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NEW PARIS.What Our Reporter Sawand HeardNew Paris is the cognomen of one of the sprightliest little towns in Elkhart county. It is located on the C., W. M. railroad about seven miles south of Goshen, and contains about three hundred inhabitants.The first settler within the limits of the town was Frederick Herriman, who came there in 1828 and is still a living citizen of that place, although getting quite feeble. John Shelly is also one of the old standby’s. He is a fine oid gentleman, among the first settlers, and to tvhom we are indebted for much information regarding the early settlement. Among the old resi-denters we might mention Wm. Cowen, Samuel Kline, Israel Imels, Abe Sherr and Enoch Wright. The last two gentlemen laid out the town in 1881 • The Rev. Jacob Leer, of near Goshen, was raised in this place. CountyAuditor Landgraver received his start«and also gave the town somewhat of astart in his earlv da vs. Samuel R.«• *•Miller, an old setler of that place, was elected sheriff of Elkhart county iu 1874. A man by the name of Brown started the first store in town, which was eigot by ten feet square, lie was postmaster and his stock of goods consisted of about two plugs of tobacco, a barrel of salt and a couple of gallons of whisky. The first blacksmith was Kennev Huffman. About 1873 thetown was subjected to incendiary fires and some very serious losses were ex-wperienced.The first school-house was built in1832 and consisted of hewn logs and the cracks plastered up with mud, a hole in the wall serving fora window. The scholars had a long slab bench to sit on and without any desks of any description. Their studies were“read-in\” “writin’,” and “spellin’.’’ The buxom, bright-eyed lasses and-the joyful lads, who used to throw paper wads at each other, and get “whaled” by the master for their mischief, have grown up and are now grav-headed and aged.The business men of the town are, as a class, genial, well-bred and courteous gentlemen. Abram Strohm is a leading merchant and occupies a room 109 feet in length, full of first-class dry-goods, groc eries and general merchandise. Mrs. A. Hahn has a neatstock of dry goods and groceries and is building up quite a good trade. Dr. James Mathews is the smiling postmaster and also has one of the neatest drug stores in the county, in which he is assisted by his aimiable wife. S. J.hGhNJjJFoiii01tlIiT1 EriClCi2 e I S aIStoutonour carries a stock of general1rsmerchandise. Herb Wheeler is the grocery man and a rattling good fellow, too. Johnson A Son are the bankers, and ’tis said are doing a big business. Eisenbeiss and wife are running the principal hardware store with verv excellent success. Win. Herriman has a good stock of furniture. David Berringer, butcher shop. II. S. Juliard, shoemaker. Henry Yost, hardware, Peter Smith, harness-shop, E. J. Blanchard, hotel, J. Mc-Ferren, shoe-shop, Elias Wright, butcher. X. B. Metzler, carriage factory and blacksmith-shop, Landgraver Co., carriage factory. Brothers Co., lumber and wheat, S. M. Shaffer, blacksmith. Two “wet groceries” and several professional gentlemen complete the list. With a good brick school house and two good churches, Xew Paris is pretty well fixed for future prosperity. Vi la Xew Paris.i(1•i4I
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Goshen Weekly Independent
Goshen, Indiana, US
Sat, Nov 24, 1883
Page 7
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