The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-03-18
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mon to country groceries.
The hotel, as such, has probably seen
more prosperous times. In the days of
the stage coach, before the iron horse
had so materially altered the relative i'm
portance of time and space, this hos
pitable roof was the Elysium of many a
wary travellers hope. The sign is mod
estly displayed around the corner of the
house, but is, we apprehend, sufficiently
conspicuous to subject mine host to all
the responsibilities of inn keeper; nor Is
G. NJ. Peasley disposed to evade these
obligations. Here the wayfarer will be
greeted with the most cordial hospitality,
which however is not in it with the
buckwheat cakes and molasses for which
the house is famous.
Andie Gill, the village blacksmith, is
a typical son Of Tubal-cain, and with
browny arm he phys the hardy trade on
which hangs the millennium. Andie
can shoe horse or crack a joke with
equal felicity, and though, like all
blacksmiths, he has his vices, yet Mr..
Gill is representative citizen of the
town.
Miss Ella Hardy runs a postofIice Just
west of the center and has, in fact,
monopoly of the postal business of the
place, but you can get postal card or
stamp Of her at as reasonable a figure as
of any one in Uncle Sans domain.
The museum is Oh the first four corn
ers west Of town and is owned by Elic
Justice, who is wintering in Florida
this spring. Among the curiosities col
lected here are Indian relies, cowboy
pafaphernalia, jacket made from the
skin Of goat that was a descendant Of
thepair brought over in the ark, some
stones, jack knife, piece of board,
book, money, and many other equally
interesting articles. A visit to this
place is really quite treat and cannot
fail to interest even the connoisseur.
Brighton has a booming grange num-
bering about forty members. The hall
is on the north side Of the square and, in
a previous stage Of its existence, did SER
vice as a school house in one Of Ina sub
districts OF the township. G. E. Fox is
master of ceremonies and meetings are
held every Tuesday evening. As patrons
OF husbandrY the farmers of Brighton
are ever alive to their interests; as patrons
of cheese factory--but further this
affiant saith naught.
Strictly speaking the old adage that
one half Of the world does not know how
the other half lives holds good in Brigh-
ton, but the other half are not in mutual
ignorance, being organized into two
healthy sewing societies.
Brighton is also blest with one defunct
debating club. Blest, l say, not because
it has debating club, but because it is
defunct. Among those who figured con-
spicuOusly in its deliberations are E. C.
Burge, Virgil Burge, Comrade Shepard,
Yernie Burge, Avery Hardy, E. H. Perk-
ins and Morris GOss.
The town hall, in which these forensic
displays were perpetrated, though an un-
pretending structure in the abstract, yet
as the spring elections draw near it al
ways assumes perigean importance, 1t
is the bone of contention, the citadel for
the possession of which the opposing
forces of the light and darkness are for
ever struggling. 1t seems that those of
BrightOn's electors who are addicted to
dancing are oppressed by the conscious
ness that there is time to dance, but no
place, and for them the spacious floor Of
the town hall has attractions not to be
overlooked.
To swell the list Of Brighton's enter
prises there is the cider mill owned and
operated by Sheldon Clark, the grist mill
which grinds Tuesdays and Fridays un-
der the auspices Of Steve Day, the saw
mill manipulated by Albert and Chas.
Johnston, not to mention the other Mills
engaged in the manufacture Of carpets
and rugs. Moreover, we are advised as
we go press that E. A. Manning is about
to start cheese factory in the northeast
part Of town.
Another Of Brighton's infant indus
tries is the village school taught by HON.
er Vincent, who also has supervision of
the other schools Of the township. His Is
the sacred duty Of teaching the young
intellect how to shoot. and. as Mr.. Vim
cent is no crack shot himself, his success
in this line is phenomenal.
For the sObriety and industry Of its
citizens, Brighton sustains reputation
that many larger town might envy and
though, to the casual observer there may
be little to distinguish it from hundred
other towns throughout the state, vet to
him who has called 1t home, it wilinever
lose it's identity. The voices Of the chill
dren at play on the square, the ringing
OF the church bell on quiet Sabbath
morning, the tinkling Of the blaC;s-
smiths anvil on summers afternoon,
all have for him a special charm; and a
thr0ng Of happy memories, a thousand
little associations, and, perchance, a
grassy mound in the village churchyard.
mako Brighton. To him. one Of the