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HISTORY
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