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He had been a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and ou the expectation of a war with England received an appointment as Major in the regular army. At that ii-ne he was Brig- ade Inspector to General Simon Perkins, the brigade including the entire Western Reserve. The first paper here given is the order to secure aud organize the quota of the brigade, which had three regiments and a battalion. When the United States raised their first regiment, ou the iiev? es- tablishment after the Revolution, it was commanded by a Lieutenant-Colonel. Following this example, the Ohio militia, under the Territorial government and of the Stat J, pror to the war of 1812, had no Colonels'. The companies were small and they were very much scattered through the new settlements. This explains why this order was issued to the Lieutenant- Colonels of the regiments, which seldom numbered more than 500 men of the line. Hayes, Rayen and Edwards entered the service at ouca, where Edwards soon fell a victim to the malaria of the waters of Sandusky Bay, where the Ohio troops were stationed, in 1812. Tod was soon commissioned a Major in the Seventeenth United States Regiment, to be raised in Ohio aud iventucky. Its Colonel was Samuel Wells of Kentucky, and its Lieu- tenant-Colonel. John Miller of Steuben- ville, Ohio. GENERATE PERKINS TO MAJOR TOD. Waurf"- Trumbull Co., Ohio, ) April 27, 1812. \ Sir: The .closed order from the Major-General, bearing date Apri^ 27, 1812, has just come to band ; aud in order that it may be promptly executed, you are hereby requested to issue an order to the present commandants of regiments within this brigade to furnish with the leasn pos- sible delay their proportion of the detach- ment called for; and if the corps should be raised by volunteer enrollment, the numoer assigned to the first regiment is thirty-three, to the second regiment twenty, and to the third regiment tv»^enty- three. But if contrary to expectation a draft should be found necessary, then the number to be raii»ed in the first regiment is sixteen, in the second regiment, eleven, and in the third, thirteen. The officers to command the detachment will be ap- pointed as selected by law. You will 8trict!v enjoin it on the said comman- dants that they make returns of the men thus raised by the 9th day of May next, and also that they order those volunteered or drafted within their home regiment to rendezvous at some convenient place in said regim it, on Wednesday, the 14th day of Ma\ oxt, for the purpose of receiv- ing such orders as the exigencies of the case and circumstances m ay then require. For information you will refer the proper commandant to a statute of th^? United States, passed tho 6th day of February, 1812. entitled "An act authorizing the President of the United States to accept end organize certain volunteer militia corps." Likewise to the statute of the State of Ohio, regulating the militia thereof. Simon Perkins, Brigadier General 3d Bridade, 4th Division. George Tod, Esq., Brigade Major and Inspector. BRIGADE ORDERS, 3d BRIGADE, 4TH DI- VISION, OHIO MILITIA, ISSUED 28TH OF APRIL, 1812, TO LIEUT. COLONELS WIL- LIAM RAYEN, RICHARD HAYES AND JOHN S. EDWARDS. Sir : You are hereby required to cause to be raised within the regiment over which you have command, if tln^y can be raised by volu itary enlistmet twenty- three good and able-bodied m , to serve in the service of the United States as a detachment from the militia of this State. If that number of men cannot be attained by voluntary enrollment, you are required to cause to be raised by draft aud on your TTIF, T5ECRTTTTINO RrSTNESS. m ; •t f 1 I I ■ % I m reciment thirteen mea of tbe above do- ] c' rupam^s corapoMn« tbe .umo "' .Pr'-IK,^- , tiou to the f. uiTi bevs in en o li . 1 • ^ . at.- ver way tVe rictachnv^nt from tUo od finuade, ; 4th Division, Ohio Militin, inay bo ruisec, it is to b.' otlicored in tbo nxAnwv tis the law direct.. Or. the execiUnu ot this order, you »^%to n.ako the l^^n.a- fUpr of the aforo>aid briL'ivd'.' a n turn o [he men enrolkd or rhufted by the '.)th dav of Mav next,. Tbe above order .s isHuediucouseiiuenceof recent and pie>s- ; nc order:^ from the I'residenu ot the , TTnited States through tbe Major General i of 1th Division of Ohio Militia. The de- tachment from your n-iiuent .ball ren- dezvoiis at some convemeut place ui vou reuitnent. as vou shall order, on the 1 ih nf May next, when it will receive further ''''The^'above .jrders are to be ex.^cute^d with the proatest possible promptitude and diepatch. , For information you a, e referred to a statute of the LTnited S.atv^ pa^seci the , 6th day of February. 181-. entitled -An ant autborizinc the i'lvsulent (d the ^ United States to accept and <^re'-f:^^^,^r- tain volunteer Military corps: .' Hlvevyi^e to the Btatuteof the State o Ohiorej^ulat- ine; the Militia thereof April ™'..l«l- i Bv order of Simon Pi-rkins, Uriuadier George Tod. 13ri-ad.' Major and Inspec- tor. HON. GIDEON GRANGER. WASHINGTON, D. C. TO EBENEZER GRANGER, ZAX1>\ 1 LLbi. Washington, Ft- b. ir>, 18r^. Eben f^ Granger Esq.: The Ohio Deleiration have recommended Gen'l Miller for rolon.d and Goorjr.- lod for Major. 1 am astonished at iou s tu- terine the army. If I could see him I could chause his mind. Yr. friend, (j. Granger. HiaExcellencv, and will in flic course of a few da>8 bo in a condition tj move w'th security to the place of destination. Gov- ernor Meigs will advance in personal the head of the forces— Gen -rals Gano and Cass in command. Governor Mei-zs has si.inilicd to me his pleasure that 1 should accompany bim and make one of his mil- itary familv, and also directs me to assure you of his hi'jh esteem, and that from present appearances a call on your section ; of the State for draft, will n'>t be made, i J as. K. Munson. TO MA.JOR TOD. , ;i8tb Apr. isi;i. GENERAL WINCHESTER Lexington Ky. Ma.tou George ' . SiR._(>„ th(; rec'iot of tins you will re- pair to this pla-e. for tbe purpose of reeeiy- lug mouev and the lucessary documents to place you ou reeruitiui, excuse me iu the course which I have proposed to mvself to pursue in re<'.ird t«i my returns, which is to make mv lirst returns up to, and including the tifst Monday of .July I'-ext, so that my weeklv and monthly rep.trts v. ill be made with some regard to system. I have made a contract for tbe necess- ary ^uppUes at tbe rendezvous; rations at 1() cents each ; have procured barracks sut- Uciently capicious for the accommodation of one hundred men. at six dollars per TFlOOPy ORDEKEI) TO DETItOlT. 3 man; hare employed a pbvfiiciati ; vaccina- tion will bo strictly attended to. The pressure of the reoruitins; service has left me not a single subaltern officer for Draft- ing, Assistant C^uavterniaster or Actins; Adjutant. The duties of these oIBcers 1 must necessarily dischiirKo at least tor the present. I do not tind them v^ry burden- some. There is hero sufHciency of summer clothiiiff for 'MO raeu ; ketth^s for the num- ber; tin pans are. not however, fiiriiislied. It would help.l thiiilc.sir.the service we are eusatred in had we even a small laipply of muskets. The elothiiiK F have cninoarid with the invoices, and have forwarded to the United States Military Ay:eut, Phila- delpliia, duplicate rectipts for the same. I am, very respectfully, sir. Your obedient servant, (iBOHGR Tod, .Vlajor. Recuuitixg RENDiiZvous, ZaucsviHe. LIEUTENANT BOOKEK, K^ '.{UITIN(i «>F- FICEU, TO MA.TOi; fOD. St. Clatusvillk, !)th .July, 181L'. DEAUSni: Since my inst-, I have enlisted four fellows, and am much at kets; ant? In fact I don't last of the Oth fine able bodied II loss for blan- see how wr« caJi manage well without some, particularly * * * Would wish to jjco to some of the small * * * are near t>iis place in order to pick up recruits '-^ ='= * A sarueant's sword and six or eight suits of un form clothhiic '-^ * * be forward(Hl her(\ 1 think It would be attended with a benefi- cient ett"v?ct, as it would charm our country buck, and put them in a greater spirit of oeing soldiers. If there should be no op- portunity of any waggon startiig from or coming through Zinesvllle to this place so as to have them sent, probably it would be as well for me to hire a horse and send out there and they could be =•= '■' =^ last in. I expect to get two or three mor(> be- fore the week is out. With due deffereuce and respect, I remain your humble ser- vant. Sa.mi loL r. ]3001iER. Major rjEonr.E Tob. captain ELLIOTT TO MAJOR TOD. Wauhkn, July i;Jth, 1812. Major Geokge Tot>: Sir; — Enclosed vcu have my weekly re- turn fc^r the rendezvous at Warren. Should there bo any inaccur:»cy in my return as to method, be so good as to inform me in your next communication. Jjieut. Fred- ericks has obtained two recruits, when en- listed, or anvthing more on the subject I have not learned. Ensign Milligau has been here, and returned to commence * * * '? in .refferson county. It is reported and g'morally believed that the British have lately captured two of our vessels om Lake Erie. One loaded with provisions for the army at Detroit. The other had on some of (len'l Hull's of- ficers, destined for the same place. I am apprehensive from the number of the vol- unti^ers from this State, and the proceed- ing to a second draft of the Militia, that the recruiting sfT-vice will progress but slowly. A'our-i ilespt;ctfullv, WiLLSON Elliott, (apt. United States Army. governor .MEIGS TO MAJOR TOD. CiirLLtcoTHE, Julv 27, 18i;i. Dear Ma.ioh- 1 am fairly f.itigued with forming The iii-w brigade. Boiler went, long sinee. with Mr- Arthur, to Philadel- phia. I know not what to advise you re- specting your n.iiiiiing tor Congress. I certainly wish vou to take that course you would best profit by, and be most agreea- ble. Mv wishes are chat yon was in Con- gress. I will fluly apprise you of the time of election. 'Tis mail day, audi am in great hast Majoi! (Jeohgl Toij: Sir— i bav<^ this moment|received orders from General Winchester to organize im- mediately tine company of regulars in this State to consist of one hundred men, in- cluding noii-commissioned (ifiicers, and to hold them in readiness to march at a mo- ment's notice, lie has tirdered that the troops from your .listrict bo immediately marcb"d to this place, or at least as many as will complete the company with what are here. \'ou will therefore order all the recruits within your district to repair to Ziuesville withnut delay, and detach and march to this i)lace one l.--t lieuteiiaut, one 2d lieutenant and forty ;>rivates, should you have that number; if not you will march what vou hav(!. 1 wish " you, If possible, to ha\e your detachment at this place against the 10th or I'.'ch of August. Evei-y reliance is placed on your exertion on this important occasion. General Winchester informs nie that the object in calling the company out is to join a detachment from Kentucky to march Immediately to Detroit. You will please forw ard iiy the detachment a mus- ter roll of Its strength. As neither of you have included New Lancaster iu your re- cruiting di>trict, you are at liberty to send a recruiting officer there, as soou as you see proper. 1 have not as yet received any answer from General Winchester to the several inquiries I made him, concerning reports, retnrns. &c,, &?. As soon as I do, J will inform you ot ic. 1 am, very respectfully, Yonr obedient servant, John Miller, Lieut. Col. U. S. Army. p * an ii m KOBTHFIELB. BY IRVING A. SEARLE8. History of the Settlement of the Township-ReralBlscences of Early Times. In the spring ot 1807, Isaac tJacon moved into NorthQeld, uow in Summit county, and making a small clearing, erected a log house on the location where Francis Walte now lives. He had to raise his house wi\;hout assistance, which he succeeded in doing in about five days. Here this fam- ily lived for three years before another white settler came. Their nearest neigh- bors were ten miles distant. Indians were numerous until the war of 1812, when they left to join ihe Britsh. Thera were, for some tin.0, several wigwams on the farm of Bacon. The red ff.en caused no trouble except in their attempts to secure all the whisky about Bacon's premises. One day a number of tbom came into the house and called for tire-water. Mr. Ba- con was not at home and Mrs. Bacon told them they could not haye any. They then drew their tomahawks, walked qui- etly up to the cMpboard, found the whisky bottle, drai)k all they wanted and went away. IJavid C. Bacon, fien a small lad, tells us that ho well remembers playing with the Indian children. In fact he had no other playmates. The favorite sports with the Indian boys were throwing the hatchet and shooting with the bow and arrow. Ho who could stand the far- thest from a tree or stump and throw the hatchet so as to make it stick fast in the object at which it was aimed, was the best fellow. Mr. Bacon maintains that he could do quit3 as well at this as his play- mates. In shooting with the bow and ar- row, however, thev could excel him. They had a tact in tbat which the white boy could never learn. From 1813 dates the last of the Indian race on the Reserve, Those who were once here, and survived the war, never returned, for thev inwardly felt that they had forfeited all just claim to *here former homes. At the breaking out of the war there were oily three families of whites in the township: Noble, Oramer and Bacon. They gave themselves no special uneasi- ness about the conflict until Hull's dis- giaceful surrender at Detroit. News then came that the British were coming to Cleveland bv the way of Lake Erie and the nee were to march directly through this section of the country This rumor sent the greatest consternation throughout all this region. It was well known that the enemy in its marches was accompanied by the merciless Indians, who refrained not from murdering all ages, sexes and condi- tions. Dwellings wrapped in flames, and shrieks of butchered innocents fx)llowed in the wake of the English soldiery. Our three Northfield friends therefore deter- mined to move to Hudson, and thus aug- ment the numbers which must repel the invading army. While Mr. Bacon went to Cleveland to ascertain the truth of the rumor, the others loaded the wag- ons with what furniture they could and buried the remainder. They had got about three miles out of town when Bacon returned and told them the report was false The American prisoners taken from Hull wore ' Cleveland but no British force was t^ e. The party then returned to their homes. One day shortly after this, several white men, includuiir a num- ber ot non-residents of thutownship, were at the house of Bacon, and while convers- ing upon the prospects of a favorable or unfavorable term. nation of tlie war, they saw an Indian standing in the woods near the edge of the clearing. Mr. tramer wentoutand kindly told him that if he wanted to save his life he had better leave that town, and then re-entered the house. From the appearance of the Indian it was conjectured that he was a member of a tribe that once lived in Northteld, and that he had in some way become separated fr.mi his people. There was m the company of whites one who was known to be an inveterate hater of the i*;d men, and this man shouldered his rifle, left the house and walked slowly into the woods. He returned in about two hours, and when questioned as to where he hau been, re- plied that "he guessed that Indian would uever flnd his tribe." Nothing further would he tell about the matter, but it is the general opinion of those conversant with the circumstance tbat a rifle bail closed the earthly career of the .savage long ere he passed the limits of Northfield township. The women of the pioneer days had many experiences which ought not to go unrecordjd. While the husband with stalwart arm felled the trees and reduced Mysterious dIsaI'peahance. mm in the wilderness to productive fields, the wife had uo small task to perform. No one felt the hardships aud privations of pioneer life more than she. In coming to the frontier she exchanged her comforta- ble dweDine house for the rude log cabin. In the place of the society which she once enjoyed she was almost isolated from all intercourse with tbe world. Oft times the husband must be absent from home for da%8 at a time, and then the women were left all alone, miles from any neighbors, in the hearc n( a vast wilderness. The wife of Isaac Bacon was frequently thus sliu ated. Mrs. Bacon was a brave woman, and the experiences through which she passed seem to us of this day almost Incredible. We give but one instance illustrative of the statement just made. Our Informant Is David C. Bacon, oldest son of the woman of whom we are speaking. This son still resides in Northfleld, near where his pa- rents lived at the time. Mr. Bacon was frequently absent from home, and on one of the&e occasions a very suspicious look- ing man came to the cabin and iisked ad- mlttai;ce, which of course Mrs. Bacon granted. He seatei^. himself and inquired the time of day, when Mr. Bacon would be at home, how far it was to the nearest nelghbc^r, and. If she was not afraid to stay alone ! From the Qrst Mrs. Bacon did by no means like the appear- ance of the man, and everr moment only strengthened her impression of him. She Wits undoubtedly as courageous as any woman; but there she was, so far from any neighbor that no assistance from that quar- ter, in case of emergency, could be ex- pected. But she had one hope, and that was in the assistance of a powerful dog. wblch stood by her side. From the time that the man entered the house the know- ing animal eyed him, as if to sav: ''You are here for no good purpose." It was now most dark, and Mrs. Bacon very po- litely told the man that she could not Keep him over night and he had better be going. The man said nothing, but from his actions seemed to think otherwise. He stood and pondered a few minutes, aud then called to one of the children to come and turn a grindstone which stood a short distance from the house. He accompanied this request by producing a large, ugly- looklug knife. The child obeyed and he proceeded to sharpen the instrument. Mrs. Bacon expected the crisis was now at hand and began to prepare for the worst. She took her station in one corner of the room and called the dog to her side. The man soon came into the house and sat down at the opposite side ot tbe room. They thus remained until midnight, neither speaking a word. The man then began to manifest considerable uneasiness. He finally asked the woman why she did not turn that dog out of doors. She replied that she always allowed the animal to re- main in the house at night. He then ad- vised her to turn the animal out of the house. She, knowing that her orders to the faithful creature would be disobeyed, opened the door and told the dog to go out. The animal growled and lA)oked fiercely at the stranger, but would not move. The man then told the woman to sit down aud he would see that the dog left the house. He then opened the door aud told the dog to leave, but the creature, now aroused, again growled and exhibited a set of teeth which had the immediate tendency to cause the man to take his seat aud desist from all further attempts to disturb the dog. The man made no fur- ther demonstrations, but went away about daylight, leaving Mrs. Bacon t:> thank her dog for the preservation of her life. in the summer of 1826 there occurred one of the most singular atfairs of which we have any knowledge. The parties im- mediately interested in the transaction were Dorsey W. Viers, then a citizen of Northfleld, and now a resident of Norton township, and one Rubert Charleswortb. This last named individual was about thirty years of age, an Englishman and unmarried. For some time he had made it his home at Viers', and worked when- ever he could, as a day laborer. Some- time in the month of July Charlesworth suddenly disappeared. At fl^st but .little was thought of his mysterious departure, but after a time an effort was made to dis- cover his whereabouts. The most dilli- gent search after the missing man was, however, unavailing. Suspicion that he had been foully dealt with began to devol jp Itself, and to make he matrer still more posisive, it was whispered among the neighbors that Viers knew more about ("harlesworth's disappearance than he was willing to confess. A hint of this kind was sufficient to lead many to at once pro- nounce Viers the murderer. But not- withstanding this strong suspicion no de- cisive legal action was taken until five years after Charlesworth left. During these years the excitement, instead of abating had become more intense, until popular clamor demanded a full investiga- tion. Accordingly, G. N. Wallace, Justice of the Peace in Northfleld, anested Viers January 8, 1831. A trial of eight days ensued, and we wis'i the reader to care- fuxly note the testimony elicited. It was said that parties going to the house of Viera the next morning after Charles worth's disappearance, found Mrs. Viers hurriedly mopping up the floor. Viers himself ap- peared greatl> agitated aud was much confused in his statements about the mis- sing man. He once said that he saw Charks worth go, and then, soon after, said that he was sound asleep when the man left. These contradictory stories bad only served to heighten the suspicion of Viers' guilt. Viers' hired girl also testifled that a bed blanket which had been on Charlesworth's bed for a few weaka pnor to his disappearance was missing, aud that it was afterwards found with does of blood on it, under a hay stack. Uwas also suddenly discovered that Charlesworth was immensely rich. C' ir It. 1 * 6 FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE. that Viera was poor until after the miirdor wheu he became all lit oiicf tla>li of mon- ey. The reuder miiv here conclude that testimony sullicieiit ha-< already been ad- duced to hanir any man. but the evidence of Vier.s' terrible crime dii not cease here. ; When witcbes were belie\ed in. every i man, woman and child s^aTV them. v"*o it was in this case. That Viers had murder- ed tbat man was believed, and tbe public could see in everylhinji the evidence of hir guilt. The body )f a murdered man was found in everv' nook and cornin- in North- field. One man at the trial nwore point blank tliat he went one mornuiu to Viers' door yard, and nas.-^int; by u meadow con- taining about twenty acres >1 jirans, y ij uucut. he saw plainly the trail where SdUie heavy bodv had b>en dragged throutrh the gra<* avenger of blood entered the woods, and while searchingfor further trace of tin' trail he ; saw a chipmunk dart i'-ito a pile of leaves. , He instantly conceived the idea of killing the poor creature, and going to the leaves i began poking them about with his ca..e — ; and what a sight met his eves! There lay j the bodv of the long lost (.'harlesworth. T'is true but little beside die skeleton was , left, but those were the remains of the | m'ssing man. Thus the witness in sub- ' stance testiQed. The lawyers defending ; Vieis asked how he knew it was ( 'harle*- worth's body, and ht! replied that one of | the front teeth was broken, as he had j often observed int'harlesworth., The court, ; of course, sent a committee to visit the j place where the corpse lav. They came back and reported that while the remains of the departed were there visible they were the remains of an old dogand nctt those of ("harlesworth. The witness would have been put under arrest on the charge of perjury had be not left town. He soon went away from North- field and never returned. lu the midst of the trial two men from Sanduskv came to Northtield and swore that they had seen ('harlesworth but a short time before. On this testimony Viera was acquitted, although the pnblic was firm in its belief that he had murdered Charlesworth. A person, iu his right mind, will do a good ceal to preserve his reputation, and Gspecially whf*ii it is assailed by so serujus a charge as that of murder, and Viers re- solved that the remainder of his days, if necessary, should be spent in search of ( "harlesworth. He opened correspondence with |)roner authorities, both of this coun- try and F.urope. lie also visited in person many of the more prominent cities of the L'nited States. Years rolled on ar.d the search was unsuccessful. One day V iera went into a tavern in Detroit, and to the crowd in the barroimi he propounded the oft-repeated query: "Is there any (mo hen! who knows a man by ihe name of ('harlesworth? " To this he received the heart-sickening reply— "No." Hut as he lefc the room and stepped out into the street a man confronted hio and said. "My nani«' is ('harlesworth and youra is Viers, and you are from Northtield, Ohio." Viers recognized the longlo^tman and the meeting vvas. indeed, most cordial. Viers Tolii ('harlesworth that he must immedi- atelv return with him to Northtield. Ihe latter for a time refused, sa.\ing that he had important business which must be at- tended to ar, once. Viers would accept no excuse, and the two came direct to North- tield. Hand-bills were posted up all over the country unnouncing that on such a (lav rbarlesworth would be at the church, and earnestly requesting all interested to call and satisfy themselves as to the iden- i titv ot the supposed murdered man. Ihis : was a great day in NorthUeld. The church was crowded. Individuals who used to know ('harlesworth would give him some I hint in ref«'rence to some old transar-lion, and then ho would go on and till out the \ details. They would ask him, for instance, if he once kept company with such and mch a girl ; and when he answered "Ves. they would tell him to go on and describe her. In this way, after a long examina- tion, the public 'were fully satisfied that the murdered man stood in their midst. Mr Viera was full v cleared of all part or lot in the .-natter, and wo presume he never regrened the etlorta he made to hnd hJa alleged victim. The onlv reason t'harlea- vvorth assigned for his strange conduct was that he had passed a counterfeit ten dollar bill, and fearing an arrest he fled the township. ., ^. ^ , . Tuo first school building erected in Northtield stood where Mr. Rianier now Fives. The children from miles around assembled at this house of learning, until the number of scholars exceeded a dozen. The lir^t winter that school was taught here was a very severe one. There was i no chimney to the house. Cracks between 1 the logs freely admitted the wintry wind, ' and the building in all respects come far I short of the modern idea of a public school editice. Teachera then were not paid so much as they are now. A lady, for teaching in the summer, received, perhaps, a dollar a week and board around. In the winter a man was paid from eight to ten dollars per month and board. While wages were less than those p.iia now, the teacher's aualitioations were cor- respondiaglv low. Reading, spelling, writing and arithmetic, to the ■'RuLu of BEAKS AND HOGS. Three," wove about ail that were tauirht in the backwood's Bcbool. The teactier did not haveto bother about "ctrtiflcales." N'l public money was available for 8ch(»al purposes, a.id employing a teacher was simply a matter of aiireeinent between a fow of the neiuhbors and any man or woman whom thev miuht thus ooiiHtitme "teacher." I'rivate p;irtiea paid the bill, and private parties said to whom it should be paid. The firat white person who died in the townsDip was an infant daughter of Isaac Hacon. The child died in IHOH. In September, I8i;j, Dccurrt'd the (irst weddintr. It was the marriage of llti.ij Wood to Kslher Cranmer. I'ather Wood. 'Tiiele Ilarrv Wood" as he is fiiniliany called l)y his friends, is still Uvinu: in Northlield. There is but one ottier jjerson now living who attended this weddintr. and that is Miss Lucy Wood, maiden si>.tiT of Henrv. The bioth'M- ami sisrer are both residini; with Mr. C. S. Hates, bon-in-law of Father VVood. The Justice who ner- fornie favor the brave, and these persons must have been very brave, for they were exceedingly lucky While the face of the young man had become nearly as long as that of a horse, and his eyes won; a look of melting and yet wonderful tenderness, as he thought of thesoleaiuity of a circumstance which bid fair to pre- vent the legal union :)f two loving hearts, and while his dear companion, mild and gentle in all her movements, with a voice modulated after the sweetest cadences of the screech owl, was about to whisper in the large ears ot her lover some fond woi-d ot encouragement and cheer, a "coon" sprang fr.im a small sappling which stood near them and ran toward m large white oak tree. The young man seemed to bA moved by some invisible power, and giving a yell, which would have done honor to the greatest Mohawk chieftain, started oft" in a brisk canter after fhe fugitive ani- mal. Here History is blank as to de- tails, but, at all events, the man caught the coon, skinned it, and took the hide to the justice and paid the marriage fee with it, Mr. Wood and bis wife did not have a vast deal of furniture with which to begin house k'oeping, for their who'e stock waa one chair with a broken round, three table knives, three forks, three tea cups, three saucers and three plates. Thev sent to Pittsburgh forfhi'se articles. 'I'he reader will hfethat it xvoiild not do to break more than a (lozcn cups an 1 saucers every time thi'v washed dishes. We iippreheud that, hoiise-wifes weic rtiun a little more ca'eful ill this matter than some are now-a-days. As alreatly stated thev had but one chair. When Mrs. Wood warned to sit in the chair the husband would sit on the tloor, and likewise, when Mr. Wood wanted to occupy the chair, his wifti would occupy the lluor, or a i)art j of it at lea>t. And yet. at what time since have pe()i)lo enjoyed life more than [ did these good old pioneers, if we were ; only a mind :(> think so? How true k is, j that "Man wants but little here below, I nor w;i,nts ,ittle long." liears and wolves were numerous in those early days. The bears committed I no further depredations than carrying off I the hogs of the st'Ltl«'r>; but this act of I robbv ry was enough to bring down bitter I curses upon the shaggv criminals. Mr. j liacon, oiii- night, heanl oiuMif nis hogs I s([ueal, and lioint: out ue saw a large bear, (walking on its hind legs and carrying a g»)od sized liog in its fore paws. The hog. perhaps, knew that Bruin was sininlv ca- ressing him, but he, nevertheless, did not appreciate such outbursts of affection, and he made the forest vocal with his squeal- ing. Before 13a?oii could get his gua the bear had killed his victim, and laying it down t)eside a log had run off. hit-, pursuer knew not where. Bacon made a pen of logs and left a door at one side just large enough for the bear to enter, and placed the hog in this pen. He then arranged his gun, with the aid of a string, so that the contents of the weapon would be dis- charged at the bear the moment he should attempt to enter the enclosure. Bacon returned to his house, and in about two hours, hearing the report ot the gun and going back, he found the bear stark dead, with a rilie ball through his heart. Ml". Wood had a dog which seems to have been about as remurkable as any animal of that or later times. He bought the dog of an Indie" squav,- and paid a dollar for it. When we say that this dog was a strange animal we ieel as if we were but very faintly expressing the idea which wo would likf to convey. In fa?t we have not the right kind of language at our command to speak in lit terms of that dog. If Mark Twain were hme we would give him the job of describing him. The animal had no color to which any name has over been given. He was of medium size and his head, in proportion tolhis body, was very large. H's large eyes were overhung by a profusion of eyelashes which ta times rendered ttie gaze of the animal verv repulsive. He did not possess a di- versity of gifts. He was not a five talented nor yet a three talented dog. He had but one talent, that of barking. He would h.ark all day and he would bark all ill MHHHUi 8 A PIONEER DOO. I nisbt. There was not %n animal m Nnrtb- field, from a bear down to a ohiptnuok, Pt wbioh tbia dog bad not poured fortb volumes of bowls. But tbu was ail tbe barm tbe dog would do to any creature,— lust stand and bark until the animal left iu dlSKust. Mr. Wood was one day out in tbe field at work wbeu aa usual he beard the dog bark. He noticed that the sound was conatantlj' recedine, and think- ine that there mlRht be some large game, and wlshmeto rest a little from bis work, he started off In tbe direction of the sound. Presently be saw the dog barking at a large, long-legged, white-faced bear. The two animals were about a Pod apart and each seemed to enjoy the other's c6m- pany very much. As soon as the bear saw Wood it ran ofT, and the dog, barking of course followed at a safe distance behind. Mr. Wood, having no gun, returned to his work. 8oon the dog came back and tiot> ted up to bis master, and in about ten minutes along oamo the bear, returning to ■ee what bad become of tbe dog. Tbe dog's greatest delight was to remain some- what quiet at "night until Mr. Wood and bis family were all nicely asleep, and then t« go out two or three rods from the house and mounting a stump, send into heaven and into the woods and into the bouse some of the finest specimens of his yelps. He had to bark only for a short time before he could call up all the wolves within a circuit of five or ten miles. As soon as he was fully satisfied that be had got a sufficient number of these bowling creatures started to take bis place at burking for the remamder of tbe nigbt, be would run under tbe houfte and remain silent and secreted until daylight. The wolves, in tbe meantime, would surround tho bouse, and yelp, to the by no moans infinite amusement of tbe occupants of the building. Tbe dog seemed to have the idea that there must be barking of some kind all the time, and If he could get the wolves to take his place once In a while it was nobody's business. We have not heard that this dog was ever either killed or died a natural death. We are of tbe opinion tha: the dog never did die,— he just passed away. If beisyetllvlng, either in this world or any other, he is probably still barking. We hope the people of Northfleld will remember this dog. Not every township can boast of such an ani- mal. You may forget the writer, but don't forget the dog. :l