The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-06-06
RANDOM THOUGHTS No. as.
BY TIE EDITOR.


rled about the last OF May, to Miss Ella Willard,
! daughter of the late ]. O. Willard of Iront0n aud
urgently requesting Inc and my wife to be pres
ent. l notified him that l would be there
We left on Monday afternoon of last week, and
stopped in Portsmouth Monday night
l noticed all along the road that the wheat
looked we'll and that fruit would be abundant
AtPortland saw several fine new buildings 60
ing up, and some recently finished. Evans aud
Jones, whose advertisement will be seen in the
STANDARD, have put up large three-storv frame
store-house, on the main street of the village.
DR.. Williams will soon commence fine house.
Portland is destined to be fiue business point in
our county, and will soon be large town.
Al Scoto Furnace saw man woman and girl
unloading an ore car. The woman was throwing
off blocks of ore that probably weighed hundred
pounds. She was a powerful looking woman,
and would be an ugly customer in fight
Portsmouth is improving faster than it has ever
done. A large number of buildings is going up
and property is rapidly rising in value called
on l. Englebrecht grocer whose advertisement
las recently been in the STANDARD He told me
that he had very large trade in jackson county.
went to the great wholesale grocery store of A.
w. Buskirk, and bought a supply of family gro
ceries to last me a year. Mr.. Buskirll is highly
pleased With the large trade he has in our county
He urged me to spend half day in Portsmouth,
and he would take me in his buggy over the city
and show Inc the Improvements. / promised to
do so if came back that way l
A friend told Capt. Scott, of the Victor No. 4,
that l was an editor, and when ! went to settle
for my passage, Twas told that they did not charge
editors. replied that | was not one of that sort,
but had money enough to take me through But
the Clerk would not receive one cent from me,
and was treated with much politeness, and
would here recommend this little boat to the
travelling public. 1t leaves Portsmouth every day
all intermediate points.
In going up the river we passed old franklin
Furnace. This is the place where first saw the
Ohio river 1t was in the summer of 1884. My
father and came to the Furnace, and visited the
river at point where Dutchman named Viii
helm kept tavern, just above old franklin A
man on the boat told me that Wilhelm had COM
mltted suicide by hanging himself,
My father told me in 1884, when we were here,
that he and two other men had encamped In the
woods near where WiIhelm's tavern was then To-
Gated, in the year 1917. They had been to Cncln-
natl with boat load Of coal. NY father then
owned the land where West Columbia, West Vir-
ginia, is now located, and he had loaded boat at
his coal banks taken it to Cincinnati and sold it,
| and tI,nn 4, W.
He walked from Cincinnati. There were then no
steamboats, running on the Ohio river the only
conveyance being keel boats, Ipushed along by
poles.
We landed at Greenupsburgh, KY, and put of
some freight and passengers was at Greenups-
burgh in the fall Of 1874, and from that place out
to Raceoon Furnace. This village does not al-
pear to hrSe improved any during the past twenty
three years The old Court House, and tavern
called the "Kouns House, 4" and grocery or two,
is all that attracts attention from the river |
noticed the name Of Il man named Roach in large
letters above door, as the agent Of the "Ken-
tucky Improvement Company | thought that
that was just the company that was needed in
Kentucky, as no place needs improvement more
than the present residence Of the immortal Nasty.
Hanging Rock has improved some siuce / was
there, in the year 1916.
We arrived at lrOnton q few minutes past six
o clock +. NJ, My lalher-in-law, Mr.. Stecce, met
us at the boat aud we stopped with him at the
Sheridan House, where lie was boarding. This
house is kept by William st. Clair, who was a
soldier In the Union army. lie is a fine gentle
man, and his wife is a most worthy lady. They
| furnished us one of the very best rooms in the
house, and had excellent fare during our visit
| would recommend all who visit Ironton to stop
at the Sheridan House
On the same evening that arrived, e. s. Will
son Esq, editor Of the lronton Rcgister, called up
Oh me, and we had pleasant talk. lie Is young
man Of line talent, and with experience will be
one OF the most useful editors In the State.
On the next day saw a large number Of my
old friends, among whom must mention II. NJ.
Stiuson Esq, editor OF the Marietta register,
Hiram Campbell Esq, who edited paper In
llillsborO, In the years 1881, s. 2. Calvin Esq,
Prosecuting Attorney Seth Sutherland Esq,
county Auditor, who lost his right arm in the re-
cent war, Col James Allen, Of the md Va Cayul.
ry, Hon. 7. N. Davey, member of the Ohio Leg
islature, 7. X. Policy and j. W. Henthorne Esqs :,
Justices of the peace, Hon. John Campbell, late
Collector, John Peters Esq, and many others.
called to SEE Col Elias Nigh Assessor, but he was
in the country, Mr.. Belts, hs assistant, was in
the Office. He isaw worthy gentleman, and had
pleasant talk with hlm
There was an old man in town named Willis.
lie was one hundred and five years old, and had
walked thirteen miles that morning, and had ar
rived before eight O'Clock. He was very hard of
hearing, and walked with long rough staff, with
an iron ring upon the lower end of it, He had
come in to sec lawyer Deem, in reference to some
matter in which his son, Eliza Willis, was CON
cerned.
Judge johnson, Mr.. Neal, and Others whom l
desired to see, were at Galllpolls Court.
lronton Is avery pleasant little city. 1t is the
most quiet place OF Its size that ever saw There
Is some noise in the lower end OF the city, where
the rolling.mllls, foundry, machlneshop &c, are
in full operation There is great black cloud of
smoke constantly darkenlug this part of the city.
But saw no drunkenness or carouslng, and but |
little loafng,
Tho lrontonlans are peculiar people" Shut |
out from the world, except by the Ohio river,
their IDEAS of socia etiquette are strange to per-
son who has been accustomed to mix in good So
clety In such nelghboring cities as Portsmouth,
Chillicothe, Columbus &c. Shut out ON one side |
by Storms Creek and the Greasy Ridge, and on
the other by the rebel State of Kentucky Ironton
Is almost as isolated as Japan. II Is kind of mi