The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-02-19
A Hooking County Boy
Out West.
He Meets q Number Of Old
acquaintance.


Acquaintance.
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan, Feb. 9Th
! 1851 lett Logan on the morn
ing Of Sept. 18Th, for trip through
the West-arrived at Hopkins. Mo.
OH the 18th. Hopkins is small
country town Oh u branch of the
G. B. 4 Q. Il. r., but composed of
enc geiic men. Among the leading
citizens we noticed some Old lI0ck-.
ing county boys. Nelson Sirawn a
brother of Isaac Strawn of Benton
township, tho leading blacksmith of
the town, is making plenty of mon
~ and ls NJ jolly and clever as his
brother I-aac.
We also while there met E. X.
! Harsh. another Hooking county
boy. Mr.. liar.l, is an Old time Dem
ocrat and rejpiccs over the result of
the November election.
After spending Il few days with
friends ut Hopkins bought ticket
for Pleasant Hill, a beautiful town
of $500 inhabi tsnts. and 80 Mules
south east of Kansas City. We
| met some old-time Hooking boys
thore and felt as though sit il good
for us n be here" Among the
most prnmincnt citizens "f P easant
Hill and vicinity, WIS Wm DuvaI.
Mr.. Duval is the owner Of s,me-
thing near 800 acres; il is as go"d
a farm a. there is in Cass Co He
hns nearly all the modern imple
ments on his farm. a splendid house.
a good barn. and all necessary out
buildings. "Uncle Billy" as the
hoys call him. knows how TO enter
tain locking county boy a:d
don't you forget it.
After paying my respects to all of
the Hooking county boys at Pleas
ant Hill. / .h,ar led the train fur
Lamar the conmy seat of Barton Co
-armsr. is a thrivln. town Of 1900
'inhabiiap:s anh lao miles distant
from kspsas Cuy. Viii e there I
had the good fortune to fall in with
- Jew mpre of the ''has beens'' OF
old Hooking. Barton Co. is IN good a
county As there is in south western
Missouri. Soil good. plenty OF
running wa'er, and we'll adapted to
S ock raising and agricull ure. Ne
found the people very clever. aud
after spending several days with
them. testing their patience as well
as their hospitality. bid them adieu
and bought ticket for Scribner.
Nebraska. where We met with as
hearty we'come us any "tlaw-
eater need wish for. Scribner, is
a beautiful town Of 500 inha bitants.
Several Hooking county hoy ave
here. Among them We met the
Smiths, Parkers and Beerss. J. Il
Smith is doing good business in
an implement store.
DIR. A. Bcerv, ia he leading ..'pi'l
singer here and is the proud OWE
or al the finest re idencc in town. =
His boy, Dan. is Zone OF tha boys
and enjoys himself wherever you
see him; Is the owher of some real
estate, and is making money. ]
also met Miss Jennie Dollison, OF
Logan, while there.
Miss Dollison is the acknow!edy-
ed belle of that besu iin little town.
and is playing sad havoc with the
hearts of the 'dear BOYS" Your
;!ocKing boys that seem to have Il
pri,r claim. buckle ON y"ur swords
and be yeJeady TO GO ont and meet
the f"e, t,,r Il hotIy contested battle
is Anticipated" After We had re
manned in Scr,bner long enough to
gain - pretty fair il-a of that part
Of The country and to feel he full
force of an immense lo ar wave
butt med up our ovcrcoat and
bon ht u ,lckel ior Baxter Springs.
Kans S. Baxter springs i l"ra ell
on the K. G. +. S. Il G. Il. r., is
one mi Z front the Imlian Terrific
nv. and four mi.es from the Nilsson
ri, line, has Il population of 5000,
an | i, enjoying > eady aud perma
nent growth. The climate is mild
Soil is very COOL plenty of timber.
coal, and beautiful streams Of run
ming water The inm"us Baxter
Spr;n IS are I'catel here, anl are
claimed to possess great healing
powers The am cled f.om different
parts "e the country are here drink
ing Of their water. 1t is tree t" all.
6 &DlCK.
1t makes Il good deal Of differ