn
| chuaetts,
Aryino walos and Charles X. Skinner
| came with Mr.. and Mrs, Rotch, from th,
| Old Bay State. Mr.. Rotch utilized th,
SlppO Creek, by buildingn wooden factor!
and q saw mill. No doubt those cstnb
| lishments were useful In their day. TIL,
war ofl8l2-ld with Great Britain interior
rcd with the settlement OF Ohio and for
| timo pnralizod businoss.
| A weaver named Moses McCAmmoi
worked in the Rotch factory for acvera
| yonrs about 1890 until he removed TO hi
farm In Wayne county, whore he dlei
somo years ago 0t nn advanced age. Nh
McCammon was Scotch Irish and wa
aomothing OF q poet. For several years
some twonty 70 thirty yenrs ago, had tn
! pleasure OF publishing poems from hin
IN tho columns OF the S.nrlk County DEMc
GRAFT. They were mostly In the Scoltie
dialect aud some of them were quite cred
table. Cln publishing the first pieco h
sent ho v as highly pleased and 50 wrot
saying II was the first instance where on
OF his Scotch productions had been cor
rccily published, About twenty-five year
ago no visited me, rcmnining over SUI
day. On indulging in dislrof ice croar
In the evening, tho old man, then ovC
soventy, said ho had never tastod tho 81