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FIFTY YEARS AOO. A Vivid IVn Picture of Lauras tor as it Was Then?Its Peo pie, its Rusiness and ifsNocietj ?Interestingly Written by om of its Rider Citizens. The changes that take place as time rolls its ceaseless course,' often steal on us so impereepti bly that we take lit'h note o tin in, f>o that liCti Wr take ; retrospect of the past, we are sur prised how gri at those < !?; ''get have been. i was ruminating (a- otir news paper friend, Hill Arp,would -;:y* but recently, on the mutability ni all earthly things ?ji 1 > pec: illv on t!.e t ..a:ig< - t at !i id taken placi in Lancast er since \' lui 1 be 11 mv lumn . ' . " y ve; ! T ?bought o< ci.M'e-! : 11 ...c, '' j I; ps a per oiei .;* . L ?! . ' . a - '' is !' U \ years a^o, would bo ol interest t( your ivaders; .-?> with yowrjpennb -ion, Mr. Ivii; u, I will attempt such a sketch. 1 came to Lancaster to make ii my home in 1*51). What- a host of recollections crowd upon in\ memory, as I look hack through the long vista of years'. How many familiar laces confront me. of those "who lived and moved and had tin-it being,'' in out midst, hut who now alas, have joined the great majority "in thai undiscovered country from whose l>ourn, no traveler returns." Ol those who made our population then, not more than a score art1 now living, and of the many head* of families, only one unbroken pail remains. Truly "one generation passeth away, and another cotneth hut the earth ahideth forever." When I first came to Lancaster it did not present a very attractive appearance externally, then 1>< ?i III' lmt nm? linnuii in t tin iilnci that could boast of a recent coat ol paint. That was the house of Mr Jack Adams, now the residenceoi our townsman. I)r. Mackey. Hut though the houses looked t little they were for th< most part comfortable within, am: sheltered many noble men and women who di*pen>ed a generoin and cordial hospitality. Indeed with all due deference to society at it now exists, I must insist thai we had a social distinction in thos? ante 1> >11 urn day - ! hat h? s not at'iin under the present regime The middle wall of partition wa l?rokeii flown ?1:iri 11_r tin* warnin! lin- never l>oon entirely re rul.j listed. form- w it' rn . *.r? nI! reader, ii v.iij a re willing ti> _:<? l.aek no ir ]\ a h.;l! < < nlui v, and .ve will taki *i t ) "'! ?j't V in -? root. -.1 pt in: ii I'io depot .lu-;t Iiovond donol I. !' : ! >M int.. n. r "innlor lioM" wo ? ;? 1 lc?I i' 11k*11 li.ro iho nialilia won- ivvieWo< once a y ?f 1 ?y I'm In>j? ctoi < iener.il or t lie i iovernor < lenora muster wa- .tlwa\s a ("Jala da\ for I .a tioa-i. r. men. women am children turning nut in nnmm' < iin^t i r.iki's .111< 1 rider were niuat lv in evidence. to pay nothing o i troiiLrer !leverage. Where tin depot now -tands the- woodman' axe had made little if any inrorn upon the native forest. Indeed Depot street was but the hifrhwaj leading in from Camden, wit! forests on either side. The mo notonv c?f our lives was not dis tnrbed l?y steam whistles or rum biiiiK trains, our only mode o public travel being backs tha rati between Camden, Churlott< Cotton, r like every other crop, needs nourishment. A fertilizer containing nitro| gen, phosphoric acid, and not le >s than 3% of actual : Potash, will increase the crop and im prove the land. Oi<r books toll all about the subject. They arc :rcc to any tanner. ! GERMAN K A I.I WORKS. 93 Nassau St., New York. | ' " I ami 1 i 1 is place. Hut to continue our walk. As | 1; we enter the village, the lirst , house on the left hand, is a twoi '.stoi\ frame building. This house w as occupied by Dr. Craig, during tile time lie was pastor of the Presbyterian church and then by .Mr. Query, and was burned when Mr. Query was living in it. The next dwelling as we proceed, < stands in the corner of .Mrs. .1.1). \Vylie\s yard, nearly opposite i Oapi. Witherspoon's, and stands i back but a little way lrom the ;street. 1 This is a two story frame build- ' ing, owned originally by a Mr. ' A brain Perry and sold by him to < 1 Col. James Harvey Witherspoon. 1 Col. Witherspoon was a man of < social and political prominence in i ' his day. lie came from Kinge- i tree, S. C., to this place when i 1 quite a young man, married the i ? only daughter of ('apt. Isaac Dun- i noin. He was elected "Ordinary 1 ? and commissioner in Equity,'* which offices ho held for life. It I ? has been said of him that he was < ' j a man of great enthusiasm and I | energy and almost unbounded ! - J popularity. It was in this house II that Dr. Thornwell was married i I to Miss Nancy White Wither-1 1 spoon, in 1835. By the way, Dr. 1 ' Thornwell was the first pastor of h ' the I'rosbyterian church of this j j ' place. When he came hero, there j I ' was no church building. lie wash -1 installed in the Methodistchurch.il h During his stay a house of wor- 1 isliip was erected, which church is < now used 1?v the colored people / ot Aum. I: This W ithcrspoon house, at the , time of which 1 write, was owned I by Dr. U. L. t'rawlnrd, who occu pied it for a short time. lie had ;,,_i i.;. . .... i j ? ? - * ' ';ui|'nn >1 l l l r> | i * - illlU ''Mil ' lor:able homo (mow occupied by Mrs. .J. D. W'ylic i when ho if sponded to his country's call, and >|gavo his life a willing sacrifice ton (lie "lo ' en; 1 c ar. good I >i lioli. i ruly it can la* said o( him : "Ili- 1 i fc \\ a* gentle 1 Ami ! In- - so mixed in liim That nature could stnnd before nil , 1 I he world, And sh>, till;-. \v?- a man." The dwelling Oil the Opposite ' corner, mow the residence <>1 < 'apt.. I i'. .J. Withorspoon, is one of the! I old land marks of Lancaster and ' t is perhaps the oldest building in : tho place. It was owned originally . ^ j by I>r. Hartlet Jones, of distin - < 1 guifthed memory. I>r. Jones was < i a native of Virginia, hut came to < this place early in life and rose to i 1 eminence, hoth as a physician and a surgeon. On the lot where Mr. W. Mel), f Hrown's residence now stands i I there were two cottages at the 3 time of which I write. One owned by a Mrs. Perry, the other by Mr. Clinton. Mr. Clinton was quite a prominent man in the village at this time. He was a person of fine intelligence and was the acknowledged leader of the bar, but strangely eccentric and peculiar? was an old bachelor and took no part or lot in society. What is now known nsthelvibler house was at thi> time thehospit able home of Hon. < loo. Me. Wit herspoon. This house was built by Col. Sims, as also was the original building of what is now the man sion of Mr. and Mrs. Krnest Moore. Col. Sims was the father of Dr. .1. Marion Sims. of whom not only Lancaster but the entire state is justl\ proud. Continuing our walk.we pass a vacant lot and the next house is t he Boyd home. Here Mr. and Mv Boyd passed their lives respected and beloved by all who knew them. < )n the opposite side of the street is the attractive cottage home ot Mr. and Mrs. Kmmonds. All honor is due to t he memory of t hose good people. J hev came to Lancaster early in their married life and were over esteemed as most excellent citizens. Mr. Kmmonds merchandised for many years, his place of business being next door to his residence. Dr. Mac key's home, as 1 havo said, was owned by Mr. Jack Adams who was one if our most successful merchants, lie had amassed a handsome fortune, hut, like many others, iost it all after the surrender, and was reduced almost to want in his old :ige. Where the Catawba House itands there was, as is well remembered, a largo, throe-story building occupied, at the time of which I write, by the Magill brothers as a residence and place Df business. Mr. Tom Magill. who was something of a poet and a humorist, called it "Fannie) 1 fall", i'he third story was used as a Masonic hall for many years. Now we cross the street. The lirst bouse on the right-hand corner is mi ohl,ramshaekled atTair,occupied it this time by Mr. Mayer as a hotel. This building, and indeed this entire* side of the street up to I he Davis corner, was owned hy ['apt. McKenna, all of them old, lilapidated houses. As Capt. McKenna was a prominent busi tic?-s man of this place (or many years, and owned more than a I hird of t he village, we will re-t awhile anil talk al>out liiin. 1!'.' was a native ol Ireland, but I'aino, when a very young man. to \\ i.'si '11 ster. New ^ ork. Here lie married a Mrs. Fuller?The inarn me proved i<? lie an unliappv Mie ..n 1 .iflej -ii long a lime the young Irshinan took "Frenrh lea1, e ol the lady ?> i his love and made his way down South. Soon allci coming to I. incaster he found employment as a clerk with a Mr. I'ousart, a merchant of very con -iderable wealth. It so happened that Mr. Oousnrt had a very attractive daughter, Miss Anna. Mr. McKennn hooii hecame very rnncli enamored of the young lady m l, as New York was not in easy communication with us as it is to lay.I suppose he thought his.secret of having a wife was well hidden in his own bosom* so he made love to h'*r anil in duo time they were married. Years passed, Mr McKenna prospered in business Find added largely to the estate brought him hy his wife. Hut murder is not the only bad tiling that will out, so it happened by some chance to coino to the ears of Mrs. McKenna, Jr. that there was a Mrs. McKenna, Sr. She at once declared the marriage null and void and they separated. Capt. McKenna had but ono child, Miss Anna, a daughter of his first wife. This daughter he placed in a convent school in' Wilmington, Delaware. Years] passed away, the first Mrs. Me Ivenna died and ('apt. McKenna ? . i was married again to the second. I HI ' ! flie daughter was brought home and in course of t inie she was mar ried to Dr. M it tag. < 'apt. Me Kcnna was a very devout ("atho 1 lie ; indeed he was educated lor ? Catholic priest, was a man of line 11, I intelligence, served the county ai Senator for several terms, lie lived to be very old and l ife in life married a third time, a Mi I i (>uigly, a sister of Monscigneuiy Quigly of Charleston. At Capt.' McKenna's death, his estate was J valued at three liutidre<l and ten thousand, and t here was no will to J l>o found. After sotnetime his law 'vers in Charleston, Messrs. North ' J rope and Alemong, informed Mrs. ; M it tag that there was a will de| posited in their keeping. It was brought and read. His entire es| tate, personal and real, was he [queathed to the Catholic church ?with an annuity of fifty dollars to his daughter. Mrs. Mittag at onco declared her intention to contest the-will. Five lawyers I woro employed on each side, and never have I seen excitement run so high in Lancaster as during the McKenna will trial. It was Luther against the Tope. Mr. Frank Green was foreman of the jury. After a few hours delay the jury came out with a verdict in favor of Mrs.Mittag. There was groat rejoicing, a banquet was served at the hotel and other demonstrations. The church declared its intention to appeal, hut Mrs. Mittag acted very generously in compromising, allowing the church so much and the widow so much. The ! lawyers received the modest little | sum of forty thousand dollars. I Forgive this long digression. Wo j win now resume our wane. About where Mr. L. (\ I'ayseur's 'building now stands was Dr. ^ ' Wylie's drug store or "doctor's' ? lioj?". It had none of the attractiveness of our present drug stores. , There was no soda fount, no pictures adorned the walls. A skeh ton hung in one corner, dru_'- were compounded with a pe-lle and mortar and nilN wer made hv 1 * i hand. Dr. Wylie calm to I.an caster from Chester in 1 > '! I and r her1 wrestled with disea ;e and death for forty years. It can be - ii 1 of Dr.W'ylie as of Dr Mat '!;ir ^ in "lioimie llrier Dush" that lie was .skilful and kind hearted, though, of course, be had his laults like n- a an didiia tnhMc the kirk often. 11 o aye could fill' what was wrong wi' a hody an' mostly ho could put you richt. j hut lie was no vorra coovil gin you brought hirn and there was I * . naethin' wrong." Dr. Wylio cor tainly spent his life in self sacrificing devotion to his profession and in promoting the happiness of others. 44 A short time before he passed away from enrth he said : 441 know that I have done many things that I ought not to have done, hut I have great comfort in the assurance that no widow or orphan over shed a tear on my Tutt's Pills Cure All Liver Ills. Prevention better than cure. 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The firm, as I remember it first, was Ilasseltine Hagins, then Ilasseltine & Cureton, Ilasseltine ?V Mnssey, Ilasseltine A* Chaffee, Ilasseltine A' Mas sev again, then Ilasseltine A- Ilasseltine. The firm of Ilasseltine & Chaffee did business .just after the surrender. They did a vast amount of pood in furnishing supplies to men who were struggling to got a start once again in life. In the unsettled and disturbed stato of things, many failed to pay up, some because thoy could not, others because tbejr would not. When the firm tailed many wagged their heads and said, "Ah, I told you so!" Alas, poor human nature 1 ^ Mr. .Tones Crockett's residence and place of business was about where the Hank stands. What, a neat, nice merchant he was! Nobody kept such a stock of ladies' ....... i., ...... :_n.. ..1 i i w/ >?jm-.-i,!11 v mm ?iiovch. Many a dainty pair of "Alexander's he<l" have I lioii^lit from liim. His accounts wore models ol penmanship ami correctness. Mr. A!i'\ Dunlap's store was on tin- < 'miniiiifham corner. It u i- -aiil of Mr. Dimlap that ho _'ot rich hv the mere force of cir 'Uin-tilices. lie never Iliade ailV display of his noods. never in-ist ei| upon any one huyini*. hut always received his customers with a pleasant smile, and upon their tellinir what they wished, ho would say, "Let me see, may ho I have it." or something to that effect. He was a good, honest man. 11 is home was on the corner where M it i: .?i r*. n;i(iii'r now Tho Court House remains unchanged except that it was then enclosed hy a very nice pailins; ? fence. which wan humeri hy the V Yankees. The Davis house, recently destroyed by fire, was tho oldest, building in tho village. It was built by a Mr Cousart. It was in a this house that ('apt. MeKonna J f was married to Miss Anna Cousart. * At the time of which I write, it