The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-05-20
From our regular correspondent
Nr,,- nyr-.,.g T. Mo- IN 1881

gentleman, " would inform you that Gov"
Furnas, as he is usually called is one of
the best known men Of the West; that he
is sixty-three years old, although he does
not look over fifty that he was born in
Miami county, Ohio that he has been a
when he began the publication of the Ne
Jrask0 Adcertiscr, the oldest paper in the
State, now published at Auburn Neb., that
! he was commander of the second Nebraska
cavalry in the sully expedition against the
Northwest Indians in 1868, during which
time the bloody battle of White Stone Hill
was fought that in 1873 he was elected
| Governor Of his State that in 1876 he fill
ed the position Of United States Commits
siouer at the Centennial and started the
flow Of emigration towards Nebraska which
has not ceased yet that he has filled all of
and the very highest offices in masonic So
cieties that he is Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture; that he is President
of his States Historical Society; that he is
the very best man that Nebraska could of
sent to the Worlds Fair that as a broad
minded, liberal, generous newspaper man
and American citizen he has no superior,
and that If he don't die until your CORES
pondent wishes him or his State any harm
he will walk down the streets Of the New
Jerusalem when Gabriel toots his horn
wearing citizens clothes and trying to pass
in every poor unfortunate who, perchance,
might he left out in the cold.
If you will now go with me to Oregou's
headquarters 1 will introduce you to
COL. f. W. ALLEN
the Commissioner from that State, a gen
tleman who is noted throughout the Gov
ernment building and especially among the
United States Commissioners and newspa-
per men as one of the best fellows here.
1t would be impossible for you to meet him
and talk with him if only for few minutes
without entertaining forever afterwards a
very friendly feeling toward Oregon. Col.
Allen was born in Kendall county, ILL.,,
1912, and is therefore "a child of the "SuCk-
er State" When twelve years old he re-
moved with his parents to Minnesota and
when the war broke out served for three
years in the 7th Minnesota infantry. He
afterwards moved to Oregon in charge Of
the business of q large agricultural ma
chiuery firm. Colonel Allen is recognized
at home as we'll as here as here as an organ
izer and leader and was the superintendent
of ceremonies at the time of the complet-
ion of the Northern Pacific Railroad when
the Willard excursion reached the coast.
Your correspondent remembers with pleas
ure having met him at that time. He be-
come prominent in connection with indus
trial exhibits as superintendent of the
Portland Mechanics Fair which, under his
management became the leading exposition
on the Pacific coast When Gov. Moody
was looking around for the best man to
send to New Orleans he insisted on Mr..
Allen going, and, at the request Of many OF
Oregon's leading business men also, he &C.
cepted the appointment and has labored
for his State with a zeal that has resulted
t in placing Oregon to the front under all
circumstances. Col. Allen has taken an
r active part as a member Of the United
States Commissioners Association, and il
was this gentleman who introduced the res
3 olution to close the Exposition on Sunday
which, however, was lost, much to the re
gret of many of the best friends of tn,
, Worlds Fair.
= The best evidence your correspondent
can see that the interest in the Exposition
has been National and chat huge manufac
g turing concerns see here a medium through
which they can extend trade is the fact tina
y the old and universally known David Brad
. ley Manufacturing Company, of Chicago
f has made a large exhibit of the specialize
n they make, and that the President and foun
der of the business (Mr. David Bradley
himself should take such interest as to at
tend personally the Worlds Fair and taxi
p charge of the exhibit As the David Brad
e ley Manufacturing Company have for som,
thirty years led in improvements upon ag
q ricultural machinery made by them,
S might be Of interest to your farmer reader
y to learn of the latest Improvements. Mr.
IS Bradley shows an improved swing bean
% sulky plow so constructed that you car
s turn at the corners without lifting the ploy
# out Of the ground. Your correspondent wei
y remember when he was a boy how he woul
% place his shoulder under the pillow handle
d and lift with all his might to get the ploy
d ont of the ground so as 20 be able to tur
u the corner without getting the horses nike
,, up in the harness, aud thought hcw ever
n plowbOy win hencefortb bless Mr.. BUdle
for his invention. This company also show
a combined cotton seed and corn planter
over fur thousand Of which have bee
sold 10 Texas alone this year. A cornstaI