19th century Stony Creek — Brain drain

What is now called the brain drain was occurring in the 19th century.

“There has lately been an exodus of our young men going north in search of work. A few years ago, the rush was in the direction of this place,” the Stony Creek correspondent reported in The Morning Star of Glens Falls on Oct. 3, 1894.

In other 19th century Stony Creek news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• “If your correspondent growls or says anything savage it will be owing to the fact that we have been eating bear Meat, which was killed by George Swears,” the Stony Creek correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Sept. 22, 1894.
• “The Methodist Episcopal Sunday School will have a picnic in Thompson’s Grove next Sunday,” the Stony Creek correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Sept. 8, 1894.
• “Our local sporting club is still in the woods hunting. We hope they will bring home some game, if nothing but bear,” the Stony Creek correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Oct. 11, 1894.
• “James A. Brooks was eighty years old last Monday and is hale and hearty and smart as many that have seen a score-less years,” the Stony Creek correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Oct. 11, 1894.
• “Amos Norton, a venerable octogenarian who lives in the locality known as Hadley Hill, town of Stony Creek, is the owner of a pure-toned and valuable violin with a history,” The Morning Star reported on Oct. 25, 1894. “It was sold at auction sixty-two years ago and brought fifty cents (the equivalent of $17.93 in 2024 dollars). Garner Adams, an old-time resident of Stony Creek, who died many years ago, was the purchaser. It may be that the instrument is a Cremona or equally valuable.”
• “The new telephone line in course of construction by L.M. Dunlap and George Danson between the railway station and the village of Stony Creek is nearly completed and will be in operation in a few days,” The Morning Star reported on Oct. 25, 1894. “Oscar Ordway and others are talking of building a line from Stony Creek to Harrisburg.”

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