All the western states and territories . reigner who makes his home upon American soil, does not at once assimilatein language, modes of life, andcurrent of thought with thosecongenial to his adopted coun-try. The German emigrant ispeculiar in this respect, and somuch attached is he to hisiaiherland, that years oftenelapse ere there is any percepti-ble change. The annexed en-it graving, from Howes Ohio, il-- lustvates these remarks: Itshows the mud cottage of aGerman Swiss emigrant, nowstanding in the neighborhoodof others of like character, inthe north-western part of Co-lumbiana county, Ohio
All the western states and territories . reigner who makes his home upon American soil, does not at once assimilatein language, modes of life, andcurrent of thought with thosecongenial to his adopted coun-try. The German emigrant ispeculiar in this respect, and somuch attached is he to hisiaiherland, that years oftenelapse ere there is any percepti-ble change. The annexed en-it graving, from Howes Ohio, il-- lustvates these remarks: Itshows the mud cottage of aGerman Swiss emigrant, nowstanding in the neighborhoodof others of like character, inthe north-western part of Co-lumbiana county, Ohio. Theframe work is of wood, with the interstices filled with light colored clay, andthe whole surmounted by a ponderous shingled roof, of a picturesque the tenement, hop vines are clustering around their slender support-ers, while hard by stands the abandoned log dwelling of the emigrant—de-serted for one more congenial with his early predilections. Return Jonathan i/isi^s ^ was born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1740. He. Swiss Emigrants Cottage. * Lossing gives this pleasant anecdote of the origin of his name. Return. A bright-eyedConnecticut girl was disposed to coquette with her lover, Jonathan Meigs ; and on one oc- 150 OHIO. was a colonel in the army of the revofution, and saw much service. He was withArnold at Quebec, was one of the first to mount the parapet at the storming ofStony Point, and received an e]e,<i;ant sword and a vote of thanks for a gallant ex-ploit at Sagg Harbor, where, with 70 of his Leather Cap Battalion, composed ofConnecticut men, he stormed a British post, and carried off nearly a hundred pris-oners. After the war he became a surveyor for the Ohio Land Company, and wasone of the first settlers of Marietta. He drew up a system of laws for the first emi-grants, which were posted on a large oak near the mouth of the Muskingum. Hewas appointed a judge by Gen. St. Clair, and in 1801 Indian agent by Jeffersonamong the Cherokees, among w
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