Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-06-19
ON TIE WING.
On the Road-HRii Storm-Tishing at
the Reservoir Familiar Faces
Under False Colors at the
Soldiers, Home.

FRIEND l1MMoNs :-If your space will
admit, and these notes caught on the wing
suits your critical eye, they are at you
service for publication or the waste basket.
1 struck Lima just after the great hail
storm OH the first, which no doubt most OF
The storm was very severe in Allen county.
| talked with several farmers in that
vicinity and one told me that before sun
rise on the morning after the storm, that
lie saw the hail wedged in the corners of
the fences in solid cakes of ice that weigh
ed two hundred pounds or more. Garden
truck was all cut close to the ground. The
wheat is very rank in this county, and
some fields has fallen down. Farmers
think it will not rise again.
The next place visited was the handsome
little town OF Celina. This ia the locat ion
OF the great Reservoir, the feeder of the
Erie canal which covers 10000 acres of
ground. 1t was constructed in n low val
lev and embankments put across each
end. The average depth Is ten feet They
| catch some of the finest fish here 1t would
| delight our piscatoral artists, such ms Will
Jennings, w. F. Pomeroy, E. A. Higgins,
ETC., to land black bass that weighed three
aud four pounds apiece. l had a little
leasure here and one OF the old residents
| invited me TO accompany him. | went
about quarter OF mile and cast in my
hook and ii was no lime before was land
ing fine fish on the bank.
Time being up had TO go to the train
and the next stop was at Pleasant Hill.
met one OF our old tOwnsmen here, Mr.
Holler, who ut one time kept saloon di-
rectly across the street from the Journal
Office. No doubt many remember him
Mr.. Holler has gone out of the saloor
business and is working ut his trade, ths
oil tailor, and Is doing we'll. 1t was alsc
here that first met the seventeen year
locusts,, which has been prophesyed wuut
be on earth this season. They were abou
the size of a large horse fly, and the bushe
and grass was covered with them. They
were in dormant condition.
Arrived at Dayton, and after comfort
able night at the Old Phillips, started earl.
for the Soldiers Home, where L spent II,
forenoon. Here met few of our oil
soldier boys-J. j. Thornton, David Nc
Glnnis and Wm. Furey--all looking AN,
feeling well. l had a singular experienc
as a professional gentleman IN gaining aL
mission to and passing through the HON,
}. The Medical fraternity were in conventio
assembled in Dayton. met party e
Ing out TO the Home, all strangers to eac
other, and / either had TO 60 it alone {
be a physician. l chose The latter and re
ceivei favors that visitors do not usual
get, such as going through the wards
g the hospital and seeing the different form
I and g. ages of disease that under other cir
= cnmstances l would not have seen. WI
B. only consulting physician, however. tt
W old soldiers are last passing away. Thirt
l.. crossed the mystic river in the month
,e May. Soon they will all be gone an
d their beautiful Home here will be record
g ed in the history of the past. They ha,
a splendid gardner here. | noticed OF
thing in particular on one side of the
monument for 1885, that was worthy
especial mention. 1t was the picture
/. George Washington in cut flowers. Tn
distance which lends encl,antment TO Il
, view was here illustrated. BY standir
e off about one hundred feet every featu
n is shown.
e As.lhe readers of the JOURNAL are mo
N probably willing to quit will cut off til
y end here. You may hear from me
e some other point. ROVER.