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the economic system of cattle feeding in the Scioto Valley.

25. Renick, Memoirs, 3-4, 32-35, 48; Henlein, Cattle Kingdom in the Ohio Valley, 131;

Bennett, The County of Ross, 137; The Scioto Gazette, March 27, June 26, 1806; January

11, 1808.

26. This event was noted in the Scioto Gazette, February 24, 1820.

27. Bennett, The County of Ross, 359; Jonathan G. Harness to Daniel McNeill,

November 1, 1820. McNeill Family Papers.

28. Renick, Memoirs, 55.

29. Henlein, ed., "Journal of F. and W. Renick," 174, 176.

30. King, "The Coming and Going of Ohio Droving," 251.

31. George W. Renick.

32. Daniel McNeill to Daniel R. McNeill, April 11, 1827. McNeill Family Papers.

33. Catherine McNeill acted as her ailing father's amanuensis in this letter. Daniel

McNeill to Daniel R. McNeill, March 31, 1829. McNeill Family Papers.

34. Strawder McNeill was the son of Daniel McNeill's brother, John, who had

migrated to Ross County in 1809. In 1816 he established the town of Frankfort upon his

lands in Concord Township. Throughout his life, John McNeill was engaged in the

mercantile and livestock businesses. Will of Daniel McNeill, Sr., Will Book I, Office of

the Clerk of the County Court of Hardy County, 328; Bennett, The County of Ross, 599;

Williams Bros., History of Ross and Highland Counties, 314.

35. Catherine McNeill to Daniel R. McNeill, March 15, 1830. McNeill Family Papers.

36. Inventory of the Estate of Daniel McNeill, Will Book 6, Office of the Clerk of the

County Court of Hardy County, 71-74.

37. John Ashton, "History of Shorthorns in Missouri prior to the Civil War," Missouri

State Board of Agriculture Monthly Bulletin, XXI (November 1923), 14-29.

38. Henlein, Cattle Kingdom in the Ohio Valley, 75-79; Sanders, Shorthorn Cattle,

185-186; Charles S. Plumb, "Felix Renick, Pioneer," Ohio Archaeological and Historical

Quarterly, XXIII (January 1924), 28-56; Edward N. Wentworth, A Biographical Catalog

of the Portrait Gallery of the Saddle and Sirloin Club (Chicago, 1920), 235-238.

39. For names of settlers from the South Branch who went to Missouri, see Ashton,

"History of Shorthorns in Missouri," 59-62.

 

 

THE WHISKEY WAR AT PADDY'S RUN:

EXCERPTS FROM A DIARY OF ALBERT SHAW

 

The editor, Lloyd J. Graybar, wishes to dedicate this article to the memory of his

mother, Maude V. Graybar.

1. Lloyd J. Graybar, "Albert Shaw's Ohio Youth," Ohio History, LXXIV (1965), 29-34,

tells of Shaw's upbringing in Ohio and his later rise to prominence. The diary is deposited

in the large collection of Shaw Manuscripts in the New York Public Library. His capi-

talization, spelling and punctuation appear here as in the original.

2. Ibid., 31. For history of the community see Stephen Riggs Williams, The Saga of the

Paddy's Run (Oxford, Ohio, 1945). W. H. Irwin, Esq., and Rev. S. D. Crothers, Cen-

tennial Historical Sketches of Greenfield and Vicinity, July 4, 1876 (Greenfield, Ohio,

1876), contains "An Historical Sketch of Paddy's Run, Butler County, Ohio," by Rev.

B. W. Chidlaw [n.p.].

3. J. H. Beadle, The Women's War on Whiskey: Its History, Theory, and Prospects

(Cincinnati, 1874), is a graphic account of the crusade written by an experienced reporter

for the Cincinnati Commercial. From January 23 until May 2, 1874 he visited a score

of Ohio towns to write on the campaign's progress and later published his stories in his

book. See also Cincinnati Commercial, January 6, 16, February 8, 10, April 10, 1874;

Cincinnati Daily Gazette, February 16, 1874; Cincinnati Enquirer, March 6, 1874; Mary

Earhart, Frances Willard: From Prayers to Politics (Chicago, 1944), 138, 141-145. The

Commercial, edited by Murat Halstead, native of Paddy's Run, gave extensive news

coverage to the crusade, often on the first page, under a standing headline: "Woman's

War on Whiskey" until March 30 when "Temperance" was substituted. Editorially it

was unenthusiastic. The Gazette made a lesser effort at coverage, calling it "The Woman's

Temperance Crusade" or "The Temperance Crusade." The disapproving Enquirer gave

considerable space to news under headings "Woman's War" or "The Crusade."

4. Cincinnati Daily Gazette, February 3, 1874; Beadle, Women's War, v, 11-14. Dr.

Lewis wrote the foreword to Beadle's book in March 1874.

5. A notable example was John C. Van Pelt, New Vienna saloonkeeper who first

threw beer on his female tormentors, then repented, dumped his stocks and joined Dr.

Lewis when he returned to Ohio in February on another lecture tour to advance the

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cause. An example of the pledge used is found in Beadle, Women's War, 109. Typical

of the temperance songs, often printed in the newspapers, was Mrs. Emily J. Bugbee's

"Battle Hymn of the Crusade," quoted by Beadle, Women's War, 112-113:

On the plains of bloodless battle, they are gathering true and strong,

All the hero-hearted women, who have wept in silence long,

At the terrible oncoming of this raven-winged wrong.

Now God is leading on.

Chorus -- Glory, glory, hallelujah, etc.

6. Cincinnati Commercial, February 3, 5, 19, March 7, 1874; Cincinnati Enquirer,

March 6, 1874; Beadle, Women's War, 22-40, 69-77; Earhart, Frances Willard, 138, 141-

150.

7. Cincinnati Commercial, February 18, 19, March 24, 1874; Cincinnati Daily Gazette,

March 23, 1874.

8. Graybar, "Shaw's Ohio Youth," 30-32.

9. To identify places and persons mentioned in the diary, several books, the Hamilton

Telegraph, the suburban columns of the Cincinnati papers, and the section of the Shaw

letter collection pertaining to his Ohio friends have been consulted. Assistance also has

been generously given by Mr. Albert Shaw, Jr., of Ardsley, N. Y., and Mrs. Henry

Robinson of Shandon, Ohio. Volumes used were: Bert S. Bartlow and others, eds.,

Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio (n.p., 1905); Hazel Stroup, Butler County,

Ohio, Cemetery Records (Cincinnati, 1963); Philip Fisher, The Fisher Genealogy: Record

of the Descendants of Joshua, Anthony and Cornelius Fisher of Dedham, Massachusetts,

1636-1640 (Everett, Mass., 1898); William Leon Halstead, The Story of the Halsteads of

the United States (Ann Arbor, Mich., 1934); Memorial Record of Butler County, Ohio

(Chicago, 1894); Albert Shaw, "The Ohio Manuscript" (unpublished autobiography,

1941); Western Biographical Publishing Company, pub., A History and Biographical

Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio (Cincinnati, 1882); and Williams, Saga of the

Paddy's Run. Because of the duplication of family names it has been impossible to

identify everyone.

10. The crusade had begun in Oxford, in the northern portion of Butler County, on

January 31. The last saloon there closed on March 23. Cincinnati Daily Gazette, February

16, 1874; Cincinnati Commercial, March 24, 1874.

11. James A. Clark was appointed principal of the graded school in 1872. He was

married to the former Hannah Williams, and Willie was their young son. Cemetery

Records, IV, 28; Williams, Saga of the Paddy's Run, 128, 190; Anne Peate to Shaw,

June 1, 1876, Shaw Manuscripts.

12. The Woman's Temperance League was not permanently organized until May.

Susan Shaw was chosen a director. Hamilton Telegraph May 28, 1874.

13. George Candee was pastor of the Congregational Church from 1872 to 1875. Wil-

liams, Saga of the Paddy's Run, 125.

14. Griffith Morris, whose wife Mary Jane became president of the Temperance

League, was a prominent farmer and a member of the school board. Hamilton Telegraph,

May 28, 1874; Shaw, "Ohio Manuscript," chap. 11, p.29; Williams, Saga of the Paddy's

Run, 128, 159, 185.

15. Thomas F. Jones was clerk of the Congregational Church from 1849 to 1871 and

also one of the three acting deacons. Williams, Saga of the Paddy's Run, 183, 185.

16. Mrs. Hugh Williams was the widow of a prominent blacksmith and church deacon.

Shaw, "Ohio Manuscript," chap. 8, p.4; Williams, Saga of the Paddy's Run, 127, 183, 184.

17. Probably David R. Moore, pastor-elect of the Presbyterian church in Venice in

nearby Ross Township. Cincinnati Gazette, March 18, 1874.

18. John L. Evans, a storekeeper, was postmaster twice, in 1852-53 and 1861-71.

Williams, Saga of the Paddy's Run, 88, 100.

19. Henry Hidlay Robinson owned a three-story hotel and store building. Williams,

Saga of the Paddy's Run, 148-149.

20. Perhaps Shaw meant Laurence Braun, who like the Scheels, Pfeffers and Sonnen-

tags, belonged to one of the community's German Catholic families. Williams, Saga of

the Paddy's Run, 119.

21. This was the only reference to a Lothland, which leads to the surmise that Shaw

really meant John Laughlin. Mrs. Henry Robinson to author, January 25, 1966.

22. Lewis Demoret later became editor of the weekly Venice Graphic. Mrs. Henry

Robinson to author, January 25, 1966.

23. Perhaps Shaw meant either Benedict or Henry Pfeffer. Nothing is known of

either's age or occupation. Anne Peate to Shaw, August 31, 1877, Shaw Manuscripts;

Williams, Saga of the Paddy's Run, 119.

24. John Irwin, Sr., was in 1877 a member of the Paddy's Run Horse Protection

Company. Mrs. Henry Robinson to author, January 25, 1966.

25. Anna B. Jones, born in 1862, later taught for three years in Lima, Ohio and then

for forty years in missionary schools in and around Constantinople, Turkey. It is not

known to which of the several Jones families she belonged. Cemetery Records, IV, 37;

Williams, Saga of the Paddy's Run, 91.

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26. Perhaps Mrs. Caroline J. Davis, nee Jones. Cemetery Records, IV, 56.

27. The wife of carpenter David Griffith. Williams, Saga of the Paddy's Run, 67.

28. The wife of Robert Reese, an acting deacon of the Congregational Church. Wil-

liams, Saga of the Paddy's Run, 183.

29. Legal means were seldom taken against saloonkeepers, but under the Adair Law,

an Ohio statute in effect before the crusade began, relatives could bring charges if liquor

were sold to their husband or father, and interested citizens could act to stop the sale

of whiskey to chronic drunkards. Beadle, Women's War, 16-18, 95-104.

30. Cincinnati Enquirer, April 13, 1874. This was a bit premature since some cam-

paigns continued into May. See also Philip D. Jordan, Ohio Comes of Age, 1873-1900

(Carl Wittke, ed., History of the State of Ohio, Columbus, 1943), V, 35.

31. Jordan, Ohio Comes of Age, 35.

32. Orsini Scheel to Shaw, July 28, 1877; Anne Peate to Shaw, August 31, 1877, Shaw

Manuscripts; Shaw, "Ohio Manuscript," chap, 8, p.45.

33. Shaw to Anna Jones, October 12, 1877. Shaw Manuscripts.

34. Anne Peate to Shaw, October 31, 1878. Shaw Manuscripts.

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