Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
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and also driving on the road. Daring the campaign of which have spoken. the people in the Valley with some out siders became so enthusiastic that they formed procession near the Granny Gleason store and marched south, I do not remember how far, as I was to young to join the march (only eight) but from my house could plainly see the procession as they passed over the road near the North house. They were called the "Black Artillery" and their campaign motto, if it may be called such, or battle-cry, or perhaps better, out-cry, was Log cabin, hard cider and Tippecanoe, and they sometimes added
 "Tyler too," as he was for vice-presi- dent. To make the march of this pro- cession more impressive they secured Howe with his bull and wagon, on which was placed an lmprovlsed log cabin and 8 cider barrel, the bnll being appropri- ately decorated, and thus they marched. This reminds me of one other person, Billy Peck, who lived on the college in the f1fties, and later, who owned small place and always kept COW which he broke to the bridle and used for work and also for driving on the road and occasionally drove to this yilloge. Some of The News readers and perhaps your self have seen him ride into town sitting in his gig, driving his COW.
 But I am wandering and must retrace my steps before I get lost and not be able to find my way back. And now I will mention family that came to the Valley district from Goshen named Ives. Leveritt Ives, the elder, was the father of nine children, namely Alderman, Fessenden, Sabin, Evarardus, Hubert, Henry, Asa, Mary Ives who was the wife of Nelson Clark whom will speak of later, and Florine Ives, who is the wife of my brother, Abel Stevens. Alderman Ives bought the Farmer Stevens farm about 1850, other members of the family coming later. He occupied the place few years, then sold to his brother Evarardus and moved to Canaan street. The brother occupied it until he sold to Hiram Bartlett and went west for short time. then returned to Can- aan streetand bought the Walter Warner farm.
 And now I will speak of No. as I remember it in my boyhood and up to the time l was 50 years of age. Com mencing at the bridge over the Whiting River, which is a dividing line, first Wm. and Minerva Baldwin and her mother, Grandma" Jaqua, whom we, familiarly called Granny Jake" Next Uncle Jim Warner. who I remember had peculiar gait in walking and could be recognized as far as he could be five children, only two of whom I will mention. namely Walter Warner and Janette Warner who was killed in the railroad wreck at Tariffville. This place was later owned by Smith Foster, who was the father of O. s. Foster, now liv- ing in Winsted, well and hearty at the ripe old (by the way he would not like to have me call him old,) age of 84 also of Sarah Foster who is still living cn the place at the age of 82 years, and of Emily Foster, who, as have said, became my wife in 1858 and died in Canaan in 1899 aged 63 years.
 Next an old house occupied by. differ ent families and later owned by Walter Warner, who tore it down and built a new house in which he afterward lived and died. Then a small house also owned by Warner which was rented to different people. Next the house where J. N, Fox. with his wife Julia, lived and died. The wife died only few years ago, aged 90 years or over. Just across the way from this house was one owned by George Dawes, who was the father of Starr Hawes and of Sarah Hawes who became the wife of the late Elisha Rood, father of George, Roland Charles, Frank and Fred Rood. In the late fifties the Hawes place was bought and very much improved by Alderman Ives, who in turn sold it and it was later owned by Talmadge Pulver, and later still by the late Charles Wheeler.
 Next we come to house built in 1859 by George Stephens, who sold it to Nelson Clark, whose wife was Mary Ives. Here he lived and conducted a meat business until his death. He died in 1882 leaving a widow with five very amiable children. They were Myron, George, Minnie, Genevieve and Clara Clark. Minnie is now the wife of George Cunning; Myron married Minnie Beebe and now lives in Norfolk-and Just here want to say word for the benefit of the boy readers of The News. Myron Clark as had occasion to know as boy was truthful and trusty everywhere and always to be,trusted, and he grew to bo O man tO ba is uo