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•C. E. BALDWIN.
ATTomtrr and Common AT Law, Gxtat Itend. Penn
.ybranta. SM.
11,-L. • B111:1210WIN,
.Arrenti; AT Law, Montrose, Pa. Cecil:with :tames
IC. Car alt.
lirfntrotr, Aairu* lB7l . - : , ;a—• r
LOO MIS & LLSK,
Attortiryi at 'Law; Melee No. tt Lackawanna Avenue,
Scranton. Pa. ..Practice In the several, Courts of La
teral! anti Soutonehanna Coo taloa,
Loma -
Setatiton, Sept. (ill, ISll.—tt.
.w. CROSSMON. •
Attonsity at Liar, Office at tho Copt How In the
Commissioner's Office. IV. A. Comment.
Montrose, Sept. 6th,
111cKEINIZIE, & FAIIROT.
eaters in DrxCloods, Clothing, Ladies and 'Miner
ins Bboes. Also; *gents for.the great, American'
Tea and Coffee Company. [Montrose, Pa., sit.
W.-8311TM •
ElenrennK ..ihrins at hie dweller: next door east of the
liteteddleen prfhting office. Office boom from oa.
. Montrose, Maya,
THEBARBER—IIiaI Ha! lion
atitrieyitoirlik Is the bather, who can shave your face to
' du
:seder; oas - brown, black - sod grizzle). hair. to his
ellicejnst up stairs. There you will d him, over
Gershs store.below Meßenzies—lttst *no door.
llentrase, Jape 7,1871.-0: C. MORRIS.
.4: B. & 11. n. IScCOLLIIII,
ATIONSITIf a Lair oMre crrer the Bank, Montrose
Pa. 31entrose,ity Mk. 1671.
M , tf
LATIIROP,
LIS opened an othee.at the tooth( Chestnut atrcet,near
the Catholic Church, where he can be consulted at all
times.
Antroes, April .4
J. :D. PAIL,
VersimoorritroPernanAle .12so &Yuma. flu rwroureently
handed himself to Ihmtrose„ Pa., when he will prompt.
ly attend let male In his profession .elth which he may
be thvortd.. Office and reeidence wen or the Court
Mame, Door Fitch it Iratson`a office.
' Montrose, Feb=7B,l3ll.
' • LAW OFFICE? . •
meg WATSON. Atter:ley* at Law. at the old °Zee
of Bentley &Fitch, Montrose. Pa.
a.. V. men.
.. [Jan. It, '7l:[ w, w. ws.fsoW.
CHATILES N. STODDAIID.
Dottsr In Boots and Shoes, Rats and Caps, Leatbei and
Findings, 'Balt, Street, fat door Delo. Boyd's sore.
'Work made to order, and repairing done neatly.
licodzoit, Jan. ], ISM ,
LIIrLES & BLAKESLEE,
Attorneys ant Conesellora at Law. • Office the one
heretofore oeca;pled by B. B. 9. p.Llttle, on= atn
street. Montrose, Pa. • [April 91
L L %Mi.& LITTLE. E.L. 72.151Z1211.
LEWIS tiIcOILL,
BRAVING LEWIS.
DILESFSO.
Shop In the' ism Postdate handbag, where hi will
M tonna ready to attend all who may want anything
to Isla line. . Modrose, re. Oct. 13, 1%1
0. IC ILIAVVEY,
DsILIE In DRY ocions, GROChIDES. CROCHDRY.
Raedwara, Bata, Caps, lloots.Sboes, Reads Made - Cloth
tax, Paints, Ohs, etc-, New ililfor,h, Pa. ISept. 8, 'M.
DR. S. W. DAYTON,
rattuctics - a-. SURGEON, tenders Ids services to
the'efttzens of Great bend and vielnity. Office at his
reeldenee. opwstte Earn= Rouse, GlT,llend.rillagn
Wept. tal,l9:o.—tf
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY A LAW. Bounty, Back Pay. Penaloi
awl Exem on Clal=a atteadad
..ociattelaartiorP•Store.'liontrotc.PC [Au.9.'69
surrofc
Auctioneer, and. Insurance. Agent,
.5144. Flrlendssllte, Pa,,
• C. S. GILBERT,
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TT. B, l9l.l.l.atimank.eiCor:
Gni 69ti Great:Bend, Pa
ALMI ELT,
Q. B. '..A.Nacrticrauer.
A. 1 .1 47 . 3. Address, Brooklyn, P.
3011 EV GROVES,
,ismo:CABLET ilolz, Migrose; Pa. Sbop over
Cliandter's Store. Ati orders filled In fireVrateatyle.
vatting done an stiort . nottce. and warranted to at,
W. W. • SMITH, -
1111/01INET , AND CUM MANIreACTURKELE I / 2 —Yoot
of Ualxtstmet, Montrose, F. MS.
BUIMITT,
DTAIRRIIa Staple and Form, Dry Goods. crockery
Ilardirare, Doe, Storee,Dra - Ea, Oili,and Pallas
• • leimetskod noel, Rats& CarreFurs:DuCralo Robes
lrecurles,Prorbilone.c.:e.,liewitilford; Pa. .
STROUD BROWN,
Flan. AND • LIFE MORAN - Cr; AGMNTS. AI
bottom attended to promptly, on fair terzot/IDffice
ern door north of - .Montroso Motel," trot side of
PabileAteoue; Montrose, Ps. • lang.l,lBs9.
Miura STstarD. - - -
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'ABEL TIIBBEILaLi
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Dausa , .D19:11...' Patent Medicines," Clain:lads
Liquanw,Painta,Gils,Dre s. tuffs. Varnishes, Win ow
Glass, Groterlet, Glass Ware, Wall and Window Pa,
par.litane , ware, Lamps, Kerosene, Machinery OM,
T: naaea, Guns, Amuanitlou, 'Knives, Spectacles
16 . ositeCratcy- Goode, Jevrelli,' Peen
bolos lotus Oils. most numerous, extensive. and
valuable collections or Goods in Susquehanna Co.—
Established 1n:1643. [Montrose, Pa.
D. W. SEABILE,
TTOIMet .Vr LAW, *Me ova' the,Stpre of A.
LattioNtattbelitrickllloelt.,Moutrose, tanl:l2
DB. W. - L.- 111CIILUIRSON,
aistetas m SUBGEO.N. tenders hie professlota
sorriess to the ettlzens of Montrose sad
(Me *this rasidenc, on the corner east of Sarre it
Bros. Bonndry. ' - thug. 3, 1669..
DU. E. 1.. GARDNED.,
PIISSICIAN and 81311GE0271, Montrose. Pa. Gift,
especial attention to diseases of the Plead and
Lungs end ell Burgle:id diseases. Odlce over W. B.
Dana itoardratScorfe's 11010.1. [Aug. I.IIGI.
BURNS NICUOLS, -
in - :Drugs, Medicines. cbmseala. Dye.
stns, palate, Oils. %arilleh. Liquors, Spices. Panty
srtcleti,Patantliedielnes; Perfume:Dud Toilet Ar•
00 - Presinigilens carefully compounded.—
Avenac.abore nearlen note. Montrose; Pa
A. 0. BestAl, • •- • - •• Azos fircuer.s.
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UNT BROTHERS,
BOIL scaewrox. Pd.
• -a•bigesabs t tea Dealt:sin
114RDNAllE, IRONY, STRIKE., ,
• V&A SPIKE* SHOVELS,
BUILDER'S HARDWARE, . •
JUS7/ eor72s , TEliSt=d T BAIL SPIEL'S
ad1L110.41 3 tE MINING SUPPLIES.,
CARRIAGE SPSIEOB. AXLE& SEELYS
BOX= BOLTS: NUTS and WASHERS. --
• . .PLATED SANDS.' ILLELEABLE
111053,11VE8.8POICES.•
. ZUSZLOES. SEAT SPINDLES. DOE'73-dloc.
WES, STOCES and DIES: BELLOWS .
RAM:IM , SLEDGES .PILES. ay. Sie.
CDRIDIAN AND =LIS-WM..I3EI , MM PACKING
TADSILILBLOCES, MISTER. PARIS
DIDIENT, EMIR '
NeXSEIMENDOWGIASSWItTREItda PMDINGIS
. VADIDASNIS SCALES.
:erafazi.DarellMlSlDl. -Iy ''• ••
IIBBElk!
..„..113.0MZE . 41:1 - 113 EANUZSOMIES • •.
ireILATOCABLE Speed and'Donble Drive Whitt It
VhohlatkeOteat liter YorkStetoNattonalPtetehtes I
Alsotthe Oreat Ohto ICatlOnalPremtaine, Watt Nene
And the Pennlyhludst ht l T/Sza , bad .VITTISIstte
The Amin te ustelpte,eontmetaeartreed entirety Itoszt
the drive , wheels, and =closed 1n a nest' nue, to the
centre of the ntactdoe, effeetnally eaten: It ton grit
The open outlet than. Intently . feint te tfth
speed to one a ttarTeower, Arithoet, etopi thee adapt
tog inset/ to bad plates end light and beery yaw ....-
Oat =status tit perfect. tio brake and one
- le*Tond doubt the stroingett
=wan the wort& andlencaa depend upon it, bang
tterftetly tettabte In reerrpartiettlar, • .
Itontsoae. Maya 1.311.741 SATRETRAS.,
•
-MUM Valet Ponms. AntTille. Pa. Far eats:
rui , , , 00 L. U. Ilisacm;
Pao Contr.
?~aONB:
13Y - 3. W..STEVENTON.
In miens, when my heart *is Sad,
And midnight hung its pall above,
• . seen thy wild;dislievelled hair,
Thy young, pale thee, white with despair,
Rush madly, Closely past me there,
LitM I oft myjheait hatliplead,
By nightly dream And vision led,
To' ask thee, "dolt thou love me r •
QM=
In lonely walks and silent woods„,
..Mid sylvan aisles and love's tuition,
Thy music tonesiaave spelled mine ear,
And ravished me as thou wert near;
Thy tender accents, soft, yet clear,
Seemed to Mums the solitudes
IVlr.ly hallowed airs and holy moods`
Of spirits sent on heavenly mission.
C. C. FII7BOT,
sR
Heavy on leaf, and flower, and tree,.
The all•pervadlng sense seemed pveyaing;
Nor morn, nor eve, nor sheeny night,
High-zenithed noon, or gloaming light,
Possessed the pow'r but to indite
The spirit ote rhapsody. '-'-
Leonal Kin d souls are we;
What saith thy heart? Leave me thy blessing.
Mae 31ona's lute of single sound
.earce: more than mine his lore expmsed;
Dumb but to sigh a sad, low plaint,
A smotheind heart string's twang and
faint '
As that last sob of Attic saint,
No wordy tale toy lips have - found, '
One endless thought one name had crowned:
'Leona!—as it falls it blesses.
Leon] morning noon and night,
And morning, noons and nights succeeding,
That crowning name, that endless thought,
Hath daily,, since ourmeeting, brought
The sorif.same form to me unsought,
Swift rushing, aloe before my sight,
Thy flowing hair, thy, face
Goes !wale voiceless and unheeded.
GAI:7IIL MaMa.A.4131..
yr wn.tusr. It. V
Onr counft3''s flag, whose silvi - r stare
Hath lighted land and flood;
Has been upheld by LABOR'S sons,
And crimsoned with their blood.
Whereer thy banner has been borne,. _
Wherever yet united;
It spoke of liberty to man—
Redemption to a world.
It speaks with silent voice to-day,
To Wry sighlotr, soul;
Bids each pm; on wink c:miest zeal,.
rwaid freedom's happy - OA
Why then should Lames on permit,
Corruption's hated throng;
To find protection 'neath our gag,"
For tyrrany and wrong!
Shame on the cowards who bow down
And worship sordid knaves;
Who meekly Liss oppression's rod,
And live the life of slaves.
Up, brothers up, the hand of time
Has mark'd the coming hour;
When tyrant might shall be o'erthrown,
And right assert its pow'r.
Up, bmthera,litnot our flag
Ware o'er aTobber's den; .•
Come, swear that sheet alia l symbolize,
A race of freeborn men.
Come bear It on from clime to clime,
A gabsii Of light; ' '
Whiase'sfirey beams shall dissipate
= TIM toilet's gloomy night.
grains and aritidotag.
—Never confide a secret to your rela
tions; "blood will tell."
—Neat housekeepers are' generally put
out when coal is put in. -
—Can an aunt who dotes on her
nephew be called an antidote
—Josh Billings says, to " Kure a weak
back, lay still for a week to come.
—A dandy on shore is disgusting, but
a shell of the sea is sickening,
—Every nian'who goes out West- re
turns with his story of an arrow 'escape.'
--You may find fashiMa in town, but
you Meet with more style in' the Country,
Said'Ese,to Adam when she, wanted
him to assist her at toilet.--...'neleare me."
--When a wife reigns, it seems natural
that she should storm too. She generally
does. .
—Why is a beefsteaklike a locomotive?
It is not of much account Awithout its
tender. •
—An "out-and-ontee—a club man;
so wives who wait and watch to the wee
small hours say.'
—An indignant lientucti wife offered
to swap her bigamous husband for a Bert , -
mg machine.
—An old "Settler"—The oul lady who
sent° farmer ten cents that had been dile
twenty-nine years.
—Ought an advocate of policy of non
interference in every difficulty be reward
ed with a meddle? ,
- —King akys it is a din . gonms proceed
jug to fool with a married lady who has a
red-headed. husband.
—it Wisconsin judo . has granted bint
self a divorco-ou th e linneiple , that "char
ity begins at home_'.' -
31r..itsbnry: couldn't take the silo
yet cur,. he •consented hitnself by going
home yhth tho• "
The new - euphemista - forte& Inar is
Skanatele aolor," Pkanitalee being a
little bejoed Atsbnrn. ' • .
-,-.4poptilar lecture kw chosen for bia
stibjebt-,-"Whatehnit we do with Turkey?"
Tilly, eat it r of ootoze.•
Thtg4rmons, oncen mote•corypeiled
to mote on, to., well consider them relig.
4m a DP:gresn_ve
—The Bohemian, Diet, about which , eo
much- trai been tail believed, by
the initiated, to,be a , tree
-.-41,..1y)rreqrondent of Woodbull's Raper
ailtgo Youra, thelerai?d , ly,par t .;
tagretzticaUbrantizooratically..
,MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY NOVEISMER 22, . 1871,
ioicellancouo.
From the Montrose Republican.
ANNALS OF RPSH TOWNSHIP.
We are permitted to copy the following
history of Rush township from Miss
Blackman's forth-coming History of Sus
quehanna County:
USU.
[The fifth of those townships, of old
Luzerne of which the area was comprised
wholly, or in part, of territory'afterw4rds
set off to Susquehanna county.] •
' 1601. AtJanuary Sessions of the Court
of Luierne couutV, a petition was pre
sented. for the erection of a new township
to be called Rush, its boundaries to ex
tend from the 40th to the 27th milestone
on the State line—the northwest corner
of 'old Lawaville—thence 'south eighteen
miles to a corner in the line north 'of old
Wyalusing township, south of AVysox, to
a point due east from Standing Stone,
thence north five miles to a corner, thence
north five miles, thence to the place of
beginning. Viewers then appointed,
made their report in November following.
Though it wits accepted, it ie 'eViaept,
from the bOunds of the township as ever
afterwards 'recognized, that an error oc
curred in their statement of the limits of
the northern line—"To begin at the 41st
milestone and extend thirteen miles to the
28th 'Milestone—thus failing to reach
Lawsville by one mile. [The milestones
were numbered from the Delware River
westward.] Also, upon the erection of
Susquehanna county, its west line extend
south from the 40th milestone, and from
all that can now be ascertained, the west
lino 'of Rush, was the county line for
thirteen miles; five miles square remained
in Bradford (then Ontario) county. The
whole cornprispi 172,660 acres.
The following diagram represents the
bonndaries of Rush in 1801. The dotted
line marks the division made, by the etre
lion of Susquehanna:
Practically the township extended cast
to the line of
,old Nicholson, and south at
least to the line of Susquehanna county,
as afterwards run. A portion of Brain
trim (now Auburn) may IiZOGOEILWI
but the taxablea of Rash,* for the year
1801, included residents of Springville
and Brooklyn, or those who, without
change of locality, were afterwards in
cluded in the latter townships. Rush was
then the ninth of ten distriets for Justices
riv Luierne, EM I appatenty, also for elec
tions; the tenth included N icholson, Laws
vile, and Willin,gborough..- Isaac Ilan
cock was Justice fel..the former district,
and Am Eddy, Thomas Tiffany; and John
Marcy were Justices for the latter. Nichol
son, as well as Ruth, extended beyond the
line of oul• county, anti Justices Hancock
nod. Marcy Were never its residents.
Upon the erection of Bridgewater, Nov
-1 ember, 180 G, Rush received definite limits,
being left eight miles on the State line,
by eighteen miles north and south.
The township was named in honor of
Judge Jacob, Rush, who was appointed,
August, 1791 ? Preeident of the Courts
- Common Pleas in the circuit consisting
of the counties of Ber'ks, Northampton,
Luzerne,t and Northumberland. For seY
,en years previous he had been Chief Jus
tice. of the Supreme Court;but, on the
re-appointment of Judge McKean to that
office, Judge Rush accepted that of Circuit
Judge, as just stated.
In 1812, twenty four of the residents of
Rush si,ved a petition to have a new.
township formed from it, eight miles
square, adjoining the State line, to be
called Bennington. , But, January, 1813,
the first Court of Susquehanna county,
was petitionCd to divide RushViito three
parts, viz :—Choconnt, Middletbwn, and
Rash—the latter to be left eight miles
east and west, by six miles north and
south. The petition was granted "nisi,"
November, 1813, and "finally" January,
1814.
The area of Rush was, again reduced,
in 1816, by the erection of . Jessup; and
more recent* by the addition to tho lat
ter township of about eighty' rods on, the
Wyalusing, niirth to the line. of Foiest
Lake. Thus the present inirth line of
Rush extends . but 5..} milea;, the south
line eight miles; and thewholearea about
thirty-tire sguire mile& Itonceinelcidcd,
practically, in addition, two hundred and
thirty-fire square - miles ' but the latter,
now abSorhed by nine other, townships,
will require no further attention here. •
Rush, as 0110 Jeßsup, is traversed throigh'
the center from east to west, by the Wyalus
ing—one of the few streams of the county
retaining (though i¢ part)its sweet-sounding Indian name. The Iroquois word as
given by Zeisberger, is Machterithilusing,
meaning the "beautiful hunting grounds,"
a definition not unlike: that given on.. a
previous page-" Plenty of. mgt." The
Lenape or Delaware word, having only. an
•additional 1---ilachwithillusing—is said to
mean "at the dwelling place of_the hoary.
veteran." The former definition best
agrees with what is known of the vicinity
when first occupied by e civilized race.
The north and middle biancheajoin the
midstream within this township; also - ,
from the south, the Deer Lick-Oreek, and
the outlet of Elk Lake, besides numerous
minor tributarie& Babes Pond, on the
lincr between Middletown rind • Rush, is
the only sheet of water larger than a mill-,
pond.
Mineral' Springs (sea chapteron Miner
al stesourcesy,of some prospective , value,
oxist on the ,Deer but, singigarly
nongh,-s IS bit one of their ingredients,
_
*flush, oritifidew—tioth names being' circa
to the Election District—although f'.lltticlawr by
the Yankees, was confined to a very small town,
'as marked on a map . of Connecticut arms,.
though from the earliest times deer sought
the locality, a Salt Spring being near.
Except when the •roads follow the
streams, they arebut the traveler
who gains the hilltops is amply zepaid by
the views ho obtains from theni. This
is particularly true of the eminence just'
west of the Mineral Spring. from which
one looks-up the valley of Wyalusing to
Cemetery Rill at Montrose; but thestream
itself Is. hidden ,by the overlapping
hills that border las -winding course.
'Devine Ridge, in the eastern part Of , ths
township, was so named from a family
who first occupied it more than fifty years
ago.
At the mouth of the Wyalusing, idled
14 miles south-west; front Rush, a settle
ment was made by the Moravian Indians
and their teachers in 1765, and in 1766
they laid out a town which they named
Friedenshnetten, or Huts of Peace. "Iti
was , the habitatioti 'of .a civilized com
munity, a place where, the everlasting
gospel was fearlessly . proclaimed by ear
vents of Jesus -Christ" In 1772 th
mission vas broken up, or rather removed
to Ohio. '
Soon after the close of the Revolution-!
my struggle, some of the Wyoming set
tiers pushed northward on the Susquehan
na and along, its tributaries, Wyalusing
being one of them ; other settlers came
from the New England States, via the
Susquehanna, to Great Bend, and over
the hills; while still-others kept the river
iu canoes, and so reached the Wyalnsing,
and gathered along its shores.
As early as 179 . 4, Isaac Brownson and
family (eight in all) were at the forks or
long occupied
of the North Branch. The place.
long occupied by the late IL 3: Champ
ion, and is now owned by N. Hdlis.'
Daniel Ross came it soon after I. Brown'
son, and located just below him. He was
the first post-master.
In 1795, Dan Metcalf was on the farm
next below; which has since been known
us the old Hanetick place. At this time,
(we are told by Mrs. Ichabod Terry, one
of Mr. liletealre daughters,) the settlers
below her fathers's place were in the fol
lowing order: Tillotson, (Andrew Can
field 'With him,) Solomon Bosworth, (whb
bought of- Tillotson,) Preston. Benajah
BostWick, Ephraim Fairchild, Ezekiel
Brown, Sanfl (Aden ?) Stevens; Rockwell)
Stevens; Rockwell, Elisha Keeler, John
Bradshaw, Abraham Taylor, Jones Ing
ham, and Job Camp. •
The graves of some of these early set
tler& may ha SOUL- in._ tha romaory
the Stevensville church, four Miles belew
the Susquehanna county line. Benajah
Bostwick died in',lB64—he was born in ]
1776: 'lsaac - Hancock' died in 1820, in
his 80th year. Iliswife died two years later.
Den-. Aden Stevens - died in 1858, aged 88.
John Bradshaw died in 1814. Daniel Ross
in 1836, aged 68. Mr. Metcalf removed, in
1-ros;:tcra location- awl:asp& :Sad or-halt
mile above' the forks, on ihe East Branch.
Andrew Canfield moved from Litchfield
CO, Connecticut, about the 20th of Jan.,
1797, with his wife and six children, and
I reached the Forks, or rather a point a
little below, on the sth of Feb., 1797.
There wais'then no road from Great Bend
to the Wyetusing. They crossed the
Delaware River near Port Jervis, and
struck the Snsinehanna at Skinner's Ed
dy; thence came up the river and creek
to the place mentioned above, (outside' of
Susquehanna C 0.,) to the house of Thomas
Tilhson, (or Tillotson,) where they lived
two years before moving to Middletown.
They drove what was then called a spike
team—a yoke of cattle with a horse as
leader—hitched to awood-shod sled. His
son, - Amos, then'ls years old, now (18700 ,
in his - 85th' year, says: "We drove One
cow, Which wo - milked night and morning'
for the' children ;" and adds respeeting
the settlement : family of_the name of
Mosul!, brothers, asister, lived
three-fourths-.of a mite up the East
Branch, on what has since been called
the Capt. Howell place, and all were deaf
andAtimb. They afterwards removed t 4
the 'Lake Conntry.! There was no clear
ing between them and Great Bend. This
- was just prior to the settlement of Laws
vine.
" The next summer after we came, Joab
Picket, from Conn, cut a fallow on the
place now owned by D. Snyder, which
was not burned till the summer of 1799.
[Mr. Miner mentions him and family at
the latter date.] Trees were marked from
the 'Forks to Great Bend, but the route
was west of Montrose some three miles.
." I recollect two brothers named Ben
nett, one of them Daniel—Single men—
, who came in the next winter after we did.
.They drove an ox-team, and crossed the
Susquehanna at the Bend, and made their
way for the Forks. The snow was nigh
'three 'feet 'deep. They. drove their oxen
and sled until their` team was 'about tired
out, when . they left - theirload and sled,
- and• drove their oxen:as far as Picket's
'fallow,:where they lefttlie oxeri to browse
in 'the yoke, while they . made their way to
'the - Forks; with 'flit= feet badly frozen.
The next, day they. got my father to go
'after the cattle and: sled. He took me
.With him. We, took along a knaPpack of
corn for the oxen; and 'victuals for our
selves. The oxen had taken their track
[ and gone hack. Wo followed 'some three
or four miles and found them feeding - on
[ ttqi of a hill.west . of Montrose. We then
&eve on nntil We found the sled. As it
Wes-then iiight r we fed:the oxen some corn,
and cat down a bass-wood tree, to which.
we chained" the oxen. We - prepared' for
the ni,qht by building tti fire and getting
some hemlock betighs to make a bed - of.
Wertte our supper and went to bed. It
'moires' all bight ;The next day" we re-
"One s or the oils which my father
moved is with diCd the next Spring,tid
he Jinni° a shirt yoke, in whieh he work
athe rentairang or, by the at& orbis
horse. 'lle drove their the same'as he did
the oxen, without reins; 'For' two Sears
it was the fancy tear in that Tegion,
-"There was plenty of game in The woods,
and trout in the,oreeks.'We c0n14.1411
deer or catch n= mess of flats any day ?
Bears, wolves, and, iiarLtliers were often
seen and killer'
• :.Silas Beardsleyorterwards on the North•
Branehotts them at the Forks, - - : !•:;:.
A beintifut rthr of large. niiples now
ikirt ; the rota, on the that there. Joab
riokeVo Etat cabin, too dp—o at hp orp osi te,
side of the creek from Snyder's hotel—
Land where an old apple tree still stands
No name occurs more frequently in the
'early annals of the town than Capt. Pick
et's. (He rose. to the rank of Major.)
From his opposition. to the claims of the
Pennsylvania landholders, arose- what is
sometimes styled "the Picket ear"
~.- in
which it must bo owned ho was the ag
gressor. This was a second assult.upon
Capt. Bartlett Hinds, (ivho Was the. first to
give up the validity of a Connecticut title,)
live years offer the &mous riot mentioned
in the chapter on the Intrusion Law. An
indiscreet use of fire-arms in carrying out
his opposition to having the land survey
ed under the Pennsylvania claim, brought
him before the Court. • He was indicted,
April, 1808, tried the following 'Novem
ber, found guilty, and was sentenced to
pay thirty dollars and the costs of prosecu
tion. The decision in this case, and the
opportune influence of Dr. Rose about
this time, finally quietecyllie people,, if it
did not convince them.
Captain Picket held several town. offi
ces, Ho removed from the flat and resith•
ed, rit the tim9,,pf his death, in that part
of Rush now included in Jessup. He and
morning, wife died on the same orning l May,
1832, both aged 61, and were buried in
the sapie grave, in the cemetery near the
Boiled school house. •
Hon. Charles Mirier speaks of Capt.
Picket. as "the famous painter killer."
He had the first saw-mill on the Wyalus
lag in the town.
His sons were Sainuel, Comstock, (who
did not settle here,) Almon, C. Miner, and
Daniel. Miner ,Picket was the first male ,
child born in Rash. He died Dec. 18,
1858, aged 59 years.
In 1798, CoL Ezekiel Hyde, the Yankee
leader, was at the Forks in "Rindaw," the
west line of "Usher" being in Rush, be-,
tween Metcalf and Hyde. 'lle was ',En
gaged in surveying and selling lots under
the Connecticut Attie. In what manner
he became so, much, of 'a Pennsylvanian as
to be appointed Post-master at Wilkes
barre so eat ly as 1804, does not. appear.
He died in 1805.
Capt. Jabez. Hyde, a near relative of
Col. Hyde, was at the Forks, next east of
Isaac Brownson, in 1799, with his family.
Jabez Hyde, Jr., is said to have been:
thereh even two years earlier. -
The year 1799 witnessed a rapid in-.
crease in the number of settlers on the
East Branch or main stream of the_NSalus - '
ing..
Nathan Tupper and William - Lat7
x arria_in_ ing.th. ,
from rr,1111,11.,
locating at what is now Orangery e.,
They cut their road a part of the distance.
Stephen Wilson's house wig then the °ply
tine Bridgewater . Deacon Lathrop 's
cabin had only a blanketfor a door,'-and
he was obliged to pile up wood against it
at night, to keep out' the Wolves. His
location was at the mouth of take creek.
ue unfit Was-descilaj-41:1 1666,-
-
when in his 90th year. Of the ten child
ren of W. Lathrop, only two Nelson and
Catharine, (widow of Eben Picket; of
Jessup,) are living in Susquehanna 'conti
ty.
Hiel Tupper, son of Nathan Tupper,.
eettled on the Middle Branch, in hush,
two miles from any inhabitant, in one
direction, and three miles in another. - He
married Phalle Downer, Feb. 5;. 1807,
reared eight children, and lived On the
same place until he died—January 19,
1865.
While preparing his log house in the
woods he had his home two miles away,
andwas accpstemed, Monday morningjto
take a back load for provisions, and stay
until Saturday uight, often riot seeing a
human being during the. week. '
lie was once hired-toto to dreat.i3ehd
for some cattle that.,had strayed - assay.
lie found them when he reached-Snake
Creek, where night overtook him; and, as .
it was cold, he 'was obliged to pMs 'the
hours in running around a tree, to" keep
warm.. He did not see a persoil'while 'he
was gone from home. .
Harry and Loren Tupper , younger sons
of Nathan Tupper, and two daughters,
at least, *(Airs. Nehemialr Lathrop and
Mrs. Amos Canfield) settled - within a few
miles of his first location.
Enoch Reynolds, of Norwich, Conn,
establishment a store at Rindaw, (Hyde's
place,) as an experiment. Hon. Charles
Miner says of him : "A few years after,
I found him at. Washington, one of the
Camptrollers of the Treasury, with a sal
ary of e 1,700 a year. Ho was a learned
and accomplished gentleman, and would
relieve the tedium of a journey through
au uninhabited tract of road, by n story
from Shakespearet(Maelieth or, Lear with
his heartless daughters) as perhaps po
other settler could equaL" ,
Cyril (or Sent) Peek - came; at least 'to
explore, in 1709, and afterwards- cleared
the Williamsl farm, in the lower part
of the town, near Aubtirn,where heresided
until !his death ; in 1811.
At 'April Sessions,l799 the court at
WilkeSbarrie was petitioned to order a
road "from near the For of the itryalus
ing to intersect the road 'from Tuakhaa
neck to Great Bend," &c., and viewers
were appointed, who reported at August
Sessionsi 1801, thus: .I:ginning - at the
southeast corner of E. 11 e's store, thence
m artinet° Capt;Picke theart to the
creek by S. Maine's, thence to Mr. JOhn
Reynoldit, thence to Ogden' Cook's, thence
to Capt.4linds c thence to Snake greek,
thence t 4 the Barnum North and. South
road ruining thrcitigh - Kirby and Law's
settlement, to a tree by D. Barnum's,
thence onto interact the road rani:dug
from the Great: Bend to -Ttinkhanneek
near the. bank of Nlyley's, creek, about
120 chainarsouth 'of Great Bend." Re
p9rt aPPtcridri , '
This, the infante -details .omitted ?
gives the route of, ti road. which' has again
and ag,aia been `alterixl, in certain: places
along. the Wyalusingl ; .
Tho sariia yea t, Eiekiel.Hyde and oth ,
erspetiOned for a road: afterwards obtai fl
ea from the Forks-nearly North to the
State line, and. others , petitioted for one
from the tEorks to,Tiogar Poiat,
Ire 1800; 'Walter Lathrop, from , New-
London, Conn., ' (father: of the. late
Judge Beajamin Lathrop) settled on what
is known; as_ the Levi Shove farm, but he
remained. there only two- or. three .years,
when .he rvmoved to the present town of
Bridgeatater, nearly .3 miles scnith, of
• VOLUME XXVIILICIMIttnit.'
The faritt4 on tho LYyolasing heloni the
present western lino of Jessup were occu
pied by the first settlers in the following
order: Levi Leonard, --- Adams, Nath an
Tupper, Win. Lathrop; Salmon - Brown,
John Jay, Josh Picket, DarOletCalf; JO
bez Hyde, 18=41 Brownsoti, and Daniel
In 1801, when Isaac ancock was ,tfpl.
ppointed'astice of the 'Peace - for . .littshi,
he was located whererban s Metcalf began
in 1795,.0n . the farm adjoining that of
Daniel Ross. :When Susquehanna ecifinty
was erected, its, westline marlin bet:Omen
them, and the name of the part set , „off
u
with Bradford county W changed to
Pike township. •
Eici. Hancock was born near Westches•
ter, Pa. Before the Revolutionary; War
he was at Wyalusing for a time, and. re
turned there about 1785—[yrom Re,v. D.,
Craft's " Wyalusing.") Ho is mentioned
on the records of 'Luzern° contity l ai al
" traverner" for Springfield 'totsiudnp, in 1
UBB. At this time he waa'alsci one of fho '
Overseers of the -Poor for the district
composed of the whet° extent of‘Lnzerrie
county. from the mouth of - the Meshtypen
north to the State. line.,, His-,sons were
Johri'and Jesse. or his seven daughters,, - -
His. 'Daniel Ross, Mrs. Jesse Ross, and'
Mrs: Benajah Prink, were residents of this
county., Who last-named was twin with
Jesse Hancock, , and is the : onlyy . one of the
family now Mrs. . Staten
.that Polly Canfield (of the Middletown
family) taught school on client sOinewhere
on the farm of Daniel Ross,: about / 4708,
and had six scholars. -
Hnldah Fairchild, .deughter of - Rph
raim Fairchild, also taught early in : this •
neighborhood.
Elders Sturilevantand' Thintai miley
were riming the first preachers here.
There ),vas,. in 1801; no settler , on the
cast and west. road littween Elk. Lake,
the present town...of Dimock,.
'month-of its outlet, ie Rush.. • ,
April, 1801, on - petition." . of Sera ',Peck
and others, viewers were apkpointed to lay
out .a road from. Joab Pihkett'si 'south
along the Deer Lick to Auburn. ,11:bey
accomplished.their .task, Augnat,...lBo2;
aad'reported at January Seamus 1803.
Jabei Hyde, t jr' was Assessor inl.Bo2,aind
Jaob Picket and 'Stepheti;Wilson,- - were
.Bopervisors; • Aden Steven's was Collector.
The latter two resided at the west and
east extremes of the town, 18 miles apart;
Stephen Wilson being one half.niile be
low Montrose and Col.:Stevens at,Stevexis
now Brailford!county. The'territOry
the_ Collector c.antassed. is. noir embraced
.in .eight — a - teh - Aewnsblpsf theif county
'seat'Wes 70. mileidiStrint, ",to trllich,Ahe
scanty tares... , -only'Sl2og:itliered •hv a
thousand'-mileetrafel -1 thiorfgb - trackless. ,
swamp and forests, were eonve'ted.-J- , lkWl
if any men renralewlfese name were then.
ein-the - tax - Col.Adain' Stevens died
July 28, 1858, aged 88., ,
1. , l eull. Auotlooti--waro..-6•14-xi4 -J ,
H yde',
Col.,Thoirt'as f'arke was "Supervisor ; of 1
Rush ii 1805. J., W. IlaYiniford7 was, at
the-time'eue of the Auditors: 'Seoii after
they. ere ill-eluded
, Not long after the begrniiing. of.6lre
new. ceutury,:mhaug,es occurred,n!rtheve
cupatien and ownership of the, farms • On
the:Vor.titll3Bll . lg - the cabins' of
the - first residents-were nerirer'the 'ttreek,
*Adherent the read - froth , the - houses- of
the present: In.: several Cotes .we have
only "the memory of servivors.to indicate ,
their Sitesz4lie, old landmark and , relicS
of. fernier occupancy being obliterated,
In 1806, Cid:,''praith.lCritiwitort•talhe to
the Leonard farm.- - ,lle resided-hero until
his death, in 1838. The :: Adaius. farm,
new °weed . 1 1-.Whea...Reynolds, was for
,iyears owned hy_Johlt .14areeoekc and the!
' house 'cif . the , latter: i 3.. still standing. I
Etteneienrieket; serifor,:eam froiniVer.•'
wont. sexual years Tater timaliis eon Joabc
iitkiiittled - _where indhatc;Tniiper had
madithe first blearing. The place was
afterwards occupied - by„ Warren Lung ;
and Robert Reynolds has recently „ moved
to it: - Mr:Pickees wife died herein 1808.
Ile died in 1826, and 80 yearn.
-,in 1810, a road was surveyed froth:
Jonathan West's (then in Bridgeirater) to
John Day's, passing.lcathan Tuppees.,
In 1811,4abez Hyde, dt.,i . wa% elected'
Sheriff of Luzerne, under •circumstances
which showed the strong _hold he had on
the public confidence, la - 1814., he was
in' the Legislatdre; and 't wo years Ititdr,,cia
the election of Dr. Charles Fraser to. the
Senate, Mr, Hdye was itypeiritetli2i Gov.
Snyder; to take his, place as Frothonotary•,,
Register, Recorder, arid' Clerk of Susque
hanna County: These offlecihe held un
til 1820.. The next year-he was; again
elected to the. Legislature, and in, 1823,
was appointedthy it -iis one of the 'three
Commissioners for erriciliii,g '850,000; in
improving the navigation, of the , Susque
hanna River. • He was if delegate to. the
State Convention for altering . the•Ceristi - -
tution. Under it, • after the 'revision; be
was appointed by Gov: Porte? to the:clench
of Susquehanna COfinty. , Perietertinee
was strongly
. eliaracieristie' or- ,Tudge
- lewlneri Rave iii tined of political 6-
citement held so-many important • treats ;
and-had so universally the esteem bribe-1r
fellow citizens for,strict high minded-in
tegrity. He died ut hisresidence in Rush,
Oct. Bth, 1841, aged 66 ' ” 15...). - • - •
•• Ili 1812,= Dennis Granger- Carrie 'from
Xerhtbrit; snit lotated• near 'the _cemetery.
111.1813 or 1.1„ Levi 'Shove occupied
John Jay's farm, ori.' which - W. Lathrop
made the first clearing:, ) -
lit 1818,'Joab Picket's (nowj Synd'er's)
was oeeripia by !Cilium Rem.. ,' ' .1
Dan-Metcalf sWas occupied by Ichallcid
[Terry, rho matried , Lueilla,:claughter` , `of
31r. Metcalf. , Mr: - Terry ' remamed.. here
until histeisth, iq 1842, at the age[ of 66
[ years:: Ris but very recently that- the
tarn /dote chimney of the old homestead
[ . 0
alsaPPeaTud• -• •
,
Salctiotißrowit'S place (taw :Oder' If,
IL Grayll was for; many - years occupied
!,,y Ala uson Lung:
Daniel floss -died one the place be clear
ed over seventy years- ago. The beam.,
stead formyis part of tholiotel orvirtn. IL ,
Sherrood. -
. „
After the organization" or Sunitietuinna.
,County, and : conanquent,v, &vision: .ot
Rush, one-fourth of the pear tai was; al•
lowed, in 1813, to that portion remaining
in_Bnolfard County. - Thelistof taxables
lorlBl3ivithint the, greort Winds of
Rush in addition - to the persons' Intiontis
ly mentioned as residents,. included' the
following Elisha and John. Brownaon,
sous o€ .Isaac. Brownsoni Esq. ;Fairchild
Canfield, Granger,, Stephen
Hyde, - Hezekiah Lee, Ebenezer rickety
Jr., Daniel Roots; Hem= Robitisoik;John-
Swan, Jabez Summer f ' and othera• whose
exact locality cannot begivene--.
; < Robert IL, Rose,: Henry; DrinkefLara/
ntheri . were taxed , for unseritea ;An', _dat
Their names Occur' on the town' MOOrnst,
for the first One,- in the trinstript# of -
1.810 and 11312. - ] - ,• ••,- •
• . The Whole - list; including 'residentiflnf
L'hoconut,and Middletown—cufthY• here
before the Organization cif Jessup - and
Forest ImircL'- , -was about 181)0e The same
ypearn bridge was ordered, =nee Josh
.Dicket's across the 3Vyalusing, to be built
at the expense of _the County., road
was surveyed from the North Rrattch ,tcr,
the Middle Manch of the Wyalcislng:•"
In Dila, Lloyd Goodeell'(NinAbini?)
'Philander and Fraftis Poppet; fromCans
necticut,•ltobertEstes;_'and otherse. *era .•
.here,. • ' • •
John M. Browason nts :then, Town
Clerk ; and; in 1218, be was; a' merchant
at the Forks: Milligan Lathrop had a
saw-Mill at the junotiOn;- of Lake-Creek
with the Wyahning.-;'.
Elections were-held at Joab neket'ai
In 1819, Larry', Dnninrore, George. De.
vine, Jacob Eaton, William Lathrop',, - and John Hancock, were among the- new
Enable& The 31st mined was afterwicids
Town Clerk, Pverseer of this% D'49rt:ll l tul-
County. Commissioner, ~ •
'lllissel.Very. was here in 1820 T. laud
Denel 1823, ' •
Iu 182-I,Roshillle • ifest.oirms' Was Tes.
tablishecl; David Shote, 3Lv About
thistime the browason =farinpassedirlto
the hands of L. and. D. net,
in fsZ,5%, there appears . .ths th f
records a list 'of 4 rEar-marks" 'by -Which
the sheep and Bonne of -the ditferentown.
ers in the town might beADOgateciL.,l - c -
Demmow Pepper j .was on ;the
Spring firm in 182$::' His. Either
was lbeated not fic fretait, -- C•• • ";;--'••
David Demons was here iti•int'
.
.I‘arboißlirrows, & aim were DitrattAts
at Rushlille in 1829: ~Tlm...linilding :oc
cupied by them, Was consumed- by • Are on
the 29, October ! 1871.
In 183.1, Samuel Shocmakor, was taxed
with n grist mill situation netir the,..con
flueuee of the ontlst of - Elk lake and
IN - palming Creek - . Richard SiShoitaaker,
a brother, pniehased arid; took' potsdiskin
cf this property in 1838," Ther_presint
mills- r -grist,mill arid sawmPl..4weralatilt
in 1858, and, make use, of • both: ,o ,the
Aare named tfeelks; "Ruched
Maker had seven 'sorac4if ivhant fe*r "ro-o ,
side Suspelninna County;
In 1835, Rush, Center Peat-offide-tras
established. ,
lifer; Brifco- Talley , Past'
lance - tool its place.'. It waSlocatedat the
-present residence. cif
wets
Grey. - Manson :
Wing -0.4 .A& Picket wets the posfEtistens
keree. , 'll4 is. diseontinnedi' arid. Rush ,
Dust-office, at
. G rangerville : takes its:place.
T 'E
he ast, Kash Post-offi'tei or. yihich
Di:Motor° ivas the first Mt-master; '*as
established prior te , thd Tose named • Da
.vid Hillis,-the first high settler; came-in
isac, , JaTes J 7 ,ogau
_male 41.11842,, and--
I Redding was als? among the early Irani-
Mrs.'lliddmg, 'rho died: of fi t S,years
of age, was never obliged to 11'411', VeCtne
I des.' - •
Within a few year a Baptist church
has been .erected •at G . rangerville. 3 , -.111
11'301"i-ilk; the Preibvierma :Church was
'built in great part Champion
Will:Chandler Bixby"-both snow - ' . dead.
The llonian Catholic Char& is at Bisby's
I - Pond. There arothree Re Cluirches
la. trio . toivosup.;-at. : East ,Rush, Rush
'Centre and on Devine llidge.
named, was built in 1867-8, principally
through thO liberality of 'George . Devine
and his sons.: - Five live here on adjoining
Aniong the physieians who havo prac
ticed iu Rush; the fi rst' on
record i s Dr.
Reuben Raker, who married a daughter
of Isaac IlancOck - . He-lived just- below
the latter, and consequently outside of the
county ; hut was gmienillyto be found;-it
is said, at the Deer Liek=4iis leisure be
ing spent in hunting:: He practieet ex
tensively, over the -Western half of Gm
county, prior:to the in-coming of Dr. Lest,
of Friendville. Dr..DaStid James, among
later physicians, has left the piece.. ..The
present practieiug physicians are Albright
Diinham, Elijall Snell and '—,.Rattan.
-The Poor"hone for :Rush,- Auburn,
Forest.Liike, and Springrillt., is located at
l i arry Dunmore farm:
Wyalusing - Railway, to! °sten&
frOM the mouth of the lc - pausing to the
forks;orrjunetion.of the Ninth Branch,
is projected.-
[lt is not too:late fhicorrectien, in the
above, audit. they are neetledovett though
trivial, th6y : will be gra:4lllV aceefded
• '
, _
/ Pletry -t • ,
• Pat rag- an idle boy'. l 'One day' ho Waa
suddenly Called up, this; lne"Atien pr.Spain
ded by. OM pedagogue:
"Patrick, how many Gads are there ?'•'.
Patrick was not a diathignizhed thew
loginny but ho promptly,answereds. -
• Three, sir." _ • .
"Take yotirleat r thindered the'raas.
-teryfi and. if you don't swiswesi in fire mist-.
,utesyl, will welt you."
The - probationary pertod putedy and
Pat,-,taking the floor '
-hesitatingly stated.
'the numbet of Godnto ho "tire,- sir:"
Ile received • the promised. a'treltingr
and rkturned to•histeat. with-fen minutes
forconsideration.-
„-;
Ten mtuntes stp. Pat was up- too, :and
satisfied:: ,that he hadn't fixed_ the
nuipher sufficiently high hefore,ihouted
" There's ten sire"' - `:f
He saw the feriae' tfeseending, and
breaking ont of the:
door,- he cleared
five-rail fence and raw tk, quarter
herM actress the meadaw. Pantmg with
elhatistiiii,'he met a-lad with wbook in
his hand, and 'the look "orone' in the
parspit,Of knowledge( trader-difficulties,
whom he naked:
"Inerearoyini•
" To Ectiool, yonder/ 1 was the
"How many Gods anthem.
"One," answered the boy, •
" yOn'd better not go down tim