MY
SECOND SOUVENIR
In my preface to the SECOND SOUVENIR I spoke of the encouragement I
had received in my undertaking, and of the reception my previous book
had met with at the hands of those of my kindred and friends to whom
copies were presented.
I have received many letters of acknowledgment, all testifying in the
most gratifying terms to the popularity my SECOND SOUVENIR has been
favored with, and I find myself thereby, through the blessing of God,
much strengthened and encouraged in my purpose. Even had I undertaken
the task, I would have found it difficult to discriminate in any manner
among these letters--they are all good. I appreciate every one of them,
and in return thank all my friends for the compliments they have paid
me, and for the various expressions of kind sympathy they have extended
to me in my humble efforts to do some good. May the Lord bless them! is
my sincere prayer as I look over this large number of letters, all of
which will be kept and treasured by me, while I live, and, I trust left,
when I am summoned from earth, as an heritage to my children. Some of
these letters are here given in full, but the majority of them, on
account of limited space, have been more or less abbreviated. I also
received some flattering press notices, a few of which I will here place
on record, as they may prove of interest to some of my readers.
A VALUABLE BOOK.
(From the Meadville Gazette April 17, 1891.)
Some time ago Francis C. Waid presented
to us a handsomely bound octavo volume of several hundred pages, being a
second family Souvenir published by him. It is gotten up in the best
style of the typographer's art, and handsomely bound and illustrated.
The work was intended for distribution among relatives, but enough extra
copies were printed to supply a few friends, of whom we are glad to be
considered one. The substance of such a work will naturally be of a
personal character, dealing with scenes of a local nature and incidents
involving the immediate family of the author; but in the life of such a
man as Francis C. Waid there is necessarily
much to interest and instruct. Mr. Waid is a typical American product.
Born a country boy, with no better prospects than any one of ten
thousand other Crawford County boys at that time, he has made a success
of life such as few attain, and by such means as but few are content to
employ. Industry seems to have been the sheet anchor of his life, stayed
with the strong supports of honesty, truthfulness and piety, and, while
earnest in his efforts for personal success, always scrupulously just
toward others. From a poor boy on the farm, Mr. Waid amassed a large
fortune, but he gathered it by honest planting, skillful harvesting and
careful garnering in legitimate ways by honest means, and he never
sought to build up his own house by tearing down that of his neighbor.
It is not possible in a short notice to give a description or a
criticism of this book, but we can truly say that it is a work which no
young man, especially a farmer's son, can read without lasting
advantage. There is no better method of teaching than by example, and
the history of a successful life is one of the best lessons a boy or a
young man can study. The life of this man is worth more as an answer to
the question of how to make the farm pay than a perpetual subscription
to the newspaper which hangs its harp on the willows of Babylon, while
it passes its hat for contributions to reward its professional wailings.
SOUVENIRS FOR LIBRARIES.
(From the Pennsylvania Farmer of August 28, 1890.)
Mr. F. C. Waid, of Meadville, is the
author and publisher of a book which he calls his Second Souvenir,
containing much valuable information with reference to people, places
and events pertaining to Crawford County and other localities, besides
many thoughts to stimulate noble purposes and right living in young and
old. He does not offer the book for sale, but takes pleasure in donating
a copy to the Sunday-school libraries and public libraries in his native
county as long as the supply for such purposes lasts. The original
object of this Souvenir was to present to friends and kindred, but the
success and popularity of his First Souvenir prompts him to place a few
copies within the reach of all, in this manner hoping to exert an
influence for good in his own way. It is a well-edited and
finely-printed book of nearly 400 pages, and is an elegant volume for
the library. The author's generous purpose in presenting so costly a
book to his friends and the public is only to do good, which, in
comparison with the usual aim of authors, awakens a feeling of interest
not otherwise secured. Those to whom this is addressed may examine the
book by calling at the Farmer office, or at any other newspaper office
in this city.
( From the Guy's Mills Echo.)
Mr. Francis C. Waid, of Blooming Valley,
called at our office a few days since, and presented us with a copy of
his Second Souvenir, a neatly printed, and nicely bound book of 368
pages, containing a complete biography of the Waid family, and
biographical sketches of many relatives, and the immediate friends of
Mr. Waid. As its name indicates, this is the second book of the kind
prepared by Mr. Waid, his First Souvenir having appeared in 1886. He has
ordered two thousand copies, and they are all to be presented to his
relatives and friends. Mr. Waid has been and is at the present time one
of the most successful farmers in the country, starting in life, poor,
but with a determination to succeed, he has by his untiring energy
accumulated quite a fortune. Although Mr. Waid is what the world calls
rich, yet he is by no means proud of it.
Preceding the several letters, I here give a record of the
distribution of the 700 copies of my SECOND SOUVENIR.
RECORD OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE THREE HUNDRED COPIES OF 368 PAGES,
AND THE FOUR HUNDRED COPIES OF 391 PAGES, ALL RECEIVED FROM MY
PUBLISHERS DURING JULY AND AUGUST, 1890:
THE FOUR HUNDRED EDITION.
DATE. NAME.
July 26, 1890 ...... Anna E.
Waid, my wife, Norwood, Kas.
26, 1890 ...... Each of my
three sons, F. I., G. P. and F. F. Waid, Blooming Valley, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... George N.
Waid, my brother, Meadville, I'enn.
26, 1890 ...... G. W.
Cutshall, Guy's Mills, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... C. R. Slocum,
Mosiertown, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... Lewis M.
Slocum, Meadville, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... Henry Smith,
Meadville, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... Nick P. Waid,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... Orlando Waid,
Little Cooley, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... Ralph
Roudebush, Blooming Valley, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... Ida Smith,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Silas Clark,
New Richmond, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... I reserved
one for myself, Meadville, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... My nearest
neighbor, Mary Kiser, an aged friend, Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Ursula
Roudebush, Warren, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... John
Roudebush, Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... James Smith,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Charles A.
Buell, Bloondng Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Zephaniah
Briggs, Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... David Nodine,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Matilda Barr,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Ann Eliza
Odell, Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Uncle Horace
F. Waid, Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Sally
Hammond, New Richmond, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Hulda Bunts,
New Richmond, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... A stranger
whose name I did not learn.
28, 1890 ...... D. H. Miller,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Freemont
Bradshaw, Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Robert Smith,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Moore M.
Odell, Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Andrew Rider,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Iowa Josling,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Clark Ellis,
Meadvllle, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... J. H.
Reynolds, Meadville, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... S. C. Derby,
Meadville, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Edmond P.
Ellis, Meadville, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Newton S.
Chase, Meadville, Penn
28, 1890 ...... Smith Galey,
Meadville, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... David
Roberts, Meadville, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... William
Smith, Meadville, Penn.
28, 1890 ...... Uncle Robert
Morehead, Meadville, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... Robert A.
Fergerson, Meadville, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... John C.
Morehead, Meadville, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... S. S. L.,
Watson's Run (Reformed Church), Penn.
29, 1890 ...... M. E. S. S.
L., State Road, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... First M. E.
Chuch S. S. L., Meadville, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... Baptist S. S.
L., Wayland, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... Rachel
Phillips, Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Harrison
Sutton, Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Charles C.
Morehead, Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Allen
Morehead, Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... George Waid,
Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Albert Waid,
Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Joseph
Morehead, Newton, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Pember W.
Phillips, Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Lucind
Gillett, Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Rebecca
Arnold, Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Aunt Clarinda
Morehead, Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... M. E. S. S.,
Townville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Robert E.
Slocum, Mosiertown, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Caroline
Cochran, Mosiertown, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Hon. S.
Slocum. Saegertown, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... George Floyd,
Saegertown, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... M. E. S. S.
L., Saegertown, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Annette
Cutshall, Guy's Mills, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Frank
Cutshall, Hickory Corners, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... William
Crouch, Hickory Corners, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... William H.
Hunter, Blooming Valley, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Moses Masiker,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
30, 1890 ....... Jerome
Drake, Blooming Valley, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Sila
Goodrich, Blooming Valley, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Maria Long,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... John F.
Breed, Meadville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Frank
Handley, Meadville, Penn.
30, 1890 ...... Frank
Simmons, Jamestown, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Harvey
Simmons, Jamestown, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Angeline
Colt, Jamestown, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Martha Cobb,
Jamestown, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Fred Davis,
Jamestown, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Frank B.
Bush, Jamestown, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... William
Bowen, Jamestown, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Henry
Simmons, Busti, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Adelbert
Simmons, Busti, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Mrs. Leander
Simmons, Harmony, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Florence
Skinner, Ashville, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Fayette Fleek,
Ashville, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... King D. Fleek,
Lake Wood, N. Y.
31, 1890 ...... Mrs. W. H.
Mathews, Chautauqua, N. Y.
Aug. 2, 1890 ...... Dr. T. L.
Flood, Meadville, Penn.
2, 1890 ...... Gov. Cyrus G.
Luce, Michigan.
2, 1890 ...... Frank Fleek,
Lakewood, N. Y.
2, 1890 ...... Edward Fleek,
Watts Flat, N. Y.
5, 1890 ...... N. Roudebush,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
5, 1890 ...... John Braymer,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
5, 1890 ...... Advent S. S.
L., Blooming Valley, Penn.
5, 1890 ...... David Braymer,
Blooming Valley, Penn
6, 1890 ...... George Sutton,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
6, 1890 ...... Andrew Cole,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
6, 1890 ...... Frank K.
Clark, Blooming Valley, Penn.
6, 1890 ...... Harvy Hatch,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
6, 1890 ...... Joseph W.
Heard, Blooming Valley, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Albertice
Clark, Wayland, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Horatio
Wright, Wayland, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Chancy Harris,
Little Cooley, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... S. Phillips,
Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... S. Merrell,
Meadvllle, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Hon. G. B.
Delamater, Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Col. S. B.
Dick, Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Maj. D. V.
Derickson, Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Leon C. Magaw,
Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Cynthia Gage,
Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... A. M. Fuller,
Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Hon. William
Reynolds, Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Hon. John J.
Henderson, Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Mrs. James
Irvin (Central Hotel), Meadville, Penn
7, 1890 ...... Smith Leonard,
Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Hiram Blystone,
Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... John D.
Clemson, Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Hon. H. C.
Johnson, Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Melvin T.
Ward, Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... Grace
Thompson, Meadville, Penn.
7, 1890 ...... John Adams,
Meadville, Penn.
11, 1890 ...... J. H.
Culbertson, Meadville, Penn.
11, 1890 ...... O. H.
Hollister, Meadvllle, Penn.
11, 1890 ...... A stranger,
name unknown.
12, 1890 ...... Simeon Smith,
Blooming Valley, Penn.
12, 1890 ...... Fayette
Allen, Athens, Penn.
12, 1890 ...... Willis
Masiker, Lansing, Iowa.
12, 1890 ...... Simeon B.
Dickson, St. Charles, Minn.
13, 1890 ...... Clara
Devenpeck, Columbus, Ohio.
13, 1890 ...... Marian
Meechum, Meadville, Penn.
13, 1890 ...... John Housnick,
Union City, Penn.
13, 1890 ...... Jacob
Housnick, Union City, Penn.
13, 1890 ...... Ruric
Douglass, Union City. Penn.
15, 1890 ...... William H.
Fleek, Tryonville, Penn.
15, 1890 ...... Simon S. Waid,
Tryonville, Penn.
15, 1890 ...... Joshua Irwin,
Tryonville, Penn.
15, 1890 ...... George A.
Goodwill, Tryonville, Penn.
15, 1890 ...... Walter Waid,
Tryonville. Penn.
15, 1890 ...... Isaac Clark,
Tryonville, I'enn.
15, 1890 ...... Glenn Beatty,
Meadville, Penn.
15, 1890 ...... J. Alexander
Beatty, Meadville, Penn.
15, 1890 ...... Almeda Waid,
Meadville, Penn.
15, 1890 ...... William
Braymer, Blooning Valley, Penn.
15, 1890 ...... Fayette
Delamater, Blooming Valley, Penn.
16, 1890 ...... Dr. C. E.
Hall, pastor First M. E. Church, Meadville, Penn.
16, 1890 ...... Rev. Hamilton
McClintock, Meadville, Penn.
16, 1890 ...... Albert
Burkhart, Meadville, Penn.
16, 1890 ...... John Porter,
Meadville Penn.
16, 1890 ...... Aunt Maria
Lord, Meadville, Penn.
16, 1890 ...... A. R. Fowler,
Meadville, Penn.
16, 1890 ...... Henry P.
Marley, Meadville, Penn.
16, 1890 ...... William
Chase, Meadville, Penn.
16, 1890 ...... Henry A.
Ellis, Meadville, Penn.
16, 1890 ...... Fred Stadtler,
Meadville, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... Avery W.
Masiker, Titusville, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... Thomas Smith,
Little Cooley, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... Alexander
Smith, Little Cooley, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... George Smith,
Little Cooley, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... Andy Smith,
Little Cooley, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... George Fleek,
Little Cooley, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... Lorenzo
Wheeler, Little Cooley, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... William V.
Wheeler, Little Cooley, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... Lorinda
Wheeler, Riceville, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... John Childs,
Taylor's Stand, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... Elijah T.
Wheeler, Bradford, Penn.
18, 1890 ...... Frank
Walters, Bradford, Penn.
19, 1890 ...... Mrs. George
Fleek, Little Cooley, Penn.
19, 1890 ...... John Walton,
Townville, Penn.
19, 1890 ...... D. H.
McCrillis, Townville, Penn.
20, 1890 ...... James
Goodwille, Goodwill Hill, Penn.
20, 1890 ...... Fletcher
Goodwille, Goodwill Hill, Penn.
21, 1890 ...... Martha M.
Brown, Grand Valley, Penn.
21, 1890 ...... M. E. S. S.
L., Grand Valley, Penn.
21, 1890 ...... Horace F.
Goodwill, Sanford, Penn.
21, 1890 ...... Hannah Lord,
East Branch, Penn.
21, 1890 ...... Charles E.
Allen, East Branch, Penn.
21, 1890 ...... George Bush,
East Branch, Penn.
21, 1890 ...... One to a
stranger, name unknown.
22, 1890 ...... Layfayette
Harroun, Spartansburg, Penn.
22, 1890 ...... J. W. Farley,
Spartansburg, Penn.
22, 1890 ...... Charles
Washburn, Spartansburg, Penn.
23, 1890 ...... Walter R.
Lindsay, Riceville, Penn.
23, 1890 ...... Wesley Gray,
Riceville, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... Allegheny
College Library, Meadville, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... Rev. G. S. W.
Phillips, Meadville, Penn.
26, 1890 ...... Temperauce
Gibbs, Tremont, Ill.
26, 1890 ...... Anna Harmon,
Lake Ridge, Mich.
26, 1890 ...... Francis D.
Sexton, Topeka, Kas.
26, 1890 ...... John R.
Donnelly, Meadville, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... Thomas Ward,
Vallonia, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... Henry Shafer,
Vallonia, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... Frank
Harlerode, Meadville, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... Benjamin
McNeil, Meadville, Penn.
29, 1890 ...... William B.
Beyes, Meadville, Penn.
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