New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-24
PIONEER DAYS IN THE YVES l..
pr.JtNIsCrNCEs OF FARM AND PRINTING
OFFICE.
EErorLECTIONS OF LEE IN OHIO: F WIin an
" n t9ir Bv william Cooper HoW,ria. fMfna,w,e,is
Introduction by his s1n, Mlllinn %

10 iSIc ~ william Cooper ho"r,,s. Itowe;ls
tn,,o1uct.6n by his son, WILLIE Do a.. r,o"
~ -. yiv So, Tne Robert Clarke Company
THAT va. ! rugged par, of OHIO in wnich W :,
. towels BEGAN lifc ~ pioneer ihfI' az 49,
I rich bottom lands in jefferson CouAN' o"' ' 49,,
no. part the ground secms 10 be t''e' up Va
,r,s s,,rp rillfop and narrow VALLEY ai'e'"'"""
anil, The hills are rot moHntain'' Du' '"'E a.
s,ceoer than many mount1n' anu '.'' 49,
v,orrant Il tradition Whi-h Is Indigenous "'"""t ~
Gifts and ridge Of another Oh'o ''S'o.' "
poc'v Fork in I.icEinS Count. conce:h'"E 49,
Uho found his farm adorned with pea"s "a 49,
,b srn move. Sc. ON tlc SIDES o. thes" mis- the
moment . man begun - clear tHe s'o'i 80
ylticn the soil began - run away i'o' Num-
doing with every rain the valley peio"' IL We"
n, .i,,1 4 fam already sterile from tae miss ite'
lab,r OF his predecessors. that MI Ho"o"s 10 'o'
beg,, rustic life In Onto. The conditions W'Ic" "o
,eecrlhed in his autobiography were iaEl.lar ~
mic, later tine in tcc LEGS accessible ta''S Va ~
Men wnosc II, mory only covers periou VI ~
ve,r. may -is have beon familiar w!;A log cdo''''
Vim runcrtoc floors with the wide hrep.ace ""e.c
,,o c-ol.rg gqs don, in pots hung on cranes u u.
.,-ghen6lei skNetr or Dutch ovens lodg'i sh"s'
.,,,o,c o.o.v.7s ernbers hsy may oven Eve
,cr,i~l.,cr,o ~ tsc making ana LaH'Hs u n"'
ucle aaL above all. ~ -" fowl or 'h' J''''' wan,
IA rr,!2 oa "A s.fl.s before the hr' 20 "a -
... ,,i recall % scene Of thu sor they VII" p'',
,..s .-,. that o..o- rpasi c'u!i tr na' - gu
. r. l,rn !u th.s ~. The Ho-eli.f' Pd'''
.,...n mn &C. s.-s.-" ID m1rN. !. "'f Il. .-'''''
r.s..;,,4I o.. loves - ~ k-nI 81 "a DOT ''.'''
o.. w-..5 stool '"'' '-''' - tol
.D-. mo ta'' ''''' 90 '.'-'. ..,... ~ .,,.s
BIZ ra..'~ '' q" ''' m ,,..., M. made WIKI
- g., tl.., ts. chi. ..-on H. ard = ioop-hihiie -
lr 8. by b. all, rlI bail Ike Io' -! VIZ, -
.',. ,r..f.r. ,hc Pm 80 n,ak - "a
"'- '"N'i % ' - ~, horn: len l5is was
P"-'' .....,. .. ,,tcl a.l.n or toasted In
"'"' -. .,. 90. rtr II vas prlblby better
.-.,, >, e,....rs VINO wrc' ID ono from N"s'"''
,- Maryland .A1a To- '"' .,o .r,l.l, Ind
o. y o'' q '''' ' ' ,,r. ,o.,i..ea Of tho Ace
I-;' ~" COON 10 --,,r,,..eI ID, wat vas
iia " - ..-,,.,u-. 20 Convenient that
'.' , ,,. .rr.iyei % tae proseat cny.
w. 20, is ul.I to May trades IN MS
I'"' .'' . ,..r,.s, ...riircs was to hd.li-
.'"'' ~ p.r,I ON u'Gr,' on n"'r'-
'r' o. an '"'- . ,...,r s.en Tho p@lcess u
u'''i% l'i 49,. c. .r,t, 'J. hJlid.rg
"'"'"h . met. us 90 tae p.3ner nciSh.'
IT'D .itn -,..-s bonds er which ! ii'
'''" 49,. ., 90. ,..t.,.. covering sdr''c" ~
ID ,. ..sa No lc.; -, IL. men
~, '..,..-.,. c..l .rli.l. De- st-."s. a ""'
,'.,... co.. p, -. %. .l.g,rr us'Hs a iatG'
-, ,.. ,-.r .s 20 toor lack - i''' ''''-
.1.t o.! o.9! ana c.l.. n "''p % '
,,.r-e a. .-s -.--. suoo. MAT IL UP WI
. ,,iti.-s A.! otror email stun wa
''' - - t-.or o. / pat wells Gay
30 H
4 '. 80 ,,,, l,reor c1vc-UB the "hol' e''.'''
80 ,,..,-.. &. WIN "a vooica ir'"el ana t'HS
' ,....,, .. arch fri walls ~ re ''t'' y
-. a., ,.e I'D % the back PARK 'oI '
80. 40, ,hco /. VAS .ef; 20 dry fpI !" 49,
..t-, %, lay Gnl re burning cu' OF "e
-hlo.''' 1850, ne s,ruc.urc whenever
- - .,, ,,,er.or WAS reltel N'th
a.. d.. ,, fir. wool. ;hc c)ai' ana as''e'
,.o, ,,: fe, n,o- car fuly 'l'an''' 80
80. ,l,scl the leaves shoveN'! ! anu az
-, ,,,.. dignity -
-. =. eei thc Gcur FOR baNns we 'H'
81 o., o., "a. rcares, mill steam "'S
'o'" ','' 80 nv .,,.h work WATERWAYS were 90
'' -. 80, loc,,top and often on the s"ison' p"'
/ -. ,,iis cc-o con,t~on. Il took al a.! ~ -
,o ard IN the hours o. -ait-ng u" NV
~, ,nc ne,chh9~hool was related. Inc same
j to'.' "a, ,,rl.l the wheat turned mo MIL 'n
7 ''",' t,,.hci nothing but rs machinery anu
B '''' II, no,,r rol to be boltcd az home 'ht'N
( - c,,,-,onco.I IN IN. ways ~ the oa'k"oo'''
49,, ,o do Almost everything FOR himself W
! hh'"N'' 49,. IN. ronis o. hs ne'ghbors lie
J ''''' ~ ..t,t hta rour. "A stiil to rrnkc ms
p h'' "'"' -.,., hra,l, u cobbler's bench
/ VII sk'y :" W. 49,. o., l,o.t rnandcd, the shoes
/ 90 "hch ne NV" 80. ,..... o,.or n,ocraslns went
o' the ho"S'"'' -, ,o c,,,o,b,,p Of a carrenter
"r' o '' 1T, b,,,it tbcir own houses In those
aA' J"Ii''' -. ,,i ma, wont further and
days h'' nv 49,, a, r,,rrI,nre lie could solder
r''"e "'",' ,, ,,, mana ~ glass ~ he had
'''"' ..,ho,,, r.,,d,us n ne vas Obliged
one ~ 'o''' s,,.,os ,,hich he called clap
to- rye Nus Wv" ,"r,hor y necessary: in short
boards "a" ~ 49, ~ o,vbodv greater than
/ u" ~" ~ -. ,s,od ~ Ncxandcr and com
| tAa' "h.'n i,'o7, ,'-I,o -, tb, ,uh no liyed in
. prreh wa" NV r,,. 10 had N cndure famine 1t
| luxury. u "''' =, ,r,,,y ~, bis own mart
was no' W. -. ,rn, from trc tine that IL
The clothing oi H' '''" ~, a., . ,.,ou,
left ,he shoc9's back or the max helh was "no'S
.,omo.t,, nroduct All this IIowells saw rather
| doh'S'' P''' -, ,ror, hts vo,fb mn, 70
| than shared lie was h'hsel 'o'' "' S '
| dcv!sng ways and means o. making lN'hs' hu'
| " mo ,rterltol experience OF gcnernio
!" III" ,'' ,"' ,', o,,, q, b,s uelghbors nos
| In rude IKE "h'" 1o ~ -, r,,,,,.h ,,,,,,
| roe scd Belonging to family OF fhehsh hmm"
! u,, no had oycryth!ng 10 learn In the New
gr""'S Nv 49, s 80, oxrert IN tho manu-
| World. HIS fAth"r was M 'Np''' J" nv '
| ,o,,,ro ~ v-oollcn cloths ard fairly pros