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

| llNll ilNlilNlHf NHl'h ~ .'NN NHN
Htauneh Jeitersonlan, and knew q son
and a grandson, also firm in tho faith
mention them, Rs all have departed, thf
first dying Iva 1870, and the family remoy
| Ing To- LolldOnyllle, where lived and died
! tie two descendants referred 10, The son
and grandson served in the Legislature OF
| Ohio, both in the Senate, They were mon
Of character and both men Of reading,
ln referring 20 Perry township and
Massllon, the man Of all others as far IA
| | have understood, who deserves hOnOra'
bio and prominent mention for business
enterprise and energy, ID probably Capt
Jamea Duncan, lle located here Ia 1870
| having come from Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, where he had done business
| sailing vesHel In tho merchant service
| lilo owned the ksiramadura farm south OF
| the town, and also land now occupied by
/ the town OF Maealllon, which was laid Oui
/ IN lH2b'lh20, Mr., Duncan soon had q
| Touring mill, saw mill and diatlllery Ia
| operation, and IN lA22 loaded a Hat boat
With Hour, whlakey, potatoes, bacon, 6G,,
aud when the river was AT hood, the load
cd boat started from near where the stone
bridge now IN, and reached Cincinnati III
safety, where he made a good sale, This
success Induced other similar trips, all,
however, less profitable. Mr., Duncan
also had dly gooda store, anl was tie
/ Go, In the Arm cf q. X, Skinner a Co, la a
woollen manufnctory.
In january, 1926, al the brick residence
Of Mr., Duncan, the only one ~ that time
IN tho place, were lot "A sections Of the
Ohio canal, extending from summit Lake
10 lust below Mahalllon. Mr.. Dunean'H
| Influence, / have been Informed, had
much 10 do IN having the canal located
on the east side OF the rlyerj and Mrs,
Duncan II was who named the town Mas
hlllOn, after the celebrated French pulpit
orator who died In iA2 Mrs. Duncan, II
aeema, was o good French scholar, and
her maiden name, Vilotie, would Indicate
French origin
read that the frat orchard planted In
Perry township waa on tho south side OF
tho Canton aud Maahlllon road, on the
Daum farm and Il N thought was planted
by Jonathan Chapman, better known aa
JOhnny Appleseed, nickname given
| from his going through the country and
onqulrlng az each house for apple seeds
~ plant orchards. In the latter years Of
hlH life ! helleye he was u resident OF
Rlchlnnd County. For q full hketoh OF
"Johnny AppleseOdn SEQ Rlchland cOun,
~, In llowe'a ilIatorcal Collections Of
Ohio, Of which a new edition IN being pub
lIahed, the second volume soon 10 appear
all revised by Mr., Howe, himself.
One OF the episodes IN tho history Of
Perry township was the Kendall communl.
" organized Ia 1870. The purpose was o
social reform on tho plan OF the celehrnt-
90 Robert Owen. This community
bought Of the Roich estate, IN 1870, 2,llB
acres OF land, improved and unlmproyed
for go 900. Tho original members were
residents OF Stark aud Portage counties
aud were joined 10y some two dozen others
In 1897, from the state Of New York, The
community soon dissolved na times were
hard, employment scarce and they were
unable 10 meet their payments for the
land.
Robert Owen was truly phllanthroplat
and under his management OF co'opern'
lon and hcnoyooncO NJ New Lannrk In
Scotland his plan proved q great success.
lie encouraged education aud good habits
IN old and young, had the company build
comfortable dwellings for their employees,
convenient 20 the factory provided u
library and lecture room and aided mater
inlly In educating the children, dried up
by this means all the drinking shops IN
Now Lannrk, aud 40 promoted tho com
fort and happnoaa " tho two or three
| thousand inhnbllnnta Of the place, hia
plan extended 10 giving 10 every emplOyo
II
giving u low interest 10 the capital, "a share
OF the residue was laid aside for tho bone
| NJ OF the wOrlgmcn In case OF doprcsaiOn
| or atngnutiOn in the business, Under gucl
management the ESTABLISHING Mt Nt New
| LOnnrk was the most prosperous OF any In
/ Great Britain. / found on visiting Now
| Lanark two years ago, for II IN only some
/ 10 miloa from my native town, that ~
| glory had departed. Tho progress Of In
| yontlon and Improvement has WORKED
| changes that amount 20 revolution. Now
Lnnnrk IN on the Clyde, Just below the col
obratod falls OF the Clyde, and Il was on q
| visit 20 the falls that had my friends gC
i round by New TO get back 10 the old tow
| of Lanark, whore was our carriage.
Robert Owen was an eloquent philnn
throplat aud his theory was that imam i
| the creature OF circumstances over whlcl
/ he has no control whnlovOr, that ho eau
| not say who shall bo his parents, what hil
country his politics or his religious creed
aud therefore hia character IN formed fu
him, not by him, that property IN very un
equally divided, and tho tendency IL I,
mako tho rich richer and the poor poorer
that those who produced the wealth on
loycd hut little Of II, and that those VIII,
produced nothing had too much for thol
own good, that the producing classes, !
properly educated, could easily shnp,
thinga so aa 20 secure 10 each his propc
ahare.n Excuse this range, ns / know
YOU will, for aim not In these papers u
historical continuity, hut rather TO CIV,
points Of interest, NJ least TO myself.
need not do more on this occasion, anj
nj this place, than 20 rcfor 20 the rapit
growth OF Mnssillon into great buslnos
point nftcr tue completion OF the canal
After this outlet, the development OF thi
rcgion moved OH with rapid strides and
well remember the long strings of fnru
wagons loaded with wheat, that usod :,
pass through Canton day after day, oi
iholr way 90 Massillon. This, Of course
was before railways came TO oqunligI
more generally market advantages. Mas
sillon, however, In due time, got In shape
and with h0r manufacturing industries
coal Developments, de-, recovered ant
still enjoys n solid prosperity.
In this connection let mo give what I
aaid regarding Mnssilon IN the EncyclO
podia Brttnlcai "Mnssillon, city O
the United States, In Stark county, Ohio
Ia aituatod on the Tuscarawas, hoat
stream OF tho Muskingum, communicate
with Lake Erie by the Ohio canal ant
forms an important junction for vnrlou
limos of railway. II IL well known for II
coal mines and whito sandstone qunrrice
and II also contains blast furnaces, rollins
mills, foundriea, machine shops, girls
mills and extensive ostabllshmcntsf for th,
manufacture OF agricultural implements
glass and paper. The population 3,SlO II
1860, was 8,SSS In 1890"
No doubt the consns next year will show
n good increase on these last figures
This sketch would no imperfect NJ I,
Mnsaillon were / not 10 say that MnssilloI
has held high place In tho importon
matter OF public .cducatlon,. her irol
schools being up with the best In the land
No higher praise than this cum be giycn
~ the aim Is, In the Language of, Johl
Milton, ITO nc n man 10 perform Justly
wisely and mognnnimously, all tho OIL
oes both public aud private, OF peace nnt
wnr.p In other words, 20 oqunli2e tho op
portnnitles OF life, by giving TO tho you'll
OF our land fair intellectual endowment
and capacity. This Is tho recognized
principlo throughout tho Republic. Edu
cntion thus general and free cannot h,