The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-02-13
A Trip to Ohio.
For the pemocratIe Advocate.

DENNlNG 5, CARROLL COUNTY, MD.
MEssRs. EDITOR After making a trip
to Ohio, my wife accompanying me, l thought
short sketch might be of some interest
to my many friends and relatives. While
in Ohio l made my headquarters with
my two sisters, one living near Minerva
and the other in Oneida, both in Carroll
county, Ohio, in the Sandy Valley,
very grand and fertile region. l found
them in good health and doing well. l
found and visited many distant relatives,
mostly named Haines. also visited
some distant relatives in Wooster, Wayne
county, Ohio. Amongst many other dis
tant relatives had the pleasure of visiting
was Ex-senator A. R. Haines, who lives
on a beautiful farm in the Sandy Valley,
between Malvern and Oneida. Two rail
roads run through his farm. His residence
is large, fine and of modern style, well
furnished aud finely located. 1t stands on
high elevation surrounded by large lawns,
groves and drives. Within his residence
he has a cabinet of relics-implement
and tools of earl days, and also of minerals,
&c, gathered from many parts of the
world-among them ancient flax hackles,
fails, dutch scythes, wooden forks and
shoves, pack saddles, sickles, wool cards,
spinning wheels, reels, straw bee soaps, and
bread baskets with an inumerable amount
of other ancient articles Also specimens
of gold and silver from the Rocky Noun
tain range, with other precious metals
gathered there, and from other parts of the
world Also Il collection of old books
Indian relies, mounted birds, &c. He has
many relics handed down by his ancestors
OF the Haines family | found Senator
Haines to be great grandson of Jacob
Haines, my great uncle, who died July
End, 1920, and was buried in the Luth-
eran, New Windsor, burial ground in
our county. The Senator has a short
sketch of his life, and the genealogy of the
Haines family in pamphlet form as
taken from the history of his own county
Carroll copy of which brought with
me. Any of the Haines family who desire
can see it, He says he could now get one
generation further back as he has learned
much since writing it. | will say to any
of the Haineses who may visit Carroll
county, Ohio, if they stop with the Senator
they will find the latch string ont They
will be well treated by himself and family.
They have travelled through ev,ry part of
this country and Canada The Senator
himself has crossed the Atlantic and travel
ed through Ireland, England, France, Italy
and Scotland He is well posted and
good talker
The country has improved much since
my last visit some years ago. Manufacture
ing has sprung up in most of the towns
and villages. | noticed much push and
enterprise among the people generally.
The crops this season were abundant, ex-
eept shortage of the fruit crop There
was quite drouth in that section of the
county in the latter part of the season.
The streams were low,
On Tuesday, the 22d .: September, We
left home to make the above trip. We
started for home on Wednesday, 18th Of
October, reaching home October 10th. We
came over the mountains by daylight, and
had the pleasure of viewing some grand
scenery, stopping over at .Iohnstown and
Altoona for short time.
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