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DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1929
‘History Of Dallas
Continued From
Last Week
Of Jacob I. Bogardus, a conspicuos |
and for many years a leading citizen
of Dallas (now Lehman) township, I
glean the folliwing from the letters of |
his son above quoted.
He vedas born in the City of New York
1783, his father being a merchant in
that city. He married the only daugh-
ter of Jonathan O. Moseley, of East
Haddam, Conn. He engaged for a time
in the mercantile business at Katskill,
N. Y., and not being succesful, re-
moved to Pennsylvania and settled in
Bradford township, afterwards a part
of Dallas, and now of Lehman town-
ship. He settled there about 1812 in
the midst of the forest. His nearest
neighbor on the south was Thomas
Case, two miles; on the east Amos
Brown, three miles; on the north, John
Whiteman, two and a half miles. There
Case, no public roads to any of the
neighbors. Mr. Bogardus and his wife
were both well educated, and Mr. Bo-
gardus wrote a large portion of the
early deeds, mortgages and other ra-
pers needed in that time.
He was appointed by the Governor
Justice of the Peace soon after com-
ing to Pennsylvania, which office he
held until he resigned many years
after. He was at one time the only the
Justice of the Peace within the
present territory of Lehman, Dallas
and opinions were considered by most
people about there in those days as
final; but few of them were carried to
higher courts, and but few were re-
versed.
Abram S. Honeywell was the stand-
ing Constable. Esquire Bogardus mar-
ried most of the young people about
there in those days. “I well remember,”
says the letter of Evart Bogardus,
‘the marriage of A. S. Honeywell. He
and his bride came on horseback, fol-
lowed by most of the young folks of
Dallas. They had a jolly time and re-
turned happy. ’
“Uncle Peter Ryman,” continues the
letter “and afterwards his son, Joseph
Ryman, were the people's lawyers that
practised at this court. They would
lay down the law to the court, some-
times rather crudely, but the court
would listen to them respectfully, and
when they got through, decide. Peter |
and Joseph were often engaged to re-
present opposite sides in the same law
suit. Peter spoke with a decided Ger-
man accent. He was also the owner
of a copy of Purdon’s Digest, and
usually prepared his cases by studying
this book, and recognized no other
authority. On one occasion when they
were thus opposing each other, Joseph
stated a legal proposition which did
not suit Peter very well. It was good
law and good sense, as Peter seemed
to feel, but some reply had to be made
to break its force and lepve some
ground for him to stand on before his
client. This Peter did with all, the
force at his command, by saying:
“Yoseph, dat may be good law, put
you can't find it in Purton.”
“John Ryman another son of Peter
Ryman, had also a taste for the law.
He went west at an early day and was
for twenty years,up to the time of his
death in 1856, a conspicuous and lead-
ing lawyer in the states of Indiana and
Ohio, as the early volumes of the Sup-
reme Court Reports will abundantly
show. He was a man of great physi-
cal strength, and, as Smaton Holman
recently remarked of him, ‘he had cour-
age equal to his strength, and probably
never knew what fear was.’
“Esquire Bogardus was a tall, ath-
letic man. He had but few equals in
strength, yet was good natured and
never quarrelsome; always full of fun.
Militia, training was a great institu-
tion in those days. Once a year there
was a general training day, when the
brigade inspector was to inspect the
arms of the patriots. They were all
armed. Some with old muskets, broom-
sticks, corn-stalks, canes, etc. Some
time about 1820 general training was
held at Shawnee. Esquire Bogardus
was a private in (I think) Captain Oli-
ver Davenport's Company, who for
some reason, whether just or unjust,
I cannot say, put Esquire Bogardus
and some others from over the moun-
tain under guard, which made them
feel very indignant. While walking
home they resolved to raise a volunteer
company which was to be called ‘The
Dallas and Plymouth Rifle Company.’
Esquire Bogardus was elected captain.
I have not a distinct recollection as to
the other officers. I think Joseph Wor-
thington and William Fuller were lieut-
enants. It was said to be the finest
looking company in the regiment and |
the best drilled. Almost every man
stood six foot high. The uniform was
green round-about coats, trimmed with
gold lace and round brass buttons. A |
high white feather tipped red. Otis Al-
len, a tall, muscular man was the file |
leader. When the company wished to
pass over a fence Uncle Otis would
|
| —QOrange-
University summer school after spend -
ing two weeks with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Snyder.
Mrs. Martin Wintz, who has been iil
at her home
here, is much improved.
Margaret Snyder off Brooklyn, N. Y.,
is visiting at the home of her parents
Harry Tripp has moved his family
[to Ransom, where he is erecting a new
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dymond and
family of West Pittston and Mr. and
| Mrs. A. Dymond and family of Harris
Hill called Sunday at the home eof
David Emmanuel.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Dymond and
daughter Jane of West Pittston called
Sunday at the home of the former's
brother, Wesley Dymond.
Sickler has returned from a
two weeks’ motor trip through Mary-
Mary
land, West Virginia, Virginia and
Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ferry of
Philadelphia spent the week-end with
the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. CG
M. Ferry.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ferry and
daughters, Evaline and Isabelle, of
Newark, N. J., recently visited the for-
mer’s brother, G. M. Ferry.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Howell
daughters, of Dallas, are visiting at
the home of David Emanuel.
The Boy Scouts held their regular
weekly meeting Tuesday night.
The young people are practicing for
a play which will be given in the near
future.
and
The church services are:
Sunday school at 1:30 p. m. and church
at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday
| get down on all fours and the company
Marie Snyder has entered Syracuse |
| would use him as a step to vault over |
the fence. A few
bring him to the head again. Many a
| time have I looked on these evolutions
with pride while getting outside of a
| fipenny-hit's worth of gingerbread.’
| (Continued Next Week)
Kegerreis.'
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