The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1892-10-06


HIM an eager, listening crowd,
largely composed of the ladies.
He SAID that from careful calcn'a-
ton il was ascerlainen that before
reaching Put in-Bav, distance OF
fifty miles. gong over. or rather
going down. at the rate o. eight
inches "A mile, we void 90 down
fnrly feet! Down forty feet! ;
saSped the Judge, Down forty
feet!!" walled the women. The
editors calculated lhe height Of the
smoke stacks. tabular measure.
Down forty feet! All is iosi.n 1t
was "A moment of holy terror.
Goodness and consideration pre-
vented IA panic.
The band struck up "Over The
Waters Blue" PurseIl said some
thing about finding the gems rf
purest ray serene. and John A.
White, morsana,ic editor of The
''onlv Ohio" perhaps thinking Of
Mckay, home and safe and lone
: me with his lisl of subscribers on
paper, struck mp, in his best bazoo,
The familiar old camp meeting
HYMN:
"Fare thee well, my own Mary Ann,
Fare thee well for while,
The ship is ready and the wind Is fair,
Ard I'm bound Tor the sea. Mary Ann"
Peace took a long breath. The
men 1t fresh cigars and put up
their heels on The banister. The
ladies resumed the continued
story. Tony settled down to
steady, peanut crunch.
Thence on and over and down,
without geodetrIc disturbance. or
incident to mar. and with jolIiiy
uninterrupted we slickly sided
and s!ided on:
II is needless 10 add that Harry
Miner, of ihe Times Starr, and Of
The Board Of Pardnns, extends
clemency. pardons III blank, for all
guilty Of trying TO be iunnv dur
lag lhe entire time Of the outing.
THE APPROACH TO PUT-IN-BAY
Is through historic waters. Gihral-
ter and Middle Bass, Pillars OF
Hercules TO us eXcursionisls from
out on the miniIure Spanish Main,
indicated the route Commodore
Perry followed as he sought the
protected waters OF The Bay in
which his memorable victory was
fonsht and won. Onr young school
children can tell The old folks Who
may have forgotten the particulars
nf that famous sea fight. 1t is old
news for the excursion editor to
relale.
GIBRALTER
Is a pile Of limestone rock, cover
ng perhaps an acre. Scraggy
rees growing in crevfces. and
rod or So OF sward spreads at the
water line. the rocks not so gi-
yaniic IN size. nor so picturesque
IN form rs hundreds of the cast ell
lated crags that overlook The val
ey of our own Hock-Hocking
Bass Island is a famous summer
'esorI. with handsome private resi-
1ences. and noted espt ciallv tor
CELLARS OF wine. made from grapes
grown upon The arabic parts OF
he island.
PuT-IN-BAY
s an irregularly shaped body of
and containing, perhaps two sec
ions. The northern portion, where
he boats land and the bath houses
ire established is comparatively
evel, the shore a gentle derliue.
and shelly. The southern
'iew Of The land is a perpendicu
ar wall Of lime rock, ten to twenty
eel high and in blocks and layers,
much resembling bnt larger in
Ize and closer joiried than the
masonic marvel, built along the
Dad on cur school house grounds
Inder The direction of
JUDGE BRIGHT AND COL. wELDY.
Which is the originator of the
tyle, the arci!ecl OF Put-in-Bay or
he then Logan school board, his
ory, geology or tradition does not
nfOI m us. A portion of the island |
) arabic ground, planted mostly
u vines and peach trees. The
ward. where any exists, is torn
p, looking as though drove OF
noting Brobdisnag hogs had range
yer il in grub worm time. The
rees in the primitive woods are
mall Of size and of kind wenev-
+ saw. We were told they are
ak. elm, hickory, but they don't
,ok in bark. nor leaf like ours in
locking. We noticed three very
Irge wild grape vines, say four
lches IN diameter, which had
Fown up and embraced in their
,lls the tops of several adjoining
eas. The vines had been cut off
about four fee, from the ground
} make swings for The cultured
sitors. 1t is only the extremely
gh toned who would think it fun
thus vnIgarIy destroy the most
santIfnl Of the native charms the I
land possesses. The landscape
lrdner loo. We noticed, had been
'iIing in his work of spoliaiion.
wing off and grubbing up some !
The finest trees in the park |
nnting the hotel. We conclude E
) is a foreigner and from Spain.
ID trees, he t inks, might obscure '
$ view when looking alter other :
'oples pastimes. I
The settled part of The island !
tends across from the landing I
The opposite beach. Along tins c
'eet Is located every imaeina ble C
to bleed the piethoric 1
rsed and simple Daled visitor. !, y
,er gardens under trees, outside =
d indoor saloons, diamoned pin +
ow cases, pure gold iewelry. y
ellis, gravel, fresh fish. hotel. res Ii
Irant, lunch counters and fruit II
lnds, Thinking TO learn a lesson Y
experience school, which we h
re told when a boy is a dear W y.
lool. we sat down under The ii
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