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VETERANS OF 1812, AND PIONEER SETTLERS.

At the Log Cabin, the following named veterans of the war of 1812, and pioneer settlers are known to have been in attendance. It is a matter of regret that a complete register of the names of all was not kept.

VETERANS OF 1812.*

Jabez Matthews, Seneca Falls, aged eighty-five years.

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PIONEER SETTLERS IN SENECA COUNTY, PRIOR TO 1804.

Mrs. Polly Chambers, oldest daughter of Lawrence Van Cleef, aged ninety-three years; removed, with her father, to Seneca Falls in 1789.

Mrs. Harriet Harpst, Seneca Falls, sister of Mrs. Chambers, aged seventy-six years.

Hon. Daniel S. Kendig, Waterloo, born in Fayette, in 1803.

Edward Sayre, Varick, born in Romulus, in 1798. Michael Hoster, Seneca Falls, settled in Fayette, in 1803.

Daniel H. Bryant, Fayette, settled in Romulus, in 1802.

Jason Smith, Tyre, settled there, in 1803.

*Colonel John Y. Manning, and Abram Van Doren-both of Ovid, and Colonel David Swick of Covert, were unavoidably prevented from meeting with the surviving veterans of the County.

Richard Van Liew, Lodi, born there, in 1801.

Lewis Beach, Varick, settled there, prior to 1800.

Well might the language of Daniel Webster, addressed to the band of revolutionary patriots present at the laying of the corner stone of the Bunker Hill monument, be applied to these veterans and pioneers :

"Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day.”

YOUNG LADIES.

A hundred years hence, (when the bi-centennial commemoration of the Sullivan expedition occurs,) after the maidens, dressed in white, whose bright and smiling faces proved so great an attraction at the Centennial, will have all passed away-it will be a matter of great interest to know the names of those who took a part in the proceedings at Waterloo, on September 3d, 1879, as the representatives of certain towns:

The following are such names, so far as the same could be ascertained by the committee:

WATERLOO-Misses Mary A. McIntyre, Margaret F. McIntyre, Lulu Clark, Nora W. Bacon, Jeanie D. Burrall, Maude L. Kimball, Marion M. Laney, Jane M. Mercer, Nellie S. Terwilliger, Anna Kendig.

All dressed in white, trimmed with the national colors and crowned with wreaths of white flowers, and seated in an elegant Tally-ho-Coach, drawn by four horses, driven by Mr. John E. Allen of Sheldrake, with postillionunder the direction and escort of Mr. Francis Bacon.

ROMULUS-Misses Carrie A. Finton, C. Louise Everett Edna Smith, A. Annie Bartlett, Mamie Steele, Grace Bro

kaw, Julia Doughty, Celia Conley, Hattie E. Smith.

All dressed in white, blue tarlatan sashes, turban caps. trimmed with blue and red-drawn in a carriage driven by Mr. Bartlett Cooley of Kendaia.

SENECA FALLS--Was represented by thirteen young ladies, representing the thirteen original States, to-wit:

Misses Etta Golder, Connecticut; Annie Telford, Pennsylvania; Gertie Lewis, Delaware; May Williams, New Jersey; Hattie Keeler, Rhode Island; Florence Baker, Massachusetts; Eva Peddle, New Hampshire; Inez Warner, South Carolina; Rena Mickley, New York; Minnie Wessel, Maryland; Eva Adair, North Carolina; Cora Reed, Georgia; Jessie Medden, Virginia.

All dressed in white, adorned with red and blue favors, and each bearing a miniature national flag-drawn in a carriage, with four horses decked with plumes, under the direction and escort of Mr. D. B. Lum.

JUNIUS was represented in the procession by the following named young ladies:

Misses Mary Phillips, Elizabeth Serven, Lottie VanCleef, Mary Barrett, Emma VanCleef, Maria Brownell, Julia Stuart, Annie Brownell, Lizzie King, Annie E. Brownell, Mary Cosad, Juliet Dean.

All dressed in white, and wearing appropriate scarfs and badges-drawn in a handsomely decorated vehicle, under the escort of Mr. William Strang.

FAYETTE-The following extract from the Waterloo Observer, gives an extended account of the representation of young ladies from Fayette:

A car especially prepared for the occasion, contained the Goddess of Liberty and the thirteen original states of the union represented by the following young ladies:

Goddess of Liberty, Laura Stone; New Hampshire, Belle Ide; Massachusetts, Abbie Kuney; Rhode Island, Nellie Randall; Connecticut, Mamie Chamberlain; New York, Minnie Stone; New Jersey, Carrie Tiffany; Pennsylvania, Fannie Opdyke; Delaware, Carrie Reynolds; Maryland, Jennie Yost; Virginia, Frances Thomas; North Carolina, Ella Burroughs; South Carolina, Florence Emmett; Georgia, Libbie Wilson.

The Goddess of Liberty wore a white silk skirt, rich with large gold stars, blue bodice, red baldric trimmed with smaller gold stars. Upon her head was a liberty cap, in her right hand she held a spear, her left hand rested upon the shield of the union, the American eagle seated with folded wings, at her feet, on the right. She sat on a raised platform at the rear of the car, with the representatives of the thirteen states ranged in a semicircle below and in front of her, commencing with New Hampshire on the left, the cthers following in regular order, ending with Georgia on the right. These young ladies were arrayed tastefully in white, each with a broad blue baldric with the name of the appropriate state in gold letters. The car was sixteen feet long by eight feet wide, with a canopy of red, white and blue, the latter color being festooned at the sides, and sprinkled with gold stars. The columns and rail supporting.the canopy were draped in white, banded by narrow red and blue ribbons, and brilliant with gold stars; a drapery of red sprinkled with silver stars depended from the platform hiding the running gear, and giving a finish to the whole. The top was surmounted by a handsome blue sign, gold bordered, with the name of the town in white letters, and, capping the whole, was the bald eagle with wings outspread, on a pedestal draped with red and stars. In the rear of the car, rose a flag staff with gold ball, from which floated the American flag. The car was drawn by four large and handsome horses, one pair belonging to

Messrs. Reamer & Hallsted, and the other to Mr. George Thomas, appropriately decorated, each with a rider, strikingly dressed in red, white and blue. The car was guarded by six out-riders.

THE GRANGERS.

The attendance of the Seneca County Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, with the grand car or chariot decorated with the products of husbandry, formed one of the principal features of the procession.

The grand car consisted of a large platform twentyfour feet by twelve feet, erected upon a wagon and drawn by six horses. This platform was neatly and tastily decked and festooned with productions of the earthgrain, fruit, vegetables, flowers and evergreens-and contained a representation of the Goddesses of Grain (Ceres), of fruit (Pomona), and of flowers (Flora), of ancient mythology-Carrie Cleminson representing Ceres, Mary Rorison, Pomona, and Ella Wilson, Flora.

Following the grand car in carriages and farm wagons, came a representation from the following subordinate Granges of the county:

Junius Grange No. 34.—Gideon Bowdish, Master. East Fayette Grange No 40.-Chas. B. Randall, Master. Seneca Grange No. 44.-Wm. M. Hunt, Master. Kendaia Grange No. 64.-E. Seeley Bartlett, Master. Rose Hill Grange No, 116.-John G. Pearson, Master. Magee's Corners Grange No. 139.-E. J. Schoonmaker, Master.

West Fayette Grange No, 249.--Wm. Eshenour, Master.

The entire procession filled about one hundred ve

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