The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-05-23
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PIONEER DAYS aEts>.
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Customs, Habits, Incidents.
Adventuresin the Old
EN- Timss,
The character OF the people
who founded Logan
and fiOurished when
we old men weres-:.
boys. 4.
Continued from last week,
BY Capt. Wm. NJ. Bowen.

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settled community, were not Of
very extensive character, owinf to th,
limited supply ofthe circulating me
dunn" the productions of the soil, n.
matter how generous nature nayshav
!! provided, necessarily accanuaated
, there being no demand ), s4seln3ie o
!. home consumption. Notwithstanding
this seeming drawback, as sheseoan
try developed, as the broSd bore
around and about the County sSeat q
!. Hooking, began<to -bleom, =.blessosp
and produce,la the wants; necessities
and requirements called f&6frs oahel
than the productions of 'benefcien,
acreage, the se:x,sigedeies sof .tlis saimes
appeared, always to avess-ihssnsantiei
pated, and promptly alleyiated Ne.
only the fearless hunter, with trusty
rife and stag hound his earthly pos
session, tilless Of the soil with sturdy
team and willing hands, artisan skill.
ed in mechanical manipulations, but
tradesmen, the merchantry, with their
supply Of domestic,Had foreign goods
and wares offering is axsage,H, Sg
such products as could be by trans.
portation converted into cash: they all
came, gradually augmenting this
Thriving community.
June 18th, 1918, G. NJ. Peters was
granted license to carry on gen
eral store, to be located in Logan, the
Court assessing hin ten dollars per
annum for such privilege, later on, in
August 1920 Abosolom Barnett
entered into the same business, then,
February 1922 John Jonas appears
as a store keeper, trader-and sHpper.
The. term shipper, ! may sound
queer, hardly to be used in connection
with the settlement of an inland
town, with no established roads,, moth
ing but "blazed" highways Rfsdibridle fs
paths for ingress and egress. Sixty
miles south least, as the crow flies, and
we reach the waters of the mighty
Ohio with its never failing flow, and
on whose bosom the great afEN ante
deluvian days wohld appeaf u mere
pigmy.
For seventy miles from its con-
fluence with the Ohio, the blue waters
Of the Hook Hooking were capable
of not only bearing fhe. .sasage in his
bark canoe, but the advent of white
men made it sub.servient to his will
by establishing on its waters line of
commercial transports, called fat
bo,ta ':.--s>-A -. 4
oo"'o.
The coming of John Jonas as a
merchant and tradesman, did not
prove of great advantage to the new
town and surrounding country, for
after continuing in Sasiness for two
or three years, hs begin purchasing
extensively from dealers of Zanes-
vile, Somerset, and other points,
securing the same by note, endorsed
in many instance by the well to do
mechanic and farmer: he sold cheap
for cash. bought large amounts of
produce, gave his time obligations,
converted all the wheat, corn, rye,
and hogs he could procure by pur-
chase or have consigned to him,
wheat, rye and corn into -four and
meal, barrelled the pork, partially
loaded a fleet of fat boats at the
Hooking Falls Mill, foated down to,
"Towa Ford" where the iron bridge
is now situated, completed the car
60, adding large amount of
whiskey, and moved down the
Hook, Hooking u with thA largest
amount of :s.stua'' .thatskad ever
been shipped from this locality be-:
fore. The destination was New
Orleans, La, with = a promise to his
creditors. and eopdgnSs, that when
disposed Of; be- woah i rS4arn, pay
off all indebtedqess::aad n1umerate. =.
those that had placed produce in his
hands as consignee: But che never
came back. After disanzing4 of
everything, even the slasAplank in
the smallest fat-boat, left for
parts unknown! It wasp Years be.
fore many of h7s creditors oand en-.
dorsers ceased to -chafe Under the
financial burtheha this err&tie specu.
lator had placed upon THEM.
A new era dawned. A merchant
with capitsl arrives. - . -:
In the month of June j sa4 Hofa-
ito Hatch, the merchant Of the
times, not millionaire; yet; SOME
thing ahead, with a compFehehsion}
of the situation and, a .ssgst up and
get" make up, located In Logan.
Horatio approaching the locality,
and by strictly attending Business
soon gained the contxsnye . 81 the
community. He zcommsnced bQsi:
ness in a log store house, situated
east of the great mound, MalpIStreet !
on the premises now owned by Mr..