Evening journal., 1908-12-17
Mr.. HUKiLL TELLS
ABOUT TOWNSEND
Article No. 80.

ATNiClc NO OOs
Ginn's Corner. seventy years ago
known as Commercial Corner" very
near and almost adjacent TO Townsend
on the cast and where there was a
store kept those days, had some motor
iety in iS47 on account of money being
found in an old unoccupied house
standing just up in the field, north Of
the road leading to Townsend. and west
Of the road leading to Middletown. The
property was then owned by John
CHM, who was famous for his large
possessions i'm farm lands, but IL is
now owned by William a. Scott, one Of
our present Levy Court Commissioners.
Mr.. Scott is full of enterprise and
knows a GOOD thing pretty we'll when
he secs it.
Some people still believe that there
may be hidden treasures there about
that corner field, and should this lit
tie sketch come under their penetrat-
ing eyes, It might be suggestive of
other efforts to unearth more of the
yellow coin. If Mr.. Scott has the
prior right or any other enterprising
person should be seen during the wee
hours Of the morning coming from
that direction with weary steps and
disappointed countenance. carry pick
and shovel. you can just bet your bot
tom dollar what has happened.
A certain William Shaw. well known
to the people of that section, for many
years afterward who lived about the
corner at that time. while on a stroll,
went into the old house. and noticing a
hole somewhere in the ceiling. 1 think,
just out Of idle curiosity ran a stick
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the sight Of which so excited him that
he took time only to pick up what he
saw and run home. He told his wife
and neighbors, and by the time he be-
came cool enough to go back he had
plenty of help 20 share his trophy with
/ him, and among them they go some
where about a thousand dollars in
gold. I don't recall that there was
any silver among it. Finally the
news got to Mr.. Ginn's ears. and he,
having a real fondness for the filthy
lucre. went to investigate. and IL was
said (Which l will not vouch for) that
I he in so presenting his claims sue
ceeded in making some of them dis
gorge. But the thing created a great
stir in the neighborhood and they al
most demolished the old house.
Delaware Railroad. was called Charlie
Town. and derived its present name
through the efforts Of Samuel Towns
end. determined and prominent citi-
zen living near the village and
through whose lands the railroad
passed. When the question OF chang
ing the name was agitated. and the
major part Of the inhabitants Of tbs
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to the name, and wanted to call Il
something else. but am not sure what
! q think Charlestown), but for thu
honor Of having the station named af-
ter himself. and for the glory Of beat
ing them out with such odds against
him. He was very determined and
very active. and he was always very
hard TO down. So they went TO Dover
that day with a strong delegation, but
Mr.. Townsend won out, and when the
train came UP tothe station that night
and Mr.. Townsend stepped from the
train to the platform, he proclaimed
aloud, the baby Is named.
Townsends name was established IN
the latter flfties. and has been tht
rallying center for a good many use.
full and prominent men. Gideon Z
Barlow, Jacob Vandyke. William CHM
William Daniels, Isaiah Taylor. Jacot
Tush. and last, and not least, was
Isaac Caulk, one of the best coloreC
men that the county ever knew. They
used TO tell story about his having
occasion to punish a young coloret
man by the name of Hen. Bleen. Max
ing the arrest himself, he brought hin
forthwith to Townsend to consult his
friend, Levi w. Lattomus. as 10 how
such punishment was to be inflicted
He gave his culprit the choice. TO b'
prosecuted according to law, which
would send him to New Castle to b,
whipped, or consent TO being whipped
BY Isaac himself. The boy chose tn,