The state journal., 1885-01-10
PEN SKETCHES.
Some Of the Men About Town
Who They Are and What
They Do.
D. NJ. ROBINSON.


our citizens is Mr.. D. NJ. Robinson.
This gentleman was born in Chester
co andis now 81 years Of age. He has
for years taken quiet but active part
in politics and has held public posi-
ton under the various state admins
trations for the last nine or ten years.
Mr.. Robinson is a man of great force
of character and clear business tact.
He has speculated much with con-
siderable success, and is one of the
few men of his race who believes
that dollar invested is worth more
than a dollar boarded in the bottom
of a trunk. He has been thrown in
close relationship with all of the
prominent men of the state since his
connection with public Office, and
has the confidence and respect of all
with whom he has come in contact.
Z. w. HARLEY.
Mr.. G. W. Harley, the present
constable of the Eighth ward, holds
that position after being elected the
third time to the office. Mr.. Harley
was born in Lancaster county aud
talks the Pennsylvania Dutch Ian
guage fuently. He enlisted in the
army at the first call for troops and
was among the first to leave this
State. He bears an honorable war
record, remaining on duty for his
| country and his race during the
whole of that great and memorable
| civil contest, Upon his return from
the war he settled in Harrisburg,
| where he found employment in sew
eral of the machine shops in the city.
Being intelligent and apt be soon be-
came master cf his trade-boier
maker-but was discharged as soon
as it was found that be was of Afri :
can descent. Mr.. Harley is of an
exceedingly fair complexion, and
only his affiiliation with colored men
marks him as being one of the race.
There is none of the negro type
about him, but it is to his credit that
because of the slight tincture of Afri-
can blood which flows through his
veins (Which we believe comes from
his father side) he feels that to be q
colored man is as noble as it was
once to be a Roman. He figures
conspicuously in politics and wields
considerable influence.
F. G. BATHS.
Among the young men of our city
there is perhaps none better known
than Mr. BATHS. Born in Harris
burg, educated in its public schools
and reared amidst friends. he has
succeeded by close and well studied
economy in accumslating around him
comfortable home and establishing
a good paying business. Mr.. BATHS
has travelled considerable and is well
known in the western part of the
country. He is a young man Of
large experience and fre parts, He
conducts the Eighth Ward House,
which is one of the quietest and
most orderly hostelries in the city,
which was recently rebuilt at con-
siderable expense to the owner,
PETER AND john SAMPLE.
Quiet, unostentatious, but diligent
and perseyering, are the character
isticS Of these two brothers, both
young men and most worthy repre-
sentatives of their race. Mr.. John
Sample, postal route agent on the
Northern Central road, has occupied
that position for some three years in
most creditable manner, and by
dint of patient labor risen to be one
of the most efficient postal agents on
the road. He stands high in the G.
U. o. of o. T., having received all
the honors the order can bestow.
Last year he filed acceptably the
position of president of Bethel Lit
erary and is the present efficient
superintendent of the Bethel Sunday
school. Mr.. Peter Sample is a young
man who does far more thinking
than he does talking, which at once
discgoses the character OF the man.
He possesses much intelligence and
is an extensive reader of solid matter.
He has travelled extensively and has
had a large and varied experience.
Having resided in this city for many
years he has naturally, from his af-
fable manner, made hosts of friends.
Mr.. JOSEPH L. Thomas
Is another young man of considerable
prominence most deservediy won.
Originally from the Old Dominion
State he has, however, been resi-