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DHVOTED TO THE T^H E IH T E HESTS OH THE PEO P llE OH SEHEOH COOHTV. THE COURIER, Est’d 783T, Vol. 66. ] THE JOURNAL, E st’d 18S4, Vol. 19, J Consolidated Aug. 21, 1902. SiaiECA FAILS, E. Y., THTOSDAY, MAKCH 31, 1904. C E N T E N N IA L ! ANNIVERSARY OP SENECA COUNTY. The Centennial Anniveraary of the formation of Seneca County was ob served by the Seneca Falls Historical Society at a meeting in the Wesleyan . Methodist church on Monday evening, March 31st, 1904. Harrison Chamber lain, p r e s ident o’f the Society, presided aud made the following address, after which he read Hon. Diedrich Willers historical sketch of the formation of the county: To build up a commonwealth is a noble endeavor. To lay the founda tions deep and strong, so joining com munities and counties together that the structure will be harmonious and serve the public good is a task so patri otic, wise and grand that it confers on all taking a part in it an imperishable The formation of Seneca county was in line of State-building, of readjust ing conditions the better to meet the needs of an increasing population. And how well this adjustment was made is evidenced by the fact that we are as sembled here to-day to commemorate its centennial anniversary, and draw inspiration from the lives of those who wrought it. I want to speak for a few moments of the men of 1804. On this occasion they deserve our meed of praise. They were of a sturdy, heroic race, coming here, influenced by not the Spanish greed for gain, not to ravage the coun try of its wealth and leave it despoiled and barren. Rather they came to give o*f tbemselvesj to build up homes, to cultivate the soil and utilise the forests and enrich the land by their skill and energy. They were builders of settle ments, able to conceive and execute great enterprises, shrinking from no hardships and fearing no dangers. Simple in habits and wanting maybe - pcliEh xc day -4hsy pos- ^seised elements that imparted to them ^ personality. They stood fore- r ig their place, impressing those • abW ’irith their strong, manly T iey Vere looked up to and theiy Optni^iB v^nt unquestioned; their advice was^l^ght and confidently fol lowed. Exact in their ideas of life their conceptions of duty were as pre cise as their practice of it was rigid and severe. The home had its rules and though these were strict and un yielding they were cheerfully complied with. In social and business relations there was a like preciseness of upright ness and integrity expected and de manded of all. Mingling with and softening these features was a kind and generous disposition. It would be difficult to find examples of kind and unselfish deeds to match the generous and ready service that the early settler was quick to extend to' his neighbor. I-f one were in distress for food the fact was known and the best of the most fortunate was poured out. I f a h o u s e or barn were to be raised the neigh bors laid aside their work and came to the raising. If the hay or grain were to be cut and garnered and the farmer for any reason was unable to do it those in the vicinity came generous ly to his assistance. Everyone felt in close touch with his neighbor, though miles might separate their homes, felt keen sen.ce of dependence and \v?is loved by a common sympathy ilut that offered settlers the greatest frei dom and material advantages. Hei was the first West; here the first field of action and enterprise; here was a liberty associated with the finest portunity of acquiring an ample independent fortune. Here they lived and toiled; here the] stitutions and laic commonwealth that in three genera- ley J fre< id the fi that in ^ tions has made the State of New York rank the first in the Union. Men of 1804! We pay you honor! We wreath a garland for you. •‘As we walk to-day thei halls of story. Mid pictures of the olden time, The old and new join loving hands, The p ast before the present stands; The ages give each other greeting. And years recall their old renown. Their deeds of chivalry repeating. That won for them their golden crown.” S E N E C A C O U N T Y . A n H istorical A ddress , by H on . D ied rich W illers of V arick , N. Y. “Our F ather’s God, from out whose hand. The centuries fall like grains of sand, We meet to-day. united, free. And loyal to our land and Thee, To thank Thee for the'era done. And trust Thee for the opening one.” M r . P resident , L adies and G en : men : —We have assembled here (un the auspices of the Seneca Falls His- one hundredth anniversary cial organization of the county of Sene- stroying several Indian villages proceeding to Elmira, rejoined the main army near there, on September 38th, On September 31st, Col. Henry Dear born with a detachment of 300 men, after leaving the main army, marched ette to Cayuga lake and de- Indian villages on the across Fi stroyed three west shore of Cayuga lake, near Ga- noga, and proceeded south along the west shore, destroying several addi tional villages and rejoined the main army near Elmira, on September 36th. The chastisement of the hostile In dians was indeed, severe, but paved the way to peace and to the relinquish ment of their lands and their occu;pa- tioi lu much suri Western New York, in which the “Finger lakes” so called. In their devastating march through idian country larp\ corn, beains, consumer the Indian country large quantities of dons, etc., were either ind- 7 of the offi- torical society) to commemorate the idth { ■ - - - zatioi century past, and to seek lessons for guidance in the future. ca from territory of Cayuga county, to take a retrospective survey of the and to seek therefrom, a melouo, oto., v msumed or destroyed; also an a ice of apples, plums aud peach( The soldiers on their return home,, gave glowing accounts of the “Lake region,” which soon after became known as the “Genesee country,” and some of the pioneer settlers of this county were soldiers who had marched with the army across this locality in 1779. Blkanah Watson of Albany, N. Y., who was interested in lands in this locality, and,who made a trip herein ~ ' ■ riting of the‘ Base Ball Association*. That-the public will have an op portunity to witness some good ball playing here during the coming sum mer season has been assured by the permanent organization of a base ball association with the following officers. President, Harold T. Duff; vice- president. William Hull; secretary, Prank Bauer; treasurer, Samuel Me Graw, Jr., and directors, Myer Todt- man, Prank Farrell, Fred Cory and Owen Mackin. Many of the mem bers of the team who did such ex cellent playing during the season of 1903, will be signed and there is every assurance that a number of fine games will be scheduled and played here. The team will be under the management of,Noal Doyle and the seson will probably open on Memorial day, or during the last week of May. A Presentation. review, covering an entire century, within the tiuje allotted to me, calls for only a general statement and avoid- The consideration of a subject so ’ast and far reaching as this historical eview, covering an ing of detail relating to the several towns., The first white men to penetrate the wilderness region, covered by this county, were missionaries, prompted by no sordid motives, but solely with self-sacrificing zeal, to labor for the spiritual welfare of the Indians. Of these, the earliest were Jesuit mission aries, who in the period 1656 to 1684 established mission stal Gt? SI 3 country, said: “The map of the d does not exhibit, in any other y, two lakes equal in magnitude Seneca and Cayuga, which iu u o iiiu j', a u L i ^ w u u September, 1791, Lake country, sai( world does not ej country, two lakes to the Seneca and so singularly and What a theme for poets, painters, philosophers and travelers, for the last two thousand years, had they been found in Italy! In general, the try lying betwceu these bea opp< lueii lakes,rises gradually in symmetry; the opposite shores toward the center, a pleasing effect. Whenever cultivated state, by the it will becoi ;sion stations among the i.ation of Lidians—one called The poet, iphen at the Indian village (Ti( hero) situate on thei east side of Cay uga outlet (Seneca river), a short dis tance from the north end of Cayuga lake, and anoth( ' \ another one at St. Rene (Onontare), near the present village of Savannah, in the bounds of the old town of Galen, and near the north line of the present county of SenecS, The ministrations of these missionaries ex uded also to the Indians residing on »th sides of Cayuga lake and to the it read vigorous arm of freemen, it \ the ‘Paradiseof America.’” James G. Percival, has written beauties of Seneca lake, a of your Historical society. “Sonnet to Lake Cayuga.' Our narrative of events cannot, how ever, be confined to the exact limits of vyuga a century, but it must relate back to Rene the first permanent settlements in this Jge of county, fifteen to seventeen years prior ^ A presentation of a very pleasant character took place Saturday at the No. 1 shop of the Goulds Manu facturing Company. A fine plow and a cultivator were the gifts and the recipient was Frank S. Troutman, who has been in the employ of the firm for the past thirty years, the most of the time as foreman of one of the departments, and who has now retired from the service of the com pany to engage in farming. The presentation was made by S. S. Gould as spokesman for Mr. Troutman’s as sociates, who alluded to the pleasant relations always existing between the employees and the firm and spoke feelingly of Mr. Troutman’s long and faithful service. The gifts were gracefully received aud the heartfelt thanks of Mr. Troutman expressed to the donors. The retiring foreman den a-.,carries with him the kindly wishes of the firm as well as of all those who have been associated with him in the Goulds extensive works. beautiful its of ;t_is i in which the first location and the first snteen years prior irganization. It is indeed fitting that our county, fifteen to its official oi It is indeed fitting that our me to-night should he held in the 5 Gayugas at the prineipi of the latter, near Union Sprij the east side of Gayi sd and the] :yiupa drew families together cdinmon brotherhood. The meu of 1804 were of strong c< viction and purpose. Indeed th( was no place in the conditions of life Seneca tribe of Indians further west. The devoted Moravian missionaries, Bishop Cammerhoff and Rev. David ” ' ’ , visited the Onondagas and IS at the principal town Springs, c . _ lake, whic they crossed and then passed on foot over the territory of this county in 1750, upon a spiritual mission to the Seneca Indians—returning by tl route after a short absence. Samuel Kirkland, who served as a mis sionary to the Seneca Indians at Kana- desega (near Geneva) in 1765-66, pass ed up Seneca river in a batteaux, across this county. In has ministrations to the Senecas he sometimes also visited the east side of Seneca lake. A few traders with the Indians were also early visitors between the Cayuga and Seneca lakes prior to the American revolution. The military expedition of General John Sullivan, in 1779, dur ing a trying period of the Revolution ary war, to chastise the hostile Indians of Western New York, proved to be of great importance to this locality. We need not recount in detail the onward m a rch of th e expedlition, or its several movements from Easton,Pennsylvania. Seneca n of Hee leeting settlement in this county were made in 1787. When this first location was made,our territory was still a part of Montgom ery county, and then passing through igal”and changes in a decade the county >al town Herkimer followed in 1791, Onoa- irifro nr, dagu iu 1794, and then our immediate parent —Cayuga county—was organ ized in in 1799, a county which still leca county, a State map, is le-lakes, Seneca and ng its west and east Seneca river running retained The positi< will be .seen upon juliar one—^the ■ with the peculi Cayuga, borderinj across the coui forms a part of for w a s s o m e w h a t to reach eithei east shore of on the same sii the county business the waters of cou n ty seat of C a y u g a mimber of yearsars afti t fluetuatin ye after L it i g , but in order village, oq the Varora, 'illages was transacted, Cayuga lake must be Ithough, after 1800, the near the north end of the lake, one mile and eight rods in length, connected the present territory of Seneca county with Cayuga village, the village of Aurora could only be was no place in the conditions of life northward, destroying for the weakling and vacillating. In lage of Kendaia Sept( the? modeode of trainingraining thehe j’oung,ung, eonsti- rescuing m of t t yo tutioual defects were largely elimi nated. The tasks imposed created Strong bodies and hardened muscle, the responsibility imparted confidence nnd courage, nourished a strong mental fibre end fitted the young ter take their station in life. In thi.s regimen there was a Spartan spirit, seeking the l est and strongest in character. And as you read of the men of 1804 in this light yon see in the circumstances sur rounding them the forces of denial aud sacrifice that made them strong of mind and will and enabled them to achieve great deeds.. In the distant view there is a beauty that is apt to disappear upon closer ap proach. Are we ascribing virtues to the men of 1804 that they lake, in the present town of Hector, September 3d, and continued to march northwar^, destroying the Indian vil- September 5th, and indeed, by The -difficult communication Cayuga county, with county ries and the ambition of “ioical doubtless promin mug Its march, the comma iached and forded the outlet of Seneca ke at its northeast corner and arrived cou n ty, w ith cou n ty seat rival- bition ( ibtless p nation o question of the for- Lueu, were uuUbtleSS pi for the organization ol for the organizatioi Seneca, When the ( i states- nentcauses of virtues lid not pos- not. The judgec iory has confirmed their worth. Faults they had, but virtues greater and more ’ enduring. In their veins flowed the blood of the Puritan, of the Dutch and Huguenot, a strain of the most aggres- - sive in thought and action, imbued in thought with a love for freedom and emphasized VY an ancestry thair iiad battled for ni*.we than two centuries for C onscience aud liberty. Here they catae from the fields of Ne\y England, from Man- hattatfisland add the Keystone State, vanced through territory to the Genesee river, carrying destfhetion in its path, and returned to Geneva by September 19th. The main army began its return march south ward, September 30th, upon the east side of Seneca lake. On the same day detachments under Col. William Butler and Col. Peter Gansevoort marched eastward on the north side of Seneca river, completing the destruction x>f the Indian village of Skoiyase, upon the site of the present village of Water loo (which had already been visited and p a r tly destroyed on S e p tem b e r 8th by a detachment under command of Col. John Harper), and encamped there for the night. Resuming their march on the next day, the detach ments marched across the locality of the present town of Seneca Palls,to the outlet of Oaypgaf short distance north from thfel&k^»4 near the Indian village of TiqlMwb Stephen) on the east side. Ehr^ng ^ o u t le t , the com mand of Gofi p^eeded to Albany aud. (M: ilfetler lurched up the east shoj^ lake, de- mation of a ne agitated in 1803 i discus division of west, by a lini lake and running et tween Roi f the county jstion of tt jounty was ral project!:s were Crosby’s Bonding Bill. The Crosby bill to bond the Seneca Palls educational district for $35,000 has passed both houses of the legis lature and received the Governor’s signature The measure is one which is being severely criticised by many of our taxpayers wlio while appreci ating the necessity for better accom modations for the children on the north side of the river also believe that the sum appropriated is largely in excess of the amount needed to provide a suitable building and will prove a heavy burden on the property of the village. The two schiool houses on the south side of the river together did not cost even half of this amount, and there is a general consensus of opinion that the appropriation is one which is in no way justified by the needs of the district. One half of that sum, or 820,000 at the outside, honestly expended would provide a modern building which would ans wer every purpose for the next twenty-five years. The people are now watching the developments in the case and will not tolerate any juggling with their interests either in the matter of the purchase of a site or in the letting of the contract. The manner in which the measure was put through the legislature without public notice or approval has' stirred up considerable feeling which will re act on those in the deal. Une ol these was for a Cayuga county east and ine commencing at Seneca nning east on the line be- imulus and Ovid, crossing Cayuga lake and the military town ships of Scipio and Sempronius, IS, to tl luty of Onondaga. The territoj •th of this line and continuing tl ;o Lake north of this line and coi entire width of Ontario, to con: (doubtless to remain as Cayuga ( ty), and that part of the territoi lyuga county iStitute one county ty), and that part of the territory of Cayuga county as then constituted, lying south of the above line to consti tute another county, probably the new one. It is said, that had Cayuga coun ty been divided by an east and west line as above, that the county seat of the north county would have been es tablished at Cayuga bridge and of the ^uth county at Ithaca, in the town of 1804 in the formation of Seneca coi|l Still another project is indicat^ petition presented to the A s s e r a g William Powdl and others of ' i^ConUnued onSndpage^ Allen’s European Party. An exceptionally fine opportunity for visiting Europe is now open. The Rev. Ray Alien is about to make his fifteenth tour, taking another of his popular parties, assisted by Mrs, Allen, They sail June 38th, visiting Eng land, Holland, Germany, France and Switzerland. The tour takes 63 days, more if desired, offers good ac commodations throughout, and the entire cost is but $300. Only sixteen will be taken and it is needless to say early application will be necessary. It was with Mr. Allen that the Rev. A. W . Broadway, pastor of the Seneca Falls Methodist Episcopal church, made his recent Holy Land tour. your Easter hat of Miss N. Jennings and get a free lesson in ^ e ll ic k embroidery. No trouble Ihow all the latest styles. Opening ys all this week. Personals. —Miss M. V. Seymour is in Syra cu s e to-d a y . —Miss Mary A. Flanagan was in New York last week. —Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Leonard have been visiting in Moravia. —Miss Nina L. Compson is home from S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s it y . —Everett H. Vosburg was in 8yra cuse yesterday, on business. —R e v . D r . S i lls o f G e n e v a p r e a c h e d in Trinity church last evening. —Bert Cumber is home from Syra cuse University for the Spring vaca- —Miss Amelia Waller is home from Mt, Holyoke seminary for the Easter vacation. —William W. Bellows, of Roches ter, was in SenJea Falls the first of the week. —Mrs. C. L. Hoskins and son have been home from Saranac Lake for a sh o r t visit. —S. H. Salisbury of the state ex cise d e p a r tm e n t at A lb a n y , w a s h o m e over Sunday. —Miss Mary Lavan of Buffalo has been spending a few days with Mrs. W. J. Pollard. — William H. Hall, Jr., of the Syracuse Law School, is home for the Easter vacation. —Miss Blanche R. Daniels visited friends in Syracuse and Fulton the first of the week. —Mrs. Charles A, Hawley is visit ing her daughter. Miss Anna T. Haw ley in New York. —Fred B Darling was called to Nia gara Falls Tuesday by the serious ill ness of his father. — J o h n P . C h a m b e r lain o f NeW York was in Seneca Falls on a busi ness trip Saturday, —Miss Marth-j E. Smitij. is home from the Elmira- Business college for the spring holidays. —Charles T. Andrews of Ithaca, was in town Monday, helping to run the Mongin caucuses, —Miss Mabel Vanderhoof is home for the Easter vacation from Avon where she is teaching, —George B. Beach will move with his family to the Bockoven farm at the lake early in April. —Mrs. F. W. DeMott and daugh ter, Lilah C., are spending the week with friends in Geneva. -Miss Maude E. Sutton of Brooklyn is spending the Easter vacation with relatives in Seneca Falls. —A son was born recently to Mr. and Mrs. George B. Seeley of Burr Hill, Orange county, Virginia. —Mrs. Imogene L. Guion left to day to spend Easter with Mrs. Fred S. Gibbs at Summit, N. J. — S e a b u r y S. G o u ld , J r ., is h o m e from his school duties at Lawrence- viJle, N. J., for the Easter holidays. —Mrs. John Raleigh, of Syracuse, was called here Wednesday, by the death and funeral of Mrs. Sarah J. Medden. —Mrs. George VanSickle, of Au bu r n , is v i s it i n g h e r m o ther, M rs. O. A. W. Becker, on Cayuga street, for a few days, —Dr. E. W. Bogardus was in Sen eca Falls last week on business con nected with the sale of his farm at MacDougall. —Misses Cecilia Kirk and Margaret L. Winkle will spend Easter with Mr. and Mrs. George J. Winkle in New York city. —Miss Kate Giblin, of Ilion, was in town Wednesday for the purpose of attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Sarah J. Medden, —Mr. and Mrs. W . E, Bluhdon were called this week from Washing ton by the death of Mrs, Blundon’s father, H, H, Benham. Mrs. Joseph H. Knight returned to her home in Troy last week, after A visit with her sister, Miss M. V, Seymour in this village. — M r, a n d M rs, F r e d J . M e d d en of Frankfort, N. Y., are in Seneca F a i l s h a v i n g been ca lled here by th e death of Mr. Medden’s mother. ■Dr. Robert Knight, son of Horace W. K n ig h t , of th i s p lace, h a s re ceived an appointment as assistant surgeon in the New York hospital at a salary of $100 a month. He left for that city this morning and will enter upon his new duties at once. No. 48 —Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hull and daughter, started Tuesday morning for N e w Y o r k c i t y , w h e r e th e y w i l l spend ten days visiting and sight seeing. —Fred Cary, who recently went to Pennsylvania to work, has been ob liged to return to his home in this village, on account of an attack of tonsilitis. —Fred J. Swaby, Miss Anna B. Swaby, Mrs. M, E. Partridge and sister, Miss Ada A. Morris, expect to start in April on an extended tour through Europe. —B. B. Boardman, of Phelps, Wm, Allen, of Syracuse, Eugene Benham, of New York, County Clerk George W. Benham and Robert Benham, of Auburn, were in Seneca Palls yester day to attend the funeral of Harvey Benham. —Mrs. W. B. Hen ion accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Jane O. Mead, and the infant daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Severson, left for Chicago Thursday last, where Mrs. Mead and her grandchild will make their honae. —Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. William E. Walters for the marriage of Miss Fieda Leona Adair to Albert Millard Doremus, which will take place at their home, corner of Ovid and Bayard streets, Wednesday evening, April 6 th, at seven o’clock. —Barney Carroll who has been employed in the Reveille office for some time, left Tuesday to accept a position with the Ithaca Sign Com pany at Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. Carroll is a young man of intelligence and ability and has many friends here who wish him a successful and pros perous futule. In the Churches. ^ TRINITY. Services will be held to morrow. Good Friday, as follows: Morning prayer at 10 A. M.; three hour ser vice 13 to 3 P. lU.; evening prayer at 7:30 p. M. Saturday, morning prayer at 10 A. M.; evening prayer with baptism at Easter Sunday, Holy Communion at 6 A. M-; morning prayer and Holy Communion at 10:30 a . m . ; Children’s service at 5 P. M. PRESBYTERIAN. Easter services will be held morn ing and evening. The music will consist of anthems, male quartettes and solos at each service. There will be three violin obligatos The offerings in all services of the day will be a special Easter offering for the piano fund. It is expected to can c e l the b a lan c e on th is d a y . There are to be special services four evenings next week leading up to the C o m m u n ion on S u n d a y , A p r il 10th. Prominent clergymen from out of town will be here to speak Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The evening services will begin a h a lf h o u r la t e r b e g in n i n g w ith n e x t Sunday. CONGREGATIONAL. The subject for the Thursday even ing prayer meeting, “The Judgment Test,” John 5: 10-30. Hymn to be sung from memory. Nearer My God to Thee. Scripture, the first four Commandments. The Y. P. S. C. E. will hold their sunrise prayer meeting at 6:30 o'clock Easter morning. Easter service with extra music and administration of the Lord’s Supper Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock. Sunday School Easter concert at 6 :30 P. M. instead of 7 o’clock. The Ladies’ Aid Society will meet with Mrs. Curtis Friday afternoou. The boys interested in the Boys Brigade will meet in the lecture room Friday evening at seven o’clock. flillinery Opening. Miss Mary Moran has returned from New York with the finest and largest stock of millinery ever seen in Seneca County. The ladies are invited to call and see the pattern hats Saturday. Harry M. Glen still retains the postoffice business under N. P. B. Wells’ wall paper salesroom, No. 116 Fall street. Mr, W ell’s papers are best quality and style and low priced. ' Take a look. Looks are free. Also ‘ a matted picture to each purchaser.
