The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-04-04

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hood, the most of the time for about
fifty years, and now sojourning here
for short time and having much en-
{ forced leisure, have been led to per
a few lines describing Rising Sun as
recollect it sixty to seventy years ago
The growth Of the place has been
4-slow in comparison with what has
been done In that line in many other
places, yet when come to see the
changes as it were all in one view
the alteration seems remarkable
From small village many of the
houses of which were old and dilapi.
dated, has grown up town of con-
siderable size and is now considered
one of the most beautiful boroughs In
1.-The State. ~
History tells us that this part OF
1.-THE country at one time was consid-
cred part of Pennsylvania and was
settled through the influence of Will
liam Penn, who considered that he
was the rightful owner of the land,
by people who were mostly in accord
with his creed or religious belief.
/ Among the first settlers here were
the Reyno1dses, Browns, Haineses
and many others who for long time
were numerous and innuential citi-
zens, but whose names are now fast
disappearing from the roll and bid
! fair in the future to be but few in
number IL not dropped out entirely.
: Just SO with Rising Sun. Sixty
hve years ago / believe knew every
man residing in the place, but now
nearly all the old familiar faces and
names have been replaced by others,
and when go there 1t seems like go-
ing into strange land, so many of
| my early acQuaintances are missing.
From the best information can
gather, this town was started early
in the 18th century, probably be-
| tween ITO and 1870, by a Henry
Reynolds, who received grant from
! William Penn, about 1901 or 1902,
of one thousand acres of land in two
tracts. a short distance to the west,
| by building a tavern at "a cross roads
and naming the place Summer Hill.
| This was at least one hundred and
twenty-five years before the time
when my recollection of the place bes
gins. During all this time the place
had only grown into village of
about sixteen or eighteen dwellings,,
with some stables, shops and other
minor buildings. In looking over the
town only recognize five houses that
were part of the town when first
knew it. and they are as follows,
| viz: The brick house on what is now
| known as Main Street, and now be-
ing converted into store house by
Scott Wilson; the frame house on
| North Pearl Street known as the Ann
Kirk house; the front of the house
now occupied by Walter Cooney as a
I~restaurant; the house ON West Main
Street, known a few years back as
the Krewson house, but this at that
time was on the corner where Alice
& Shepherd have a store, and the
brick part of the building where
Homard Terry has a meat store. The
old house alongside of Cooney's res
taurant and use for a green grocery
am in doubt about. The name street
had not been suggested and the thor
oughfares were known as the. road
to the Brick, now Calvert; the road
to BrickleytOwn, now Pennington;
the road to Harrisville; the road out
Walnut Lane and the road to Edwin
Haines' mill. Cherry Street and
Walnut Street were laid out at
much later date and through culti-
waited fields entirely devoid of build
ings.
At the time of which l particularly
write the most prominent house was
the old stone tavern that stood where
the National Bank now stands and
was kept by Ellis Reynolds. who had
three sons, John A., William and
Gs~~ox, h oil - NH IN, - ~
the baleful influence of a public
house. grew up to be sober. industri-
GUS men. John A. and william each
for time taught school and were
considered far dn advance of most
school teachers of their day. John
A. after marrying settled in Penning-
tonville, now Atglens Chester county,
Pa, and engaged dn store keeping,
and became an influential man in his
adopted place and was at one time
Treasurer of the county. william
married and kept store at place
called Lombard, few miles north of
Calvert. Franklin being, with some
other young men. connected with an
unpleasantness that occurred in the
village, he and Benjamin Briscoe. SON
of prominent family near by, left
for parts unknown, neither of whom
ever returned. 1t was afterwards
learned that Franklin enlisted In the
u. S. navy and was in time promoted
to be an officer of considerable inn
portance. Benjamin was last seen
by friend at or near the Mississippi
river and was never heard from af-
terwards. / have often heard it told |
that the hostess of this old tavern |
and mother of the family had at the |
home coming when John A. was MARI
ried (and he was not very young |
man them apple sauce on the table |
that was made the might he was born. |
1t had been cooked over and little |
new sauce added at each annual
sauce making time, yet Of course It |
still contained a little streak of the
original. and not SO bad as the old
knife that had two or three new