The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 29, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 November 1935 — Page 5

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1935.

tonQMT OF SYRACUSE 1 . . SETTLED IN | The following J». taken from th*> history of Syracuse end Lake Wawasee, compiled by George W. Miles, and printed in the Syracuse Journal weekly, in 1909: A month ego I received a letter from our good friend Leonard Brown regarding the early factories of Syracuse. .The facts he gave me he stated w»A simply notes for my use, but coming now to make use of them, it appears to me that I cannot do better than to copy his letter as he wrote it, as follows: “Syracuse has coine to be quite a manufacturing town, that sends its products for sale abroad. It made a start in this line quite * a while ago- soon as er the Defreeses came into control of the mill, which then became a merchant mill. Flour of Syracuse manufacturers stood high in the New York.market, as of superior quality. “Now, about 1846 Peter Smith and Peter Hayner, (Smith's son-in-law) blacksmiths, began* the manufacture of cow bells on quite a large

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scale in Syracuse. These were manufactured io . bg . njtyrpatfr—in distant .partsr-eent .t .« not know where. — • ■ - ... ■ "Os c butje. the tbwrf had possessed two distilleries; the product of which was not all sold, I trust, in the home market, though the home demand was not small And other distilleries existed not far off—one at Benton, where William Strombeck was distiller. I remember that once 1 accompanied my father to bring a barrel'of whisky for Mr. Strombeck to his home west of Syracuse. Ch “Native lumber was manufactured on quite a large scale at the saw mill. And, too, George Mann, senior, as early as 1836, carried on the business of a tanner on his farm northwest of Syracuse. “I gave you the name of Sylvester. Blackiner (not Blackman) as the husband of Sarah Cory, sister of my mother. (Mr. Blackmer it was who for a long time manufactured lumber in-the old water saw mill.) “But of the family of Peter Smith; there were several sons —James, William, George and Anthony, and two daughters—Hannah and MarI tha. Hannah became the wife of j Peter liayner and after his death | married John Gill. Martha, if I ’remember right, married a man I named Snyder. It was her husband’s 'shop that burned down, and in the j burning cremated the young man. |; “George Smith is still living. He ’is a Baptist preacher in lowa. Jam- ' es and William, 1 believe, are dead. i “I am greatly interested in your ■ history, and it is very correct." Very truly yours, , Leonard Brown. ■ Bob Phebus’ dwelling house and shop it was that burned. Harvey Snyder was the name of the young man cremated, and he wcs unmarried. The business of the flouring mill was indeed large. After the Hon. J. H. DeFrees took it back from the - T-'

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Kindig’s, the full story .of which I have told you, Samuel F. Eisenhour. to* conduct it ’and’ • tls Sttfhe' ib'» building that still stands near, the Dunkard church. And one of God’s noblemen was Mr. Eisenhour. : A large man was he—large physically, morally and intellectually—of boundless generosity and kindliness—just one of those gentlemen you run onto occasionally who is not really entitled to much credit for being good, since nature had made him so and be couldn’t be bad it he tried. The people here made him township trustee and trusted him with unbound confidence, and he did an immense business for Mr. Defrees. He remained here during the war and thereafter until about the close of the sixties, and many a “war widow” invoked blessings on him for kindnesses bestowed upon her. And then Mr. Defrees sold the mill to J. L., or Lewis Lape, who ran it until after the building of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Mr. Lape had a partner—a Mr. McConnell, who was little known here, but who lived east of Ligonier, and, I believe, ran the old mill at Rochester, on the river there. And the mill here continued to do a large business and to ship a great deal of flour to the New York market, where it was received with much favor, under Mr. Lape’s management, but for some reason the business became unprofitable to him and losses accumulated until he failed in 1875. Mr. Nathaniel Crow* was one of the heaviest creditors of the firm, and he purchased the mill. Mr. Lape then moved to Ligonier, where he was a long time employed in the mill of the Ligonier Milling Co., and where he died a few years ago. His wife, by the way, who had been Catharine Hess, sister of John and Ephriam Hess, of near this place, died at Ligonier during the j present year. They had three child- ; I ren - Mellie, the oldest, a daughter, | who never married, and John, and a younger son who was a small boy when they left here, and whose name I have forgotten. The sons now live somewhere in the west. Mr. Lape was a most honorable man, and a generous and very valu- ' able citizen of the town, and his misfortune was very deeply deplored. And, indeed, it was a severe 1 blow to the town, for thereafter the business of' the mill waned, and 1 shortly the new roller process of making flour same in vogue, and Mr. Crow refusing to abandon the old buhrs, it finally died out altogether, Joseph Hendeson held a lease of the mill and made heorie efforts to hold the trade of the farmers and people of the town, but the new process of milling had come to stay, and his business finally waned until, having lost the capital he had brought here with him he was compelled to abandon it. After that, > about 1888, Mr. Crow modernized the mill with a new process outfit, I and on its completion made it over i to his son, Benjamin F., who moved ; to town and took charge of it. But the prosperity of former years was not to return. Mr. Crow jr., ran it a year successfully, and then, nn a winter night in 1890, it took fire and was completely dos- i troyed. Mr. Crow’s untimely and most un- j fortunate death following a few . I years the destruction of his mill,

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and there being some apprehension that the water power might fall into ’the hands tof persons who wouldtake* away the dam for the purpose of draining some iow* lands contigious to Wawasee Lake, a corporation was organized, in the stock of which the late Eli Lilly and the B. & O. railroad company became the principal investors, called the Syracuse Water Power Company, and from the estate of Mr. Crow this company purchased the water power privileges, with the dam and the lands thatt belonged to them, and from it the town now holds a lease j of the power and uses to run its works. This lease. by the way, which was made about 1896 or 1897 was to the Syracuse Manufacturing Company, established here by David Lamb and George Banta, and after that concern, which was unsuccessful here, had been moved to North Manchester, the lease was purchased by the town. I have now given you in full the J history of the dam and water power that was the basis on which the town was established Created by Samuel Crosson and Henry Ward somewhere between 1832 and 1836, it brought them, for all their hopes of fortune, only financial ruin and poverty ten years later. The De freeaes owned it in a more auspicious time, and it brought them considerable profit, I have no doubt, but to the Kindigs, who acquired and owned it in the bad business years just before the war, it brought i bankruptcy. During the war period I when wheat mounted to $3.00 a ’ bushel and flour to fabulous prices ' Hon. J. H. Defrees no doubt again i profitted largely by its possession i but it wrecked the fortune of poor Louis Lape in the panic following i the year 1872. And in the years that ' followed it was the source of much i loss to the Crows, father and son, < jand to Mr. Henderson, who during < some ten years held a lease of it. 1 So of a total of nine men that held 1 interests in it from the time of its establishment down to its purchase < by the Syracuse Water Power com- ' pany, to one of them only did it * bring profit, to two it caused severe 1 losses, and to five it brought finan- ’ cial ruin and bankruptcy. Had this » record been foreseen the lake would t never have been dammed, and « there would be no town of Syracuse. s And most fortunate indeed it is ’ that it was not foreseen, for it was * the building of the dam that brought I the two lakes to a common level and ' made them into one, and thus creat- ’ ed Wawasee as it is and ever will be 1 thanks to the Water Power Company, and that has caused the building of hundreds of beautiful summer homes about the lake and will cause the building of hundreds more of them in the years to come. And so Crosson & Ward builded better than they knew. Though their i motives were no doubt selfish, and i they probably dreamed only of the 1 i building of their own fortunes, a < dream that never came true, by < s their act they became great public , benefactors. And I hope that some 1 time enduring monuments, bearing i appropriate inscriptions, will be placed at thei.r graves in the ceme- ! tery here by the public spirited citi- ] jzens of the town. j Another considerable industry of the town in the old time was the < I making of barrels. And it was de- < pendent very greatly on the mill,

the product of which was shipped altogether in wood in those days.. But not altogether on the mill did it depend, for Indiana was then famous as an apple producing state, and every fall thousands of barrels of that king of fruits were shipped from Syracuse. And then, what we used to call tight barrels, for containing cider and vinegar, and whisky too in antebellum days when we had distilleries, were all home and hand made, out of native oak. So that, all in all, quite a number of men had regular i employment at coopering. The old cooper shop stood at what was then the foot of Harrison street on the ground now occupied by Mrs. Sarah Juday’s barn, whither it had been moved by Evan Miles. It was of hewed logs and had been a church, erected first a mile or more north of town. And besides "being a cooper shop, B was a sort of a club room, ' where at met on many and divers occasions most of the male residents of the town and the country round about, at times for the discussion of current events, local and national, at others to learn who Were luckies at winning turkeys by throwing seven pennies out of a hat and counting heads or tails, three throws for a dime, but oftenest to decide who was most skillful at seven up or auction pitch. And once a month or so there would be a well attended shooting match for turkeys, and sometimes for a beef, out in the street in front of the shop. And there was some drinking, too, as there always was in those times at gatherings of the kind, but it was never excessive, as I remember. Nor was there ever fighting or quarreling, or bad blood. Indeed, I believe the sports and diversions had within and about the old cooper shop were of a harmless nature, that have left only agreeable memories behind them. But what a rendezvous it was for many years! And Mr. Brown, in his letter quoted herein, says that lumber was manufactured on quite a large scale in his time. Speaking relatively 1 hardly think his statement quite correct, for the only saw mill here in his time was the one run by water, and you could start its saw into a log and safely take a nap while it sawed off a single board. But about the time he left here, that process becoming too slow, another mill to be run by steam, was about to be established. I thought to teli you of. it in this paper, but have not space left for it, so it will have to wait • o VMAIL/3> ZION. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Guy and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold LeCount called on Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith Sunday evening/ George Philatoff and Donald Smith of Mishawaka called on Mr. and Mrs. Emory Guy Monday., Mr. and Mrs Harry Nicholi of Solomon’s Creek spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs, Jesse Miller and family. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith called on Mr. and Mrs. Emory Guy Saturday forenoon. AFRICA.

Mrs. Elmo Shock took dinner Wednesday with Mrs. Elisabeth Shock. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rothenberger and family were Sunday dinner guests in the Jonas Cripe home. Mrs. Stanley Miller spent one day last week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Sim Lewallen. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weimer were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Shock. Mr. and Mrs. John Baker of Goshen were afternoon callers. Elmo Shock and daughter Doris called in the Jacob Click home Monday evening. Mrs. Elmer Baugher visited her •later. Mrs. Elmo Shock Friday afternoon. DISMAL Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilkinson and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Claus Bobeck and Mrs. Mary Wilkinson visited the letter's daughter and son in law. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beckleheimer and family near Covington on Thursday, ail returning home on Saturday. Mrs. Wilkinson remained for a longer visit. Mrs. Merrit Ung and Mauries Ung were shopping in Goshen Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Harley Byrd returned home on Sunday after visiting relatives in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Harnish of Fort Wayne visited the letter's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Ung Sunday. Dale Grimes to slowly recovering from his recent operation at the Elkhart hospital. Mrs. Frank Harper and Mrs. Kate Dull attended the funeral of Mr. Baker st Kimmel Friday afternoon. CONCORD i Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones spent a few days with their son Hoy, and wife of Chicago. Mrs. Hattie Fisher and Mis. Violett Tom were in Ligonier Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kayoder and fl

I family of Fort W ayne were guests over the weekend at the Wm. Wy- [ land home. ~ “ i Mr. and - Mrs. -Ernest “XlatKews spent Sunday afternoon with the I later’s brother, John Roop and wife. [ Jacob-Bucher and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James in Dowagiac, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stiffler and family were guests at the Everett Tom home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Godschalk of South Bend spent the week end with his brother Ray and family. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Dean and family and Burt Swank of Syracuse Sunday with James Gilbert and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Laughlin of Syracuse spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. James Gilbert. Guy Fisher, Everett Tom, Herb Morehouse, Robert Mullen and Johnnie Fisher attended the National Corn Husking contest. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strieby of Chicago spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Whitehead. NEWSALEM Charley Bowser and family were Sunday guests of the former’s mother and sister of Nappanee. Joe Smith called at the Roy Pinkerton home Monday. Ralph Neff and family were Sunday guests of Ray Pinkerton and family. A large crowd attended the play given by the Live Wire class of New Salem Sunday evening. Arnold IteCount and Emory Guy and wives called at the Joe Smith home Sunday evening, and all attended the play dt New Salem. Agnes Pinkerton of LaPorte spent the week end with her parents, Ray Pinkerton and family. WEST END Those who were Sunday guests of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Sheffield were: Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Sheffield and family of Mishawaka; Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Doll and family, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Burton and son of Elkhart; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ogle of Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sheffield and son of West Lafayette spent Tuesday night there, returning to Lafayette, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Arnold .of Mishawaka spent a few days at the home of Mrs. John Arnold. A. H. Miller of Kent, 0., is holding a two weeks' meeting at Bethany church. Koy Hartman and Miss Phyllis 1 Harris, and Bud Harris of Goshen spent Monday afternoon at the John ! McGarity home. Mrs. Willie Weybright and children called on Mrs. Roy Eisenhour, Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Honner of South Bend were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Niles. Mrs. Neva Niles spent last Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Jennie 1 Kirkendoffer, who has been on the ’ sick list the past three weeks. t and Mrs. Howard Vorhis and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Emory Vorhies and daughter weie supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linderman. Mrs. R. Neff, Mrs. Frank Linder- • man,. Mrs. Emory Vorhies spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Charles Gorsuch. Mr. Gorsuch is moving to Elkhart, Thursday, and Emory Vorhies from Goshen that day to the same farm, where they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. John McGarity

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1 - J. ! spent Sunday afternoon in Nappanee at the home of his half-brother, Joe Drake, who is very ill. Mrs. -Russell Neff"’ Splfjt*’ jf few days last week with her father, Albert Warstler. Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Neff, Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Neff and daughter were guests of Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Neff near Benton. GOVERNOR TALMADGE, POET In case you didn’t get that ivery effective little bit of rhyifie Governor Talmade, of Georgia, quoted in his recent Board of Trade address, it is: “I thank my God the sun and moon Are both stuck up so high That no presumptous hand can stretch ‘, And pluck them from the sky. If they were not, I do believe That some reforming ass Would recommend to take them down And light the world with gas.”— Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch. A new shipment of lamps has arrived at Beckman’s. You’ll find the prices at attractive at the lamps, —ad It is reported that Sally Rand is going to be starred in the drama “Rain”. We suppose she will use an umbrella instead of a fan.

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