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No man may put off the law of God ; My joy is in His law all the day. O, may I not go in the way of sin ! Let me not go in the way of ill men.
Do as well as you can, and do no harm. Mark the man that doth well and do so too. Help such as want help, and be kind. Let your sins past put you in mind to mend.
Sin will lead us to pain and woe. Love that which is good and shun vice.
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Hate no man, but love both friends and foes. A bad man can take no rest day nor night.
Slight no man, for you know not how soon you may stand in need of his help.
Tell no tales ; call no ill names.
You must not lie, nor swear, nor cheat, nor steal.
Here is a beautiful poem which will be remembered as standing just before "the pictures" of this old spelling book. The moral it teaches was not taught us by our teachers, and I can remember that we saw nothing in the lesson but the girl, the lamb and the cold blast.
THE LAMB.
A young, feeble lamb as Emily passed, In pity she turned to behold, How it shivered and shrank from the merciless blast, Then fell all benumbed with the cold.
She raised it, and touched with the innocent's fate, Its soft form to her bosom she pressed ; But the tender relief was afforded too late ---- It bleated, and died on her breast.
The moralist then, as the corse she resigned, And weeping, spring flowers o'er it laid, Thus mused, "so it fares with the delicate mind, To the tempest of fortune betrayed."
Too tender, like thee, the rude shock to sustain, And denied the relief that would save, She's lost, and when pity and kindness are vain. Thus we dress the poor sufferer's grave.
The goldfinch that was "starved in his cage" will likewise be remembered :
Time was when I was free as air, The thistle's downy seed my fare, My drink the morning dew ; I perched at will on every spray, My form genteel, my plumage gay, My strains forever new.
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But gaudy plumage, sprightly strain, And form genteel, were all in vain, And of a transient date ; For caught and caged, and starved to death, In dying sighs, my little breath Soon passed the wiry grate.
Thanks, little Miss, for all my woes, And thanks for this effectual close, And cure of every ill ; More cruelly could none express, And I, if you had shown me less, Had been your prisoner still.
Those who have been once familiar with the quotations, will be all the better men and women by the reproduction and review, because they place the thoughts back before the beginning of the turmoil of life, to where innocence, truth and purity reigned. One more quotation, and we leave the old spelling book. I feel sure my reproductions are literal, though I quote from memory across a chasm of more than fifty years.
"OF THE BOY THAT STOLE APPLES."
" An old man found a rude boy upon one of his trees steal- ing apples, and desired him to come down, but the young sauce-box told him plainly he would not. Won't you ? said the old man, then I will try to fetch you down, so he pulled up some tufts of grass and threw at him, but this only made the youngster laugh to think that the old man should pretend to beat him down from the tree with grass only. Well, well, said the old man, if neither words nor grass will do, I will try what virtue there is in stones, so the old man pelted him heartily with stones, which soon made the young chap hasten down from the tree and beg the old man's pardon."
GRAPE CULTURE.
I am indebted to Mr. J. F. Bovring, of Lancaster, for the following approximative synopsis of the grape culture of Fair- field County. It is in place here to say, that a large propor- tion of the surface of the county is adapted to the grape, but most especially the south part.
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Mr. Bovring estimates, from facilities at his control, the number of acres now planted in vineyards within the county, more or less productive, at three hundred ; others place the number higher. He thinks grape growing, as a business, began in the county about the year 1864. Average product to the acre, in a fair season, 2,000 pounds, equal to 200 gallons of wine. The leading varieties grown in the county are, Catawba, Isabel, Concord, and Ives' Seedling.
STATISTICS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
Below is a tabulated statement of the valuation of real and personal property within the county, as returned for taxation for four consecutive years. This, however, does not represent the true valuation, as property is never, or seldom, placed on the tax duplicate at its selling value.
Valuation. Taxes.
1873
$17,840,970 00.
$260,499 59
1874.
18,167,540 00.
245,432 25
1875. 18,442,370 00.
223,016 13
1876 18,422,840 00. 215,741 99
SPECIAL TAX FOR PAVING AND CURBING.
1874
$1,173 02
1875
2,333 60
1876
5,693 17
SECRET SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.
The following letter from W. J. Reece, Past Worthy Grand Master, is the history of Free Masonry in Lancaster, from its inception :
DR. H. SCOTT-Dear Sir : The Masonic Fraternity obtained a formal and recognized status in Lancaster at an early period.
On December 15th, 1820, Lancaster Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was constituted under charter from the most worshipful Grand Lodge of Ohio, with James Wilson for its Worthy Master, Charles R. Sherman First Seignior Warden, and Jacob D. Detrick First Junior Warden.
Lancaster Chapter of Royal Arch Masons was organized under authority from the M. E. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ohio, on the 12th day of January, 1826, Charles R. Sherman being first High Priest.
Lancaster Counsel of Royal Select Masons was instituted on the 11th day of January, 1828. by John Barker, Esq., as Sovereign Grand Inspec- tor of the Supreme Council of the 33d Degree, Charles R. Sherman its T. I. Grand Master.
Lancaster Encampment, or Commandary of Knight Templars and the appendant orders, was organized December 16th, 1837, under warrant from the General Grand Encampment of the United States. William
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J. Reece was its First Grand Master, George Sanderson First General- isimo, and Joseph Greet First Captain General.
Within these respectable and associated bodies, some of the most prominent and influential and best citizens of Lancaster and Fairfield County, found elevated and congenial fellowship.
The fundamental life-sustaining principles of Masonry have been sometimes misapprehended, and therefore misunderstood. Its mission upon earth has been superbly consequential through all the rough, rude, barbaric, the ignorant, clashing and conflicting ages of the past. It has preserved inviolate and intact the knowledge of one Supreme Creator and universal God; and it has grandly helped to nurse into activity the beneficent idea of human brotherhood. It will culminate and end whenever the prohphetical lion everywhere lies down with the typical lamb, actuated with the spotless innocence of the lamb.
LANCASTER, Ohio.
WM. J. REECE.
VILLAGE LODGES WITHIN THE COUNTY AND BEYOND LANCASTER
Salem Lodge of F. & A. M., No. 87, at New Salem, was insti- tuted in 1842. The charter-members were: M. D. Brock, S. Baker, W C. Galleher, Caleb Coplen, J. Linville, J. Baker, J. H. Baker (7). Number of members in March, 1877, 84.
Baltimore Lodge of F. & A. M, at Baltimore, was instituted October 22d, 1873. Charter-members: Harrison Applegate, William Myres, W. W. Luckey, J. H. Schaertzer, D. H. Sands, J. R. Brandt, William Cook, John Sauns, Samuel Fenster- maker, E. K. Grube, G. W. Watson, Thomas Smurr, J. W. Buchanan, Daniel Albright, Lewis Shearer. Number of mem- bers in March, 1877, 42.
Napthalia Lodge of F. & A. M., at Carroll, No. 262. Date of charter, October 15th, 1855. Names of charter-members : Jos. Grubb, A. T. Aldred, James Holmes, Andrew Saylor, E. H. Davis, Thos. W. A. Wilson, William Jacobs and John P. Gute- lins. Number of members in March, 1877, 40.
[There has occasionally occurred a name in the lists sent me, that it has been impossible for me to be absolutely certain of the correct orthography. The last one in the Carroll list was one of that kind .- ED.]
Rushville Lodge, No. 211, F. & A. M., at Rushville, was insti- tuted in 1852. Charter-members: Wm. Coulson, David Wil- son, D. M Rea, Wm. Harper, John P. Hodge, N. B. Coulson, N. B. Teel, Daniel Baker, W. Vansant. Number of members in March, 1877, 40.
Lithopolis Lodge, No. 169, F. & A. M., was instituted January 21st, 1848. Charter-members: Joshua Glanville, William Teegardin, Daniel Teegardin, Peter Teegardin, John B. Moore,
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Zebulon Perril, Jacob Teegardin, Daniel Miller, Joseph Miller, John Smith, W. W. Hite, William Riley, Jacob Shrock and William Jacobs. Number of members in March, 1877, 75.
The regular meetings of this Lodge are held on Friday even- ing preceding each full moon, but if the moon fulls on Fri- day evening, then the meeting takes place on that evening.
Amanda Lodge of F. & A. M., No. 509, was instituted October 28th, 1876. Names of charter-members: H. G. Trout, Edward Griner, Levi Lawrence, J. D. Landis, B. F. Rambo, Jacob Bal- thaser, D. M. Miesee, J. A. Julien, D. J. V. Wolf. Number of members in March, 1877, 20.
ODD FELLOWSHIP.
CHARITY LODGE, NO. 7.
Charity Lodge, No. 7, of Odd Fellows, was organied in Lan- caster, Feb. 8th, 1838. Its charter-members were : Jacob W. Holt, B. R. Banes, R. Timber, Jacob Grubb, George H. Ar- nold, R. P. Hazlett. Number of members at the beginning of the year 1877, two hundred and twenty.
ALPINE LODGE.
Alpine Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 566, was “instituted in Lancaster, June 2d, 1874, by Jos. Dowdall, P.G. Representative and Special Deputy." Following are the names of the charter-members :
R. G. Shugert, P. G. ; B. F. Reindmond, P. G. ; A. Breneman, P. G .; H. J. Reinmond, P. G .; J. C. Hite, P. G .; Thomas H. Hall, Geo. M. Bell, Geo. W. Bærstler, Thomas H. Dolson, Leonard Kissner, Thomas Reap, Lewis Boyer, Abe. Myres, Charles Elliott, C. F. Ochs, Leo. Billhorn, John A. Heim, Allen Titler, Jacob Heinbarger, Simpson Sturgeon, J. E. Hall, Geo. A. Bryant, John McKown, Henry Borneman, E. W. Daniels, P. G. ; J. W. Faringer, P. G .; Wilber Downs, P. G .; H. C Out- calt, P. G .; H. F. Smith, P. G .; W. W. Davis, M. S. Harps,. Wm. Kooken, J. M. Sutphen, Wm. Strayer, Wm. Ditto, D. W. Boyer, B. H. Saunders, R. J. Harris, Wm. Dennis, John Bill- horn, W. H. Walker, Christian Gaiser, O. S. Stoneburner, Jas. H. Smith, A. M. Beery, J. K. Davis, A. W. Swartz, Wm. F. Getz, James Wilson. Present number of members, 108.
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ENCAMPMENT.
The Hocking Encampment of Odd Fellows, No. 28, was in- stituted Dec. 4th, 1847. Charter-members : Jacob W. Holt, Thomas Hyde, Joseph C. Kinkhead, Wm. Baker, Josiah Wil- son, B. F. Brannon, James W. Pratt. Present number of mem- bers, 220.
LODGES OUT OF LANCASTER.
Crescent Lodge, No. 561, at Bremen, was instituted Oct. 2d, 1873. The charter-members were : C. B. Holcomb, H. Shull, N. Westenberger, S. F. Abell, W. H. Hartsough, Wmn. Wehr, S. H. Alexander, J. M. Work, S. A. Mccullough, J. S. John- son, W. S. John:on. Membership in Feb., 1877, forty-four (44).
Sugar Grove Lodge, at Sugar Grove, No. 654, I. O. O. F., was instituted Aug. 4th, 1876. The charter-members were : J. V. Sharp, G. F. Hummel, W. H. Elder, W. F. Noggle, L. C. Mathena, R. F. Brown, Joseph Sharp, James H. Foster, Jacob Walter, G. W. Pannabaker, Abraham Ream. Membership in Feb., 1877, eighteen (18).
Central Valley Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 548, at Amanda, was instituted July 10th, 1873. The charter-members were : W. H. Dickson, B. Balthaser, T. J. Barr, C. H. Sunderman, T. L. Hewetson, Wm. Acton, W. B. Sunderman, P. Hewetson, H. D. Aldenderfer, George Aldenderfer, David Crites, Joseph Bechtel, Andrew Laps, Samuel Griffith, Sr. Whole number of members in Feb., 1877, forty-five (45).
Weaver Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 486, at Greencastle, was or- ganized July 20th, 1871. The charter-members were: M. B. Custer, A. S. Beaty, Wm. Kiger, Samuel Crist, Samuel Wiser, Elijah Alspach, Y. Courtright, Paul Alspach, H. R. Roller, R. H. Mason, S. P. Crist, J. T. Williamson. Membership in Feb., 1877, fifty-nine (59).
Baltimore Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 202, at Baltimore, was in- stituted June 11th, 1852. The charter-members were: · Cas- per Fiddler, A. L. Simmons, H. L. Nicely, Wm. Potter, J. · Bartholomew, Wm. J. Smart, J. Schlosser, James Pugh, Job McNamee, Thomas M. Watson, Jacob Ketner, John H. Weekly, Frederick Graff, Wm. Paul, Elijah Warner. Whole number of members in Feb., 1877, eighty-three (83).
Liberty Encampment of Baltimore, No. 169, was organized July 14th, 1873. The names of the charter-members were:
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Jonas Messerly, J. J. Hansberger, A. L. Gearhart, Daniel Langle, V. H. Ginder, J. W. Whitely, Samuel Rader, Daniel Clinger, W. P. Littlejohn, J. Norris, F. G. Littlejohn, W. H. Oliver, John Javoi, T. I. Arnold, Peter Roshon, J. W. Chap- man, R. S. Broch, S. S. Weist, Frederick Born, Wm. Cook. Membership in Feb., 1877, thirty-five (35).
Fairfield Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 163, at Pleasantville, was instituted Oct. 7th, 1850. The charter-members were : Thos. O. Wilson, Wm. Buchanan, Wm. Cupp, Jacob Bope, Thos. Andrews, Benjamin Walters, John F. Irick, Solomon Weaver, Job McNamee, Adam Shaw, Thomas A. Bratton, Martin Ka- gay, N. C. Miller, Samuel Cupp, James Brown, Thos. Kidwell. Number of members in Feb. 1877, seventy-one (71).
Philo Lodge, 1. O. O. F., No. 392, at West Rushville, was in- stituted July 12, 1867. Following are the names of the charter-members: W. B. Strickley, Joseph McFee, H. L. Whitehead, J. M. Strickler, Chas. McClung, James Henderson, Michael Keelm, C. C. B. Duncan, Jacob Lamb. Membership in Feb., 1877, fifty, (50) ..
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 48, of the order of Knights of Pythias, was instituted in Lancaster on the 20th day of Feb- ruary, 1873. The charter-members, twenty-seven in number, were : H. B. Gray, J. H. Heed, Leo Bilhorn, R. R. Pierce, John A. Hern, J. A. Richards, C. A. Scoville, William Ditto, J. D. Heilbron, R. M. Wiley, J. A. Bartholomew, N. C. Rudolph, H. Getz, C. H. Towson, W. W. O'Bough, O. S. Stoneburner, N. N. Gates, T. C. Ochs, J. Bilhorn, H. Boneman, F. Etzel, J. D. Widner, W. F. Getz, M. H. Harps, S. H. Beck, A. Deitz, C. Bartholomew. Number of members in March, 1877, 110.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Columbia Lodge, No. 27, of the order of the Knights of Honor, was instituted in Lancaster September 9th, 1874. The charter-members were fourteen, as follows : Jno. W. Faringer, John C. Tuthill, John C. Hite, J. M. Sutphen, A. M. Beery, Wm. B. McCracken, Wallace W. Hite, Wm. Bush, Dr. George : 2
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Boerstler, J. D. Allen, Robert Durane, Henry B. Peters, Solo- mon Weaver, M. A. Philips. Number of members in March, 1877, 54.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
CAPT. KELLER'S LETTER.
DR. H. SCOTT-Dear Sir : I herewith hand you the information you requested. The " Grange " was first organized in Washington City, in July, 1867, with Wm. Saunders, Master, and O. H. Kelly, Secretary. The first Grange organized in Ohio was in February, 1871, which was the only one organized in that year.
In 1872 there were organized 7 Granges.
In 1873
315
In 1874 66
779
In 1875
128
In 1876 66
63
Total number in Ohio. 1292 Granges.
Total membership in Ohio to the close of 1876. .55,000.
OHIO OFFICERS.
S. H. Ellis, Master, Springboro, Ohio; W. S. Miller, Secretary, Cas- talia, Ohio.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
J. H. Brigham, Chairman, Wauseon, Ohio ; J. P. Schenck, Frank" lin, Ohio; C. C. Cummings, Painesville, Ohio ; A. R. Keller, Lancaster, Ohio; N. H. Albaugh, Tadmer, Ohio; H. McDowell, Canton, Ohio; H. S. Ellis and W. W. Miller, Ex-officio. General Business Agent, Box 50, Cincinnati.
GRANGES IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
The first Grange organized in Fairfield County was Rush Creek Grange, No. 67, located at Bremen, in July, 1873; and the following were instituted in the order named :
Bloom Grange, No. 395; Pleasant Grange, No. 675; Violet Grange, No. 683; Greenfield Grange, No. 725 ; Hocking Grange, No. 706 ; Union Grange, No. 762; Cedar Hill Grange, No. 763; Amanda Grange, Nog 815; Stoutsville Grange, No 917; Harvey Grange, No. 930; Walnut Grange, No. 931 ; Berne Grange, No. 959 ; New Salem Grange, No. 971 ; Richland Grange, No. 838; Clear Creek Grange, No. 1011; Summit Grange, No. 1038; Fairfield Grange, No. 1148; Liberty Grange, No. 929. Total Granges in Fairfield County, 19.
The last organized was Fairfield Grange, April, 1874. A majority of the above were organized by William Funk, of Rush Creek, who was Deputy during 1874, during which year most of the Granges were or- ganized.
Nos. 706 and 725 (Greenfield and Hocking), have consolidated, as have also 838 and 1,148 (Richland and Fairfield). Halls have either been built or purchased by Pleasant. 675 ; Greenfield, 725 ; Cedar Hill, 763 ; New Salem, 971 ; and Fairfield, 1148.
Greenfield Grange has the greatest number of members, aggregating 135. The total membership of the county is about 1,200. The excite-
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ment of organization carried many into the order who were influenced by purely selfish motives, and who expected to grow suddenly rich with- out effort, and some of this class have expressed dissatisfaction and dropped from the rolls of their respective Granges. But the order is in a much better condition now than ever before, a majority of the most enterprising farmers of each community having become identified with it. Respectfully, A. R. KELLER.
ST. JOSEPH'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, CATHOLIC BROTHERHOOD.
This association was organized in Lancaster, on the 2d day of July, 1861. The following quotations will show the objects and aims of the society :
" This society shall be known as the St. Joseph's Benevo- lent Association of Lancaster."
" Any member of St. Mary's congregation who has attained to the age of eighteen years, and has not passed his fifty-fifth year, may become a member of this association."
" No active member of the old St. Mary's Society shall be excluded from the privilege of becoming a member of St. Joseph's Benevolent Association on account of his age."
"No person who is not of good Catholic life and standing can become a member of this association. This last condition, viz. : honorable Christian character, shall always remain essen- tial to membership."
" The hour of commencing the stated meetings shall be about 4 o'clock p. m., or immediately after vespers on the first Sunday of each month."
The initiation fees for membership of this society are graduated as follows: From the age of eighteen to twenty- five years, $2.00; from twenty-five to forty years, $3.00; from forty to fifty-five years, $5.00. Monthly dues of twenty-five cents are paid by each member at the stated meetings. Sick members of six months standing, receive two dollars a week ; and those who have been members one year and upwards, receive three dollars a week; provided in all cases, that the sick- ness has not been induced by voluntary self-abuse. The society tenders twenty-five dollars for funeral expenses upon the death of members ; but this is contingent upon one hun- dred and fifty dollars being in the treasury at the time of such death.
Officers of the Association-L. C. Butler, President; George E. Blaire, Vice-President; Gerhardt Miller, Treasurer ; John
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Weigle, Recording Secretary ; Charles F. Fuchs, Corresponding Secretary; Leo. Noles, Messenger ; Thomas O. Connor, Banner Bearer ; Joseph Kurtzman, John Bletzacker and Charles Bau- meister, Committee for the Sick.
Trustees-Maurice Barrett, Hugh Cannon, Joseph Kurtz- man, Rudolph Seiple and John Weigle.
CONSTITUENT MEMBERS.
D. C. Butch, Hugh Cannon, M. A. Daugherty, James Mc- Sweney, George E. Blaire, Rudolph Seiple, Joseph Kurtzman, Wolfgang Bininger, Leo. Noles, Barth. W. Vagnier, Sr., John Bletzaker, Charles Baumeister, Lewis Kern, Gerhardt Miller, Jos. Steck, Thos. Malone, John Weigle, Michael Reigamer, Garret Rhyan, Jacob Messenberger, Henry O'Neal, Gotlieb Ebart, Michael O'Garra, Joseph Pfadt, Bernard Vagnier, Benjamin Streigle, Martin Kethinger, John Kuntz, Michael King, John Hines, Thomas O'Conner, Patrick Maher, Peter Miller, Henry Grady, F. A. Steck, John Welker, Maurice Barrett, Barth. W. Vagnier, Sr., Thomas O'Regan Tarpy, Michael Steck, John Ritter, John Welch, Patrick J. Franey, Charles F. Fuchs, Joseph, Bletzaker, Philip Casseley, James Butler, John Bausy, Frank Oger, George W. Smith, Joseph Jounk, Frank Winter, Jacob, Steck, Tall Slough, George H. Brown, Joseph C. Miller, Victor Vagnier, Thomas J. Hanson, Augustus Winchkier, Mathias Thimmis, Alexander Buechler, Adam Bausy, Jacob Loni, Charles Raforth, Gregory Bender, Jerry Shea, Joseph Spezer, Charles Warum, Jr., Jos. Vagnier, Jacob Fuchs, Jacob Host, Thomas Uhl, John Martz, John Caw- ley, Pins J. Clarke, Edward Binninger, P. W. Binninger, George Binder, John Morris, Thomas Cullen, John Sullivan, Henry Abener, Albinus Trinkle, Mathias Danner, Michael Danner, Henry P. Bausy, Frank Reinman, Lewis A. Blaire, John Sears, Martin Konkle, Dennis Piper, Tobias Banner, William Smeltzer, Joseph Hock, Geo. Messenberger, Anthony. Graff, James Tanner, Samuel Sommers, John Kennedy, Patrick Gordon, George Pfadt, Peter Voht, Joseph Sharting, Joseph Flemm, Daniel Sweeney, Charles Warum, Sr., Charles Joss, Henry A. Smith, Robert Shannon, Charles Thomas McGrew, Fredrick Shanting, John Cahill, Henry Landerfelt, John Bau- meister, Rob't. Rody, Rob't. Devine, Lewis Brooker, Chas. Bau- meister, Jr., Jos. Miller, Michael Oger, Henry Ricker-121.
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KNIGHTS OF ST. GEORGE, CATHOLIC.
The order of the Knights of St. George was instituted in Lancaster on the 2d day of November, 1875. The objects of this association are: Beneficial, charitable, benevolent and the cultivation of good Christian character. Eligibility for membership in this order consists, firstly : The applicant must be between the ages of eighteen and forty years ; and secondly : He must be of "good Catholic life and standing." The initia- tion fee is three dollars, and the monthly dues fifty cents. Worthy sick members receive five dollars a week upon the certificate of a physician. The maintenance of "Honorable Christian character shall always remain essential to member- ship." A funeral benefit of $25.00 is allowed in the case of the death of a member ; but all the benefits to which members are entitled, may, at their option or that of their friends in the event of death, be donated back to the association. But bene- fits are only allowed to members in good standing. In the case of sickness, brought on by drunkenness, no benefits are allowed.
Names of Knights-The constituent members were thirty- two, as follows :
Frank Oger, Gustave A. Hamberger, Anthony Evarst, Jos- eph Hamberger, Amos Shreller, John D. Binninger, Daniel McShane, John Bonner, Michael Oger, John Baumeister, Paul Evarst, Charles Ruforth, John Bletzaker, John McShane, An_ drew Keiser, John Kooney, Cornelius Cormedy, Jerry Ang- lim, Maximillian Guiana, Hugh Owens, F. A. Buechler, Ber- nard Bartles, Bernard Cranmer, Edward Binninger, Michael Steck, Jr., Frank Steck, Anthony Ritter, William Donnelly, John Hamberger, George Brown, Edward Seiple.
Names of Civil Officers-Honorary President, Rev. Father · Schmidt ; President, Frank Oger; Vice-President, Anthony Evarts; Corresponding Secretary, Charles Baumeister ; Re- cording Secretary, J. H. Hamberger ; Treasurer, John D. Bin- ninger ; Messenger, Jerry Anglim.
Names of Military Officers-Captain, Joseph Hamberger; 1st Lieutenant, - -; 2d Lieutenant, Michael Oger ; Orderly Sargent, John Baumeister.
The Society holds monthly meetings on the first Sunday of each month, at half-past one o'clock.
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FIRST COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
The first Court of quarter sessions for Fairfield County, and previous to the establishment of the Court of Common Pleas, in May, 1803, was held on the 12th of January, 1801. Emanuel Carpenter, Sr., was the presiding Justice, and Nathaniel Wil- son, sr., David Vanmeter and Samuel Carpenter were his associates. The session was held in a log school-house. A Sheriff by the name of Samuel Kratzer, was appointed by the bench.
A Jury was also appointed, which was called a Jury of Inquest. The following are the names of the Jurymen : Jas. Converse, Foreman ; Abramam Wather, Jeremiah Conaway, Arthur Teal, Conrad Fetters, Robert McMurtry, Gam'l. Coats, Abraham Funk, Thomas Cisfina, Amassa Delanoe, John Mc- Mullen, Joseph McMullen, Edward Teal, David Reese and Barnabas Golden. There were no indictments found, and the Jury was discharged.
Two Attorneys were sworn in-William Creighton and Alexander White.
Three County Commissioners were also appointed, viz. : Nathaniel Wilson, Jr., Jacob Vanmeter and James Denny.
Though appearing little in history, the town of Lancaster seems sometimes to have been called the town of Fairfield, for at the quarter sessions just referred to, there was an order issued for the survey of a road " from the town of Fairfield to the head of the muddy prairie;" and the survey was made by Hugh Boyle.
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