The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1892-10-27

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for first warm waller Tor the toilet
then ice waller for the inner man,
then more towels. matches, a fire,
more coal, more Ice water, TO be
sure TO be aroused at five o'clock,
a railroad guide and so forth and
so fifth that the little darkey alb
soluiely turned pale every time he
appeared at the door in answer to
"a ring. The number of calls was
increased from the fact that by
some strange mischance each lime
there was ring for ice water the
unfortunate youth was sure 10 ap-
pear with a bucket of steamine
wafer for The toilet and bearing
aioft pitcher of lcey water when
the call had been for hot water.
But during The absence on Tues
day The young. hopeful had evil
dentIy been Iampered with for in
answer to the first ring he ap-
peared with Ice waller in one hand
and hot water in the other, a
bucket of coal on his head, towels
suspended from each shoulder and
matches between his teeth. He
had probably loaded himself for
bear the minute the party was de-
posted at the hotel door.
Wednesday morning Mr.. Adams
drove The majority of The visitors
oui to the Portsmouth Fire Brick
works and Charles |. Barker and
his fair young bride drove around
in his best style and according TO
a previous invitation took The
more distinguished rwo of the
party, Mrs. HopIey and her daugh-
ter, to drive with them. This was
by far one of the most pleasant
features of the entire trip. Those
who know Charley will understand
why, and those who know him
will also understand what supe-
rior woman his wife would natu-
rally be and what a pleasant two
hours could be spent in their COM
panv. Charley says that Ports
mouth will one dav be one of The
leading cities in the state. Ii has
every facility TO make 1t so. In
Two years time the growth of the
city in The neighborhood of the
Portsmouth Fire Brick works has
been phenomenal and is due
mainly 10 The efforts of the Ports
mouth papers to boom ii.
After visiting the Port smouth
Fire Brick works the most inter-
esIing place which the limited
time admitted of visiting was the
large shoe manufacturing estab-
lishment OF Drew, Selby & Co.,
which is regarded as one OF the
pioneer shoe manufacturing COM
panies OF Ohio. Here is manufac-
tured only ladies and childrens
shoes and employment is furnished
of girls, one of whom
made $45 in ono week in her de.
Among the many fac
tories, manufactures and works
at Portsmouth are the foundry
and machine works, wheelbarrow
and wood works. skate ard scra-
per works, GAYLORD rolling mills,
flour and grist mill, wheel and
brick works, store fOundrIes, fur
niiure factories, soap works, panel
and veneer mills. box factory. car
shops, clothing factories. &c. &c,
besides free reading room and
public library. 1t was with a most
pleasant recollection of Ports
mouth and the courtesy received
Al The hands of those citizens with
whom the party came in contact,
and a regret that The time with
The borders OF the city had been
70 short, That iEe party boarded
The Norfolk q Western, returning
oy way Of Chillicothe, Circleville
md Lancaster. This meant more
inc country hills. rivers and
;lear, well cultivated farm land
An excellent dinner was had at
Jhillicothe. the only regret being
hat the time was limited to
wentv minutes, and when "all
lboard' was called each fled with
J choice fragment of the bill OF
are, grapes, pumpkin pie, celery, {
AXE or whatever The appetite
most craved. At Circleville the
,ariy was pleasantly entertained
or two hours by DR.. Frank Allen :
nd his eslimable wife, formerly
liss Saumenins, and mother AL {
Oh and the baby girl, in their 8
andsome new home. Here The {
arty was greatly refreshed. To
he supreme satisfaction of The !,
ritter the doctor kindly set up the :.
pda water. 1t is needless to say i
he eastern journalist was zip
F." as we'll. These two creatures q
f circumstances, whomssfate; is
oublless reserving for ]. some
right fulure,-the lwo journalists
he from New York and one from S
sought the Herald office O
nd were kindly and fraternaIly I
reeled by Mr.. G. W. Murphy who v
xtt nded the courlesies of he :
flee. j
Arriving at Lancaster at 4:30 =
.ose connection was made with
le Hooking Valley sonlh and the
'avelers rolled into Logan at 5
CLOCK Wednesday evening with D