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1844-46. Noble Gillespie -- Martin Stewart 1831. Wm. Collins
1832. Israel Throp
1847. Saml R. Porter - Eli Westfall
Daniel Kinney 1849. P. T. Laishley
- Geo. G. Westfall
1833. James Piper Wm. Menhall 1852. Henry Layton ~ Simpson
1834. James Hopwood 1854-56. Robert Sutton 1876-77. John Cowan
1835. Zachariah Regan 1857. P. T. Laishley
1878-81. A. T. Crolle
1836. Jas. Palfreyman 1859-60. D. B. Dorsey
1882-83. D. G. Helmick
1851. Simeon Laishley
- H. G. West
The present minister is the Rev. Daniel G. Helmick, born in Lewis County. He has been in the ministry about thir- teen years, and came to Morgantown in 1882.
The M. P. Sunday-school was running in 1849. Its superintendent was Jesse Bell. Among his successors were :
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George M. Reay, William Durbin, Levi Hennen and F. M. Durbin. In the new building : Samuel Morris, E. C. Allen- der and E. C. Protzman (1883). John M. Davis is the present secretary, and the school numbers about sixty.
Morgantown Baptist Church .- On the 1st day of Feb- ruary, 1842, the Revs. John Thomas, J. W. B. Tisdale, William Wood and A. J. Garrett organized the Morgantown Baptist Church, with the following twenty-two members :
Jacob H. Shaffer Mary A. Shuff Mathias Tilton
Ann Shaffer Mary Evans Elizabeth Tilton
Jane Chadwick
Elizabeth John Martin Callendine
Gideon Way
Malinda St. Clair Anna Callendine
Jane Way Abigail Houston
Mary A. Way
John Murphy
William Haney
Wilson Crowl
John Joseph
Martha Evans
Anne Crowl
Sarah Joseph
The church stands on lot No. 101, and was finished and dedicated October 18, 1846. The following pastors have served the church :
1842-48. A. J. Garrett 1864-67.A.B.Pendleton 1874. F. E. Bowers 1848-54. Wmn. Wood 1867-69. J.M.Purinton 1877-80. J. C. Jordon 1854-57. G.F.C. Conn 1871. J. B. Solomon 1881-83. G. B. Foster
1857. Simeon Siegfried LeeRoy Stephens O. M. Miller
1858-61. G.F.C. Conn 1873. - Simpson 1883. G. B. Foster 18 61-64. G. W. Hertzog
We find mention of the following deacons : Gideon Way, Martin Callendine, Jacob H. Shafer, 1842; James T. Hess, 1856 ; S. Roderick, A. Yeager, J. P. Shafer, W. A. Robin- son and F. R. Sinclair, 1866. The Rev. Edward Price became a member of this church by letter in 1845, and was afterward ordained a minister of the Gospel.
The Baptist Sabbath-school was organized July 1st 1853.
SUPERINTENDENTS.
1853. Rev. S. Siegfried 1870. D. B. Purinton 1879. W. I. Protzman
1857. M. Callendine 1871. J. P. Shafer 1880-84 W. I. Protzman
1865. J, P. Shafer
It now numbers about seventy-five scholars.
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A. M. E. Church .- An old log house stood on Long Alley, where the colored people worshiped. It was torn down, and the present church there was erected under the Rev. Tittle, of Fairmont. Some trouble arose, and Tittle and a part of the congregation left and erected the church on Hoffman's Addition, over which the Rev. David Lewis, of Waynesburg, Penn., now has charge. It has about forty members, while the church on Long Alley has no pastor, and its membership is said to be about fifteen.
SCHOOLS.
We know not the first schoolmaster in Morgantown. Monongalia Academy partly supplied the place of private subscription schools.
On February 24, 1868, the Legislature passed an act crea- ting the Morgantown school district. Its boundaries were :
"Beginning at the mouth of Falling run, and up said run with its meanderings to the northeastern line of the lands of the Kiger heirs ; thence with said line to the old road ; thence across the hill to and including the house now occupied by B. H. Sear ;' thence in a straight line to the Decker's Creek bridge, near the old paper mill ; thence to and including the Guseman property on the King- wood Pike; thence to the Morgantown and Beverly road, including the property now owned by L. H. Jenkens; thence with said road to and including the county poor-house; thence to the Mononga- hela River, and down the same to the southern line of the property cf Joseph Kinkaid, on the west side of the river ; thence with said line to its western terminus ; thence in a straight line to the first mile-post on the Fairmont pike ; thence down an old road to the river, and up the same to the place of beginning."
Steps were taken to build a large school building, but it was abandoned and the old Monongalia Academy was bought. In 1870, a school was established for the colored pupils, which is conducted in one of the A. M. E. churches.
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In 1882, the State appropriation to the district was $431 .- 54; levy on real and personal estate was $2,465.20 for teachers, and $1,071.85 for building fund. The following is the enumeration of the district in 1883 :
Whites-Males 145. .Females 165. Total 310.
Colored- " 27 66 , 28 66 55.
Free schools* were agitated as early 1848 or 50 in Mor- gantown. ` The following are the
PRINCIPALS OF MORGANTOWN GRADED SCHOOL.
1868-70. Adam Staggers 1872-78. Henry L. Cox 1881-84. T.E. Hodges 1870-72. Alex.L. Wade 1878-81.Benj.S. Morgan
Teachers for 1883-84 : Principal-T. E. Hodges ; assist- ant to principal-Miss Ettie Boyers ; Division A .- Miss S. R. Coyle; B .- Miss Laura Shisler ; C .- Miss Dora Dorsey ; D .- Miss Anna Campbell.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
1868-71.
1875-77. 1879-81.
D. H. Chadwick, t pres
Win. C. McGrew
John J. Brown
Manliff Hayes, t sec
L. S. Hough
L.S. Hough
Samuel Sears, t treas
Samuel Sears
D. B. Purinton
Ashbel Fairchild
Ashbeli Fairchild Samuel Sears
Wm. A. Hanway 1871.
Henry B. Lazier
D. H. Chadwick
Henry S. Hayes
L. S. Hough
A. W. Lorentz
Samuel Sears
Wm. C. McGrew
Ashbel Fairchild
SamuelĮSears
Ashbel Fairchild T. Pickenpaugh Samuel Hackney E. C. Allender
A. L. Wade 1872-75.
Wm. Hoge 1878. 1883.
D. H. Chadwick
John J. Brown
L. S. Hough
L. S. Hough
Samuel Sears
J. P. Shafer
Ashbel Fairchild
Samuel Sears
Thomas Rogers
Wm. Hoge
Henry_B. Lazier Ashbel Fairchild T. Pickenpaugh
SamueljHackney E. C. Allender
* Henry A. Wise, when in Morgantown during the Know Nothing Campaign, stopped at the "National" Hotel, and in conversation made use of the following language in regard to free schools: "I do despise your Peter-Parley, single-rule-of-three Yankee education. 'Drink deep of the Pierian spring or taste not at all.'"
t The first commissioner given after each year is president; the next, secretary ; and the next, treasurer, until 1881, when the office of treasurer was dropped.
# December 16, 1882, on death of Cobun, Fairchild was appointed secretary, and Pickenpaugh appointed commissioner.
Henry, S. Hayes 1877. 1881-83. Wm. S. Cobunt
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SUBURBS.
On the south side of Decker's Creek lies South Morgan- town, or the South Side, generally called "Durbannah." It stands on land patented by Michael Kern in 1772. Edgar C. Wilson laid it out into fifteen lots as Wilson's Addition, with the Kingwood Pike as Bridge Street, and Clay Street, 45 feet wide; Water, 35, Wharf, 40; Wilson, 40, and Ray and Oliphant alleys, 12 feet wide. Fairchild, Lawhead & Co. have made an addition, consisting of eleven lots, with a street 30 feet wide and an alley 20 feet.
George M. Reay* built the first house in 1843 (now occu- pied by Lawhead). F. M. Durbin began building several houses, and George Kramer gave it the name "Durbannah." In it are located the carriage factory of Fairchild, Lawhead & Co., Reay's foundry, James Blair's blacksmith shop, and Demain & Huston's carpenter shop. In 1883, A. M. Kra- mer, D.D.S., (a son of Dr. P. L. Kramer, of Greensboro, Penn.), located here. The population, in 1880, was 127.
Chancery ITill is the hill above the South Side, and con- sists of the private residences of the Hon. W. T. Willey, Francis Demain, John J. Brown and Alex. L. Wade.
Greenmont consists of private dwellings, and was so named by George M. Hagans. It includes the Morgantown Mills, the old Kern's Fort site and the fair ground. It was never laid out in regular streets, beyond the projection of one called' Prairie, but never opened. Its population, in 1883, is ninety.
West Morgantown is on the west side of the river, in Grant District, and is on a part of the Zackwell Morgan
* George M. Reay (a son of John Otho Reay who married Elizabeth, granddaughter of Gen. Neville, of Hardy County, who was a brother of Gen. Neville, of Pittsburgh) came to Morgantown in 1833, and, since 1843, has resided in South Morgantown.
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tract purchased of Isaac Lemasters in 1772. The first house was built by Jesse Mercer. The building of the bridge helped its growth. The building now occupied by Mrs. Weaver as a hotel has served for a hotel and store. As a hotel Jesse Mercer, Westly Finnell, William Fear and Marion Arnett have kept, while William Basnett & Son, and others, have kept store there. L. J. Holland (barber) at present keeps a public house. The population, in 1880, was fifty-two.
Hoffman's Addition, or North Morgantown, lies between the borough and the University grounds. It was laid out by John H. Hoffman. The streets are Front and Hough ; alleys, Church and Lewis. Its population, in 1880, was ninety-six.
North-eastern Morgantown lies north-east of North Boun- dary Street, and has been so fortunate as never yet to receive a name. It has been given the sobriquets of " Sally- town " and "Quality Hill." Four professors reside in it, which might suggest a classical title for this pleasant suburb.
GROWTH OF THE TOWN.
Morgantown was established in 1785, yet tradition states that it was laid out in 1783, for Zackwell Morgan, by Major William Haymond, grandfather of Augustus Haymond, de- ceased. In 1796, the deeds were all burned and we can give no list of the first lot-holders. From an old paper signed by John Evans is given the following list of convey- ances from Zackwell 'Morgan, and Drusilla his wife, from December 1, 1785, to October, 1786, for lots in Morgans- Town : W. A. Smith, No. 37 and 52 ; Michael Kern, No. 39 and 40; John Pierpont, Nos. 107, 108, 119, and -; David Bradford, No. 28 and 29; Hugh McNeely, No. 89 and 106;
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Benjamin Jennings, No. 80, 92 and 93; Jacob Pindall, No. 102 ; Thomas Laidley* six lots, numbers not given. Wm. Jolliffe, Benj. Sutton, George Hollenbaugh, David Hanway, George Jackson, Henry Barnes, Baptist Society and Thomas Pindall, each bought one half-acre lot, number not given.
The growth of the town was slow until the close of the Indian wars, in 1791. John Wood Thompson'st recollec- tions of Morgantown before 1791, were that there were only four log houses-one at the mouth of Decker's Creek, one close to Isaac Frank's, one opposite the hay scales, and one where Dr. McLane lives. His father built the fifth house, at the head of Front Street.
Henry Dering # and John Shisler § were here before 1800, and about that year Capt. William N. Jarrett | came. Among those who came before the 19th century, was Christian Madera. T During the War of 1812, George Murphy states that Spruce Street was the drill ground, and
* Thomas Laidley came from Scotland to New York in 1774, and was induced by Albert Gallatin to come out on the Monongahela River and engage in business. He opened the first store at Morgantown, in 1784; represented the county in 1797-8 and 1800-1. He removed from the county and the Laidleys of Kanawha County are his de- scendants.
t John Wood Thompson was the son of James and Dorcas Thompson, who came be- fore 1790. Their children were: George, James M., Francis M., Maria Huggins, Jane Greenland and Harriet Lees, and John Wood Thompson, father of Col. F. W. Thompson, who married Deborah Vance, a cousin of Gov. Vance, of North Carolina.
# Henry Dering was born in 1759; came from Lancaster to Hagerstown, and from thence to Morgantown in 1787, and opened a hotel which he kept until 1807, when he died. His widow, Rebecca, kept then until 1846, when she died. One of his sons is F. A. Dering, the postmaster.
§ John Shisler married Elizabeth Criss and came to Morgantown, from Winchester, in 1796. He was a wagon maker, and died in 1856. Their children were Maria Rude, Michael (father of E. Shisler, hardware merchant), Frederick, Catherine Kern, John and Edmund.
H Capt. William N. Jarrett married Mary, widow of Hugh McNeely. He was born in 1776 and died in 1829. His tombstone bears this inscription : "Maryland gave him birth ; Virginia, a grave."
T Christian Madera was born 1759; died 1822. He was in the War of 1812. One of his sons was Nicholas B. Madera, who was one of the owners of the Honongalia Gazette, and was postmaster from 1822 to 1853, and whose son, Francis, was post- master from 1861 to 1864. Francis Madera married Julia Ann Watts, and their daughter, Mary B., married Col. M. A. McCallum (of Chicago), a son of Gen. D. C. McCallum.
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Capt. Zackwell Morgan* was a drill-master. Although the War of 1812 called away a good many men, yet the town was growing. At this time Thomas Wilson,t of Morgan- town, was in Congress. Col. Samuel Hanway, with his nephew John Hanway (father of Col. William A. Hanway), were now at Morgantown as surveyors. Col. Hanway was a Revolutionary officer, and died in 1834, at the age of ninety- one. He was said to have been a relative of Jonas Han- way, the man who first carried an umbrella in London. James Chadwick came about 1812, from Fayette County, Penn., and engaged in store-keeping. He was the father of D. H. Chadwick, and died in 1848
From 1812 to 1830, Morgantown improved rapidly. From what is now Preston and Marion and Barbour and Taylor, people came to Morgantown to trade and buy salt, iron, goods and groceries. Some time after the War of 1812, William and Henry Lazier came to Morgantown. William Lazier (the father of H. B. Lazier) came from Bedford, Penn., to Wheeling and then with E. B. Swearingen to Mor- gantown. He married Mary A. McClure ; ran Cheat Iron Works before 1830; died in 1872.
From 1825 to 1833, Francis Billingsley and Col. Richard Watts,# both living in Morgantown, represented the county. V
* Capt. Zackwell Morgan left Morgantown July 26, and died August 26, in the retreat from Washington City under Gen. Winder. He was acting mojor of his regi- ment. He was a son of Col. Zackwell Morgan, and married Elizabeth Madera, daughter of Christian Madera. Their children were : Enos. D., Zadoc, Nimood, Mary S. (wife of H. D. MeGeorge), Zackwell and Drusilla.
t Thomas Wilson was born in Eastern Virginia in 1766 ; married Mary Poage; died, 1826. Their children were: Eugenius M., Edgar Campbell (who married an Oliphant), Ndrville (an M. E. minister, and father of Bishop A. P. Wilson), Alpheus P., Agnes P. (wife of Rev. Homer J. Clark), George Washington (who died a merchant in New Orleans), Louisa Ann Lowrie and Julia, wife of Rev. Lock.
# Col. Richard Watts was born in Maryland in 1788; died 1836. Two brothers came with him-John and Harmon Y. The latter had a son, Harmon Y., leaving in 1850, and never heard of.
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The building of the Northwestern Turnpike, in 1838, hurt Morgantown some before 1840.
In 1842, Marion County being stricken off, was a loss of trade and source of income from those coming from there to attend court. The B. & O. R. R. came next, in 1853, and the great trade from the interior was lost to Morgan- town. Her streets were now to be deserted by the great number of wagons that formerlyIwere daily to be seen. The town henceforth was to depend upon the local trade of the county, until slackwater or an iron pathway should come to give it renewed life and awakened energy. In 1850, A. S. Vance* secured a daily mail.
About 1850, we find some strange advertising of mer- chants, as "The sign of the Red Post," "two Big Doors," "three Big Doors," "Big Window" and "Hole in the Wall." The establishment of the West Virginia University, in 1867, had a beneficial influence on the town.
Dentists .- Among the earliest resident ones was J. Lowry McGee. In 1861, George B. Morris came. He was born at Woodgrove Furnace in 1832. He is the first dental grad- uate in the State (1866), and one of only thirteen now in the State. He now travels over 200 square miles of territory and visits eight towns. He first made an obdurator (or arti- ficial palate), also a mask for Elias Courtwright, of Marshall County. He has followed his profession for twenty-nine years.
Tradesmen .- Tailors : Sandford Pickenpaugh, since 1827 ; F. K. O'Kelley, 1862; Charles M. Chalfant ; 1863 ; John H. Smith, 1852. Boot and shoe makers : John Protzman 1826; G. L. Samsel; 1851; Jacob Protzman, Nimrod Protz-
* Addison S. Vance was born in 1812, in Frederick County, Virginia ; died, April 22, 1883 ; came to Morgantown in :835, and was the Whig candidate for Congress once. After Vance we find Alex. Hayes to be very active in mail matters.
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man, W. H. Bricker, Uriah Moore, William Watts. Black- smiths: Dawson & Wells, J. N. Pickenpaugh. Tinners : George A. Lees (son of Thomas J. Lees, the poet); I. Scott Reed (son of Henry Reed, first coppersmith), 1876, tinner, coppersmith, and tin roofing and spouting. Jewelers : H. H. Hayes, George C. Hayes, John H. Madera. Millinery establishment : Mrs. McVicker. Saddlers : E. W. S. Der- ing, William Pride, Henry Cooper. Butchers : Hackney & Baker, Hess & Madigan, Fisher & Shean. Marble cutters : The first one was - Foster, about fifty-five years ago ; present shops-J. E. Watts & Co., Joseph E. Watts, and Nelson W. Protzman, since 1867. Photograph gallery : E. C. Protzman, 1880. Tanners : Kiger Bros. Barbers : L. J. Holland, Amos Harris, Matt Harris. Livery : The first one was James Protzman's, thirty years ago ; present ones -Manliff Hayes and Carraco. Sewing Machine Agency : William I. Protzman. Oyster saloons: G. W. Debolt, D. H. Stine and N. Kiger.
STATISTICS OF BOROUGH.
YEAR.
Horses.
Cattle.
Sheep.
Hogs.
Carriages,
Buggies, &c.
Watches and
Clocks.
Pianos and
Melodeons.
Colored.
White.
1871
89
105
....
101
47
218
25
10
162
1872
......
.....
....
...
.....
.....
....
1873
107
78
49
52
215
31
1
152
1874.
89
72
45
46
192
27
1
149
1875
80
54
75
42
205
33
4 153
1876 ..
86
45
55
48
197
35
2
158
1877
82
47
80
44
182
31
159
1878
81
46
67
42
187
35
161
1879
83
62
.......
46
45
180
37
1
168
1880
84
117
3
45
50
173
37
2
170
1881.
78
131
....
26
57
213
50
3
179
1882
79
86
23
25
59
217
49
5
169
1883.
103
125
......
19
76
186
46
3
166
....
...
.......
..
Cemeteries .- The one where the Presbyterian Church stands is the oldest; next, the Methodist; then the Presby-
VOTERS.
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terian ; then where the Baptist Church stands ; and last, "Oak Grove Cemetery," beyond the limits of the town. It will be described in Morgan District.
H. D. McGeorge invented a shingle machine which was patented March 3, 1857, No. 16,742 ; also a hemp brake, patented September 11, 1858, No. 21,513.
James Odbert came from Washington County, Penn., in 1844; was a saddler; served two terms as sheriff, and is now acting as a special constable.
George Kramer came from Greensboro, Penn., in 1836, and died in 1848 ; was a merchant. Col. Lee Roy Cramer is his son.
Alex. Hayes married Phebe Davis and came to Morgan- town in 1841. He followed the hotel and stage business, and died in 1866, aged 67. He was born in Kent County, Delaware. Their family consisted of Henry S., George C. and L. S., jewelers ; Manliff, Justice and mail agent ; Jane V. and Louisa, wife of Prof. Stewart. Mrs. Hayes was born in 1804, and is still living.
George Pickenpaugh came from Germany; settled before 1820, on Scott's run, and his sons, Sandford, Rezin, Nicho- las (father of Thornton), and John came to Morgantown before 1830.
John Rogers and Martin Callendine were prominent men in Morgantown.
A one-story long frame market-house stood, before 1812, on the site of the old jail.
CHAPTER XXVIII. CLINTON DISTRICT .*
Geographical Boundaries and General Description-Indian Oc- cupation-Early Settlers-Indian Murders : Miller, Woodfin, Stone, Booth, etc .- Voting Places-Civil List-Towns: Smith- town, Clinton Furnace, Halleck, Uffiington-Post-Offices- Roads-Oil Wells-Noted Places: Pictured Rock, Caves, Raven Rocks, Ferrell Rock-Jones' Raid-Church History- Sunday-Schools-School History-Statistics-Stores-Flouring Mills-Saw-Mills-Blacksmiths-General Notes-Biographical Sketches and Notes.
CLINTON is the first of the seven magisterial districts into which Monongalia County was divided in 1852. Soon after the organization of West Virginia, in 1863, the county was divided into townships, and this district became Clinton Township, being thus named for Clinton Furnace. Ten years later, by a change of designation merely, it became Clinton District. It lies in the south-eastern part of the county, and is bounded on the north-east by Morgan District, on the east by Preston County, from which it is divided by Chestnut Ridge; on the south by Taylor and Marion coun- ties, and on the west and north-west it is separated from Grant District by the Monongahela River.
This is, perhaps, the largest district in the county, and contains, according to the assessor's books, 40,059 acres. Among the seven districts of the county, it ranks fifth in order of population, having 2,126 inhabitants in 1880-a
" This chapter is written by W. Scott Garner, of Preston County, from information obtained by a canvass of the district and a search of the public records at Morgantown.
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gain of 226 since 1870. In point of wealthı, it also takes the fifth place, with a total valuation of $539,657.
The district is drained by the Monongahela and its trib- utaries, Cobun's creek, Booth's creek, Tom's run, Joe's run and White Day * creek ; and in the southern part by Laurel run. Good springs are abundant. The surface is generally hilly, with belts of level land along the river and creek bot- toms. Occasional level tracts occur between the hills, and on the broad tops of some of them lie considerable stretches of undulating surface, well situated for farming and excel- lent as grazing lands. The soil is very productive when well tilled and properly cared for. It is generally a clayey loam on the hillsides, varying from five to fifteen inches, and a sandy loam on the levels, from one to two feet in depth. All the cereals grown in our climate do well here, but the greater attention is given to wheat, corn and oats. Potatoes, other vegetables, and small fruits do well. Cher- ries, pears and quinces are grown, and some peaches ; but apples are the leading fruit, there being an apple orchard on nearly every farm. Of late years, new and better varie- tiest of this fruit are being introduced.
Originally, heavy forests covered large portions of the district, but the farmer and the lumberman have wrought great changes here. For years the very prime of the oak has been taken for ship timber, but oak is still the leading variety, with fair quantities of chestnut, poplar and hickory, . and some maple, black walnut, ash, beech, locust, lynn, syc- amore, buckeye and pine.
* This creek is said to have been so named after an Indian chief, Opekiska or White Day, who used to camp and hunt on its borders.
+ Robert C. Austin says that three varieties of apples, of great local popularity, have originated in this district : the " Morgan Reds," named after the Indian fighters; the " Granny Sweets," named for Polly Miller, wife of Thomas Miller ; and the " Grubb Cab- in " apple, which originated at the log cabin of an early settler named Grubb.
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In early days many deer roamed through the forests of Clinton, and bruin made his home among her hills. The wolf howled here by day, and the panther screamed by night. Wolves were still here in 1825, about which time, it is said, the last bear ever killed in the district was shot by Samuel Brown. Along with the bears and wolves and deer of early times, were catamounts and lesser animals in abundance. But year by year the settle's rifle thinned their ranks, and his mattock cleared away their haunts. To-day, the inhabitants of the wood are foxes, squirrels and quail, or pheasants ; and there only remains an occasional deer or wild cat to test the marksmanship of a people who are fast losing the arts of the trained hunter.
The track of the wild animal, however, was scarcely obliterated ere the domestic animal occupied its place. Wherever man penetrated, accompanied by his faithful dog, there was soon found the horse, cow, sheep and hog. These animals did, and still do, well here, as the land when cleared is finely adapted to grazing and grass-growing. Of late years, blooded stock is being introduced in some neighbor- hoods, especially the finer grades of 'cattle and sheep. The importance of this movement can not be too strongly stated, and when once realized by the farmers of Clinton, the stock interests of the district will largely increase.
INDIAN OCCUPATION.
For unknown centuries the Indian's ownership of this country was undisputed. In that misty labyrinth of years, red men hunted among the Clinton hills and fished in these quiet waters. It is not supposed their residence here was permanent, but the accumulations of shells and debris which marked their camps, indicate a lengthened stay or oft
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