The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-09-25

the Furnace There Is a field Of good
corn where the little cabin stood.
Here | did my first plowing, 81 years
ago last summer. There is a house
and some hay stacks where our cattle
lay ut night, and where the wolves
often came and killed the young cat
| tie.
| went over to the Furnace and
looked around. 1t was getting dusk,
and the fame from the top of the fur
mace stack flashed out grandly upon
the gathering darkness.
Jefferson Furnace was built in the
year 1S54-twenty-fve years ago, and
went into blast in October Of that
year. 1t makes ten tons best cold
blast charcoal iron, mostly used for
car wheels, and machinery which re-
quires strong, tough iron. 1t now
sells at S33 to $34 per ton. During
last year it was down to S27-the
lowest point it ever reached. One lot
was sold during the war, to Pitts
brugh firm, to make cannon, at $S4
per ton. The company have about
$500 tons Of this fine iron at the
| Furnace, and Portland, unsold.
Judge Davis and had a good meet
ing at the school house, after which
we went back to Portland. | staid at
the Jones House, now kept by Mr..
Gillespie, and he and his wife make it
a first class house.
| heard a good deal Of talk in Port
land about Gen. Ewing having stop
ped at this house a year or two ago,
when it was kept by Mrs. Ella Hunt.
a widow lady-formerly the wife of
James Hunt Esq, deceased. 1t was
said that the Gen. had left the house
without paying Mrs. Hunt. [ went
to see her, as she had gone to school
to me when she was girl-Miss Ella
} Dulany. / am well acquainted with
her, and know her to be an excellent
woman, honest and truthful. She is
keeping a boarding house near the
residence Of r. H. Jones Esq, back OF
the mill | asked Mrs. Hunt about
the Ewing story. She said it was
true. He went away without saying
anything about paying his bill. She
) happened to mention it to some one
and it got out, and Democrat came
and paid it for the General. She sale
| he might have forgotten it-she die
not wish to do him an injustice.
J Both the Fire Erick works are IL
operation. | interviewed William j
Jones, storekeeper for the Oak Hill
[ works, which are located half milC
} below Portland. Mr.. Jones says tn,
: works are Of about equal capacity
; They each employ about So hands
: 70 for both. The wages if,lsii rur
: from 80 cents to $3.50, owing to The
kind of work. They pay cash, wher
, wanted, but each keeps a good store
and the men get their supplies from
the companies
| have been for some months adver
tising for j. Edward Jones, that he
, has bone dust, or some kind Of fertil.
izer for sale This has got to be al
: immense thing III that region. | hao
a talk with some farmers about it
Andrew Warren tried it last fall, and
would spread it on his wheat in strips
Where the fertilizer was spread there
was double the quantity of wheat
and it ripened week or two earlier
than on the other land. It is bought
by the ton, and car load. 1t is sold
to the farmers for $1.60 per 10C
pounds, and they put from 100 to 20C
pounds upon an acre Of ground.
On the cars as [ went down, was
Henry Thomas, who was my neM
neighbor before | went to reside at
Oak Hill The old man is now s.
and his health is very poor, but he is
hopeful and plucky. He urged me to
call when | could and see him and