The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-04-29
4 Child or tho Furnace.
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Much has been said and writ
ten about the character Of III,
furnace men In the Hooking aat
hanging took regions. Thor,
has been such a oo.miNghNg o
elements Ia the general make III
Of the men, 90 much wildNess, st
much charity, 10 much loyalty Il
their employers, 10 much palri
otlsm aud sueh general endow
men, Of strength and Endurance
almost super human, that q care
fNl study Of The subject, sNSh a,
We have not time 10 give, would
be intensely interesting and
might lead 10 developments that
might DO mutually beneficial Il
Labor aud Capital IN the settle.
ment Of differences Tint each year
grow more threatening aud omin
ONs.
Last week there wns an old
man IN this city that Ia a vcril-
able child Of the furnace. Jacol
lowering was born under The
arch of tho old brush Greek Fur
naos, Adams county, o., IN the
year 1917. Enfceblcd hy the
weight Of years and long scasonl
OF xposure aud toll, tho flesh, al
he eaid 10 The Sentinel man, ii,
weakening, but the spirit 10 as
stalwart as ever"
There arc not many furnace
mon IN the Hooking Valley that
have not met or heard Of Uncle
Jake lowering. He 10 a typo Of
the men that have developed the
resources Of this great region
He has wrestled with famine IN
all it's phaxes he has bS,tlsd
with epidemics aud pestilence
his hands and face have been
scared in the coal banks; lis
limbs aud body have been crush.
ed aud numbed in the fall Of ore
banks; his muscles have been
siilIened by the hot breath oi
furnaces; his tkin has been
blackened by The smoke from
hundreds Of coal pite; but, de.
spite all these things, the old
mans eye Is as bright asif it still
reflected the fire OF the old fur.
mace that lighted the child be d
on The morn of his nativity. He
il of the class Of men that would
travel a hundred miles through
the wilderness 10 favor a friend (;
the latch string of his door Is out
to the King; his door is wide open
10 the beggar: the calls Of char
ity may be in excess Of the world.
ly govds he has to give; but
nothing can surpass in magnitude
the spirit that impells him to
give his mite to suffering hu.
manity.
While in conversation with
him, the other day, he said =
"Now I have worked at a good
many furn aces, so you had better
put them down in your book, if
you want 10 keep run Of .hem.
There was Lawrence. Hecla, La.
grange, Pine Grove, Zaleski, Mt.
Vernon, Cenler. Bnckhorn, Clin.
ton, Blum, Sciota, Vesuvius, at
ma, Union, Empire, Junior, Lo
gan, Franklin, Five Mile, Iron
Valley, GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Kew.
stone. Buckeye, Baird, Latrobe,
Hope, Eagle and Hooking"
You must have moved a good
many times in your lite time,
Uncle Jake9
"Moved! Why, l have lived on
nearly every hill in Southern
Ohio. Moving didn't amount TO
anything IN those days. A fur.
mace man could carry all of his
traps on his back. Moving was a
sort of a holiday. We'd dump
our things into a wagon and by
noon would be frying SOW belly
in another cabin twenty-five
miles away, and just as comfort.
able as if we'd been at the old
stand. It was always home to
us as long as We could smell the
smoke Of a coal pit and hear the
blast Of a furnace. A man al
ways thought he was having a
good time when he moved, went
to a circus or got a seat in the
amen corner during big meetin'.
If he was moving he could get
drunk and not stand any chance
of being discharged. 1t was the
same ut the circus. At meeting
they thought the only way to get
the ear of the Lord was to first
raise the roof of the church. I
always occupied a front seat. l
was a good singer, anu though
not always on praying grounds
and interceding terms, would oc-
casionalIy send up a petition that
would skin every sinner in the
church. You see I knew more
about them than the preacher
He had an idea that men sinnei,