****************** Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 24-1886 # 6 Corfu Chronicles. H.D. VanDeBOGART shortly contemplates building an addition to the front part of his house. Dr. E.C. SMITH has removed his office and now occupies the entire suit of rooms over the McGREGGOR block. Sohn[sic] STILES has returned from Ohio, whither he went last week to recover the horse recently stolen from him. Andrew LETCH of Darien, has rented one of the CURTIS houses on Railroad avenue and moved therein with his family. On Friday afternoon of last week the Ladies' Mission in Society held a meeting at the residence of Mrs. Ro__ayne LONG>.Chas. S. JACK has purchased the livery outfit recently owned by _.N. HOPKINS, which he will run in connection with his hotel. The blacksmith shop of B.N. HOPKINS recently destroyed by fire, is to be immediately re-built and run by Frank BURTON. Frank is a good blacksmith and is sure of a good custom. During the severe thunder storm one night last week lightning struck the barn of Andrew SWINTON, who resides in London, north east of here, and burned up a small stack of hay for Truman WATERMAN. John KEICHER also had two cows killed by lightning at the same time. On Tuesday evening of this week the Presbyterian Society of this village held their postponed lawn fete at the residence of Mr. John BOICE, two miles east of here. We understand that the Lincoln sisters, formerly connected with the Bijo Variety Theatre of Buffalo, were among the attractions of the evening. Mr. L. F--ss and Miss Ada, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. Wm. HALY, were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's parents last Saturday evening, Rev. Mr. SMITH, pastor of the M.E. church of this village, presiding. They left Monday for two weeks' tour in Canada, where Mr. F. formerly resided. Chas. ADAMS of Buffalo, accompanied by a friend, were in town over Sunday, the guests of Mr. A.'s parents. Mr. STONE of Cowlesville was the guest over Sunday of his niece, Mrs. W.D. EDWARDS. Ed. PECK of Batavia, has been engaged as a clerk in the Central hotel. Willett JONES, who for the past few days has been visiting friends here, has returned to Rochester, where he is engaged in the street car barns of that city. Mrs. Ida FARNHAM of Buffalo is visiting at the residence of James FARNHAM. Nicholas BENDER, the tailor, has been out of town for a few days, rusticating, we presume. Wm. TAYLOR of Buffalo, formerly a resident here, was in town over Sunday visiting relatives. ** Death of Mrs. Sheffield. The sudden death of Mrs. Fanny JONES SHEFFIELD which occurred on Saturday last was a sad shock to her many friends in Batavia. Since her illness, about July 1st, she has been doing very nicely and her rapid recovery and gain of strength was a matter of congratulation in the household. On the day of her death she was unusually well and was sitting up. Soon after eleven o'clock in the forenoon she suddenly lost consciousness and in a few minutes was dead, death resulting from paralysis of the heart. It is less than a year ago that Mr. and Mrs. SHEFFIELD were married--July 30th, '85, and her death falls upon the bereaved husband with crushing force. Mrs. SHEFFIELD was the daughter of the late Alvah JONES and was in her twenty-third year. She was of a kind and affectionate disposition and greatly beloved among her acquaintances for her amiability and pleasant manners. Hearty sympathy is extended to the bereaved husband and widowed mother in their sad affliction. A little babe, three weeks old, survives the mother. ** Ferrin-Fargo. The marriage of Mr. Frank G. FERRIN and Miss Kate L.. FARGO took place at the St. James Episcopal church in Wednesday afternoon last in the presence of a large and fashionable audience of invited guests. The interior of the church was beautifully decorated with flowers and foliage an the occasion was a most happy one. The best man was Mr. Charles J. FERRIN, brother of the groom, and the ushers were Mr. Fred TOWN and Mr. Adna G. BOWEN of this village, and Dr. Frank H. POTTER of Buffalo and Mr. E.H. HALL of Norwich, Conn. The groom is one of the well known produce firm of Ferrin Bros. & Co., and the bride is the daughter of Mr. R.S. FARGO, of Ellicott avenue. Both are well known in Batavia and have many friends who wish for them a life full of happiness and prosperity. ** Attempted Suicide in Alabama. Last Saturday evening,the wife of John JOSLIN, an Alabama farmer, attempted to commit suicide by shooting twice at her breast. The first shot went wide of the intended mark and penetrated her clothing; the second shot struck a rib and was deflected from its course, making a severe flesh wound and passing out after following along the bone several inches, fracturing it. She was found lying upon the floor unconscious by her mother, Mrs. James GRICE. No cause is know to exist that should prompt her to commit such an act. Her domestic life was pleasant and agreeable and she lived very happily with her husband. She was attended by Dr. ZURHORST and is progressing nicely toward recovery. *** With bright eyes and elastic step, yet gray, lusterless hair. It is unnatural, needless. Parker's Hair Balsam will restore the black or brown prematurely lost, cleanse from all dandruff, and stop its falling. Don't surrender your hair without an effort to save it. *** The beautiful Contata of Queen Esther will be rendered by Prof. LANE assisted by the choir at the Oakfield Temperance Assembly on Saturday evening, Aug. 7th. *** submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************

Looking for information regarding the family of David Kneeland Jr. and his wife Statira Williams, daughter of Thomas Williams and Anna Hart Gates. Statira died apparently in 1811. They had a son named Moses, born 1809 in Leroy or surrounds - my great great great grandfather. Thank you Paul Vogel Minnesota

Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State April 28-1881 # 2 Killed on the Track. Dennis MACK, brother of Mrs. George MOREAU of this village, and about twenty six years of age, residing at Warsaw, was early yesterday morning run over and killed by a wild cat train in charge of Conductor BEDAN, on the Erie Railway, about two miles east of Alden. MACK was seen on the track by the engineer, but it was too late to warn him of his danger. The body, which was terribly mangled, was removed to the freight-house at Alden. Coroner SCOTT was notified and made the usual investigation, after which the remains were taken to Warsaw. ** Attica Locals. Furnished Daily by our Attica Reporter. Where is our street sprinkler? A sociable at the school house this evening. The hammocks are full these pleasant days. Wm. SMITH, the butcher, now receives a pension. The Williams' orchestra now consists of nine pieces. F.D. PRYOR has purchased a bicycle of Andrew KRAUSS. Mr. SPRING is working into business at Noblett's store. Dorrance's soda fountain will begin to sizzle next week. A Maccabee State Convention will be held at Warsaw, to-day. A.E. BISHOP, of the 'News,' will visit Washington next week. Mr. R. BOWEN is making repairs about his house on Prospect street. Peter RAFFERTY is acting as conductor for a few days on the Tonawanda Valley R.R. The members of the Reform Club have opened a reading room for their own benefit. Ten cars of passengers and seven cars for their baggage was what the emigrant train had last night. Krauss & Co. received a large lot of box making material yesterday to pack their manufactured goods in. Rev. A. CHAPMAN is to remain with us another year; the First Baptist Society having again secured his services. Samuel CHASE, the 'News' carrier, sold a large number of extra copies last night, and could have sold more, had he had them. Mr. L.R. VINCENT sold his trotting horse, "Blind Roxy," yesterday to E.S. CRANE. We did not learn the price paid. Denison's head was level when he wrote the article headed "The Duty of Temperance Organizations," for the 'Argus' this week. The first store in Attica was opened in 1806 by T. CAREY, of Batavia, on the corner of Main and Exchange streets, where Dr. DAVIS' brick house now stands. A dispatch received last evening from Mr. R. McLEOD who accompanied Mamie MADISON and Willie WASHBURN to Newport, R.I., states that the boys were not accepted on board the school ship Minnesota. ** submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************

****************** Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 24-1886 # 5 Bergen Briefs. A twelve-pound boy came last Friday to make his home with Mr. and Mrs. Michael BOWER. Mr. McLAWREY of Byron preached twice in the Congregational church last Sabbath, in exchange with A.D. DRAPER. Mr. DELLINGER was on Wednesday threshing grain for S. CARPENTER, the earliest one hereabouts of whom we have heard. Mr. and Mrs. G. HOLDRIDGE are entertaining a little daughter, who came to them last Thursday, with the intention of remaining. Mrs. Rab. HISCOCK lost two valuable canary birds last Sunday, but has since recovered them, one of them being caught at Tone's warehouse and the other at Mrs. FENNS. The widow of George DAVIS who resided two miles north of this village, died on Friday last, and was buried at Spencerport on Monday of this week. Funeral services were held at the house, the Rev. DRAPER officiating. Mrs. T. ROWE and son started on Friday of last week for her paternal home near Boston, and after preaching here next Sabbath her husband will follow her for a vacation of three weeks or more. The masons, PARMELEE nad KELLY, have begun laying the cellar wall for George MULLEN's new house on Lake street. Geo. says that he will have it covered before snow flies again. Success to him. On Saturday night at midnight or shortly after, the grain barn of Michael HENDRICK just east of this village was destroyed by fire with its contents. Supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Loss $450, insured for $250. Mrs. Amy GIFFORD received word last week that her nephew, Oris I., son of Harrison MOSIER, had died at his home in Kendall, Michigan. His funeral was held at Paw Paw on Sunday last where he was formerly a resident of Bergen. Mr. and Mrs. DODGE of Syracuse and Miss SPRINGER of New York, gave an exhibition of what can be done on the Domestic sewing machine, at an art reception given in S. CARPENTER's store on Friday and Saturday of last week. The store was thronged with admiring ladies, and the draperies, banners and other fancy work, elicited many flattering comments. This has seemed to boom the sale of the Domestic machine, and CARPENTER is delivering them in all directions going on Tuesday of this week with his son Burt as far as Greece to deliver one. The ladies seem to agree that it cannot be beaten. The misses Julia and Flora SPENCER of Rochester, spent three days in town last week-Alonzo MUNGER, after leaving his wife at the seaside in Connecticut, spent nearly a week with his brother Wm. and returned to his home in Detroit on Monday.-Mrs. RICH and two children of Bethany, are visiting with her sister, Mrs. F. LEWELLYN.-Mr. and Mrs.. E.F. HUBBARD left Bergen Tuesday morning for a stay of a day or two in Rochester, from whence they go to Silver Lake to stay a month.-Jerry CRAMPTON's sister Mrs. Kate H_ _ eck of Wisconsin, came on Friday of last week for a visit to him. She was accompanied by another sister Mrs. GRIFFIN of Oakfield.-Mrs. Dewain BRAINARD of Waterville, daughter of Charles GREEN of Hubbardsville and sister of the late Jerome GREEN of Utica, visited Mrs. C.L. TERRY last week.-Wm. DART after spending several weeks with his sick father was this week obliged by urgent business to leave him and go to his western home. The old gentleman is failing slowly and some portions of the time is out of his right mind.-Mrs. Frank WEEKS and Mrs. Will _OWER with their children drove out to Batavia Wednesday, to attend the firemen's parade. ** North Bergen Notes. Mr. PECKHAM has purchased a new Empire twine timber. _.M. TEMPLETON has a team of fine mustang ponies which are much admired. Milton TEMPLETON is laid up with a sprained ankle, the result of an accident. Harvest is progressing timely. We have big crops here this year and oats and corn are more than usually fine. Mr. G.R. GAY has been obliged to relinquish his position in the choir on account of a throat difficulty. Mr. RYAN has finally been obliged to shoot his lame colt on which the experiment of resetting a broken leg was tried. C.N. REED is raising his house up one more story and building an addition to the kitchen, thereby improving the appearance of his domicile. Mr. John STEEL returned from the east Wednesday morning, whither he went to settle up his deceased brother's estate, which he is doing to good advantage. Mr. J.D. GIFFORD has a raspberry bush some eight feet in height, which is literally loaded down from top to bottom with fruit. Mr. GIFFORD boasts of having the largest corn in town. ** Mrs. C.H. St. JOHN, the Queen of the West, who spoke to 10,000 people near her home on the 4th of July, will speak at the Oakfield Temperance Assembly on Sunday evening, Aug. 8th. ** West Shore Railroad N.Y.C. & H.R.R. Co., Leasee No. 5 Vanderbilt Ave. New York, July 15, 1886. Mr. Frank H. MARTIN, Oakfield, N.Y. Dear Sir:-I have your favor of the 10th inst. in regard to Oakfield Assembly. Supt. McCOY advises that he can arrange for special train for Aug. 8th from Buffalo and intermediate stations to Oakfield, and that he can also stop Nos. 55 and 56 between Churchville and Oakfield on same date. We will make a special rate of one and a half fares for the round trip to Oakfield and return with a minimum rate of 40 cents. What time would be desirable to have the special train leave Buffalo? Kindly give me this information to enable us to arrange schedules for special service. Yours truly, Henry MONETT, Gen. Pass. Agent. ** submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************

I will try again to see if there are some other researchers around checking on this HILL family. Thank you for your help. My Dr. Moses J. HILL was born in NY about 1783. He married a Riley (?) about 1813. From census records we believe Moses and Riley had the following children: Slocum born in 1813, Laura born in 1815 and Moses N. born in 1821. All the children were born in NY. Dr. Hill said he attended a traditional medical school in NY. He would have graduated about 1812. Does anyone know if there was a medical school in Genesee county in the early 1800s? In 1832 the Dr. Hill family was living in Lagrange County, Indiana where Dr. Hill practiced medicine. The Hills were early settlers in Lagrange county, IN. Son Moses married a Nancy Martin in 1832 and daughter Laura married Washington Adams in that same year in Lagrange County. I am looking to track Dr Hill and his wife's parentage and ancestors in NY. Thank you for your help. Perry Adams San Carlos, California

Hi all, If you go to <A HREF="http://www.google.com/advanced_search">Google ADVANCED search</A> (http://www.google.com/advanced_search) and type in - Batavia murder masons - on the top line and William Morgan on the next, you'll get LOADS of info...on BOTH sides of the fence, as the Masons still deny ANY connection to his disappearance other than having paid him to leave the country!! Also, GOOD LUCK getting any info from the Masonic lodges, as it's STILL a "secret" society!!! I believe it's against their rules to give out names of members, but I could be wrong on that. Good luck! Joan

****************** Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 24-1886 # 4 An Elopement in Corfu. Corfu, in this county, is not a very large place and has few attractions but occasionally indulges in an elopement scandal and is otherwise a prolific source of news. The latest sensation to wake up the people there and set them to talking is the elopement and marriage of two young people of this village, Edward M. GIDDINGS and Clara OSTHEIMER. It seems that young GIDDINGS, who is the son of wealthy and respectable parents and a young man of good habits, well educated and industrious, has been for some time quite attentive to the young lady in question, who is the daughter of Eli OSTHEIMER, who formerly lived in Batavia and acted as agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Co. For some reasons OSTHEIMER was opposed to having the young man keep company with his daughter and finally forbade him to call at the house, and sought in every way to keep the young people apart. However, the lovers continued to meet clandestinely and enjoy each others society. In order to put an end to these meetings Miss OSTHEIMER's parents concluded to send her away to boarding school. GIDDINGS learned of the plan and on Wednesday hired a livery rig and drove to the young lady's abode. By a preconcerted arrangement she was waiting for him and when he stopped she got into the buggy, overcoming her mother's resistance, and the couple were soon speeding away. Mrs. OSTHEIMER quickly notified her husband and he at once gave chase--and a stern and exciting one it was too. Both horses were put to their utmost speed and mile after mile of road was traversed at a break-neck pace. But GIDDINGS had a good start and finally eluded the enraged father and drove to Attica, where he and his plucky sweet heart were married by Rev. A. A. BROCKWAY. They returned to Corfu on the following day and no doubt will eventually be forgiven and receive the parental blessing. Miss OSTHEIMER or, rather, Mrs. GIDDING, is rather a pretty young lady and is well known among the young people here. She used occasionally to sing in the M.E. church choir, although she was never a member of it, as has been stated. Mr. GIDDINGS is a wide-awake young man and has acted for a long time as correspondent from Corfu for the 'Batavian.' He possesses a good character and is every way worthy of the young lady. ** Notice! - My office will be closed from July 31st to August 23d, for my summer vacation. Dr. W.E. RICHARD__N ** The largest sale of Remnants ever known in Batavia will be offered next week Tuesday and Wednesday. J.R. & H. Hewitt. ** submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************

Hello...now my two cents worth. I saw an wonderful program on the History Channel about this whole affair. They referred to him as Capt William Morgan....I wonder what he was Capt of???? Penny ----- Original Message ----- From: "HistorianCindyA" <HistorianCindyA@netscape.net> To: <NYGENESE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: [NYGENESE] William Morgan 1826 aka "The Morgan Affair" > Couldn't resist this one. ;-) More commonly known as "The Morgan Affair". William Morgan, a former mason, had printed a book exposing the secrets of the very secretive masonic society. He was arrested in the fall of 1826 for stealing a shirt and cravat, aquited, and rearrested for stealing a couple bucks, and thrown in the Batavia jail. This of course was to detain him. He was tossed into a carriage against his will, and taken on a long journey, to Ft. Niagara and confined there. Alledgedly he was kidnapped by the masons, who didn't want their secrets exposed. Another theory is he was taken by anti-masonic friends, who were afraid of what was going to happen to him, made it look like a kidnapping by the masons, and scooted him via Ft. niagara way and into Canada to safty. Ft. Niagara is the last that was ever seen of him. Some say he escaped to Canada, some say he was tossed into the Niagara by the masons. A body turned up in 1827 and was first reported to be his, then l! > ater proven not to be. So his body was never recovered. Another version, although I don't know how well known, was written by William Wakeman in 1939(son of a locally famous Batavia atty Seth Wakeman and quite the champion for the Senecas rights to keep their land) who heard the story from Otto Parker and Chauncey Abrams (both Senecas from the Tonawanda Indian Reservation) as told to them by Gen. Ely Parker. A very famous Seneca both here, and in Civil War history. This account says he was taken to the Tonawanda Indian Reservation where he stayed till he died 3 years and one month later. He was supposedly, according to this account, buried on land near the edge of the reservation on the Tesnow Farm. Being the Alabama historian I of course like this version the best. ;-)Anyway, this was important as far as the history of American politics, as the result was the anti-masonic political party. Any paper from 1826 to into the 1830s is page after page, week after week, of mas! > onic vs anti-masonic political differences and the missing Morgan. Gets annoying actually when you are looking for other historical things during this time period. ;-)I'm sure if you type in William Morgan + Masons in any browser you will find a ton of sites on it. Unsolved crimes never die. You can also try searching in the Library of Congress digital collection called American Memory at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ and Cornell University's Making of America digital collection at http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ for books and journels from the time period of the events. You will always find excellent reading material from both these sites of books in their original form, no mater what you are researching.Hope that helps! -- Cindy AmrheinTown of Alabama Historianin Genesee Co., NYExperience the Town of Alabama in Genesee County, NY. http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/APHNYS (Association of Public Historians of New York State)http://www.tier.net/aphnys > > __________________________________________________________________The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > > ==== NYGENESE Mailing List ==== > Genesee GenWeb has many Resources > Check it out!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese >

Forgot to mention the 1939 account written by William Wakeman says " As first given to the Olive Branch Lodge # 39 F. & A.M. LeRoy, NY November 6, 1935. Present Rev. T. Edmund Nixon, Past Grand Chaplain, Grand Lodge of the State of New York, and Many others." My Genesee County Gazetteer printed in 1889, says it was chartered in 1811 and later moved to Bethany then to LeRoy. There is still a Masonic Temple in LeRoy, maybe they can help you too. 8 West Main Street, LeRoy, NY 14482 585-768-8911 "Conrad Dennis" <cvdennis@charter.net> wrote: >I am hoping a list member might have some information about the death of Frank Morgan, and the anti-mason movement that was prevalent in western New York in the 1826 to 1832 time frame. I would be especially interested in a list of members of the LeRoy, NY Masonic Lodge at the time, as I have "Cooper" ancestors that left the area in 1832 for Canada. Trying to confirm a link. > > > >==== NYGENESE Mailing List ==== >Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? >Forget How to UN sub??? >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/NY/genesee.html > > -- Cindy Amrhein Town of Alabama Historian in Genesee Co., NY Experience the Town of Alabama in Genesee County, NY. http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/ APHNYS (Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/aphnys __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

Couldn't resist this one. ;-) More commonly known as "The Morgan Affair". William Morgan, a former mason, had printed a book exposing the secrets of the very secretive masonic society. He was arrested in the fall of 1826 for stealing a shirt and cravat, aquited, and rearrested for stealing a couple bucks, and thrown in the Batavia jail. This of course was to detain him. He was tossed into a carriage against his will, and taken on a long journey, to Ft. Niagara and confined there. Alledgedly he was kidnapped by the masons, who didn't want their secrets exposed. Another theory is he was taken by anti-masonic friends, who were afraid of what was going to happen to him, made it look like a kidnapping by the masons, and scooted him via Ft. niagara way and into Canada to safty. Ft. Niagara is the last that was ever seen of him. Some say he escaped to Canada, some say he was tossed into the Niagara by the masons. A body turned up in 1827 and was first reported to be his, then l! ater proven not to be. So his body was never recovered. Another version, although I don't know how well known, was written by William Wakeman in 1939(son of a locally famous Batavia atty Seth Wakeman and quite the champion for the Senecas rights to keep their land) who heard the story from Otto Parker and Chauncey Abrams (both Senecas from the Tonawanda Indian Reservation) as told to them by Gen. Ely Parker. A very famous Seneca both here, and in Civil War history. This account says he was taken to the Tonawanda Indian Reservation where he stayed till he died 3 years and one month later. He was supposedly, according to this account, buried on land near the edge of the reservation on the Tesnow Farm. Being the Alabama historian I of course like this version the best. ;-)Anyway, this was important as far as the history of American politics, as the result was the anti-masonic political party. Any paper from 1826 to into the 1830s is page after page, week after week, of mas! onic vs anti-masonic political differences and the missing Morgan. Gets annoying actually when you are looking for other historical things during this time period. ;-)I'm sure if you type in William Morgan + Masons in any browser you will find a ton of sites on it. Unsolved crimes never die. You can also try searching in the Library of Congress digital collection called American Memory at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ and Cornell University's Making of America digital collection at http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ for books and journels from the time period of the events. You will always find excellent reading material from both these sites of books in their original form, no mater what you are researching.Hope that helps! -- Cindy AmrheinTown of Alabama Historianin Genesee Co., NYExperience the Town of Alabama in Genesee County, NY. http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/APHNYS (Association of Public Historians of New York State)http://www.tier.net/aphnys __________________________________________________________________The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

****************** Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 24-1886 # 3 Alabama Articles. Sunday evening a large congregation gathered at the Baptist church to witness the baptism of four into the fellowship of that church. Two joined by experience at the morning service. In everything the week opens promisingly among us. A young married lady near Wheatville attempted suicide last Saturday by shooting herself twice. The bullets did not pursue a dangerous course however, and her recovery is expected. A partial aberration of mind was probably the cause of the act. The fields are white for the harvest. Everyone is busy on the farm. Last week brought refreshing showers of rain and gladdened the heart of the farmer and consequently everyone else feels in good spirits. As the farmer feels so does the community and the public at large. Generally speaking the farmer represents the exponent of public enterprise. A few fields of new mown hay were left exposed to the showers, reminding one that "there is a time for all things." The health of our town is remarkably good generally but at the present several are suffering quite a good deal. Mr. William DONNAN has been confined to his room for several weeks but is now convalescent and is walking about some. Mr. John WILLIS is quite low with consumption and is not expected to live long. Mr. Isaac DEUEL accidentally fell several weeks ago and has suffered much as the result. During the last month marriages have been quite frequent here. Mr. Frank POST and Miss Flora HITCHCOCK were the first to lead off. Mr. John STIMMER and Miss Sarah ROFF followed suit in close succession. Last Sunday as the congregations were dispersing from the churches, a very happy looking couple of strangers were noticed driving around through the town in apparent delight. A few minutes later their conveyance stopped in front of the Baptist parsonage. Mr. Chas. BICKLE and Miss Sarah BOYCE, both of Oakfield were the happy couple. After the ceremony they went back to their home at Oakfield. ** R.T. HOWARD, President. Wm. C. WATSON, Vice-President. J.W. SMITH, Cashier. Genesee County Bank, Makes loans and receives deposits. Collections made on all points and properly remitted for. Pays interest on time deposits. Steamship Tickets for sale. Drafts and Money Orders on Europe. Some Choice Seven per cent mortgages for sale. ** Fruit Preservative at Patterson's Drug Store. It preserves fruit in its natural state without boiling or scalding. Fruit so prepared will keep, sealed or unsealed, in any climate any length of time. This preparation has been on the market several years and has now reached the state of perfection. Information and circulars given at the store. ** Mushrooms, French Peas, Boneless Sardines, Potted Ham, Potted Tongue, Broiled Mackerel, Soused Mackerel, Saratoga Chips! Star Lobster, Boneless Herring, Photo Salmon, Queen Olives. F.B. GLEASON, & Co., 100 Main St. ** submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************

IF You get a response from a Masonic Temple let me know .. they do not answer their email or letter .. I have a step grandfather and G Uncle that were Knights Templar from Charlotte ... Eaton Co, MI , the temple is on the main street and I have Tried to communicate with them ...... they just don't ever answer... Rude .. huh ? Let me know Please if anyone has any ideas on how to make them respond !! I even wrote in Their Language ... Jill in So Cal

Listers--please forgive me, I made a mistake. It was William Morgan who was allegedly killed by Masons, not Frank. Please excuse my error. And thanks to Joan for pointing it out.

Hi, I can't help with your request for information on the Masons, but if you are referring to the Morgan who was allegedly killed by the Masons, that was WILLIAM Morgan, not Frank. Happy Hunting, Joan In a message dated 3/5/2003 9:03:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, cvdennis@charter.net writes: > I am hoping a list member might have some information about the death of > Frank Morgan, and the anti-mason movement that was prevalent in western New > York in the 1826 to 1832 time frame. I would be especially interested in a > list of members of the LeRoy, NY Masonic Lodge at the time, as I have > "Cooper" ancestors that left the area in 1832 for Canada. Trying to > confirm a link.

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Buffalo, New York will hold a General Meeting on March 16, 2003 at 2:00 PM at the home of Ferne Mittleman. The program for this meeting will be a show and tell featuring SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET. We will be sharing interesting tidbits of family history that we have discovered in our research. We encourage anyone interested in researching their Jewish roots to join us for this informative and fun session! All new members are welcome. Space is limited so please RSVP to reserve your seat... Deb Delgato JGSB-Publicity DVD96@aol.com

I am hoping a list member might have some information about the death of Frank Morgan, and the anti-mason movement that was prevalent in western New York in the 1826 to 1832 time frame. I would be especially interested in a list of members of the LeRoy, NY Masonic Lodge at the time, as I have "Cooper" ancestors that left the area in 1832 for Canada. Trying to confirm a link.

****************** The People's Press Batavia, Genesee County, New York State February 27-1827 # 2 Since the following was in type, we have received the Albion Advocate, of Wednesday, in which we find the following; which, from the silence relative to it in other quarters, we fear is not true. Postscript. Morgan Found--Alive.--We have just been informed by Mr. CURTIS, Inn keeper in Gaines, that two gentlemen stopped at his house on Monday last, on their way with despatches direct from Sir P. MAITLAND, Governor of Upper Canada, to Governor CLINTON, announcing that Wm. MORGAN was then in the possession of the former, and subject to the direction of the latter, alive and well. They stated that they saw and conversed with MORGAN, and offered to produce their papers as vouchers of the correctness of their statement. Mr. CURTIS says that they appeared to be gentlemen of intelligence, candor and veracity. We give this information as we receive it, and sincerely hope that it may be true. In corroboration of the above statement, we give the following Proclamation by Lt. Gov. MAITLAND, which is published in the Government Gazette, and came to hand by yesterday's mail: "50 Pounds REWARD. "His Excellency the Lieut. Governor having received a communication from His Excellancy the Governor of the state of New-York, by which it appears that WILLIAM MORGAN, who some years ago exercised the calling of a brewer in this place, and who has subsequently resided in Canandaigua in the state of New York, was some time in the last year conveyed by force from that place and is supposed to be forcibly detained under false pretences in some part of this Provence; any person who may be able to afford any information respecting said WILLIAM MORGAN, shall upon communicating the same to the Private Sec'y of his Excellency the Lt. Governor, receive the reward above offered. Government House, 31st Jan. 1827. * State of New-York. Genesee County, Lucinda MORGAN, of this village of Batavia, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith: - That on Tuesday the 12th of September, (it being the day after her husband was taken from this village,) this deponent sent for William R. THOMPSON, Sheriff of the county of Genesee, in order to advise with him in relation to her said husband; that this deponent at that time had no personal acquaintance with said THOMPSON whatever; that she sent for him from a knowledge of the fact that he had befriended her husband on a former occasion when in distress; that said THOMPSON immediately thereafter called on this deponent at her boarding house, pursuant to the aforesaid request; that this deponent then told him that she wanted to consult with him as a friend-asked him if he knew for what Mr. MORGAN was arrested; that said Sheriff THOMPSON told her that he understood he had been arrested for stealing, but presumed it was pretence for getting him away; that this deponent then asked him, if she gave up the papers then in her possession to the masons, he did not thin they would bring him back?-that said THOMPSON then advised this deponent to go to Canandaigua, and deliver said papers to her husband; and furnished her with the means of going; that his treatment to this deponent has uniformly been kind and respectful. And this deponent, further saith, that on her return from Canandaigua, said THOMPSON called at her lodgings and kindly inquired whether she had seen her husband, and on being told that she had not, expressed his regret and told her that this deponent should not suffer so long as he had means for her support. And this deponent further saith, that soon afterwards, and while said THOMPSON was present, Col. David C. MILLER called on this deponent, and offered to provide for her-which said last mentioned offer prevented this deponent from availing herself of the offer of said THOMPSON, so made as aforesaid. L. MORGAN. Sworn before me this 12th day of February 1827. Wm. H. TISDALE, First Judge of Gen. co. * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************

****************** Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State February 16-1827 # 2 cont'd. -- To tell these suffering and disappointed men that these coercive measures are only the remedies which the law has prescribed for the violation of contracts voluntarily entered into, and that the agents have not the power to compromise with misfortunes, & arrest the operations of law, neither satisfies their reason, nor assuages their feelings. If the settlers are culpable for entering into engagements which it is out of their power to fulfill, the company are scarcely less so, in a moral point of view at least for having excited such engagements. They invited these people to their lands, with a perfect knowledge that they had no means of paying for them, other than those which the land itself would furnish; and encourage them to believe that their means were ample. Nine tenths of the settlers at the time of their arrival o the purchase, were entire strangers to the economy of settling a new country. They saw that the lands were rich, and that nothing was required to render them productive but to fell the timber and reclaim the soil, which they possessed the physical power of effecting. They therefore bound themselves to pay the price exacted by the company, rather because it was exacted, and because other settlers, as ignorant as themselves of the capacities of an uncultivated country had agreed to pay the same, than from their own estimates of a species of property to which they had not been accustomed, and the value of which must depend on various future contingencies, and on no one more than on the conduct of the venders themselves. Your committe are of opinion that under the present state of things, the only prompt & effectual remedy that can reach the great body of our population and restore the country to a state of health and vigor, must depend on the good sense and voluntary concessions of the company itself: and the immediate application of such a remedy would, in our humble belief, be as advantageous to the interest of the company, as it would be consolatory to the feelings of its debtors. The agents of the company, as we have before intimated, are not ignorant of the fact that the great mass of settlers have no other means of paying their land debt, than the cultivation of the land itself will furnish; and the least knowledge of the motives of human action must convince them that, from the moment a settler discovers that his farm is charged with a debt beyond what these means can meet, the effect of the discovery will be to paralyze his ambition and relax his exertions; and thus deprive the company of the only fund and pledge which the nature and character of this kind of contract can ever give for the payment of any part of the debt. That the lands of the Holland Company are thus overcharged has been proved after an experience of more than twenty years, by a body of settlers, no where surpassed in habits of industry and economy: and the universal conviction of this fact is already manifesting itself in the relaxed energies and general despondency that pervade the whole purchase. The remedy which we would respectfully suggest, and which we sincerely hope may be applied is--That the Holland Company should at once, make an important reduction in the prices of their unsold lands; and in the same proportion, relinquish a part of the nominal debt due from each settler, on condition of his appearing at the office within a given time, paying a fixed proportion of the remainder, and taking a new article for his farm on an extended credit, subject to the payment of an annual interest of five or six per cent. The benefits of such a change would not be more sensibly felt by the settler, in the diminution of his debt, than in the facilities which it would afford for the payment of what remains. The reduced price of land would at once attract the attention of emigrants, and arrest a large proportion of the capital now passing to the west, and give new life and vigor to our settlements. It would moreover enable the poorer classes of the present settlers to sell a portion of their lots, and improvements to those more wealthy adventurers, and thereby pay for the residue. The Committee believe that, if measures shall be taken to convey to the principals of the Holland Company a correct knowledge of the condition of their settlers (of which we have reason to believe they are at present in a state of ignorance) the disclosure will be followed by measures of relief not unlike those we have suggested: and we have accordingly recommended that a correspondence be opened with them for this purpose. But if they shall be so blinded to their interests as to refuse a compromise, we still think an appeal to the legislature, which is the constituted guardian of our rights, cannot fail to produce an important amelioration in the condition of those settlers at least, who have already adventured so much on their present possessions as to forbid an abandonment of them. By far the most burdensome tax which the inhabitants of the Purchase are called on to pay, is that which is levied for the construction and repair of roads and bridges. This tax is raised either by one or two separate yearly assessments founded on different principles. The first, which may be called the primary road tax, is of a mixed character, and consists of a personal or capitation tax of two days labor to each inhabitant, and a property tax on the same individuals proportioned to the value of their respective estates, and may and often does, amount to an assessment of 40 days labor to a single person. It is confined exclusively to residents, and its aggregate amount on the whole, Holland Purchase, is estimated at raising of $100,000 annually. The other, which may be called the supplemental tax, is optional with the inhabitants of the respective towns, who (in addition to the primary tax) are authorised to raise the sum not exceeding $250, to be levied on the whole property of the town, whether owned by residents or non-residents. But in most instances the primary tax, which cannot be dispensed with operates so severely as to forbid the imposition of the supplemental tax, in which case non-residents are entirely exempted from the road tax. It is a general rule that property should be taxed in proportion to its productiveness--and hence the modern practice of taxing income. But it is not a little singular that, in direct violation of this principle, the basis of the road tax imposed on inhabitants of this Purchase, is the estimated value of property, the principal item of which is the farm on which he lives; which he has never paid for, and which is still actually the property of the Holland company. Instead, therefore, of paying taxes, on income, or even on property, he is actually paying them on a debt for which debt he is at the same time paying interest, while the real proprietor of his farm, as well as the adjoining lands for whose benefit these monies are raised and expended, pays nothing. Such are the general views which the committee have taken of the important subject referred to them; and in conformity with these views we beg leave to submit to the convention the following resolutions for its consideration and adoption. Resolved, That the purposes for which this convention has been organized, will require the continuation of its powers and functions until its objects shall have been accomplished; and it is therefore declared that the association, which shall hereafter bear the name of "The Agrarian Convention of the Holland Purchase," shall be continued from year to year, until formally dissolved by its own act; that it shall open annually at the Village of Buffalo, (unless some other place shall hereafter be assigned,) on the first Wednesday of January; and at such other times and places as, by special act or provision of the association may be appointed; that the present members shall retain their situations until the close of the current year and until replaced by the election of new members; that it be recommended to the inhabitants of the respective towns on the purchase to choose annually in the month of December, members to serve in the convention of the succeeding year; and the seats of the existing members at the time of such election shall be thereby vacated at the close of the year, with the exception of those who for the time being may be members of any committee who shall retain their situations until the close of the succeeding January session, although they may not have been elected delegates for that __ . Resolved, That __ be appointed to consist, of f__ __ and to be called the comm___ __petitions and correspondence, with power to appoint and remove its own chairman.--It shall be the duty of this committee immediately to propose for the signatures of the members of this convention, a petition to our state legislature representing the unequal and oppressive operation of the present system of taxation, as applicable to the counties embraced in the Holland purchase; and the injustice of those provisions of the present law by which the property of the inhabitant of the purchase is subjected to the payments of a burthensome tax, for the support of roads, bridges, common schools and other public establishments, while property of precisely the same description belonging to the Holland Company and other non-residents and holders, is almost, entirely exempted from such taxation, and praying for such a modification of the law as shall render these public contributions more just and equal--the said committee shall also propose and cause to be printed a petition of similar import, to be circulated for the subscription amongst the inhabitants of the purchase generally; said committe is also authorized and requested to despatch with all convenient speed, a sub-committee, to consist of not less than two nor more than five members, to the seat of government, to aid and co-operate with the members of the legislature from the counties of Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Erie, Chautauque, Cattaraugus, and Allegany, in effectuating the objects of such a petition. It shall also be the duty of the said committee to open a correspondence with the principals or agents of the Holland Company, or with both of them, to represent to them the depressed and embarrassed condition of the settlers on their lands, and the ruinous effects of the policy which they are now pursuing, and to endeavor to effect a compromise of the debts now due, and such a change of system in regard to future sales of their land, as may best subserve the interests of both parties, and that they be authorised to send an agent to Philadelphia or to Holland, for the purposes of holding personal conferences, and better conducting the negotiations with which they are charged. And the said committee shall have the power to vary their measures & proceedings as circumstances may require. And this convention hereby pledges itself to use its best exertions to provide funds for paying or reimbursing the necessary expenses which said committee may incur in the discharge of their duties. Resolved, That a committee be appointed, to consist of fifteen members, of whom each county shall furnish at least one, and to be called the committee of Finance and accounts with similar powers in regard to its chairman. It shall be the duty of this committee, immediately to open a subscription amongst the members of this convention and other citizens now assembled at this place, for the purpose of raising the necessary funds to defray the expenses of printing, &c. that shall have been incurred in the business of this convention, up to the close of its present session. They shall make an estimate of the probable expenses to be incurred by this convention and its committees during the current year; apportion the same from the best data in their possession among the several towns on the purchase, according to their supposed population and wealth; appoint a collector in each town, and furnish him with a subscription roll and the amount to be raised by him. They shall also appoint a treasurer, to whom the several subscription lists and monies collected shall be returned, and it shall be their duty to audit and pay out of monies thus collected for the necessary contingent expenses of the convention and of the committees employed in its service. The preceding committees shall respectively prepare and present in writing to this convention on the first day of its next meeting, detailed reports of their proceedings; and similar reports shall be required at all subsequent meetings of the Convention. Resolved, That the Committee of Petitions and Correspondence is hereby vested with a discretionary power to call special meetings of this Convention, giving not less than thirty days notice of the time and place of meeting in the several newspapers printed on the Purchase, and sending by mail or otherwise copies of such notices to the Sheriffs of the respective counties. P.B. PORTER, President, S. CUMINGS, J. DEXTER, Secretaries. * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************

Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State February 16-1827 Buffalo Convention. Agreeable to notices given in every town in the district of country called the Holland Purchase, comprising the counties of Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Chautauque, Cataraugus, and Allegany; delegates, (to the number of one hundred and forty,) from every town excepting four, attended at the Court House, Buffalo, on Wednesday last; when General Peter B. PORTER, was chosen President, and S. CUMINGS, Esq. of Batavia, and John DEXTER, Esq., of Mayville, appointed Secretaries. A Committee of three from each County was appointed to report resolutions, and the Convention adjourned till 9 o'clock on Thursday morning. They re-assembled on Thursday and adopted the following Address and Resolutions:-- The committee have given to the subject referred to them on yesterday the most deliberate and anxious examination. The present assemblage of citizens of the first intelligence from every part of the Holland Purchase, has enabled them to obtain the most satisfactory information in regard to the state of the country. These gentlemen concur in representing the inhabitants of their respective towns, as deeply and almost universally indebted to the Holland company; as greatly impoverished by the constant calls of that debt, and the heavy contributions which they are obliged to make for roads and other public improvements; and depressed and discouraged by the general gloom which the extraordinary policy of that company has spread over the whole face of the country. Such is the uniformity of the condition among the inhabitants of every part of the purchase, that a description of the affairs of a single settler will present a fair picture, with some slight shades of difference, of the pecuniary situation of two thirds, of our population. This settler comes into the country some twelve or fifteen years ago, and entered into a contract with the agent of the Holland company for the purchase of 200 acres of wild and heavily timbered land, at the price of four dollars an acre, payable in six or eight yearly instalments, subject to an annual interest of seven per cent, on the whole. He was, at that time, in the prime and vigor of life, and brought with him, as the sum of his earthly possessions, and the basis of his future fortunes, a wife and perhaps one or two young children; with a few hundred dollars worth of property consisting of some necessary articles of household furniture, a poor supply of farming utensels, and a dozen head of oxen cows and sheep. By fifteen years of unremitted labor, aided by the most rigid economy, he has been able to reclaim and bring into a state of cultivation, forty or fifty acres, of his land--to feed and clothe his family--to erect indifferent buildings for their protection--to meet series of taxes and contributions which, if imposed on an independent farmer in the more improved parts of the country, would be deemed appropriate, and to pay one half or three quarters of the accruing interest on his land debt. He now finds that his family has increased upon him in number & expense; that his physical powers are materialy impaired if not entirely wasted by labor and privation; that his buildings are in state of dilapidation; that his debt to the Holland company, which was originally $800, has by the accumulation of interest beyond what he has been able to meet, increased to 1000, or 1200 dollars; and that in the mean time, the general condition of the country as regards the comforts and advantages of civilization and improvement has been but little ameliorated. His only means, in prospect, for the discharge of his land debt, are dependent on the sale of the few products of his farm that will bear transportation to the market; and, generally speaking, the distance to this market is so great, and the state of the roads so wretched that he often fails to realize from sales of beef, pork, wheat, corn, oats, flax and wool, which are the staple commodities of the country, more than the actual cost of their production. The heavy articles of wood and timber in which his land abounds, and the minor commodities which are important items of thrift and wealth to farmers who live in the neighborhood of towns, such as butter, cheese, milk, veal, pigs, poultry, garden and field vegetables, &c. are sources of no profit to him, because he is not within reach of buyers and consumers. And this settler is now seriously balancing in his own mind, whether he shall, with his family, abandon the fruits of fifteen years of labor, and seek a more auspicious country; or remain where he is, a prey to the caprice of the Holland company. The radical error in the system of this company is exhibited in their uncreasing effort to seize and abstract from the country the whole of its available capital. The capital of a farmer consists in his horses, oxen, cows, and sheep, carts, waggons, ploughs, and labor-saving machines, without the use of which it is impossible for him to reclaim and render his land productive, and successfully compete with farmers in other parts of the country who are in a situation to avail themselves of these advantages.--But the moment a settler is discovered to be in possession of property of this description, the mistaken seal of the a_ents to make the utmost possible collections for the company often drives him to the necessity of disposing of them and thus dispossess him of the means of a profitable cultivation on his farm--or of the farm itself. The art however of settling a new country and rearing it to a sate of prosperity and independence, is not confined to the mere science of husbandry, or the business of clearing and cultivating the soil, but embraces, also, the policy of providing a market for the advantageous disposal of its products. The obvious measures which this policy dictates are, the construction of good roads, and other facilities of travel and transportation; establishment of towns; and introduction of labor-saving machines, for the encouragement of commerce and manufactures, which are the hand maids of agriculture, and without the aid and co-operation of which it cannot flourish. The Holland Company have not only neglected to devote any part of their capital to objects of this kind, but have effectually prevented its introduction from abroad, by referring those encouragements to men of enterprise and wealth, which they have been sure to meet with in every other part of the country: and the consequence is, that the Holland Purchase, provided by nature with all the requisites to make it the garden of the state, actually exhibits, at this time, less evidences of enterprise and improvement, than are to be found on the most sterile tracts within our boundaries. The embarassments which the intrinsic defects in the policy of the company, have brought on the inhabitants, have been greatly augmented by the operations of the new system of settlement lately adopted by the United States,--who are now selling lands of equal quality and situation, at the distance of one day's sail to the west, for less than half the prices charged by the Holland Company. For the last four years, hordes of emigrants, amply provided with money and means for the improvement of a new country, have been passing through our territory, while scarcely an individual who possessed the means of continuing his journey, has deigned to stop on the Holland Purchase: and yet this disheartening spectacle appears to have been viewed with the most stoic indifference by the Company, who have adopted no correspondent measures to countervail the effects of this new policy of the United States. The committee are unanimously and thoroughly convinced that the country does not, at this time, possess the means of paying one half of its land debts: and that a perseverance in the present policy of the Company will be calculated to diminish, rather than increase the future ability of the settlers to meet their engagements. And, delicate as the subject confessedly is, we ought not perhaps on this occasion to suppress the expression of our fears, that the measures recently resorted to, of expelling by legal process, whole families from land, and possessions on which they have spent years of labor and perhaps made considerable payment, because they cannot perform impossibilities, will, if persisted in, produce a state of feeling and excitement dangerous to the tranquility, as well as subversive of the prosperity of the country. Such fears were entertained, and openly and forcibly expressed on the floor of Congress, in relation to a class of settlers similarly situated, and had no small influence in producing the recent change in the land system of the United States. ... to be cont'd. ... submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************

****************** Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State September 30-1825 # 2 Cheese. A quantity of first rate cheese, from Lima, for sale by the subscribers, at 9 cents per pound. S. GRAVES. * Brooms. The Subscribers are receiving a large quantity of Flat and Round Brooms, of a superior quality--which will be afforded to Merchants by the dozen or hundred at a low rate. S.M. & J.S. SMITH. Rochester. * Writing Paper, Of a superir quality, Nos. 1 & 2, just received and for sale at the Times Office. * Wanted. A situation as Clerk in a Store. I can cite references and produce vouchers, certifying to my temperance, honesty and sobriety. I flatter myself that I possess the art of selling Goods, with that ease and activity which necessarily constitutes a first rate salesman, if they are not marked at too great an advance from cost. I claim just as much relation to dandyism, as common decency requires, am not stiffened with such an extra quantity of buckram, as to prevent me from accomplishing any thing that is necessary to be done about a store. It is doubtful whether I come under the stamp of 1815, '16 & '17, or not. I presume however, that I don not, if I have a just idea of the opinion of the person, who proclaimed his wantage in the People's Press of last week. He undoubtedly is of opinion that clerks of the present day are not possessed of as many good qualifications, as they were of an older stamp, they are deficient in numberless good recommendable things, therefore, I have not the presumption to assert, that my abilities (in the estimation of that person) are adequate to the counter hoppers of his good old stamp; but still I possess numberless good qualities, such as chewing a quid of tobacco in a very decent, genteel and becoming manner, smoking a cegar in Lafayette style, and sundry other good qualifications to numerous to mention--I have no business of my own to attend to, excepting the necessary calls of nature, eating, drinking, sleeping, &c.&c. I have calls, I should want the privilege of attending to, when absolutely requisite; in every other respect (Sunday excepted) I would endeavor to busy myself constantly in the store, and make that my home. A line addressed to A.B. and left at the Post-Office will be attended to. A Clerk. Batavia. * Mrs. Colton's School. The Winter Term of Mrs. COLTON's School for Young Ladies, will commence on Wednesday, the 5th of October. Terms, $25 per Quarter, for Board and Tuition. Washing, Wood, and Lights, $3 per Quarter. Tuition for Young Ladies out of the family, $3 per Quarter, and upwards, according to the number and description of branches pursued. The entrance of any young Lady will be considered as for a Quarter, unless a particular arrangement is made, and no deduction of Tuition will be made for absence, except in cases of sickness, and then not for less than a week at a time. N.B. Lessons in Musick will be given by a professional master, lately from Germany.--Terms $10 per quarter, and $2 for use of Piano. Batavia. * Cash customers will do well to call and examine our Goods, which they will find to be of the first quality. John TUCKER & Co. Batavia. * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************