The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-08-30
PIONEERS MEET
AT THE RESIDENCE OF DR..
SMITH.
SHORT TALKS AND PAPERS On
EARLY LIFE.
A Committee Of Five Appointed TO Al
feet an Organization Of the Old
Timers-The Gathering A
Success.

On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 20, in com
pliance with published notice, u large
number of the older citizens OF Yelling
ton and vicinity met at the residence OF
DR.. j. W. Smith, under the trees upon his
spacious grounds, whose wide spreading
branches and bountiful shade reminded
us of the primitive forest that covered the
ground where our fair village is located
when many of those present came 10
Wellington.
Francis Wadsworth was chosen chair
man and Charles Phelps secretary.
The chairman called upon several per-
sons for short speeches, and they gave
interesting "reminiscences OF the events
that happened during the first settlement
of Wellington.
With. Sutliff came into the county
in August, 1920. When he came through
Cleveland there was only thirteen houses
and only three in Elyria. They settled In
Carlyle, going into log house without
door, floor or window. They used poles
for bed. steads and Eastwood bark for bed
cords. The chimney was made of sticks
and the spaces filled with mud. Hi
mother baked bread in bake kettle, and
spun and wove cloth for her large family
His trousers were made OF deer skin, hav
ing had seven pair.
], s. Case was born in CRANKY, Ct, an
came TO Ohio in July, 1918, on his ten'l
= birthday. His father was physician
: and settled in Hudson, and. owned th'
: farm where the Western Reserve colleg
was afterward located. His father wa
l kicked by horse and died from the Ell
fects. He learned the tanners trade an
!. came to Wellington Ga years this montl
and taught school the next winter in 10
$ school house that stood where Mallory
u store now stands. In the spring OF lSS
d he commenced tanning and also started
shoe shop, employing several men, and b
B. is the only man living that was in bus
T. ness in Wellington at that early day.
i BENJAMIN Wadsworth has been hei
D. about 10 years. The wolves were plent
II and he and DR.. Smith and two siste
J" we're boiling sap one evening and q
" wolves began to howl, and came so clio
that they left for home on the doub
Quick. They moved from Berket, Mas
with two yoke OF oxen. The oxen start
A. for home and we're not overtaken UNI
IN they got to Windham. lie had suit
'e- clothes made Of deer skin and color
as with dye made from soft maple bark.
DR.. Smith and his fathers family car
S. across the lake from Buffalo. Wh
W. they got opposite Cleveland the b'
to stopped, as IL could not get into the HI
in Dor, and they landed the passengers
act small boats 1t was in the night and
be lake was rough, and they went on to s.
9TH dusky, where they landed and started
on. Wellington, stopping over Sunday IN
a school house In Milan. When they
lch rived at Wellington there were only I
frame houses here, DR.. Johns and Jut
Hamlin's.
E.O. Foote came to Wellington FRI
III Elyria in 1889. He took the names Of
an. the heads of families In town-there W
n 81 and they are all dead. In 1881 tn
"a, was not bushel Of wheat in Elyria.
vn ]. Howk settled in southeast Welli
,en ton 10 1884. They used hickory bark
the torches to 20 through the woods at MI
ana One man who had been to see his best
was frightened by the wolves and clim
hat a tree TO escape, and when he awoke
the the morning he was sitting on the grol
ON. hugging the tree.
two Deacon Horace Wadsworth said It
i'm an interesting "a thering to him. Our
by rents are all gone ane we love TO che
ad- their memory.
70 He told some items Of school hist
which showed that boys were boys
those days.
g.. warper lived In log house
wv puncheon floor; peeled oak bark 10
,V Deacon Case for boots already worn
" etc.
T.R. Herrick came from New Yori
that 1925. The frs, minister he heard pre-
can in Huntington wore tow pants too o
iss ,s.. for him, and was barefooted and too
and chew Of tobacco during his sermon,
also he thoughthe preached better sfterw
lion, F.B, Manly said the exercises bro'
TO mind old times. He came with
, &C. fathers family from Otis, Mass, vi
I. team consisting Of q pair Of oxen and