The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-06-03
THE CITY ON THE HILL.
APARTY FROM GEORGETOWN TESTS
TUE NARROW GAUGE,
Shake Hands with the Boys and Have q
NJ. D, n.

On Wednesday morning last Ners sribe,
in company with Col. G. d. Thompson,
Judge John r. Moore, Gen. J.. H. Lawwill,
and Gel d. S. Tarbell, toola voyage across
the country TO that little city on the hill
which contains about five thousand iuhabi-
tauts, three Of tho best newspapers, and one
Of the worst iails in the State. DO not
understand that we for a moment mean an
inference to be drawn from the fact that
newspapers and jails are mentioned in the
same sentence. In casting about for one Of
the best features Of the place, the thought
Of its newspapers Immediately occurred,
and desiring to compare the bad with the
good, the Jail, in all Of it's mean glory arose
before us, and hence the sentence above.
Before taking to the field explanatory wo
we're about to state that the name of this
town located upon a hill is Hillsborough.
Il is sometimes called the "Model Town"
probably because Jim Hawk runs O hotel
| there. (S1, Jim. Please remit) Hills
| boro just now enjoys the proud distinction
/ of being the Alpha of the Columbus and
Maysville Railroad, which the greatgrand-
]
| hood days, and it is also the home Of q
Lodge Of Knights Of Pythias; which latter
/ fact accounts for the prefence there of the
/ distinguished party mentioned above
| The ride to Sardinia behind Col Thomp-
sons housekeeping bays was a delightful
one. From Sardinia to Hillsboro, on the
narrow gauge railroad, was eLorutiatngly
pleasant That is to say philosopher might
extract broken doses of pleasure from the
thought that would pop uppermost each
moment, that the next wrench or jerk could
not possibly be as severe on the cOnstiu-
ton as was the last. 1t behooves us TO state
that a man who has to sit down on dowuy
pillows, because Of boils, does not want to
make q continuous trip of more than 10000
miles on a narrow gauge that has lost some
of its ballast. The farther he rides the sur-
rier he viii be that he ever was born But
we reached HillsborO mt last, and a sight of
the Jolly face of Ed WarsOn, at the depot.
r made amends for all of the anguish of body
and mind we had suffered.
, HiIlsboro, be il known, is the capital of
Highland county and o capital town 10 is in
more repects than one. 1t has % capital lot
of Inhabitants most Of whom have capital
enough to keep the wolf from the door, and
quite a number of whom are able to sub
scribe to the capital stock of a bank, and
& | WHO can tlDAb lLtll eyes III hluuDGI KNOW
ing that it will take five or six figures to
D enumerate the sum total of their posses
. sions There is no town in the country
more beautifully located. From its point OF
vantage on the summit of a high hill, il
reigns supreme, monarch of its county.
II There are few country towns (and we only
,t call it a country town because we are out OF
l. reach Of its pOpulaCe,) that can boast OF tho
4 thrift and enterprise manifested in Hills
bOrO. It's buildings are substantial many
% of them being ornamental as welln useful
X its streets are broad, it's pavemeuts smooth
l. and wide, and its inhabitants are driving
d go-ahead people, who are always ready t
t. throw a dollar or two into the pool in ordel
w that their town may be built up. OF cours,
they add to the store of honey in their owl
hives, and thus kill two birds with ont
stone 1t has drones, 'tis true, but tn
Ie working bees predominant 1t has gas
- both natural and manufactured, and is
proposed point on several proposed rail
roads, besides already deriving the advau
tages of communication with Cincinnati vi
the Marietta Railroad, and with Sardinia
n, via the Columbus and Maysville Railroad
y As stated in the beginning of this article
be has three newspapers that will compare fay
ar orably with any in the State, and a ia
., whose like is not found in many counties i
or out of the State. 1t is q relic Of antlQu
81 ty, and an eyesore to every grand jury tina
ne has examined it. The town is not respon
NJ ible for this, however, as it is county a
pc. fair.
of The immediate object of the visit to Hill
n- boro of our distinguished party, was to al
ioI Grand Vice Chancellor A. p. Butterfeld
instiuting Highland Lodge No. 19
Knights Pythias. 1t is strange that Higl
land county has not long since had a repr
'o- sentation in this order, but it is a fact tn
W. in Hillsboro, on last Wednesday night, tl
first lodge was instituted, fifteen chivalr
young men taking a ride ON the tabled goa
nd Grand v c. Butterfeld was accompanit
- by Messrs. r. II. Becht, G.. T. Brown, So
p. Shane and Louis Geibel, and Georg
D., town Lodge was represented by the par
named in the beginning Of this DER trl
tale, G. w. Harding, of Cincinnati, and
on g. Rees and j. A. Jennings, of Blanche
mo- ter AT half-past three o'clock Ihursdl
20 morning the work was completed and Hill
''' boro had new secret order in its midl
And if we may Judge from the propiio
ere beginning it will not be long until Hig
9rs land Lodge will be one of the largest al
Use. most influential in the State.
pet, The visitors are all indebted to the Hill
.ra- boro boys for the royal reception Civ
roc them, and the pleasant memories surrour
~ ing the occasion will never be forgotten.