The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . with all its legends. THE VALLEY AS IT APPEARED IN 1791. In a letter to Jonathan Dayton, written as early as 1789, Judge Symmesrefers to the country as healthy, and that it looked like a mere meadow formany miles, and Oliver M. Spencer, in an interesting narrative, furnishes aglowing picture of the Valley as it impressed him in 1791. This was beforethe axes range in all the woodlands, and before the towns smoked in all theValley. This was before the log-rollings and house-warmings and barn-raisings and corn-schukings and country-quilti
The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . with all its legends. THE VALLEY AS IT APPEARED IN 1791. In a letter to Jonathan Dayton, written as early as 1789, Judge Symmesrefers to the country as healthy, and that it looked like a mere meadow formany miles, and Oliver M. Spencer, in an interesting narrative, furnishes aglowing picture of the Valley as it impressed him in 1791. This was beforethe axes range in all the woodlands, and before the towns smoked in all theValley. This was before the log-rollings and house-warmings and barn-raisings and corn-schukings and country-quiltings had been exchanged forthe latest waltz or progressive euchre. He says the winter of 1791-2 wasfollowed by an early and delightful spring; indeed, I have often thoughtthat our first Western winters were much milder, our Springs earlier, andour Autumns much longer than they now are. On the last of Februarysome of the trees were putting forth their foliage ; in March the red-wood,the hawthorn and dog-wood, in^full bloom, checkered the hills, displaying. THE CENTENNIAL ANNlVKRSAkV OF HAMILTON, O. 93 their beautiful color of rose and lily : and in April the ground was coveredwith May-apple, blood root, ginseng, violets, and a great variety of herbsand flowers. Flocks of paroquets were seen, decked in their rich plumageof green and gold. Birds of various species and ever}^ hue, were flittingfrom tree to tree, and the beautiful red bird, and the untaught songster ofthe West made the woods vocal with their melody. Now might be heardthe plaintive wail of the dove, and now the rumbling drum of the partridgeor the loud gobble of the turkey. He then speaks of the clumsy bear,moving doggedly off, and the timid deer, aroused from his thickest and clear-ing logs and bushes at a hound. There was, however, still the apprehensionof the wily copperhead, waiting to strike his victim, and the horrid rattle-snake, more chivalrous, but ready to dart upon his foe, and the still morefearful and ins
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