Benjamin Franklin High School - Key Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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 Tlicrc were numerous interesting And some- whll pcculiai characters roaming mi and around Rochester during the early days. Daniel Quimby drove in from Hen-retty on horseback every I nday, no matter what the weather, to Attend the Friends meeting Hu dependability earned for Inin the name or ‘our man Friday. Down in Carthage were Foolish Johnnie anti Big Ellen, the incorrigible Johnnie would wander around with hi» cow. Whenever lie saw a vetting hen he would remove it from its egg» and put an- other hen on the nest. If you a kcd Ellen wheth- er she had any friends, die would answer only me ind God Dp in Dublin dwelt Tommy and Ins pretty squaw. Sally They sold Indian head- work to the townsfolk and visitors. They were great favorites with botl? adults and eluldrcn Their visit were al- ways Anticipated. The villagers noticed that Tommy spent quite a bit ol his earnings on the cheap firewater «old in die taverns. Then it was noticed that bally did not ac- company him to the vilhigc anymore The kind women of the village feared for her health and decided to visit het wigwam, e ccctly taking with tlicm little gilts to help seal their friendship with her Sally was found mur- dered with her dead papoose in her arms The tribe heard about this incident and tried Tommy who answered for his crime, with de ath. Jamna Wilkinson, leader of die Universal friends movement, «entering around Penn Van. helicced in l»cr power of performing miracles. Joseph Smith, launder ul the more successful sCCl ol fanaticism, tried to Iwvc the Book of Mormon printed in Rochester Another pel son of ques- tionable mental faculties was Sain Patch, dare- devil of the Genatt He entertained the cm wins of Rochester with ins leaps over the Fall . On November IS. Ib29. bam jumped the Falls. He became somewlut unnerved by his hup hut decided to entertain flic assembled villagers by a mote daring trick Climbing a rocky ledge with Ins tame bear, lit made a more spctfaculai leap than usual. It proved la be his last leap; not until the next Spring wav Sain s body Inund. Rochester was not slow in entering the liter ary spotlight In 1818 a weekly publication was brought out by Dauby and Sheldon 1 HE ROCHESTER GAZETTE takes lioiuir.» as the tint newspaper established in Kochestcmlle Edwin Stroiuom. who later became editor, changed the name to the MONROE REPUBLI- » m I CAN la October, 1820, the Rochester DAILY ADVERTISER wav founded; this paper ion tamed all the town gossip and business, it was published by Luther Tucker and edited by Henry O Reilly. Tins wav the first daily paper between Albany and the Pacific const. It is interesting to nckc the artistic manner used in those early days to convey notice» to the citizens In numerous early newspapers appear poems either announcing debts due or coming events One of tlicse notices, dated August 20, 1N20, follows: To all concerned tins timely note I send Bring in your pay and help a needy Inend; Bring what you have, a little cash will do, He who pays I II discharge who fails, I II sue Jj» t825, the Eric Canal, which ran through m Rodicstcr was com- ml1 j— pitted Hus canal de- termined the position of Rixhesfcr as a town of renown The rich wheat growing region, the illimitable water rawer, and the recent y added facilities lor trade and commerce together with the proTirnity of all stand aril building materials encouraged settlers to the rapidly growing low n. In IKV Rochester became a city jonattian Child became the first mayor Since that year Rochester has diwingimhrd itself as the 'dour city'; recently it has been re ferred to as the dower city’ At all eveni», file- name lus reaihoi the outposts of the wuiid. lie cause of numerous industrial and vucul scfvKvs which tins i ity renders Tile early pioneers arc to be commended lor starting the energetic spirit which hSfc permeated our i ity in every stage ol its growth, from its in- corporation as a v illage in IS 17 through its steady climb to tlie present icntury mark as an iruorpor ated i ity. We now witness the fruits of this en- deavor. The- inheritance which h.iv been be- stowed upon us by our city father» i perceivable m every line of civic endeavor, To fully under stand this heritage as local inhabitants of a pro grevMve community, it is necessary lor us to re virw our local history, cspci tally m the light ol our pioneer element The integrity and sustain mg courage of these early settlers were not only instrumentil in developing the Genesee country hut were largely responsible for predominating the magnanimous interest in all phases ol civic life which was shown in each generaliori of Roches tex's growth. «17R

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