The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-26
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PEE
SONS IN ATTENDANCE
AT FOUNTAIN CITY
The Report Of the Meeting Furnished
BY the Secretary, Professor w.
S. Davis.
AT FOUNTAIN CITY

The autumn meeting of the Wayne
County Historical Society was he'd
on Saturday in the Friends church
at Fountain City. Between seventy
five and one hundred persons were ~
attendance.
The society was called to order at
l0:30 a. m. by Professor Hodein. the
president of the society. After the
reading of the minutes of the N.y
meeting, held at Cambridge City, the
report of the curator, Mon. Joseph
Ratliff, was given. 1t was as follows:
Books Received Since Last Report.
Number Dase
355 Report of Department of
Agriculture ......... .....1SSl
|356 Report of Department of
Agriculture .... E. -. 1886
357 Report Of Department of
Agriculture ......-.. =. ....1SS9
35S Report of Superintendent of
Public instruction ........ ..1Ss0
$50 Report Of Bureau of Animal -
Industry =. =. ..........1SS4
800 Geological Survey Of Ohio,
Volume | ................ 1873
361 Geological Survey of Ohio,
Volume ; .... ISIS
362 Geological Survey of Ohio.
volume D .... ..... ..1eoo
1863 "The Federalist," by Ham
ilton, Madison and Jay ......ls37
364 New Method of Learning to
Read and Speak Italian 49,. .1s46
800 Weem's Life of Washington,
+. f. Hirst ................1s 1887
366 Cooks Voyage from 176S
to 1779, f. F. Hirst ......
367 Whelples' Compendium of
History" f. F. Hirst ......
36s Two volumes Indiana Farm
er, donated by Mrs. Frank
Prln%en .... =. :. 1888
/ As the general subject of the day
was "Pioneer Industries,'' many in
struments used in those industries. TO-
@ether with other relics and memen-
toes of the past were exhibited and
explained to the society. Joseph Rat
IitT showed the razor his grandfather
had carried while soldier in the
American Revolution; also a small
sock he had obtained from the In
dians Of Mexico; a weaver's shuttle.
! a pioneer pitchfork. an instruments for
bleeding, a sickle. a powder horn. An
interesting collection was shown by
Mrs. Hannah Grave, especially inter-
estino was handkerchief of the cam
paign of 1910, containing pictures of
! the log cabin and barrels of hard ci-
| der. Also a small dress, the goods Of
which had been purchased at Joel
Parker's free labor store in 1854
Professor Hodgin remarked that in
that year he was clerking in this store
and may have sold the goods for the
dress.
Allen Grave showed TO the members
a large volume containing the select
works of William Penn, printed in
London in 1771.
Mrs Valentine called attention 70
two pieces Of lustre ware. the prop
'erty of Mrs Sallie Davis Of Fountain
iCIty. Among other interesting relies
were a French geography, shown by
Rev. Luke Woodward, a bit of peat
from Ireland and a warming pan by
Professor Hodgin; a coverlet and lin
en- table cloth by Mrs. Hodgin: by
Mr.. Price, of Fountain City, a box
used by the British cavalry Of the
Revolution to carry horse shoes.
After the exhibition of relics came
the first paper Of the day, that by
Major Lacey of Fountain City on
"The Wool and the Flax Industry
as carried on by our Forefathers. =
This paper described the driving Of
his fathers sheep to Greensboro 20
dip them in the river. the sheep
shearing. there the mans work enIed