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Like so many other religious bodies in Rose, this began its worship in the Valley school-house. Soon after, the present house of worship, on Wolcott street, was begun; though added to in various ways, the original structure stands to-day, and just to the eastward is the parsonage. In no way pretentious, these buildings answer well the purposes for which they were erected. The edifice was dedicated January 8, 1863, sermon by the Rev. J. Travis, of Rochester.
Rose first appears on the minutes of the Free Methodist Church in 1861, when it was to be supplied by Revs. Burton and J. W. Stacey. Wm. Cooley came in 1862 and remained one year. During his stay, the church
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was dedicated. M. N. Downing served from October, 1863, to October 12, 1865 ; J. Olney and D. A. Cargil, from October 15, 1865, to October 6, 1866 ; M. D. McDougal preached from October 6, '66, to October 6, '67. McDougal served the next year with L. Graham. John Glen and D. Dempsey were pastors from October 6, '68, to October 11, '69. Next, J. B. Freeland and G. Eakins, from October 12, to September 19, 1870; M. N. Downing, September 20, '70, to September 15, '72; W. Southworth, September 15, '72, to September 12, '74; T. Whiffen, September 13, '74, to September 16, '76 ( T. Ross supplying the last year ) ; O. M. Owen, September 17, '76, to September 15, '78 ; G. T. Sutton, September 16, '78, to September 14, '79 ; Y. Osborne, September 15, '79, to September 20, '80; J. Odell, September 21, '80, to September 11, '82 ; J. D. Osmun, Septem- ber 11, '82, to September 15, '84; T. Whiffen, September 16, '84, to Septem- ber 6, '86 ; George Stover, September 7, '86, to September 10, '88 ; J. B. Newton, September 11, '88, to August 24, '90; A. F. Curry, August 24, '90, to September 24, '92 ; T. J. Dunham, September 24, '92, to September 19, '93. The latest appointee is the Rev. D. C. Stanton.
Wm. Finch, Philo Miner, the late Wm. H. Thomas, as well as F. J. Collins, have long been prominent in the councils of the church. The present clerk is George Milem.
From this church, John Glen went out to his life of ministerial useful- ness and Thirza M., the oldest daughter of George Milem, has recently entered upon a similar work, and is now in Weedsport. Happily, in this denomination, sex is no barrier to Christian activity. The Rose Church is associated with Clyde, making one charge, and both belong to the Clyde district.
THE "VALLEY" SCHOOL.
"Nor fears the blinded bigot's rule
When near her church-spire stands the school."
-Whittier.
The proximity of the village school-house to the Methodist Church suggests the above words from New England's beloved poet. It was a favorite scheme of the late Eron N. Thomas to have his church and the school near each other, and both on the street that he opened above thirty years ago, through his meadow land. There have been four stages in school-house building in the Valley. First, the log structure, next the red school-house, then the stone, and finally the brick building now in use. Mr. Thomas claimed that the first regular school in town was taught by Sally Bishop, near her father's home, and that Maria Viele, from Butler, followed her. David Smith, the Baptist minister, also taught in the same place, and, according to Mr. Thomas, he was the first teacher in the Valley, in the old log house standing near the present North Hotel. The same authority names as subsequent teachers, Abigail Bunce (" Aunt Nabby"), Catharine Robinson, William H. Lyon, Gibson P. Center, John S. Roe (Butler), George W. Ellinwood ("Squire" ), George Paddock, Jackson Valentine, Wallace St. John, John and Isaac Robinson.
The first written data that I have been able to find is an almost illegible (through the faded ink ) scrap, which reads as follows :
"At a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of school district number thirteen, in the town of Wolcott, held pursuant to adjournment at the school-house, on the 4th day of October, A. D. 1819, Milburn Salisbury was chosen moderator, and Jeremiah Leland was present as district clerk.
"1st. Resolved, Unanimously, Jeremiah Leland shall serve as clerk the ensuing year.
"2. Resolved, That Alpheus Collins, Erastus Fuller and Samuel South- wick shall serve as trustees.
"3. Resolved, That Thaddeus Collins, Junior, shall serve as collector.
"4. Resolved, To furnish a book to keep the district records.
"5. Resolved, To raise a tax of six dollars to repair the school-house, and to purchase the aforesaid book."
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Apparently the book was not procured till 1823, for only scraps of data appear. Possibly the six dollars did not suffice. October 24, 1820, Jeremiah Leland is directed by Ebenezer Fitch, one of Wolcott's com- missioners of common schools, to notify the residents of said District No. 13, of a school meeting to be held November 4, at 3 P. M. The annual meeting for 1821, October 1st, made Thaddeus Collins, Jr., Moderator ;. Jeremiah Leland, Clerk ; Jacob Miller, Samuel Southwick and John Skidmore, Trustees ; Thaddeus Collins, Collector. Parents were to provide a half cord of wood for each pupil by the 15th of ensuing January. In 1822, Leland and Thad. Collins, Jr., were continued in respective offices. Alfred Lee, Milburn Salisbury and Elias D. Sherman were made trustees. Parents had an option of a half cord of wood for each pupil or pay thirty- seven and a half cents instead. The well-kept book appears in 1823, and the very first entry is to the effect that Lee and Salisbury, trustees, received of Elizur Flint, in cash, $28.17, which they paid to C. Salisbury, $18.17, and to A. Bunce, $10, teachers. Teaching was done in those days, probably, for the love of it. October 6, 1823, it was voted to build a school-house 22 x 26 feet. It was also voted to " vandue " said house- to the lowest bidder, to be paid in grain : wheat at one dollar per bushel, and corn at fifty cents ; the same to be paid in two installments. The trustees were voted power to select a site. Obviously, objections were raised, for December 20, the same year, the district met again and rescinded the vote as to grain, and voted to raise a tax of "twenty dollars, cash, to procure glass, nails, etc., for a school-house," and voted further to raise by tax two hundred dollars for the new house, said tax to be paid in work or building materials, at the discretion of the trustees. Work was rated at six shillings, or seventy-five cents per day for a man, and four shillings, or half a dollar, for his team. Should a citizen delay unreasonably in doing as directed, the trustees were to collect cash. Should the above levy prove insufficient, the trustees were to impose enough more to complete the structure. Considerable confidence was indicated in the trustees, Messrs. Southwick, Salisbury and Alpheus Collins. The building was to be completed the first day of the next November.
The school book contains the indenture, or rather copy, between the trustees and Thaddeus Collins, whereby the latter sells or leases to the trustees and their successors, for the consideration of one dollar paid, and the annual rental of two peppercorns, if lawfully demanded, twelve rods of land bounded as follows : "Beginning at the N. W. corner of the log school-house, thence south four rods, thence east three rods, thence north to the Adams road, thence west to the place of beginning." It is stipulated that the land shall be used for school purposes only.
November 24, 1824, the house was not finished, for the fathers then voted to complete it, and let the job to Thaddeus Collins, Jr., for $16,
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to be raised from the district by tax, and the old building was sold at. auction to Elias D. Sherman for six dollars and thirty-one cents. At the annual meeting, December 25, 1824, it was voted to paint the school-house red, with corner boards white, and a tax of six dollars for paint and oil was levied. In 1825 the freeholders voted to have "a man school four months the ensuing winter season and six months woman school in the summer season." Among other duties, the teacher had to measure the wood sent for each pupil. October 16, 1826, was the first meeting after the formation of the town of Rose, and the new school-house was not paid for, it being resolved that the trustees collect arrearages. Nov. 15, boun- daries for the new No. 4 district were specified, covering all the territory now included in the Valley district, and considerably more on the east, south and west. A special meeting was held April 25, 1827, to vote the use of the school-house for religious .meetings. Also, voted to procure a bolt-lock, and that John Bassett be " saxten" to keep the key, etc. In October of the same year it was voted that each proprietor pay fifty cents a cord for wood, if he fail to deliver his quota when called upon by the trustees. In 1829 came the first report to the commissioners of common schools by the trustees, and it is noteworthy that the clerk spells the important word thus, "Commishoners." October 3d, 1831, Eron N. Thomas first appeared as clerk, and the spelling and penmanship improved at once. At this time it was voted to raise five dollars for repairs to the school-house. The year also marks the advent of a stove, for October 24, at a special meeting, it was voted to raise by tax $25 for a stove. The chimney was sold to Abel Lyon for $4.50, the andirons to Samuel Batt for fifty-six cents. The report for the year 1831 sets forth that the school had been kept eight months, that the public money amounted to $43.44, and the amount raised above this was $20.56, making an aggregate easy to average for the months taught. Teachers certainly did not get rich in those days. There were eighty-five pupils at school, but the whole number in the district between the ages of five and sixteen years was seventy. Old boys and girls went to school then. In 1832 it was resolved, "That the writing falls be lowered and made not so steep." February 8, 1833, at a special meeting, twenty-one votes were cast for and four votes against a change of school-house site. August 6, 1833, it was voted to raise twelve dollars for repairs, and for building a certain necessary small building. As this is the first mention of the same, curiosity is naturally excited as to whether any had existed previously. The report for 1835 gives 110 children taught, and 109 of school age. Not much for a truant officer to do. In 1837 matters had progressed to the extent of supplying wood by one person, he securing the job by bidding. The bills were to be paid pro rata, according to children sent. Lncius Ellinwood secured the contract at "75 cts. per cord two ft. wood." The first mention of a library is in 1839, when five dollars was voted for it.
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But the new school-house had become an old one. To accommodate the builders of the hotel, now known as Pimm's or Whitney's, the building had been moved to the site of the old stone school-house. Ira Mirick and his wife, Martha, executed a deed for the land in September, 1845. The stone edifice was in process of erection, the contract therefor having been made in March preceding with William Dickinson and Henry Robinson " to build a good and substantial cobble stone school-house, to be 26 by 36 feet inside in the clear, to be divided into two rooms and an entra." The rooms were to be ten feet high and the walls sixteen inches thick. " The corner stones to be as good as those of Wm. Benjamin's House." (The present home of Truman Desmond, in Town's district. ) The specifications throughout are very exact, and the structure was to be ready for occupancy the 15th of September following. The cost, complete, was to be $400. Like all of Henry Robinson's work, this was well done, and the stones laid by his diligent hands are yet in place.
This building also had its day, and bills for repair became so frequent that either a new house or very thorough overhauling became imperative. June 26, 1861, Brownell Wilbur, moderator, it was voted to adjourn to the Presbyterian meeting house, and also voted to adjourn to E. N. Thomas's school-house, which latter vote seemed to be the effective one, for on the 29th of June, the district thus met, and by a large majority voted to pur- chase the unused Presbyterian edifice, and in this old-time structure, Rose Valley young ideas were nurtured for several years. Of course, this was only a tiding over till the people were ready to build a substantial edifice. The matter was so momentous that many meetings were called and many votes taken, till it was finally decided in 1867, March 28th, to build on the present location, on Thomas street. The total outlay for site, materials and construction was to be $4,000. Peter Harmon drew specifications and was the builder. As it was voted October 8, 1867, to put the wood for the year in the basement of the new school-house, it may be inferred that the winter term for 1867-8 was hegun in the new edifice. To-day, the same, surrounded by trees, is a shrine of learning loved and esteemed, as a rule, all the more as the years increase, separating the pupils from it. The school has a good, local standing. It may be of interest to state that the annual bill for wood grew to be more than $80, and in 1878 a coal stove was bought for one room, and the next year another stove of the same kind followed. Among later teachers may be named Messrs. H. E. Thornhill, George H. Stewart, and Misses A. M. Colburn, Cora and Lottie Knapp. The present principal is George D. Sprague, of Butler. His assistant is Miss Ara Barnum, of Glenmark.
TEMPERANCE IN ROSE.
Doubtless this town has had as little drunkenness as any in the state. Of course, there have been those who lingered long over their cups and who found pleasure in strong cider, still they were the exception, and now more than a score of years have elapsed since there was a legal sale of an intoxicant in Rose. May such abstinence continue, even till the end of time.
The town was just three years old, lacking seven days, when a meeting was called to see what could be done in behalf of temperance. That first record book is still extant, commencing with the handwriting of James S. Showers and ending with that of George Seelye, secretaries. The date of beginning is February 18, 1829, and the last entry is October 18, 1836. Just what caused the society to cease, it would be difficult to tell at this late date, certainly not for lack of material to be reformed. At the first meeting[of the inhabitants of the town called to consider the subject of temperance, Doctor Peter Valentine gave an address, James I. Woolsey was made chairman and Smithfield Beden was secretary. To us of to-day, the pledge taken is of the most consequence, though there was a long and somewhat flatulent preamble, apparently the result of the com- bined wisdom of all the town's teachers and preachers. The organization was named;" The Rose Temperance Society for the Promotion of Temper- ance," and here is the pledge : "Article 3d. Any person may become a member [of this society by subscribing the following pledge: We, the undersigned, do agree to abstain wholly from the use of ardent spirits, except for medical purposes ; not to furnish them as a part of hospitable entertainment, nor to laborers in our employ, in no case to give or vend them either by small or large measure, so as to knowingly countenance the improper use of them, in particular in no case to violate the laws of the land regulating the sale of ardent spirits, and also to give our patron- age to those merchants and keepers of public houses who by their example and influence bear a decided testimony against the sin of intemperance."
It was also stipulated that erring members should be labored with and held in line if possible ; if not, they should be excluded. To the above pledge, above three hundred names are attached, representing the best people in Rose at that time. The late Stephen Collins was one of the last
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survivors. Possibly C. B. Collins, of Clyde, is the only one now living whose name was officially connected with the society, he having been one of the last board of managers. Now and then a name was dropped for failure to observe the constitution, and it seems not a little queer that a man should have been prominent in his church and still could not abide by the requirements of the society. One party, long an influential citizen west of the Valley, wrote asking to have his name removed from the list, saying, " My reasons are I do not like the conduct of some of the mem- bers as such and also that, in my opinion, it will lead to tyrannical government." 'Twas ever thus. In resisting the tyranny of a temperance society, many a man forged yet more strongly the links binding him to absolute degradation and woe.
The first president was Elizur Flint; Vice-President, Chauncey Bishop ; Treasurer, Smithfield Beden ; Secretary, James S. Showers ; Managers, John Burns, Isaac Fulton, Stephen Collins, Peter Valentine, John Skid- more, Samuel Lyman. Deacon Flint continued to be president to the end, and he was ever ready with tongue and pen to promote true sobriety. At various times addresses were delivered by the Rev. Wm. Clark, by Deacon Flint, Smithfield Beden, Rev. Wm. McKoon and others. In a table of data, December 2, 1829, apparently for the year, we find that Rose used 700 gallons of distilled liquors ; that there were twenty habitual drunkards, eight cases of poverty, two crimes, one death, presumably owing to drink, and also the pleasing statement that the use of drink had diminished one-fourth. Had the same ratio of decrease continued, our town had become, long ere this, the most abstemious in the country.
It is in place to recall other officers as follows: Chauncey Bishop con- tinued to be vice-president till 1832, when he was succeeded by Jacob Miller, then Dorman Munsell, Joel N. Lee, and finally Chauncey Bishop again. The treasurers were Smithfield Beden, Peter Valentine, Alfred Lee and Gideon Henderson. Secretaries, James S. Showers, Smithfield Beden, Truman Van Tassel, C. B. Collins and George Seelye. In addition to the first board of managers, already given, were Alfred Lee, George Seelye, Elizur M. Ballard, Samuel Lyman, Caleb Mills, James S. Showers, Thaddeus Collins, Samuel Buckman, L. Leland, Anson Lee, Martin Warner, Jacob Miller, Samuel E. Ellinwood, Wm. Lovejoy, Chauncey Bishop, Wm. Griswold, Joel N. Lee, E. N. Thomas, C. B. Collins and Dorman Munsell. These more than fifty years old records have a wonder- fully sincere appearance. The people who made them were in earnest. Their society became auxiliary to that of the county, the members met, listened, discussed and did what they thought their best to suppress a rninous practice. They appointed parties to labor in their respective school districts for the good of the cause ; still the evil lived on and, like the master of all evil, is rampant to-day. The meetings were held in the
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various school-houses of the town, and were regularly opened and closed with prayer.
Names are always significant and here are those of the people who signed the constitution of the society. Those who were expelled or wished to have their names erased are here with the others. In the dim light afforded by so many years, all are much the same. For the sake of con- venience, they have been arranged alphabetically. Possibly, had women been admitted to management, the society had lasted longer, for it is the feminine contingent that keeps the temperance cause in the forefront to-day. The names of officers are not repeated in the list and the family name is given but once : Aldrich-Amos, Asahel ; Allen-Aldula, Betsey, Mercy, Rebecca, Winthrop; Andrews-Clarissa, Lydia; Andrus-Eliza- beth, James; Matilda Baker; Lany Baird ; Maria Baldwin; Barber- John, Jr., Laura; Ann Barnum; Barrett-Simeon I., Tamar; Lydia Bassett ; Batt-Amanda, Collins, Samuel G., Wm. ; Beden-Amanda, B. G., Rebecca; Seth N., W. M .; Bishop-Candace, Charles, Charity, Chloe, D. W. C., Eliza H., Harriet, Jerusha, Joel, Jr., Reuben, Zemira; Blaine -Abia, Fanny, Mary E., Sarah J., William ; Blodgett-Luke W., Mary ; Cynthia Boyd ; Boynton-Abigail, Benjamin, Hannah, Minerva ; Rufus C. Brainard ; Maria Briggs ; Brown-James, Mercy, Nancy M. ; Clarissa Buckman ; Bundy-Eliza, Phoebe, Sally; Burns-Achsah, Ann, Clara, Elisha, Olive; Maria Busby ; Chaddock-Caroline, William ; Chapin- Ferzah M., Harriet ; John Chidester ; Harvey Closs ; Colborn-James, Jonathan ; Collins-Catharine, Clarissa, Esther, Harriet ; Craft-Clarissa, Jacob, Lydia ; Cyrus Crippen ; Elizabeth Deady ; Dean-Daniel, Prudence J .; Ellinwood - Charlotte, Chester, David, Ensign, Lucy L., Mary, Sophronia, Submit ; Ellsworth-Jerusha, Jonathan ; Fairbanks-Cornelius W., George, Jane; Fisher-Elizabeth, Rebecca; Roxy Flint; Foster- Abigail, David, David, Jr., Emma; Fulton-Hannah, Mahala, Margaret I., Martha, Robert, Peter; Gardner-Ansel M., Esther Ann, Polly ; Gillett-Abram, Gardner, Hosea, Moses, Phoebe; Sherman Goodwin; Graham-Henry, Roxeany ; Grant-Benjamin, Patty ; Gray-Deborah, Eleanor B., Harvey ; Griswold-Lewis, Rebecca ; George Hamilton ; Hand-Clarissa, Mary ; Henderson-Charlotte, Deborah, Eveline, George W. ; Julia Hillcox; Hinman-Enos, Mary ; Hoag-Elisha, Losina ; Holmes-Amanda, David ; Elizabeth Horne ; Howard-Esther, Happy, Hosea, Mary Ann, Wm. C .; Catharine Hultz ; Aurilla Hush ; Jonathan Hutchinson; Hyde-John, Mary Ann, Sally ; Jeffers-Nathan, William; Knight-Eliza G., Enoch ; Sylvanus Lackey ; Lake-Adaline W., Betsey, Charles, Ira ; Lamb-Asahel H., Hiram, Ira, Jane, Lorenzo, Lorilla L., Louisa L., Perez, Peter, Sally; Polly Lampson; Lee-Alfred C., Betsey, Laurissa, Mary N. ; Perus Leland ; Angeline Loune; Lovejoy-Anna, Daniel, Esther, Harriet, Maria Jane, Norman, Perliette, Silas, Sophia ;
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Lumbert-Jabez, Rachel ; Lyman-Caroline, Clementina, Levi A., Sally Thomas J. ; Lyon-Frederick, Moses; B. F. McCumber ; Marietta. McKoon; McQueen-Clarissa Ann, Orena ; Mason-Harvey, Julia, Rhoda D. ; Miller-Amy, Caroline, Daniel, Eliza; Mills-Betsey, George W., Huldah; Miner-Harvey, Prentice J .; Mirick-George W., Mary, Thomas ; Mary Mitchell ; Moore-Orrin, Sally ; Morris-Lewis, Lovina ;. Sarah Morse ; John Mosier ; Anna Mott; Munsell-Emeline, Gavin L., Jerusha ; John Ogram ; Osborn-Edwin, Martha, Warren ; Samuel Otto; Pease-Alanson, Charlotte, Merrill ; Preston-Joseph, Nabby, Tabitha; Lucy Proctor; Zena P. Rich ; Relief Richardson ; Riggs-Charlotte,. Gowan ; Roe-Austin, Catharine, Daniel J., Sarah ; Seelye-Delos, Eliza- beth, Louisa; Benjamin Severance; Patty Seymour ; Shepherd-Aaron, Polly ; Simmons-G. F., Lydia F .; Truman Skidmore ; Charles Skut ; Smith-Chauncey, Melissa; Sarah Squier ; Stewart-Ann Eliza, Lydia; Swift-Anna, Selam; Thomas-Caroline, Wm. H .; Town-Asa, Emily, Hannah ; Nancy Tucker ; Twomley-George, Martha, Mary Ann ; Valen- tine-Anne, Asahel I., James Van Auken; Van Horn-Matthias, Prox- ena; Elizabeth Vandercook ; Van Tassel-Abraham, Jerusha; Van Valkenburgh-Abram, Deborah ; Vary Van Vleck ; Minerva Van Zile; Wade-George W., Jesse O., John, John W., Wm. D. ; Barbara Walker; Ward-Eli, Esther M., Mary, Mary Ann; James C. Warn ; Warner- George L., John, Nancy, Sally B .; Whitney-Caroline, Lucy L., Sarah, Solomon ; Luana Wilder ; Wilson-Henrietta, Jonathan ; Eve Winchell ; Wisner-Charles, Elizabeth, Jesse, Moses ; Solomon Wren ; Susannah. Wyckoff.
SOCIETIES.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
There is to-day a lodge of Good Templars in Rose Valley, and its mem- bers are zealous for good. Organized in June, 1888, the first chief templar was Jared Chaddock, and to him have succeeded Thirza Milem, Rose Stubley, Truman Desmond, Florence Niles, George Harper, George Chatterson and Almon Harper. From the beginning, there have been in all 175 members of the order. The good that has been done can never be told. Many young people have here received a stimulus to active opposi- tion to the drink curse.
NORTH ROSE.
The lodge, in this village, No, 696, I. O. G. T., was organized April 17, 1887, by Dr. Diamond, special deputy. Mrs. Sarah Seelye was the first chief templar, and Ara Barnum was deputy. Since then the following have filled the office of C. T., viz., I. R. Seelye, Cora Skut, C. W. Oaks, E. E. Brewster, Wm. Thompson, Charles Barrick, E. J. Weeks, T. J. Chaddock and Bert Oaks. The maximum membership was reached in 1890, when the lodge numbered 109 persons. In 1890 it built, at a cost of $700, the hall on Caroline street, an ornament to the village.
ROSE BRASS BAND.
Our town was ever musical. Church music of excellent quality has been a distinguishing characteristic of all the denominations. It is no wonder, then, that a band should have been formed early. In 1857, August 14, an organization was effected with Daniel B. Harmon as leader, E. C. Ellin- wood, clerk, Joel Sheffield, secretary and treasurer. In the following September, the 15th, Mr. Sheffield resigned, and C. A. Lee was chosen to fill the vacancy, and he continued in it till his enlistment in 1862. Z. P. Deuchler, of Lyons, was the first instructor, and after one year became a member. After him, for a year, E. B. Wells, then of Lyons, taught. From 1857 to August 20, 1862, when the band enlisted, the membership was as follows : * Daniel B. Harmon, Carroll H. Upson, Eugene Hickok, E. C. Ellinwood, * Alfred B. Harmon, * Charles A. Lee, * Ira Soule,
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